Jim Brain has introduced a new web-shop. Jim Brain is well known for his innovating products for Commodore Computers. At the moment the following products are available: The µIEC/SD, a replacement for the 1541 disk-drive that uses a modern memory card for storage. JiffyDOS, the original DOS replacement for serial disk-drives. The µIEC/SD daugther board. The 64NIC, a C64 module with Ethernet connection. The ROM-el, a replacement / adaptor for Commodore ROM chips.

Rockersuke has released a short text adventure for the Amiga. This adventure is a preview of a complete text adventure that will be released later. The adventure is developed with AMOS Professional and includes pictures and audio samples. The adventure can be played with any Amiga computer with 1 MByte RAM or more. Visit the web page for more information.

In this German-language pdf magazine the following articles: Newsticker, Hobby+Elektronic 2009, Pixelpunch, Death Rally, Kick Off 2 World Cup 2009, C64 Fußballmanager, Arkanoid, Sony PSP, The Bard's Tale, RPG-Perle Terranigma, Blutbad im Splatterhouse and more.

The High Voltage SID Collection has been updated. This update: 874 new SIDs, 65 fixed/better rips, 470 SID credit fixes, 174 SID model/clock infos, 17 tunes identified. The whole collection (73 MByte) or the update (4,9 MByte) can be downloaded from the HVSC web page.

VICE is a emulator for the 8-bit Commodore computers. It can be used on many platforms: Unix, Linux, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, BeOS, QNX 6.x, Amiga, GP2X, Mac OS X, AROS64, QNX 4.x, HPUX, Atari Mint, Solaris Express and SkyOS. New features in version 2.2 are: Improved: C128 VDC, VIC-20 and PAL emulation. ReSID's resampler has been optimized. SFX Sound Sampler and SFX Sound Expander emulation. Added: EasyFlash, Digibooster SID, Mega-Cart, Final Expansion cartridge, paddle, lightpen/lightgun emulation, userport joystick adapters.

An update from the GTW web page. This time the following games were found: Arkanoid V1, Brainleak (preview), Starglider 2, Toxic (preview), Live and Let Die V1. Cartridge confirmations for the C64GS that never were, 33 new GTW entries added and 15 existing GTW entries updated.

In this German-language d64 magazine the following articles: Computer Szene, Party-corner, Leserhistory, Talkies und Diskussionen, Hall of Fame, Games-corner, Politikecke, Out of C64 and the Musikbox.

The Amiga Virus Encyclopedia has been updated. This web site dedicated to analysis and descriptions of viruses for the Commodore Amiga computer. The database has now information of more than 500 virusses.

A new version of the Amiga emulator is now available. In this release the following new features: Improvement an the A500 and unexpanded A1200/CD32 emulation. A2065 ethernet card emulation. Old game protection dongles emulated (Leaderboard, Robocop3, etc..) Full NTSC timing implemented. Single sided PC/Atari ST disk images supported. AVI and wave sound recording improved and much more.

The web page C64 Intros has added another 300 intros bringing the total to 5300 intro's. Updated groups include: Abnormal, Aron Cracker Crew, Beastie Boys, Depredators, Dualis, Extasy, Holocaust, Impact (US), Laxity, Red Sector Incorporated, Silicon Limited, The Ruling Company, Victims and more!

Johannes Eggers made a small interface that makes it possible to connect a PS/2 keyboard to your Commodore CBM or PET computer. You can even reset your PET/CBM by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del on the keyboard. Visit his blog for all the details.

64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager made by Peter Schepers. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats. This version has the following changes: Cursor shows insert or overwrite mode. The disassembler has more options with labels. The file splitter is improved. Many improvements with handling directories. Visit Peter's web page for all the details.

A new cartridge is available for the Commodore VIC-20. The cartridge contains a EPROM, a memory decoding circuit and selection switches. The games can be burned in a EPROM and selected with the 5 switches. This means that you can put 32 games inside the EPROM. For developers all the cartridge connections are available for testing and custom memory decoding is also possible. Visit the web page for all the details.

In this German pdf magazine the following articles: News, Die neue 1541 Ultimate, Original oder Kopie?, Commodore Vienna 2009, Big Scale Racing, Gianas Return, PS1 zu CD32 Adapter, Reparatur: Autofeuer-Joystick, Little Computer People, Lunix am C64, Datassette transfer, SX-64, Zack McKracken, Wussten Sie?, 5.25 cover, Game-Rätsel / Game Show, Top und Flops.

Nate Lawson has released a beta version of his xum1541. The xum1541 is a device that makes it possible to connect a Commodore 1541 disk drive to a PC with the help of a USB connection. The xum1541 can be made with a Atmel AT90USBKEY developer's kit. Software is available for Windows and Mac OS X.

