This update features (all approximates):749 new SIDs.1479 fixed/better rips.1 repeats/bad rips eliminated.727 SID credit fixes.323 SID model/clock infos.19 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified.4 tunes from /GAMES/ identified.45 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories.5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories. Yet another milestone reached: 45,000+ sids, and that happened just 2 months. HVSC 61 all of…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Promos32, Shine-Intro [atl+f4cg], World Boxing Champ &DGPM, RECOIL 3.1.0, Rylan +4ED, Aurum 100% +T, Commodroid, Your Father’s Nightmare +2, Michael Jackson Tribute, Single Extreme Freedom, Cockman4, Graham Gooch All Star Cricket Preview, Get to the End Preview 2, Amity Island +3H, Pluff +2TD, Ultimate Audio MOD Player (FIX), Knights & Demons +2D,…
Bil Herd made an article about Programmable Logic. In this article he explains how the PLA for the C64 was developed. The PLA in the C64 is used to create chip select signals from various other signals. These signals control which chip is connected to the data bus and is therefore responsible for the memory mapping of the C64. Part…
Jani made a web page for his hardware projects, documentation, preservation, repairs and other Commodore related technical items. A few examples of his projects: Techtopics, Parallel cable for the Oceanic disk drives, RapiDOS Professional, 2364 to 2764/27128 adapter, Finding bad RAM and Making a C64 Cartridge. Website: http://blog.worldofjani.com
FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Summer Games, Afterlife, Turbo Esprit, Mikie, The Vikings and Bionic Commando. Website: http://frgcb.blogspot.com
Cloanto released the 2014 version of the Amiga Forever emulation package. Changes in this version: All Windows versions now come with a Windows Installer download. New Restore System Files feature, RP9 thumbnail provider, Visual Screen Clip Editor, Personal Paint 7.2 and the option for the use of the WinFellow emulator. Updates for AROS and the Enhanced RP9 Editor. Website: http://www.amigaforever.com
Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a modern computer. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Changes in this version: Code-folding, automatic indention with spaces, SOURCENAME, OUTNAME, RSOURCFILE, ROUTPUT, goto sidebar and removed some small errors. Website: http://www.popelganda.de
The C64.com web page had an interview with Jonathan Temples. Jonathan is a graphical artist who worked for Codemasters, Zeppelin Games, Choice Software and Genesis Software. His first computer was a Commodore VIC20 that was later followed by a C64. Some of the games he worked on are: SpellCast, Spikey in Transylvania, CJ in the USA, Stuntman Seymour, DJ Puff’s…
The Dutch Commodore User Group had a meeting on June 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. And this time the special guest was Robert Bernardo. Website: http://commodore.hcc.nl
Turbo Chameleon 64 is an extremely user-friendly cartridge that can be used without opening the computer. You just plug it into the expansion port of the C64.The Turbo Chameleon 64 cartridge can also be operated as a stand-alone unit (since it’s basically an FPGA computer like the C-One or the Minimig in a C64 cartridge case), replacing the computer, the…
