Dream 64 is a C64 emulator developed by tprodigy1. The features are: Cycle based Commodore 64 CPU, VIC and SID emulation. Supports the 1541 disk drive, joystick, full screen mode, auto load function an the use of PRG, P00, T64 and T64 files. The emulator can be downloaded from the Dream 64 web page.

Skoe released a new firmware version for the EasyFlash3. Changes in this version: USB and I/O2 RAM in KERNAL mode. Improved KERNAL implementation. Support for the C128 with 2 MHz mode. For the future there are plans for an external KERNAL on the C128 and USB-related features.

The web page C64 Intros has added another 100 intros bringing the total to 8900 intros. A few examples of updated or new groups are: Asphuxia, Commando Frontier, Gotcha, Jaycem Joy Division, Mad Energy New Life, System X, Team 2003, The Electro Mix, The Outsiders, The Wanted, Wolverines, Zombie Boys and Zqvis.

Tobias released a new firmware version for the Chameleon cartridge. Changes in this version: Improved REU, Faster SDRAM controller, Slowdown modes. Update program added. Improvements to the menu and the file browser (navigation, quick find, gfx viewer, wav player and file copy).

In this English D64 magazine the following items: News: Jack Tramiel, Elysium, Farlight, Genesis Project, Hokuto Force, Laxaty, Nostalgia, Onslaught, Remember, Samar and Triad. World of Demos, C64 After Death, Arise Hex10 and the Fairlight Cruise.

EasyFlash Cart Builder is a tool for linking files together into an EasyFlash cartridge. The program utilizes both EasyAPI and EasyFS to make a series of 16K Ultimax cart images for the EF. On the Codeplex page of Payton Byrd you can find more information about the EasyFlash Cart Builder.

Luigi Di Fraia released a new version of TAPClean Front End. TAPClean Front End is a graphical environment for analysing the contents of tape images. The package includes a hex monitor, disassembler, CBM BASIC untokenizer for PRG files, TAP splitting application, TAP repair application for CBM files and the graphical TAP/DMP analysis application.

Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, Interview with Alex (Spacelords Cartridge Project), Difference Packer 2010, Psychopigs, Zoom Floppy, RTC (Retrotreff), Top 10 of games and demos, and a puzzle.

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: The Lions native full-screen mode now works as expected, removed the ugly borders. Removed old full-screen mode which caused problems on Lion machines. Visit Dirk's web page for all the details.

RGCD and Psytronik Software worked together to release the Commodore C64 game "Soulless" on cartridge. The game is made by Georg Rottensteiner and Trevor Storey and is a platform game where you are a king who has been transformed into a beast. You have to find all the soul-stones and place them in the correct sequence. The game is NTSC and PAL compatible and comes in an LED illuminated purple transparent cartridge, complete with printed map, poster, stickers, comic/instruction book and a bonus CD.

Soulless on YouTube.

Roberto Ricioppo released a new game for the Commodore C64. In this game you are a an experienced space pilot from planet Earth. You have to go to many worlds to fight against hostile alien races. The game is made with the help of SEUCK (Vertical scrolling) and the music in the game is from Richard Bayliss.

Start page of The New Dimension

Ultraflash 3 is an noter or letter maker for the Commodore C64. The program is made by ThunderBlade (Code), Red Devil and The Blue Ninja (Music). The program can process 70 kByte of text, 8 kByte music and use 3 character sets. You can write your text in classic mode and rainbow mode.

Per Håkan Sundell released a new version of his Commodore C64 emulator. Changes in this version: Support for the Comal 80, SnapShot 5, Magic Formel, Ross, Structured BASIC, Dela-EP64 and the Serpentine cartridges. Frame-skipping. Full-screen anti-aliasing. Support for the HardSID sound card. Drag-and-drop for D64, G64, T64, TAP, PRG and P00 files. New Machine Code Monitor commands: CD and DIR. C2N Noise option. And many more additions and enhancements.

A new, never released game, was found for the Commodore C64. Richard Bayliss was checking a couple of diskettes from Paul Hughes and found a source code file named "Defender 2". The game is a conversion of the Sinclair Spectrum game, Subterranean Stryker. The game was in the early staged of development and was never finished.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. The most recent changes are: Improvement of the G64 reader/writer routines. Optional filter for NRZI transition pulses. Enhanced settings for VIC-II audio leak sound. Added on/off setting for OpenGL canvas texture interpolation.

Linus Åkesson made a program to relocate SID music to a new part of the memory of the C64. You can relocate about 90% of all known SID’s and the rest can be replaced with a few adjustments. The program can be used on a Linux system, and the source code is available.

