The web page C64 Intros has added another 100 intros bringing the total to 8700 intros. A few examples of updated or new groups are: CSS, Dark Angels, Fristies, Victory Lucid, Ahead, D.S. Compware, Hurricane, Kriminal Goodsoftware Breaking, Nostalgia, Oxygen, Sunrise, Special Weapons and Tactics and Weird Science 2662.

There is a update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now more then 41.250 SIDs in the collection. In this update 861 new SIDs, 156 fixed/better rips, 786 SID credit fixes, 88 SID model/clock infos, 43 tunes identified and 79 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

There are new games added to the GTW web page: Nuker, Runestone, Duel, Necronom, Shao Lin's Road V1, Leopard Lord, Enduro Racer V1/V2, Microprose Soccer, Razzmatazz and 44 other new entries. The site updated also 17 entries.

Arkanix Labs released a new version of Cartograph for the PC. With this program it is possible to make tile based maps on the PC. The maps can be used on the Commodore C64 for games or demos. Changes in this version are: Fixed a problem with the Tileset window. Added additional check when loading default Datamap and Tileset. Added an export option to the Datatypes menu. Arkanix Labs is now working on the next release (v2.5) with Multicolor, Tile animation and png support.

Arkanix Labs web page.

In this podcast you can hear the following music: Moonove - Ace 2 - Main Theme, Encore - Run, Rob Hubbard - Thing on a Spring, N-JOY - Warhawk, Rob Hubbard - Thrust, Rayza - Oldschool, Jens-Christian Huus - Su-Sweet, Wobbler - Mountie, Mick’s Deathride, Jeroen Tel - Cybernoid II and Markus Schneider - Golden Axe. There is also news about: Eve plays tune from The Last Ninja (piano), 18 classic SID tunes remastered, C64 podcast "Commoflage" (RSS feed), Prince of Persia and C64anabalt.

A new demo for the Commodore C64 called "New Life" is made by the group Delysid. In this demo you can see many "old-school" effects, but also newer effects. Code: Dr.J and Nomistake. Music: JCH, Johannes Bjerregaard, Linus, PRI and Scarlet. Graphics: Nomistake, Reject, God, Houbba, Mirage and Nomistake.

Jorge Castillo is working on a speech synthesizer for the Commodore C64. A few months ago he made a hardware version with a PIC micro-controller. And now he made a software version using the SID chip inside the C64. The program is specially made for the Spanish language, but because it uses phonetic sounds it will also work with other languages. You can read more about his project in the Retrocomputacion forum.

English translation of the web page.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. The most recent changes are: Improvements to the 1541 and the VIA6522 emulation. Better emulation of the VIC chip (sprites and light pen). Visit the Micro64 web page to read more about the changes.

C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: Solved a problem with !bin. Added a Media Manager for manipulating .T64 and .D64 files, a .d64 export function and tooltips in ASM files (plus debug info).

The web page C64 Endings has added 3 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Howard the Duck (Activision), The Island of Dr. Destructo (Bulldog / Mastertronic) and Inspector Gadget Melbourne House).

Manomio released a new version of the C64 emulator for the iPhone. Support for your iCADE controllers such as iControlPad or Gametel. The emulator is compatible with iOS 5. The latest games are: The Last Ninja I, II, III, International Karate and Armalyte. You can also see if you are the best in a game with the global leaderboards using OpenFeint.

Demonstration video of the C64 emulator on the iPhone.

The firmware 7 (beta) is now available for the Chameleon cartridge. Changes in this version: Support for the docking-station. Fixed the problems with CPU speed readout on VGA, NMI in cartridge mode and the REU. Improvements for the SID emulator, I/O and the MMU.

Ufo Defense is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game was written by Nomistake, the music is from Laxity and Vibrants, and the graphics are from Nomistake, Reject and Delysid. The game is a Shoot 'em Up game and you have to shoot the space ships with your rockets.

Alessandro Dorigatti has made a ZX Spectrum (48k PAL) core for the Chameleon 64. The core supports the ULA+ 64 color mode, a ZXMMC interface, a Kempston joystick emulation and reading from TAP files. You can switch between PAL and NTSC mode. An English manual and a keyboard layout is included.

More information about the Chameleon 64.

In this German language d64 magazine the following articles: Computer Szene: Chameleon64, Disketten FAQ, Therun's, C= Welt, Comet64, Interview with URL, CMS Berlin, Bunker party 2011. Talkies und Diskussionen. Leserhistory. Games corner: Maniac Mansion. Out of C64: Klinge's Rumpelkammer, Retro Witze, Herbst. Musikbox: Tristesse, Music by Eclipse, El End, Flatbeat/Mr.OIZO. Programmservice: The lost Caves 6, Cartoons.

The game Out-Space was originally written in the 90s but never released. The game is made by Jason Tinkler and is a fast shoot 'em up game. You need to shoot all the enemies at each level, but enemies can look a bit strange. There are more than 30 levels: Dancing eyes, Ups and downs, Burnt toasters, The mirrors of souls, The infinite realm of chaos, Guardians of the gate, Madness moons, etc.

In this English D64 magazine the following items: Charts, Headline News, Mini market, Opinion poll, World of Demos, Opinion poll, Hardware corner, Interview with STE and the List.

Slide! is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Joonas Lindberg. In this puzzle game you need to place the numbered blocks in the right order. You can select a block with the joystick and move it with the fire button to the open position. You can move more than one block at one time.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. Changes in this version: Improvements on the SID emulation. Added instable illegal opcode modes. Improved keyboard matrix emulation. Cycle-exact datasette and REU emulation. GeoRAM / NeoRAM emulation.

Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor is a BASIC programming language for the iPad, iPod Touch or the iPhone. It is compatible with Commodore 64 BASIC V2. You can load and save your files. You can use the text editor for your programs. A help function and sample programs are included.

There is a new game available for the Commodore C64. The game Blood and Honour, Aidaars Revenge is made by Chris Yates and Skull (program), Wiklund (music) and Indyjr (graphics). In the game you must free your beautiful bride from the evil sorcerer. For the game is a design for a diskette sleeve and a cassette inlay available.

C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: Improved the debug system. Support for BASIC V2. Experimental label mode for the BASIC editor inspired by Bas.Edit (Labels replace the line numbers).

Digital Audio Concepts developed a RAM expansion for the C64 and C128. The cartridge has a maximum of 1 MByte DRAM, controlled by a standard 8726 REC chip. The supply of the REC chips is limited and prices start at $34.95.

Snake on a Plane Rewound Edition is a game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ned Ryker (Code, Graphics) and the music is from Fredrik. The sequel to Snake on a Plane has less compiled BASIC and much more assembler code.

David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Enabled editing of the CPU registers and the disassembly mnemonics. Fixed pixel glitch while stepping in the debugger. Added up / left soft cursor keys. And a tweak for the demo "Bad Copy" by Emulamer.

The web page C64 Endings has added 5 new game endings last month. The latest additions are:Arc of Yesod (Thor), Blinky's Scary School (Zeppelin Games), Demon Blue (Microvalue), Giant's Revenge (Thor) and Strike Force Cobra (Piranha).

In this Polish pdf magazine the following articles: Game reviews: Titanic Blinky, Silkworm, Robbo, Vixen, New Zeland Story, Airwolf, Artax, Nebulus, Shaman, Zycie Maklera and Thunder zone. Silesia Party, Fresh Fruits, Tape Power, Mariusz H. Jakubowski, Demo Express. Life is Brutal, Theatre Europe. Bitwa o Anglie, Dinozaury, Top 10 and Johnny Przedstawia.

Berry de Jager modified his Commodore C64 with an internal µIEC. On Berry's blog you can follow step by step how he integrated the µIEC (made by Jim Brain) into his C64. As you can see on the photos this C64 has more modifications: SID2SID, S-Video and controls for the Prophet64 cartridge.

You can find a new Commodore 64 game on the TND web page. Roberto Ricioppo made the game with the help of SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit) and the music is from Richard Bayliss. The game is called "F7 Cars Target", and it combines a shoot 'em up and a race game.

The TND homepage.

Mr. SID released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is an conversion of the classic game Prince of Persia for the Apple II, made by Jordan Mechner. Later the game was converted to the Amiga, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Playstation and many other computers. Making a C64 version is difficult because the game need a large amount of memory. The EasyFlash cartridge with its 1 MByte of memory makes it possible to store all the data. You can play Prince of Persia with an real C64 and the EasyFlash cartridge or use the VICE emulator.

Youtube video of Prince of Persia - C64.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. New in this version. Support for the EasyFlash cartridge. Added a PRG/POO/C64 mode menu. Improved the interrupt delay counter stop behavior. Improved 6502/6210 CPU simulation on transistor switching level. Better IRQ/NMI behavior.
The improvements on the CPU emulation are made with information of the Visual6502.org web page. This web page analyzed the 6502 CPU at the transistor level.

Visual6502.org web page.

Episode 049 is now available for download. In this podcast you can hear the following music: Rob Rubbard - The Last V8, David Filskov - Firelord, Ziphoid: Back in the saddle, Chris Abbott and Rob Hubbard - Comets 97, Necropolo - Zak, Necropolo - BC Bill, Peter Clarke - Monty on the Run, LMan and Sunflower - Follow me and DJ Skitz - MegaSweet. There is also news about: Markus Behlau, The new "Commodore 64", Julian Rignall, C64 remixing in 2010 infographic, Chipophone, LCP 2011 party, Back in Time CD, Remix64.com and HybridSID.

There is a new version of the TDC (Turbo Demo Cart). The new model has a turbo switch. The selectable speeds are 1 MHz, 2 MHz or 4 MHz. The TDC has now 2 SID chip sockets and can use 1 or 2 SID's. With the TDC the C64 runs 2x or 4x faster, but it slows down to normal speed when the VIC and SID chips are accessed. Visit the TDC web page for more technical details.

The web page C64 Intros has added another 200 intros bringing the total to 8600 intros. A few examples of updated or new groups are: Cyborg Power System+GCG Crew, Crime, Danish Game Smashers, Special Weapons and Tactics+Lazer, The Dark Lords, Drive, Electronic Cracking Association, Teesside Cracking Service, The Deadly Friends, The Technocrats, West Coast Crackers and Why?

