Commodore News Page - News

Retro Snake Game Jam (2023)

You can now look at the games from the Retro Snake Game Jam (2023). The games for the Commodore computer are:

Snake vs Bomb 2 - Canyon Chaos - Richard/TND
Riddling Snake - Bonin Emanuele
Snake64 - Kempston
Snake battle - Back2the8bit

2023-05-05 - 12:15:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11270 - Category: Commodore, Game

Denise v2.0

Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independent C64 / Amiga emulator. This emulator is developed by piciji. The recent changes are: Improvements for Amiga emulation, disk drives, magicdesk, REU/GeoRAM, mouse, sync and VRR.

2023-05-05 - 12:14:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11269 - Category: Commodore, Emulator

Amiga Future #138 - online

This older edition of Amiga Future is now online available. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Playfield, Franke Wille, RESHOOT R Soundtrack CD, UWOL: Quest For Money, Celtic Heart, The Battle for Wesnoth, Distant Armies, Pipe Rider, Grimps, SnapShoter, AmigaOS 3.1.4 (2), IRIS, XBench, MorphOS Camp, Aminet, Aranet, CD32 Time, Amiga 500 "DUO", Trevors Soapbox, Demoszene, Amiga Ireland Meetup and ARexx (1).

2023-05-05 - 12:13:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11268 - Category: Amiga, Magazine

Text Quest - C64

Text Quest is a new adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by FewBit. In the game you engaged in the exploration of a dungeon full of monsters. Find all the objects and complete the mission.

2023-05-05 - 12:12:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11267 - Category: C64, Game

Dan Wood - CD32 & YouTube

A new video from Dan Wood. In this video Dan talks about using the Amiga CD32 computer to watch YouTube videos.

2023-05-05 - 12:11:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11266 - Category: Amiga, Program

Jump 'n Crate - C64

Jump 'n Crate is a new action game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by metesev. In the game, you must collect all the crates before the time runs out. But be aware of wrong crates or getting hits by the robots and their bullets.

2023-05-05 - 12:10:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11265 - Category: C64, Game

The forum at C64forum.com is all about the Commodore C64 computer.

The History of Commodore computers poster.

vAmiga v 2.4

vAmiga is a Commodore Amiga 500, 1000, or 2000 emulator for the Apple Macintosh computer. Changes in this version: Improvements for ADF, audio filter and ROM.

2023-05-05 - 12:09:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11264 - Category: Amiga, Emulator

C64 Dreams v0.60

Version 0.60 of C64 Dreams is now available. It features 506 new games bringing the game count to 3500.

2023-05-05 - 12:08:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11263 - Category: C64, Game

Formula - 8-Bit Podcast

Retro Ravi makes a monthly 8-bit mix podcast. In this episode: House Music on Vintage Computers.

2023-05-05 - 12:07:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11262 - Category: Amiga, Music

Jan Beta - EVO64 synthesizer

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video: Jan is building a Commodore C64 synthesizer based on the EVO64 replica board.

2023-05-05 - 12:06:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11261 - Category: C64, Hardware

Vasm 1.9d

Vasm is an assembler to create linkable objects in various formats. The following CPUs are supported: M680x0, ColdFire, 80x86, PowerPC, ARM, Jaguar RISC, Z80, C16x/ST10, 6502 and the 6800. Visit the web page to read about the changes in this version.

2023-05-05 - 12:05:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11260 - Category: Amiga, Program

I Adore My 64

I Adore My 64 is a film about the most popular home computer of all time, and the community that continues to keep its legacy alive. Interviews with Bo Zimmerman, David Murray, Anthony Becker and Leif Bloomquist.

A YouTube video about this project.

2023-05-05 - 12:04:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11259 - Category: C64, Video

Passione Amiga 13

Passione Amiga is an Italian printed Amiga magazine. In this edition: News, Boxx 4, Rick Dangerous Enhanced Version, Xevious 1200, Hop to the Top, Tenebra, AmiSnakes, JBoulder, Geo's Quest 2 In Search of Queen Lorraine, Boing!, Passion Amiga spring edition 2023, We are all collectors, AmigaOS 3.2.2, Blender (5), The ingenuity of the Amiga community, Interview with Newel, Tricks & Solutions and the Demo Scene.

2023-05-05 - 12:03:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11258 - Category: Amiga, Magazine

Vision BASIC Game Programming Contest 2023

You can now participate in the Vision BASIC Game Programming Contest 2023. The contest period runs from January 8, 2023 to August 31, 2023.

2023-05-05 - 12:02:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11257 - Category: Commodore, Competition

Advanced AMIGA Architecture

Dave Haynie uploaded a pdf document with information about the Advanced AMIGA Architecture. This AAA chip-set was intended for the next generation of Amiga computers.

