New Homepage for the DotBASIC Plus for Commodore 64. Almost all of the original information and download are now availables again.

source: dotbasic.cbm8bit.com

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #62 and Issue #63

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

Download:

• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #62 (D64) (1036)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #62 (PDF) (1055)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #62 (TXT) (979)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #63 (D64) (980)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #63 (PDF) (1017)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #63 (TXT) (975)

source: commodorefree.com

Forth, the Language.

Forth is a different language. It’s aged and a little weird.
What’s cool about it? It’s a very low-level and minimal language without any automatic memory management. At the same time, it easily scales to become a very high-level and domain-specific language, much like Lisp. Compared to C64 Basic, Forth is more attractive in almost every way.

It is a lot more fast, memory effective and powerful. Compared to C, specifically cc65, the story is a little different. It’s hard to make a fair comparison. Theoretically Forth code can be very memory efficient, and it’s possible to make Forth code that is leaner than C code. But it is also true that cc65 code is generally much faster than Forth code.

Download: durexForth v1.2 (981)

source: noname.c64.org

iAN CooG Site has been update with a new version of the Generic C64 prg Unpacker v2.27 (Source included).

History:

2.27 – 2011.03.08 – 2011.08.01

• Added parameter -o to force output filename.
• ZP Vector $52/$53 initialized pointing to $0300 as expected on a C64, some program is relying on it.
• SBX illegal op fixed: doesn’t use carry while subtracting, but must be set.
• Added flags value in debug trace (-x) to help debugging SBX behaviour =)

For the latest scanners added look the readme inside the archive.

Download: Unpacker v2.27 (Source included) (851)

source: iancoog.altervista.org

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Antarctica, The Hidden Farts and Laxity.

Download:

• Jimmy Business +1DE [pal/ntsc] (972)
• Crazy Jogger +2 (1054)
• Sorcerer\'s Mountain +3D (964)
• Aptitude Preview [ntsc/pal] (976)
• Journey +1HF [ntsc/pal] (968)
• Cuthbert in Space HS (948)
• All Games in One Archive (2232)

source: csdb.dk

This is the official demo party results from the Atari Głuchołazy 2012. See also the Atari Głuchołazy 2012 homepage for more informations.

GFX Compo:

• Egg – Piesiu.
• Navigator – Odyniec1.
• Witraż – Rocky.
• Sprayman – Rocky.
• Błędny Ognik – Rocky.

MSX Compo:

• Error in line 10 – stRing.
• ASCII – Mr Beep.
• ATASCII – Mr Beep.
• Cosmic Voyage – stRing.

Code Compo:

• Parabole Tańczą – Pin + Mono.

Out of Party:

• Hurry! – Rene Sens
• Castles, tribute to Ilmenit – Nosty.

Download:

• Atari G?ucho?azy 2012 (ATR) (1151)
• Atari G?ucho?azy 2012 (PC Stuff) (1259)

source: atari.org.pl/party12/

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Antarctica, The Hidden Farts, Laxity and Lifeless Incorporated.

Download:

• C64 Rescue +1D (946)
• Chopper +2D (996)
• Hubie the Cubie + (983)
• Top Duck HS (958)
• Powerstar +4D (957)
• On the Farm 2 +7HF [pal/ntsc] (1002)
• Market Forces 100% +1D +Pic [pal/ntsc] (1069)
• All Games in One Archive (2278)

source: csdb.dk

It was released a new OS Update for the Everdrive N64 Flash Cartridge (Nintendo 64) by Krikzz. The upgrade instructions can be found here.

Changelog:

• SRAM saves bugfix.

Download: Everdrive N64 - OS Update v1.28 (1304)

source: krikzz.com

World in Progress C64 Demo by Genesis Project was awarded the first place at the Syntax Societys Summerparty 2012.

Download: World in Progress Demo by Genesis Project (1039)

source: noname.c64.org

Commodore 64 Gold Edition on Ebay.

from Richard Lagendijk Homepage:

This a special edition of the Commodore C64, celebrating the 1.000.000th sale of the C64 in Germany. This is one of the most desirable Commodore items. There are about 300 golden Commodore C64 produced. The numbers from 1.000.000 until 1.000.100 were for the staff of the Commodore factory Braunschweig.

The rest was given to hard- en software companies, magazine-publishers and distributors. The C64 is a computer system with a keyboard, external power-supply and a motherboard. On the motherboard you will find a MOS 6510 processor, RAM / ROM memory, MOS 6569 VIC-II video chip, MOS 6581 SID sound chip and twice a MOS 6526 CIA. PAL version.

source: ebay.de richardlagendijk.nl

Retrotext has made a interesting modding of a not working Commodore 64 with a Raspberry Pi.

For this project Retrotext has used the following things:

• Commodore C64 with a working Keyboard.
• Raspberry Pi
• Keyrah USB interface.
• 4-way USB port.
• Three RCA connectors.
• Ethernet and HDMI cable.
• On/off Switch.
• Power Supply and some other items.

The Commodore 64 runs under the Vice emulator (Linux) on the Raspberry Pi so we can play our favorites games.

About the Resperry Pi …

The Raspberry Pi is a  small, inexpensive computer that is capable of running tasks like most other PCs, however it is smaller, a lot smaller in fact it measures  85.60mm x 53.98mm x 17mm , almost the size of a credit card and costs £25. It has an ARM11 chip at its heart, which finds its origins in early UK microcomputers, notably first in the Acorn Electron, the brain child of  Mk14, ZX80 and 81s’ Chris Currie and Austrian physicist Herman Hauser.

source: retrotext.blogspot.co.uk

It was released a new OS Update for the Everdrive MD Flash Cartridge (Megadrive/Genesis) by Krikzz. The upgrade instructions can be found here.

Changelog:

• SRAM auto backup bug was fixed.

Download: Everdrive MD - OS Update v35 (2076)

source: krikzz.com

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: On Risky Ice, Really Proud Lamers, Falcon soft and Nostalgia.

Download:

• Space Duel (Uptime) +D (1064)
• Lunar +1D (1072)
• Fifteen 3D +TD (1104)
• Fifteen 3D (1057)
• Leaderboard Golf + Tournament Courses (1117)
• World Class Leaderboard (1062)
• Leaderboard Executive Edition (1096)
• Leaderboard Collection [EasyFlash] (1071)
• All Games in One Archive (2358)

source: csdb.dk

It was released a new firmware for the SD2Snes Flash Cartridge (Super Nintendo/Famicom) by Ikari. The upgrade instructions can be found here.

Changelog:

• Fix DMA initialization in the menu (could cause sprite corruption in some games)

Download: SD2Snes Firmware v0.1.4a (1162)

source: sd2snes.de

User Friendly GUI under M$ Windows (requires .NET Framework) for the command line tool RastaConverter by Jakub ‘Ilmenit’ Debski.

Download: RastaConverter Beta 4 + GUI (M$ Win) (1314)

source: atariage.com/forums