Entwickler-X is developing a new game for the Amiga. In the game Balance Blox you must drop blocks onto a balance. If you have 3 equal blocks vertically or horizontally the blocks will disappear. But you must keep the balance in balance, if the balance hits the ground, the game is over. To make it more difficult, every block has…
[youtube XQNfLsm7iEY#! nolink] Jeff Ledger made a Midi SIDSynth with a pocket mini computer. The pocket mini computer is an open source mini computer with a Parallax Propeller microcontroller as it’s brain. Jeff made a manual on how to build your own Midi SIDSynth. He also explains which software you need. Website: http://tinyurl.com/ae5x7vaSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Steve started a new web page that is dedicated to the copy protection of Commodore C64 software. On this page you can find all kinds of information about copy protection, interviews, technical articles and more. A few examples of the articles are: Jim Drew Interview, Adjusting the Commodore 1541 disk drive alignment, Diskbusters, Disk Surgeon by Ultrabyte and Disk Maker…
HivelyTracker is a tracker program based upon the AHX format created in the mid ’90s by Dexter and Pink of Abyss. AHX was designed to create a very SID-like sound on the Amiga. HivelyTracker features: Multi-channel (4 to 16 channels), Channel stereo panning, Two commands per note, Ring modulation. Version 1.7 is now also available for Windows and MacOS X….
[youtube EXL36VHtazg nolink] Thecellartroll has made a video about the replacement of the RAM chips in a Commodore 16. In the video he explains how to open the C16, take out the motherboard, remove the old defective chips and replace them with new RAM chip. The SID files played in the video are: Megtha Fix 2 (DaFunk) and Broken Bottles…
New firmware is now available for the 1541 Ultimate. New in this version: File viewer. Selectable colours in user interface. Improved memory allocation. UltimateAudio module with 7 voices. Website: http://www.1541ultimate.net
There are many types of games, simple, difficult, small or big. SVS has now made a simple game, and he made it in BASIC. In the game you can score extra points by hitting the ball with the edge of the bat. The game can be played on a real Commodore Plus/4 (PAL/NTSC) or with an emulator. Website: http://plus4world.powweb.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Frank Buss is working on an Atari 2600 core for the Turbo Chameleon cartridge. He uses the Docking Station to connect a joystick to the Turbo Chameleon. At the moment the core is in a test phase, but you can download it to try it yourself. The video output is compatible with a VGA monitor and the audio also works….
Everyone’s favourite classic Amiga benchmark program has finally had an upgrade after 19 years. New features include (from the site): 19 years later, a new maintainer, a new release. (tnx Nic Wilson) Crash due to assumed accessable memory at $2000 changed to $4000. (tnx Piru) Updated memory size calculation in Memory Info to handle 64MB+ sizes correctly. Updated board size…
Flintstones +20D by Hackersoft Press the following keys during game play to turn on/off the extra features: 1 = Obtain the car 2 = Obtain a building rock 3 = Infinite lives 4 = Freeze energy pecker! 5 = Collision OFF 6 = Obtain beating heart 7 = Get money to buy & hire 8 = Get Dino-Hire & go home 9 = House built! 0 = Game ending! W = Teleport…
