Category: Commodore 64

GTW64 update

Todays updates over at Games that weren’t 64 are as follows: System 15000 sequel Single Extreme Freedom The Pinz Aurum Victory Road (UK version) Sigue Sigue Sputnik Seal Cull Streethawk Pluff Graham Gooch World Class Cricket Source: http://www.gamesthatwerent.com

C64 endings Update

Latest updates from Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk are as follows: Days of Thunder by Mindscape The Colour of Magic by Piranha Software Cavemania by Atlantis Software Clystron by CP Verlag / X-Ample Slightly Magic+39D by Hackersoft Captain Blood by Infogrames Website: http://www.c64endings.co.uk

C64 Forever 2014

Cloanto released the 2014 version of the C64 Forever emulation package. Changes in this version: The user can now set the personal rating for any title. Improvements for the RP9 editor, loading times, keyboard input, Send Feedback option, and many more improvements. The emulator is compatible with Windows 7 and 8. Website: http://www.c64forever.com

Scene World #23

Celebrating 30 years Tetris: Interview with creator Alexey Pajitnov, Vintage Computer Festival 9.1 report by Bil Herd. Lots of Commodorians (Chuck Peddle, Bil Herd and Petro Tyschtschenko!) sharing their inside of working in Commodore. Inventor Adam Dunkels talks about the Internet of Things and the 8bit internet OS: Contiki. Flashback 2014 results, SEUCK Competition 2014 review and Stary Piernik 9…

CSDb Latest Releases

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Promos32, Shine-Intro [atl+f4cg], World Boxing Champ &DGPM, RECOIL 3.1.0, Rylan +4ED, Aurum 100% +T, Commodroid, Your Father’s Nightmare +2, Michael Jackson Tribute, Single Extreme Freedom, Cockman4, Graham Gooch All Star Cricket Preview, Get to the End Preview 2, Amity Island +3H, Pluff +2TD, Ultimate Audio MOD Player (FIX), Knights & Demons +2D,…

Programmable Logic I – PLA/PAL

Bil Herd made an article about Programmable Logic. In this article he explains how the PLA for the C64 was developed. The PLA in the C64 is used to create chip select signals from various other signals. These signals control which chip is connected to the data bus and is therefore responsible for the memory mapping of the C64. Part…

World of Jani

Jani made a web page for his hardware projects, documentation, preservation, repairs and other Commodore related technical items. A few examples of his projects: Techtopics, Parallel cable for the Oceanic disk drives, RapiDOS Professional, 2364 to 2764/27128 adapter, Finding bad RAM and Making a C64 Cartridge. Website: http://blog.worldofjani.com

Turbo Chameleon 64 beta 9a firmware released

Turbo Chameleon 64 is an extremely user-friendly cartridge that can be used without opening the computer. You just plug it into the expansion port of the C64.The Turbo Chameleon 64 cartridge can also be operated as a stand-alone unit (since it’s basically an FPGA computer like the C-One or the Minimig in a C64 cartridge case), replacing the computer, the…

GTW64 update

Todays updates over at Games that weren’t 64 are as follows: The Pinz Victory Road (UK version) Sigue Sigue Sputnik Seal Cull Search For Sharla Streethawk Pluff Graham Gooch World Class Cricket Batman 3D Arcade Classics 2 Source: http://www.gamesthatwerent.com

C64 endings Update

Latest updates from Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk are as follows: Clystron by CP Verlag / X-Ample Slightly Magic+39D by Hackersoft Captain Blood by Infogrames Beyond Dark Castle by Activision Magicland Dizzy+43D by Hackersoft Astro Marine Corps by Dinamic Website: http://www.c64endings.co.uk