Tag: News
Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore 64. Changes in this version are: VIC II compatibility improvements. Shift, Cmd, Ctrl and Alt can now be used for the joystick simulation. ECM text mode is working correctly now and a number of errors are removed. Website:…
Over at Forum64 there is a thread on whitening the housing of retro computers. They are experimenting with a replacement for hydrogen peroxide and Oxi. In this method the housing is placed in a plastic container with Domol (cleaning solution), the container is placed in the sun for a day or two. Forum64 Thread: http://www.forum64.de EAB Retr0bright Thread: http://eab.abime.net Website:…
FPGA Arcade is a retro computer system developed by MikeJ and can be used to emulate (in hardware) many retro computers such as: Amiga, Apple II+, AtariST, Atari 800XL, BBC B, Commodore VIC-20 / C64, MSX and the Spectrum. Mfilos has received his FPGA Arcade and has built the system inside a mini-itx case. You can follow his progress on…
John Selck (Graham/Arsenic/Oxyron) released an update of his GFX conversion program. GFX Transformer is a small graphics converter tool which is able to convert between charset, bitmap, color bitmap, FLI modes. It also features a simple sprite grid grabber and also supports hires modes. It’s also possible to swap colours. When loading, the tool automatically detects the file format. Download:…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Das Camp [german], Awakening, Caren and the Tangled Tentacles (compo version 1.0), Kevin in the Woods Beta, HF Crack Intro REMAKE, SD2IEC Super-Dir V0.150830, Triad/GP Intro, Spiders-Raushau-Disk 001, Heroes & Cowards +D [english/german], Montantenna (Remix), Onslaught Intro [Clean Cut], Onslaught Intro [Hellfire V5], Welcome to… Hell! +3, Moonraker +2, iLogicAll Preview, Behemoth…
GadgetUK164 has made a number of repair videos for the Commodore 64. The most recent videos are about CIA problems, looking at faulty chips, PLA repair, SID repair and repairing a missing pin on a SID chip. [youtube tF1R4X037yg nolink]YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/GadgetUK164/videos
Radical Brad is working on a 6502 project. He is building a 1980’s retro game system with the following rules: CPU: 6502, 74xx logic gates, breadboard, Video: VGA, 256 colours and 400×300 pixels, GPU system with Blitter and a sound system with 4 channels. [youtube M9kUlFZM0gM nolink][youtube chACO3WNtg0 nolink]Forum Thread: http://forum.6502.org
A new version of Directory Opus has been released. In this version improvements for the directory, the hunt command, the text viewer, Dopus_Print, memory allocation, icons and the history files. Website: http://www.os4depot.net
Two new episodes of BoingsWorld (German language) are now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amiga news, Interviews: Wei-ju and Costel Mincea, Artbase, Bad Bramstedt, Hyperion, Commodore Pet Handy, Kickstarter: A1200 Housing, Tales of Gorluth II, Mountain View and Gorky 17. Schnapper des Monats, Interview with Markus Tillman and Veranstalter Amiga 30 Jahre in Neuss. Website: http://boingsworld.de
Glow Path Basic is a new Commodore 64 game by Steveboy, coded in Basic. In the game you must connect the power source to the endpoint in a limited amount of moves. The game also has a cheat modes. Cheat Mode On/Off: Options menu – Up+Right Cheat in game: – Up+Right: level complete – Down+left: help view Download: Glow Path…
