Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring you the 55th issue of the Vandalism News.

source: noname.c64.org

C64 Studio written by Georg Rottensteiner is a Macro Assembler for Commodore 64.

This dev-tool is based on Acme and WinVice and run on M$ Windows machine.

source: noname.c64.org

DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI tool useful for the management of common (and uncommon) emulator formats (such as .d64, .d81, .t64, etc) as well as native archival formats (such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc).

New in this version:

• .lbr unpack support.
• “Print Sleeve” function.
• Installs and uses our own “C64 Elite Mono” TrueType font.
• More fault tolerant “Run In” emulator integration.
• and numerous other user interface tweaks and bug fixes.

source: style64.org

CBM prg Studio allows you to type a BASIC or Machine Code program in using a nice Windows environment and convert it to a ‘.prg’ file which you can run on an emulator, or even a real C64 or VIC20 if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is a replacement for C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen and is designed to be a single development tool which will cover some of the early CBM 8-bit machines.

source: ajordison.co.uk

FOReVER C the 8bit computers multiscene party opens the door from 18.o3.2o11 to 2o.o3.2o11 in horna suca (trencin / slovakia / europe). you can take your place in the competitions, quizes, talks or just enjoy the atmosphere.

Everybody are welcome. The scenes are still the same (atari, commodore, zx spectrum, amstrad cpc, sam coupe) and the new ones are welcome (pmd? msx?), we fight on the bigscreen, but we are all very friendly in real.

source: forever.zeroteam.sk

Onslaught has released the game Zak McKracken + Maniac Mansion for Commodore 64 on a single Easyflash cartridge. This version also include the full docs and cheat, a German version of the game is also available.

This version includes:

• 2 savegames directly to Easyflash for each game.
• The complete original docs on both.
• Simple, but helpful cheats.
• Cool SID covers from Conrad.
• Savegame management to dump stored savegames to disk or restore them.

source: noname.c64.org

UberCassette is a solution for the archival and restoration of programs on cassette tapes for 8-bit machines from the 80′s.

There are many programs out there for doing this, some of them work, some don’t so well. Many of them work as long as you have an old enough machine to run them on. No other program does many different types, though.

UberCassette supports tape formats for: Commodore C16/+4, Commodore C64, Commodore,VIC-20, Acorn Electron, Acorn BBC, Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC464.

Development Log V0.04 16/03/2011:

• Many new parameters, and including Spectrum and Amstrad modes!
• Also changed the internals for better wave detection.
• Added error retrying for Spectrum ROM loaders, using the XOR byte at the end of the block.

download: UberCassette v0.04 MAC Fix (Version 0.04) (474 Kb)

source: retroreview.com

CBM-Command is a disk manager for the Commodore 64 / Commodore 128 / Commodore VIC20 and Commodore C16 computers. It is written like Norton Commander or Midnight Commander, but is much simpler due to the target platforms. Both the C128/C64/VIC20/C16 have their own native version of the application.

Release Notes – Version 2.0 – 2011-03-17 – Final Release

This is the final release of CBM-Command Version 2.0. This version is intended to replace all prior versions you may have downloaded. Please see release notes for prior versions to get comprehensive list of changes.

New Features:

• (C64) Added double-buffering when displaying the directory in a panel. This eliminates the flickering that users were experiencing when scrolling through long directories.

Changes:

• (All Machines) Changed the algorithm for displaying the directory in a panel. This greatly speeds up the scrolling of long directories, especially on the C128.

Known Issues:

• None at this time.

source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com

The famous Atari demo party “Głuchołazy 2011″ will be held from 29 July 2011.

The Party will be held in the school of Cologne, street Kashubian 2, gymnasium room, Głuchołazy.

source: atariarea.krap.pl

CheeseCutter is a Music Tracker program developed by Abbadon of Fairlight. The JCH Tracker was used as an inspiration and it uses the reSID engine by Dag Lem.

A few examples of the changes in version 0.4.0 are:

• Autoconf script.
• Resid-fp for extra filter accuracy.
• You can exit from followplay / playback tracking without stopping the song.
• The playback position marker is now shown with sequence view and track mode.
• Real time sid-register dumping.

The download link includes the Windows binary and sources, the two archives are distributed separately.

source: koti.kapsi.fi

from Dreamhost Status blog:

We’re sorry for the lack of updates on this issue. Unfortunately, there haven’t been any updates here because we don’t have any new information. Our network admins have been working non-stop since this morning to fix these problems, but we’re still not sure when it will be resolved.

This post is just meant to let you know that we are doing everything we possibly can to restore our system to normal and that we are not ignoring the situation. If you have already submitted a support ticket regarding this, you will receive updates by email as soon as we have them. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you and thank you for your patience as we try to get things back to normal.

Only One Word Comes to Mind: Dreamhost sucks cocks big time!

source: dreamhoststatus.com

Tomasz “Tebe” Biela has released an update of the program Graph2Font v3.9.0.9.

This project began many years ago as a simple graphics converter for Atari but over the years the features are significantly increased. The converter runs under Windows.

source: g2f.atari8.info

This site is about recreating gaming hardware from the past in modern programmable devices, known as FPGAs.

source: fpgaarcade.com

This is a slightly modified version of Dr.Mario for Atari 8 bit. In this version you can find some bugs fixed and works very well on NTSC machine.

In game keys:

• P – Pause.
• N – Change the music in the game.
• M – Mute.
• Q – Exit the game.
• K – Mute the “clicking” sound.

You can download the game here.

source: atarionline.pl

UberCassette is a solution for the archival and restoration of programs on cassette tapes for 8-bit machines from the 80′s.

There are many programs out there for doing this, some of them work, some don’t so well. Many of them work as long as you have an old enough machine to run them on. No other program does many different types, though.

UberCassette supports tape formats for: Commodore C16/+4, Commodore C64, Commodore,VIC-20, Acorn Electron, Acorn BBC, Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC464

download: UberCassette v0.02 MAC Fix (291 Kb)

source: retroreview.com