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Some new games products for Commodore PET

October 12th, 2023 No comments
Categories: CBM/PET, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore 64c SX64 case with translucent keycaps

October 1st, 2023 No comments
Commodore 64c SX64 case with translucent keycaps

These are not the right keycaps chosen at the time for this color of the Commodore 64c case but since i don’t have the correct ones available at the moment and i had these left over instead, i wanted to take a chance, it could have been worse :-D

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Anykey V1.6.1

September 28th, 2023 No comments

This program monitors the keyboard and joysticks. It is useful to test hardware or to explore the key bindings of emulators.

It supports the following computers:

  • Commodore 64
  • Commodore 128 (128 mode in 40 columns or 64 mode)
  • Commodore PET (all models with at least 8k RAM)
  • Commodore Plus/4
  • Commodore VIC-20 (at least 8k RAM expansion)
  • MEGA65 (native and 64 mode)
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k+
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128k
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 (gray model, made by Sinclair)
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A (black model, made by Amstrad)
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next
  • N-Go (ZX Spectrum Next clone)

Download: Anykey V1.6.1 (431)

source: github.com/T-Pau/Anykey csdb.dk

Atari UnoCart 2600 new Firmware v18

September 28th, 2023 No comments

A new version of the firmware for the Atari UnoCart 2600 Cartridge by DirtyHairy is released.

Changelog:

  • Fix Survival Island and probably other supercharger games.

Download:

source: github.com/DirtyHairy/UnoCart-2600

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore 64c clear case with clear/translucent keycaps

September 27th, 2023 No comments
Commodore 64c clear case with clear-translucent keycaps

Commodore 64c clear case with clear/translucent keycaps.

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Commodore 64c Red case with translucent keycaps

September 25th, 2023 1 comment

Commodore 64c Red case with translucent keycaps

Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D

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Kung Fu Flash Cartridge Firmware Update v1.48

September 24th, 2023 No comments

A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.

Changelog:

  • Improve disk emulation to support saving high scores in Lode Runner. Thanks DWStaley.

Download:

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

C64 B.G.Pack: Stinger +2DG / The Last Ninja Remix +8DI / Dig Dug …

September 10th, 2023 No comments

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

  • Retroscape64 Preview +1D
  • Stinger +2DG *Hokuto Force*
  • Labyrinth 3D Preview &D
  • Blocrun 250 V1.1
  • Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade +11DGHI *Hokuto Force*
  • Pac-Man +2D
  • Keiko’s Adventure Hardcore +2H [seuck] *Hokuto Force*
  • Chaluul’s Curse
  • Keiko’s Adventure +2H [seuck] *Hokuto Force*
  • Harem II: Mallagor +GM *Hokuto Force*
  • WinGames
  • Der Fluch des Chaluul [german]
  • Dig Dug Revival +D
  • Dig Dug Revival +
  • Dig Dug Revival +3D
  • Pong 2023 +TD
  • XCB Tic Tac Toe
  • Beyond Castle Wolfenstein +9DM *Hokuto Force*
  • Dig Dug Revival V1.1 +3D
  • Cloak of Darkness V1.2 +S *Hokuto Force*
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview
  • Tron-Kernal
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 2
  • Walls Prewiew
  • TSIED64
  • Jump’n'Run
  • Haunted Hill +2
  • Los 3 Investigadores y el Misterio de la Falsa Herencia
  • Lancess Priya +
  • Lancess Priya +1D
  • Break-Out +1
  • Bowling +
  • Cowboy Solitario +1T
  • Lancess Priya
  • Skaermtrolden Hugo [cartridge]
  • Hopman +3
  • Night Mission Pinball +1HDG [us version]
  • Miniadventure &DS
  • Galacticon
  • Richthofen’s Revenge +2
  • Lunar City +4D
  • Lunar City
  • Escape Room V1.0 +2
  • Teacher Busters +3TD
  • Mega Wizards Preview
  • Mafia English +1DG
  • GP Cars +8H
  • Cricket Maths +D
  • Vager 3 +4DH
  • Arkanoid Air Doh
  • Dig Dug Revival V1.2 +3D
  • Escape Room V1.1.2 +2
  • Basic Snake
  • Primary Maths
  • Logos 2023 V2.02 +G *Hokuto Force*
  • Petaxian +2HDG
  • GP Cars +8H
  • Pixner II +
  • Trobots +2D
  • I-Ball +6DHMP
  • Puzzle Mania &H
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure +1D
  • The Last Effort Preview +1D
  • Escape Room V1.4 +2
  • Pssst +
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure +6D
  • 1Pong +1GJM *Hokuto Force*
  • A Bee’s Trip +1D
  • Did You Just Teleport Into My Bed?
  • Parallax +4DG
  • Pssst +F
  • Eagle Empire +4DGHM feat. Galaga!
  • Escape Room V1.4.1 +2
  • Blockheads DX Preview +2
  • Masters of Time +2D
  • JJ Pacman! +
  • MotoAGPX Preview & Making Of +T
  • Monkeybuilder +1D
  • Pssst [EasyFlash]
  • In The Dark +1D
  • Project Mutiny Preview
  • Red Max +5D
  • Night Mission Pinball +1HDG [us version]
  • H.E.R.O. (2 Buttons)
  • The Last Ninja Remix +8DI *Hokuto Force*
  • Cards 64 +3
  • Octopus +
  • Thud +
  • Dog Fight
  • Eddie’s Jet Shoes +
  • Gun-Fight
  • Lone Zoner +
  • Galaxian Artillery
  • Hustler’s Revenge
  • Kanyargo +2
  • Crazy Bomber
  • Grand Prix +3
  • 64 Snake Master
  • Sea Hunt +
  • Pearl Diver +2
  • Repto Compiler
  • JJ PacMan! V1.1 +
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 3
  • Archon
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure V1.2 +6D
  • Fizz +D
  • Black Magic KrakPak
  • Fizz +DI
  • Night Mission +J
  • Light Cycle Duel Preview
  • Kidelyneen +2
  • Light Cycle Duel Preview +
  • Rocket Landing +1D
  • Balls Preview
  • TSI Maze Man +3MG *Hokuto Force*
  • Feunos
  • Monster Hunter Preview
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 4
  • Doomed PETSCII Pacman
  • Super 8 Football +D

