Commodore News Page - News: C64

Vortex Reader - C64

Vortex Reader is a new program for the Commodore C64 computer, that is developed by Aleksi Eeben. Vortex Reader is an 80-column viewer for 7-bit text files and has support for clip art and images.

2023-09-22 - 12:02:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 11668 - Category: C64, Program

ReMETA #17 - Function 2023

ReMETA is a diskette magazine for the Commodore C64. In this episode: Function 2023.

2023-09-22 - 12:00:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 11666 - Category: C64, Magazine

Super 8 Football is an American football game for the Commodore C64 computer, using real NFL teams and players. There are 8 playoff teams from last season made up of 16 players with 8 on both offence and defence. The game requires two players, and is developed by interlacedgames.

2023-09-15 - 12:12:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 11658 - Category: C64, Game

I Adore My 64

Jeff Schaap started a funding campaign for his I Adore My 64 film. This film is about the most popular home computer of all time, and the community that continues to keep its legacy alive. Interviews with Bo Zimmerman, David Murray, Anthony Becker and Leif Bloomquist.

More about the I Adore My 64 project.

2023-09-15 - 12:08:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 11654 - Category: C64, Video

C64.ch

The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: 1 Bit left, Kolorblox Intro, Wizard is thirsty, To the North, Restless Color Changer, Space Gold Music, Desolator Title, Carrier Command Music, Mythus Graphics Collection, Acid II, CHRISmas-Mix, Dynasty #8 Intro Zak, First Intro, SHADOW-Intro, Hit Mix 5, XMAS Mix and Moonlight Shadow.

2023-09-15 - 12:06:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 11652 - Category: C64, Demo

GadgetUK164 - C64 Keycaps

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is showing the new keycaps for his Commodore C64 computer that were made by CBMSTUFF.

2023-09-15 - 12:04:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 11650 - Category: C64, Hardware

Amiga Future is a (printed) magazine for the Amiga user.

The forum at C64forum.com is all about the Commodore C64 computer.

Doomed PETSCII Pacman - C64

Doomed PETSCII Pacman is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Ko-Ko (code & pixels) and psych858o (music). The game reached the fifth place in the Mixed Competition at Function 2023.

2023-09-15 - 12:01:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 11647 - Category: C64, Game

Fizz - C64

Fizz is a new puzzle game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by fleischgemuese. The game has 40 single-player levels and 30 cooperative multiplayer levels. You have the power to control gravity, place portals and use mirrors to solve the complex puzzles.

2023-09-08 - 12:18:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 11644 - Category: C64, Game

Games That Weren't 64

The GTW64 webpage has had an update. New: Anty Up, Connections, Funfair Inc, Matterhorn, 1990 and Early Karl Hörnell. Update: 19 Boot Camp, Arthema, Bomb, Chess, Crystal Castles V1, Denny's Quest 2, Devious Designs, Footloose, Joust, Messiah 3, Phoenix Lair, Prince Of Persia, Quo Vadis V2, Rockus, Shear Panic, Switchblade, Typhoon Thompson, Victory Road and Worron.

2023-09-08 - 12:14:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 11640 - Category: C64, Game

CRG - C64 repair

A new YouTube video from CRG. In this video, the repair of a Commodore C64 computer that displays a black screen.

2023-09-08 - 12:12:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 11638 - Category: C64, Repair

Mark Fixes Stuff - C64 repair

You can watch a new video from the Mark Fixes Stuff YouTube channel. In this video, Mark repairs a Commodore C64 computer that has no sound.

2023-09-08 - 12:10:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 11636 - Category: C64, Repair

C64 intros

The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added more new intros. Updates: 20 new intros and 3 new groups.

2023-09-08 - 12:02:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 11628 - Category: C64, Demo

Zapped to the Past

You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Rocket Ranger, Spaceball, Soldier of Light, Super Stunt Man, Star Ray, Supersports, Menace, Operation Hormuz, Wec Le Mans, R-Type and Robocop.

2023-09-01 - 12:17:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 11622 - Category: C64, Podcast

Bagman Strikes Back - C64

Bagman Strikes Back is a game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by LC-Games. The game is a tribute to Bagman, an arcade game released by Valadon Automation in 1982. In this version, a number of small errors were removed.

2023-09-01 - 12:15:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 11620 - Category: C64, Game

External numeric keypad for the C64

Kurt Telep designed an external numeric keyboard for the Commodore C64 computer. This keyboard is a hardware only solution, so no software needed. The files for the PCB and the schematic are available on his GitHub page.

2023-09-01 - 12:13:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 11618 - Category: C64, Hardware

Nordischsound

Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Goat Tracker Starting Tutorial, Donkey Kong Country - Life in the Mines, Chinese Blossom, Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure, The Dark World 8 Bit - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, 8-bit Chiptune SID Cover Mixtape Vol 1 - SIDE A, Pokemon Title, Mega Man X Opening Stage and Mii Channel.

