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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: A new command: DIVMOD. This command is used to calculate the quotient and the remainder of two unsigned integers (0..65535). The results are put in two variables DQ and DR.
2012-07-27 - 17:12:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 2316 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Kweepa is developing a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is inspired on the game Breakout and is written in BASIC. The game can be played on a VIC-20 without an extra memory expansion. You can follow his progress on the Denial forum.
2012-06-22 - 17:24:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 2256 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Ronald Körber (Dusty) started a new web page. On the web page you can find programs he developed in the years 1985 and 1986. Examples of his programs are: Alien Trooper, Coppa, Deliverer, Robin At Ravenwreck, Robin Goes Skiing, Wormy, Zeichensatzeditor II, Adress-Star etc.
2012-06-22 - 17:12:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 2250 - Category: VIC-20, Web page
Ghislain released an new version of his game Break-Fast. The game was originally programmed in 1990. In this new version Ghislain improved the game, and added a splash screen and instructions to the game. The puzzle action game can be played on an Commodore VIC20 with a disk drive.
2012-06-15 - 17:18:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 2240 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Jeffrey Daniels released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is made in BASIC and can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 with a joystick. The game is a "snake" type game. But it will take some finding out to play the game to the "real" end. Do not think you are at the end of the game when you have arrived in a strange bitmap land.
2012-06-08 - 17:14:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 2225 - Category: VIC-20, Game
The Javascript emulator of the VIC-20, made by Matt Dawson, has been updated. This emulator works best with the latest Chrome or Firefox browsers. Changes in this version Full-screen support. New debug screen with VIC and VIA info. Edit or view a Basic or machine-code program. Choice between 100% speed or no-limit. Datassette emulation (Load) with support for TZX, CSM and PRG files.
2012-05-04 - 17:12:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 2158 - Category: VIC-20, Emulator
Vicman has made a compilation of games. You can now watch video’s of Commodore VIC20 games that start with the letter C: Cabby, Canibal, Cannon Ball, Cannonade, Canyon, Canyon Runner, Capture the Flag, CB Slot VI, CB Slot VIII and City Crusher.

City Crusher - VIC20 on Youtube.
2012-04-27 - 17:02:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 2141 - Category: VIC-20, Game
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: Solved problems with the ROUND() function, defined function keys and the FIND command. And the SuperNumbers implementation has been improved.
2012-04-20 - 17:18:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 2138 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Michael started a project in 2010 to enhance the graphics of the Commodore VIC-20. The new graphics mode requires a hardware modification of the VIC-20. The normal RAM is expanded from 5 kB to 8kB and the new colour RAM is 16 times bigger than the original. Recently Michael updated the conversion software and introduced gamma-correction which improves the quality of the converted pictures. You can read all about the VFLI system on the Denial forum.
2012-03-23 - 17:16:00 - Week: 12 - Item number: 2088 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Schlowski made an character editor for the Commodore VIC-20 called "Little Character Editor" (LCE). The program can be used on a unexpanded VIC20 and can edit 64 characters. The commands are: Load, Save ($1C00-$1DFF), Copy, Paste, Rotate and Mirror.
2012-03-16 - 17:14:00 - Week: 11 - Item number: 2075 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Thomas Lövskog has designed an internal expansion for the Commodore VIC-20. The expansion is especially designed to enhance the graphics capabilities of the VIC-20. The expansion is placed in the character ROM socket and connected to the motherboard with 7 wires. The features are: 8kByte that is usable by the VIC chip (BLK0). 32 pages of 1 kByte color RAM. 4 banks of 4 kByte RAM ($8000). Auto start and optional LED driver.
2012-03-09 - 17:20:00 - Week: 10 - Item number: 2066 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Malcolm Tyrrell improved his game "Fickle” for the Commodore VIC-20. The game has now teleports. And a few weak levels have been replaced with with better levels. Malcom also included the source code of the game.
2012-03-02 - 17:12:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 2051 - Category: VIC-20, Game
The project of Thomas Lövskog the GCart is one step further. After a long time the proto-type circuit boards have arrived. The GCart will have the following features: 64k - 1024k SRAM, 8k Kernal, Disk-management and Basic extensions with full screen editor, SD card, Audio decoder for MIDI, MP3, FLAC, WAV, OGG, etc, RTC with battery backup, WiFi, 3 buttons (RESET, NMI, DISK) and a display for text, icons etc.
2012-02-10 - 17:12:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 2018 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Vicman has made a compilation of games. You can watch videos of games for the Commodore VIC20. This time you can see the games that start with the letter B: Backfire, Balloon Dodger, Barrier Battle, Battleship, Bee Trap, Bewitched, Birds, Black Max, Blam!, Blitzkrieg, Blue Star, Bomber, Bombs Away and many more.
2012-02-10 - 17:04:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 2014 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Kananga is working on a conversion program that will make VIC-20 versions of SID music. The converter is based on the Aleksi Eeben's SID Emu and will work on a Commodore VIC-20 with an 8 kB memory expansion. You can now listen to examples he already made, such as Commando, Cybernoid, IK and Zoids.
2012-01-13 - 17:12:00 - Week: 2 - Item number: 1971 - Category: VIC-20, Music
Cometfall is a new adventure game for the Commodore VIC-20 made by Kweepa. To play the game you need a real VIC-20 with a 16 kB expansion or an emulator. You can also play the game on-line. The game is a science fiction text game. With "help" you will get a list of possible commands and you can also use the Infocom short-keys (n,s,e,w,u,d,i,z,x).

