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SPRedit | Hermit made a new sprite editor. This program can be used on a PC and gives you the opportunity to edit overlay sprites. You can edit 4 x 4 overlay sprites with all of the 16 colors. The program has the following features: Zoom, Move, Load, Save, Convert, Drawing modes: floodfill, lines, circles, rectangles, UNDO, REDO, Shortcut-keys, Command-line, etc. There is also a manual available for SPRedit.

EvenMore v0.69 | There is an update available of Evenmore. EvenMore is a text-viewer for the Amiga made by Chris Pervers. EvenMore offers functions such as proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plug-ins, and more.

C64-Archiv v3.2 | C64-Archiv is an easy to use file manager for C64-files on your PC. This program can work together with emulators such as VICE, CCS64, HOXS64 and EMU64 to start programs. It can handle archives from zip, 7zip and cab and has a GameBase frontend. The program supports English, French, Italian and German.

N.A.S.E. V1 | Steve Barker released a sprite editor for Windows. The name of the program is N.A.S.E. what means: Not Another Sprite Editor! The program can be used to edit sprites including: Undo, Redo, Flip XY, Copy, Paste, Animation etc. You can download the program from the Commodore Scene DataBase.

CBM Command | Payton Byrd released a new version of CBM Command. New features are: Support for the VIC 20 computer, requires 32K RAM. Support for Commodore Plus 4 computer. New color picker for the configuration program. 1581 Disk Image (D81) support. The program is still in Beta but you can download the program from Payton's Codeplex web page.

HeadAlign 1.1 | Enthusi of Onslaught released a special program for datassette users. With this program you can adjust your datassette head to the right position to load a tape. This program can be used together with the Cassadapt device.

CartographPC V1.5 | Arkanix Labs released a new version of Cartograph for the PC. With this program you can create and edit data-maps for the Commodore C64. New in this version: CartographPC engine re-written, Resizable main window, User selectable stamp size, Copy / Paste datamap data, Random fill, Open standard C64 charset or CharPad.

Amiga music tools | Three tools for music on the Amiga are available. Normalize is a tool for adjusting the volume of audio files to a standard level. mp3gain 1.5.1, MP3Gain analyses and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. VorbisTools can be used for Vorbis music files.

Icaros Desktop 1.2.2 | An update of the Icaros Desktop is now ready for download. A few of the improvements or new items are: Faster and more reliable fat.handler, Catweasel MKIV PCI controller support, Improved OHCI USB controllers support, Updated ArosPDF, MPlayer and DirectoryOpus, Added OpenTyrian, Super Methane Bros., Jabberwocky chat client, Remote Desktop client and vnc client.

YM-64 | Norbert Kehrer released a music tool for the Commodore C64. With his program YM-64 you can play music files on the Commodore C64 that were made for Atari ST, Amstrad/Schneider CPC, Sinclair ZX spectrum or MSX computers. All these computers had a YM2149 or AY-3-8910 music chip that had a square wave sound in three channels. It had a noise generator, which could be mixed with the the three square wave channels, and a parameter controllable envelope generator.

Spectacular Copy - Turbo to Disk | Sailor has released an improved version of the transfer program Spectacular Copy. The original program was written by Stephan Senz and can be used to transfer programs from a datassette to a disk drive. The features of Spectacular Copy are: Transfer Turbo-tape programs from datassette to disk drive. Auto transfer mode. Rename file name. Device number configuration. Load error detection. File size maximum is 230 blocks. Check on blocks free.

OWB 3.25 | Jörg Strohmayer released an update of OWB. OWB (Origyn Web Browser) is an web browser for AmigaOS 4.x. In this version Jörg fixed more than 10 bugs. He added a couple of new functions: If you hold CTRL and click on a link, the link is opened in a new window or new tab. He also fixed some bug in the cookie system. The latest version of OWB can be download from the web page.

CartographPC V1.1 | Arkanixlabs have released a new version (1.1) of CartographPC CartographPC is a PC software package for making graphical maps that can be used on a Commodore C64 in games or demos. In this version: New layout. More user settings added. Undo. Random fill. Export datamaps. Drag'n'drop added and various bug were fixed.

geoLink (IRC) | geoLink is a networked GEOS application for the Commodore 64 written by ShadowM using the ip65 network stack. What you need is a Commodore 64, a 1541 disk drive or the 1541 Ultimate and a RR-Net compatible cartridge (1541 Ultimate, RR-Net, MMC Replay or FB-Net). You can download a .d64 image on the web page with GEOS 2.0 and the IRC client.

64TASS v1.46 | C64tass is a multi pass compiler with 65816 support, CPU64, DTV, illegal opcode's, optimizations, and a lot of features. The syntax is the same as the well known Turbo Assembler on C64. C64tass can be used on a Linux, Windows or Mac OSX computer.

Plus/4 ROM map | A new version of SVS's Plus/4 ROM map is now available. Version 1.6 has lots of little improvements and bugfixings. The xls file can be viewed with Microsoft Excel or Open Office Calc and has the following sections: OS, RAM, TED, Graphics mode, Bus, IO table and PET ASCII.