2023-09-01 - 12:11:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 11616 - Category: C64, Music

Onno Kortmann - semu-c64

Onno Kortmann has developed the semu-c64, which makes it possible to run Linux on the Commodore C64 computer. The semu-c64 is tested in the VICE emulator with a RAM Expansion Unit (REU), in Warp-mode, and it is still really slow.

2023-09-01 - 12:02:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 11607 - Category: C64, Program

Scene World magazine #33

Scene World is an English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: C64 games, 25 Years in the scene, Revision 2023, Nordichsound, Cracking in 2023, Evercade C64, Itch.io, Meatloaf, NTSC, BBS & Scene news, CBMPRGStudio and Let's make a game.

2023-08-25 - 12:19:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11604 - Category: C64, Magazine

Maciej Witkowiak - TIB-001

Maciej Witkowiak released new firmware for the TIB-001. The TIB-001 is a 3.5" disk drive for the Commodore C64 computer that connects to the cartridge port. Changes in this version: Improvements for load address, device number, rename, scratch, new, directory format, GEOS macros and added a DOS wedge.

2023-08-25 - 12:16:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11601 - Category: C64, Hardware

PSSST! - C64

PSSST! is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is a conversion of the original game on the ZX Spectrum from the year 1983. The conversion is developed by Boony and the music is from STEPZ.

2023-08-25 - 12:13:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11598 - Category: C64, Game

SEUCK School

SEUCK School is an web page for people who want to make games with the help of SEUCK. You can learn tips & tricks, the basics of assembly programming many coding examples (Codebase) and tools to make a better game. New in this version: Tips and tricks on NTSC / PAL compatibility and the score panel.

2023-08-25 - 12:10:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11595 - Category: C64, Program

CBM Commodore C64 Tape Routines Exposed

This document was created in order to gain a complete understanding of the tape routines, to correct errors in other documents, and for fun.

2023-08-25 - 12:08:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11593 - Category: C64, Information

FairLight TV

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Bacchus tells us more about the Microload Transfer Tool.

2023-08-25 - 12:06:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11591 - Category: C64, YouTube

FREEZE64 - 62

FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: SPY vs SPY, Star Fire, Fire One, Estra, Glider Pilot, Antics, Rodland demo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ubik's Music, Mike Riedel, Ooze, Pokes 'n' codes and Inbread.

2023-08-25 - 12:02:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11587 - Category: C64, Magazine

C64games.de

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 7301 games on this web page. The new games are: Bizy Beez, Boxing Manager, Bruce Lee Trilogy, Castle Dracula and Castle Shadowgate.

2023-08-25 - 12:00:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 11585 - Category: C64, Game

Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure - C64

Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is a platform game and is developed by Roman Werner (code & pixels) and Nordischsound (music).

2023-08-18 - 12:12:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 11577 - Category: C64, Game

Risc-V cartridge - C64

Tonyp12 is working on a Risc-V cartridge for the Commodore C64 computer. The features are: CPU at 72 MHz with Dot Clock synchronization, 64 kB Flash and 20 kB RAM. 256 kB SPI MRAM (REU) and 16 MB SPI FLASH, USB host/device and a RTC that sets C64's TOD registers.

2023-08-18 - 12:10:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 11575 - Category: C64, Hardware

Star Bars Atari 2600 Music Editor v1.2 - C64

Star Bars is a music editor for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Aleksi Eeben. With this editor you can make music for the Atari 2600 computer on your C64, and export it to a ROM-file with the music data and a music player.

2023-08-18 - 12:08:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 11573 - Category: C64, Program

True Lies #01

True Lies is a diskette magazine for the Commodore C64 computer. The magazine is made by The USER, Picrard, LZwerch and TheRyk. In this edition: X'2023 - Travel and party report.

2023-08-18 - 12:05:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 11570 - Category: C64, Magazine

C64.ch

The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: Jayce & W.W., Little change, Mad Product, What a Drama, Breaker, X-Files Exposed, X-Files X-Tra-Files, Elite Intro, X-Files Exposed!, The Fearless Astronaut, CyberpunX - Dirart, Let the Music play, Black Dog, X-Files Mix, Charged - Dirart 02, Cadgers - Dirart, Charged - Dirart and Trance - Dirart.

2023-08-18 - 12:01:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 11566 - Category: C64, Demo

Lunar City - C64

Lunar City is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by The New Dimension. The game is based on the game Atlantis for the Atari computer. The features are: Loading screen and music, Hi-score table, 16 levels with an increasing level of difficulty, 4 different landscapes and 8 different aliens.

2023-08-11 - 12:17:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11562 - Category: C64, Game

Escape Room - C64

Escape Room is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by fig-labs. Escape Room is an exciting maze-adventure game, where the player will have certain amount of time to solve the maze in the total darkness using torchlight only. You must find keys to open the doors. The traps have to be defused by playing the mini game.

2023-08-11 - 12:15:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11560 - Category: C64, Game

UltiSID

UltiSID is an open-source replacement for the SID chip inside the Commodore C64 computer. The UltiSID uses a STM32, a 32-bit microcontroller with an Arm Cortex-M processor.