The Vague is a Englisch diskmag for the Amiga. You can read the magazine on-line or on a real Amiga as a diskmag. In this edition: AROS demomaking, Amiscene 2008/9, The AOS4/MOS scene, Debugging on the Amiga, 68k Linux Coding, Mixing assembler and C. Part 2, Perfect animation and much more.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (Ocean), Warrior (Living Colors Software), Video Meanies (Mastertronic), All Terrain Gardener (Ubik), It's Magic (Protovision) and Superkid in Space (Atlantis Software). There are now more than 450 endings available.

Ralph Schmidt announced in the MorphZone forums that MorphOS will soon include support for Apple's PowerMac G4 range of computers. The PowerMac G4 are not as compact and portable as Mac Minis, but they are more affordable, can be faster and offer expandability option.

The internet radio station Commoradio plays a 1 hour play-list. The music is randomly generated. You can choose between Amiga 32/16 bit music and C64 8-bit music. There is no fancy interface, no presenters, no breaks, just authentic computer music for your ears!

James 'jahc' Carroll released an update of his MSN-Messengers program for AmigaOS 3/4 and AROS. In this release: File transfers, this is a alpha version, everything downloads straight to RAM. Incoming buffer is now a ring buffer, which prevent loosing random incoming messages. You can download the latest version of SabreMSN from Jahc's web page.

For the C-One is a new Minimig core (v2.0) available. Tobias Gubener ported Jakub Bednarski's sources of September 2009 to the C-One. The features include: Emulation of four floppy drives (DF0: to DF3:), Emulation of two hard drives (4GB), FAT16 or FAT32 supported for the CF memory card, Long file names for ADF images allowed. Memory 11.5MB: 2MB chipmem, 1.5MB slowmem, 8MB fastmem. For this core you will need a C-One with FPGA extender.

Version 1.8 of Berzerk Redux is now available. This game is based on the classic arcade game Bezerk. In the game you have to escape the maze, you can shoot the robots, but beware of Evil Otto. The game can be played on a Commodore C64 or with a C64 emulator.

Fredrik Wikstrom made a portable, SDL-based command line program for playing Amiga CDXL files on today's computers. CDXL is an motion video file format developed by Commodore in the late 1980s and early 1990s for the Amiga computer platform. The CDXL player can be used with an AROS or Windows system.

A new Ftp archive is available with Plus/4 demo's, documentation, games, magazines, parties and tools. The archive will be kept up to date by Luca. All changes are available in the txt file in the main folder.

The magazine Commodore Horizon stopped in March 1986. But now a brand new edition is available after 23 years. The whole magazine is about the C16, C116 and the Plus/4. In this edition: Games, Hardware, Utilities, Programming, Letters, Newsdesk, Charts and Answer Back. You can download the magazine as a pdf file from the Commodore16.com web page.

NetSurf is a free, open source web browser with CSS support for the 68k Amiga. Changes in this version: Getvideo: v0.22, ixemul: v62.1, Special chars on title are working, Buttons act like real buttons, Streaming of videos, Support for more unicode characters, Icons for search engines and Bookmarks. Please visit the web page for all the details.

In this German-language d64 magazine the following articles: Computer Scene, Party Corner, Talkies und Diskussionen, Hall of Fame, Games-Corner, Out of C64, Programmservice and the Music box.

A new wiki is available for the users of MorphOS. The goal of this site is to collect and provide development information for everyone who is interested in developing software for the exciting operating system known as MorphOS.

Gideon Zweijtzer release news about the 1541U-II. The new version features are: The PCB is 30% smaller. MicroSD connector, instead of a full-size SD. Real-time-clock function, for correct file time and date. Larger FPGA, which enables the implementation of more features. USB Host port, which can be used to connect USB-sticks. There are plans to make an suitable case for the device. Visit Gideon's web page for more details and pictures of the 1541U-II.

In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: News section with DOT BASIC Update, ACID 64 Player Pro v3.02 released, Realms Of Quest for the VIC 20, Forth Dimension BBS, EasyFlash C64 Cartridge and more. Welcome to the Commodore. SHREDZ64. Welcome to Amigaworld! Update on the PDF Project. Interviews with Chris Snowden and David W. Murray.

Ventzislav Tzvetkov (drHirudo) released King Kong for Amiga OS4. For the Amiga version, new graphics, music and sounds were used. drHirudo programmed the game in C, used AHX for the music and Personal Paint for the graphics. The game is also available for Amiga 68k, Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and the Sega Master System.

Matt Young programmed the Commodore 16 version of the game Thrust in 1987. But the game had a bug with the scrolling of the screen. Matt has now released the improved version including the source code.

Arend-Paul Spijkerman released a new version of his (beta) web browser. In this version the stability problem on Amigas are fixed. The home button works better now and you can switch the favourites bar on or off. The loading of IFFs is now faster, the gui and html engine has improved in speed. The Merlin Web Browser can be used on a Amiga 68k (kickstart 2.0+), Mac OSX, Windows and Linux. Arend-Paul is now working on improving the HTML and CSS engine.

