AMIGOS is a new podcast about Amiga games, hardware, news and memories. In this episode: Interview with Rob "Flack" O'Hara. Rob is the founder of the Throwback Network and is the host of You Don't Know Flack and Sprite Castle.

CBMdisk Tools is a collection of command line utilities written using the CBMdisk Python module. They provide some unix-inspired capabilities for working directly with content on many Commodore disk, file and archive formats. Available commands: cbmcat, cbmod, cbmstitch and cbmvrm.

CBMdisk v3.1.0

SidTracker64 is a chip tune tool for the iPad that emulates the SID from the Commodore 64. The features are: Midi keyboard. Export your music to .sid or .prg files (Dropbox / e-mail). Fully emulated SID 8580 R5 chip. 3 Voices, 8 waveforms, 3 volume envelopes, 32 instruments and vibrato controls. Wavetable & Filter editing and much more.

Oliver Urbann released a new version of his Twitter client TwittAmiga. The features are: Map view, Search, Skinnable timeline, Multiple user accounts, Preview of linked images, Update of status, Follow / Unfollow, Retweet, etc. You can read about the changes in the change log.

The Compilation64 web page is reborn. Compilation64 is an attempt to archive the multi-game compilations that have been released for the Commodore64. All the games from the old web page have been rescued and new information / scans will be added over the coming weeks / months.

Epy released a new version of his SID player. This program works together with a SD2IEC device and a SID card on the Commodore Plus/4 and is compatible with PAL and NTSC. Changes in this version: A new play-list system and a SID card detection.

Jim released a new Operating System for the Commodore C64. It is a modern looking graphical user interface with drivers for a touch screen, joystick or the cursor keys. You can try out the test / demo diskette with cOS. The diskette includes a cBooks app and the SAM-Siri.

Mark Gladson started an Kickstarter project to make replicas of the VIC-20 IEEE interface cartridge (VIC-1112). The project will produce fully assembled cartridges with case and label included.

In 1992 Craig Golab released the game Hangman's Hazard for the Commodore C64. But only a few copies of the game were sold. Long time the game was lost but now it is available on the Commodore Scene Database. The game is very nice to play and is highly competitive.

Amiga mixer is a program for the Amiga that can control your audio. It supports many soundcards: SBLive/SBAudigy, FM801, Envy24HT, Solo-1 and many others. Changes in this version: New short-keys for Fader. A Greek catalog. KEYS_UDM tool type. Improvements for CLI parsing and the ARexx #?MUTE command.

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: Many optimisations for the VC1541 emulation. Cycle-based sprite drawing and many other improvements.

FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new 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: Zany Golf, Thing On A Spring, Pirates!, Unique Games! (8), Skate or Die!, NGOTM: Sir Ababol and Realm of Impossibility.

Loriano Pagni started an Kickstarter campaign for producing Amiga inspired key caps for mechanical keyboards. The key caps will be UV printed (at over 300 dpi) on caps compatible with Cherry MX switches. The key caps will be available in following colours: black, white, beige, dark grey, orange, green, lilac, yellow, pink, red, and light blue.

Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Improvements for: Dump file, Visual data generator tool, Tabular data, Mixing BASIC & ML and the IDE colours. And a few error were removed: Start address memory window, TEXT and PTEXT generation, "<" and ">" characters, Binary import and Incbin.

Amigakit is now selling a Classic Boing Ball Mouse. The feature are: 1000 DPI optical mouse with scroll wheel (third button). DB9 connection for Classic Amiga computers: A500, A500+, A600*, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A4000T.

C64tass is a multi pass compiler with 65816 support, CPU64, DTV, illegal opcode's, optimizations, and a lot of features. The syntax is the same as the well known Turbo Assembler on C64. C64tass can be used on a Linux, Windows or Mac OSX computer.

The Sum adapter enables connecting USB HID keyboards to your Amiga 600. It has been designed for installation inside A600’s casing. Sum is based upon a 16-bit Microchip micro-controller. Features: Support for both USB HID and USB-PS/2 keyboards, built-in USB stack, configuration mode, boot-loader (firmware upgrade) and a status LED.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Daffy Duck, Behemoth, Ilogicall, Welcome to hell, Moonraker, Black Hawk, Butch - Hard Guy, Coma, Coven, Double Dragon V1, Enforcer 2, M45, Maelstrom, New Zealand Story V1, Operation Gunship, Planet Quarx, Quark IX, Screaming Wings, The Black Onyx, Unknown adventure game and Wreckers.

A new Kickstart project wants to produce new A1200 computer housings. The housing will be made with injection molds with a quality plastic (ASA) with anti-UV and will be super resistive. No yellowing anymore. The new housing are prepared for a CF slot, HcX display and video out. Update: The housing is now available with the Amiga logo.

Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a modern computer. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Changes in this version: Compile-options via scripts. Support for latest 64tass, logging parameters and script command lines can now be split over multiple lines.

Dopus5 is a Workbench clone for AmigaOS-based computer systems. The main feature of Dopus5 is the file manager functionality. The team behind Dopus5 has released a new version for AmigaOS4, MorphOS, AROS and the original AmigaOS3 platform.

This web page is about the forgotten scener-heroes of the Commodore 64 and the Amiga days. It was created on December 23.12.2014 and serves as an inspiration tool, to help those fantastic but too often lonely sceners from the Commodore 64 and the Amiga community.

The C64.com web page had an interview with Andrián Pertout. Andrián is a music composer from Australia, but he was born in Chili. He made music for the C64 games Penetrator (1984) and Fighting Warrior (1985).

It is more than 6 years ago that the SOASC= Project was ended. The SOASC= Project recorded every SID from the HVSC (High Voltage SID Collection) with real hardware. The SOASC= Team has now announced that will update all SIDs starting from #50 up to #63 and beyond.

With Amiga911 Maker is it possible to create boot diskettes for AmigaOS 3.0/3.1. The changes in this are: All In One type solution. Support for: DiskSalv4, MaxTransTest, PFSSalv2 and SFSSalv. New Prefs window, Expert Mode and many other improvements.

Das Camp is one of the games in the Forum64 Game Competition 2015. The game is a adventure and is released by TUGCS. The music is from Onebitman and SIDWAVE, the graphics are from Mac, the linking by Henning and bug fixing by Dizzy Devil.

Other games in the Forum64 Game Competition 2015.

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 fort his month are: City, Classic Racer (DE), Euro Trotter, Fireflies, Super Blobble 2, Torque, Batman, Boat Animation, City Jumper, Luxo Teenager, Rocking Robot, The, Shuttlecock, Spark Trek, Air Ace II, Bionix 2, Black Belt, Hyperace, Patience, Zerg, D-Day, History of Aviation, Little Traveller, Spelltris and Star Trek Guide.

A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Tecnoball Z, Minos, Amiiga 10x10, Help my Cat, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, Bed Games, Jay the Miner, Volfied, Wings Battlefield, Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium, The Amiga Workbench Simulation, Pegasos, MorphOS 3.8, WHDLoad, Phase 5 Digital Products, Demoscene, ArtEffect, Programming with AmigaOS4 (13) and a interview with Paul Gardner-Stephen (Mega65).

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Bonzai first Miniparty invite, Abnormal, Razor 1911 and The Cartel Party Invite, Abnormal handdrawn logo by Trap, Bethlehem 2000 (The Party 1991) Invite, Handdrawn logo by Trap (BZ, SCS, DOM etc), Dexion Meeting 1988 and S.I.P.C Party 1987 Invite, Dansk Amiga og CDTV Katalog 1991-1992 (Danish), Amiga BASIC from Data Becker (German), VIC1213 VICMON Brugervejledning (Danish), Vic 20 Brugervejledning (Danish), Amiga 500 RAM Udvidelse (Danish) and Article for taking pics for 3D boxes.

A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amiga news, Schnapper des Monats, Interview with Markus Tillman and the meeting Amiga 30 Jahre in Neuss.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: After The War (Dinamic), Battle Command (Ocean Software), Halcyon (Kingsoft), Sun Star (CRL), Sigma Seven (Durell), Stack Up (Zeppelin Games), Son of Blagger (Alligata Software), Spy vs. Spy 3 (First Star Software), Spore (Bulldog/Mastertronic), Sidewinder 2 (Virgin Mastertronic), Slicks (Codemasters), Sly Spy: Secret Agent (Ocean Software), Serpent's Star (Brøderbund Software), Spooky Castle (Atlantis Software), Trance Sector (TND Games), Tropical Fever (Headbanger), Thomas the Tank Engine (Alternative Software), Ultima IV: Quest for Avatar (Origin Systems), Valentino (System Editoriale), Wing Commander (Mastertronic), Warlok (Calisto Games), Xain D'Shleena (Sputnik World), X-Terminator (Novagen) and Zaga (Kingsoft).

Hyperion Entertainment released an update for the OS4 Software Development Kit (SDK). The changes in this version are: New components: btree.library, diffview.gadget, diskio.library, z.library and graphics.library. Extended memory > 4 GB. Next generation menu system and improvements for dos.library API and console.device API.

Rob "Flack" O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. His new podcasts are: Montezuma's Revenge and MicroLeague Wrestling. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast.

