Category: Commodore VIC-20

Victragic is working on a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. He is making a VIC-20 version of the Atari 2600 version of the game. If you want to play the game you need a PAL version of the VIC-20 with a memory expansion. You can follow the progress on the Denial forum. Forum Thread: http://tinyurl.com/nuc9293Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Psytronik and System IIII present the Theater of War Trilogy for the unexpanded Commodore VIC-20. This game lets you recreate battles from the First or Second World War. This commercial release includes 12 games and programs: Theater of War I, Theater of War II, Theater of War III, Break-Fast II, Face VS Heel, magiTOOL, Olympic Dash, Space Warz, Street Battle,…

More information about the new project of Jan Derogee (inventor of the 1541-III) has been found. The project is called Cassiopei (which stands for Cassette IO peripheral expansion interface). It is a USB device that can also operate stand alone. USB is required for uploading the files to flash memory and for the configuration. It can play back .TAP files,…

Boray released a new version of Vic Menu for the Commodore VIC-20. This program can be used with a VIC-20 and original disk drive or an IEC device. The JSLOAD option will require a memory expansion. Recent changes: Improved menu, cursor keys for page changes and “//:S” can be used to show the current directory or sub directory. Website: http://tinyurl.com/qg7psyySource:…

Beamrider is working on the game Pooyan for the Commodore VIC20. He was not satisfied with the Pooyan version for the VIC20 and decided to make his own version. The game will be written in machine code and make use of Robert Hurst’s Software Sprite Stack. You can follow the progress of the game on the Denial forum. Website: http://sleepingelephant.comSource:…

Issue 72 Free to download magazine dedicated to Commodore computers. Available as PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Contents: * Editorial* NEWS  – C64 – LEGO  – Bars and Pipes v0.9.98 – OS4  – D1X-Rebirth v0.57.3 – Amiga AGA  – View3K – VIC-20  – High Voltage SID Collection #59  – Making a D64 File of a…

Jim Brain and Leif Bloomquist are working on a MIDI system for the Commodore VIC20. The final design features are: 16450 UART, 512kB FLASH ROM, MIDI IN, OUT and THRU, reset button and RS232. You can follow the progress on the Denial VIC-20 forum. Website: http://tinyurl.com/pa4t2aoSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Kicaco released tapDancer for Android. With this app you can convert .tap files to audio files. After that you can use your phone to play back the files to your 8-bit computer via an interface cable. The program can convert the following files: TAP, T64, PRG, UEF, CAS (C64/128/VIC20, ACORN/BBC, MSX, ATARI). Website: https://play.google.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

[youtube zS-lUBOI9aY nolink] The VIC-VODER is a new voice synthesizer for the Commodore VIC-20, C64 and the C128 developed by Rick Melick. The VIC-VODER is an all-in-one design that plugs into the user port to produce quality text to speech (English). Talking is as simple as a PRINT statement. The VIC-VODER is for sale at $99.95. Website: http://www.geocities.ws/cbm/vic-voder/vic-voder.htmlSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Michael wrote a viewer program, which allows to view pictures in MINIGRAFIK format on an unexpanded Commodore VIC-20. The normal viewer needs an extra 8 kByte RAM and if you want to use MINIPAINT you need an extra 16 kByte RAM. Website: http://tinyurl.com/q73d2xtSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl