A new version of the game Fort Django for the Commodore C64 is now available. In the game you must shoot the bad guys, collect the bags and find the exit. If you play faster you will get more bonus.

AkBKukU developed an interface that makes it possible to connect a Commodore PET keyboard via USB to a modern PC. AkBKukU uses a Teensy++ for the interface. The source code is available on Github.

Victor Lancing made a video about repairing a Commodore C64. The fault was a bad RAM chip. You can watch how he finds the bad chip, removes it, and puts in a new chip.

Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: The MEGA65 team: Paul Gardner-Stephen, Andre Kudra and Detlef Hastik.

The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Speed improvements, ByteDump, Labelscoping (if directive) and other small improvements.

Mc68k has completed the first few 50 MHz HC508 Amiga 500 accelerator cards. The specifications are: 68HC000 CPU (50 MHz), 40 pin IDE connector (5 MB/s) for HDD, CD ROM etc., integrated CF card connector (3.2 MB/s), 8 MB Fast RAM and 512k FlashROM for Kickstart.

Jesús de la Torre has developed an laser conversion kit for the Amiga tank mouse. The specifications are: Resolution up to 8500 DPI, independent resolution for X and Y axes, self-tuning and automatic sleep / wake-up funtion.

Translation to English.

On the Retrohax web page you can see how to refurbish your Commodore 1541 disk drive. Retrohax cleans the drive mechanism, he de-yellows the outside and repairs the diskette lever.

Rob Cranley release an update of ADFer. ADFer is based on ADF-Blitzer and makes it possible to transfer ADF images to and from the Amiga. Changes in this version: Support for RAD, verify, progress bar, cancel button, multi-disk writing and low memory mode (0.5 MB).

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair a C64 with a defective CIA chip. The CIA (Complex Interface Adapter) is used in the C64 for the keyboard and the joystick.

The results of the best Amiga game of the year 2016 are:
AmigaOS 68k: Tanks Furry
AmigaOS 4 1: Amiga Racer
MorphOS: Amiga Racer
AROS: AstroMenace
The complete results are available on the Obligement web page.

Brotbox64 is a podcast (German language) about the Commodore C64 made by Philipp Lehmann. In this episode: Brotbox News, New in the collection, Sichtungen in der Bucht, Strategy games, Brotboxgame, Turbo Chameleon 64, DeSegi, SID: Fanta - Deep and Jim Morrison.

You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: Parasol Stars Medley, Rings of Medusa - Distorsion mix, Sleeping Gods Lie (Intro Remix), Thunderboy Medley, X-Out - Drowning In Your Love Remix, Boil Up! Power! (Midnight Resistance Stage 1) and Robocop 3.

Antarta the Penguin is a new SEUCK game for the Commodore C64 made by Igor Errazkin. In the game you are Antarta the penguin and must run in the annual Penguin Marathon on the island Antarctica.

The Amiga Paradise web page preserves the musical heritage of the Commodore Amiga since 1997. On this web page you can find more than 800 game / demo music titles.

Superfluid is a basic extension, freezer and machine language monitor for the C64 or C128 with a Retro Replay (or compatible) cartridge. Basic extension: Function keys, ON, OFF, KILL, OLD, MON and $. Freezer: RAM, I/O registers and colour RAM.

DiagROM is a diagnostic tool for the Amiga computers. When you power-on your Amiga the diagnostic software will star. The diagnose software will try to send information to the serial port and the screen.

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.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Escape from London, Moonstone, American GI, Fire Breath, Kung Fury: Street Rage, Renegade V1 and Uropa. Update: B.A.D, Fight Run, Lethal Xcess, Planets Of Death, Tour De Force and Twister.

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about a Commodore 128 he bought on craigslist in terrible shape. He completely restored the C128 into like-new condition.

FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Garfield: Big, Fat, Hairy Deal (The Edge, 1987), FRGR #07: Kultakuume (Triosoft, 1986), Blades of Steel (Konami, 1987), Netherworld (Hewson Consultants, 1988), TWOFER #15: Finnish Special! and TLL (Vortex Software, 1984).

BASIC 10Liners 2017 is a competition for making a game in BASIC with only 10 lines of code. The rules are: The computer system must be 8-bit, the BASIC is line orientated and there is no machine code allowed. There are three categories: 80, 120 or 256 characters per line.

Timo Voutilainen has made a FM Radio app for GEOS. This app supports a RDA5807 module connected to the user port of the Commodore C64.

FM Radio module.

The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Heimdall, David Pleasance, Alfred Chicken, Karate Kid II, Mr Blobby, ThunderCats, Amigos Magazine Issue 02, Ninja Mission, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker, Vroom, Beyond the Ice Palace, Litil Divil, Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun, International Karate Plus, Allo, Allo !, Parasol Stars, Amiga 600 and the Gotek.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: WEC Le Man (Imagine) and Vigilante (U.S. Gold).

On the "Games Coffer" web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: Cold Caves, Junior Chaos Caves, Malediction, Sinking Island II, SmartCardz, Introgash, Invataxi, Psycheual, Puzzle Pits 2, Zzzep, Audio Illusions, Calibra, Delited 3, Happy Days, Jalonola, Peak Flow, Perfect Setup, Style Blend, Technofunctionom, The Cuttin Edge, X, Doodle Paint V2.1, Edit Keys, Helping Hands, Icetracker, Public Domain Copiers, Unicorn Copy, Gunny Go, Hop and Hurl, Rock Slide, SYS, TechnoVenture, Victor Loomes (DE), 1497 - Five Years After, Age Of Rock, E-Type, E-Type II and Shivered Sheep.

