Category: Commodore 64
Yash Terakura is credited as being ‘The Creator’ of the Commodore 64 and VIC-20.The Commodore 64 is considered the best selling computer of all-time selling over 40 million units and possessing 40% of the global personal computer market! Over on Scene World Website you can watch a full video interview with Yash Terakura, Yash Terakura is a Japanese engineer who was…
Latest updates from Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk are as follows: Heisse Luft by CP Verlag / Game On Star Slayer by Silverbird Gaplus by Mastertronic Psycho Soldier by Imagine Software Street Warriors by Silverbird Android Control by ECP Website: http://www.c64endings.co.uk
Twist It is a new game for the Commodore 64 made by Hurrican. The game won first place in the Mixed Competition at the BCC Party #9 in Berlin. Twist It is a puzzle game and is written in Basic. Download: twist it – vd.prgWebsite: CSDb
Games Corner is an English diskette magazine about new games and about cracked games. In this edition: Cracky Thoughts, Game Watchtower, Cracked Stuff and the World of first releases. Download: Game_Corner_Q4-2014_LAXITY.d64Website: CSDb
Wiebo de Wit is writing a blog on how to program a Tetris game in 6502 assembler. He made a Tetris clone in 1992 and now he explains how the game is made. For the development he uses KickAssembler, Sublime Tekst 3.0 and the VICE emulator. Website: http://devdef.blogspot.nl
Timo Voutilainen made an MP3 player that can be controlled by the Commodore 64. The components of the MP3 player are a Funduino Pro Mini, Geeetech VS1053 MP3 board and a user-port connector. All the instructions to built the device are on Timo’s web page. Website: https://sites.google.com
Tore Waldow made a Commodore 64 cartridge case with his 3D printer. The measurements are taken from The Final Cartridge III. This version is updated with embossed lines and room for a label. The files are available for the top part and for the bottom part in smooth or embossed. Website: http://www.thingiverse.com
The Dutch Commodore User Group had a meeting on January 21th. This Commodore user group is a very active group with six meetings every year with around a hundred or more visitors at each meeting. You can look at the photos and see how the meeting was. Website: http://commodore.hcc.nlSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Tognon Stefano (ice00) released a new version of XSidplay for Linux. XSidplay is a SID music player for Linux, initially developed by Michael Schwendt. Changes in this version: The program is now being developed with the help of QT5. Update to libsidplayfp 1.7.0. Improvements for Basic ROM, character ROM and playlist save. Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xsidplay2/files/xsidplay2/
A new issue of Commodore Free has been released. Issue #86 has great content, from games and books reviews to articles and news. Some of the content of this issue are: General News World of Commodore Blog and Pictures BX720D Project ET Atari Game “Was” Buried in the Desert C64 News CC65 Optimizations C64 Endings Website Updated Honey Bee –…
