Jeroen Vlasveld released a new tool called Nibconvert. The tool is a graphical frontend for nibconv. Nibconv is part of the nibtools and makes it possible to convert .nib files to .g64 images. If you want to use Nibconvert you will need nibtools and the Dot Net framework 4.0 from Microsoft.

Igorski started a new project that is called WebSID. With a modern browser you can now play the SID on-line. This virtual Commodore 64 is equipped with twin double octave keyboards, but note that the upper one plays arpeggiated chords. This are the limitations of the original C64, which gave it that characteristic sound.

Reset is an pdf magazine (English language) for the Commodore C64 user. In this edition: Editorial, News, RGCD 2013, Kelvin King, The Vice Squad, Shoot’em Up Destruction Set, Phase Out, The Rough Road to Commodore Meetings, Micro Hexagon, C64 Endings, The Net, Invert, Star of Africa, Games That Weren’t, Deep Thoughts, Psytronik 20 Years CD, The Day The Universe Died, Format Wars, Ocean: The History, Kryoflux, Under the Hood and much more.

The game Saboteur is developed for computers with at least 48 KByte of RAM. But Luca of the FIRE crew took on the challenge to make the game available for the Commodore C16. He had to drop a few features but you can now play the game on the C16 and a trainer is included.

Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, Forum, Interview with Dirk Gubrush, Rally Speedway Competition, ABBUC, Charts, Reviews of Nibbly 92 and Lucas Arts, Chameleon and a manual for Rally Speedway Editor.

A new version of AROS Vision is now available. AROS is based on concepts and ideas of the Amiga and the 68000 processor. AROS supports X86, ARM, PPC and 68k. New in this version: Wildfire 7, AMOS Professional and the Games Master System.

Demonstration video for AROS Vision on YouTube.

The Polish magazine Commodore and Amiga Fan released another games edition. In this pdf magazine the following articles: News, Downfall, The hits of the C64 in comparison with the Amiga, Night Raid, Golden Axe, Rush, Sgt. Helmet Zero, Inception multi-port joystick, Balloon Rescue, Dodo’s Deep Doo-Doo, Ścigałki C64, Battle Throne, Paths of Secrets - We made too late, Atari vs Commodore games, Atari and Sherlock Holmes, Kupiec, Frogger, Memories of Thomas Musielak's game coach, Crazy Dog Racing and my struggles with Bomberland.

Double or Nothing is a new game for the Commodore C64. The program is written by Antifan and Chris Yates and the music is from PRI and Richard. In this game you must fight the aliens and the robots. But which world are you really in? Play the game to find out.

WarpView is a program for viewing and manipulating images. Features: slideshow, sorting, scale/resize, crop, orientation, Gaussian blur and un-sharp mask filters. Changes in this version: Improved blur and un-sharp mask code, new noise reduction filter, Lanczos sharp scaling method, brightness, contrast and gamma options.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Flight Deck 2 and The Light Corridor. Updates: Aurum, Crossbow, Habitat, Joust, Questerious, Sonic The Hedgehog, Star Tech Games, Stargate and Xamitlu.

Timo Voutilainen started a new project. He connected a GPS device to the Commodore C64. If you want to built your own C64 navigation system you will need the following components: CRIUS NEO-6 GPS v3.0 + I2C-GPS NAV -combo, 3.3V USB FTDI cable, Arduino IDE 1.05 and a user-port connector.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Dr. Fruit (SoftGang/Anco), John Lowe's Ultimate Darts (Gremlin), Rock Star (Infomedia), European Championship 1992 (Elite) and Robozone (Mirrorsoft). Improved: Static Chaos (Silents), Chuck Rock (Core Design), War In The Gulf (Empire), Dungeon Master (FTL/Software Heaven), Black Cauldron (Sierra), Big Run (Sales Curve), Tetris Pro (Logic System Productions/2000 A.D.) and Dune (Cryo).

The web page Plus4world is releasing many more programs, games and demos from the Moldi collection. A few examples are: A Ninja Küldetése, Page-Setter, Dirsort LEH, Reformat V4.0, Osszeadas Es Kivonas, Rejo-turbo, Micro Text 2.0, Csillagaszat 8.0, Characters 2, Kolumbusz Hajoja, Super-file 4.0, Digimix-1,2,3, Logo Demo, Lista, No AIDS, Loopz, Jump Jet, Solitair, Rakontakota, Rotary C16-ra and Pasziansz.

A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Arcade Evolution, Prisma souncard, E-UAE + JIT / AmigaOS4, New Amigaboards, Hollywood available again, ACA 500 test, Case for the ACA 500, Simple Mail 0.40, YAM 2.9, Enemy 2, MUI 4 for AmigaOS4, Odyssey Webbrowser for AmigaOS 4, Solid Gold, Projekt Synergie Betatest and Putty Squad.

Jan Derogee released new firmware for the Cassiopei. Changes in this version: More control over TAP files when the Cassiopei is connected to the PC. Added joystick functionality to the menu program of the VIC20, C64 and C16. Improved functionality regarding the PET-30XX series and support for the PET/CBM-8000 series. Jan is also working on support for the CBM-4000, C128 and the CBM-2001.