Staringlizard has developed an replacement for the Amiga A520 adapter. The Amiv 2.0 can converts the Amiga RGB 15 KHz signal to HDMI to make it possible to connect your A500 or A1200 to a modern screen. The Amiv has buttons to shrink the picture horizontally and move the picture horizontally and vertically.

YouTube: AMIV 2.0 - Amiga A520 adapter HDMI remake

The SaV64 is a over voltage protector for your Commodore computer. Features: 5 VDC protection for the Commodore 64 (C/G/GS/Aldi), Commodore VIC-20 CR or Plus/4. Maximum current is 3 Amperes, LED indicator, reset button and four possible trip point settings.

Ghislain has released 8 games for the Commodore VIC-20. The games were made between 1986 and 1990. The games are: Adventure World, Ms. VIC-Man, Operation: NATO, Space Destructor, SUMO Smasher, VIC Boxing Association, Punch-Out (PETSCII version) and VICeye.

The inhabitants of the cosy little country of Dartenwood were turned to stone by nasty magician Morlon, and only the Pentagram of Power can break the spell. You must save the inhabitants by collecting all the rubies in the land. The game is made by Steve Kups, Sebastian Broghammer, Stephan Lesch, Helfried Peyrl, Phillip Bergmann, Martin Schemitsch, Stefan Hartwig and Taxim. The game is also available in a limited boxed version.

AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: An interview with Szilárd Biró (BSzili), Amiga (NG): AROS, AmigaOS4 and MorphOS. Music: Drink My Pain Away by Mobi from album Amiga Days (Remasters).

Edge of Time is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Alf Yngve and is the first entry in the Sideways SEUCK Game Creation Compo 2015. In the game you are Joe Rubicon and are fighting a war, but after a time warp you are fighting in the year 2022 and in the year 2050 at the same time.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Muzzax 1 & 2, Decibel Overload, The Beginning, Astrogate, Spaceship, Moin Jungs, 3D-Net Analyzer, Music Disk 1, Musics 3, BBS Intro, Beach Volley demo and Gate to Hell. Improved: Hydra, Waterproof and Our Definition of a Boombastic Demo Style.

Frank Linde has developed a HiRes card for the CBM 8296-D. The features of the High Resolution Extension (HRE) are: Resolution of 640 x 250 pixels. The CBM video signal and the HRE video signal can be mixed. Control of the HRE through the User Port (POKE). Integration of simple drawing tasks (GPU). You can read all the details on his blog.

YouTube: High Resolution Extension

Dan Wood from kookytech.net had an interview with Trevor Dickinson. He talks with Trevor, from A-Eon about the AmigaOne X1000 project, AmigaOS 4 and the future of the system. Plus, his memories and why he fell in love with the original Amiga machines.

In this (English language) podcast the following items: Chris Huelsbeck: Super Turrican 2, Chris Wilkins interview, Top 10 games from The C64 In Pixels, Gaming Trivia, Karma 64: Wizball and the Amiga Minute (Individual Computers: New Commodore motherboards).

If you have a 3D printer you can now print your own Amiga Boing Ball. The ball can be printed with a single-head printer in two colours and you do not need any glue to put the ball together.

EntwicklerX released the game Bubble Shooter DX for the Amiga. In this game you must shoot bubbles and make a group of minimal three bubbles with the same colour to make them disappear. Features: 200+ levels, Three star ranking system, Colour-blind mode and special bubbles for an improved gameplay on difficult levels.

Ravenxau released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. This is the Retro Edition and can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 with the keyboard. The game has 9 levels with 3 serpents on level 1. The levels 7, 8 and 9 are a real challenge.

The New Dimension web page is organising a Sideways Scrolling SEUCK competition for the year 2015. The rules are: C64 PAL or NTSC. Music for the intro is allowed, but for the game you can only use sound effects and send in your games before the November 30, 2015.

AmiMag is a French pdf magazine for the Amiga user. In this edition: News, The Time Machine, Shadow Of The Beast, Mister P, The Doom-Mania, Labo Amos, Interview with TBT, The Pin-Up and Candide 1/2.

Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Tales of Gorluth (Amiga), Nintendo Game Boy, Atlantean (PC-Engine), Amiga 500 / 2000, Fred & Tecno Ninja (Atari XL/XE), Nuclear War (Amiga), Majesty Of Sprites (Commodore 264), Jurassic Gaming, Sega vs. Nintendo, Amiga vs. Atari, AmigaOS, Lindwenture (C64), Ready and Supersample Berlin.

Lumber is new SID-music for the Commodore C64 computer. The music is made by NecroPolo.