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: The Working Commodore 64, Proposed solutions to BASIC garbage collection, Monteringsvejledning for BASIC 4,0 (CBM3032), Commodore PET 2001 Operating System Version 4.0 assembly listing, ALFADATA RA5 RAM Card User's Manual, ANCONA High Resolution Monitor BW 861/10G and BW 861/10W, Commodore 64 Exposed, Amiga Computing Issue 49 extra - SuperBase Personal, Abacus AmigaDOS Quick Reference, Amiga Game Maker's Manual with AMOS Basic and PET BASIC 4.0 ROM assembly listing.

AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology), AmigaOne, AmigaOS, AmigaOne X5000, Tabor, Odyssey, Timberwolf, LibreOffice, Hollywood book, AMIStore and the Alice (laptop) project.

Tokra released a new game for the Commodore VIC20. In the game a meteor wave is threatening the earth. You can play the game with the light pen on a unexpanded Commodore VIC20.

The Obligement website is organizing another best game of the year competition. You can choose your own favourite from the list of games. The best 3 games of each systems (AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS and AROS) will be revealed February 6, 2017.

Wiebo de Wit is writing a blog on how to program a Tetris game in 6502 assembler. In each episode he explains how a part of the game works. In this episode: Hiscore Table and Load / Save.

Redit is a word processor for the Amiga computer. Redit can be used from Kickstart 1.2 and 0,5 MB. Changes in this version: Improvements for new documents, library loading and the stack size has been increased to 16 KB.

Eight Bit Magazine will celebrate early eight bit microcomputers from the 1970's to the early 90's. The magazine is a Kickstarter project and the folowing articles are planned: The collectors guide to the Amstrad CPC 464, The Apple adventurer, Hacking for infinite lives, Retropie: Emulating the 8-bits, Pond Software, Programming sprites for the C64 and CPC, Games and hardware in 2017 and many game reviews as well as interviews and technical articles.

Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Mads and Steve play Super Cars 2 (Magnetic Fields) on the Amiga.

Tokra made a program for using a larger screen in Basic with the Commodore VIC20. The screen can now be 26x32 characters. But you will need an 8 KB RAM expansion.

Floppy Days is an English podcast about Retro computers. In this episode: The Commodore VIC20 - History, with Brian Bagnall, Michael Tomczyk, and Neil Harris.

Polyanna is a 8-channel music editor for the Commodore 64. Polyanna plays 3 regular SID channels together with 5 emulated SID channels on a stock machine with the 6581 SID chip.

Twinspirit32 released the game Genius for the Commodore Plus/4. In the game you are in a dream world and must run through 8 toy warehouses. The game is compatible with PAL and NTSC.

Igor Errazkin released two new SEUCK games for the Commodore C64. In the game Main Ninja you must guide your ninja safely to his home. In the game Super ACE 1942 you must fly a WW2 fighter plane and fight against the enemy forces.

Super ACE 1942 - C64

Tmy10100 released a game he made 30 years ago. In the game you must jump your motorcycle over obstacles. You can use the keyboard or a joystick to play the game.

Kweepa developed an emulator for the Commodore VIC-20. This emulator also has a BASIC editor, a debugger and a profiler. Sink-20 is still a work in progress but you can try it already.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Spectrum Emulator Games Pack 1, Sigh, Music Disk, Lethal Frequency, Rubbish, Sunwind, Soundbox 2, The White Room, Synthetic Power, Lovesongs, Music Disk, Audio Dreams, Sound of Music 7, Music Collection 4, Music Collection and One Day on Mars.

The Princess C64SD v4.0 Ultra is a new product from Manosoft. Features: Redesigned schematic, C=LINK (Bluetooth), indexing on TAP files and multi cassettes TAP games, TAP for PET / CBM computers, stand-alone operation, ATMega1284p with 128KB flash memory, and improvements for the firmware.

On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro's with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Tycoons - Fire and Brimstone, Bionic Commandos - Hybris, Bionic Commandos - California Games, Reflex & Trilogy - Bubble bobble, F4CG - Satan, Napalm - Castle Master, Scoopex - Killing Game Show, Paramount - xenomorph, Endless Piracy - Move em, Nemesis - Civilization, Wanted Team - Bundesliga MAN PRO, Paradox - Mystical, Flashtro - More Lemmings and Nemesis - World Cricket.

A prototype has been developed to replace the 8701 clock generator chip used on boards 250425, 250466, 250469 and in the C128. A NTSC and a PAL version will be available in the next few months.

The web page ArsTechnica published another episode of "A history of the Amiga". In this episode the downfall of Commodore.

Vic Porter made a VIC-20 version of the game 2048, originally developed by Gabriele Cirulli. The game $B is a puzzle game that can be played on a VIC-20 with no expansion. You can use WASD to move and R to restart.

Reset is an pdf magazine for the Commodore C64 user. In this edition: 2017, Graham Axten, DubCRT, Craptastic Competition, Gazunta vs Jeff Minter, The Bear Essentials, Maze of the Mummy, Moonspire and My Life.

The Hunter is a new game for the Commodore 64 developed by Igor Errazkin. In the game you take control of a submarine, which must go into the abyss and battle against mutant creatures. You also must collect spinning coins for bonus points.

Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Simon Butler (Boot Camp, Highlander, Legend of Kage, N.O.M.A.D., The Neverending Story, Shadowfire and Transformers).