Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a modern computer. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Changes in this version: Relaunch64 is going to be completely re-written, using Java and NetBeans.

Thomas Koch made a prototype for a Minimig case last year. It is now possible to print the case with a 3D printer. After printing it may be necessary to make some small modification to fit the LEDs and if you want to hide the small lines from the printing process you can apply a coat of paint.

Speed Ball is an new game for the Commodore C64 made by the Kabuto Factory. The game is an conversion of the Spectrum version from 1987. The game is developed with the Pinball Construction Set program (Bill Budge / Electronic Arts). Speed Ball can be played with the joystick.

The group TRIAD released a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you must slide blocks with numbers. If you connect two blocks with the same numbers the blocks will merge into one. The goal is to reach the magic number 2048. The game is written by Ruk, the music is from ne7, the graphics from ilesj and Tao made the character set.

FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Improved the hd_requirements system and solved a problem when using Python 2.7. The joystick names and PATH's can now contain non-ASCII characters.

SVS improved his memory map for the Commodore C16, C116 and the Plus/4. This .xls file is a very comprehensive description of the 264 models. Changes in this version: PETSCII codes with CBM+key codes. New tables and command modes for RS232. More information about: ACIA registers, banking routines, OS96, LOAD routines, functions keys, monitor commands and the RT clock.

The Codetapper's web page had an interview with Subzero. Subzero was the main original supplier for the cracking group Vision Factory and member of SSR (Subzero, Selim and Rudi). SSR supplied games to the famous Amiga cracking group Skid Row from Germany in the early 1990s.

In this Retro Asylum Podcast: Press Play on Tape interviews music legend and industry veteran Chris Heulsbeck. Chris has written the music for many C64 and Amiga games. A few examples of these games are : Apidya, R-Type, Jim Power, The Great Giana Sisters and the legendary Turrican series.

Amiga Forum is a Swedish (printed) magazine for the Amiga user. In this edition: News from SAPPHIRE, MorphOS Nordic, SUCK and Amiga World. Amiga or not? Browser test #005. Report from the Data Storm 2014. Commodore and the CD-ROM technology. Battle Squadron, Ace of Hearts remake and the AmiGBG Fair.

Diskimage.device is an virtual storage device driver that allows to mount various diskimage file formats and use them just as if they were real disks. Changes in this version: Improvements for MDS. Updates for Thore Boeckelmann's bz2.library and application.library version 2 interfaces.

FunkPaint is an editor for Hires / Multi / Multicolor and DTV pictures. The program can be used with an joystick or mouse and supports memory expansions (+60k, REU, Ramcart, Georam etc.). Changes in this version: Improved the fill function and mouse precision. Support for the Atari ST mouse / CX-22 trackball. And now the cursor follows the mouse in zoom mode even when not drawing.

Paolo Besser has made an manual for the AROS shell. The manual has the following subjects: Introduction, AROS shell basics, Path / Command Template / Patterns / Redirection /Special drives devices / Running in background / Basic file operation with shell / Working with SFS / Script programming / AROS-DOS Scripting / Working with a script file / Changing system script files / AROS command reference, Printer escape codes and error codes. This version also includes AROSTCP commands and the archive management utilities in the Extras drawer.

A new version of Spectacular Copy is available. Changes in this version: Automatic correction of characters in the file name when saving to diskette. 100% accurate block size calculation for files that are read from tape. No more problems with files that are 0 byte long. When using the turbo, the sound is now enabled.

Dave Parsons made the game Og for the Amiga. The game is a side-way scrolling game in the Wonderboy style. The original game has only 32 colours. The later version was a AGA version which had 64 colours, much smoother sky colours and better screen fades. Dave thought he lost the AGA version after his hard-disk failed, but he found a copy on a diskette.

Sovox has made a Datassette emulator for the Commodore C64, that is based on a mp3 player. The mp3 player can be connected to a real Datassette for recording a .tap file and to a real Commodore C64 to replay the .tap file.

Amiga Power is a printed magazine in the French language for the Amiga user. In this edition the following articles: 3 DigiBooster OS4, E-UAE JIT OS4, Huenison OS4, The shooter OS4, The blue tunics Android, Alchemy X, Amiga, The Future Was Here, Slobman, Strix Memoria, Waltz of dockies OS4, HTML, Multiboot OS4 and programming Qt.

A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Cover Tape #11, Vince Clarke, Arcade Evolution joysticks, Borderline BBS, Revival Studios, USB joystick adapter, Commodore LCD emulator, Phase Out, Demo coding, 8 Bit chord tables, PETSCII editor, Reset #2, C&A Games #8, SID-Wizard, GPS view, Crazy Dog Racing, Realms of Quest IV, Flash memory expansion, Moldi's treasure, Text resizer, Paddle Shooter, X500, Morgue Soft, Micro Hexagon, ViColumn, Android 2, Double Or Nothing, The Frog and The assembly line #1.

The Odyssey Web Browser is a WebKit-based browser for AmigaOS. The features are r155188 WebKit, Javascript, CSS, DOM, SVG, Unicode, SSL and HTML5 Video/Audio support. Recent changes: Improvements for ffmpeg, adblock, HTTP authentication, FTP, spellchecker and many more.

Cosmos is a game for the Commodore C64. The original game was made as an arcade game in 1981 by Century Electronics. The original game is impossible to finish, but in the C64 conversion you can finish the game in level 7. The game can be played with joystick or keyboard, the comma key be used to activate light speed.

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: Toki, Flood 1990, Bubble And Squeak, Wrath Of The Demon, Q-Bic, Stealth Fighter, F-19 Stealth Fighter, Nighthawk F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0, Sqrxz, Genesia, Lionheart, Warhead, K240, Samurai Showdown Classiek, Damage: The Sadistic Butchering Of Humanity, International Karate, Putty, Putty Squad and Flappy Bird.

In this BitJam the collection of Machinae Spupremacy. You can listen to the following music: Arcade, Bouff, Cryosleep, Fanvacoolt, Gianna Sisters, Hero, Killer Instict, Kings of the Scene, Koala Squadron, March of the Undead 2, Multiball, Ninja, Player One, Retrospection, SIDology 1 - SID Evolution, Super Mission and Winterstorm. Total playing time: 1:10:22.

EvenMOre is an text viewer for AmigaOS. The features are proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plugins, and more. Recent changes: Auto check for local files. Improvements for printing, Dir2Text, MUI and Arc2Text plugin. A new button interface and the images are now IFF files instead of icons.

The results of the Forever 2014 party are available. The winners are C64 demo: homunculi by dream, C64 music: Lethargic by stinsen/genesis, C64 graphic: Anima et animus by jailbird/booze design and C64 1kb intro: SIL1K01 by Busy & Noro.

Cuyo is a game for AROS. The game is based on the classic game Tetris, but it has many surprises. You can rotate the items and let them drop. You don't need to form rows or columns. Any shape will do, when enough blobs of the same colour are connected, they will explode. The game also has a two player mode.

Ravelli released a new version of Forth for the Commodore C64. Forth is a very low-level and minimal language without any automatic memory management. Forth on the C64 is more faster, more memory effective and more powerful than the standard Basic. Forth on the C64 includes an editor, compiler and a assembler. Changes in this version: Improved line buffering, added assembler labels, "base", "hex", "decimal", "[char]", Floating point values, "lshift" and "rshift".

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: Unit A - Break, Digilogic - Dutch Soccer Manager, Dragons - Shadow of the Beast 2, Zenith - Chessmaster 2100, The Fire Starters - Hillsfar, The Fire Starters - Space Ace and Synergy - Terminator II.

Alf Yngve released a new game for the SEUCK game competition of 2014. The SEUCK 2014 competition is open until 31st of March and four games are in competition. In the game Noxus an evil power wants to release dangerous chemicals into the atmosphere. Your mission is to sabotage all the vital machinery inside the chemical plant.

FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new 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: Action Biker, Bump Set Spike!, Rock Star Ate My Hamster, North & South, Unique Games!, Fist II: The Legend Continues and Spelunker.

Patrick from dottyflowers.com has scanned the Dutch computer magazines KIM Kenner, 6502 Kenner and µP Kenner. The magazines are now available on his web page. The start of KIM Kenner was in 1979 and was continued by 6502 Kenner in 1981. The last years the magazine was know as uP Kenner. The magazine lasted almost 19 years.

On the blog from biosrhythm you can see how to build a RS-232 interface for your Commodore C64. The C64 doesn’t have a standard RS-232 serial port. But is has a user port with RS-232 at TTL levels. With a simple RS232 module you can make a real RS-232 port with the necessary -15 Volt and +15 Volt levels.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Tell It To My Heart (Algotech Software), Lords of Doom (Starbyte), Negative FX (Reality), Prince (Arc) and International Sports Challenge (Empire). Improved: Chronicles Of Omega (ARC, International Sports Challenge (Empire, Enemy 2 - Missing in Action (Anachronia), Oil Imperium (reLINE), Monster Business (Eclipse), Euro Soccer (Flair) and European Championship 1992 (Elite).

Timo Voutilainen has made an update for his GPS system for the Commodore C64. New in this version: A basic navigation system is added. The negative latitude is now correct. The screen has now a heading and the speed is in km/h.

Misfit released the game ViccyBird for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a clone of the very popular game Flappy Bird. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 (PAL) and a joystick or with the VICE emulator.

The video of ViccyBird on YouTube.

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Tips & Tricks, SVS OS 3.2, Computerspass, Hardware, Total Eclipse, SVS Calc 2.0 and other systems.

