The TherapSid is a music system that can be used to play music with the original SID chip. The features are: Compatible with all SID’s, 3 Oscillators, 4 Waveforms per oscillator, Multimode Filter, 35 Knobs, 31 Buttons, 100 Pre-sets, 16 Step Modulator and the system is compatible with the iPad. Website: http://twisted-electrons.com
Anthony Stiller made a new action game for the Commodore 64. The game Sopwiths and Pterrordons is made with the Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) and is based on the games 1942 and 1943 but in the prehistoric times. In the game you are a pilot and must shoot down the flying dinosaurs. Download: SandP.zipSource: Ausretrogamer
Ed Mackey and Al Mackey released the full version of the game MegaBall for the Amiga as freeware, included the source code. MegaBall is a breakout-style game and it was one of the best ShareWare games for the Amiga. The original ADF images are available for the installation of the game. Source code: http://aminet.netWebsite: http://www.almackey.com/#MegaBall
The web page ‘Games That Weren’t’ had an interview with Paul Kubiszyn from the game company XLCUS. The company made games for the Commodore 64 in the mid nineties. A few examples of the games that Paul worked on are: Square Scape, Amorphous and MegaForce. Website: http://www.gamesthatwerent.com
Beep is a documentary film and book of video game music and sound. This project is a kickstarter project and it will start on October 1st. The finished documentary is planned for March 2016. A few examples of people in the documentary are: Allister Brimble, Chris Huelsbeck, Anders Carlsson, Mike Clarke, Tim Wright, Martin Galway and many more. Website: https://www.kickstarter.com
Episode #193 – Wackee SID SelektaWackee (aka. Wacek /Arise) selected and mixed his favourite SID tracks of the year 2013. Enjoy! Download: bitjam_193.mp3 Source: http://www.bitfellas.org
[youtube 5WjE42YjBy4 nolink] Tomasz Nowak is developing a system that makes it possible to run 16 virtual C64’s inside 1 real Commodore 64. The extended memory is divided in 16 block of 64 kB (16 virtual machine), 0.5 kB RAM for program MMU, and 16 memory blocks for the VIC, CPU, zero-page and the hardware stack. Website: http://gsmhome.elektroda.eu
Amiga mixer is a program for the Amiga that can control your audio. It supports many soundcards: SBLive/SBAudigy, FM801, Envy24HT, Solo-1 and many others. Changes in this version: IDT92HD700/X1000 support, improvements for X1000’s hdaudio.audio V6.22, added SOUNDCARD tooltype/arg, German and French language. Website: http://www.os4depot.net
Aircraft Patrol 3 is a new SEUCK game for the Commodore 64 developed by Roberto Ricioppo. The loader picture is made by Johan Janssen and the music from Richard Bayliss. In the game you are a pilot and you must shoot down the enemy planes and make a safe landing. Website: http://tnd64.unikat.sk
[youtube cUxsmQxJZ3c nolink] Dan Wood made a video of the Gotek floppy emulator. This floppy emulator uses a USB stick to read diskettes files and is compatible with Amiga computers. In the video Dan explains how to use the system and tells us about the firmware change that makes the Gotex system compatible with an Amiga. Source: YouTube