Play Cometfall on-line.
2012-01-06 - 17:20:00 - Week: 1 - Item number: 1960 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Schema (Leif Bloomquist) made a new music track. The music is made on a VIC-20 and was optimized with FL Studio (phaser/reverb/equalizer, mild overdrive). The music was made for the "Art and the Machine" (RAM) presentation. RAM is a showcase for artists who work with art and electronic technology, light, graphics, robots and virtual reality.

Rethinking Art and the Machine web page.
2011-12-23 - 17:13:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 1929 - Category: VIC-20, Music
Malcolm Tyrrell made a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game "Fickle" is a real-time one-button puzzle game and is an entry for the Minigame Compo 2011. Malcom is also working on a NTSC version of the game and he wants to add a "teleporter" to the game in the future.

Play Fickle on-line.
2011-12-02 - 17:24:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 1901 - Category: VIC-20, Game
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 a commander of the German Empire's army. Your task will be to take on the French forces as you advance to the Marne river, and then onwards to Paris. There is also a two-player option.
2011-12-02 - 17:15:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 1895 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Kananga released a new program for the Final Expansion 3. This program allows you to have up to eight virtual environments (tasks) on your VIC-20 with a FE3 simultaneously. The supervisor and SJLoad will be loaded at start up. You can create and reset tasks, switch between them by using the restore key or a SYS call, and you can save or load a task.

Kananga also made a small demo called Fire.
2011-11-25 - 17:28:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 1887 - Category: VIC-20, Program
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.
2011-11-18 - 17:16:00 - Week: 46 - Item number: 1868 - Category: VIC-20, Program
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.
2011-11-11 - 17:07:00 - Week: 45 - Item number: 1864 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Orion70 made a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game "The Last VIC" is an conversion from the Commodore C16 game "Earth Defender", made by R. Adling. The game uses the hi-res 160x192 graphics from Mike's Minigrafik extension. In the game you need to defend your home planet. You must destroy all the bombs with your canon. The game can be played on a real VIC-20 with 8KByte extra RAM or an emulator.
2011-10-21 - 17:22:00 - Week: 42 - Item number: 1822 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Caffeine Kid released a classic Commodore VIC-20 game for Andriod. The game Blitz was original written by Peter Calver for the Commodore PET and was named Air Attack. The game was later converted by Simon Taylor and published under the name Blitz. In the game you need to destroy a city with a small airplane. You can use your bombs to destroy the building but don not fly into the buildings.

The VIC-20 game Blitz on YouTube.
2011-10-21 - 17:08:00 - Week: 42 - Item number: 1819 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Kananga has released an update for the FE3 RAM disk for the Commodore VIC-20. Changes: Support for the wildcards ? and *. You can now replace a file with SAVE "@:name",13. Support for the command channel (15) with status, scratch and rename.

Source code of the FE3 RAM Disk on Google Code.
2011-10-14 - 17:30:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 1812 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Kananga is working on a RAM disk for the Commodore VIC-20 and the Final Expansion 3. This RAM disk makes use of the 512 kByte of extra RAM from the FE3 and will give you a virtual disk with 1651 blocks free. At the moment Kananga is working on making the RAM disk faster, but you can try the beta version.

