Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Added a TARGET directive, ifdef and import of SEQ files. Improvements for constants, label names, status bar, sprite editor and the character editor.

A new version of the web browser NetSurf is now available. Changes in this version: Improvements for time handling, CSS, SVG, GIF, BMP, web-search, scheduler, tabs and AmigaOS3 support.

A new version of the Windows based D64 editor is now available. The features of this program are: Reading of D64 files, display the directory, move files around in the directory and rename files. Export from D64 to PRG. View/Edit the BAM and the data blocks.

AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: Amibian (Raspberry Pi / Amiga) with Gunnar Kristjánsson and Thomas Navarro Garcia.

Steve Morrow made an Excel sheet with the memory map of the Commodore C64. At the moment he has documented the memory addresses 0 - 62097. He is still working on the last part of the memory map.

Bobbi is working on a scripting language for the Commodore VIC20. At the moment he is still developing VICScript but if you find a problem or have a suggestion please contact Bobbi.

Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Lemmings, Secret of Evermore (SNES), Maze of the Mummy (C64), Zeit der Stille (C64), Philips CD-i, Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures (SMD), Rainbow Six: Black Ops (PC), Keyman64, Game magazine from the 80s & 90s (2), AmigaOS (6), Old Bits, Pixelkunst, Crystal Castles, Forgotten Worlds and Dr.Future - Auf Wiedersehen Monty.

Mase64 made a YouTube video about SEUCK games, a few examples are: 1917, 1941, 2000 Kung Fu Maniacs, Abyssonout, Action Tank II, Alaste, Alian Kill II, Anger, Argon and many more.

An update for the Hall of Light web page: DeLuxe Galaga, Abandoned Places: A Time For Heroes, Miklós Tihor, Hawkeye, PacMan '96, Crystal Dragon, Violator, Jürgen Schober, Christopher Dissauer, Andreas Oberdorfer, SmurfHunt, SuperTed: The Search For Spot, Smurf Rescue, José Antonio Herrán Martin, Bundesliga Manager Hattrick, Antti Kallioinen, Mortal Kombat, Blutrausch, Jacco Van't Riet, Pete Dabbs and King Of Karate.

The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Added an errorif directive. Improvements for referencing variables and a small update for the manual.

Philippe Lang started a new Kickstarter project to produce new keycaps for the Amiga computer. The project will include 96 keycaps for the Amiga 1200, 12 extra keycaps for the other Amiga models (A500, A600, A2000, A3000 & A4000), 100 springs and 16 plastic clips.

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: TWOFER #14: Formula 1 Simulator (Mastertronic, 1985), Maniac Mansion (Lucasfilm Games, 1987), Ghostbusters (Activision, 1984), NGOTM: Reaxion (Cosine, 1994) and Anarchy (Hewson Consultants/Rack-It, 1987).

AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: Adam Zalepa and AmiWest 2016.

C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for the Sprite editor and nested IFs. Added the <> operator, !pseudopc (ACME) and build chains.

The Game Show made a video review of the Armiga, the Amiga 500 hardware emulation console. The Armiga has a Dual Core ARM CPU, 720p video, 3D-printed case, microSD, USB ports and an original Kickstart 1.3.

Crazy Music is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by The Mad Scientist and The Overkiller.

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: A problem was solved that could occur during the changing of the settings.

Vic Porter made a Commodore VIC20 version of the C64 game Hat Trick. The game is an ice hockey game for two players with support for two joysticks (via userport). The source code is included in the download.

In this English diskette magazine the following items: Interviews: Lman, Oziphantom and Goto80. World of demo’s, Hardware corner, Crackers map, X206, Gamescom, Thunder from down under, Spanish game dev scene and The list.

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: 64 Doctor, Chipwits, Z-Pilot, Alien Destruction Set, The Mandroids Files, Omnitronic The Hot Shot Graphics Printer Interface, Blue Chip Commodore Printer Interface, Astro Talk, Intrigue!, Kartridge Kracker, COCO, Tower Toppler, Circus Charlie, Action City, BASIC Lessons, Mind Shadow, Gameware 2-on-One BMX Trials, 1985 The Day After, Pinball Construction Set, Stocker Capcom Disk Pak Captain Commando Series, Simon & Schuster Catalog, The Commodore 64 Program Book, Pastfinder, Graphics Basic, Computer Tutor Basic Learning Series Grade 4-6 and Hack Driver.

