Converting a 1541 to 1551

Balagesz from Plus/4 world has converted his C1541-II drive into a C1541/1551 drive. The C1551 drive is specific to the Plus/4 computer as it transfers data faster than that of the C64<->C1541. By the flick of a switch it can be either a C1551 or a C1541. Source: http://hup.hu/node/120659

Barry Altman (1949-2012)

From forums.commodore.net ‘We are saddened by the loss of Barry S. Altman (founder of Commodore USA and designer of the C64x), who died on December 8, 2012 after a courageous, year long, battle with cancer. His passion for Commodore, his optimism and can-do attitude were infectious. He will be remembered as a man of depth, warmth and intelligence and we…

Holiday Competition is over

Well our Holiday competition has ended. We regret to say that we have no winners this time round as unbelievably no-one entered which was very disappointing.  The prizes will now be distributed amongst the C.I.A staff and hopefully the next competition we have will be more successful.We always like feedback (good or bad) from our followers so please contact us to let…

Ghosts 'n Goblins +28

Ghosts ‘n Goblins +28 by Hackersoft Press the following keys during game play to turn on/off the extra features: 1 = Level 1 2 = Level 2 3 = Level 3 4 = Level 4 5 = Invincible Arthur 6 = Infinite Arthurs 7 = Mortal Arthur 8 = Moon Jump 9 = Normal Jump 0 = Stop the clock +…

Frost Byte +26D

Frost Byte +26D by Hackersoft Press the following keys during game play to turn on/off the extra features:  1 = Skip one screen back* 2 = Skip one screen forward* 3 = Teleport to the left 4 = Teleport to the right 5 = Teleport to top** 6 = Teleport to bottom 7 = Infinite Energy (Twang) 8 = Infinite Lives 9 = Infinite Ammo 0 = Normal Mode…

NERG – Sat 29th & Sun 30th June 2013

NERG (North East Retro Gaming) is a brand new yearly event for the North East, bringing retro gaming back to the modern day. Some of the best loved video and pinball machines from yesteryear will be at your fingertips once more to bring those arcade memories flooding back. Gateshead Stadium: Sat 29th & Sun 30th June 2013. NERG wants to bring…

USB joystick adapter for 9 pin joysticks – Updates

Francis Gradel over at Retronic Design has released the following updates for his USB Joystick Adaptor. New 2.0 Firmware Amiga Mouse now supported Firmware 2.0 confirmed working on Amiga OS4.1 CD32 Joypad now supported You can order this adapter right now over at www.retronicdesign.com

CSDb Latest Releases

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Excaliba +5PD, SDI 2.07 player ADSR fixed, Street fighter 2 Ken and ryu stage musics, Intro Try V2, Ebrius, Crackpot, ?Formula Too Simplex Error, HermIRES 1.25, Mister Tooth +2D, Antarctica Intro #2, Hunters, SID Duzz’ It v2.1, Introduction to Modernity, Delicious Pudding, RAM Joint, CSDB cracktro compo 2013 and Unreliable. Source: http://csdb.dk

the aros archives Latest Releases

Latest releases over at the aros archives are as follows: backupcopy_v1.0.i386-aros.tar.gz, darkplaces.src-aros.tgz, curl.src-aros.tgz, curl.i386-aros.lha, darkplaces.i386-aros.lha, aspireos_v.1.97b_i386.rar, xamos.i386-aros.lha, candycrisis.i386-aros.lha, candycrisis.src-aros.tgz and openbor.i386-aros.lha More details for these files can be found over at http://archives.aros-exec.org

OS4 Depot Latest Releases

Latest releases over at OS4 Depot are as follows: mixer.lha, amigaamp3.lha, hugi_se4.lha, zaphod.lha, amidark2dengine.lha, xamos-bin.lha, liblcms.lha, liblcms2.lha, libsge.lha, amiarcadia.lha, anotherworld.lha, residualvm.lha, residualvm-src.zip, dcraw.lha, showgeo.lha, viivi.lha, viivi_german.lha, yam_greek.lha, abiword.lha, abiword-src.lha, arexxconsole.lha, assist.lha, devinfos.lha, egame.lha, keyremapper.lha, wordnet.lha, amiupdate_german.lha, amiupdate_greek.lha, amiupdate_ita.lha, the2.lha and ffshop.lha More details for these files can be found over at http://www.os4depot.net