The game Out-Space was originally written in the 90s but never released. The game is made by Jason Tinkler and is a fast shoot 'em up game. You need to shoot all the enemies at each level, but enemies can look a bit strange. There are more than 30 levels: Dancing eyes, Ups and downs, Burnt toasters, The mirrors of souls, The infinite realm of chaos, Guardians of the gate, Madness moons, etc.

Stefan is working on a replica of the Commodore 1565 disk drive for the C65. If production is not too expensive, a real item will be created. The original prototype can only be used with a C65, and the C65 needs a 8 pin 1565 floppy-port and a late version of the FDC F011 Floppy Disk Controller chip. The project is not finished yet but you can already see the 3D drawings of the 1565.

In this English D64 magazine the following items: Charts, Headline News, Mini market, Opinion poll, World of Demos, Opinion poll, Hardware corner, Interview with STE and the List.

Slide! is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Joonas Lindberg. In this puzzle game you need to place the numbered blocks in the right order. You can select a block with the joystick and move it with the fire button to the open position. You can move more than one block at one time.

Beret is a 2 dimensional puzzle game about a scientist named Beret, who has telekinetic abilities. He fights against the Evil Corporation. Beret needs to solve 21 levels with puzzles and collect 120 medallions. The AROS version is made by kas1e. The game is also available for Mac, Linux and Windows.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. Changes in this version: Improvements on the SID emulation. Added instable illegal opcode modes. Improved keyboard matrix emulation. Cycle-exact datasette and REU emulation. GeoRAM / NeoRAM emulation.

Commodore OS Vision is a Linux operating system for Commodore enthusiasts based on Linux Mint. Its look is inspired by the Commodore 64 and the Commodore Amiga Workbench, but with a modern appearance. The OS includes many other programs: Games (FPS, Racing, Retro etc.), Firefox, Chromium, LibreOffice, Scribus, GIMP, Blender, OpenShot, Cinellera, Ardour, Audacity and many more.

Introduction video for Commodore OS Vision.

The Amitopia TV web page has been updated recently. There is a news section, an Amiga Gallery and sections about AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS. The TV program will also be available soon. The upcoming programs are: AmigaWorld News, AmiReporters and MusicBox with AmigaWorld ticker.

Kananga has released an update for the FE3 RAM disk for the Commodore VIC-20. Change in this versions: Improvements for loading and saving data. The commands Scratch and Rename are now stable. Experimental support for REL files.

Bron code van de FE3 RAM Disk op Google Code.

There is a new version of UAE available. UAE is a software emulation of the hardware of the Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000. UAE is written for Unix systems by Bernd Schmidt and many contributors. It's developed on a Linux machine but it should compile and run on any Unix-like operating system.

Egretz is building a modified C64 DTV. He is designing a expansion that can be placed on top of the original C64 DTV without soldering. The features are: Joystick 1 and 2, PS/2 (keyboard), Video, Audio, IEC, SD memory card and a IDE connection (hard disk). For the extra functions he uses a Atmega micro processor.

You can register your Amiga computer on the Amigamap.com web page. The web page gives an overview of Amiga computers in the whole world. Registration is free and you can register all the Amiga's you own, including the expansions that are built in.

Theater of War II: The Pacific is a strategy game for the Commodore VC-20 made by Ghislain. To play the game you need a (unexpanded) VIC-20 and a disk drive or an emulator. In the game you are in the Pacific Ocean where you command the Imperial Japanese Navy against the American forces. You can achieve the ultimate victory if you complete all five levels. There is also a two-player option.

The Proxa 7000 expansion was made by the German company Ultra Electronic. It adds CBM 8000 series compatibility to the CBM 700 series. For a long time nobody could use this rare expansion because the software was missing. But recently the software was found. You can read more about this very rare expansion on Steve Gray's Commodore web page.

TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 174 new, 292 updated and 64 removed.

With Convierteme you can edit your pictures. You can change the size, jpg quality, add a watermark, rotate the picture or convert them between formats. Changes in this version: Watermark with your own logo. Scale picture by percentage or pixels. All effects / options interact with the the same picture, you can do scale, rotate, etc. The program is available in the following languages: Spanish, English, French, Italiano and German.

Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor is a BASIC programming language for the iPad, iPod Touch or the iPhone. It is compatible with Commodore 64 BASIC V2. You can load and save your files. You can use the text editor for your programs. A help function and sample programs are included.

The web page Recorded Amiga Games added more longplay Amiga games last month. Now you can watch: Rodland, Soccerkid, Attack of the green smelly aliens from planet 27, Art of breaking heads, Altered Beast, Fist Fighter, Mortal Kombat II, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, Nobochi: The Big 'Ead With a Mission, Mr. Men Olympics, Castleof Doom and Bargon Attack.

TAPClean is a Commodore tape preservation / restoration tool. It will check, repair, and remaster Commodore 64 and VIC 20 TAP or DC2N DMP files (tape images). Changes in this version: Improvements on the following loaders: Power Load, Gremlin F2, Visiload, Aces, Anirog, Atlantis, Burner, Chr, Firebird, Flashload, Hitec, Hitload, Ikloader, Jetload and Microload. Improvements on the file search function for Linux/Unix. The PRG filename now contains a block index for quick cross-reference.

The title of the BitJam podcats number 142 is "Womanizer". In this BitJam the following Amiga music: Mitch and Dane - Gloria, Fanta - Madalena, Gasman - Losing Victoria, 4-mat - Rose, Beek - Oh Delia, Vinnie - Bangin' Cindy, Maestro - Black Carol, Ciccilleju - Martina, Brainbug - Vanja, Nightbeat - Miriel, Drax - Caroline, Christian Stenzel - Joanna's Flashback, Carebear - Louis Lane, Rymdlego - Yuki Satellites, Cdnalsi - Song for Tina and Machinae Supremacy - The Great Gianna Sisters. Playtime: 47:28 minutes.

There is a new game available for the Commodore C64. The game Blood and Honour, Aidaars Revenge is made by Chris Yates and Skull (program), Wiklund (music) and Indyjr (graphics). In the game you must free your beautiful bride from the evil sorcerer. For the game is a design for a diskette sleeve and a cassette inlay available.

Edition 55 of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Readers comments, News: Cottonwood BBS update, ImageFX, Prince of Persia, SID Symphony II, Bit Fox - Plus/4, NST Audio Extension, Dunjon Battler, Edge Grinder, Red Wizard Island - Amiga, Swords - Plus/4, Takeover - VIC20, Commodore Games Walk-Through, Micro-SD Card - PET, Fairy Well Preview, Dunjon Battler and a interview with Tokra.

The English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future 93 has been released. In this edition: Red Wizard Island, Phalanx, Manhole, Der Clou (OS4), MasterGear, C64 Forever, Amiga Forever 2012, Magnetic, AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3, MuiOWB, AmIRC, Immortal 4, Quizmaster, Markdown Part 2, C-Workshop Part 10, AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench Part 5, VGA Monitor Switch, Amiga 600 2 MB, Interview with Cinemaware. Amiganoid and Classic Computing.

Arthur Jordison released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Improvements to the screen designer for the C64. Removed some errors in the VIC-20 section. And there is now support for the C128 with BASIC 7.

KeHo Software released a thinking game for the Amiga. The game is made by Achim Kern, and is programmed in the Hollywood programming language. The game is a mix between a crossword puzzle, Scrabble and Testris. The game is available for MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS4, AmigaOS3 and AROS.

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 in this version: Improved the debug system. Support for BASIC V2. Experimental label mode for the BASIC editor inspired by Bas.Edit (Labels replace the line numbers).

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. Improved: Fire and Brimstone (Microprose). New: California Games (World of Wonders), SWIV (Skid Row), Pinball Dreams 2 (Skid Row), Collection (Razor 1911), Super Off-Road (Paradox), Project X Special Edition (Ministry), Fatal Mission (Robin Burrows), Test Drive 2 (Black Monks), Rock 'n Roll (Newcomer Rainman Crew, Paranoimia), Début: Planet Simulation (Pandora), The Paranoia Complex (Magic Bytes) and Intro (Code Killers).

Digital Audio Concepts developed a RAM expansion for the C64 and C128. The cartridge has a maximum of 1 MByte DRAM, controlled by a standard 8726 REC chip. The supply of the REC chips is limited and prices start at $34.95.

Payton Byrd released a new version of CBM Command. New features are: Support for CMD partitions and sd2iec's disk images. CBM 8050 and CBM 8250 (SFD-1001) disk copier. Improved help file. Better support for RELative files. Better layout for the VIC-20 screens and many other improvements.

Demonstration video of CBM Command.

In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: CoCoLicious! Apple II Incider, Gaming Tetralogies, Retro Collecting 101, Move 1 Space Forward - Q*Bert The Board Game, Bewitched Brews, Beyond The Plastic, Commodore Du Jour - Mail Order Monsters, Dual Perspective, MAME Reviews, Standalone Spew, A Pixelated 21st Century and more.

Word Me Up XXL is a mix between an arcade game and a memory game. You can try a demo or buy the complete game. In this version: More help available. New transition effects between screens. New users management, 12 users can play and save their games. Two new characters available: Lisa and Miss Shen. Four new levels and 27 avatars included. The game is available for AmigaOS 4.x and MorphOS.

Snake on a Plane Rewound Edition is a game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ned Ryker (Code, Graphics) and the music is from Fredrik. The sequel to Snake on a Plane has less compiled BASIC and much more assembler code.

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.

Thomas created an Commodore PET inside a FPGA. Features: Digilent Nexys3 FPGA board. 6502 implementation (Max: 50 Mhz). 640x400 VGA output. 16K ROM / 16K RAM. PS/2 keyboard. Datassette simulation. CB2 audio.

Video about a Commodore PET in an FPGA.

