Category: Commodore 64

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Poolgirl, Unused Character Set 2013, Greychar, WEC’s 2×2 Charset, Japan Font 2×2, Delysid Font “Rune”, Futoric (Mini-)Font, 1×2 font1, 2×2 font1, 2x2weed, The East, 1×3 font1, 25 Years Cascade, Mc small, Joels Intro, Eastie Boys, Last Space Ship, VSP Lab V1.1, Delysid Font “Mirror”, The Quick Brown Box, Musicals3, Plain Simple 2×2, 2X2…

Larswad made a new hardware 1541 emulator. He connected an Arduino Uno to the serial IEC bus of the Commodore 64. The diskette data can be sent from a PC to the Arduino Uno. At the moment the 1541 emulators works, but you will have to wait for a turbo load function. The source code from this project is also…

Outtakes is a new demo for the Commodore C64 DTV. The demo reached the fifth place in the Mixed Demo Competition at Nordlicht 2013. The demo was programmed by Benson and Peiselulli, the graphics are from CONS and mis, the music is from dEVILOCK and Henne and the loader is from tlr. In the demo you can see the story…

Programming: Roberto Ricioppo (Using SEUCK)Graphics: Roberto RicioppoMusic: Roberto RicioppoGenre: Shoot ‘Em Up (SEUCK)Tape Loader: Thunderload Series Six – V2 Cyborg B61 is a game in which you are the latest of the Cyborgs. You have been assigned to fight your way at rogue cyborgs through each sector. Make sure you are the last Cyborg to last. Download: Cyborg_B61.zip Source: http://tnd64.unikat.sk

Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, letters from readers, marketplace and the charts. Interview with Lothar. Articles: Montezuma’s Revenge, Ring von Copla, Crossfire!, DoReCo #37, Turbo Chameleon 64, DirMaster v6.2 and a puzzle. Download: minimag06.zipWebsite: http://tinyurl.com/7ymcea8

Mastertronic Chronicles is a blog of witchfinder dedicated to the Mastertronic games for the Commodore 64. The most recent reviews are: Knight-Tyme (1988), Frenesis (1987), Dragonskulle (1987), Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing (1989), Beat It (1987), Pulsoids (1988) and the Mastertronic catalogue from 1986. Website: http://retrounlim.com/mastertronic/

Chris Osborn is working on a system that can replace the 1541 disk drive. He uses a Raspberry Pi computer to communicate with the serial IEC bus of the Commodore 64. Chris had to modified the Linux kernel on the Raspberry Pi so it can handle the interrupts when the IEC bus was signalling. At the moment the system is…

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Funtempo, For Leon 15, Blackchar, Minimalmo, Cyber Core – Game Art ’94, Fast Food Preview, Pompeii, VSP Lab 1.0, Lauter, The House of Mr Chuff, Two Reds For One Blues, Night Walk, Natura Morta, Outtakes, Shrill, Future Comets, Never Trust a c64, Let Roses Speak, N0rdl1cht 2013, Mind Collapse, Hello James!, Call of…

Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: The debugger has new keyboard shortcuts. The character editor can now copy groups of characters and scroll the scratchpad. In BASIC you have now batch mode, constants definitions in code (hex) and the auto line numbering is improved. Website: http://www.ajordison.co.ukSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

David Thiel made music for Winter Games, Championship Wrestling and Rock n’ Bolt. He worked with the ColecoVision, Adam, Atari 400/800 and the C64. He developed a sound system (DDTSS) for the C64 that supports six channels. This system combined the 3 voices and 3 virtual channels for sound effects. You can read the complete interview on the C64.com web…