Format II | Tlr (VICE Team) released a program for formatting 5,25'' diskettes. The program can format a diskette in 20 seconds with full verify and calculated gaps between the sectors. The source of the program is included.

Tap Clean v0.24c | TAPClean is a Commodore tape preservation / restoration tool. It will check, repair, and remaster Commodore 64 and VIC 20 TAP or DC2N DMP files (tape images). Tap Clean can be used on a Windows, BSD, Mac OS X and Linux computers.

Cartograph | A new release of Cartograph is available. Besides v1.4 for the Commodore C64 there is now also a PC version 1.0 available. With the Cartograph program you can design tile-based screens and use them in your own games or demos. The program supports a REU with autobackup, backup and undo.

Icaros Desktop 1.2.1 | Paolo Besser has made a new Icaros Deskltop available. In this version: Files system updated, .backdrop support, User-customizable pointer, Improved 68K apps integration with Janus-UAE 0.6, 3D hardware support for GeForce cards, OWB v1.0 rc2, WookieChat update, SabreMSN v0.67, YAM 2.6, HDAudio chipsets and Envy24T audio boards support, Network support on iMica and compatible systems.

D64 Lister v1.7 | Lars made a new version of his D64 Lister program available. D64 Lister is a Windows (W95-W7) program for manipulating or viewing D64 images. New in this version: BASIC Token Table, CSV Tokens, Support for broken Files in GeosDetails, FileViewer and TOK64, Import Functions for *.TXT, *.RTF and *.PRG files. Visit the web page of Lars for all the details.

D64 Editor v 0.030 | Forrest (Almightyc64) made improvements on his Windows based D64 editor. Fixed bug with Save button. Fixed bug in function used to write the directory. Fixed bug in D64 Creation routine. Improved the drag and drop. Fixed bug in SEQ Viewer. Expanded window size for separators list.

$Mandelbrot Madness | Skull released a program to produce computer generated fractals for the Commodore C64. The program can use Hires, Multi-color Hires, FLI, AFLI and Super Hires. You can download the program from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb).$

ACID 64 Player Pro v3.0.3 | Wilfred Bos released a new version of his SID player for HardSID devices. New: Support for Uno and UPlay. Auto detection of turned on/off USB devices. Added sorting on column of every grid. Emulated SID. Improvements: When performing e.g. mute/unmute, filter on/off or pause then no time gap isn't noticed anymore while playing on a USB device. Seek bar is always going smooth now and still synched with the 6510 CPU clock. Improved fast forward. HardSID.dll isn't required any more for USB devices.

Netsurf 1.4 | There is an update available of NetSurf. NetSurf is a web browser for Amiga OS3.x made by Artur Jarosik. The changes are: More video modes supported. Top / Bottom with Ctrl + Up/Down keys, Scroll with Shift + Up/Down keys. This wil work also with mouse wheel. ffplay updated (by Piotr Bandurski). New navigation buttons. Requirements: AmigaOS 3.x, Picasso96 / CGX graphic card, 128 MB Ram, Equivalent of 100 Mhz 060 CPU.

SVS-Calc v1.5 | SVS/FIRE released a new version of SVS-Calc. SVS-Calc is a spreadsheet for the Commodore Plus/4. In this new version: Lots of bug fixes, Scientific notation, Grid reduction to view whole sheet, Formulas can use external values stored on disk, Paste special and if you use an emulator you can synchronize the clock / alarm.

AmigaOS 4.1 - Update 1 | Hyperion Entertainment released update 1 for Amiga OS4.1. In this update the following changes: Kernel, more stability and improved memory management. DOS, new system for launching preset programs and improved shared object support. Intuition, improved window support, fading and rendering - including drop shadows. System, new notification system and improved support for external USB devices. Workbench, new and scalable icon set. Python v25. MiniGL V2.2.

Tape Master Pro V1.0 | Richard from TND made a utility for datassette users. With this program you can include a game with an autoboot turbo loader with music and loading picture. The utility comes with full documentation and examples files.

Project One v0.6 | There is a new version available of Project One. Project One can be used to manipulate pictures for the Commodore 64. The program can be used on a Windows computer and can import pictures such as: GIF, JPG and others.

64Copy v4.43 | 64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager made by Peter Schepers. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats. This version has the following changes: Cursor shows insert or overwrite mode. The disassembler has more options with labels. The file splitter is improved. Many improvements with handling directories. Visit Peter's web page for all the details.

MorphOS on PowerMac G4 | Ralph Schmidt announced in the MorphZone forums that MorphOS will soon include support for Apple's PowerMac G4 range of computers. The PowerMac G4 are not as compact and portable as Mac Minis, but they are more affordable, can be faster and offer expandability option.

SabreMSN v0.6.0 | James 'jahc' Carroll released an update of his MSN-Messengers program for AmigaOS 3/4 and AROS. In this release: File transfers, this is a alpha version, everything downloads straight to RAM. Incoming buffer is now a ring buffer, which prevent loosing random incoming messages. You can download the latest version of SabreMSN from Jahc's web page.

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