Digital Dream is a web page for the Commodore C64. The web page was started to celebrate the 30th birthday of the C64 and to remember the life of Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, who sadly died on 8 April 2012.
On the web page you can find information about the C64 and emulators. And there are more than 6000 games available.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Summer Games 2 (Epyx) and Toobin (Domark).

Jeri Ellsworth showed a new project at the "Bay Area Maker Fair". This time she developed an Commodore 64 bass guitar. She combined an bass guitar with a C64 and a FPGA system. The FPGA system reads the signals from the guitar strings and the C64 keyboard. The input is processed by the FPGA and send to a real SID chip to produce the sound.

The C64 Bass keytar on YouTube

The web page c64.com interviewed Arthur van Jole. Arthur was active in the Commodore scene from 1985 to 1988. He was a member of the The Amateurs and Boys Without Brain. He later started working on games, and made graphics for the Commodore C64 games Hawkeye, Super Trucker, Flimbo's Quest and Last Ninja 3.

An new entry on the GTW64 web page is Exodus. Exodus was a game developed by Paul Clansey in the late eighties. The game was a mix of Elite, Civilisation and Traveller RPG. Paul is now searching if he can find any diskettes with the game.
Updates of other games: Angel of Hell 2, Al The Fish, Bilbo, Car Game 2, Charlie Chaplin, Marc in Wonderland, Mission of Mercy, Sword of Abbadon, Sun Ball, THC Bros and Where time Stood Still.

An new version of Tape Master Pro is available. Improvements in this version are: You can choose your own text scroll speed. Loading stripes now also work before starting the IRQ turbo tape system. Resolved a small error in the boot loader. And it is now possible to continue with Tape Master Pro after saving your program.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find more than 5800 games on this web page. A few examples of new games are: Breakers, Epyxgames, Essex, Fetz-Out, Fetz-Out II, Mindwheel, Project Hell-Storm, Sky Terror - Space Blitz, Sodan Attack, Space Action (Ingo Sander), Tennis (Compute), The Games, Verschollen in Alaska, X-Dir and monopoly online.

Squarewave Orchestra is a chip-tune band with Kvee and Nooly. They play game music on home computers and game consoles. On the ArcadeHry 2012 party they gave a live performance and they also used a Commodore C64c for making the music. You can watch the performance on YouTube.

The web page RGCD presents the cartridge version of the game Fairy Well. This game won the 2011 C64 16kB cartridge game development competition. The game can be played with a joystick on a C64 PAL / NTSC and the 64 GS. In the game you need to guide your fairy through the labyrinthine underworld on your quest to rescue the captured princess and restore peace to the forest! The game comes boxed (artwork by Flemming Dupont), printed manual and exclusive sticker.

SwissMäc developed his own version of a SD2IEC. He named his version the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack. In the video you can see that the device is installed on the Commodore C64 as a little backpack.

More information about the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack (German language).

TAPgen v0.1 is a tape loader program made by Enthusi. With this program you can make your own tape loading system for your games. It supports games up to 44 kB (173 Blocks) including loading music, loading picture and a scroll text with custom character set. The program can be used on a PC with Python and recent version of Exomizer.

Christian Siege released the second part in the Wyvern series. The game is developed with the Sideways SEUCK system and can be used with an Commodore 64. In the game you control a holy dragon who has to save the land of Progidia from the Evil Dragon lord. You have to fight against dragons and minions.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Rally Cross (Anco), Redhawk (Melbourne House), Stunt Car Racer (Microstyle), Scout (Mastertronic), Tintin on the Moon (Infogrames), Tales of the Arabian Nights (Interceptor Software), Toadforce (Players), Tarzan Goes Ape (Codemasters), Ultimate Wizard (Electronic Arts), Vindicators (Domark) and Wild West Seymour (Codemasters).

TMPx (TMP cross) is a cross assembler that is 100% compatible with the full syntax of the Commodore C64 program Turbo Macro Pro. TMPx was tested thoroughly and will produce the same output as Turbo Macro Pro on the real C64. Besides TMPx you can also use TMPview. This program will show the ASCII version of the Turbo Assembler code.

Simone Bevilacqua (saimo) released an update of his game Quod Init Exit. In the game you are a little pig, and you need to eat all the food you can find. The game has excellent graphics and is fun to play. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

Memo is a simple memory game and was developed in 1992 by Göran Johansson (Code), Anders Elmen (Music) and Kim Nordström (Graphics). The special thing about this memory game was that is was a two player game and you could steal "pairs" from your opponent. But in 1992 the game publishers had lost interest in the C64 market and the game did not get released.

The web page c64.com interviewed Darren Melbourne. Darren developed games for many computer systems. For the Commodore C64 he worked on Hades Nebula, Blazer, Shinobi, Ninja Warriors, Gemini Wing and Speedball. Nowadays he develops games for the Nintendo and the iPhone. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.

