Category: Commodore News

Interview with Chuck Peddle – The man behind the MOS 6502 and the Commodore PET

The ‘Amp Hours Electronics Podcast’ has published an interview with Chuck Peddle, an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor; the KIM-1 SBC; and its successor the Commodore PET personal computer, both based on the 6502. To listen to the intervew, and read a nice summary about it, follow the link below….

Interview with Chuck Peddle – The man behind the MOS 6502 and the Commodore PET

The ‘Amp Hours Electronics Podcast’ has published an interview with Chuck Peddle, an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor; the KIM-1 SBC; and its successor the Commodore PET personal computer, both based on the 6502. To listen to the intervew, and read a nice summary about it, follow the link below….

Seven Dragon Saga by Tactical Simulations Interactive (TSI)

Miss your old school games? Do titles like Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, and Wizards Crown bring back great memories? Well, SSI vets have formed TSI and have a Kickstarter for Seven Dragon Saga. So far $98,039 has been pledged of the $450,000 goal with 24 days to go, so what you waiting for? Click the link…

Tap Manager 1.2.0

TAP Manager allows to split/merge TAP files and to create index files for the TAP so that is possible to jump to any of the programs contained in the TAP instantly. The program has been created to ease the usage of the TAP files created with C64SD Princess card but it works with any working TAP file. The program TAP…

PIC voice synthesizer C64/C128/Plus/4

[youtube EFo4w9jZu-Q nolink] Jorge Castillo developed the HR2 voice synthesizer for Commodore computers in the year 2011. Last year he developed the HR4 with better audio quality and a 1-channel noise and music generator. He is now developing the HR5 synthesizer, using a PIC 16F886. Website: YouTube

On the Farm +34D [crazy hack]

You are a sheep who has just escaped from his pen and is running riot around various fields on the farm. Help your sheep chomp on all of Farmer Dave’s crops, which will advance you on to the next level. Avoid colliding into the animals – 3 strikes and you’re out. You can jump on the animals to score points,…

WinUAE 3.1.0 beta 12

WinUAE 3100b12 has been released, rather than posting the usual changes on Commodore is Awesome, we are supplying a direct link as the list is very long this time around. Download: winuae_3100b12.zipRelease Notes: http://eab.abime.netSource: http://www.winuae.net

Commodore 64C Computer Housing Kickstarter Funded!

Ten days ago we reported about a new Kickstarter project that was started by Dallas Moore, who managed to acquire the original Commodore 64C steel molds that Commodore used back in the day! The Kickstarter was a MASSIVE success ($56,584 pledged of $10,000 goal and still running) and low and behold Dallas has listened to our cries over the internet…

Pouet Latest Releases

Latest releases over at Pouet are as follows: Mysterious Monorail by Desire Chiperia Issue #1 Particle Party by Desire above by sensenstahl IMPOSSIBLE ROAD by ribbon Source: http://www.pouet.net

CSDb Latest Releases

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Shoot or Die [seuck], Disk Cipher V1.0, Nyanpetscii, My Club House, Second Life, Short and Happy Gametune, Hej Daniel, Look Mom, I’m an Eagle!, P0 Snake Title Pic, Brandon Walsh, Du’ Det Dejligste, Space Trip +24D [crazy hack], Muddy Nigaz Logo, Genesis Project “SuperCPU Plasma Intro” [scpu], Metal Dust +4D [scpu], Gubbdata…