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Pixel released a new game for the Commodore VIC20. The game is a fast and smooth scrolling shoot em up game for the unexpanded Commodore VIC-20. The game is inspired by the classic arcade game "Gradius" from Konami from the year 1985.
2014-03-14 - 17:04:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 3367 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Dane Bills released a game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is based on a well known 80s game and is written in assembly. The music in the game is from Jeff Messner. The game can be played on a Commodore VIC20 with an 3 kByte memory expansion and a joystick.

The video of Panicman on YouTube.
2014-03-07 - 17:16:00 - Week: 10 - Item number: 3362 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Aleksi Eeben has made an program for the Commodore 64 that can emulate the sound of the Commodore VIC-20. The player can be used to play all the VIC-20 music, and 35 examples from 4-mat, Britelite, Viznut, Mermaid and Aleksi Eeben are included.
2014-02-28 - 17:12:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 3349 - Category: VIC-20, Emulator
Petri Häkkinen is developing a flash memory expansion for the Commodore VIC-20. At this moment he has a working prototype. He uses a 256K x 8 flash memory chip, three 74HC541 8-bit tri-state buffers and an ATMega32A micro controller. You can follow the progress of this project on Petri's blog.
2014-01-24 - 17:14:00 - Week: 4 - Item number: 3289 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Beamrider (Adrian F) released a Commodore VIC20 version of the arcade classic Pooyan. If you want to play the game you will need an Commodore VIC20 (PAL), a 16KB memory expansion and a joystick. This is not the final version and you can give your feedback about the game.
2013-12-20 - 17:36:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 3219 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Kweepa released the game Doom for the Commodore VIC20. For the game you will need an Commodore VIC-20, a 35 KB memory expansion and a disk drive. The game has 8 levels, 4 enemies, 5 weapons, 11 music tracks, 20 sound effects, cheat codes, a map screen, corpses, secrets, pick-ups, exploding barrels, intermission and victory screens, and more!
2013-12-20 - 17:20:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 3211 - Category: VIC-20, Game
A new version of the Commodore VIC-20 Gamebase is now available. In this package you will find: Gamebase front-end, Games, Screen-shots, Extras and the VICE emulator. This version has 1485 games, 1993 screen-shot, 166 cartridges, 1136 scans, 127 manuals and 727 .tap files.
2013-12-20 - 17:02:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 3202 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Bolder Dan is a new game for the Commodore VIC-20 made by Misfit. The game is based on the classic game of Boulderdash. For the game you need an unexpanded VIC-20 (PAL), a disk drive and a joystick. The game is developed with the help of cc65 and CBM prg Studio.
2013-12-06 - 17:20:00 - Week: 49 - Item number: 3182 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Fastboy is a new game for the Commodore VIC-20, made by Misfit. The game was made for the LudumDare 48h competition. In this competition you have only 48 hours to make a complete game. For the game you need an unexpanded VIC-20 (PAL), a disk drive and a joystick.
2013-12-06 - 17:16:00 - Week: 49 - Item number: 3180 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Phvic is developing a flash memory expansion for the Commodore VIC-20. The following features are planned: The VIC will see the flash memory as a ROM. Auto booting from the flash memory. A micro-controller will control the memory and the expansion port. At the moment the device is still in development. You can follow the progress on the Denial forum.
2013-12-06 - 17:06:00 - Week: 49 - Item number: 3175 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Tunnel is a new game for the Commodore VIC20, made by Andrea Gasparrini. The game is written in Basic. You will need an 8 kByte RAM memory expansion to play the game. You can download the game from Andrea's web page.
2013-11-29 - 17:08:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 3166 - Category: VIC-20, Game
TLR released a new version of the paint program FCBPaint for the Commodore VIC20. New in this version: Pictures can now be exported as runnable binaries. Colours for the upper and lower border. Directory function. Selectable direct colour mode and a few errors were removed.
2013-11-08 - 17:24:00 - Week: 45 - Item number: 3135 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Victragic released a game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is based on the Atari VCS game "Maze Craze" and others. You must get to the exit on the right side of the screen, then back to either exit on the top-left or bottom-left before your time runs out. Avoid the black hounds, hitting one will knock 10 seconds off your time.
2013-10-11 - 17:08:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 3076 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Kweepa made two compilation diskettes with adventure games for the Commodore VIC-20. He put eighteen classic Scott Adams onto one diskette, and the eleven Brian Howarth Mysterious Adventures on another diskette. You will need an VIC-20, disk-drive and a 24 KB memory expansion.
2013-10-04 - 17:16:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 3070 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Boray made a game for the Commodore VIC-20. In the game you must guess how many hearts or on the screen. The scores are 76-79%: 70 points, 80-89%: 80 points, 90-99%: 90 points and 100%: 100 points. The game continues as long as you have any "energy" left.
2013-09-20 - 17:14:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 3048 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Boray made a music player for the Commodore VIC-20. If you have an SD2IEC card reader you can listen to about 60 minutes of digitized music. The audio is 4 bit 4kHz mono, so don't expect great sound quality. (~ old AM radio). You can read more about this player on Boray's web page.
2013-09-20 - 17:06:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 3044 - Category: VIC-20, Music
Victragic is working on a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. He is making a VIC-20 version of the Atari 2600 version of the game. If you want to play the game you need an PAL version of the VIC-20 with a memory expansion. You can follow the progress on the Denial forum.
2013-09-13 - 17:04:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 3029 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Ghislain released a demo version of the game Realms of Quest IV for the Commodore VIC-20. To play the game you need a memory expansion (16kB or 24kB) and a disk drive. In the game you must find your way through a large labyrinth and battle with the evil time lords. The game has 10 levels, 10 races, 12 classes, 60 magic spells and 135 weapons.
2013-09-06 - 17:28:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 3023 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Psytronik and System IIII present the Theater of War Trilogy for the unexpanded Commodore VIC-20. This game lets you recreate battles from the First or Second World War. This commercial release includes 12 games and programs: Theater of War I, Theater of War II, Theater of War III, Break-Fast II, Face VS Heel, magiTOOL, Olympic Dash, Space Warz, Street Battle, VICroLeague Wrestling I, VICroLeague Wrestling II and Worm-Out.
2013-09-06 - 17:10:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 3014 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Boray released a new version of Vic Menu for the Commodore VIC-20. This program can be used with a VIC-20 and original disk drive or an IEC device. The JSLOAD option will require a memory expansion. Recent changes: Improved menu, cursor keys for page changes and "//:S" can be used to show the current directory or sub directory.
2013-08-30 - 17:14:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 3005 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Beamrider is working on the game Pooyan for the Commodore VIC20. He was not satisfied with the Pooyan version for the VIC20 and decided to make his own version. The game will be written in machine code and make use of Robert Hurst's Software Sprite Stack. You can follow the progress of the game on the Denial forum.
2013-08-16 - 17:16:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 2986 - Category: VIC-20, Game
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.
2013-07-26 - 17:06:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 2947 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
The VIC-VODER is a new voice synthesizer for the Commodore VIC-20, C64 and the C128 developed by Rick Melick. The VIC-VODER is an all-in-one design that plugs into the user port to produce quality text to speech (English). Talking is as simple as a PRINT statement. The VIC-VODER is for sale at $99.95.

VIC-VODER and Adventure Land demonstration video.
2013-06-28 - 17:14:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 2897 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Michael wrote a viewer program, which allows to view pictures in MINIGRAFIK format on an unexpanded Commodore VIC-20. The normal viewer needs an extra 8 kByte RAM and if you want to use MINIPAINT you need an extra 16 kByte RAM.
2013-06-28 - 17:06:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 2893 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Srepmub has made an printable version of a cartridge case for the Commodore VIC-20. You can print this case with your own 3D printer. After the printing you must glue the parts together, polish it and put a sticker on it.

An extended version of the VIC-20 cartridge case.
2013-06-28 - 17:02:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 2891 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Jim Brain and Leif Bloomquist are working on a MIDI system for the Commodore VIC20. The system uses a UART (16450) and a FLASH ROM. At the moment a prototype is working and Leif and Jim are working on the last hardware issues. The production version will be available in the near future.
2013-05-31 - 17:02:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 2849 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Cbmsh is a Unix-like shell for 6502 based commodore computers, like the Commodore VIC20. It features the classic Unix commands like: ls, more, echo, cd etc. The commands are adapted to work on a Commodore disk drive or the modern sd2iec standard.

A discussion about the Cbmsh on the Denial forum.
2013-04-26 - 17:06:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 2790 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Vicman has made a compilation of games. You can now watch more than 1600 video's of Commodore VIC20 games. A few recent examples are: Star Frog, Star Trek, Storm, Sub Command, Swarm, Tank Battle, Terminal Invaders, Tic Tac Toe, Timebomb, Tron, U-Boat, Ufo Pilot, VICMan, Villain, Voodoo Castle, Wall Street, Warlock, Workman, Zap!! and Zyklo.
2013-03-29 - 17:02:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 2742 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Tetwels is a new game for the Commodore VIC20, made by Pallas. The game is written in Basic and is a mix of Tetris and Jewels. In the game must connect 3 blocks of the same colour. You can rotate the falling bar and drop it. The game can be played on a un-expanded VIC20.
2013-03-15 - 17:18:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 2726 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Yacht is a new game for the Commodore VIC20 made by KingTrode (Jim). The game is based on the dice game Yacht which evolved into Yahtzee. The game is written in machine code and can be played on a unexpanded VIC20.
2013-03-15 - 17:00:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 2717 - Category: VIC-20, Game
VICroLeague Wrestling 2 is a new game for the Commodore VIC20 made by Ghislain. You can play the game on a unexpanded Commodore VIC20 with a disk drive. The game is a wrestling game that uses 64x64 pixel images to animate the action.
2013-03-08 - 17:08:00 - Week: 10 - Item number: 2711 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Spidey vs Doc Ock is a new game for the Commodore VIC20, made by Darkatx. The game is written in BASIC and can be played on an unexpanded VIC20 with a disk drive. If you want an splash screen intro you need an 8 kByte RAM expansion. In this turn based combat game you must help Spider-Man defeat the evil Doctor Octopus.
2013-03-01 - 17:18:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 2704 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Worm-Out is a game for the Commodore VIC20, made by Ghislain. The game was developed in 1988, Ghislain improved the game and it is now available with two other games Worm-Out II and Paratrooper. The instruction are included in the game. The game can be played with an unexpanded VIC20 and a disk drive.
2013-03-01 - 17:04:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 2697 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Piero Orsoni made a new game for the Commodore VIC20. The game is a puzzle game made in BASIC and can be played on a unexpanded VIC20. In the game you must fill as many squares of the 10x10 squares as is possible. You can move horizontally and vertically by 3 squares or diagonally by 2.
2013-02-22 - 17:08:00 - Week: 8 - Item number: 2688 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Ghislain released magiTOOL for the Commodore VIC-20. The utilities inside magiTOOL are: magiPROG: Machine language assembler, magiCHAR: 8x8 Character editor, magiDRAW: 64x96 Multicolor image editor and magiSONG: Play and record music with a piano keyboard.
2013-02-08 - 17:14:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 2662 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Ghislain released a game for the Commodore VIC-20. Ghislain started on the game in the year 1993, and now he finished the game. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 with a disk drive. You can use the function keys to perform a jump, punch, kick and dodge against various enemies.
2013-02-01 - 17:02:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 2645 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Ghislain released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. He started on an Olympic game project in 1996, but it never got finished. Now Ghislain released the 100 meter dash. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 with a joystick and a disk drive.
2013-01-18 - 17:18:00 - Week: 3 - Item number: 2630 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Vicman has made a compilation of games. You can now watch more than 750 video's of Commodore VIC20 games. A few examples are: D'Fuse, ET, Falcon Fighter, Galactic Abductors, Halloween, Ice, Jackpot, K-razy Antiks and Ladders.
2013-01-18 - 17:06:00 - Week: 3 - Item number: 2624 - Category: VIC-20, Video
Kevin made a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a sliding puzzle and you must complete the puzzle within one minute. The game is written in Basic and can be played on a PAL or NTSC VIC-20 without an memory expansion. The game is also available for MAC and Windows.