In this English podcast MrSid has an interview with music composer Matthew Cannon. Matthew started his musical career at Ocean and composed some great music for games such as Batman the Movie, Nightbreed, The Untouchables, Operation Thunderbolt and Elf.

ACME is a cross assembler, and can produce code for the following processors: 6502, 6510 (including illegal opcodes), 65c02 and 65816. ACME supports global, local and anonymous labels, offset assembly, conditional assembly and looping assembly. New in this version: Segments can be edited inside PseudoPC sections. The old Pseudo Opcodes "!cbm", "!subzone" and "!realpc" are switched off. Support for the illegal Opcode 0xab (LXA #$xx) and 120 other improvements in the code.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6098 games on this web page. The new games are: 1k-Mini-Bdash, Angler 64, Attack Force, BMX Ninja, Colorout, Cuthbert goes Walkabout, Cuthbert in Space, Dark Force, Hummdinger, Nomad of Time, Operation Hormuz, Pro Mountain Bike Simulator, Protium, The Anglers, The Destroyers, The Lost Caves 7, The Lost Caves 8, Whirly Bird, Zombie Brain Eaters and Zombieparty.

Pixel released a new game for the Commodore VIC20. The game is a fast and smooth scrolling shoot em up game for the unexpanded Commodore VIC-20. The game is inspired by the classic arcade game "Gradius" from Konami from the year 1985.

TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 36 new, 414 updated and 3 removed.

The team of Gamebase 64 released version 10. The total number of games is now more than 24,000 entries, 500 more then the previous version. And many files are updated. The goal of Gamebase 64 is to preserve all software that was made for the Commodore 64 computer.

A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Reviews: CDTV mouse/joystick switch, CDTV SCSI controller, Goal, Game Bundle Version 1, Lode Looter, Pingus, Putty Squad, Enemy 2: Missing In Action, Solid Gold, DigiBooster 3, SimpleMail, YAM, SnapIt, MorphOS 3.4 and AmigaOS 4 Dockies. Special: Demo Scene and Progressive Peripherals & Software Inc. Workshops: WHDLoad and Programming with AmigaOS4 (5). Shows: Retro Madrid Games Week 2013 and AmiCamp 2013. Interviews: Dino Dini.

Robby from MOS6502 has had an interview with Bil Herd. Bil worked for Commodore as a hardware designer and is well known for the development of Commodore C128 the C16, Plus/4 and the Commodore LCD. Bil talks about how he started in the IT industry and his work for Commodore.

Dane Bills released a game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is based on a well known 80s game and is written in assembly. The music in the game is from Jeff Messner. The game can be played on a Commodore VIC20 with an 3 kByte memory expansion and a joystick.

The video of Panicman on YouTube.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Amazon Tales, Hangman and Ultimate Stunt Boat Challenge. Update: Device for Alien Destruction, Microprose Soccer V1 and Star Tech Games.

Amiga Mania is a Hungarian Amiga magazine (pdf). In this edition: Startup-sequence, News, Announcements, A1200, Quickshot Intruder, Sunrise - AD516, Synergy, Youtube-Videos OS4.1, OWB-Shop, Samantha 440EP, Flamingos and Petunia - Rachy interview, Workbench 16 colours background, Toolmanager, Only Amiga makes it possible, Fade to Black, Demológia 20, Virtual Dreams: Absolute, Inebriation (1992), M.A.C.E., Putty Squad, Gee Bee Air Rally, Freeserf, Strife, Lantus360 Interview and Starwoids.

Peter Wendrich made a new core for the C-One. The core is based on the beta9 firmware release of Chameleon. With this core the C-One is an C64 with a turbo mode (F11). The SID is emulated with filters (stereo SID is optional), and all VGA resolutions are available.

A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Ace of Hearts, Amiga Games Award, X500Plus keys, MorphOS 3.5.1, Yesterchips on Youtube, Blue Metal Rose, Aros distributions, Ares Shop, Power2People Crowdfunding, Aminux USB-Stick and IndieGO AppStore.

In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: Something Old, Something New: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Turn To Channel 3: 1942, Know Your Role: Secret Of Mana, Retro Library Review (11), Saturday At The Arcades: Growl Review. A Very Junkies Tribute: The Power Up Of Friendship.

A new version of AROS Vision is now available. AROS is based on concepts and ideas of the Amiga and the 68000 processor. AROS supports X86, ARM, PPC and 68k. Changes in this version: New icons. Freeware-Raytracer added. Improvements for file formats and support for the YAFA file format (Trackers). Text-client for the indieGO-Marketplace. And many other improvements and optimisations.

In this German language d64 magazine the following articles: Editorial, Computer Scene: VCFE#14, DRP, FAO, Nintendo, Retro#27, Return#14, C= Welt, Helfried Peyrl, 20 years DT, Champ, Dejuhra, Falk, Scorpe, Unlock, Talkies, Games corners, Out of 64 and the Musikbox.