A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Spielfeld, Alarcity, Tower 57, Synergy, Giana Sisters S.E., Reshoot, Tales of Gorluth 2, OS4 Depot, Infection, Amibian, FryingPan, Trevors Soapbox, Eyetech Group, Demoscene, Blitz Basic (2), Gamescom 2016, Classic Computing 2016, Commodore Expo Las Vegas 2016, Evoke 2016 and Amiga Waves.

RasterBuster is an online utility to develop rasterbars. You can choose the colours and create your own rasterbar design. You can choose between the pepto and godot colour palette, save your designs and copy/paste your bytes.

FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Improvements for keyboard, stretch / keep aspect and V-Sync toggle button, more transition animations and much more.

The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: The Commodore 64 Program Book, Getting More from you Commodore 64, MegaPatch 3 ver. 3 Englsish, 1541 Ultimate II Firmware v2.6h, 1571 Floppy Drive Repair, GEOS Programming Info, Catweasel MK4 Short Manual, DKB MultiStart II - Manual-ENG, Picasso IV Video Card, GVP HC8 Impact2000 SeriesII SCSI Controller, Squirrel SCSI User Manual, ACA 620 Manual, Phase 5 Cyberstorm MK2 Manual, A530 Turbo Accelerator User Guide 1992 GVP A500, Retro Replay ROM 3.8BN w/TMP 1.2, C64 Datatool Docs and Amiga 1200 Next Steps.

Vasm is an assembler to create linkable objects in various formats. The following CPUs are supported: M680x0, ColdFire, 80x86, PowerPC, ARM, Jaguar RISC, Z80, C16x/ST10, 6502 and the 6800. Visit the web page to read about the changes in this version.

New version of Vlink.

Chicken Lips Radio is a Podcast for the Commodore user. In this episode: PET 2001-8, PC10-III, ARM, Dirty Old Commodore Still in Operation, Amiga 2000, Texas Commodore Users Group, Clone-A-Dore, Dual core C64, CommVex v13, Bil Herd, Shotgun, C128 Hardware Bugs, Commodore USA C6x, ZoomFloppy, XUM1541, CBMXfer GUI, 1541 Ultimate II and Star Commander.

Mev Dinc & Raff Cecco started a Kickstarter project to make a remake of the Amiga retro classic, First Samurai. The game will be fast with full 3D graphics, and will be developed for modern hardware.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6475 games on this web page. The new games are: 1917, Agent-Test, Antarctica, Attack of the Mutant Cabbages, Awakening, Baker Street Detective, Bonkey Kong, Breakaway, C64 2016 4K Games Collection, Color Code (ACW), Color Code (Input 64), Croll Ship, Dog, Dropout, Dropout 64, Mission Odessa, Scout, Sentinel (Loadstar), Sentinel (Street Games), Stareggs, The Baker Street Kids - A Week that changed the World, Van Diemens Land, Wasser - Water, Wasser der Ewigkeit, Wassermann, Wells Fargo and West Indies.

Arananet-net made a custom joystick for the Amiga. He made a Acrylic housing and installed a joystick handle with micro switches, two fire buttons and an auto-fire system. For a special effect he also uses internal lighting. The web page is in the Spanish language.

ACE is an Amstrad CPC emulator developed by Philippe Rimauro. The emulator is written in the language C and its GUI is based on MUI 4. The changes in this version are: Improvements for ASIC, CRTC, Gate Array, PPI, PSG and the Z80 edit window.

Thorsten Kattanek released a new (beta) version of his Commodore C64 emulator Emu64. The recent changes are: Improvements for the file browser, joystick mapping, Datasette, audio-buffer and the disk drive status.

Streamer is an Internet radio (ShoutCast/IceCast) player. It can stream MPEG and RealAudio files from any web server and play them in real-time. New in this version: Improvements for synchronisation, Shoutcast metadata alignment, status window and the buttons.

RGCD released two games on cartridge for the Commodore C64. In the game Moonspire you must infiltrate Draxx and cause as much devastation as possible and reclaim the stolen orbs. The game C-2048 is an addictive puzzle game. Both games are PAL/NTSC compatible.

The results of the X-2016 competitions are available.
C64 Demo:
1 - The Phoenix Code (Bonzai)
2 - Lunatico (Lft)
3 - Wonderland XIII (Censor Design)

C64 Music:
1 - Rastaline Dub (LMan)
2 - High Roller (Flex)
3 - The Ugly Arpling (Stinsen)

C64 Graphics:
1 - Song for the Dead (Duce)
2 - Them Apples (ptoing)
3 - No Shit (Mermaid/redcrab)

Mixed Graphics:
1 - We Are All Ejected (SHAPE)
2 - Pipe of Picard (Extend)
3 - BOSSE (Genesis Project)

X-2016 web page.

