Commodore News Page - News: C16, C116, Plus/4

Plus4emu v1.2.11

Istvan Varga released an update for his Commodore Plus/4 emulator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Changes in this version: Improvements for copy / paste and horizontal scrolling.

2019-03-29 - 13:12:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 7008 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Emulator

Retrohax - C116

Retrohax has written a blog about repairing a Commodore C116. He repaired or replaced the keyboard, TED, RF modulator, CPU (6510) and a Basic ROM.

2019-03-22 - 13:15:00 - Week: 12 - Item number: 6994 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Knight Lore - Plus/4

Knight Lore is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is developed by Emu (code), Saul Cross (music) and Almighty God (graphics).

2019-03-15 - 13:10:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 6970 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, Super Messenger, Zombie Calavera Prologue, Santas Winter Work, Ghost 'n' Goblins, Digiloi, Hell House, Mim-Spiel, Computerspass, Hardware, Suspect, Rap4 and Andere systeme.

2019-03-15 - 13:06:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 6966 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Magazine

Tenebra Macabre - Plus/4 & VIC20

Tenebra Macabre is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is developed by Majikeyric (code), Mibri (music) and na_th_an (graphics).

The VIC20 version of Tenebra Macabre.

2019-03-08 - 13:11:00 - Week: 10 - Item number: 6952 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

Hires Color 12 - Plus/4

Erich/Unlimited has released a new picture diskette called Hires Color 12. You will find 32 images on the two disk-sides, and all images use the hi-res graphics mode. The picture show is made with the Magica program.

2019-03-08 - 13:08:00 - Week: 10 - Item number: 6949 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Demo

Tynemouth Software - C16 / 64KB

Tynemouth Software wrote a blog about upgrading a Commodore C16 to 64 KB of RAM.

2019-03-01 - 13:11:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 6936 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Hardware

Diag264

Diag264 is a method of testing the hardware of a Commodore C16, C116, Plus/4, C232 or the V364. The tests are: Cassette, serial, userport, RS-232, keyboard, joystick, RAM, ROM, TED, screen, colours and graphics.

2019-03-01 - 13:05:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 6930 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Hardware

Two days to the race - C64 / Plus/4

Two days to the race is an interactive fiction game developed by Davide Bucci. The game is an adventure game and is available for the Commodore C64, Plus/4, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and MS-DOS.

2019-02-15 - 13:13:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 6902 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

C128 forum is a forum for Commodore C128 users with the following sections: Games, General info, Herdware, Wheel and deal, Programming, .D?? Depo, Cross platform, Emulation, Demo scene, Useful Links, Alternate OS's and Go64.

Malom - Plus/4

Malom is a puzzle game for the Commodore Plus/4 written by István Schulcz. The game is now also translated by JamesC to English.

The Hungarian version of Malom.

2019-01-18 - 13:11:00 - Week: 3 - Item number: 6835 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

HVTC

The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. At the moment there are 630 files available in the database.

2019-01-11 - 13:09:00 - Week: 2 - Item number: 6817 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Music

Dreamtime 2K18 - Plus/4

Dreamtime 2K18 is a collection of pictures for the Commodore Plus/4. This collection has 10 pictures in the FLI format.

The YouTube video of Dreamtime 2K18.

2019-01-11 - 13:05:00 - Week: 2 - Item number: 6813 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Demo

Type-ins - Plus/4

The type-ins from the Computer Gamer magazine are now available: Caves of Hell, Hell House, Karate Champ, Master Coder, Red Alert and Solitaire.

2018-12-21 - 13:13:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 6763 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

Club Info 152

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, Shapelupe, Tomcat, Innhus Pyramid, 1-Armige Bandit, Computer Spass, Hardware,Jump Jet, Rap4 and Andere Systeme.

2018-12-14 - 13:12:00 - Week: 50 - Item number: 6746 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Magazine

Ultimate Map v2.0

The Ultimate Map from SVS contains the complete OS ROM of the Plus/4 (and C16), a large TED Registers list, graphic plans of all allowed text/graphic modes, and a table of Plus/4 bugs.

2018-12-07 - 13:10:00 - Week: 49 - Item number: 6726 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Program

CBCCWIF - Plus/4

CBCCWIF is a replacement of the Austrospeed Compiler. You can convert your Basic program to assembler text and then compile it to a PRG file with the TMPX assembler.

2018-11-23 - 13:08:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 6687 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Program

UUUU: Myth - Plus/4

There are games for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4 that were never released. These games are in the category "Unearthed / Unseen / Unfinished / Unreleased" or UUUU. This time the game Myth.

2018-11-16 - 13:01:00 - Week: 46 - Item number: 6660 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

Zombie Calavera Prologue - Plus/4 & VIC20

Zombie Calavera Prologue is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game has been developed by Majikeyric (code), Mibri and Uctumi (music) and na_th_an (graphics).

The VIC-20 version of Zombie Calavera Prologue.

2018-11-09 - 13:14:00 - Week: 45 - Item number: 6650 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

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UUUU - XeO3 - Plus/4

There are games for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4 that were never released. These games are in the category "Unearthed / Unseen / Unfinished / Unreleased" or UUUU. This time the game XeO3 from Mike Dailly in collaboration with Luca.

2018-10-05 - 13:09:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 6569 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

MP3 player - Plus/4

Kozma Zsolt (Chizman) made a hardware MP3 player for the Commodore Plus/4. He uses the DFPlayer Mini and an ADC0820. The communication between the MP3 player and the Plus/4 is via RS232.

2018-09-21 - 13:19:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 6544 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Hardware

GridIron - Plus/4

GridIron is a new game for the Commodore 16 & Plus/4. The game is made by Stinaris and is an action game with 10 levels. In the game you must collect tokens and avoid the enemy ships.

2018-09-21 - 13:08:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 6533 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

Club Info 151

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, The Magician’s Curse, Linnanmuurilla, Blockade, 17 & 4, Hardcopy, Computer spass, Hirschgoulasch, Hardware, Solitaire, Fury, Flower Power, Frog, Rocket,Command, Deadline, Rap4 and other systems.

2018-09-21 - 13:02:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 6527 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Magazine

Tomcat +4 World Special Edition 2010

The game Tomcat is an improved version for the Commodore Plus/4. The improvements are: 2 additional levels, a title graphics and music by Luca/FIRE.

2018-09-07 - 13:00:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 6492 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

Arok 2018

The results of the Arok 2018 competition are published. Demo: Promised Land, Graphics: Dragonbird and Wild: MicroMorph0s1s.

2018-08-24 - 13:05:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 6475 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Competition

JaysVintageJunk - Plus/4 repair

JaysVintageJunk has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C16 and a Commodore Plus/4.

Part 2 of the Commodore Plus/4 repair.

2018-08-24 - 13:01:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 6471 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Botticelli Bilderdisk #43

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.

2018-08-03 - 13:07:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 6429 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Demo

BBS Term+ - Plus/4

BBS Term+ can be used to provide a BBS system with a Commodore Plus/4. You can connect at 300 bps and the program works together with WiModem.

2018-07-20 - 13:05:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 6397 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Program

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The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore history (4)

The 8-Bit Guy is making a series about the history of Commodore. In this episode: The Commodore Plus/4, C16 and the C116.

2018-06-29 - 13:03:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 6340 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Podcast

Spikes - Plus/4 & VIC20

Spikes is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 & VIC20. The game is made by Majikeyric (code & graphics), Drumtex (music) and Rotteroy (BBS graphics). This game is only 4 Kbyte in size.

Spikes - VIC20

2018-06-22 - 13:10:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 6330 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, VIC-20

Club Info 150

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, Darron M.B., Fractal Mountain, Magic Blocks, Castaway, Shield Command, Mike to Mars, Kingsize Tennis, Gleucksrad/Roulette, Space Pong, Goldrush, Coltfire, Computerspass and hardware.

2018-06-22 - 13:06:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 6326 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Magazine

RandTown Dumper - Plus/4

RandTown Dumper is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is an adventure game made by RoePipi.

2018-06-15 - 13:04:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 6309 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

Faces In HFLI - Plus/4

MMS made a new picture show for the Commodore Plus/4: Faces In HFLI. The 13 available pictures are converted in HFLI mode.

2018-06-08 - 13:00:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 6291 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Demo

Waiting For Promised Land - Plus/4

Waiting For Promised Land is a new demo for the Commodore Plus/4. The demo was released at the QBParty 2018 and was made by Lavina, Harry, Shadow, Murphy and BSZ.

