HollyPaint is a bitmap graphics editor written in the Hollywood-MAL programming language. The program can be used with AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS. Recent changes: Colour wheel and alpha sliders in separate window. Individual setting of colour for gradient, shadow and edge. Loading and saving of transparent brushes. More filters and a Arc tool. Invert for: brush, mask and alpha. And many more improvements.

Jürgen Wothke release an update of the Tiny'R'Sid music player. With this player you can listen online to your favourite SID music. The SID emulation logic is based on the TinySid code by T. Hinrichs and R. Sinsch. The most recent version now has a Play list function.

UAE4ALL is an Open Source Amiga500 emulator for the Dreamcast console. The current version is a release candidate, but lots of games are running at the moment. Recent changes: SuperThrottle, ADZ support, Save diskette changes to VMU, 2 Floppy drives emulation, Throttle and Autoframeskip.

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: The BASIC parser is completely rewritten. Added a new Find and Replace function. Improvements for saving projects and the BASIC tokenizer system. Added support for store/load/exec breakpoint types and a button to force hires/multicolor on all characters in Charset Editor.

Benjamin Wimmer made screenshots of C64 games in 3D. He was using the 3D photo feature of his Nintendo 3DS, and wondered how C64 games would look like in 3D. On his web page you can see the results of his 3D screenshots. You can also download the pictures in full colour and 3D.

A new edition of the Retro Asylum Podcast (English language) is now available. In this edition the following articles: News, Shows: Play Expo, Revival and Retromania, Essex Car-boot sale, RetroAsylum auditions winners, Music from the Past, Name that Chip Tune, Introducing Mr Sid, Top 5 c64 Games and the Name The Game.

The Stiggy made a video review of the C64 emulator on the Ouya. The Ouya is a open source game console with a Nvidia Tegra 3 Soc and Andriod OS. He talks about the options for video, audio and the inputs. He explains the loading of the games, the turbo function, the on-screen keyboard and how to use a cartridge.

Jack is a multi-purpose program for AmigaOS, AROS and MorphOS. Features: Preferences, Screen snapshot, Knowledge Base, Image editor, Music player, Slideshow, File-management, Auto-updates, etc. Changes in this version: MACE added to Entwickler-X Games tab. Improved search for the AppStore. More QT software in the AppStore. Improved VAT Calculator, and a few layout improvements for the dashboard.

Wonderland XII is a new demo made by the group Censor Design. The demo won the first price at the BFP 2013. The BFP 2013 (Baroque Floppy People 2013) is a 3-day C64 scene event in Helsingborg, Sweden. The following people worked on the Wonderland XII demo: Axis, Bob, CRT, Lavazza, Mirage, Swallow, Magnar Harestad, cg, Creeper, Dragon, Taito, Yazoo, HCL and Krill.

The Wonderland XII demo on YouTube (Real C64, 8580 SID).

Hugues Nouvel released Hexgem for the Amiga. Hexgem is a puzzle game using hexagonal gems. In the game you must swap two gems and align three or more gems to make them disappear. The game is written by Pepone, the music is from FoxSynergy and spicypixel made the font.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Coloris, Laser Dis+c to C64 interface and Olli & Lissa II: Halloween. Update: Arsenal FC, Benidorm, Blast, Cyber Attack, CyberCore, Dromedia Software, Fairlight 2, Graham Gooch World Class Cricket, Horror Atoll, Key to Success, Mag Max V1, Mole Squash, Pimple Panic, Solaris, Unknown Educational game and Warlock.

David Brunet from the web page Obligement has had a interview with Trevor Dickinson. Trevor is the man behind the company A-EON Technology Ltd. A-EON makes modern hardware for AmigaOS, an example is the AmigaOne X1000. Trevor talks about the development of the Nemo motherboard and the new Cyrus Plus project.

On the Plus/4 World web page you can find another rare newsstand compilation cassette for the Commodore C16 / Plus/4. The compilation cassette was made by Pubblirome and has the following games: Il Legionario, Scimmia Magica, Corsa Sul Fiume, Meteorite (Pubblirome), La Spia, Tennis (Pubblirome), Velocipede, Guerra Totale, Vecchio West, L'Esorcista, Breakout, Cruise, Il Genio, Astronavi Aliene and Anatomia.

Juha Niemimaki made an AmigaOS 4 version of the game Zod Engine. The Amiga version is in development and is in a beta stage at the moment. In the game you must conquer the universe. Your team is going from planet to planet fighting with the Blue forces under the command of General Zod.

In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: After The Floods - NES Games, Beating A Game Years Later, Psytronik Software, Des Gamer - Fanboyism, California Extreme 2013, KansasFest 2013, Archeologist, Pizzariffic, Radikal Bikers, Tomy Tutor - Deep Six, California Games +More!

The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Through the Trap Door (Piranha), Poseidon - Planet Eleven (Hi-Tec Software), Hektic II (CP Verlag), Zodiac (Anirog Software), The Wizard's Pet (Mastertronic) and Hot Rod (Activision).

A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: FPGA Arcarde, Petro Tyschtschenko, Hollywood 5.3, Viva Amiga, OS4 - Delock PCIe, X1000 HD Audio driver, X1000 v3, X2000 / X4000, M.A.C.E. Demo, EntwicklerX, BAS User-Meeting, AmiWorx and Tales of Gorluth.

The web page C64 Intros has added another 25 intros bringing the total to 9075 intros. A few examples of updated or new groups are: Acid, Asylum, Banshee, Carcass (NL), Killer Rats Association [KRA], Red Mill, Silicon's Dreams and United States Software Pirates Exchange.

The 2013 summer edition of the RetroChallenge is almost at an end. In this competition every computer is allowed from before the Pentium era. Examples of this year: Restoring an 18-bit DEC PDP-9, Online KIM-1 Simulator, Breadboard 6502 computer, Apple IIe web server and many more.

The JavaScript KIM-1 from Rob Sayers.

The Cracktros web page added more new cracktros to the database last month. The new cracktos are from the following groups: LSD, Scoopex, Crystal, Dual Crew, Hoodlum, X-Men, Dual Crew Shining, Hellfire, 2000 A.D., Alpha Flight, Cascade, Crux, Endless Piracy, Accession, Crack Inc. and Fairlight.

Sauraen and Oikanys are working on the MIDIbox aSIDity project. This project will be the most powerful SID-based synthesizer in the world. At the moment the SIDFB boards are ready and work is started on the case. The number of control switches, LEDs and displays is enormous. You can follow the progress on the midi box forum.

JSL made a new slide show for the Commodore C64. For these pictures JSL only used the PETSCII characters of the Commodore C64. The slide show has the following pictures: Stonehenge, Windmill, Bathing, Fishing, Robots and Lion.

Larswad made a new hardware 1541 emulator. He connected an Arduino Uno to the serial IEC bus of the Commodore C64. The diskette data can be sent from a PC to the Arduino Uno. At the moment the 1541 emulators works, but you will have to wait for a turbo load function. The source code from this project is available.

Morgue Soft released a new game for the Amiga. The game is a Amiga version of the classic slot machines from casinos and bingos. The program is made with the help of Hollywood. The language of the game is English, and is available for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, Windows and WarpOS.

Outtakes is a new demo for the Commodore C64 DTV. The demo reached the fifth place in the Mixed Demo Competition at Nordlicht 2013. The demo was programmed by Benson and Peiselulli, the graphics are from CONS and mis, the music is from dEVILOCK and Henne and the loader is from tlr. In the demo you can see the story of Romeo and Juliet, and Spike ?!?!

Yannick Erb released the program ZuneFIG. ZuneFIG is a vector based drawing program based on XFig. This version is enhanced in many ways and is available for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. The most recent changes are: Anti-aliasing and Alpha channel support for SVG export.

Cyborg B61 is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Roberto Ricioppo with the help of SEUCK (Shoot 'Em-Up Construction Kit). In the game you are last remaining Cyborg. You must fight your way through many sectors and defeat the enemy.

AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows. Recent changes are: Added title bar message: recording and playback. Improved de-multiplexing and the help function for the Interton games. Improvements to the debugger T-command. And repaired the Elektor game Rocket Hunting.

Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, letters from readers, marketplace and the charts. Interview with Lothar. Articles: Montezuma's Revenge, Ring von Copla, Crossfire!, DoReCo #37, Turbo Chameleon 64, DirMaster v6.2 and a puzzle.

Jim Brain and Leif Bloomquist are working on a MIDI system for the Commodore VIC20. The final design features are: 16450 UART, 512kB FLASH ROM, MIDI IN, OUT and THRU, eset button and RS232. You can follow the progress on the Denial VIC-20 forum.

QCodeEdit is a text editing framework for the Amiga. The features are: Excellent speed. Low memory usage. High-lighting, brace matching, auto-indenting and code folding. Unlimited undo/redo, dynamic line wrapping and a easy to use search function.

Mastertronic Chronicles is a blog of witchfinder dedicated to the Mastertronic games for the Commodore C64. The most recent reviews are: Knight-Tyme (1988), Frenesis (1987), Dragonskulle (1987), Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing (1989), Beat It (1987), Pulsoids (1988) and the Mastertronic catalogue from 1986.

Chris Osborn is working on a system that can replace the 1541 disk drive. He uses a Raspberry Pi computer to communicate with the serial IEC bus of the Commodore C64. Chris had to modified the Linux kernel on the Raspberry Pi so it can handle the interrupts when the IEC bus was signalling. At the moment the system is an development stage and can only read or write a prg. As a bonus the system can also convert modern USB joystick signals to signals for the C64.

Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: The debugger has new keyboard shortcuts. The character editor can now copy groups of characters and scroll the scratchpad. In BASIC you have now batch mode, constants definitions in code (hex) and the auto line numbering is improved.

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 system for wsz skins. The AppIcon position is now correct. UTF8 conversion in FLAC meta-data. Automatically sorting of files alphabetically when loading directories. New skin and icon sets by DjNick, TommySammy and Samo79.

The Mini X-Pander is a new hardware device for the Commodore C128(D). There are C64 cartridges that will not work on the C128(D). This because the signals on the expansion port have too much interference. This device cleans up the signals an makes it possible to use cartridges like the 64NIC+ and the FB-net.

TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favourite web browser. Changes in this version: Support for Internet Explorer 10. Russian texts are now available. The disk drive can be disabled. Improvements for the preferences and many bug fixes.

David Thiel made the music for games like Winter Games, Championship Wrestling and Rock n' Bolt. He worked with the ColecoVision, Adam, Atari 400/800 and the C64. He developed a sound system (DDTSS) for the C64 that it supported six channels. This system combined the 3 voices and 3 virtual channels for sound effects. You can read the complete interview on the C64.com web page.

Huenison is a game for the Amiga that brings together many games into one hectic arcade game. The elements of the game are from Arkanoid, Decathlon, Dyna Blaster, Impossible Mission, Oil's Well, Pac-Man, Pang, Qix, Slam Tilt, Space Invaders, Tetris and Vital Light. The game is a 8-bit retro style, including music from the Commodore 64 SID chip.

Wall of Fire is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Roberto Ricioppo. In this game have to escape from the Wall of Fire. You need to defeat all the alien inside a warp hole and bring freedom back to planet Earth.

FCEU emulates the classic NES / Famicom game console. FCEU currently has great compatibility, sound support and save ram / save state support. Changes in this version: Improved display initialisation for G5 and laptops. Screen borders are properly blanked on all settings and the display is properly centred in scan line, overlay and full screen.

The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Dromedia Software, Dune Buggy, Jeeps, Muncher and Sophisticated games. Update: Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes, Curse Of The Mushroom People, Judge Death, Kid Saviour, Old Scores, Plan 9 Outer Space, Rhyme Land, Super Scramble, Unknown Educational game and Wild Women Of Wonga.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Hot Music 3 (Ram Jam), Megademo (Deathstar) and Side Arms (Probe). Improved: New Zealand Story (Taito/Ocean), Midnight Resistance (Ocean), Mega lo Mania (Sensible Software/Mirrorsoft), Bloodwych (Mirrorsoft), Super Cars (Gremlin), Great Giana Sisters (Timewarp/Rainbow Arts), Seconds Out (TyneSoft), Ghosts'N'Goblins (Elite), Red Heat (Ocean), Theatre of Death (Psygnosis/Shed Software) and Hudson Hawk (Ocean).

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 5998 games on this web page. The new games are: Alien Attack, Ann Gong, Bolnar, Cosmic Combat, Danger Valley, Delta Man, Dot Gobbler v1, Flubble and Squij, Frogman, Hit the Brick, Lights On, Mr. Dynamite, Peace Patrol, Peter, Philippic, Pyramid Pete, Space Pope, The Spaceball II, War in Space, Whizzy and Z-Zone.

Luca made a game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is called "Tree Some" and is a conversion of the C64 version. The game is written in BASIC and uses only the standard PETSCII characters on the screen. In the game you are a tree and you need to fight against people who want to cut you down.

Christopher Handley released a new version of PortablE. PortablE is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language with many improvements. The program is available for Amiga OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows. You can find a complete list of new and improved items on the PortablE web page.

KaPooka is a logic game for AmigaOS (SDL). In the game you must try to move the red balls to the exit. You must push the green balls to open a way to the exit. But you can only push a ball when there is an empty space behind it. You can play the game with the keyboard, mouse or joystick.

Schlimeisch Mania is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game was released at the Schlimeisch 2013 meeting in Fryšták in the Czech Republic. The game is programmed by Ray, and Factor6 and PCH made the music, graphics and the character set. The game can be played by eight people at the same time with the help of the 8 joystick adapter Inception.

Sirena Player is a music player for AmigaOS and MorphOS. The program can play music files as mp3, wav and mod. Changes in this version: Compiled with Hollywood 5.2. Rewind and Forward the song with the mouse wheel. New music time routines. MorphOS Butterfly animation available. The program is available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Greek, German, Czech and Polish.

Erich released a new Botticelli Bilderdisk for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with pictures in the Botticelli format. The Magica viewer is used to display the pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures.