Steve Morrow made a video about sprite animation in C64 Basic. He explains how to work with sprites work in Basic. He also demonstrates a sprite being animated and explains what is happening in the registers.

All the videos from Steve Morrow.

The GTW web page has had an update. New: Battle Truck, Eagle Storm and Squad One. Updates: Cloak Of Death, Opera House and The Pay Off, Otherworld, QA!, Quest of Eternity, Rebel Star 2, Recon, Sphere, Unnamed trailblazer clone, Victory! and Vietnam Gunboat.

Asteroids Emulator is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Norbert Kehrer. The game is based on the classic arcade game released in November 1979 by Atari Inc. The original Asteroids uses a vector display. The object of the game is to shoot and destroy all the asteroids and saucers.

Geoff Phillips is a programmer who made games for the Commodore C64. He worked on C64 games such as the Young Ones and Mighty Bomb Jack.
Stuart Taylor was the musician in the group XESS from 1982 to 1986. He made his music with the help of the program Electrosound. He later replaced his Commodore C64 for the Commodore Amiga.

Brian Flanagan worked ten years for Ocean Software in Manchester. He started work for Ocean in his school holidays. He worked on Operation Wolf and Operation Thunderbolt. He also worked for Core Design, Warthog, EA, Nintendo, Wayforward Technologies, Capcom and Namco. You can read the whole interview on the C64.com web page.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: 1994: Ten Years After (Visions), Augie Doggie (Hi-Tec Software), Blazing Thunder (Hi-Tec Software) and Cheap Skate (Silverbird).

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Cloak Of Death, Klartz and the Dark Forces, Morris Meets The Bikers, Mountain Video Games, Quest of Eternity and Star Force Seven. Updates: D-Day, Deadlock, Hareraiser 2, Jetpac, Prince Of Persia, The Great Space Race, The Magic Roundabout, Thunderbirds and a unnamed CRL game.

Thomas H Pedersen also known as Blitz was active in the Commodore C64 scene from 1984 until 1991. Thomas was a member of many groups: Danish Duo, Danish Circle, Dominators, Illusion 2016, 2000 A.D. and Photon. Thomas worked mostly with graphics: sprites, chars, fonts in all sizes, logos and full-screen graphics. You can read the complete interview on the C64.com web page.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 5922 games on this web page. The new games are: Boulderdash UX 3, C64anabalt, Canabalt, Candle Burner, Crazy Car, Death Zone (Miltisoft), Drag Race (UpTime), Frantic Fisherman, Gorf (Max), Hydrax, Master of Camouflage, Mister Tooth, Opti-Ma, Popples Christmas Adventure, PubTrivia, Rent-a-cop, Retron Phase One, Revenge of the Tomato, Rockfall (Tronic), Rong Rons Pong, Sensitive, Sir Ababol, The Last Ninja Music Collection, Tone-Loco and You have to win the Game.

C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Support for WinVICE 2.4. Removed errors in the sprite editor and in the % statements. Improved colour preferences. New: General project element info and a project wizard.

Dante's Department Store is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Pievspie. The game is the second entry for the SEUCK 2013 competition. In the game you are shopping in a department store. But there are demons from another dimension in the store. You must shoot the demons, collect the bargains and get out of the store before it is too late.

HermIRES is a graphical editor for the PC. With this program you can edit a C64 hires bitmap. Changes in this version: Pen-shapes are symmetric again. Pen-preview is more accurate. Removed an error in the rectangle function. Improvements for the task bar and GUI.

The web page Retro Asylum made a podcast about games for the Commodore C64. Foggy tells about his personal top 10 of C64 games from the year 1983.

Alan released a new version of the NAV file browser. The program makes it possible to quickly browse through directories and LOAD a program. NAV can be used with disk drives, µIEC and IDE64. Changes in this version are: You can choose from 12 different back-grounds. New drive icons. Removed an error when reading an empty directory and an new @sort command for sorting the directory alphabetically.

You can listen to the top 50 songs from the Crack Intro Music Competition 2013. The rules of this competition were: Maximum playtime 1:00 min and a maximum size: $1000 bytes. The Top 5: Retrospectful (DRAX), Introduction to Crack (DRAX), 3 Y-Lax-It (celticdesign), Don't Fuck With Stevie Wonder (Jammer) and Delusional (DRAX).

The results of the Crack Intro Music Competition 2013.

For the 1541 Ultimate is a new version (v2.6c) of the firmware available. Changes in this version: Ultimate Audio module. Diskette copier from real disk drives to .D64 images. Command Interface. Ultimate-II DOS V1.0. Kernal replacement function. Improvements to the USB interface and removed a couple of programming errors.

Thorsten Kattanek started on version 5 of his Emu64 emulator. You can follow his work on his bitbucket development page. You can try the snap shots on your own risk. You can give comments or report a bug via the bitbucket web page. The official releases of Emu64 can be found on the emu64.de web pages.

Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a Windows computer. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Changes in this version: Improved the saving of (new) files. Added line numbers. Implemented a undo/redo function and a find/replace function.

Arc64 is a tool to deal with D64, T64, LNX and ZipCode archives, made by Graham. It can be used to edit or convert D64 images, run D64 images in the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: Improved the LNX function. Added more message boxes for errors. Next/previous diskette image now skips 0 byte images. And the automatic resizing of windows is improved.

The GTW web page has had an update. New: Kikstart 2, Cosmic Causeway, Family Fish, Jailbreak and Nutland. Updates: Chuck Rock, Cops And Robbers, Gauntlet 3, Jimmy's Grandprix, Liverpool, Mad Max Game, Pool Game, Sophistry, Super Wonderdog, The Blues Brothers, Unnamed CRL Game, Up Up And Away, Video Images game, Wildfire and Your Computer Software Exchange.

In this BitJam podcast music from the HVSC. You can listen to the following music: Ghosts ’n Goblins, The Great Giana Sisters, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Crazy Comets, Arkanoid, Knucklebusters, Mutants, Last Ninja 2, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Last Ninja 3, Cybernoid, Monty On The Run, Delta, Cybernoid II, International Karate, Commando, Sanxion, The Last Ninja and Wizball. Total playing time: 1:45:37.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Automan (Bug Byte), Gauntlet 3 - The Final Fight (U.S. Gold), The Legend of Sinbad (Superior Software), Microdot (Jim Blackler) and Predator (Activision).

The Dark Within is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is also the first entry for the SEUCK competition 2013. In the game you must battle your way through the darkest most fearful place. You must climb aboard the "mind craft" and prepare to face The Dark Within. The game is made by: : Case, Chris Yates, Pievspie and PRI. The SID are: Bridge of Shadows, Dreamland and Dust of Mankind.

SEUCK Compo 2013

Diesel Duel is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Sos and was released at the Global Game Jam 2013. The source code of the game is included. The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event. The whole weekend people are developing games.

Global Game Jam 2013

Skoe released new software for the EasyFlash 3 cartridge. With this new software you can now tranfers a d64 image from the PC (via USB) to a real 1541 disk drive. You can send a program to the C64 and start it. (RUN / JMP). And you can flash the CRT data via USB. Before you can use EasyTransfer, you need the latest EF3 menu and CPLD core.

Updating the EasyFlash 3 cartridge.

Stefan Egger started a new project. He wants to produce a limited edition (30 pieces) of a transparent C64 case. The "Edition 30" case is based on the first version of the C64 (bread box). The board, the keyboard and the original metal logos can be used for the Edition 30. Please visit the Computer Collection Vienna web page for all the details.

The web page C64.com has added more interviews. The most recent interviews are: The Overlord of Warriors of the Wasteland. Daw of Triad and Censor Design. Jeff Smart of Bojesoft, German Spreading Service, Triad, Scouse Cracking Group, Elite and the Illegal paper magazine. Hex of Pixel Developments and Tob of Pixel Developments.

You can now look at the pictures of the Commodore SX-64 meeting in the Netherlands. The following people attended: Berry, Ddw, Mr. SID, Ferenc, Fierman, Fred, Mace and Groente. This meeting was to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Commodore SX-64. Besides the SX-64 meeting in the Netherlands, there were also meetings in America, France and Canada.

Pictures of the Seattle, America meeting.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Heng, Kill all humans, Octron, Recon, Sphere, Victory! Updates. Ice Age, Kid Niki, Penguin Tower V2, Phantomas, Player Manager, Shockwave, Stellar 7, Streethawk, Xenon 2 and Zynon.

Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: BBS Scene Report. Party Scene: Doreco and Replay. Scene: PAL / NTSC News, ECCC Report. Interviews: Zoltan Gonda, Necropolo, Kitty, Bugjam, Stirf and Oliver Lindau. Games Scene: News, Roundup and the 16 kB Cartridge Game Compo. History: Birth of Home Computers. Charts and addresses.

The web page Recorded C64 Games added more long-play C64 games last month. Now you can watch: Yie Ar Kung Fu II, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Soldier One, Jungle Hunt, Soldier of Light, Guardian Angel, Guardian Angel, Yogi's Great Escape, Sheep VS Fox, Santa's Xmas Caper, Danger Mouse in Double Trouble and many more.

Steve Ody made a new game for the Commodore C64. Tone-Loco is a game based on the game Simon from the year 1978. You must watch a pattern on the computer and repeat it exactly. When the game progresses the pattern will get more difficult and longer.

TND has announced the SEUCK 2013 game competition. The Shoot Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) from 1987 is a system to create your own, vertical scrolling, games. The limitation of only scrolling vertical was removed by Jon Wells in 2008. Visit Richard's TND web page for all the details about this competition.

Alan made a file browser for the Commodore C64. The program makes it possible to quickly browse through directories and LOAD a program. NAV can work with up to five disk drives and has been tested with the following drive types: 1541, 1571, 1581, µIEC and IDE64. A command line, with a DOS Wedge is also available.

