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Hidden Power BBS is Back online

December 18th, 2011 No comments

Hidden Power with FlashTermAfter several problems caused by the moving house to my new home, Hidden Power BBS is back online after 2 years of enforced closure.

You can connect to Hidden Power clicking on the widget on the right of the web page “Connect to Hidden Power”

C64 Game: Super Wonderboy in Monsterland +17 101%

December 17th, 2011 No comments

A new Cracked and Trained game for Commodore 64 from your favorite group Nostalgia.

Download:

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

HxC Floppy Emulator: Virtual Floppy Drive 2.1 For SD HxC

December 17th, 2011 No comments

Virtual Floppy Drive is a virtual floppy drive for Windows developed by Ken Kato.

Original sourceforge project : http://vfd.sourceforge.net/

This version was modified by Jean-François Del Nero to directly handle HFE files images for the SD HxC Floppy Emulator.

Download: Virtual Floppy Drive 2.1 For SD HxC (1257)

source: hxc2001.free.fr

C64 Game: Castles and Creatures

December 14th, 2011 No comments

A new cracked game from your favorite group Dinasours.

Download: Castles and Creatures (1331)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

15 years Protovision: 4 Player Games Collection available

December 11th, 2011 No comments

Protovision, founded in late 1996, turns 15 years old! For this occasion, there is something special for Christmas this year: With the 4 Player Games Compilation you get the chance to get your hands on four games for four players at a special rate: Bomb Mania, Tanks 3000, Hockey Mania and Team Patrol are coming in a nice box and of course with printed manual.

Offer valid while stock lasts, so you better fly to our Online Shop and save your copy – with or without 4 Player Interface to your choice.

source: protovision-online.com

Categories: Event(s), News & Rumors, Today

VIC-20: Some new Games and Utility for Commodore VIC-20

December 11th, 2011 No comments

Some new Games and Utility for Commodore VIC-20.

  • Theater of War II: The Pacific (Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive)
  • Fire (Requirements: VIC-20 or VIC-20 + 24K RAM)
  • FE3 Task Switcher (Requirements: VIC-20 & Final Expansion 3)
  • Theater of War III: Western Front 1918 (Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive)
  • Fickle (Requirements: Unexpanded PAL Vic-20)

Download:

source: sleepingelephant.com

C64 Studio v1.9

December 11th, 2011 No comments

C64 Studio is a .NET based IDE written by Georg Rottensteiner. This app supports project based C64 assembly.

The internal assembler is using the ACME syntax. In connection with Vice the IDE allows you to debug through your code and watch variables/memory locations, registers and memory.

Any other emulator can be set up as well if it’s startable via runtime arguments. C64 Studio allows you to compile to raw binary, .prg, .t64 or cartridge format (.bin and .crt for 8k and 16k). Additionally to this C64 Studio comes with a charset and sprite editor.

Version history:

07.12.2011 – 1.9:

  • Fixed bug in !bin when more bytes were requested than available in the file.
  • Fixed treatment of non document elements (source would not build if floating)
  • Added Media Manager to manipulate .T64 and .D64 files.
  • Added .d64 export.
  • Added tooltips in ASM files (plus debug info)

Download: C64 Studio v1.9 (977)

source: lemon64.com

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #57

December 11th, 2011 No comments

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #57

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

In this issue you can find:
Editorial.
NEWS.
The Last VIC.
DualSID For The C64
Commodore OS Vision.
ACE128TOS.
Beret – a 2D Puzzle-Platformer.
FCUG Meeting – Bill Herd.
TAPClean Updated.
Hand BASIC.
Commodore 64 GS (Games System)
C64GS Bundled Cart Games Review.
Slide Review.
The Golden Age of Video Games.

Download:

source: commodorefree.com

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #56

December 11th, 2011 No comments

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #56

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

In this issue you can find:
Editorial.
NEWS.
Theatre of War II: The Pacific.
Amiga It’s a Knockout! 2011/12
Plus/4 Gets a SID Chip.
Chameleon Special From AmigaKit.
Slide Released.
Out Space Released.
Commodore eBook Now Available.
P1565 Project Updated.
Retrogaming Times Monthly #90
CBM Command Updated.
CrossCrabTris 1.0 Released.
Jack 2.4 Now Available.
Commodore Video Collection.
CBM PRG Studio Version 1.6.0
Komoda 5 Magazine Released.
USB Joystick Adapter.
Bill Herd Launches C128 Website.
AmigaOS 4.1 Update 4.
Mini SD 1541 Drive.
Cinnamon Writer Updated.
Interview With Roberto Dillon.
Review: Out Space.
Review: Prince of Persia.

Download:

source: commodorefree.com

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

Re.Bit numero #6

December 9th, 2011 No comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

Some old VideoTel Screenshots

December 8th, 2011 No comments

I have found some old files on my Amiga harddisk saved in presetel format. I have used an Amiga program called PrestelView v3.3 to view it, and IrfanView on PC side for capture it in JPG format.

The original screenshots (videotel format) are made by me in 1993.

C64 Game: Jim Slim +8 / Knight’n'Grail 2 Preview / Danger Drive +4D

December 8th, 2011 No comments

Atari Demo: C – Drug by Agenda / Mad Team / LaResistance

December 6th, 2011 No comments

This is the winner demo of the SillyVenturE Party 2011 for Atari XL/XE by Agenda / Mad Team / LaResistance.

The demo requires at least 64kB of extended memory.

Download: C - Drug (923)

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore PET 8296-D

December 4th, 2011 9 comments
Commodore PET 8296-D

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was a home/personal computer produced from 1977 by Commodore International. A top-seller in the Canadian and United States educational markets, it was Commodore’s first full-featured computer, and formed the basis for their entire 8-bit product line.

The PET 2001 was announced at the Winter CES in January 1977 and the first 100 units were shipped later that year in October. However, the PET was back-ordered for months and to ease deliveries, early in 1978 Commodore decided to cancel the 4 kB version.

Although the machine was fairly successful, there were frequent complaints about the tiny calculator-like keyboard, often referred to as a “chiclet keyboard” because the keys resembled the gum candy. This was addressed in upgraded “dash N” and “dash B” versions of the 2001, which put the cassette tape recorder outside the case, and included a much larger keyboard with a full stroke motion. Internally a newer motherboard was used, along with an upgrade from static RAM to dynamic RAM and 8, 16, or 32 KB, known as the 2001-N-8, 2001-N-16 or 2001-N-32, respectively.

Sales of the newer machines were strong, and Commodore then introduced the models to Europe. The result was the CBM 3000 series (‘CBM’ standing for Commodore Business Machines), which included the 3008, 3016 and 3032 models. Like the 2001-N-8, the 3008 was quickly dropped.

The final version of what could be thought of as the “classic” PET was the PET 4000 series. This was essentially the later model 2000 series, but with a larger black-and-green monitor and a newer version of Commodore’s BASIC programming language.

Commodore tried to update the PET line with a new redesign called the CBM-II series (also known as the B series). These were not as successful and were ultimately abandoned. However, due to demand, the original PET machines were revived and the CBM-II case style was retained. These were known as the SK’s (due to the separated keyboard). They also had a swivel monitor. Originally, standard 8032 boards were retrofitted into these cases. Later the SK models got a new mainboard that already included the 64 kB extension directly on the board and were sold as 8296 or, with a built-in 8250 dual disk drive, as 8296-D.

source: wikipedia

RGCD C64 Cartridge Development Competition 2011

December 3rd, 2011 No comments

The first RGCD C64 16KB cartridge game development competition concluded on the 30th of November at midnight with 11 new games for the C64.

List of the games released:

  • Blok Copy (Cosine Systems)
  • C64anabalt (Paulko64)
  • Fairy Well (Wide Pixel Games)
  • Fortress of Narzod (TRSI)
  • Get Em (Endurion)
  • Jars’ Revenge (TRSI)
  • Panic Analogue (Goin’ Sideways)
  • Rong – Ron’s Pong (Software of Sweden)
  • Space Lords (P1X3L.net)
  • The Mollusk (Achim Volkers)
  • Woolly Jumper (16KB Version) (The New Dimension)

Download: RGCD C64 Cartridge Full pack (949)

source: rgcd.co.uk