Category: Computers
A new Amiga-oriented magazine in English has been announced – Amiga User will be published by amiga.net.pl in July and it will cover both the classic and new generation systems, emulators and other Amiga-related goodies. The issue #0 will feature: Practical design in MaxonCAD the fastest hardware for Amiga system how to create legendary Boing animation in Hollywood E-UAE and…
Yes, you read it right! On March 17th, 2017, Adobe Illustrator turned 30 years old! Since it is a piece of software that are still being developed and is relevant to this day, we never think of it as something that has started back in the 80’s. Released in 1987, Illustrator changes the way designers create graphics for all sorts of…
I don’t think there is a single soul that will disagree the Commodore 64 sound chip, the MOS 6581 best known as SID, has changed how the computers make sound and music. Even today, there is an active demo scene dedicated to composing astonishing chiptunes using the SID chip. The Conversation website has published an article that is a celebration of…
Matthew Hamilton has released a brand new TRS-80 Model III Emulator for Windows – Sharp80! It includes: Model III computer running at standard 2.03MHz (can be run faster) Full Z-80 emulation including all undocumented opcodes Emulation of a floppy disk controller supporting 4 virtual floppy drives Support for all major virtual floppy formats (DMK, JV3, JV1) Windowed and fullscreen (Alt-Enter)…
Our staff member Jon explains how to rescue data from C64 disks that are moldy and mildew! Save your data now! http://scene.world/diskrescue
Our all-times favorite Windows IDE for Commodore 64 development, CBM prg Studio has a new version available. The version 3.10.0 brings a nice list of new features and some bug fixes. Assembler: Increased sprite included limits to 256. ‘Memory overwrite’ error is now a warning. Use CTRL+[ and CTRL+] to go to previous/next label definition. Sprite Editor: Added new functionality…
Hoxs64 is a A cycle exact C64 emulator written by David Horrocks for Windows. Version 1.0.9.2 has recently been released. Here are the following changes; Fixed memory leak when changing the floppy disk image. The joystick game controler will now respond to all POV/hat switches. Download: hoxs64_x86_1_0_9_2.zip Website: hoxs64.net
The first entry in the brand new MSX Freestyle category, ΧΙ∧∃Χ (Zevimodoki) by GW’s Workshop is a homage to Namco classic Xevious. Xevious also got an MSX release, which was an interesting joint effort between Namco and Compile. Notable as well is Zemina‘s Xevious Micro. Category: MSX Freestyle Name of the game: ΧΙ∧∃Χ (Zevimodoki) Game size / RAM size: 64KB ROM /…
With permission from the rights owner (Chip Gracey), the ISEPIC cartridge has been brought back to the world. The ISEPIC cartridge is the very first “freezer” cartridge to have been invented and brought to market back in the 80’s for the Commodore 64. This cartridge is similar in function to the “freeze” function of AR or Super Snapshot cartridges that…
Gideon has released a new firmware for the 1541U-II PLUS device 1541U-II PLUS V3.1 R474. Based on this markusC64 has build and released an unofficial firmware with extra functionality based on Gideon’s official release 3.1 R474, archive 1541U-II(+) 3.1 R475 compiled by me includes builds for the regular 1541U-II and the 1541U-II Plus, including update instructions. r474 | gideonz | 2017-03-21…
