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:

• AFLI caption can be fully disabled (AFLIexe-patch included along with bin2array.exe)

Download:

• HermIRES v1.29 (Windows/Linux) (1297)

source: hermit.netne.net

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 v1.26 + Manual (1130)

source: noname.c64.org

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

Titles:

• Double or Nothing
• Castle Boy +3
• Stratagos +4
• Arcade Football &GD
• Metro-Cross +5MDGHF
• Vault Man +7
• Ganimedian Rescue +4ED
• D-2000 IFR-Trainer Preview +E
• Rudi the Rat +4EHD
• Bouncing Ball +4EHD 101%
• Sharky +5HDG
• Shaolin+ +2HD +Pic
• Flappy Bird +
• Flappy Bird +1
• Flappy Bird +MH
• Labiraton +4E
• D-2000 IFR-Trainer Flight Simulation +EFD [pal/ntsc]
• Slither
• cc65 Chess V1.0
• Flappy Bird
• Flipperkönig +D
• Rocky Memphis Preview +
• Paradroid Redux Preview 2
• Penultimate Fantasy 101% +DM
• Combination Deluxe +4PF [pal/ntsc]
• Happy Flappy &H
• Silverrock 3-in-1 [Easyflash] Skaermtrolden Hugo, Guldkorn Expressen, Super Oswald
• Gold Grabber +3D
• Star Strike +2D
• Rocky Memphis and the Temple of Ophuxoff Preview +1F [pal/ntsc]

Download: All Games in One Archive (3169)

source: csdb.dk

This is the official demo party results from BCC Party #8 (Top 3 Entries only). See also the CSDB BCC Party #8 section for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• Durch den Monsun by Delysid
• Was erlaube MYD? by Mayday!
• Free Beer! by Delysid

C64 Music:

• Flott-O-Mat by Spider Jerusalem
• Locust by Slimex
• Quad*Project by celticdesign

C64 Graphics:

• Eisvogel by Slayer Grafix
• Butterfly Dreams by JSL
• Dark Power by Crayon

Mixed:

• Godspeed – A 8580 Music Album by Mayday! (Music Collection)
• Buddha Music Disk #1 by Hokuto Force (Music Collection)
• Commodore in Space II by Wintermute (Game

Download: BCC Party #8 Party stuff (1152)

source: facebook.com

This is the official demo party results from Datastorm 2014 (Top 3 Entries only). See also the CSDB DATASTORM 2014 section for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• We Are All Connected by Fairlight, Offence, Prosonix
• Continuum by TRIAD
• The Doors of Perception by SHAPE

C64 Music:

• Valentine by Dane
• The Greatest Pal by Scarzix
• Better Call Saul by X-jammer

C64 Graphics:

• Ze bramblebee by Redcrab
• Strikeforce by Prowler
• Kind of Blew It by Fedja

Mixed Graphics (PETSCII):

• Yarr! by Genesis Project
• The Accident by Hack n’ Trade    
• Stay Forever by wysiwtf

Download: Datastorm 2014 Party stuff (1216)

source: datastorm.se

Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring to you the 61th issue of the Vandalism News.

Download: Vandalism News #61 (1092)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

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

Titles:

• Kong Strikes Back +5MH +Pic
• Helikopter Jagd 102% Jewel V1.2 +7HD
• Star Battles +5HGD
• Eggland Mystery Preview +2
• Another Day, Another Zombie
• Dark Force
• Planet Popper +1H
• Hero Time 2
• Dark Force +2H
• Blob Preview 2 +
• Honey Bee Preview +
• Legacy of the Ancients/Legend of Blacksilver +4D [EasyFlash]
• Hero Time II +2D
• Crazy Dog Racing +M DE

Download: All Games in One Archive (2875)

source: csdb.dk

Scene World is a C64 magazine on disk dedicated to various activities of bothC64 scenes.

“Both” means, that we are supplying information and texts of both scenes; NTSC and PAL.

Download: Commodore 64 DiskMagazine - Scene World #22 (1173)

source: sceneworld.org

The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.

The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).

There are two differents emulators:

• A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
• A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.20.1:

• Disk Browser : AmigaDOS disk support added ! Amiga Files can be read/write/deleted with the Disk Browser !
• New Writer : XML files -> Disk layout can now be exported into XML !
• New Loader : XML files -> A disk can be generated from an XML file !
• Raw Loader : An XML file can now be used as disk layout !
• General : Low level sector reader and track display speed-optimized.
• MacOS X : Executable now compiled with the “-mmacosx-version-min=10.5″ option -> Leopard,Snow Leopard,Lion,Mountain Lion & Mavericks supported.

Download:

• HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.20.1 (1234)

source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl

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

Titles:

• Invert (Final Edition) +7HF [pal/ntsc]
• Invert [Final Edition]
• Crazy Caverns +3H
• Vidball +3D
• Rolloverture +3D
• Othello +F [pal/ntsc]
• Vidball
• Rainbow Dragon 101% +11DX [pal/ntsc]
• Inertiania +
• Night Raid +2
• Re-Alienator +2
• Franz Falckenhaus Trident Crisis
• RGCD 16k Cart Compo 2013 Collection [EasyFlash]
• Tetris (Atari arcade conversion)
• The Search for Santa Clues
• 7dshoot preview +1
• Rent-a-Cop Reloaded Preview
• Helikopter Jagd 101% Jewel V1.1 +3H
• A.R.C.O.S.
• Flok +2
• Top Gun +1D
• Oil Defense
• RGCD 16k Cart Compo 2013 Collection 100% [EasyFlash]
• Tetris (DaCapo) +1H 100%
• Bubbled Ghost Preview

Download: All Games in One Archive (2976)

source: csdb.dk

Laxity presents a collection in 2 disk of the Final Results of the Intro Creation Competition.

Download: Final Results of ICC Collection by LAXITY (990)

source: csdb.dk

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

Titles:

• Hunt for Bubber’s Bathtub +3CEFD 101% [pal/ntsc]
• Powerglove V1.2 +D
• Powerglove (RGCD Compo Edition V1.2)
• Powerglove +4D
• Labyrinth
• Labyrinth +2M
• Labyrinth &Sol
• Darkhold +D +Pic
• Superball
• Superball +F [pal/ntsc]
• Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream!
• Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream! +D
• Rolloverture +3D
• Othello v1.0
• Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream! +2DF [pal/ntsc]
• Outbreak + 101%
• Make My Day Preview +3
• Indeflataball Preview +4
• Risk Preview
• Mirror Image +
• Cowboy Duel +1F DE [english+german] [pal/ntsc]
• Outbreak +1F 101% [pal/ntsc]
• Cowboy Duel +1DE [english+german]

Download: All Games in One Archive (2797)

source: csdb.dk

CBM prg Studio Version 2.9.0 is released. There are a lot of new features in this version. I’d really appreciate it if you report any bugs you find or have any suggestions/comments.

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 / VIC20 or PET if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is the result of merging C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen. Adding new features and fixing bugs in two apps which were 95% similar was a bit of a nightmare so merging them made sense.

It was also a good opportunity for a face lift and to add some new features, such as:

• Programs are project based, meaning all related source files, sprite files etc. are kept in one place and multiple source files can be linked more easily.
• Tabbed MDI.
• Syntax highlighting.

What CBM prg Studio isn’t is a front-end for tok64, cbmcnvrt, bastext or any other tokeniser / detokeniser / assembler. It’s all been written completely from scratch.

New features:

• Extended colour mode for screen designer.
• Binary file import for screen designer.
• User defined links in Help.
• Batch files for user tools menu.
• Updated help file.

Bug Fixed:

• Assembler
  • WORD sequences ending in , not reported.
  • ROL, LSR, ADC, SBC not setting status flags in debugger properly.
  • STX/STY reporting invalid address mode.
  • Macros after cheap labels weren’t expanded properly.
  • Macros containing tabs or comments weren’t expanded properly.
  • Labels after ‘Incasm’ were not recognised.
  • Indirect jumps not recognising labels
  • Wrong detection of assembling past end of memory.
  • Comments after macro calls were corrupting the parameters.
  • Build events were not exported properly.
• Screen Designer
  • ‘Undo’ undid everything, not just the last operation.
  • Screen editor background colours can be set per character.
• General
  • Some code reformatting issues

Download: CBM prg Studio v2.9.0 (974)

source: ajordison.co.uk

Javatari is a multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java with no external libs.

Features:

• Client-Server multiplayer mode. Runs great in low-latency networks such as LANs.
• Drag&Drop and Copy&Paste of ROM files or URLs. Very easy to try ROMs from websites!
• Scanlines and TV screen emulation modes.
• Real Atari console user interface.

Changelog;

• Full support for the upcoming Java security requirements.
• Both all-permissions and sandboxed deployment options.

Download: Javatari JAR v4.0 (Needs Java 6 or greater) (950)

source: javatari.org

This is the official results of the Intro Creation Competition 2013 Top 3 Entries only. See also the official homepage for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• Gary by Vision
• Genesis Project “Asteroids Intro” by Genesis Project
• Bouncy Bouncy by Desire

Download: Intro Creation Competition 2013 (all demo) (1101)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb