Balázs built a 1551-II disk drive. This disk drive is a combination of a Commodore 1541-II and self built hardware. The extra hardware is needed because the CPU will work on 2MHz when the disk drive is in 1551 mode and the rest of the hardware is on 1 MHz. The hardware also supplies extra RAM. The web page is in the Hungarian language.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Speedball Cracktro (Ackerlight), Megademo (Excellence), Eye Of The Storm (Rebellion) and Colorado (Scoopex). Improved: Project X - Special Edition (Team 17), The way of the Little Dragon (Parsec Software) and Gunshoot (Micropartner).

Vicman has made a compilation of games. You can now watch more than 750 video's of Commodore VIC20 games. A few examples are: D'Fuse, ET, Falcon Fighter, Galactic Abductors, Halloween, Ice, Jackpot, K-razy Antiks and Ladders.

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: 6 new, 88 updated and 1 removed.

eGame is a program that makes it possible to easily search through a list of games you want to play. The program is made by Christopher Handley and is written in the PortablE programming language. The program can be used with AmigaOS4, AROS and MorphOS. The free version is limited to displaying 10 game, if you want the full version you will have to make a small donation.

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 MorphOS Team released a new SDK (v3.2) for MorphOS. In this SDK the latest versions of GCC, Bash and GNU-Tools are included. Included are also the recent MorphOS Includes and documentation. The SDK can be used with MorphOS 3.1 or higher.

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.

Onyxsoft released a new version of Annotate for the Amiga. Annotate is a comprehensive text editor. Changes in this version: Tool commands with a output window. Improved: Rectangular selection, Manual, String escaping (XML prefs), Tools edit page, $ VER : string and Text redrawing.

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.

RetroWiki is an Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga Engine X: Kwok, Electronics, BASIC, MSX music, Commodore Plus, Software, Vigilante and the SEGA Megadrive.

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.

Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a Windows computer. Daniel is now going to re-write the program in Java. Using Java will make it possible to use the program on other platforms. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Relaunch64 offers special syntax highlighting, easy usage and handling of Source Code management.

XRoar is an emulator for the Dragon and Tandy computers with the 6809 CPU. XRoar can use virtual diskettes, cassettes or cartridges. There are 3 video modes, joystick support and a audio output available. Changes in this version: Improved the CPU, PIA, keyboard and the video module. Simple ACIA emulation. Becker and Hitachi 6309 support.

HermIRES is a new graphical editor for the PC. With this program you can edit a C64 hires bitmap. Changes in this version: Auto-adjustment of GUI size. PNG import and export. Improvements for selection, copy, paste and move. CRT emulation for preview of picture on a TV. Improved buttons, mouse movement and pen-drawing.

The Toronto PET Users Group published a series of videos from the World of Commodore 2012 meeting. You can watch the following videos: Censor Design Legacy Demo Preview (John Hammarberg), PETSynth 2.0 (Chiron Bramberger), Coding a Demo (Dan Kovacs), MIDI in FastFingers (Dan Laskowski), Hello Amiga, Innovations (Jim Brain), Ultimate Modded VIC-20 (Leif Bloomquist) and M.U.L.E. Returns (Matt Brudzynski, Comma8 Studios).

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.

Coronax is a professional software developer who has electronics and retro computers as a hobby. One of his projects is Project:65. This project will be the building of a complete computer with the 6502 processor as a starting point. You can follow his work on his blog. The articles you can read are: The 6502 and 6522, Running in circles, Arduino port expansion, EEPROM Programmer, Running a program, Trivial communications, RAM and IO.

Kevin made a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a sliding puzzle and you must complete the puzzle within one minute. The game is written in Basic and can be played on a PAL or NTSC VIC-20 without an memory expansion. The game is also available for MAC and Windows.

Don't Blow It for Mac and Windows.

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.

YAM (Yet Another Mailer) is a email client for AmigaOS. Changes in this version: Updated translations: Czech, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Turkish and English. Online documentation. Multi-identity system with signature support. SSL certificate authentication support. Support for Mail-Followup-To / Mail-Reply-To and much more. Please visit the YAM web page for all the details.

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 C64.sk organises another SID cover competition. Your SID must be based on exciting music you can hear on the radio, or can buy in a shop. The SID will be available on the web page, but it will be anonymous. Later the voting will start.

Paolo Besser released a new version of Icaros Desktop. Changes in this version: ABIv0 kernel, GRUB2 v2.0, AmiBridge preferences tool, Real3D, TVPaint, XAMOS, HarmonyPlayer, Candy Crisis, Cave Story, Neverball, Neverputt, Hurrican, pforth, FlexCat, irrxml, YAM, OpenURL, DiskImage, Annotate, fpc, LiveUpdater and Mupen64.

In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: Caught On Film - Wreck-It Ralph, The Pixelated Mage - Top 10, Apple II Incider - Christmas Gifts For The Apple II Fan, CoCoLicious! - The CoCo's 3rd Time Is A Charm, The Way Things Were - January 1983, MAME Reviews - Astro Blaster, NES'cade - Cabal, Beyond The Plastic - Tom & Jerry (NES), The Retro Junkie - NHL '94 + More!

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).

You can now listen to a new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language). You can listen to the following articles: ACA 620 available again, Opus Magellan 2: source code available, AmigaOS 4.1 Update 6, Roadshow for AmigaOS 2/3, AmigaAMP 3.5 for AmigaOS 4, Game: Santa's Monster Shootout, New Scando/Flickerfixer for A1200/A4000, Simple Mail 0.39, YAM 2.8 for all Amiga Systems, Status of the MorphOS G5 project, MorphOS: OWB 1.18, Pixelor Portal, Kraut & Rüben on Youtube and Archive.org.

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.

The Polish magazine Commodore and Amiga Fan released another games edition. In this pdf magazine the following articles: News, Soulless, Tron, Spikey in Transylvania, Payback, Arktyczne Polowanie, Eway 10 Software, Dark Catacombs - walkthrough, The Goonies, Bride of Frankenstein, Bomberland Preview, Wywiad: Przemysław Sołtan, Pegasus, Stop the Express, Strach się bać czyli, Spike C64 Dislike, Mała Sonda and Action Fighter.

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.

Mastertronic Chronicles is a blog of witchfinder dedicated to the Mastertronic games for the Commodore C64. The most recent game reviews are: Street Hassle, P.O.D. - Proof of Destruction, Rogue, Promo Cassette: Aqua, Jonah Barrington's Squash, Way of the Exploding Fist, Ninja, Fighting Warrior, Knuckle Busters and Intergalactic Cage Match.

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.

X-BENCH can be used to replace the Workbench when you only want to load games with WHDLoad. You can use X-BENCH with all Amiga's, OCS or AGA and with 68000 to 68060 CPU's. Changes in this version: New design and effects for intro, menu and loading screen. Improved the system for showing large set of names. Added a start-up tab, Del key switch option and a Xbench start option. Many optimisations for the program and removed a few errors.

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).

The web page CBM8bit.com started a new banner exchange. You can register with a banner to promote your own web page. Your banner will be shown on different web pages. The size of the banner is 468 x 60 pixels. Visit the CBM8bit.com web page for all details.

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.

ScanJuggler XAGA is a scan-doubler and flicker-fixer for the Amiga 1200 and 4000. There are two versions available, normal and lite. The lite version has VGA and an 768 x 580 resolution, the normal version has DVI-I with an 1280 x 600 resolution. The scan doubler will be available soon, visit the ScanJuggler web page for all the details.

The web page Commodore Plus/4 World has added a new page with the high scores of games. On this web page you can see who the best gamers are on the Commodore Plus/4. A few examples of the games are: BMX Racers, Formula 1 Simulator, Guzzler, Jack Attack, Legionnaire, Moon Buggy, POD, Space Pilot and Video Meanies.

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio. It can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Added: Rec option, MOD support (libmodplug) and region.txt support for skins. Improved: Tag editor layout and playlist scanning.

HermIRES is a new graphical editor for the PC. With this program you can edit a C64 hires bitmap (Art Studio 1 format). Features: 320 x 200 Pixels, 16 Colours, 2 Colours per 8x8 pixel-block. Zoom editor, Dots, lines, circles and rectangles (empty or filled), Copy and mirror, Grid, Load, Save, Export C64, Colour-Clash testing and a help function The program is available for Linux and Windows.

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: Australian Crackers United - Ninja Warriors and Turrican, Action - F15 Strike Eagle II, Mad Monks - AUSTRALOPITICUS, Defjam - Bubble Bobble, Alpha Flight - Crackers Journal Intro, Oracle - TBird and World Cup 90.

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).

Arnold is an emulator of the Amstrad/Schneider CPC for the Amiga. The 8-bit Amstrad CPC was introduced in the year 1984. The first CPC has an Z80 CPU, 64 kBytes RAM, 16 colour video and a three channel audio chip. The later CPC models have more RAM and more colours. The Arnold emulator has audio, RAMROM device, tape, disk and cartridge emulation and built-in ROMs.

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.

A new version of WinUAE, the Amiga emulator for Windows, is now available. Changes in this version: Improved: CDTV emulation, Power led, SCSI emulation for CD, Mouse cursor, File comments and protection flags. New: Directory file system 1/50s date stamp. Mount drag and drop archive file as a directory hard drive. Attempt to mount as a diskette image in DF0.

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.

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