Source code on Google Code.
2011-09-23 - 16:56:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 1772 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Takeover is a game for the Commodore VIC-20 made by Orion70. The game is a conversion of the C64 version made by Humphrey Walwyn in 1984. In this strategy game you must try to take over the government. You must defeat the evil president Xerxes by taking over as many buildings as you can. To play the game you need a VIC-20 with 16 kByte extra RAM or an emulator.
2011-09-16 - 15:21:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 1767 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Greyhost (Rob) has released a game for the Commodore VIC-20. He wrote the game many years ago in BASIC, but he now re-wrote the game in machine language with the help of CBMprg Studio. It is an arcade/maze type of game. Grab the diamonds and escape before the monsters get you. Increasing difficulty as you progress (more, faster, and smarter monsters).
2011-09-02 - 21:12:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 1739 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Ghislain released a special edition of Realms of Quest I. In this version the following changes: User-friendly instructions, Unique names for each of the 36 magic spells, Better interface, display and text. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 + disk drive or with a Commodore VIC-20 emulator. Instructions and a "Book of Beasts" can be read from the main game menu.
2011-08-26 - 22:28:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 1725 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Thomas Lövskog is working on a new cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20. The cartridge will have the following features: 64k - 1024k SRAM, 8k Kernal, Diskmanagement and Basic extensions with fullscreen editor, SD card, Audio decoder for MIDI, MP3, FLAC, WAV, OGG, etc, RTC with battery backup, WiFi, 3 buttons (RESET, NMI, DISK) and a 0.96" display for text, icons etc. At the moment Thomas is working on the design of the printed circuit board, after that he wants to make the first proto-types.
2011-08-19 - 20:52:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 1721 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware
Vicman has made a compilation of games. He shows in his video games for the Commodore VIC-20. This time you can see the games that start with the letter A: Aardvark Attack, Aavelabyrintti, A-B-C legen, Abductor, ACE, Acey Ducey and Acrobat.

Vicman's Youtube channel.
2011-08-12 - 21:28:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 1702 - Category: VIC-20, Video
Ghislain released an enhanced version of Realms of Quest II. It is now 20 years ago that the original Realms of Quest I computer role-playing game was released. This anniversary version has new graphics and a mini game. Instructions on how to play the game can be accessed from the main game menu.
2011-08-05 - 22:20:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 1696 - Category: VIC-20, Game
The Keep is a new First Person game for the Commodore Vic 20. Make your way to floor 256 before your lamp expires! Choose from a fixed series of maps, or random maps. The game can be played on a un-expanded VIC-20 with the keyboard or the joystick.

The Keep VIC20 video.
2011-07-29 - 22:18:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 1686 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Vicman has made a compilation of games. He shows in his video games for the Commodore VIC-20. This time you can see the games that start with numbers. A few examples are: 3 Deep Space, 3D Labyrinth (Llamasoft), 3D Maze (Galactic Software), 3D Tic Tac Toe, 4 op een Rij and more.
2011-07-22 - 22:55:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 1678 - Category: VIC-20, Video
Tokra released a demo for the Commodore VIC-20 on the Revision 2011 party in Germany, and it reached the 5th place in the "wild" category . The demo is a slide show that uses a new graphics-mode. This mode offers 104 x 256 pixels and 3 fixed colors in each of the 256 lines plus 1 color per 4 x 8 block. The hardware requirements are a VIC-20 (PAL) with a 16K RAM expansion.
2011-04-29 - 20:47:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 1569 - Category: VIC-20, Demo
CardSwipe is a game for the Commodore VIC-20 and the C64. In the game you must collect one card of each type (Ace, King, Queen and Jack) from a 4 x 4 matrix of colored cards. You can play with four players and you can earn more points if you collect cards with the same color.
2011-03-25 - 20:49:00 - Week: 12 - Item number: 1534 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Ghislain released a new game for the Commodore VIC20. It is a tactical strategy game where you play the role of a German general on the Eastern Front in Russia. It is 1943 and the Germans lost the battle for Stalingrad. The German troops are regrouping for the next battle. You have to plan your strategy carefully, because your units have strengths and weaknesses. The game has a two-player option.
2010-11-26 - 22:56:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 1414 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Robert Hurst released a clone of a classic arcade hit. The game is written in ca65 assembler and uses the VIC Software Sprite Stack. To play the game you need a Commodore VIC 20 with 8k RAM expansion and a joystick. You can download the game including the sources from Robert's web page.
2010-11-26 - 22:45:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 1411 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Robert Hurst has released a Commodore VIC-20 version of the classic Atari classic game BREAKOUT. The game is written machine language and requires a VIC-20 with a 8 kByte RAM expansion. You can play the game with a paddle but it can also be played with a joystick (auto-detection). The game has also a two player mode. You can read more about the game on the Denial web page.
2010-10-15 - 21:26:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 1381 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Jonathan Andrews (DrewSoft) released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. Balls to the Walls is an action game where you break through barriers. The game has 34 screens and can be played with a VIC-20 and a 16 kByte expansion or a emulator. If you succeed to get all 34 levels you can play them again at greater speed.
2010-09-17 - 22:09:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 1363 - Category: VIC-20, Game
MAXIGRAFIK is a BASIC extension which provides true 208x256 pixel high-resolution graphics on a PAL VIC-20. The program is made by Mike and tokra and requires a Commodore VIC-20 with a 24 kByte RAM expansion. The new commands are CLEAR, SHOW, DRAW, CIRCLE, COLOR, MULTI, GSAVE, GLOAD and the new functions POINT() and ADR(). You can read more about MAXIGRAFIK on the VIC-20 Denial forum.
2010-09-03 - 22:45:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 1350 - Category: VIC-20, Program
Jeffrey Daniels released another BASIC game for the Commodore VIC-20. This time an action game where you bounce off the boundaries. You can play the game on a un-expanded VIC-20 with a joystick.
2010-08-13 - 23:56:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 1338 - Category: VIC-20, Game
TGA (The Great Adventure) is a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a conversion of the C64 game from 1983 by Alessandro Castellari and can be played on a VIC-20 with a 24 kByte memory expansion. The conversion of TGA was done by Orion70 and Mike did the graphics and bootloader.
2010-08-06 - 21:43:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 1333 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Jeffrey Daniels released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. This time Jeffrey created a puzzle game. There is no manual so you have to find out yourself how the game works. The game can be played with a non-expanded VIC-20 or with an emulator.
2010-06-25 - 22:44:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 1301 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Jeffrey Daniels released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. In this game you must steal as much as you can from a fortress. You can use the easy or hard way to play the game. The game has 4 levels and can be played on a un-expanded VIC-20 or with an emulator.
2010-06-18 - 23:09:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 1295 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Jeffrey Daniels has released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. In this game you must go left but you have to follow the joystick movements that are shown on the screen. The game can be played on a real VIC-20 or with an emulator. There is no memory expansion necessary but you will need a joystick to play Go Left.
2010-04-23 - 23:23:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 1255 - Category: VIC-20, Game
There is a new trackmo demo from TRSI called Going Lowres. The demo was made by Streetuff, Linus and Veto and won 6th place at the Breakpoint 2010 Wild Compo. To view the demo you need a Commodore VIC-20 with a 16k RAM expansion and a disk drive. For people without an 16k RAM expansion there is a music collection and logo on the diskette. You can also view the demo in the VICE emulator.
2010-04-09 - 23:02:00 - Week: 14 - Item number: 1245 - Category: VIC-20, Demo
drHirudo released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game called AntiISDA Warrior is written entirely in assembler and can be played on a un-expanded VIC-20. The music for the game is made by Anders Carlsson and is a remix of Your Latest Trick by the Dire Straits. The game is also available for the: Amiga, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Oric Atmos, Commodore 64, Coleco Vision, IBM-PC, Dragon 32, Game Boy, Sega Master System and the Game Boy Advanced.
2010-03-05 - 23:11:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 1222 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Robert Hurst made a Commodore VIC-20 version of the arcade classic Bezerk. You can play the game with joystick on a real Commodore VIC-20 with an 8 kbyte RAM expansion. You can also use a VIC-20 emulator such as VICE. The sources in ca65 assembler are available.
2010-03-05 - 23:02:00 - Week: 9 - Item number: 1219 - Category: VIC-20, Game
Island of Secrets is a graphic adventure for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a conversion from the Commodore C64 type-in text adventure from the book published by Usborne in 1984. To play the game you need a VIC-20 with 24 kbyte extra RAM or an VIC-20 emulator such as VICE.
2010-02-19 - 20:32:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 1213 - Category: VIC-20, Game
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