2023-08-11 - 12:13:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11558 - Category: C64, Hardware

J-CIA64

The J-CIA64 is a FPGA-based replacement for the Commodore 6526/8521 CIA chips, that are used in the Commodore 64/128 computers and the 1570/1571 disk drives.

2023-08-11 - 12:11:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11556 - Category: C64, Hardware

BastichB 64K - Handson gaming #10

You can now watch a new episode of the Handson gaming podcast with Bastich B and Daz. In this episode the game Treasure Island Dizzy (Codemasters/1989).

2023-08-11 - 12:09:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11554 - Category: C64, Podcast

Sprite Castle - Kung-Fu Master

Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject in this episode is the game Kung-Fu Master from Irem (1984) for the Commodore C64 computer.

2023-08-11 - 12:07:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11552 - Category: C64, Podcast

FairLight TV

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Bacchus tells us more about C64 tape cracking.

2023-08-11 - 12:06:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11551 - Category: C64, YouTube

Jan Beta - C64 keycaps

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video, Jan is talking about the new keycaps from CBMstuff for the Commodore computers (C64, VIC20 & C16).

2023-08-11 - 12:04:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11549 - Category: C64, Hardware

Basic Snake - C64

Basic Snake is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game written in the BASIC programming language, and is developed by Steveboy.

2023-08-11 - 12:02:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11547 - Category: C64, Game

PSID64 v1.3

PSID64 is a program that converts PSID files into C64 executables. PSID64 is written by Roland Hermans. This program allows users to play PSID files (originally used by the PlaySID program) on a real Commodore 64 computer or emulator such as VICE. In this version: Improvements for autoconf macros, documentation, examples and file encoding (UTF-8).

2023-08-11 - 12:00:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 11545 - Category: C64, Program

Combian 64 v3.7

Combian 64 is a Raspberry Pi distribution able to boot your favourite Commodore 8-bit machine in just few seconds. It uses the newest version of VICE to emulate all the Commodore 8-bit machines. Changes in this version: VICE 3.7.1, Enable / Disable TCP over IP, Commodore 128 - 80 Columns (at boot), Samba and Sid Wizard 1.8 / 1.9.

2023-08-04 - 12:15:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 11540 - Category: C64, Program

C64Studio v7.5

C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. In this version improvements for export,Tiny64 Debugger, SpriteEditor, Disassembler, sprites, Char screen editor, Charset editor, BASIC label mode, Mapeditor, !ifdef, else if, !if, !ifndef, REM and import.

2023-08-04 - 12:13:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 11538 - Category: C64, Program

Spred64 v1.43 - PC

Spred64 is a new Sprite Editor for the Commodore C64. The features are: 25 sprites, 5 layers, 20 frames (animation), export, shift, flip, clear, copy and paste.

2023-08-04 - 12:12:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 11537 - Category: C64, Program

Chip SID show - 55

You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

2023-08-04 - 12:10:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 11535 - Category: C64, Music

UNI64 - Raptor64

You can watch a new YouTube Video from the Universe64 channel. In this video, the Raptor64, the new C64 cartridge to load any type of C64 files (from SDCard or USB). Including Tape files and a SID Player.

2023-08-04 - 12:08:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 11533 - Category: C64, Hardware

Lancess Priya - C64

Lancess Priya is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Dr. TerrorZ and reached the first place at the Vammala Party 2023 in the WiLD Demo Competition.

2023-08-04 - 12:06:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 11531 - Category: C64, Game

Los 3 Investigadores y el Misterio de la Falsa Herencia - C64

Los 3 Investigadores y el Misterio de la Falsa Herencia is a new adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer (Spanish language). The three young detectives, Jupiter Jones, Peter Crenshaw and Bob Andrews, take part in solving the mystery that will be discovered throughout the story. The game is developed by Bieno (code), SoNiC (music), Ax!s (pixels), Karmic (linking) and Josepzin (paper art).

2023-08-04 - 12:04:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 11529 - Category: C64, Game

Dig Dug Revival - C64

Dig Dug Revival is a homage to Dig Dug, an arcade game developed by Namco in 1982. This version is developed by LC-Games, and the playfields are generated randomly. The game has 4 difficulty levels to choose from: Easy, Normal, Hard & Expert, and is PAL and NTSC compatible.

2023-07-28 - 12:17:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 11522 - Category: C64, Game

Zapped to the Past

You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Microprose Soccer, Double Dragon, International Rugby Simulator, Return of the Jedi, Hellfire Attack and Times of Lore.

2023-07-28 - 12:13:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 11518 - Category: C64, Podcast

Nordischsound

Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Wii Shop Channel Music 8-BIT C64 Remix, The Basshunter Song, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Castlevania / Rondo of Blood(Dracula-X) - Bloodlines, My tune "Good old Times" live at X-2023 C64 Demoparty, Indiana Jones Theme and Copacabana.

2023-07-28 - 12:11:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 11516 - Category: C64, Music