Erich released a new Botticelli Bilderdisk for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with pictures in the Botticelli format. The Magica viewer is used to display the pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures

The Company is a group Amiga enthusiast from Poland. They make exe versions of Amiga games. You can download a exe file that contains the game and a preconfigured version of WinUAE. The latest additions are: The Universe Core, TwinWorld: Land of Vision, Lure of the Temptress, Wisielec, Desert Wolf, Za Żelazną Bramą (Behind the Iron Gate) and Lords Of Chaos Blade.

Jan Beta has made a video about replacing the disk drive mechanism in a Amiga 1010 disk drive.

Matthias Münch released the Clockport Expander Rev. C for the Amiga 1200. This version makes it possible to use the Clockport Expander with the Indivision AGA Mk 2cr.

There is an update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now more than 49,500 SIDs in the collection. In this update 600 new SIDs, 139 fixed/better rips, 313 SID credit fixes, 299 SID model/clock info's, 25 tunes identified and 32 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favourite web browser. Changes in this version: MultiView, AmigaGuide, Palettes, Error-Flash, Pictograms, Config.js, Pre-sets and Bug fixes.

Cloanto released the 2017 version of the C64 / Amiga Forever emulation package. Amiga changes in this version: Playlists, PowerPC emulation, joysticks, audio, WHDLoad and AROS. C64 changes in this version: playlist, joysticks, languages and auto start.

The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Amigos Episode 100, Jaws, B.C. Kid, The Secret of Monkey Island, Beatbox, Amiga 500 makeover and Kick Start 8 magazine.

Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC (#67). SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.

On the "Games Coffer" web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: Lure Of The Temptress, Beneath A Steel Sky, Bubble Trouble, Flammable Star, Galactic Struggle, Headgames, Seahaven 2000, BBBBS, CD-ROM Guide, Huge Base, Ollys AGA Doo Utilities, Robs Hot Stash #12, Vark CLI Utilities #4, Vark CLI Utilities #9 and Vark CLI Utilities #10.

In this (English language) pod-cast the following items: Jet Set Willy (C64), Commodore 1541 disk drive, A-EON Amiga X5000 and Skyfall (C64).

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Run Magazine, BMP-data SmartStick Lux, COMputer, Championship Golf - Pebble Beach (Amiga), Elektor Junior-Computer Buch, Defender of the Crown manual (Amiga), Leroy's Cheat Sheet keyboard overlay for Comal 80, Zzapp 64, VIC Computing, GVP Geforce 68030 Combo User's Guide, Siamese System, Amiga OS 3.1 Harddisk, Superbase, The 5th Commodore Computer show update, Software Prisliste and Mikro Guide 85.

C64 Debugger is a code and memory debugger that works in real time. The program works together with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: Improvements for reset, VIC colour palette, settings menu, CIA timers and key mapping. Added: Vice 3.1, VIC display / editor screen, music notes (SID), the following of code jumps, branches and code cycles.

Cinnamon Writer is a WYSIWYG writer application designed to be a very modular application that will suit the individual taste of each user. Cinnamon Writer is developed for Amiga OS4 by Claus Deslers, but now an AROS version is made available by Sabbate.

Steve Morrow is making a series of YouTube video about programming machine language on the Commodore C64. In this episode he explains how to use LDA and STA.

A new version of WinUAE is now available. Changes in this version: Comspec SA-1000, California Access Malibu, DKB RapidFire, M-Tec AT-500 Megabody, improvements for FPU, 68020, MMU, lightpen, audio, sprites and AGA emulation.

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about using a Penultimate, Pentagorat and a Planet X1 cartridge with the Commodore VIC-20.

YACE64 is Yet Another Commodore Emulator for Windows and iPhone/iPad. Changes in this version: 3D mode, detailed traces, disassembler and a visual VIC debugger.

Rezerwar is a game for AROS developed by Bertrand Janin. In the game pipes are falling from the top and you need to connect them. The goal is to complete the longest networks of pipes (with water) as fast as possible.

Blackbird is a modern and powerful music editor for the Commodore 64. The exported music contains a highly efficient play routine and has a small memory footprint, 9-12 pages of memory. Improvements in this version: buffers, realtime clock and birdcruncher.

On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro's with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Ackerlight - Italy Soccer 90, Access - Super Frog, Paradox - Championship Manager 93, Scoopex - Zoom, Paradox - Power Pinball, Paradox - Indianapolis 500, Hoodlum - Apocalypse, Scoopex - Arsenal, Crest - Watch Tower, Quartex - Dawn Patrol, Alpha Flight - Amoeba Invaders, Oracle - Pipe Mania, Legend - Rampart, Red Sector - Marias Xmas Box and Trilogy - Where in Europe is Carmen San diego.

FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Andrew Braybrook, view sprites utility (Action Replay Cartridge), Uridium, The mouldy cupboard, Free cheat card (7), Martin Piper - Citadel 2, New & exclusive pokes & codes, Gribbly's Day Out, Secret squirrel and Hackersoft pads.

The Sky Is Falling is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Stuart Collier (code), Trevor Storey (graphics) and the music is from Richard Bayliss. In the game you must explore many caves. You have the tools to smash the sharp stalactites, but be aware for the big boulders.

You can watch the following presentations of the Pacific Commodore Expo NW. SwiftLink RS-232 cartridge by Kent Sullivan and Bryan Minugh. Opcodes and the Commodore Cartridge without EPROMs by Noel Nyman.

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: Improvements for audio, Swift, fullscreen mode, joystick emulation, snapshot and diskdrive memory.

The Wicher 500i turbo card has been designed for installation inside Amiga the A500 / A500+ computer. Features: 68000/68010 CPU, 50 MHz, 8 MB Fast RAM (SIMM72), IDE controller and SPI controller.

