Commodore News Page - News

Chuck Hutchins - Commodore Plus/4 Datassette adapter

Chuck Hutchins has made a video about building an adapter to connect a 1531 to a PET or a C2N to a Plus/4.

2019-06-21 - 13:15:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7207 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Hardware

CBM128.com

On the website CBM128.com you can find software for the Commodore C128. The software is available as D64 and or as G64 disk images.

2019-06-21 - 13:14:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7206 - Category: C128(D), Web page

DAM SID remix

DAM makes remixes of SID music. You can listen to his latest remix on SoundCloud: Oriental Sid (50:35).

2019-06-21 - 13:13:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7205 - Category: C64, Music

3D-vice wrote a blog about new peripherals for the Commodore C64. He writes about: The digital tape deck/recorder for Commodore 64 / 128 / VIC 20, The Commodore 64 power monitor II for C64 / VIC20 / C128 / Plus4, The µCassette Commodore 64 datasette adapter and the Wifi modem for Commodore 64 computers.

2019-06-21 - 13:12:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7204 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

GadgetUK164 - Amiga 500 repair

GadgetUK164 made a video about repairing an Amiga 500 computer.

2019-06-21 - 13:11:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7203 - Category: Amiga, Repair

AROK - 2019

The AROK party for this year is scheduled for 2-4 August 2019 in Ajkarendek, Hungary.

2019-06-21 - 13:10:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7202 - Category: Commodore, Event

AmigaPortal.de is a German forum for the Amiga user. The sections of the forum are: Hardware, software, games, emulation, pixel, video, MorphOS, PC, tutorials, music, internet and an English section.

Plus/4 World is a web page for the Commodore Plus/4 (but also the C16 and the C116). On the web page: news items, manuals, articles, a forum, general info and much more.

AmigaAMP v3.24 - AmigaOS 4

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Improvements for shoutcast, MPEG, COMM - ID3v2 tags, multimedia keys, Spanish catalog and AAC streaming.

2019-06-21 - 13:09:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7201 - Category: Amiga, Program

RetroManCave - Philip Oliver

In this episode of the RetroManCave: Philip Oliver of The Oliver Twins.

2019-06-21 - 13:08:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7200 - Category: Commodore, Interview

rRootage - AROS

You can now play the game rRootage on AROS. The game is developed by Kenta Cho and is a Shootem up game.

2019-06-21 - 13:07:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7199 - Category: Amiga, Game

The Retro Hour - Neil Harris

The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Neil Harris - Commodore VIC20.

2019-06-21 - 13:06:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7198 - Category: VIC-20, Interview

Ultimate64 - Firmware 1.20

Gideon released new firmware for the Ultimate64. Changes in this version: Audio / video streaming via Ethernet, improvements for the printer, VIC, CPU, SID player, network and telnet.

2019-06-21 - 13:05:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7197 - Category: C64, Hardware

Vasm 1.8f & Vlink 0.16c

Vasm is an assembler to create linkable objects in various formats. The following CPUs are supported: M680x0, ColdFire, 80x86, PowerPC, ARM, Jaguar RISC, Z80, C16x/ST10, 6502 and the 6800. Visit the web page to read about the changes in this version.

New version of Vlink.

2019-06-21 - 13:04:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7196 - Category: Amiga, Program

Return #37

Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Batman, Same Same but Different, War Mission, Build-Engine, Aviator Arcade II, Space Moguls, Operation Alexandra, AmigaOS 3.1.4, Lovecraft's Untold Stories, Steve Bak, Power Glove Reloaded, Fork Parker's Crunch Out, Frogs, Kangaroo and Super Hang On.

2019-06-21 - 13:03:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7195 - Category: Commodore, Magazine

10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast - Amiga Workbench

A new episode of the 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast is now available. In this episode: Amiga Workbench.

2019-06-21 - 13:02:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7194 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

Kernal64 v1.5.2

Kernal64 is a C64 & C128 emulator developed by Alessandro Abbruzzetti and is written in the Scala programming language. Changes in this version: Improvement for CIA, colour memory, sprites, VIC colour palettes, irq/nmi and Normal / Warp mode.

2019-06-21 - 13:01:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7193 - Category: C64, Emulator

Commoflage - English Edition 10

A new episode of Commoflage is now available. This podcast is in the English language and you can hear lots of SID music.

2019-06-21 - 13:00:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 7192 - Category: C64, Podcast

SEUCK competition 2019

You can vote for your favorite game in the SEUCK competition 2019. The games are: Nucleo 447, Robo Form X, Protox-1, Summit Fever, Fulgur, Snake Eyes a.k.a Iliinois Jones, Legion of the Damned 3, Star MIG, Squibblies 3 - Mucus's Revenge, Demonstar 2 - Interstellar Overdrive, Pagoda Warrior 2, Lagrangian Point and Araignee.

