Starring the Computer is a web site dedicated to the use of computers in film and television. Each appearance is catalogued and rated on its importance, realism and visibility. A few example of computer brands are: Acorn, Amstrad, Apple, Atari, Commodore, IMSAI, Kaypro, Oric, Sinclair Research, Tandy and many more.

There are 9 games improved for the WHDLoad system: Dalek Attack (Alternative), Charlie J. Cool (Nevada), Kick Off 2 (Anco), The Lost Vikings (Interplay), Turrican 2 (Factor 5/Rainbow Arts), RoboCop (Ocean), Mean Machine (Code Masters/Optimus Software), Last Action Hero (Psygnosis), Rick Dangerous 2 (Core Design), Edd the Duck 2 (Zeppelin Games), Return of the Jedi (Domark). And there are 5 new games added to the WHDLoad: Deadly Jammin 2 (Deathstar), Mega Demo 2 (Vision), Premier Manager II (Gremlin), Premier Manager (Gremlin), 1869 (Max Design).

Nectarine Demoscene Radio is an Internet radio station dedicated to music from the demo scene. It's streamming 24 hours a day 365 days a year. You can also upload music or join others on the forum.

Gideon has developed a successor of the 1541 Ultimate. The new version will include: MircoSD instead of SD cards, Tape emulation, Real-time clock, Significantly improved audio output and there will be a case available. The Ethernet option will not be available on the new version. Visit Gideon's web page for all the details.

Matthew D'Asaro has developed a 6540 ROM replacement. The 6540 ROMs are inside the PET / CBM computers. An original EPROM is very hard to get but the 2716 EPROM can replace it. But to make the replacement possible Matthew developed a little adapter, you can build it yourself or order a complete adapter with programmed EPROM.

Edition 64 of the German Amiga magazine can now be read online. In this edition: News, Interviews with Gunnar van Boehrn and Herbert Klackl. Airline Tycoon, wget, Milckytracer, The Commodore Story, Amiga Demoscene Archive, Floppy emulator HcX, Efika and more.

The web page c64Intros has updated there database and have added 300 new intros. A few examples of groups with new intros are: A-Team, Atrix, Cocoon, Doughnut Cracking Service, Fucked Beyond Repair, Online, Rough Trade Incorporated, Success, Talent+International Network of Chaos, Tristar+Red Sector Incorporated, Vagabonds, Varsity+Acrise, World Wide Expressive, Xpert Protection Busters. Visit the web page for the complete list.

In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: News, Readers Comments, C64 Forever, Commodore are back (again), Interview Martin Piper (Bezerk Redux), Review MANKY, Interview Peter Courts (manky Creator), Interview Rob Snyder, History of Meeting Users through the Mail, Interview Pasi Ojala (Vic Demo coder), Alternative Programming Languages: C Part 2 and Confessions Of a BBS Operator.

A new FPGA product is in development. The FPGA board can emulate classic computers from Commodore, Atari, Sinclair and Amiga. At the moment the Commodore 64 / 1541 core is finished. The FPGA makes it possible to improve the C64, for example: 48x42 16 colors sprites, 16 MHz 6510, double SID etc.

Two games made by DATA-LAND (Jörg Heyltjes). The games can be played with two players. Rendezvous im Weltraum is an arcade style game and Find Another Way... With You! is a puzzle game.

Orion70 made a conversion of the classic Commodore 64 game Lemonade for the VIC-20. This version works with the the FAT40 system to give you 40 columns text instead of 22. Your goal in this fun little game will be to make as much money as you can within the 12 summer weeks.

A new version of Hoxs64 is available. Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator made by David Horrocks and can be used on a Windows 2K/XP/Vista Computer. In this version: In the FDI file format reader is a bug removed. The 1541 emulation is improved. Raster and IRQ behavior of the VIC-II is more accurate. A small error in the joystick emulation is removed.

Missile Alert is a new game made by DATA-LAND (Jörg Heyltjes). The game is based on the arcade classic Missile Command. The game can be played with a joystick and has a high-score saver.

A new episode of Amitopia TV (English) is released. In this 25 minutes episode the following items: Amiga News, Summerxtra, Transform summerpics, Music: Rabbahdazzah - tutuj and Petr Kaderka - Intro. You can download the episode in a full version (275 MB) or light version (83 MB).

The Commodore16 web page has started a challenge. You can post your high scores. There are a few rules: 1. No Cheating, 2. Screen shot of your score, 3. Must be a C16/Plus4 game, 4. Most important, don't take it seriously and have fun.

GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program. It's available for Amiga OS 3 / 4 and MorphOS. Visit the web page for all the changes and improvements of the AmigaOS 4.x version.

In this German-language pdf magazine the following articles: Interview with Brandon Cobb / Super Fighter Team, Giana Sisters DS, Lovecraft-Adventure Shadow of the Comet, A little piece of history, Part 2: Musikalische Videospiele.

Psytronik released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20 called Carling the Spider. This is a multi-screen platform game. Your mission is to collect all the shiny diamonds while avoiding deadly spikes and balls of steel! The game is made by Joe 'Polygon' Dixon and can be played on a Unexpanded VIC 20 (PAL or NTSC). You can order the game as a download and as a budget or premium diskette version.