2018-05-18 - 13:09:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 6252 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Demo

Lone News 21

In this English disk magazine about the Plus/4 and C16 the following articles. News: Pets Rescue, Knight Lore, Gridiron, Boray Bingo, Club Info 149, Magic Blocks, Sweet DFLI C16, Charts and an interview with Solder.

2018-05-11 - 13:10:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 6235 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Magazine

Rob Clarke - C116 keyboard repair

Rob Clarke made a video about taking apart, clean, repair and reassemble a keyboard from a Commodore 116 computer.

2018-05-04 - 13:18:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6223 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Space Pong - Plus/4

Space Pong is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is made by SVS and is written in Basic. The game is compiled with Astrospeed and is intended to be played with an emulator at 200% speed.

A video of Space Pong.

2018-05-04 - 13:06:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6211 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

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Galerie Unlimited 7 - Plus/4

Erich and Jörg released a new Galerie Unlimited for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with many pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures.

2018-04-27 - 13:07:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 6199 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Demo

Magic Blocks - Plus/4 & C128

Magic Blocks is a new game for the Commodore C16, C116 and the Plus/4. The game is developed in the programming language BASIC by RKsoft. The game is a maze game and has 16 levels.

Magic Blocks version for the Commodore C128.

2018-04-20 - 13:05:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 6179 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

YAPE v1.1.6

A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Added the Hungarian KERNAL and improvements for MTAP and the TED.

2018-03-23 - 13:04:00 - Week: 12 - Item number: 6103 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Emulator

Club Info 149

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks,Torte, Hardcopy, Arrow, Csapda, Borray Gammon, Münzwurfspiel, Compterspass, Hardware, Mac I, Athanor, Megazone, Hoppit, Mad Maze, Deadline, Rap4 and Other sysstems.

2018-03-16 - 13:05:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 6089 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Magazine

The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore C116

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about repairing a Commodore C116 and drive and a 240V to 120V conversion.

2018-03-16 - 13:00:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 6084 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Pets Rescue - Plus/4

Pets Rescue is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is a platform game and has 20 levels split into 5 worlds. In the game you will have mean creatures, jumps, moving platforms, coins, secrets and much more!

2018-03-02 - 13:19:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 6067 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

HVTC

The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. At the moment there are 608 files available in the database.

2018-03-02 - 13:09:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 6057 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Music

Club Info 148

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, Assembloids Basic, Castle Matcher, Micromind, Craps, Computer Spass, Digitalstar, Hardware, Rug Rider, Slipstream, Deadline, Rap4 and other systems.

2018-02-09 - 13:05:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 6018 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Magazine

YapeSDL v0.70

Gaia released a new version of the JavaScript Plus/4 emulator. Changes in this version: Debuggable drive, hunt, , vsync, saturation, brightness, hue and gamma correction and improvements for audio and CRT emulation.

2018-01-19 - 13:09:00 - Week: 3 - Item number: 5974 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Emulator

On this page you can find news items that are related to Commodore. Every week there are new news items. The items can also be viewed by category and there is a search function available.

SJL264 Light v0.3 - Plus/4

BSZ released SJL264 Light for the Commodore C16, C116 and Plus/4. This program works together with JiffyDOS equipped devices (1541, SD2IEC, etc.). Changes in this version: Support for 16K, 32K and 64K machines, for PAL and NTSC.

2018-01-12 - 13:12:00 - Week: 2 - Item number: 5961 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Program

Genius 2 - Plus4

Genius 2 is a new platform game for the Commodore Plus/4, developed by Daniele Liverani. In the game you are a European prince and trapped in a world of dreams. You must find the keys and unlock all the secret caverns and collect the toys.

2017-12-15 - 13:16:00 - Week: 50 - Item number: 5901 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

HVTC

The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. At the moment there are 577 files available in the database.

2017-12-15 - 13:06:00 - Week: 50 - Item number: 5891 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Music

YAPE v1.1.5

A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Improvement for PNG pictures, video in Direct3D and the TED emulation.

2017-12-01 - 13:11:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 5864 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Emulator

SJL264 Light - Plus/4

BSZ released SJL264 Light for the Commodore C16, C116 and Plus/4. This program works together with JiffyDOS equipped devices (1541, SD2IEC, etc.). This program is based on the C64's SJLOAD, but only the fast loader is implemented.

2017-11-24 - 13:11:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 5849 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Program