The VIC-20 Final Expansion v3.2 is an cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20. The features are: RAM expansion up to 512 KB. Also available: 3 KB, 8 KB, 11 KB, 16 KB, 19 KB, 24 KB, 27 KB and 35 KB. Each RAM section can be write-protected to simulate a ROM. 512 KB Flash EEPROM memory that can be flashed by the VIC-20. Up to 2 GB mass storage media by using modern SD-cards as a reliable floppy replacement. Real time clock. Connector for an external LCD display. Cartridge Configuration. Reset key.

The Bubbler is a game for the Commodore C64. It was developed in 1987 but was never completely finished. Matt Young, Sailor/Triad and Jazzcat have been busy to reconstruct the game. The game is now fully complete, containing the loading picture, music and sfx. You can download the game from the GTW64 web page.

Scott Hutter made a Wiki about programming the Commodore C64 / 128. On this Wiki you can find articles about: BASIC Reference, GEOS Programming, C64 - 128 Kernal Reference, Redimenisioning Arrays (C64), Unnew, Autorun Programs, Fast SEQ File Reader (C128), Speeding Up The 1541 (C64), Rasters, Modifying the INPUT Question Mark (C64), Memory Transfer Using BASIC ROM (C64), Simple Word Wrap Routine and much more.

The Space Limits is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Achim and is an entry for the Mini Game Compo. The game will compete in the 4 kB section.

Game designer Simon Phipps made paper models of Rick Dangerous and Switchblade. You can download the pdf, print it out and glue the paper models together. Simon Phipps started with games in 1982 and designed games like: Skate Crazy, Rick Dangerous, Switchblade, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Bubba 'n' Stix, ShadowMan and five Harry Potter games.

Forum64 is organizing a 4k BASIC game compo. The game must be written in Commodore BASIC V2 without assembler. The game must work on a normal C64 with a normal 1541 and a joystick. The maximum size is 4 Kilobyte, (4096 bytes). To enter you need to provide a screenshot and the game as a PRG and a simple manual.

There are new and improved titles for the WHDLoad system. New: Mentor (MarkSoft), Knight Orc (Level 9), Eksperyment Delfin (MarkSoft), Time and magik (Level 9 and Mandarin and Scapeghost (Level 9). Improved: 1869 (Max Design), New York Warriors (Arcadia Systems) and History Line 1914-1918 (Blue Byte).

Arkanix Labs has released a native Commodore 64 application for designing tile-based maps/levels. This versatile tool allows you to create maps and levels for your games, matrices and data for demos and tools and much more. There is a pdf manual available.

Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browser for the Amiga. In this new version: Fixed bug zoom in/out with CTRL + mouse wheel. Fixed bug with cookie, file uploads and favicon scaling. SplashLauncher is updated to version 1.6. Added are: Creating pointers from images and favicon support. For all the details visit the web page of Jörg.

In this English D64 magazine the following items: The Market, Death of Flicker, The Mansion, Mega-Cart VIC20, The Mini Awards, Royal Demo Library, Cracker's Map, Terra Australis, Hex-Hacker, Miha Peternel, Silesia 3 report.

Christian Krenner has made a web page about upgrading his Amiga 600. His A600 is equipped with: Motorola 68030/40 MHz, 34 MByte RAM, 32 GByte Compact Flash "hard disk", PCMCIA network, USB ports and a Indivision ECS. Take a look at Christian's page for all the details.

Mike released a drawing program for the Commodore VIC-20. This pixel-oriented editor is divided into three windows: A scrolling window of 40x32 pixels (zoomed to 4 times), a window in original size and a status-, info- and help-window. The program supports hi-res, and multi-colour for each (4/8)x16 cell. The pictures are PAL/NTSC compatible and contain a stand-alone viewer.

Terric from the group Meta coded a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is a Snake clone but you are not the only one to eat the food. You have to beat the rival snake for the food and also keep clear of the walls.

There is a new episode of Amitopia TV available. In this 30 minute episode: Amiga News, AmiReporters: ArtEffect, Amiga Meeting 2009 report, MusicBox Presents Sadddam - How Nicee. You can download the episode from the AmitopiaTV web page.

A new version of OpenCBM is available for the XU1541. In this update problems with opening the LPT port are fixed. The program is now also Vista compatible. With the XU1514 you can connect a Commodore (serial) disk drive via USB to a PC.

IKE is developing a Twitter client for the Amiga. At this moment the program is an alpha version and IKE is searching for people who want to help him testing the program. Features: Sends Tweets, Downloads Following Tweets (and images), Sends Direct Messages, Downloads @Replies, Downloads Most Recent Public Tweets, Displays the most recent Tweets that you have sent.

There is an update available of Plus4IDE (Plus/4 Integrated Development Environment). The update concist of bugfixes and cosmetic improvements. For people who want to know more about Plus4IDE or want to contribute can also download the source-code.