Author: CommodoreBlog
This project uses the Arduino to emulate a 6502 computer with a BASIC interpreter. Because the Arduino is not that powerful, the emulation is limited to BASIC. But you can connect a TFT display and program in BASIC with the PETSCII graphics. Website: http://hackaday.com
Gaia released a chess game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game Shack is a conversion of a chess program from the Commodore 64. It has adjustable difficulty setting (1-9), load/save option and a undo function. The game can be played on a PAL or NTSC machine with 64 kBytes. Download: shack.prgWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com
Manosoft released a firmware update for the Infinity Tape Sd2iec. Changes in this version: Saving of a placeholder unique for each .TAP file. Confirmation of successful initialization of the C64SD card, end-of-virtual tape indication and a card hide function. Website: http://www.manosoft.it
The Polish magazine Commodore & Amiga Fan released another games edition. In this pdf magazine the following articles: News, Franko – The Crazy Revenge, Wings, FIFA World Cup 2014, Times of Wars, The Map (2), Interview: Ryszardem Nazarewskim, Hero Time 2, Vampire Hunter 2, Mega Starforce: Return to the Great Star, Saboteur, V.I.O.S. 2011 – Special Edition, Interview: Bohdana R….
SID-Wizard is a Commodore 64 music tracker made by Hermit (Mihály Horváth). Changes in this version: Support for 3 SID chips, Independent order list-marks, Insert entire order list column, SWP – re-locatable music data / player and Tape slow-down effect support in player. Download: SID-Wizard-1.7-smallpack.zipWebsite: CSDb
EvenMore is a text viewer for AmigaOS. The features are proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plugins, and more. Recent changes: Support for AmigaWriter file format. Improvements for the WordPerfect, StarWriter5, Wordwrap, WordWorth, FinalWriter, ProWrite, RTF, Dir2Text, HTML and Pagestream plugins. And a few new Escape codes. Website: http://www.evenmore.co.uk
A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, C64 Cartridges, Flipper und ihre Wurzeln, DJ Coco / Mario Fangames Galaxy, Commando Arcade C64, The Last Door, Chuck Smith, TIE Fighter, King’s Quest 5, Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure, Street Art 8-Bit, Echelon – LipStik-Controller, Elektronikmuseum, Commodore Meeting Wien 2014, Chipmusik,…
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. Download: botticelli_bilderdisk_39.zipWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com
RetroWiki is a Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: SAM Coupe, Retro-Bits, El Kenbak-1, Terminator games, Commodore Plus, Brico Micro and Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back. Website: http://www.retrowiki.es
Scene World Podcast Episode #1 is out! The guys over at Scene World are talking about C64 SID copyright issues, privacy, world events and loads of other interesting scene related stuff! Also this first episode they have freelance reporter and former demoscene member “Ghandy” (Lars Sobiraj) as a special guest! You can listen on the website or if you prefer…