2019-06-14 - 13:18:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7191 - Category: C64, Competition

GadgetUK164 - Amiga power supply repair

GadgetUK164 made a video about repairing a power supply for the Amiga.

2019-06-14 - 13:17:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7190 - Category: Amiga, Repair

1541 Diskettes & errors

Michael Steil wrote an article with tips for dumping a 1451 diskette that contains errors. He also writes about cleaning the diskettes and the read/write head of the disk drive.

2019-06-14 - 13:16:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7189 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

Modern Vintage Gamer - Copy protection

Modern Vintage Gamer has made a video about the copy protection of games on diskettes for the Amiga.

2019-06-14 - 13:15:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7188 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

KiloByte magazine 2019/1

KiloByte magazine is a pdf magazine (English language) for 8-bit home computers and game consoles. In this edition: Floppy sleeves, Point & Click, Sacred boards, To Boldly Go, To SID Go, From collection to museum, Flight of Pigarus, What remains, Night Knight, Wolfling, Tenno, Digiloi, Ninja Odyssey, TNT Cowboy and Berks Four.

2019-06-14 - 13:14:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7187 - Category: Commodore, Magazine

Mega65

Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. Most recent updates: The MEGAphone prototype and the Mega65 keyboards PCBs.

2019-06-14 - 13:13:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7186 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

DLH's Commodore Archive

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Commodore News, Home Video Producer, Getting Acquainted with your VIC20 and The Complete Commodore 16 ROM Disassembly.

2019-06-14 - 13:12:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7185 - Category: Commodore, Web page

Amiga Users Ireland Podcast

Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: AGABlaster, GoADF, Albatross, AmiTime Keeper, BootPicture, Amiga Demo Launcher, Wicher CDTV, Who Killed the American Demoscene, Roadie, Renegade Deluxe, Reshoot R, Raging Orlando, Parallaxian and Guru Meditation numbers explained.

2019-06-14 - 13:11:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7184 - Category: Commodore, Podcast

Commodore.software

The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: DirMaster v3.1.2 and Chameleon Beta 9h / 9i Firmware.

2019-06-14 - 13:10:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7183 - Category: Commodore, Web page

Hall of Light

An update for the Hall of Light web page: Behind The Iron Gate, Za Żelazną Bramą, Friday Night Pool, Saturday Night Snooker, Huckleberry Hound In Hollywood Capers, BosCar, Jonathan Harris, Club 21, Découvre Les Pays Du Monde, Goblins, Douglas Barnett, Ben Daglish, Talespin, Mark Heaton, Rudyard Heaton, Tony Racine, Dave Woodhouse, The Grail, Transplant and Flacon.

2019-06-14 - 13:09:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7182 - Category: Amiga, Web page

Iz8dwf - PET 4032 repair

Iz8dwf has made a video of the repair of a Commodore PET 4032 computer. This time the fault was the 12 volt supply voltage.

2019-06-14 - 13:08:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7181 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

MorphOS Storage

An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: rRootage_0.23.lha, Frogger_2.07.lha, Leu_0.05.lha, Game_1577.lha, WipeOut_2097_Demo.lha, XLogical_1.0.lha, Hex-a-Hop_1.1.0.lha, uHexen2_1.5.9_Utils.lha, uHexen2_1.5.9_World.lha, uHexen2_1.5.9.lha, MOG_0.62.lha, InterLOGIC_0.3.lha, XRoar_0.35.4.lha, MCE_11.4.lha, AmiArcadia_25.41.lha, Cow3D6-MorphOS.lha, cflow_1.6.lha, Armagetron_0.2.5.2.lha, MovieViewer_1.0.lha and Image_to_ODG_1.0.lha.

2019-06-14 - 13:07:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7180 - Category: Amiga, Web page

Daniel Renner - ARM2SID

Daniel Renner has made a video about the installation and use of the ARM2SID.

2019-06-14 - 13:06:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7179 - Category: C64, Hardware

Amiga Future - Cheats Database

The cheats database of Amiga Future is updated weekly by David Jahn. The database contains cheats, solutions, tips & tricks and Freezer addresses. The latest updates are: Alien Breed 2: The Horror Continues , Alien Bash 2, Alcatraz and Aladdin.

2019-06-14 - 13:05:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7178 - Category: Amiga, Web page

C64Studio v6.1

C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for PETSCII dialog, PDS, Keyboard shortcuts, insert/replace, renumber, Sprite editor, Debug and the Disassembler.

2019-06-14 - 13:04:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7177 - Category: C64, Program

Retro Ravi - 8-Bit Podcast

Retro Ravi makes a monthly 8-bit mix podcast. In this episode: Classic Amiga music.

