Category: Commodore Plus/4

The NST’s Monitor Extension is an extension for the internal Plus/4 software. Features: More functions for TEDMON. The use of “illegal codes”. Scroll screen in both directions. Disk drive memory editing. Disk block editing. Clear memory function and much more. On the web page for The NST’s Monitor Extension you can read more about this system. Website: http://bsz.amigaspirit.hu

Memento is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 (PAL) made by the group Assassins. The program is written by Skoro, the graphics are from KiCHY and the music was made by Csabo. The game is a memory game and has 20 levels. The difficulty will increase with each level. Download: memento.prgWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com

The Fantastic Italian Research Enterprise (FIRE) released an improved version of Plus Graph from Tri Micro for the Commodore Plus/4. The Plus Graph program was one of the programs that was intended to be included in the Plus/4, but the program was never built in to the 3+1 ROMs. Download: plus_graph_2_0.zipWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com

Sgt. Helmet Zero is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. This game is a conversion from a ZX spectrum game, and was coded by KiCHY and Csabo. In the game you are sergeant Helmet and you must try to free the prisoners from the complex and fully automated prison. Download: sgt_helmet_zero.prgWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com

[youtube pqrgx88H_Wk nolink] Payton Byrd released a new version of CBM Command. The recent changes are: Side-By-Side panels or Top-And-Bottom panels (40-column), Batch diskette image creation, Selection of drive or partition number. The diskette includes a program to update your configuration files. Website: http://cbmcommand.codeplex.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Jan Derogee demonstrates in this video that the Cassiopei is also a TAP player. When loading games from tape, lot’s of things can go wrong. Fortunately, the Cassiopei saves the day. In this demonstration Jan uses the C16, but all other Commodore computers with a cassette port can use the Cassiopei for loading TAP files. The project will be presented…

The web page Plus/4 World has a special section for C16 and Plus/ game endings. The newest additions are: Ghost Town, Decstone, Toyballs, Logical Ball, Treasure Island, Into The Eagle’s Nest, Nibbly 92, Mentsd Meg Az Életed, Blue Thunder, Space Warrior, Krakout, Leonardo, Captain Fizz, Üveggolyó, Rug Rider, Scumm, Trans Logic 2, The Power (Onefiler), Barbarian 3, Barbarian The Ultimate…

[youtube Y2PIxOuk3IU nolink]The inventor of the Cassiopei likes M&M’s, but doesn’t like them all mixed up. So he has build a Commodore 64 controlled machine to sort this out… really, he sorts them. The project will be presented on the next Commodore meeting, 19 October in Maarssen (the Netherlands). Website: http://jderogee.tripod.com

[youtube iPv55uviIeE nolink] The Cassiopei is a versatile device. It can load .TAP files, .PRG files but it can also load .PRG files directly from your PC’s hard disk. And 50 times faster then normal. So now you can cross-develop CBM software. Program on a PC and test it on the real hardware. In the video about the Cassiopei you…

Luigi Di Fraia is working on the third generation of his DC2N. DC2N stands for Dumping C2N and it’s a preservation device that lets its users make a digital back-up of real PET, VIC20, C16/+4, and C64 tapes directly to a flash-card. You can now see the DC2N in a new casing including the colour display. Website: http://www.luigidifraia.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl