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

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

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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

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #48

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

source: commodorefree.com

If you are interested in BASIC programming for the C-64, then you have probably used a BASIC Extension at some point.  Most of us are familiar with Commodore’s Simons’ BASIC cartridge.  Unfortunately, most of these extensions aren’t very useful.

Simons’ BASIC, for example, has a pretty lousy set of commands.  Many of them are basically (pun) useless.  It’s also a very confusing set of commands — there are no consistent conventions used, making it necessary to constantly refer to the manual.

Further, a program written with Simons’ BASIC can only be run on a C-64 with a Simons’ BASIC cartridge.  Pretty limiting. DotBASIC Plus is similar to other extensions in one way: you get a lot of new commands (or DotCommands, of course) — over 100 so far.  But that’s where the similarities end.

Download: DotBASIC Plus (852)

source: 8bitcentral.com

This is a very old project published in a Dutch magazine to capture the state of the IRQ for Commodore 64 (vic-20) with a LED. After many years i have decided to make it.

On the photo you can see the project and the right connections on the cartridge port.

Components:

• 1 x IC 74LS04.
• 1 x Bicolor LED.
• 2 x 330 ohm resistors.
• Tiny wires.

How it work?

When the CPU generates an IRQ the green LED lights up, otherwise is red, if the irq is turned on and off quickly the led is orange.

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:

• Variable tile sizes, currently 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5.
• Pixel level editing of whole tiles.
• 80×50 and 40×25 map editor modes.
• Map flood-fill + copy & paste any map area.
• Move & Mirror tiles or maps.
• Powerful character set optimizer.
• Collision “material” editing & grouping for easy software collision detection.
• Export any data in raw or PRG formats.
• Load and save SEUCK compatible background files (including Jon Wells’ sideways SEUCK mod).

source: code.myby.co.uk

x1541, a user of the forum64.de has decided to scale down and update the pcb of the Micro SwinSID.

Download: NanoSwinSID PCB (33.34 Kb)

Features:

• ISP Connector.
• Same size as the original SID.
• 6581/8580 Jumper.
• Smd ATmega.

source: forum64.de

A new version of Vice is released, the famous C64 (VIC-20/DTV…) emulator comes to the version v2.3.

What is new with the 2.3 release? Click here.

source: vice-emu.sourceforge.net sourceforge.net