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:
- Allows to load/save controller pak to file. Please use any .mpk file and c-down button. It works only if controller pak plugged into joy port1. /ED64/dummy.mpk file can be used for exchange.
- Ability to force default save type.
- Ability to force M-PAL TV mode. Not sure if it work properly, cuz i don’t have PAL-M system for tests.
- Os can run Banjo-Tooie U without manual patching.
Download: Everdrive N64 - OS Update v1.29 (1590)
source: krikzz.com
AspeQt is a cross-platform, free and open source Atari 8-bit serial peripheral emulator. The name is an acronym for Atari serial peripheral emulator for Qt, Qt being the cross-platform application development framework used by AspeQt.
AspeQt emulates various Atari 8-bit peripherals like disk drives and printers via an SIO-2-PC cable. If you are familiar with software like Sio2Pc, APE, Atari810, AtariSIO etc., you probably won’t have any problems getting used to AspeQt.
Even though AspeQt is not fully mature yet, it is easy to use and, despite its shortcomings, has many features that you may find useful, the highlights being:
- Up to 15 disk drive emulation.
- Up to 6x SIO speed (125,000bps)
- Support for ATR, XFD, PRO and ATX (preliminary) disk images.
- Mount folders as emulated disks.
- Disk image explorer.
- Directly boot Atari executables.
- Text only printer emulation with PC print, save, and ATASCII font support.
- Cassette image playback.
- Multilingual GUI (English, Polish, Slovak, German, Turkish and Russian)
- AspeQt client module (AspeCl) for Atari, communicates with the server and performs a variety of remote operations.
Changelog:
- Updated the English language manual.
- Minor re-grouping of drive slot buttons.
- Added directory print capability to image explorer window (Ray Ataergin)
- Added boot capability from a Folder Image. Simply copy the DOS.SYS and DUP.SYS files from a DOS diskette to a PC Folder, mount the PC folder to drive slot#:1 as a Folder Image and boot your Atari. Currently only Atari DOS has a built-in support. MyDos will be supported on the next release. (Ray Ataergin)
- Dropped ApeTime support from AspeQt. AspeCL is now the only supported Time/Date client
- Remote Control software for AspeQt (see AspeQt documentation for more info) (Ray Ataergin)
- Implemented auto-commit remote toggle capability to AspeCL, it was previously documented as “in development feature” (Ray Ataergin)
- Implemented remote image file creating/mounting capability to AspeCL, it was previously documented as “in development feature” (Ray Ataergin)
- Implemented remote image file mounting capability to AspeCL, it was previously documented as “in development feature” (Ray Ataergin)
- Tested and fixed AspeCL client SpartaDos X date/time handling (this was not previously tested as I did not have SDX back then) (Ray Ataergin)
- Updated AspeCL client code to accomodate SDX drives 9-15 (Ray Ataergin)
- Updated AspeCL server code in AspeQt to accomodate SDX drives 9-15 (Ray Ataergin)
Download:
source: aspeqt.sourceforge.net
The Atari++ Emulator is a Unix based emulator of the Atari eight bit computers, namely the Atari 400 and 800, the Atari 400XL, 800XL and 130XE, and the Atari 5200 game console.
The emulator is auto-configurable and will compile on a variety of systems (Linux, Solaris, Irix).
Download:
source: xl-project.com
SID Duzz it, it’s a SID Music Editor by Geir Tjelta of SHAPE.
Download: SID Duzz\' It v2.1 (888)
source: csdb.dk
HermIRES it’s a cross-platform hires bitmap (Art Studio 1 format) editor for the Commodore 64.
The format has some restrictions, here are the rules:
- The maximal resolution of the picture is 320×200
- Only 16 fix C64 colours can be used (no gradient either)
- In a 8×8 pixel-block only 2 colours can used to be displayable by C64 (this is detected in HermIRES, but .hbm files can be saved with clashes too.)
- On a real C64 the PAL will blur the screen-content a bit, should check on CRT, or at least VICE emulator’s CRT simulation.
Changelog:
Added:
- Color swapping fast-button – Tilde “`” button (BitBreaker’s idea)
- Show pen-diameter preview circle if diameter is bigger than the default
- *dense (pixel-scale) grid toggleable (in bigger magnifications too).
- *added ‘Deny painting’,'Reuse existing colour’ and ‘Set block colour’ mode to ClashTest – different settings on/off in case clash would happen…
- *showing zoomed area in the preview, allow going to area in zoomed mode when left-clicking on preview
- Showing ongoing progresses by text/graphics (loading/converting/drawing…)
- Selectable CRT emulation for Preview/Grid only… (for faster operation on slow machines)
- Undo step number displayed (should undo history also be saved?)
Fixed:
- Control/shift/alt stucked in Win7 with allegro devpak 4.2… -> using allegro devpak 4.4.2 version instead!
- Reduced overall CPU usage – refined timed and pixelling/detection events
- iI Windows it was slow (especially in CRT emulation) -> wrote optimized software CRT-emul.pixelling for GridDrawer, not relying on hw-acceleration
- *pressing F1..F4 fucked up (enlightens) toolbar sometimes – solution: timing stabilizer / thread safety check solved it
- Preview-zoom title-text was overwritten by Grid-Zoom-text in the smallest resolution mode with 2-digit magnifications
- *there was ‘allegro error #11′ and ‘segmentation fault’ at lower than required resolution – it was logical mistake in resolution-decider loop
- Made dithered and big-pendiameter filled rectangle/circle drawing faster (set the steps according to pen-diameter)
- *allegro filename-extension detection was wrong – if ‘.’ used in filename and no extension given, only the name before was saved to disk! -> used ustrcmp & strcat instead
- *C64-executable format name-tag (caption) now editable (deleting it disables it)
Download:
source: hermit.netne.net
Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Avatar, Onslaught, Bad Taste, uppercase Software and Excess.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
NAV, is a new file browser for the C64. NAV can use a mouse in Port 1, joystick in Port 2, or the keyboard. NAV can work with up to five drives and has been tested with the following drive types:
1541, 1571, 1581, uIEC, IDE64
Browsing through directories and disks is just point and click! Drives like the uIEC that can store gigabytes of software can be tedious and frustrating to navigate. NAV lets you easily work with D64/D71/D81/DNP/M2I disk images as well as “real” Commodore disks and the IDE64. Up to five drives at a time!
Just click a drive to browse it!Pressing the “@” key brings up a command line that acts just like the good ol’ DOS Wedge. In addition, there are a few additional commands that can be entered on the command line. Just type “@HELP” to get the complete list.
Download: NAV (D64) (938)
source: commodoreserver.com
This is a calendar in PDF format made by Marcin Dworaczek (a.k.a. mOOnie / MSB) for the new, 2013 year.
All the graphics were presented on the latest SV2k12 edition, and come from the following authors: Piesiu, Ripek, Rocky, Ooz, Ukko, Templeton, Odyn1ec and Bracket.
Download: SillyVenture 2013 calendar (1331)
source: sillyventure.eu
Altirra is an Atari 8 bit Emulator on the Windows/DOS platform. Altirra emulates several models of the 8-bit Atari computers. This includes the the 800, 800XL, and 130XE versions.
It has a lot of options, and compatibility is decent especially given the emulator’s early stages. It also supports some copy protected games properly in emulation.
Download: Altirra v2.20 (882)
source: virtualdub.org
Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Genesis Project, TRIAD, Really Proud Lamers and Laxity.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
After 3+ years of suffering and curses, some days ago i have leave one of the worst (cheap) shared web hosting on the net.
I’m talking about Dreamhost.
The site Nightfallcrew.com / Retrocomputermania.com / Retrothings.org now runs on a dedicated server virtualized with Proxmox (KVM).
HermIRES it’s a cross-platform hires bitmap (Art Studio 1 format) editor for the Commodore 64.
The format has some restrictions, here are the rules:
- The maximal resolution of the picture is 320×200
- Only 16 fix C64 colours can be used (no gradient either)
- In a 8×8 pixel-block only 2 colours can used to be displayable by C64 (this is detected in HermIRES, but .hbm files can be saved with clashes too.)
- On a real C64 the PAL will blur the screen-content a bit, should check on CRT, or at least VICE emulator’s CRT simulation.
Download:
source: hermit.netne.net
Commodore Free Magazine Issue #66
Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.
| In this issue you can find: |
Editorial
NEWS
New Products at amigakit.com
C16 Mega Games Collection
Paku Paku
C64 Introductory Audio Tape
MEM64 Released
Hollywood 5.2 Released
Amiga Puzzle Game: G.E.M.Z
iGame Front End for Windows |
Nerd Book
SID Wizard Creation Guides
AROS Vision 1.5.5 Uploaded
Could Elite Make A Comeback?
New Version of SysInfo Available
SteamDraw 2.1 Released
JiffyDOS & uIEC Cheat Sheet
ìThe Amiga Worksî Kickstarter
New Articles on Obligement
Revival Studios News
|
AmigaOS 4 News: A Frog Game
V.A.M.P. Player 0.86 Available
FastATA 4000 MK-VI CF/SATA
RGCD News
Sketchblock Version 1.7 Relased
GadToolsBox 3 Open Sourced
Home Taping Is Killing Gaming
Computers For The Masses Not Just The Classes
Review: Mayhem
Review: Dream (Unexpanded VIC20)
Retro Derby (G & G)
Review: Alien Bash 2
Review: Space Lords |
Download:
source: commodorefree.com
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:
- Bug fix to VIC. Removed faulty VIC ClockNextWakeUpClock runtime (not debugger) mode optimiser code that had caused the Technological Snow demo by Agony Design to fail since v1.0.6.3.
- EasyFlash v2 title screen glitch now fixed by correcting the “hard reset” code to set the sprite Y expansion flip-flops.
Download:
source: hoxs64.net
SID Known is a command line tool (M$ Windows) which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.
This tool can be used if e.g. you want to know which SID tune is used in a specific C64 demo or C64 game, or you have a SID tune found or ripped and you want to know if it is already in your SID collection.
Download: SID Known v1.05 (1224)
source: csdb.dk
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