Arc64 is a small tool to deal with D64, T64, LNX and ZipCode archives, made by Graham. It can be used to edit D64 images, run D64 images in the VICE emulator, run PRG files via CodeNet, convert T64, LNX, PRG, ZipCode and other formats to D64. It supports drag & drop and it can be used via the command line.

The game Space Lords "Centaurus" was released as a cartridge for the 2012 RGCD cartridge competition. Now the game is available as a prg file for the Commodore C64. In the game you are one of the four Space Lords and you must destroy your enemy with plasma balls. The game is written by ALeX, the music is from Taxim and Retrofan made the graphics.

Caraibian 1773 is a new game for the Commodore C64 and is made by Roberto Ricioppo with the help of SEUCK. In the game you sail with your ship through the Caribbean Sea. But you are not alone, other people want to destroy you. They are shooting cannonballs at you from small islands and other sailing ships.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Commando 86 (Elite), Head the Ball (Hewson), Hellhole (CRL) and The Land of Havoc (Microdeal).

Kabuto made a Commodore C64 version of game "You Have to Win the Game". The game is a platform game and based on the PC game from Kyle Pittman. In the game you must collect things, jump, run, avoid spikes and water. You must also be careful when entering a new cavern, but after an accident you can continue with the game.

David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Cartridge emulation for the following cartridges: Action Replay, Final Cartridge III, Retro Replay 64K RAM, Magic Desk, Ocean 1, Fun Play, Super Games, System 3, Dinamic, Zaxxon, Simons Basic and standard cartridges.

S-Blox is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by King Durin and the music is from NecroPolo. The game is a Tetris clone and is available as a .CRT file. You can play the game in an emulator as a cartridge. You can also burn a real EPROM or use a device like the EasyFlash cartridge.

Video of S-Blox on Youtube.

Steve Ody made a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you must answer 10 multiple-choice questions from a total of 400 questions. These type of games are played in many bars and pubs. The game is also available for Android, AmigaOS4, MorphOS, AROS, MAC and PC (written in Hollywood).

Revenge of the Tomato (ROTT) is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Richard Bayliss and Achim Volkers. In the game you have to fight against the evil mutant tomatoes, which were built by aliens. You must also save the people who are on top of the buildings. And at the end you must defeat the Mega Tomato.

The TND homepage.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 5897 games on this web page. The new games are: Amazon Tales, Assembloids, Battalion Commander, Berty, Berty II, Boulderdash UX 1, Boulderdash UX 2, Brain Delicacy, Crazy Dream 10, Escape from the Laundry, Exodus Preview, Firebird (Markt und Technik), Firebird (Tronic Verlag GmbH), Fuzzball Prv, Get Em DX, Heavy Metal Deluxe Gold, Koenig Arthus, Kosmodrom, Last Mission (Tronic), Little Sara Sister 2, Match Buster, Mem64, Metal Gear, Meteorite Storm, Monkey eat Milkey, Morph, Otherworld, Pedro and Power Dash.

The Mojon Twins released a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you are Sir Ababol and you are searching for your lost sword. You need to collect 25 Ababol flowers in different places. On your search you need to eat Monegros fried chicken to stay alive and find keys to open the doors.

A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, Newsticker, Weihnachts Retro Shirts, RGCD-Module für den C64, C64-Cracking-Szene 2012, Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams, The Fool and His Money, Sonic der comic, SIDologie, Comet+/ Comet64-Modem, C64-Beat'em Up (4), The Making of Earthraid for ZX, Philips CDi 210 / Commodore CDTV, Klomanager Deluxe, 4. Retro Börse Wien, Hobby & Elektronik 2012, Chipmusik and Videogame Heroes (9).

In this German language d64 magazine the following articles: Editorial, Computer Scene: Hallo Welt, Buying a SX64, The year 2012 by Mugg, Retro Winter, Datassette, Sword+Rose, X2012 demos, Ultraflash Noter and Retro 24/25, Party Corner: Connected 10 and Homecon 19, Games Corner: New, Commercial, Fairywell, Hall of Fame and C64 PGMC, Out of C64 and the music box.

Sheep vs Fox is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Alf Yngve. In the game you are a sheep that gets chased by crazy foxes. The game is made with the help of SEUCK, but it also has some amazing enhancements you normally do not see in an SEUCK game.

The New Dimension - start page.

There is a update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now more then 43.000 SIDs in the collection. In this update 906 new SIDs, 185 fixed/better rips, 971 SID credit fixes, 111 SID model/clock infos, 27 tunes identified and 47 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

SID Known v1.05

The Commodore SX-64 was announced in January 1983 and was released a year later. Berry de Jager wants to celebrate the SX-64 and has organized a party in Amsterdam on the 20th of January 2013. Everybody with a SX-64 is welcome. If Amsterdam is too far away, there are also two SX-64 meetings in the United States of America. You can also organize a party in your own town or country. Visit the blog of Berry for all the details.