Category: Commodore News
[youtube cy53spgRfWc#t=83 nolink] Michael Gibs made the game Donkey Downfall for the Amiga. The game is based on an Atari 2600 game called Man Goes Down. The game is a simple platform game where the platform scrolls up and you must fall, instead of jump. The game can be played on an Amiga with 1MB Chip RAM. Download: http://aminet.net/package/game/jump/DonkeyDownfallWebsite: http://ohmygibs.free.fr
This project uses the Arduino to emulate a 6502 computer with a BASIC interpreter. Because the Arduino is not that powerful, the emulation is limited to BASIC. But you can connect a TFT display and program in BASIC with the PETSCII graphics. Website: http://hackaday.com
Manosoft released a firmware update for the Infinity Tape Sd2iec. Changes in this version: Saving of a placeholder unique for each .TAP file. Confirmation of successful initialization of the C64SD card, end-of-virtual tape indication and a card hide function. Website: http://www.manosoft.it
The Polish magazine Commodore & Amiga Fan released another games edition. In this pdf magazine the following articles: News, Franko – The Crazy Revenge, Wings, FIFA World Cup 2014, Times of Wars, The Map (2), Interview: Ryszardem Nazarewskim, Hero Time 2, Vampire Hunter 2, Mega Starforce: Return to the Great Star, Saboteur, V.I.O.S. 2011 – Special Edition, Interview: Bohdana R….
SID-Wizard is a Commodore 64 music tracker made by Hermit (Mihály Horváth). Changes in this version: Support for 3 SID chips, Independent order list-marks, Insert entire order list column, SWP – re-locatable music data / player and Tape slow-down effect support in player. Download: SID-Wizard-1.7-smallpack.zipWebsite: CSDb
EvenMore is a text viewer for AmigaOS. The features are proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plugins, and more. Recent changes: Support for AmigaWriter file format. Improvements for the WordPerfect, StarWriter5, Wordwrap, WordWorth, FinalWriter, ProWrite, RTF, Dir2Text, HTML and Pagestream plugins. And a few new Escape codes. Website: http://www.evenmore.co.uk
A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, C64 Cartridges, Flipper und ihre Wurzeln, DJ Coco / Mario Fangames Galaxy, Commando Arcade C64, The Last Door, Chuck Smith, TIE Fighter, King’s Quest 5, Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure, Street Art 8-Bit, Echelon – LipStik-Controller, Elektronikmuseum, Commodore Meeting Wien 2014, Chipmusik,…
Vimfuego developed a new hardware device for the Commodore 64. With the device you have a 100% internal Reset switch and ROM selector, with no ugly external switches on your C64. The switch works together with the Restore key and is based on a Arduino Pro Mini. Vimfuego can program the kit but you need to install it yourself which…
Games Corner is an English diskette magazine about new games and about cracking games. In this edition: 2048, Bellringer III, Boxmatch, Commando Arcade, Darkness, Darkipede, Roll, Kur Pelite Tu Tuceji, Maze Dash, Sokoban64, Xain’d Sleena, Your Farther’s Nightmare, Cracked stuff and World of First releases. Download: Game_Corner_Q2-2014_LAXITY.d64Website: CSDb
Spidi is working on a new USB adapter to use USB keyboards, mice and joysticks on the Amiga computer. The adapter converts the USB signals to the “old” Amiga signals. This means there is no new driver necessary on the Amiga computer. You can follow the progress on the PPA forum (Polish language). Website: http://www.ppa.pl
