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C64 Game: Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru (Sudoku)

April 30th, 2011 No comments

This is a Sudoku puzzle game for the Commodore C64. The game has four difficulty levels and a built-in levels editor.

source: falconsoft.czechian.net

Audiotap v1.5 by Fabrizio Gennari

April 30th, 2011 No comments

Audiotap is a M$ Windows program for conversion between .TAP files and samples of Commodore 64 tapes. Audiotap can read/write WAV files containing the sampled sound of a tape, and can also record tapes from the sound card and play sound to the sound card.

Changelog:

  • New pulse detection algorithm.
  • Support for triangular, sine and the usual square waves.
  • Experimental support for C16 semi-wave files.
  • DMP files (DC2N) can be read.

source: wav-prg.sourceforge.net

VIC20 Demo: Yes VIC can (5th at the Revision Party 2011)

April 30th, 2011 No comments

“Yes VIC can” is a demo for VIC20, this demo has got the 5th place (out of eight) at the Revision Party 2011. This demo show a new graphics mode “VIC Hires”.

Requirements: VIC-20 (PAL) with 16K RAM expansion (24K for Basic Extension, 32K for SJLOAD).

source: sleepingelephant.com

64Copy v4.44 Released

April 30th, 2011 16 comments

64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager, modelled after Norton Commander, and runs fine under the Windows XP/2000 DOS VDM, or in real DOS.

64COPY will run in a Windows Vista 32-bit VDM, but Vista 64-bit has no VDM support at all. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats.

64COPY does not do any communication to the 1541/71/81 floppy drives to read disks. If that is what you need, download Star Commander for that task.

Some of what 64COPY does includes:

  • File conversion between D64 (all types, including the F64 variant), D71, D81, D80, D82, DNP, D2M, T64, G64, ZipCode (all types), PC64 (Pxx, Sxx, Uxx, Rxx), LNX, DOS binaries, ARC, CRT, SDA, X64, LBR, ARK, SPY and CPK files.
  • A very powerful 6502 Disassembler.
  • TEXT, HEX and D64 HEX editors.
  • FILE viewer.
  • BASIC unlister.
  • D64, D71, D81, D80 & D82 directory customizer.
  • Check disks and T64, ZipCode, G64, F64 and CRT files for errors.
  • A whole lot more!

source: 64Copy homepage

(Italian) Jurassic News numero #35

April 30th, 2011 No comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

Released EasyProg v1.5.1 for EasyFlash Cartridge

April 28th, 2011 No comments

EasyProg is a program for the C64/C128. It is used to write (“burn”) cartridge image files (*.crt) onto an EasyFlash.

Version 1.5.1 – 27.04.2011:

  • Driver for AMD Am29F040 also supports ST M29F040.
  • Changed color scheme to make it more readable.

source: easyflash homepage

SIO2SD new Firmware v3.0RC5

April 28th, 2011 No comments

The SIO2SD is a device that allows you to load games/applications into any 8-bit Atari XL/XE computers via SIO interface from SD/MMC cards.

Changelog:

RC4 -> RC5

  • Changes in SD initialization routines (“card init error” should appear much less frequently)
  • SD speed is choosen automatically (SD speed option was removed)
  • Fixed card insertion/removal logic.
  • Added ability to go directly to setup when card is not present (using dbl-shift)

source: sio2sd-dev.gucio.pl

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Hoxs64 Commodore 64 Emulator Updated v1.0.7.2

April 25th, 2011 No comments

Hoxs64 written by David Horrocks is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista/Seven (DirectX 9+)

The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.

Changelog:

  • Fixed broken 320×200 and 320×240 modes.
  • Added option for disabling DWM (Aero) for full screen mode.

source: hoxs64.net

Char Pad v1.8 (beta 2)

April 25th, 2011 No comments

Char Pad is a cross-development tools aimed squarely at developing graphics for Commodore 64 games and will hopefully ease and inspire the production of new games software for this immortal and unique platform.

New features:

  • Per-Tile-Cell colouring mode – Each tile cell can have it’s own colour and mode.
  • Tile area clear, cut, copy, paste.
  • Extended collision materials – Each tile cell can now be assigned any one of 16 materials.
  • Tile size change without data loss (when possible).
  • Tile “Safe Swap” – Use the right mouse button to safely re-arrange a tile set without map corruption.
  • Tile tidying – Options to clear or remove unused tiles.
  • Many more fixes and improvements.

source: code.myby.co.uk

Turbo Chameleon 64 beta firmware v5 released

April 25th, 2011 No comments

Turbo Chameleon 64 is an extremely user-friendly cartridge that can be used without opening the computer. It is just plugged to 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 floppy drive and the heavy power supply.

When used as a stand-alone unit, a USB power adapter or active USB hub can be used as a power source.

Changelog:

  • Framebuffer writes now use MMU.
  • Framebuffer writes can be switched off (buffer can be used by software)
  • Cartridge buttons emulated on PS/2 keyboard (F11,F12 and PrintScreen)
  • Chameleon can use real BASIC and Kernal ROMs in machine in cartridge mode.
  • Emulated IEC bus can be disconnected from C64 (Chameleon is drive emu)
  • FLI bug fixed.
  • Added Stereo SID support.
  • Turbo feature added.
  • Relative CPU speed displayed in VGA debug bar.

source: syntiac.com

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

(Italian) Internet Festival a Pisa

April 23rd, 2011 No comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

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

Atari Game: Cropky

April 22nd, 2011 No comments

A new game called “Cropky” has been released for the Atari 8 bit machine.

Credits:

  • Xeen (Code)
  • Piesiu (Graphics)
  • Caruso (Music)
  • Kaz (Concept)

source: atariage.com

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

HxC Floppy Emulator: Firmware updated

April 22nd, 2011 No comments

The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.

The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).

There are two differents emulators:

  • A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
  • A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.

Release notes for the SD HxCFloppyEmulator firmware upgrade v1.6.0.0:

  • File browser.
  • Direct access mode.
  • HFE file renaming Function.
  • New boot/power up mode.
  • Autoboot/file selector program boot mode enhanced.
  • Write support.
  • Various bugs corrected and code enhancement.
  • … full release notes here

source: hxc2001.free.fr

SIO2SD new Firmware v3.0RC4

April 22nd, 2011 No comments

The SIO2SD is a device that allows you to load games/applications into any 8-bit Atari XL/XE computers via SIO interface from SD/MMC cards.

Changelog:

RC3 -> RC4

  • Fixed SIO routines (mainly incompatibilities with software made for TOMS turbo)

source: sio2sd-dev.gucio.pl

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Atari Utility: xebin v1.1.0

April 22nd, 2011 No comments

Xebin is a small command-line utility for manipulating atari binary (executable) files. It can list contents of binary file, merge several files into a single loadable file, or pack file in a way similar to Piotr Fusik’s FlashPack.

xebin is written in D programming language and tested under Windows and Linux (x86). However, it should be possible to build and run it on any platform, for which D compiler is available. It is designed to be easily embeddable in build scripts.

Changelog:

  • Fixed bug in auto address setting for packed data.
  • Command line options and parameters work according to description.
  • Added support for hexadecimal addresses.
  • Added simple disassembler.
  • Added option to extract block from binary file.
  • Added option to list contents of compressed blocks.
  • xebin pack -v shows some statistics.
  • Build process simplified by incorporating xasm in xebin.

source: github.com/epi/xebin

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today