Bil Herd started a new web page. Bil worked, in the eighties, for Commodore and was the man responsible for C16, Plus/4, C128 and the C64 LCD. On this web page you can find information about commodore, news, videos, downloads, electronics, science and technology. There is a forum and you can start your own blog on the C128.com web page.

You can read an interview with Pavel Fedin on the Obligement web page. Pavel is one of the developers of AROS. AROS is a open source, lightweight and efficient desktop operating system, compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 but improving on it in many areas. In the interview Pavel tells about himself, the development of AROS and the future plans with AROS.

More information about AROS.

David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Enabled editing of the CPU registers and the disassembly mnemonics. Fixed pixel glitch while stepping in the debugger. Added up / left soft cursor keys. And a tweak for the demo "Bad Copy" by Emulamer.

BetterWB is a new workbench pack, much like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. Changes in this edition: Compact disk player with lots of great features (ACDPlay). SetJoyPort is a program for the use of CD32 style joy pads. ClickNot is for stopping the clicking of the disk drive. Improvement for the Copy, Sort, Join and the Avail command.

The web page C64 Endings has added 5 new game endings last month. The latest additions are:Arc of Yesod (Thor), Blinky's Scary School (Zeppelin Games), Demon Blue (Microvalue), Giant's Revenge (Thor) and Strike Force Cobra (Piranha).

For AmigaOS 4 there is a new version available of Atari ST /STE emulator. Hatari emulates most of the ST / STE hardware including joysticks and hard disk images. Hatari is also available for Linux, Apple, BSD, Windows and BeOS. Visit the Hatari web page for all the details.

Hawkeye/Maelstroem made a music video. He uses 8 Commodore C64 8580 SID chips. With this 8 SID's and a MIDIbox he constructed a "DIY" SID synthesizer. The sound in the video is made with the 8 SID chips, a machine-drum and a virtual piano. Everything is sequenced and mixed live.

More information about MIDIbox.

In this Polish pdf magazine the following articles: Game reviews: Titanic Blinky, Silkworm, Robbo, Vixen, New Zeland Story, Airwolf, Artax, Nebulus, Shaman, Zycie Maklera and Thunder zone. Silesia Party, Fresh Fruits, Tape Power, Mariusz H. Jakubowski, Demo Express. Life is Brutal, Theatre Europe. Bitwa o Anglie, Dinozaury, Top 10 and Johnny Przedstawia.

Berry de Jager modified his Commodore C64 with an internal µIEC. On Berry's blog you can follow step by step how he integrated the µIEC (made by Jim Brain) into his C64. As you can see on the photos this C64 has more modifications: SID2SID, S-Video and controls for the Prophet64 cartridge.

Last month there was a big update of the Amiga Music Preservation (AMP) web page. AMP wants to be the most comprehensive, complete and precise database about Amiga music. At the moment there are 81462 MODs, 14768 XMs, 4760 S3Ms, 3447 Its and 3634 MEDs.

You can find a new Commodore 64 game on the TND web page. Roberto Ricioppo made the game with the help of SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit) and the music is from Richard Bayliss. The game is called "F7 Cars Target", and it combines a shoot 'em up and a race game.

The TND homepage.

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 Amiga flashtro’s are: The Champs - New Stuff, Vision Factory and Beyonders- Tetra Quest, Access - Shadow of the Beast 3, Fairlight - Pac Land, Skid Row - Street Rod, Paranoimia - Day of the Viper and many others.

Mr. SID released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is an conversion of the classic game Prince of Persia for the Apple II, made by Jordan Mechner. Later the game was converted to the Amiga, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Playstation and many other computers. Making a C64 version is difficult because the game need a large amount of memory. The EasyFlash cartridge with its 1 MByte of memory makes it possible to store all the data. You can play Prince of Persia with an real C64 and the EasyFlash cartridge or use the VICE emulator.

Youtube video of Prince of Persia - C64.

Markus Gritsch developed a simple USB joystick adapter. With this adapter you can use a digital joystick with your favorite emulator. Markus used a PIC micro controller and a few components on a experimental circuit board. Het tested his adapter with the VICE emulator on his laptop and the famous Competition Pro Retro joystick. The schematic and the firmware are available.

Paolo Besser released a new update of Icaros Desktop. Changes in this version: Support for Fermi-based GeForce graphic cards (2D and 3D), sound in for VMware and SB128 cards, RTL8187B-based USB Wi-Fi adapters and CMI8738 sound cards. Added the NetworkSnoop tool, Aquario screen saver, missing icons and a Sudoku game. Updates for UAE (v1.1), system files, LiveUpdater and MilkyTracker.

Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. New in this version. Support for the EasyFlash cartridge. Added a PRG/POO/C64 mode menu. Improved the interrupt delay counter stop behavior. Improved 6502/6210 CPU simulation on transistor switching level. Better IRQ/NMI behavior.
The improvements on the CPU emulation are made with information of the Visual6502.org web page. This web page analyzed the 6502 CPU at the transistor level.

Visual6502.org web page.