Ralf Hoffmann released a new version of APCComm for the Amiga. This program can be used to transfer data between a Amiga (OS2.0) and a PC (Linux). The transfer is via a parallel cable and the transfer speed is 38 KByte/s. With this new version it is possible to read and write ADF disk images.

Amigapd had an interview with Ian West. Ian started programming on the Amiga. He started with Basic and his first real game project was a maze game. He later wrote more games for the Amiga: Ork Attack, Santa and Rudolph Do Christmas, The Unusual Case of Doctor Strange and Doctor Strange 2.

A new version of DigiBooster is available for AmigaOS 3/4 und MorphOS. Digibooster is an traditional tracker with an advanced audio processing engine, and an up-to-date MUI based graphical user interface. Features: High quality audio engine. 24 bits / 192 kHz. All sound effects are executed in single step mode. Single step auto-synchronisation to the module tempo. Highly configurable and a ARexx port.

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 Copy/Paste, local labels, Replace all function and keyboard shortcuts. Added Commenting/Uncommenting selection, Solutions, AAY64 documentation and context help.

Miro made a new utility for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4. With this program you can print larger version of the normal text on the screen. The possibilities are: 4x tall & 4x wide, 8x tall & 4x wide, 4x tall & 8x wide and 8x tall & 8x wide.

Steve Morrow has made a video about the development of a game for the Commodore C64. The game Spaced Out from 1992 is written in assembly. Steve shows the different parts of the program, and explains how these parts work.

Part 2 of C64 Assembly Game Disassembly

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio. It can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: New PLS and M3U loading routines. Allow the loading of a header less playlist. An update for the Italian texts. Remember Info window position and added a new icon set from TommySammy.

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Avenger (Gremlin Graphics), Autoduel (Origin Systems), Batty (Elite/Encore), Bugs Bunny - P.I. (Hi-Tec Software), Captain Kidd (Bug-Byte), Cavelon (Ocean Software), Demons of Topaz (Firebird), Enduro Racer (Activision), Fighting Soccer (Activision), Gee Bee Air Rally (Activision), Gremlins 2: The Next Batch (Elite), Hero Quest 1 & 2 (Gremlin Graphics), Venom (Mastertronic) and Wasteland (Electronic Arts).

In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: RetroMania Reflection - Gaming for the Greater Good, MAME Reviews - Speed Coin and Apple II Incider - Retro Fever Announcement.

Phase Out is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Ernst Neubeck. In the game you must clear each level by swapping the position of the coloured gems. The black gems can't be cleared and there are bricks walls to make the game more challenging. Features: 50 levels, In game graphics, music and sound effects. Easy to use level password system.

X-bEnCh can be used to replace the Workbench when you only want to load games with WHDLoad. You can use X-BENCH with all Amiga's, OCS or AGA and with 68000 to 68060 CPU's. In this version there are many errors removed and many improvements added.

Nordic Scene Review is a English diskette magazine with reviews of C64 demos. In this edition: We Love Homeconnected, The Awakening, Sabat in Thorn, Our First FLI demo, Eagle, Fogyish, Soy un Dilicuente, Solaris, Too Hot To Trot, B-land Scrapbook, Fuersti, Matura Morta, Zeropage Gravity, Summer of 64, Live from Africa and many more.

Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player is a media player made with the help of Hollywood. Changes in this version: Frame numbering for animations. Improved the playing of animations and the box info. And the finish translation has been improved.

Hero Time 2 is a new game for the Commodore C64 made with SEUCK. The game is made by: MagerValp and radiantx (code), Fegolhuzz (music), Twoflower (graphics), Puterman (text) and Krill (loader). In the game you are knight, and you need to fight the enemy and find gold for bonus points.

The Youtube video of Hero Time 2 - C64

SnapIT is a powerful and simple to use screen grabber developed by Stefan Blixth for AmigaOS4, MorphOS and AROS. Changes in this version: Double buffered preview mode. Hotkey support, fetch active window, save image as option, improved GUI, capture auto save option, and new translations for Spanish, German and French.

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 8, 2014.

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio. It can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Improvements for playlist/directory, cover drawing, tag editor, modplug loader and autoplay. Update for the WinAMP5 skin. And you can now use the mouse wheel to move the sliders in the equalizer.

FieserWolf released a new version of the Petscii Editor. The options are: SET - Character set mode, PAINT - Colourize mode and BOTH - Set and Colourize. With these options it is possible to paint a "black & white" picture first and then add the colours. In this version it is also possible to cut and copy.

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: Bamiga Sector One - Mercenary, Beonx - Nice Iintro, The Champs - Black Shadow, Flashtro - Putty Squad AGA, Galahad - Putty Squad AGA and Outlaws - Ultimate Quiz.

Gábor Lénárt has started a new web page about the Commodore LCD. The Commodore LCD never made it into production but there a couple of proto types. On this web page you can find more information about the CLCD and you can try the CLCD emulator in your browser.

The MorphZone web page has had a interview with Guido Mersmann. Guido also known as Geit lives in Germany and started developing software in 1983. His first computer was a Busch209, but later he had a Commodore C64, Amiga 500 and a Amiga 2000. In the interview Guido speaks about his program Grunch.

Sidchip made a adapter that allows connecting two joysticks to USB. The features are: Two digital joysticks simultaneously, Supports for paddles on port 1, Compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac. The device is built with an PIC18F14K50 micro controller, the schematics, PCB layout and firmware are available.

Petri Häkkinen is developing a flash memory expansion for the Commodore VIC-20. At this moment he has a working prototype. He uses a 256K x 8 flash memory chip, three 74HC541 8-bit tri-state buffers and an ATMega32A micro controller. You can follow the progress of this project on Petri's blog.

Games Corner is an English diskette magazine about new games and about craking games. The games in this edition: Assembloids, Asteroids emulator, Bezerk Redux, Bomberland, Cowboy Duel, Crazy Dog Racing, Guns 'n' Ghosts, Krieg im Weltraum, etc. And a list of first releases of recent cracks.

The NST's Monitor Extension is an extension for the internal Plus/4 software. This expansion gives your more possibilities with TEDMON, scrolling, disk drive and memory management. Changes in this version: Improved RESET/INIT function, Automatic ROM BANK detection, New commands: LA (Print Load and End address), L (Load), V (Verify), S (Save) and a "Work Indicator" for commands.

Dark Force is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Richard Bayliss, Alf Yngve and Johan Janssen. In the game you are a pilot of the Dark Force. The Cygons want to destroy your planet with a gigantic laser. You need to destroy all the 20 electric generators of the laser to stop the Cygons.

Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: Editorial, Feedback, EEEC meeting, ASCII graphics, BBS news, Interviews with Jeri Ellsworth, Ralph H. Bear, Chris Grigg and David Crane.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Anarchy, Aurum, Club Light adventure, Duncan Kershaw games, Gravity, Playboy - The Game, Smakeloos and The Spy Who Loved Me C64GS. Update: Castle Boy, Crossbow (William Tell), Here and there with the Mr Men, Space Hop, Starburst, Stratagos, Toki V1 and Virus.

The latest music collection of World Music is now available. The SID's in this edition are: Alderaan's Atmosphere, Anesthesia, Autumn, Black & White 2, Butt Jumper 2 Intro, Hyper Viper Menu, Inna Amazing, Intro Song, Leviathan Remix, Mix POL, Molina, Ode to TLF, Pipe Pressure, Rise and Sine, Roughnight, Smashed Beats, SWO #18 (intro), SWO #21 (intro), Tranced Out and Under Arrest.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6078 games on this web page. The new games are: Alienator, Alienator, Alienator 93, Amazon Gold, Arcos, Bellringer, Bellringer II, Flok, John Elways Quarterback, Night Raid (2x), Oil Defense, Prowler, Re-Alinator, Redhawk, RGCD 2013 16K Cartridge Competition, Snap Snake, Tetris and The Crack of Doom.

In 1987 Eric Graham was the person who made the Juggler demo for the Amiga. For the demo he developed a ray tracer program named ssg, what later would evolve into Sculpt3D. The original source code of Raytracer was never found, but the web page dottyflowers.com has now found one of the original disks with the source code of Raytracer.

Stian Søreng is developing a Flash cartridge for the Commodore C64. After a few problems Stian has now a working cartridge. The AVR microprocessor can now write the cartridge image to the RAM and the Commodore C64 can read the RAM. The next step is to write the firmware.

A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Reviews: Amiga Games 2014: Jet Hunt, Final Fight AGA, Tales Of Gorluth, Parallel Worlds, Chaos Guns, Castle Hack, Secret Of Maya, Trackdisplay, Homeworld, OpenXcom, WordMeUp, Hard n Heavy, Bomber, Montezuma, Key Master, DirMeUp, Comic Book Reader, BetterWB, AmigaOS 4.1 SDK, Amiga Monkey (2). Special: Demo Scene, Quo Vadis Amiga, Classic Reflections (13) Great Valley Productions (2). Workshops: Programming AmigaOS 4 (36). Shows: Amiga Meeting, AmiWest. Interviews: Trevor Dickinson.

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: Booty, Winter Games, Krakout, Dynamite Dan, Platoon, The Sentinel, Jack The Nipper, Wizball, Saboteur! and Hat Trick.

A new episode of the C64 Take-away podcast is now available. In this podcast you can hear the following music: Spherical, Roland’s Ratrace, Formula 1 Simulator, Gauntlet III, Nothing Wrong, Alibi, Gravrace, Dark Rises, Uridium, Stormlord, Atmosphere, Tristesse, Way of the Exploding Fist, Last ninja 3 and Golden Axe. There is also news about: HVSC V59, Rob Hubbard - Commando, German Remix Group - Jeroen Tel, Awesome-A, Immortal C64 and Linus Åkesson.