2019-06-14 - 13:03:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7176 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

RGCD megatape

The RGCD Megatape is a USB memory stick in the shape of a compact cassette. The RGCD Megatape contains all RGCD competition entries.

2019-06-14 - 13:02:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7175 - Category: C64, Game

Bars and Pipes - AROS

Bars and Pipes is a MIDI sequencer for the Amiga computer, made by Alfred Faust. The AROS version is developed by hitchhikr.

2019-06-14 - 13:01:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7174 - Category: Amiga, Program

Vandalism News #69

In this English diskette magazine the following items: News, The Awards, World of Demos, The Making of Rivalry, Give Hate a Chance, Demo Map: Germany, Split Bitmap Scroller, The Will to Scene, Trap of Bonzai, Prowler, Magnar, Compyx, Golara, Sparta, Revision 2019, Moonshine Dragons Report, World of Commodore, Opticall Illusion, BASIC 10-Liners, Game Reviews, Super Mario Bros, Magazine Reviews and the List.

2019-06-14 - 13:00:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 7173 - Category: Commodore, Magazine

Ovesen.net - Final Catridge III

Ovesen.net made a new video about building a Final Cartridge III from a kit.

2019-06-07 - 13:17:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7172 - Category: C64, Hardware

WHDLoad

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Anarchy Party Slideshow, Silicon Sounds, Go for the Record and Quartzbox. Update: Magic Pockets, Super Stardust , Putty Squad, Falcon, Deliverance, Jim Power, Starray, Ugh!, Superfrog, Desert Strike , Zool and Chaos Engine 2.

2019-06-07 - 13:16:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7171 - Category: Amiga, Game

SEUCK Compo 2019

The following new games have been added to the SEUCK Competition 2019: Langrangian Point - The Messgeger from Outer Space - Recycled Arts and Soccer War - Commodore Spain.

2019-06-07 - 13:15:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7170 - Category: C64, Competition

CLASS 2019

You can now watch videos from CLASS 2019 - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show: Marc Rifkin - Commodore Business Machines, Simone Bernacchia - Amiga game music and Ed Trillo - Strategic Simulations Inc.

2019-06-07 - 13:14:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7169 - Category: Commodore, Event

Robots Rumble - Plus/4

Robots Rumble is a new puzzle game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game was developed by Majikeyric (code), Uctumi (music) and Miguetelo (graphics).

2019-06-07 - 13:13:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7168 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

JSIDPlay2 - v4.1

JSIDPlay is a Commodore C64, cycle-exact, emulator optimized for SID sound reproduction. It is also a SID player for music collections like HVSC and CGSC.

JSIDDevice V4.0

2019-06-07 - 13:12:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7167 - Category: C64, Emulator

The Retro Hour - The Guru Meditation

The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Bill Winters & Anthony Becker - The Guru Meditation.

2019-06-07 - 13:11:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7166 - Category: Commodore, Podcast

Stercore XD - C64

Stercore XD is a new game for the Commodore C64 developed by The Magic Roundabout. The game is one of the competitors of the RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition 2019.

2019-06-07 - 13:10:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7165 - Category: C64, Game

ADF-Copy/Drive v1.010

ADF-Copy is a small device with a Teensy 3.2. This device connects to USB and a 3,5" PC floppy drive. This device makes it possible to read and write ADF's from or to a real Amiga diskette.

2019-06-07 - 13:09:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7164 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

RS232 File Receiver - Plus/4

GMOLN released his new program: RS232 File Receiver. With this program you can send or receive files on the Commodore Plus/4 via a RS232 connection. He is also working on a VT100 compatible serial terminal program.

2019-06-07 - 13:08:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7163 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Program

RetroSpector78 - Commodore PC-20 II

RetroSpector78 has made a video of a Commodore PC-20 II. He shows the inside of the PC and talks about all the parts.

2019-06-07 - 13:07:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7162 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

Retrogame Talkshow

Bob Engstrand and Jari Karjalainen talk about the world of retro games, 8-bit music and much more: In this episode: Diskettes & Dungeons.

2019-06-07 - 13:06:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7161 - Category: Commodore, Podcast

Z64K

Z64K is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, Commodore 64, VIC 20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated Java Runtime environment. Recent changes: Improvements for RESMP, MOS6532, TIA, debugger, CRT emulation and VIC 20 / JiffyDOS.

2019-06-07 - 13:05:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7160 - Category: C64, Emulator

Adrian Black - C16 PAL / NTSC

A new video from Adrian Black. He modified a Commodore C16 that can display PAL or NTSC video.

2019-06-07 - 13:04:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7159 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Hardware

Hoxs64 v1.0.21.1

David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Improvements for the debugger, cartridge (save state), keyboard / joystick input and the ANE opcode.

2019-06-07 - 13:03:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 7158 - Category: C64, Emulator