The firmware 6g (beta) is now available for the Chameleon cartridge. Changes in this version: Implemented bit-fade in SID when no waveform is selected or when reading write-only registers. Update of disk image after write actions by the emulated drives. Door open emulation for disk drive. Improvements on CPU instruction, irq and nmi timing. SID stereo mapping for $D500 and $D700.

Wars for the Conquest of Space is a new game for the Commodore C64. Roberto Ricioppo made the game and graphics and the music is from Richard Bayliss. The game is made with the help of SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit). In the game you have to fight with your NEXUS 773783 star ship against the evil forces in space.

The TND homepage.

JSL made another graphics collection for the Commodore C64. In this pictures slide show you can see eight new Spray can designs from JSL. The slide show was made by Stirf and the music is from Fanta.

The group Goin' Sideways is working on a new game for the Commodore C64. Panic Analogue is fast game for one or two players, and it uses paddles. It is not possible to play the game with a joystick, so get out your paddles out of storage for this new game. The game will be released in the near future.

Panic Analogue on Youtube.

Slixed is a online drawing program to make pictures in the style of the Commodore C64. You can start a new or load an existing picture and edit it in Hires or Multi-color. You can then save it as a png file. The program is an early alpha release but you can try it now. The features are: Selecting colors, plotting pixels, flood fill, replace color, cut, copy and past a char, undo and zoom.

A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: News. Tetris Tower 3D. Adventure-Schatzkiste #06: Clever and Smart. Interview with Simon Krätschmer. Amiga CDTV (Part 2). Super Mario Land 1-3. Retro Treasures: Omega Race (Atari VCS). Interview with the former owner of Colasoft. The secrets of the Nintendo color codes. Happy Halloween. Book: Die Datenfresser. Indie Game Momodora II. Here plays the Chip music. Videogame Heroes #04: Earthworm Jim.

Dunjon Battler is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Jeffrey Ouelette. In the game you need to find the chalice of ultimate power. Destroy the monsters and collect the treasure chests. Drinking from the chalice will give you immortality. But at what cost? If you completed the first challenge you can access the second quest from the title screen.

The trainer for Dunjon Battler including the maps.

The web page C64 Endings has added 5 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Final fight (U.S. Gold), Gyroscope (Melbourne House), Happiest days of your life (Firebird) , Nonterraqueous (Mastertronic) and Inside Outing (The Edge).

The YouTube channel of C64 Endings.

Paulko64 is working on a new game for the Commodore C64. This time he is doing a remake of the popular game of Canabalt. The game was originally designed in Flash and for iOS by Adam Saltsman (Adam Atomic). In the game you need to run as far as you can. You run on the roofs of buildings and need to avoid all kinds of trouble. The game play of C64anabalt is very good and the game is very addictive.

C64anabalt preview on YouTube.

There is new software available for the ZoomFloppy. Changes in this version: Support for IEEE-488 drives (Thomas Winkler). Experimental support for 1571 serial nibbling via the SRQ protocol. (Arnd Menge). Support for low-level drive analysis with the 1541 index-hole sensor. Many improvements and bug fixes. You can download the new software and a comprehensive English manual from the web page of Nate Lawson.


ZoomFloppy at the go4retro web shop.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. It is still in development but you can try this beta version. Micro64 has beside a normal VIC II emulation also a half-cycle exact experimental emulation, but this emulation is a bit slow at the moment. You must also take a look at the program micro64ide.exe. This program shows you the how a program runs inside the C64 and you can watch the memory.

The game Edge Grinder for the Commodore 64 is now available as a .d64 image. The game is made by T.M.R, the graphics are from Smila and Ste'86 and the music is made by Odie. The game about scoring points, blowing things up and grinding the walls. The alien craft attacks in waves and have varying strength values. You will need to learn these attack formations in order to succeed.

Edge Grinder video on YouTube.

Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Enhanced sound emulation after the ReSID library has been integrated. Fixed joystick issues on Lion machines. Fixed bug that caused the emulator to crash on some Lion machines. Visit Dirk's web page for all the details.

Fullmaj started a project with an MOS6581 SID chip and a Arduino board. The Arduino board is used to "translate" the Midi signals and commands to a SID chip. Features: Control of the SID over Arduino Hardware SPI interface. Midi Receive interface through Opto-coupler and Led visualization of Midi Traffic. On the blog of Fullmaj you can find a sound sample, the schematic and the firmware.

Slimex of the group Sidrapers made a new SID for the Commodore C64. You can download the music from the Commodore Scene Database.

Poke 64738 released an new Android app called: Frodo C64 USB - 2 Player. This app makes it possible to use a real C64 keyboard with the Frodo emulator on a Andriod device with the help of the Keyrah interface. Features: Easy GUI. 2 Player support. D64, T64, PRG and P00 support. Disk change. Drive LED support. F-keys (LIST, RUN, LOAD, DIR). Requirements: Android 3.1 or higher tablet with minimum resolution of 1024x600 and an USB Keyboard or Keyrah.

Poke 64738 in the Andriod market.