Don't Blow It for Mac and Windows.
2013-01-11 - 17:02:00 - Week: 2 - Item number: 2607 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Mike (Herr VC) made another improvement to the routines for the VFLI graphics mode for the Commodore VIC-20. The colour RAM is now updated just as the VIC has reads out a certain location. All lines are now exactly 71 cycles long. All display data, colour RAM and a complete VFLI image file will now fit into the RAM below 32768. A new feature is that the whole picture can be panned horizontally over the screen. If you want to use this VFLI graphics mode you will need a PAL VIC-20 with an 32 kByte RAM expansion.
2012-12-07 - 17:10:00 - Week: 49 - Item number: 2543 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Lance Ewing made a web page with an Commodore VIC-20 emulation. The emulator is not new (V20 1.3), but is now working inside a jdosbox PC emulator. ESC gives you the menu for loading cartridges, tapes and snapshots. The joystick is emulated with the numeric keypad (0/Ins key is the fire button).
2012-11-30 - 17:06:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 2530 - Category: VIC-20, Emulator
Ghislain converted the Comet64 software to the Commodore VIC-20. You can use the software on a VIC-20 with an Comet64 modem and a 16 kByte RAM expansion. With the Comet64 you can connect your VIC-20 to the internet and gain access to various telnet BBS services. You can read more details on the Denial forum.
2012-11-23 - 17:02:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 2517 - Category: VIC-20, Program
There is a new version of WimBASIC available. WimBASIC is a BASIC extension for the Commodore VIC-20. The program is loaded in BLK5 of a RAM memory expansion or you can use a ROM cartridge. The changes in this version are: Improvements for the ROUND() function, defined function keys, FIND command and the SuperNumbers implementation.
2012-11-02 - 17:24:00 - Week: 44 - Item number: 2487 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Mayhem is a new game for the Commodore VIC20 made by Martijn from Revival Studios. In the game Wizzy's invention exploded. You must collect all the parts but avoid the debris. The game can be played with the joystick and is available as a cassette or as digital download for the unexpanded Commodore VIC-20.

Another new game for the VIC-20: Avalanche.
2012-10-26 - 17:16:00 - Week: 43 - Item number: 2473 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Kananga has developed an joystick interface to connect up to eight joysticks to the Commodore VIC20. The new interface was demonstrated at the Commodore users group in Graz - Austria. Kananga adapted the Super-Amok game so, that more players can play at the same time. Kananga is working on more multi-player versions of games.
2012-10-19 - 17:00:00 - Week: 42 - Item number: 2454 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Ghislain released a improved version of Space Warz. Space Warz is an text adventure that was originally made in 1993. The game can be played on a Commodore VIC and a disk drive. The improvements include an hi-res intro, two pieces of movie music and instructions on how to play the game.
2012-09-28 - 17:16:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 2429 - Category: VIC-20, Game
After a break Thomas Lövskog is working on the GCart again. He redesigned the circuit board and expanded the RAM memory to 64-512 MByte. The Xilinx FPGA will handle the WiFi and memory instead of a PIC32. A new addition is a optional Commodore IEC serial port for the emulation of the disk drive. The user interface is moved to a external circuit board with many options: Buttons and LEDs, a 16x96 or a 96x64 OLED screen.
2012-09-28 - 17:08:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 2425 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Ronald Körber (Dusty) released a 2012 version of his game Coppa. Coppa Reloaded is a game for the Commodore VIC20 and has now 4 new levels. In the game you must move your space ship across the grid and turn all fields purple. You get points for every field you change to purple but lose points if the field was already purple.
2012-08-10 - 17:16:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 2346 - Category: VIC-20, Game
The web page Vic-20 Lives is dedicated to the classic VIC-20 Computer. On the web page you can find games that Rob programmed himself, and games that Rob typed in from computer magazines. The latest additions are: Caves of Alpha-Ceti, Fly Grand Canyon, Kingdom, Mushrooms and Sea Battle.
2012-08-03 - 17:22:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 2336 - Category: VIC-20, Web page
Retina Display is a demo for the Commodore VIC20. This demo uses a new graphical display system. This graphical system is named Ultra-Hires Interlace mode and can be used on a NTSC VIC-20 with an 32 kByte RAM expansion. The screen can display 192 x 416 = 79872 pixels, that is 25% more than with a Commodore C64.

Retina Display demonstration on YouTube.
2012-07-27 - 17:18:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 2319 - Category: VIC-20, Program
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