Another new project is a CD32 Expansion Slot.

The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Rob Hubbard.

A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: News, Bert Jahn (WHDLoad), Amiga trademark, Blackbox 1200, Hollywood, HDMI, Workbench Explorer Amiga 32, Amiga-Club Hamburg and WHDLoad.

Pyrofer made a WiFi modem for the Commodore C128. The WiFi modem is installed on the motherboard and it works together with the Desterm software.

Edition 104 of Amiga Future is now online available. In this edition: Editorial, News, GBA1000@060, Cropky, TORCS, Speed Dreams, GlowTrack, Solomon's Key, Hunesion, Magic Boy, Age of Thieves, MACE, Paradise Lost, YAM, Fastview, AmigaOS 4 Dockies, NetBSD, WinUAE, FSUAE, AEROS - Raspberry Pi, Amiga Scene, Classic Reflections (11) MacroSystem, Programming AmigaOS 4 (2), Till Harbaum (MIST), Silicon Dreams and the Vintage Computer Festival 2013.

A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Commodore 264 prototype, unlimited frame rate option, improvements for keyboard, TED and D64.

SmallyMouse2 is a universal USB to quadrature mouse adapter for many 8-bit and 16-bit retro computers and allows the use of modern USB mice on machines such as the Acorn BBC Micro, Acorn Master, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and many more.

RetroJeck, Tommi_NRW and KiWi developed a Kernel replacement for the Commodore C64. With a menu you can choose between 24 different Kernels.

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: USAAF Manual (SSI), Long Division Teachers Pet Box, Pub Darts Instructions, Broadsides Manual (SSI), Secret Filer Manual, Idiot 1, 2, 3 & 5, Simon's BASIC, Sat Score Improvment System Sample Tests Users Guide, A Child's guide to Commodore 64 and Music Video Kit Instruction Manual.

On the Retrohax web page you can see how to restore a very dirty Commodore C64c. Modifications: SD2IEC, red keyboard and a black case.

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Chinon FB354 Amiga 500 internal disk drive.

The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Go64 2007/1, 2006/1/2/6/10, 2005/1/3/7/8/10.

An update for the Hall of Light web page: Summer Olympix / Reach Out For Gold, Demon Blue, Kupiec, Bartłomiej Trokowicz, Piotr Kaczmarek, Kwatermaster / Skaut Kwatermaster, Shadow Of The Beast II, René Bidstrup, Kim Frederiksen, Logistic, Belial, Sector, Oil Imperium, Black Gold, Alien Drug Lords: The Chyropian Connection, Glen Coghlan, Robert Richardson, Main Battle Tank: Central Germany, Magic Marble, Lords Of The Rising Sun, Virgin Loisirs, Invasion, Nick Pelling, Taekwondo, Ishar 2: Messengers Of Doom, Thai Boxing, Extase, Virgin Mastertronic, Cryo, Exxos, Philippe Eidel, The Bulgarian Voices, Philippe Ulrich, Stéphane Picq and Arnaud Devos.

Floppy Days is an English podcast about Retro computers. In this episode: Giacomo Vernoni, Commodore Vic 20: A Visual History.

An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: AMIcast_Player_1.0b.lha, AmiArcadia_24.58.lha, Bewegungsdetektor_2.0.lha, FontWalker_1.0.lha, IRSSI_1.0.3.lha, Hurra,ich_wachse!_2.2.lha, Koules_1.31.lha, Morphoza_0.9.0.lha, Sudominator_1.1.lha, Zgrzytor_1.1.lha, Flacochlorine_0.5.lha, AppendDate_1.4.lha, iconv_3.0_dev.lha, iconv_3.0.lha, BINtoC_2.13.lha, dicpng_1.1.lha, lzip_1.19.lha, HandyPlusPlus_0.95b.lha, Uptime_1.1.lha and ImageMapper_1.0.lha.

GeoAnas had an interview with the SID musician Gaetano Chiummo. Gaetano makes games and music for the Commodore C64 such as: The Rocket Man, SEA Soft Loader, Il Mago, Sheer Earth Attack, Acoustic Freedom and Filtered Feelings.

Luigi Di Fraia has added more functionality to his IECHost device. With this device you can connect a Commodore IEC disk drive via USB to a PC. This time he writes a d64 image to a diskette. The time it takes is about 33 seconds.

GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Improvements for Application info, ReAction mode, multimedia keys, Spanish catalog, menus, skins and title bar / info line.

Mr. NOP released a new game for the Commodore C64, the music is made by Richard Bayliss. The game is a Space Invaders clone for the C64 but Mr. NOP is also developing a PET version (ASCII).

Paolo Besser released an update for the Icaros Desktop. There are improvements or updates for: Magellan, HostBridge, ZunePaint, minipicolisp, ZuneView, ZuneFig, MUIRoyale, HFinder, SnapIT, OWB, SYSmon, protracker and AISS.

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, C16 Sprtes, Random Files, Command Channel, Gunfright, Loco-coco, Strawberry Fields, Bobm Man, Lapland, Mr.Mind, Hitball, Computer Spass, Hardware, Redline, Rap4 and Basicode.

Chris Huelsbeck started a Kickstarter campaign for a limited collector's edition box-set featuring new live orchestra recordings of music from Turrican 1, 2 & 3 + a new bonus Amiga album.

Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. Most recent updates: Building the lab-prototype of the MEGA65.

FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Yleisurheilu (Amersoft, 1984), Bugaboo (Quicksilva, 1983) and Fred (Quicksilva, 1984).

Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks is a game developed by Poul Sander. In Block Attack bricks come from the bottom of the screen, and you need to clear them before the reach the top of the screen.