2023-05-05 - 12:01:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11256 - Category: Amiga, Book

Zapped to the Past

You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Bombuzal, Power Pyramids, Scorpion, Pulse Warrior, The Race Against Time, The Games - Summer Edition and Purple Heart.

2023-05-05 - 12:00:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 11255 - Category: C64, Podcast

UNI64 - uSTAR64

After almost a year of development, the uSTAR64 Computer-Board has finally seen the light of day. The features are: Miniature C64 keyboard, 5.6" LCD display, Analogue joystick / DPAD, (replica) SID, support for Pi1541, reset button, 12 VDC and S-Video.

2023-04-28 - 12:19:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11254 - Category: C64, Hardware

Retro Commodore

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Lords of Midnight Manual, The Anatomy of the Commodore 128, Metanic COMAL-80 User's Manual, Typehjulsprinter DPS 1120 Brugervejledning, Hjemmedatamaten, Model-1702 Colour Video Monitor User's Manual and 64 Assembly Language Course.

2023-04-28 - 12:18:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11253 - Category: Commodore, Book

Chris Edwards Restoration - A4000 repair

Chris Edwards Restoration has made a new YouTube video. In this video, Chris repairs the RAM sockets of an Amiga A4000 computer.

2023-04-28 - 12:17:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11252 - Category: Amiga, Repair

FairLight TV

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: An interview with the Edison and the organizers of Datastorm and Gubbdata.

2023-04-28 - 12:16:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11251 - Category: C64, YouTube

Iz8dwf - MOS7501/8501

A new video from Iz8dwf. In this video: The making of a MOS7501/8501 replacement adapter with a 6502 CPU.

2023-04-28 - 12:15:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11250 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Hardware

Amigos: Everything Amiga

You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: Epsilon 9, Buffalo Bill's Rodeo Games / Wild West Show, Global Gladiators and Gunbee F-99.

2023-04-28 - 12:14:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11249 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

Irrweg Meister - C64

Irrweg Meister is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Logiker. In the game you must find your way through a labyrinth, but the labyrinth grows in size after every level.

2023-04-28 - 12:13:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11248 - Category: C64, Game

Flashtro

On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: Dual Crew - Infestation, Zero Defects - Resolution 101, Zero Defects - Cracktro, TSK_Crew & Alcatraz - The Final Day, Scoopex - Adidas Championship Football and B-Amiga Sector 1 - Tank Attack.

2023-04-28 - 12:12:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11247 - Category: Commodore, Demo

Digits - Plus/4

Digits is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer. The game is a math-puzzle game developed by Csabo.

2023-04-28 - 12:11:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11246 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

CP/M-65

CP/M-65 is a conversion of Digital Research's seminal 1977 operating system CP/M to the 6502. This conversion is developed by David Given and is available for the Commodore C64; VIC20 and the PET 4032.

2023-04-28 - 12:10:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11245 - Category: Commodore, Program

Trevor's Amiga Blog

Trevor Dickinson writes a blog about the Amiga. This time he writes about Retcon 2023, Kickstart-01, Amiga 38, AmiWest 2023, Chatbots, Linux corner and Stop press.

2023-04-28 - 12:09:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11244 - Category: Amiga, Blog

Arctic Retro - C64 & C2N restoration

You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video, the restoration of a Commodore C64 computer and a C2N Datassette.

2023-04-28 - 12:08:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11243 - Category: C64, Repair

WHDLoad

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Phalanx II: The Return and Challenge Foot Senior. Update: MoonBase: Lunar Colony Simulator, Bug Bomber, Beast Busters, European Championship 1992, Ambermoon, Poker Nights: Teresa Personally, Hard'n'Heavy, Stone Age, Desert Strike, Phalanx, Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 3: Great Board Games / Hoyle Volume III, Fred, Vengeance of Excalibur and Spirit of Excalibur.

2023-04-28 - 12:07:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11242 - Category: Amiga, Game

Slay radio - Remix News

You can now watch a new episode of Remix News with Lea from Slay Radio.

2023-04-28 - 12:06:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11241 - Category: C64, Music

Nordischsound

Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: The Great Giana Sisters, Karts! - The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Street Fighter 2, Escape from New York, Terminator 2 and Castlevania.

2023-04-28 - 12:05:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11240 - Category: C64, Music

CLASS 2023

You can now watch videos from CLASS 2023 - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show: Matthew Stern - Studio 64, Richard Goedeken - ChatGPT, Matthew Stern - Amiga, Paul Gardner-Stephen - Mega65, David Pleasance - Vultures to Vampires and Roger Van Pelt - Ham radio.

2023-04-28 - 12:04:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11239 - Category: Commodore, Event

The Retro Hour - Stephen Jones

The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Stephen Jones and his Amiga-inspired desktop computer cases.

2023-04-28 - 12:03:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11238 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

Sprite Castle - Street Sports Basketball

Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject of this episode is the game Street Sports Basketball (1987) from Epyx for the Commodore C64 computer.

2023-04-28 - 12:02:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11237 - Category: C64, Podcast

Amiga Addict 20

Amiga Addict is a digital and printed Amiga magazine. In this edition: Andy Warhol, Guy Wright, Lincolnshire Amiga Group, Stamford Peterborough Amiga Group, Yorkshire Amiga Group, Amiga Walker, Retro Directory, David Upchurch, Ron Nicholson, Dual Stick, Maria Renard's Revenge, Easter Eggs, AGA games and Bifrost Heimdall Edition.

2023-04-28 - 12:01:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11236 - Category: Amiga, Magazine

TPUG - Leonard Tramiel

You can now watch a new YouTube video from TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group). In this video, an interview with Leonard Tramiel.

2023-04-28 - 12:00:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 11235 - Category: Commodore, Interview

UNI64 - webshop

The UNI64 web shop is updated with a new intro screen and the latest hardware for the Commodore computers including the READY+ items.

A YouTube video about the UNI64 webshop.

2023-04-21 - 12:00:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11234 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

Pentad - Retro Login, Splash & Plymouth

Pentad developed a C64 Login Theme Construction Set for Linux. You can make your own login screens or use the examples from Pentad. He also created themes and splash screens for Amiga and Atari.

2023-04-21 - 12:00:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11233 - Category: Commodore, Amiga

Jan Derogee - StripStream

A new project from Jan Derogee: StripStream, the C64 comic book reader project. StripStream proves that digital comics books would have been a possibility in the 1980's. The comic book is stored on cassette, and can show 300 images and 1200 lines of text with a 30 minutes cassette.

2023-04-21 - 12:21:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11232 - Category: C64, Program

VICSTRIP - VIC20

VICSTRIP is a new game for the Commodore VIC20 computer, developed by tokra and Qubix. The game is based on Strip poker for the commodore C64 and the Amiga computer.

A YouTube video of the game.

2023-04-21 - 12:20:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11231 - Category: VIC-20, Game

Greaseweazle Tools v1.10

Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: Support for ibm.160 format, improvements for erase, read, flux-to-bitcell conversion, metadata and names.

2023-04-21 - 12:19:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11230 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

C64 Rocks by FastLoaders

C64 Rocks is a world-class C64 triple album with rock remakes of classic game music. The digital version will be launched 1st May, 2023, the physical version on 2nd June 2023. A few examples are: Ocean Loader 2 (Martin Galway), Ark Pandora (Ben Daglish), Supremacy (Jeroen Tel), Monty On The Run - Highscore (Rob Hubbard) and Katakis (Chris Huelsbeck).

2023-04-21 - 12:18:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11229 - Category: C64, Music

Versatile Amiga Test Program - Amiga

The Versatile Amiga Test Program is developed for all Amiga computers. The available tests are: Screen, Audio, Sprite, Blitter, CD32 joypad, Keyboard, CIA, ROM, CPU, FPU, RTC, Memory, Address-line, Real Interrupt, Interrupt Request, Disk-drive, Parallel-port and Serial-Port.

2023-04-21 - 12:17:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11228 - Category: Amiga, Program

André Fachat - Benchmarking the Micro-PET

André Fachat made a new YouTube video about benchmarking the Micro-PET computer. He also explains how the Commodore PET is measuring time, and how we can use that to measure benchmark execution.

2023-04-21 - 12:16:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11227 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, YouTube

iGame - Amiga

iGame is a frontend to launching WHDLoad games for the Amiga. It is implemented as a MUI application. The program is developed by Emmanuel Vasilakis and it can be used on AmigaOS 2.04, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.

2023-04-21 - 12:15:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11226 - Category: Amiga, Program

TED Vibes - Plus/4

TED Vibes is a new music-demo for the Commodore Plus/4 computer. The music-demo is made by Murphy (code), Tobikomi, Kleeder, Hermit and Csabo (music). The new TED songs are: Stone Stomp, Times Up Buttercup!, Something, VolBass, After Hours, Murphology,Love Bond, Technific, delighTED, Sandgreen, I Licke You, Goose Grinder and In Da House.

2023-04-21 - 12:14:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11225 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Music

RNOTunes

RNOTunes is a GUI based audio player application with support for many different audio formats: MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AIFF, WAV, Protracker, DigiBooster, SID, AHX, FastTracker II, ScreamTracker, OctaMED, The Player, NoisePacker, ProRunner, Oktalyzer, Impulse Tracker, Ultra Tracker, Ice Tracker, Liquid Tracker, Quadra Composer, and many other formats.

2023-04-21 - 12:13:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 11224 - Category: Amiga, Program