C64 MP3 Player

Timo Voutilainen made an MP3 player that can be controlled by the Commodore 64. The components of the MP3 player are a Funduino Pro Mini, Geeetech VS1053 MP3 board and a user-port connector. All the instructions to built the device are on Timo’s web page. Website: https://sites.google.com

C64 Cartridge – 3D printer

Tore Waldow made a Commodore 64 cartridge case with his 3D printer. The measurements are taken from The Final Cartridge III. This version is updated with embossed lines and room for a label. The files are available for the top part and for the bottom part in smooth or embossed. Website: http://www.thingiverse.com

Dutch Commodore User Group

The Dutch Commodore User Group had a meeting on January 21th. This Commodore user group is a very active group with six meetings every year with around a hundred or more visitors at each meeting. You can look at the photos and see how the meeting was. Website: http://commodore.hcc.nlSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Hires Color 9

Erich/Unlimited has released a new picture diskette called Hires Color 9. You will find 32 images on the two disk-sides, and all images use the hi-res graphics mode. The picture shown above is made with the Magica program. Download: hires_color_9.zipWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com

Beagle Bros Legacy – Our Programs Are Fun To Use

Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Exchange posted an article telling about his early experience with Beagle Bros software and how that influenced how he thinks about software today. “Playing with the Beagle Bros quirky Apple II floppies in middle school and high school, and the smorgasboard of oddball hobbyist ephemera collected on them, was a rite of passage for me…”…

XSidplay2 – v2.1.6

Tognon Stefano (ice00) released a new version of XSidplay for Linux. XSidplay is a SID music player for Linux, initially developed by Michael Schwendt. Changes in this version: The program is now being developed with the help of QT5. Update to libsidplayfp 1.7.0. Improvements for Basic ROM, character ROM and playlist save. Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xsidplay2/files/xsidplay2/

Back in Time – A Back to the Future Documentary

Cast, crew, and fans explore the classic time-travel trilogy’s resonance throughout our culture 30 years after Marty went Back in Time. Back in time is the ultimate documentary related to the Back to the Future trilogy. It’s a film that digs deep into what these movies have meant to our culture. It’s not a simple “making of” documentary, but rather…

Relearning MSX #16: Roadmap

It’s been almost one month since Javi’s last article, but now he’s back with the 16th part of “Relearning MSX” with a non-technical article, explaining what are his plans from this point forward with this series of articles. First of all, he says that he will be posting updates every Friday, and the next articles will be covering ‘Introduction to…

New Game 'Yars Revenge' for the ZX Spectrum

Yars’ Revenge was created by Howard Scott Warshaw and first released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. Now, the ZX Spectrum owners can also can enjoy it (It is never too late!). Created by Luca Bordoni, the ZX Spectrum version is very well done, with nice graphics and very fast paced gameplay. I found a few problems with collision detection,…

MSX-AREA presents New Game 'Booming Boy'

[youtube R_erjYfuKZA nolink] MSX-AREA magazine will release a new game for MSX2 in cartridge format called BOOMING BOY. The game will be on sale, if the minimum required capacity is completed, during the next veteran MadridSX fair on 27th of June in Madrid. To celebrate the return of this MSX fair, MSX-AREA will offer: BOOMING BOY: 25€ BOOMING BOY +…