Mr. NOP released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game Slime is based on the original game by Jim Summers for the Commodore PET. Featuring 1 or 2 players, high score saver, joystick or keyboard controls, in-game music by Richard Bayliss and some pretty neat sound effects.

DrKhumalo is working on a Civilizations game for the Commodore C64. He has made a demo of the game that has limited game play (The Artificial Intelligence is not available yet). If you want to contribute to the project you can join the discussion on the Lemon64 forum.

The CGSC (Compute's Gazette Sid Collection) has had an update. The COMPUTE!'s Sidplayer was a music system, created by Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt, for the Commodore 64. The aim of the Compute's Gazette Sid Collection is to preserve as many of those Sidplayer music files in one location as possible. The current collection contains 14522 MUS, 4139 STR and 5066 WDS files.

View64 can be used to view native C64 image files without using an emulator or a real C64. The features of this program are: Open source, Supports of many image formats (70+), PAL/NTSC S-Video and RGB rendering, Scanline, shadow mask, chroma leakage simulation, Multicolor interlace de-interlacing and image saving to BMP.

The music duo 8 Bit Weapon released a new album with SID music. The theme of the album is ambient music for de-programming. Tracks: Phase I Lexical Analysis (13:37), Phase II Debugger (13:08), Phase III Refactoring (20:16) and Phase IV Release (22:44).

Eightbits released a improved version of the game Telengard. There are improvements for the character name, character load menu, graphics and UI. The re-plot, sprite handler and light spell renderer are written in machine language. And more dungeon levels are now possible (250).

The C64.com web page had an interview with Julie Dunn. Julie made music for many computer games such as: Thai Boxing!, Flight Path 737, Nonterraqueous, The Fourth Protocol, Space Hunter, Chiller, Elite, Hyper Biker, Snap Dragon and many more.

Roberto Ricioppo made another SEUCK game for the Commodore C64. In the game the aliens want to invade your world. You must try to save your world by shooting down all the aliens.

Oliver Orosz released part two of his game JANI for the Commodore C64. The game JANI 2 is made with the program SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit). You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database.

Graham Axten (aka Toki) presents an updated version of a game he programmed over 20 years ago. Featuring a few graphical updates, new sound and new level design. Make your way through the maze, collecting diamonds, avoiding falling boulders and various enemies.

Bart Venneker made a video about a defective Commodore C64. He bought a Commodore 64 on Marktplaats, but after switching it on there was a memory error. The solution was to replace the memory chips.

On the Youtube channel Cainers Commodore Capers! you can see the repair of a Commodore C64. This Commodore C64 had a bad colour RAM. In the video you can follow all the steps from diagnostics, schematics, (de)soldering and testing the system.

Jason Daniels and Tom Lanigan were the people behind the game company Pagoda Software. In 1989 they released the game Die! Alien Slime for the Commodore C64. Unfortunately the game is not without faults, but Jason want to fix the code.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Humpty in the garden (Artic), Jungle Drums (Eurogold), Jewels of Babylon (Interceptor Software), Knight Rider (Ocean Software), Lethal (Alternative Software), Las Vegas Casino (Zeppelin Games), Outrun (U.S. Gold), Power Pyramids (Quicksilva) and The Pearl of Dawn (CP Verlag).

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.

Ricardo Quesada developed a character editor for the Commodore 64. The features are: Import, export, rotate, invert, clear, shift to left, right, up and down. New in this version: New font, support for: Koala import, tile map, copy & paste & cut, undo & redo, zoom and assembler export.

A new version of the USB utilities program for the Easy Flash 3 is now available. Changes in this version: Added CRT flashing with b[urn] .crt command and TAP file reading with m[aketap] command.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Combo Racer, Dragonstone 2, Fists of fury, Nitro and The Horsekiller. Update: Bryan Robson’s Super League, F-86 Sabre Strike, Final Command, Go Karts, Joan Of Arc: Siege And The Sword, Little Knight Arthur, Murder!, Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix, Nighthunter, Quantarallax, Unnamed Game, Zamzara V1, Ziggurat, Zombies and Undead Or Alive.

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 the code, added support for player identification based on SID ID and PSID/RSID v4 support (Triple SID).

Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Improvements for the Lorenz-test LDAB, NMI line (Restore key), keyboard mapping and the internal code base has been cleaned up.

A new Kickstarter project is started for part two of the book Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium. The book celebrates the beauty of the greatest home computer ever made; the C64. The focus of the book is on the beautiful loading screens and game images.

Breadbox64.com is a web page for the Commodore C64 users. On this web page you can find lots of information on hardware, peripherals, games and repairs. The recent articles are: Joystick maintenance, C64 power supplies, SD2IEC µ1541, Jiffy DOS and more.

A new version of Spectacular Copy is available. Changes in this version: A Fastsave I/O for 1541 devices is now available.

Ricardo Quesada developed a character editor for the Commodore 64. The features are: Import, export, rotate, invert, clear, shift to left, right, up and down. New in this version: A TCP/IP server for the c64/c128 to preview the changes in runtime and a few small improvements.

Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. The changes in this version are: The VIC II code has been improved and has been optimized for speed. And improvements for the timers and the reading of T64 files (CONV64).

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6356 games on this web page. The new games are: Blap N Blash, Caren and the Tangled Tentacles, Catch a Thief, Cosmic Warrior, Daffy Duck, Das Camp, Die drei Musketiere, Dragonfire (GKGM), Dragonfire (Imagic), Edge of Time - Double or Nothing, Ferris s Christmas Caper, Firefighter Mario, Gameboy Tetris (Wiebo de Wit), Gulp and Arrow Graphics, Hyper Viper, Jump Machine, Jump Ninja prv., Kikstart II (Doreco), Ladybug 2015, Lode Runner - 2015 TRT, Lorella Quadrant 4, Quadrofender, The Final Cartridge III, The Golden Baton and Werner Flaschbier (Doreco).

Seabrowse is file browser for standard diskettes and mass storage devices (sd2iec) and is developed by Seanser. The following functions are available: Next / previous dir page, Load program, music or t64. Dir level up / down / root. You can use the browser with a keyboard or the joystick.

Zeusdaz made a 12 hour video of C64 intros. A few examples of groups are: F4CG, Alpha Flight 1970, Genesis, Union, X-Ray, Wow + Rush, Gax 777, Zone 45, U-Turn, Unicess, Wanderer, TSK, Hotline, Legend, Censor, Dominators, Remember, Chromance, TSM, Ikari, Bonzai, Brutal, Culture, Byterapers, Enigma and many more.

Oliver Orosz released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game JANI is made with the program SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit). You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database.

Rob "Flack" O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast. In this episode: Return of the Jedi (Domark) and Gremlins (Atarisoft).

The results of the SEUCK Sideways competition 2015 are:
1. Pan by Errazking - 79 points
2. U-91306 Eidothea - 76 points
3. Edge of Time - 72 points

Hot Style is a polish diskette magazine for the Commodore C64 user. In this edition: Gdynia Games Festival 2015, Koszalin Retro Games 2015, Pixel Heaven 2015, RKLE 2015, Stary Piernik 8 and The Final Ethernet. The SID's in this edition are: Get Funky, Hardtracker, Hybrid-96, Immortal Flash, Jeroen Tel Style and Quarks Rain.

Wilfred Bos released a new version of ACID 64 Player Pro. Changes in this version: Fixed small issue for displaying specific user folders in Windows 10 and other small improvements. The latest version can be downloaded from the Acid64 web page.

StrayBoom wrote an article about the SID chip inside the Commodore C64. On his blog you can read about, and listen to SID music played on five different SID revisions. The SID's he has used are the 6581 R2, 6581 R3, 6581 R4, 6581 R4 AR and the 8580 R5.

The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added 100 new intros. The new or updated groups are: Chain, SoNic Extraction Service [SNES], Star Cracks International [SCI], Weird, Alpha Flight 1970 [AFL], Atlantis+Fantastic 4 Cracking Group, Energy, Equinoxe, Hokuto Force, Hotline, Jam, Laxity, The Spiders [SPD], The Ancient Temple [TAT], Warriors of Darkness [WOD] and many more.

In this English diskette magazine the following: Editorial, Scene news, News from the groups, IDE64, Zoo 2015, Generation 64, Halt and Catch Fire, Joysticks and an interview with Cash/TRIAD.

Ravelli released a new version of Forth for the Commodore C64. Forth is a very low-level and minimal language without 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: Many improvements for the handling of numbers.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Bah, Humbug (TND Games), Chiller (Mastertronic), Garrison (Rainbow Arts), GooseBusters (Virgin Mastertronic), Ghost Town (Virgin Mastertronic/Marrex), Gothik (Firebird Software), Hobgoblin (Atlantis Software), Hercules - SOTD (Gremlin Graphics) and International 3D Tennis (Palace Software).

There is a update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now more then 47,500 SIDs in the collection. In this update 672 new SIDs, 132 fixed/better rips, 812 SID credit fixes, 133 SID model/clock info's, 14 tunes identified and 34 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC (#64). SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.

Mr. Nop released the game Ladybug for the Commodore C64. This is a conversion of the Ladybug version for the Commodore PET. The question mark can slow down the bugs or send them back tot heir nest. The forth level is special because it is an invisible level.

Chris Abbott and Kenneth Mutka started an crowd funding project to make an Symphonic Collection of Commodore C64 music with a real symphonic orchestra. On the first CD you will find: Forbidden Forest, Grouting, Kentilla, Black Lamp, Times of Lore, Master of Magic, Barbarian II, Nemesis the Warlock, Ghouls and Ghosts, Dragon's Lair II, Spellbound, Firelord and Beyond the Forbidden Forest.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Worron, Firefighter Mario, Urban Warrior, Enemy, Bob's Full House V1, Croc, Switchblade, Unknown football game, Unknown tennis game, Quantarallax, Nuker, Wildfire, Stellar 7, Cavey, Molecale, Girl Guard, Jupple Dust, Onion Yupy, Paratron, Wizerior 2 , Yloa, Flimbo's Quest V1, Flimbos Quest 2, Ash and Dave assets, Beatle Quest - Parts Two and Three, Little Knight Arthur and The City of 'Ehdollah. Update: Atlantis, Dempsey & Makepeace, Ilogicall, Murder!, Outside, Quadrofender, Speed Fighter, The Greedy Dwarf and Zamzara V1.

A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, The year 2015, Game City, C64-Oldies: Crime and Punishment vs. Law of the West, Daffy Duck, Crudlas Kiste #1, 50 Years Europe, Curiosa Hardware #3: Diagnostic Kit, Retro Treasures: Gametrak mit Dark Wind, MultiMAX, C64-Oldie: Park Patrol, Heroes & Cowards, Sidologie, Chipmusik and Videogame Heroes #18: Space Invaders.

Dude (Łazik) is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Slavia. The game is written in Basic and has 5 levels. In the game you must collect all the keys and avoid the dangerous enemies! The last level of game is a Christmas gift.

Sidplay64 is a program that can playback .SID files from the HVSC collection on a real Commodore 64/128. The SID music will be played back at correct speed on both PAL and NTSC computers. Changes in this version: Improved support for the 1541u2 and added an Windows program for injecting SIDs with correct song lengths.

You can now vote for your favourite game in the SEUCK Sideways competition 2015. The entries for this year are: Edge of Time II by Alf Yngve, Reto Retro Pan by Errazking and U-91036 Eidothea by Errazking. You can vote until the 31ste December 2015.

C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for search/replace, colour preferences, sprite preview, Enhanced Character Mode (ECM) and !addr/!address.

Biosrhythm has converted an Commodore SX-64 to a DX-64. In his blog you can read how this conversion is possible. He had to deal with problems such as the cartridge connector, IEC connectors and that the original SX-64 has very little space inside for this conversion.

Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Part 2 of the 8 Bit Wars. Paul Davies, Dean Swain, Steve Erickson and Chris O'Regan talk about the Commodore 64, Amstrad and the ZX Spectrum. The games in this episode: Cobra, Jack the Nipper 2, The Trap Door, Turbo Esprit, Wizball, Nebulus, Spy Hunter, Shadowfire, Green Beret and Salamander.