The Prisma Megamix music card is now available in the Amikit web shop. The specifications are: Clockport and Zorro II interfaces, compatible with Amiga A1200 T, A2000, A3000, A4000 and A4000T. VS1063 chip. Formats: MP2, MP3, WMA, OGG, LC-AAC, HE-AAC, FLAC, ALAC, IMA ADPCM, G.711 u-law, G.711 a-law, G.722 and WAV PCM.

Vic Porter made a VIC20 version of the C64 game Crossroads. The original version was published as a "type-in" in COMPUTE!'s Gazette 1987/12. The game requires an 8k memory expansion and supports a second joystick via the user-port. The source code and the schematics for the second joystick are included in the download.

A new version of ModExplorer for all Amiga platforms is now available for download. The program allows you to select at random and play modules from the Aminet servers; the application also supports playlist, change skins, manage a blacklist and more.

Steve has made a YouTube video about the cleaning of a diskette. He also shows in this video a demo of Copy Clone XL for the Commodore C64.

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of Amiga diskdrives. In total he got 9 Amiga drives working 100% using the techniques shown and talked about in this video.

The Retrogaming Times is a retro computer magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition: Prepare to Qualify, Upcoming Events, More C64! - Konami and the C64 (Track & Field / Castlevania), Retrogaming Feels - Sinistar, The Return of the Arcades?, A Pirate's Life For Me - Fourth Journey, The Controller Chronicles - Dreamcast Control Pad, Bomberman Parties and See You Next Game.

The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Game Assets that Weren't, Time to do battle with more corrosion, A590 Hard Drive, Jonas Amiga modding, Ghosts and Goblins, Amiga 2000 - Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator, Multi Select ROM Amiga 2000, Gary Hucker, Indivision ECS, Gloom & Alien Breed 3D, Dizzy, The Oliver Twins, Primal Rage, World Class Leader Board Golf, Rodland and Amigo Scour 6.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Way of the Tiger (Gremlin Graphics), View to a Kill (Domark), UWOL, Quest for Money (The Mojon Twins) and Tau Ceti (CRL).

FREEZE64 is an magazine for the Commodore 64 gamers and coders. In this edition: Graham Axten (The bear essentials), Coder's Corner: John Darnell, Kane 1&2 and Dragon's Lair. Games in the making, Game Ending focus: Flimbo's Quest - System 3, Next level: Henry's house - English Software. Pokes, Codes and Cheats.

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: Emerald Mine 4 Pro, Groovy Games IV, Helicopter Mission (DE), Martial Spirit, Time Zoner & Zut Alors 1 & 2, Miggybyte 4-12, Shareworld 5-6, Whitby AMOS Club SE, Dynamite Dick, Family Fun 1, Grey Slayer, Pair Crazy, Blood, Brolly, Buzzed, Charley Cat 1-2, Eddy The Demon, High Spot Funky Dancer, Heading For Home, Midget Massacre, Morphy Magic Man, Pogo, Upgrade, Card Games Deluxe, Slider, Superballz, Kick Em, Tetras, Ultimate Tour Tennis, Vermone II, Ampu, Colourmania, Greeblies, Match, Speed Break and Witness.

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: COMputer, CU Amiga Magazine, VIC Computing, D.A.B.G. AMOS, Amiga Centrum, Det Nye Computer and Eprom Brænder for CBM 64.

Oxyron made a new version of the classic game Donkey Kong for the Commodore C64. The game was released at the X-2016 party. The game is made by Peiselulli (code), Linus (music) and Veto (graphics).

In this game you must help Chris Bainfield and his friend Sid Wilson to free the galaxy from the clutches of WEAPCO. The game is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up space game with 26 levels in four planetary systems.

Retro Bullet is a new Kickstarter project to convert retro game to Virtual Reality. The games will be from retro computers like the Commodore C64 and the Amiga. A few examples are: Shinobi, Roling Thunder, Last Ninja, Operation Wolf and Pang.

AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows. Recent changes are: Improvements for keyboard layout, memory editor and other small improvements.

The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added 50 new intros. The new groups are: Legend+Federation Against Copyright, SHC Crackware Essen, Byte Engineers, The+Fantasy and The Real Gamebusters.