The classic shoot 'n' run game Abuse is now available for AmigaOS 4.1. The Amiga version is made by Johan Samuelsson. To play the game you need the sdl.library 1.2.13. Read the details on the web page about installing the game and the required datafiles. The game is also available for Apple and Linux.

A new version of Plus4IDE, the Commodore Plus/4 Integrated Development Environment is now available. In this version: Better documentation. Re-definable shortcut keys. Window position is remembered. CTRL+TAB allows cycling between tabs. Any editor window can be closed. Comment/uncomment code block works more intuitively. The program can be used on a Windows computer.

The web page c64Intros has updated there database and have added 200 new intros and 15 new groups. A few examples of groups with new intros are: A Touch of Class, Arcade, Cross, FBI Crew, Fresh, Laser Incorporated, Madonna Cracking Group, Rage for Order, Slaughter, TempesT, The Force and Vagabonds. Visit the web page for the complete list.

In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: News, RGCD Cartridge reviews, The Kidal Legacy, DOS65, Interview with DOS65 creator, Introduction to CPM, CPM Operating system, Worlds greatest menu, CCC UK Forum post cbm 128 and a Introduction to C programming.

NetSurf is a free, open source web browser with CSS support. Changes in this version: Added Window title caption, better pointer support, nicer tool bar icons, home page button and favorite sites panel. To run Netsurf you need: AmigaOS 3.x, Ixemul 61.1 (included) and P96 / CGX.

Martin Piper released a new game Berzerk Redux and is based on the classic arcade game Bezerk. In the game you have to escape the maze, you can shoot the robots, but beware of Evil Otto. The game can be played on a Commodore C64 or with a C64 emulator.

Cloanto released the 2009 version of Amiga Forever. There are 3 different versions available: Value Edition, Plus Edition and the Premium edition. Depending on the version you get: Amiga emulator with 1.3 or 3x roms, Amiga Explorer software, videos and games. Visit the web page for all the details.

Sander Alsema has made a new game for the Commodore C64 and it's called WISEGUYS. Some Wiseguys have kidnapped your girlfriend and demand a large sum of money for her safe return. Unfortunately you don't have a large sum of money, but what you do have is a Tommygun. Armed with this you decide to face those gangsters and attempt to free your girlfriend. You can shoot at whatever pops up behind the windows. These could be Wiseguys, medikits, ammobox's, powerguns, explosives or even your girlfriend! Just be careful not to harm your girlfriend. Sander would love to know your opinion, his e-mail address is in the game (Read the rules)

Peter Wendrich has compiled a new FPGA-64 version. It has swapped joystick ports and has a workaround that fixes the X/Y pot swap on the C-One PCB. Just as with the latest Chameleon core, with this release 1351 type mouse or paddles can be used with the C-One. It also contains the latest VIC-II emulation code from Chameleon. It needs the NewBoot bootloader, but can work without the extender board.

With the addition of 5 more games the total has reached the 100 games. The latest games are: The Push, made by Anthony Burns. You have to go deep into enemy territory to blow-up bunkers. Art Thief is made by Andrew Fisher and Wayne Womersley. You have to steal valuables, but beware of the security guards. Spy Academy is also made by Andrew Fisher and Wayne Womersley. This time after a training course you have to fight the enemy. Planet of the Balls, made by Andrew Fisher, is a Shoot 'm Up game. Nyaaaah! 11 is the final version of the Nyaaaah series and was made by Richard Bayliss.

A C64 emulator is developed for the iPhone, but it was rejected by Apple. At the moment developer Manomio is working hard to iron out the kinks with Apple's approval system. Read all the details on the Pocket Gamers web page.

SVS-Calc 1.0 is a spreadsheet system for the Plus/4. The program is written by Valentino and gives you an intuitive interface, powerful calculation engine, graphics generator, color themes, and much more. You can download the spreadsheet program from the Plus/4 World web page.

The new "Quickfix" package is available for registered users of AmigaOS 4.1. Features include: Improved overall system stability. Fixed shared object handling, Radeon Warp3D graphics drivers. Improved: IDE drivers, JXFileSystem and Sam440ep ethernet driver. Check the Hyperion web page for all the details.

Dr.Hirudo (Ventzislav Tzvetkov) released a puzzle game for the Commodore C64 called MazezaM. In the game you enter the mazezam on the left and you have to get to the exit on the right. To solve the puzzle you have to push rows of blocks left and right. If you get stuck you can retry the mazezam, but this will cost you a life. You can play this game with the keyboard or a joystick. There is also a verion of Mazezam for the Amiga, Apple II, Gameboy, Oric Atmos and the Sinclair.

In this German pdf magazine the following articles: Bild des Monats, Computer Collection, News, Feedback / Neuer C64 Emu am PSP, Commodore Meeting Wien, HomeCON, Trash Course, Atari STf, Commodore's CD Produkte, Arkanoid 1 and 2, Wussten Sie?, Computermuseum Ebenthal, Bilder-Rätsel / Game Show, Tops und Flops / Bilder zum Schluss.

A new version of the Amiga emulator is now available. In this release the following new features: Added disk image and configuration file icons, file extension association improved. Added button/key toggle mode to Input panel. Also a number of bugs were fixed such as the Magic mouse and the Gzip decompression. For more details visit the WinUAE web page.

Johan van den Brande wrote a Twitter client for the Commodore C64. To connect to the internet he uses a MMC replay cartridge with the RR-net option. The Twitter program runs on the C64 with the help of the Contiki operating system. If you don't have an MMC replay cartridge with RR-net, you can use the VICE emulator.

In the month July you can enter the RetroChallenge 2009 competition. You can submit anything that has to do with computers from the pre-Pentium era. Everything is allowed, hardware project, programs, multi media etc. Visit the RetroChallenge web page for more details.

You are watching tv, and you spot a Commodore computer. In this article you can see these pictures. You can also read some background information about the tv-series, movie, music-video, arcade-game etc.
At the moment the number of found Commodore items is 50.

Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browser for the Amiga. In this new version: Fixed the progress bar and several cookie bugs. Implemented HTTP authentication. Added support for scrolling with space and backspace, ToolType DOWNLOADDIR, ToolType DISABLEGIFANIMS and Accept-Language. Updated SplashLauncher to version 1.3. Added new toolbar images and updated scripts from Martin Merz.

Akop Karapetyan released the VICE emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable. A virtual keyboard is included in this version of VICE. The emulator and the source code can be downloaded from Akop's web page.

GenesisPlus is very compatible and accurate Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator. Thanks to the emulator, the Sega consoles only games like Ristar, Sonic The Hedgehog, Streets of Rage can be played on the Amiga. The emulator features full-screen support, Amiga Joystick recognition, automatic recognition of cartridge type, automatic decompression of zip compressed cartridges, turbo mode and save states support.

64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats. 64COPY does file conversions between D64, D71, D81, D80, D82, DNP, D2M, T64, G64, PC64 (Pxx, Sxx, Uxx, Rxx), LNX, DOS binaries, ARC, SDA, X64, LBR, ARK, SPY and CPK files. It also has a very powerful 6502 Disassembler, TEXT, HEX and D64 HEX editors, FILE viewer, BASIC unlister, D64/D71/D81/D80/D82 directory customizer. Check disks and T64, ZipCode, G64, F64 and CRT files for errors.

In this German-language d64, pdf magazine the following articles: The most impornant book, The Mega-Cart, 4th Retro-Meeting in Bochum, Jeri strikes again, Computer auction FH Kiel, Market review Tapes, Review: Space Trap, Interview with R. Brandstötter, Final Expansion, Commodore 1572 bilding overview, Review: Aztec Challenge, Interview with Scorp.ius.

Robert Hurst released another new game for the Commodore VIC-20. This time he made a sequel to Bally-Midway's Omega Race. An arcade-style space shooter making use of Roberts VIC Software Sprite Stack - 4th edition. Included with the games are the source-code, documentation to the story line and game instructions. To play the game you need a VIC-20 with a 16 kByte memory expansion or the VICE emulator.

Cloanto has released a new package called C64 Forever. Many people will know Cloanto from the Amiga Forever series, and now they have made the step towards the Commodore 8-bit machines. C64 Forever is a complete emulator package included many games and demos. Some of the features are: PET / CBM, VIC-20, Plus/4, C64 and C128 emulation. 200 pre-installed games and demos. Database with info about 5000 C64 games. RP2 support. Auto update for the emulator.

AMIGIFT is a peer-to-peer filesharing application which can connect to several networks at once by using plug-ins. This is a 100% AmigaOS native application with a full-featured Graphical User Interface. The requirements for AMIGIFT are: Amiga OS3.0 or higher, 68020 CPU (68060 is prefered), 32 MByte RAM, 8 MBytes hard disk space.

The Csabo's graphics editor has been updated to V0.64. This program can be used to make images or logos for the Plus/4 on a PC (Windows). In this version: Preview window added. Screen update optimization for faster performance. PRG file import and export works better, saves extra color information like Multi-Botticelli. A few minor bugfixes.

The web page www.coverbrowser.com has covers of almost anything. There is a section of C64 games cover with almost 2000 covers. The Amiga magazine section has more than 500 entries. But also many other magazine covers are available.

Jim Brain is working with Mark Fellows to finalize a licensing agreement for JiffyDOS. Next to the hardware ROM Jim Brain will also offer a software version for the 1541 Ultimate, C64DTV and the emulators. Jim is working on a flash ROM adaptor with JiffyDOS that can replace the EPROMs in the computer and disk drive.

A new version of the Plus/4 emulator is available. In this version the following changes: SID card DigiBlaster (8bit DAC) support. Immediate exit on pressing F12 now optional. Separate version for Win9x / NT machines. Occasional GCR data corruption problem fixed. The new version can be downloaded from Attila's web page.

A new episode of Amitopia TV (English) is released. In this 30 minutes episode the following items: Amiga News, AmiParty #7, Netsurf 2.2, Transplant CD3 - Dark Creatures, Amiga.org, Titler guide and Amigaklubben. You can download the episode as a DivX (317 MB).