Warrenterra79 collected an number of videos of Commodore C64 games with strange behavior. A few examples are: Circus games, Decathlon, Summer Games, Summer Games II, World Games, Winter Games and many more.

The web page c64.com has interviewed Allan Elegeert, also known as Mad All. Mad All was active in the Belgium C64 scene from 1985 until 1990. He was a member of Commando and Commando Frontier (CFR) and did a lot of demo design and disk swapping. You can read the whole interview on the c64.com web page.

In this German language d64 magazine the following articles: Editorial, Computer Scene: News, CF Geschichte, TheRun's kleine C= Welt, Factor64, DT-Texte konvertieren, My litle Retro-X-mas, Radiointerview - 30J. C64, Retro22, Interviews with Schonkel and Radio6581. Party-Corner: GC Bericht, VCFE11/12, HomeCon 15, RCT 5, 3. Retrobörse Wien, BCC 6. Talkies und Diskussionen, Games Corner, Out of 64 and the Musikbox.

Flex (Antti Hannula) made a new SID for the Commodore C64. He made the SID with the help of the Goat Tracker program. He also made a real nice "old skool" demo screen. You can download Chime from the Commodore Scene Database.

Commodore 64 drivers is a web page with many drivers, manuals and ROMs for the Commodore C64. The aim of this web page is to help people when they are testing equipment or when they have lost the original drivers or manuals. You can find 115 drivers, 56 manuals and 44 ROMs.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find almost 5800 games on this web page. A few examples of new games are: Arcades Compilation 1 Casino Poker, Escape from Earth, Guzzler, Indian Poker, Leap Frog, Magess of Midgard, Mask II, Provi Stars Quiz, Ripper!, Space Lords, Sudoku, The Little Puck Goes Home and The Way.

Ну, погоди! (this is pronounced as: Nu, pagadi!) is a new game for the Commodore C64. The characters in the game are based on the Russian cartoon about a wolf and a hare. The game is converted from a old hand held game and can only be played with the keyboard. The game is made by Hamar (code) and Mitchell (graphics).

Krawall Deluxe is a new demo for the Commodore C64. The demo is made by Benson, Peiselulli, Street Tuff, Stainless Steel, Knoeki, titus, Krill, jESSiKA and Zer0-X. The demo won the second price at the mixed demo competition at the Revision 2012.

A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, 30e birthday Commodore 64, Rainer‘s Rants, Piracy keeps old computer games alive, Aus dem Nähkästchen, Ms. Astro Chicken, Easter Eggs, Kunst, Coder und Maschine, Commodore 65, Interview with Hannes Graf, Retro Treasures, Plug and Pray, C64-Spiele auf Modul, Mario-Shirts, C64 Fighting games, Chipmusic, Bügeln auf der Wii, Alter Ego, Lapfox Trax and Jazz Jackrabbit.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Mancopter, Mask III, Nexus, Operation Thunderbolt, Pac-mania, Questprobe 1: The Hulk and Redhawk.

C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version are: Stored open state of element. Improved the D64 export function. Added support for: breakpoint, !bank macro, Magic Desk cartridge type and help documentation.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. The most recent changes are: More settings for VIC-II audio leak sound. Improved the VIC-II emulation. Better low level 1541 emulation. Added on/off setting for OpenGL canvas texture interpolation. And a "HLT is jam" on/off setting.

The GTW web page has updated the following games: Motorcross Mania, Simon Nicol car game, Murder, Trojan, Tornado Tom and Wildfire. Soon there will be new entries added to the web page.

Roberto Ricioppo made a new game for the Commodore C64 with the help of SEUCK. In the game you are Mr. Cipo and you find a new planet to live on. But the Zarxions find your planet and decides to invade it. You need to defend your home with your laser cannon and destroy all of the Zarxions.

A video of Mr.Cipo in the Lost Planet on YouTube.

Jörg Heyltjes also known as DATA-LAND made a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you have to shoot your enemy, but you can only shoot them if they are close. You can drive slow or fast, but the faster you go the more fuel you use. The game will end when you run out of fuel. Every area has 3 enemies and up to 5 helicopters. And as a bonus a set of multi-colour pictures.

Jwh1977 made a program for the Commodore C64 that can produce QR codes. QR codes are two dimensional bar-codes that can contain an internet address. If you take a picture with a modern mobile phone of the QR code you automatically go to the internet page. The program and the source code are available on the CSDb web page.

Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this first edition: Editorial, Reviews of C64anabalt and Enforcer. Top 10. Hardware test of the Easy Flash 3 and the Doreco #3 party.