Download: All Games in One Archive (3655)

source: csdb.dk

i miss the old days

September 9th, 2023 1 comment

I have nothing else to say except that i miss the old days. :’(

LCR-T7 Multifunction Tester

September 1st, 2023 No comments
LCR-T7 Multifunctional Tester

I wanted to try this cheap fucking tester on offer on Aliexpress.

I don’t have much to say, it works quite well, i tried to make some measurements of a couple of electrolytic capacitors and making the comparison between LCR-T7 and the PEAK ATLAS ESR+ (paid almost 15 times more) the measurement result it’s almost identical.

Surely the positive side of this small and fragile object that will surely stop to working one day to another :-D which allows you to measure/test a fairly vast category of components.

Example:

  • Diodes
  • Zener diodes
  • Resistors
  • Potentiometers
  • Electrolytic/Tantalum Capacitors
  • Ceramic/Polyester capacitors
  • Inductors
  • SCR
  • Triacs
  • Transistors (N-E-MOS,P-E-MOS,N-MOS,P-MOS,N-JFET,P-JFET,N-IGBT,P-IGBT)
  • Transistors PNP,NPN
  • Battery (max 4.5v)

It also has an infrared remote control decoder which i find absolutely useless.

The microcontroller used in the LCR-T7 is a clone of the ATMEL ATMEGA328, the Lucky Green LGT8F328P which is practically identical to the ATMEL but with additional capabilities such as higher speed and has a higher resolution for converting analog signals and having a digital-to-analog converter as well.

Below are the photos of the inside.

Download: LCR-T7-Manual (807)

Replaced the first C64 with the colored keycaps

August 26th, 2023 No comments

Replaced the first C64 with the colored keycaps.

Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D

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High Voltage SID (HVSC) Collection Update #79

August 23rd, 2023 No comments

The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.

The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.

This update features (all approximates):

  • 920 new SIDs
  • 45 fixed/better rips
  • 9 repeats/bad rips eliminated
  • 211 SID credit fixes
  • 32 SID model/clock infos
  • 3 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
  • 1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
  • 21 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
  • 5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

After this update, the collection should contain 57,576 SID files!

Download:

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

Kung Fu Flash Cartridge Firmware Update v1.47

August 7th, 2023 No comments

A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.

Changelog:

  • Drive emulation: Allow files on the SD card to be opened as SEQ. Thanks Chagizzz.

Download:

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

Kung Fu Flash Cartridge Firmware Update v1.46

July 31st, 2023 No comments

A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.

Changelog:

  • Simple text file reader. Thanks Sebby75, and Magician
  • It is now possible to open small text files from the launcher.

The following controls can be used in the reader:
or Joy:        Page up/down
or Fire left:    Go to first page
or Fire:    Exit text file reader
The reader supports text files up to ~64kB. Larger files will be truncated

  • Support generic cartridge ROM/BIN files. Thanks Magician
  • Display error message if there are problems communicating with the cartridge. Thanks Lamerhouse

Note that only generic C64/C128 cartridges are supported as ROM/BIN files. Other cartridge types must be loaded as a CRT file.

Download:

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

SidPlayer+ – An standalone Psid player

July 19th, 2023 No comments
SidPlayer+ – An standalone Psid player.

Hi everyone,

I wanted to try this nice SID Player by Edu Arana with a very nice design.

Edu Arana used Bakisha opensource code for the SID (only Psid) player, the code also has my own little implementation for the Vu-Meter with three LEDs (thanks Edu for the note printed on the PCB).

I know the Bakisha SID Player fairly well, below you will find several Links of my blog where there are some experiments and implementations i did years ago.

I’m not going to dwell too much on the loyalty of this SID Player, which as i said i know well, all in all it works but we are far away light years from perfection, at least as i understand it, in fact i started another project that you all probably know: The Return of the Hybrid SID Player which in addition to an ‘almost’ perfect CPU emulation including Illegal Opcodes and uses the “Original” or “Clone” SIDs for playing music tracks and other nice and useful features.

The ‘plus’ version of the Edu SID Player differs from the previous one for the implementation of the bluetooth module which however is not supplied.

As you can see from the photos and video i have installed the BlueTooth module and the Battery to make it totally portable, the battery recharge is via USB like a mobile phone.

UPDATE:

I wrote this update because some things i wrote bothered someone.

With the phrase “I’m not going to dwell … it works well but …” i just wanted to say that the emulation of the SID, let’s talk about EMULATION, is not perfect, i’m a purist of SID songs, so for me a SID music plays perfectly only and only using the original chip, however for the price this player is sold it is perfect and also very nice!

Anyway you are always welcome to break my balls, i will always answer you.

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Categories: Hardware, News & Rumors, Today