A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Readers comments, News: Amiga Forever/C64 Forever 2012 R2, Automated Amiga Disk Archiver, BOH, Lotek64 #40, QR Code Generator, P1565 Project, Chillin' with Porter, Moldi's Treasure #5, AmigaONE X1000, Return #10, Sqrxz 3, VFLI - VIC-20, PETvet, DiscreetFX, HVTC High Voltage TED Collection, Scene World #18, Cinnamon Writer v0.80, FS-UAE Emulator, AmigaOS Beta Testers, Aladdin 4D, PC World Review WinUAE, "Boing Ball" Re-visited (2), Galli - Plus/4, Rediscovering CP/M (3),Happy Prog'ing, My Personal Memories of Commodore, Interview with Jack Tramiel, Jack Tramiel, a man who changed the world.

An new entry on the GTW64 web page is Exodus. Exodus was a game developed by Paul Clansey in the late eighties. The game was a mix of Elite, Civilisation and Traveller RPG. Paul is now searching if he can find any diskettes with the game.
Updates of other games: Angel of Hell 2, Al The Fish, Bilbo, Car Game 2, Charlie Chaplin, Marc in Wonderland, Mission of Mercy, Sword of Abbadon, Sun Ball, THC Bros and Where time Stood Still.

The BitJam podcast number 151 is a tribute to "Turrican". In this BitJam the following music: Turrican Anthology Teaser Demo, Mega Turrican Second Floor - Level 1, Turrican 1 Amiga Intro Remake, Turrican 2 Main Title (Dosk Mix), Turrican II (Concerto For Laser And Enemies Enhanced Mix), Turrican 2 - The Final Challenge, Super Turrican 2 Submerged - Level 3, The Great Bath (of the Seven Seas), Turrican 3 (reloaded), Super Turrican Steam and Pressuren - Level 2, Turrican 2 - The Explorer. Mega Turrican Turrimann OC ReMix, Super Turrican II Wormland Remix, Turrican 3 Freedom - Credits. Total playtime: 50:30 minutes.

The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with Steven Day. Steven also known as STE'86 and STE made artwork for the Commodore 64 and the Amiga. A few examples of games he worked on are: Stormtrooper, Fireforce and Prince of Persia. You can read the complete interview on the Amiga Lore web page.

An new version of Tape Master Pro is available. Improvements in this version are: You can choose your own text scroll speed. Loading stripes now also work before starting the IRQ turbo tape system. Resolved a small error in the boot loader. And it is now possible to continue with Tape Master Pro after saving your program.

VintageStudio is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for 8-bit computers (C64, VIC-20 and Atari). The program is made by Pawel Kadluczka with the help of Visual Studio 2010. In a video Pawel shows the features of VintageStudio and how it works. Now you have a modern way of building, running and debugging your 8-bit programs.

Binaries and source code of Vintage Studio.

MindCandy 2 is a DVD project from 2007. On the DVD you can watch the best Amiga demos, and you can now download the DVD for free. A few examples of the demos are: Megademo Red Sector Inc., Voyage Razor 1911, State of the Art Spaceballs, 242 Virtual Dreams (Fairlight), Friday At Eight Polka Brothers, Deep - The Psilocybin Mix CNCD and Parallax, Sumea Virtual Dreams (Fairlight), Relic Nerve Axis, Concrete Ephidrena, Silkcut The Black Lotus.

The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find more than 5800 games on this web page. A few examples of new games are: Breakers, Epyxgames, Essex, Fetz-Out, Fetz-Out II, Mindwheel, Project Hell-Storm, Sky Terror - Space Blitz, Sodan Attack, Space Action (Ingo Sander), Tennis (Compute), The Games, Verschollen in Alaska, X-Dir and monopoly online.

Squarewave Orchestra is a chip-tune band with Kvee and Nooly. They play game music on home computers and game consoles. On the ArcadeHry 2012 party they gave a live performance and they also used a Commodore C64c for making the music. You can watch the performance on YouTube.

Reading an old EPROM is not as easy as you think. There are many different EPROMs and they can have different connections. Matthew D'Asar has made an universal adapter for an EPROM programmer. With this adapter you can read every EPROM. The adapter can be used for example on the inexpensive Willem EPROM reader / programmer.

Acuario is a aquarium for inside your Amiga. Acuario has several fishes, a clock / date, background music and even a mermaid. The 2012 version is made with Hollywood 5 Infinity and has new fish, support for oggvorbis audio files and is available in the following languages: Español, English, French, Italian, German, Greek and Czech.

Ras Voja designed the X500 Plus. This computer case is a tribute to the computers of the eighties and nineties and is inspired by the Commodore Amiga 500. The case is build from aluminium and plastic and has a in-built keyboard. You can install a mini-itx or flex-ATX motherboard, SSDs or HDDs, slim DVD-RW or Blu-Ray drive and a card reader. You can use the case for many systems like: PC, SAM, Raspberry pi, Natami, FPGAArcade etc.

The X500 Plus on YouTube.

The web page RGCD presents the cartridge version of the game Fairy Well. This game won the 2011 C64 16kB cartridge game development competition. The game can be played with a joystick on a C64 PAL / NTSC and the 64 GS. In the game you need to guide your fairy through the labyrinthine underworld on your quest to rescue the captured princess and restore peace to the forest! The game comes boxed (artwork by Flemming Dupont), printed manual and exclusive sticker.

Zoltán and István released a picture diskette for the Commodore Plus/4 (PAL). The pictures are in Interlaced HiRes. There are 12 pictures available and a fast loader system for the 1541 and 1551 disk drive is included on the diskette.

Amitopia TV is now 24 hours per day available. This week on Amitopia TV: Showcase, Animated Zone - Creativity into one show, AmiReporters, Commodore Amiga History - History of Commodore and Amiga, Amiga News - Latest Headlines and I Love Amiga 2012 - Tenerife Amiga Club Meeting.

Furiod is a 3D sequel of the great arcade title Arkanoid made by Ozzy. The game is also a tribute to the great SID composers of the commodore 64 era. This game is a Arkanoid clone , but the difficulty will increase every 10 levels. The game has 100 levels and a Final Boss. The game can be downloaded for free.

SwissMäc developed his own version of a SD2IEC. He named his version the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack. In the video you can see that the device is installed on the Commodore C64 as a little backpack.

More information about the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack (German language).

The Legend of Edgar is a platform game, but different from many Amiga and SNES platform games. Edgar must battle his way across the world, solving puzzles and defeating powerful enemies to achieve his quest. Features: Large levels with different environments. A variety of weapons. Boss Battles! Lots of sound effects and music tracks. Joypad support with configurable controls. Configurable keyboard support.

TAPgen v0.1 is a tape loader program made by Enthusi. With this program you can make your own tape loading system for your games. It supports games up to 44 kB (173 Blocks) including loading music, loading picture and a scroll text with custom character set. The program can be used on a PC with Python and recent version of Exomizer.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. Improved: Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk (Code Masters), Humans 3: Evolution - Lost in time (Gametek), Project X (Team 17), I.C.E. 2 (Cytax), Skull and Cross Bones (Domark), Labyrinth (Det Nye COMputer). New: I.C.E. 3 (Cytax), Block Shock: The Last Chance (Kingsoft), Balance Of Power: Geopolitics in the Nuclear Age (Mindscape), Snapperazzi (Alternative), Gladiators (Smash 16).

Lance from the Commodore128.org web page started a wiki. This wiki will be filled with information about the Commodore C128. But all the other Commodore and Amiga models are welcome too. And you can help to make this wiki bigger by adding your own articles. The wiki is, like Wikipedia, freely editable.

The Commodore revival band PPOT (Press Play On Tape) will release a new album on 12 May 2012. On this double album the following music: Man with the Gun, Formula One Simulator, Olympic Fanfare, Winter Games, Parappa the Rapper 2, Ghosts 'n Goblins, How to Waste this Day, Gods (Into the Wonderful), Piece of Noise, Nonterraqeuous, Zero-G, Future Knight, The Human Race, Knuckle Buster, Lightforce, One Man and his Droid, Rambo : First Blood Part II, The Last Ninja (The Wilderness), Master of Magic, Aztec Challenge, Thrust, Commando, Sanxion, Shockway Rider, Monty on the Run and Zoids.

Many people know a little bit about the internals of a 8-bit computer. The most important part is the CPU (Central Processing Unit). You can buy many different CPU's to build a computer. But Kyle from 8 Bit Spaghetti decided to make a computer the hard way. He did not buy a CPU, he build one himself from TTL chips. In this very comprehensive blog he explains how a CPU works and how you can build one yourself.

A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows is available. Solved problems with: CDFS, Software filter, D3D, USB joysticks with multiple buttons, Legacy VSync, Bsdsocket, 68020 cycle-exact mode and Chip RAM. New or improved: Fastest possible CPU mode, Display buffering system, Sound sync, Debugger and Auto-scaling.

Christian Siege released the second part in the Wyvern series. The game is developed with the Sideways SEUCK system and can be used with an Commodore 64. In the game you control a holy dragon who has to save the land of Progidia from the Evil Dragon lord. You have to fight against dragons and minions.

A new edition of the English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Chocolate Doom, Aquakon, Fortress, Relics of Deldroneye, Cyber Blast 2, The Golden Medallion, Open Beats of Rage, Hollywood 5, Audio Evolution 4, Cinnamon Writer, RP9, Icaros Desktop. Network Printing, C-Workshop (13), AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench (8), D-LAN, Classic Reflection (4), Test AresOne XL, 2 MB RAM for all 68000 Amiga's, Interview Jens Henschel, Interview Mustafa Tufan, News and Letters to the editor.

Róbert Kisnémeth (KiCHY) is working on the next Adventures In Time game for the Commodore Plus/4. In part two there will be new features: Tile types which let you slide left or right. Hidden passages. Jumper platforms. Rotating coins for collecting. You can follow the progress of the game on the blog page of KiCHY.

The first game in the series: Adventures In Time.

The web page c64endings.com has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Rally Cross (Anco), Redhawk (Melbourne House), Stunt Car Racer (Microstyle), Scout (Mastertronic), Tintin on the Moon (Infogrames), Tales of the Arabian Nights (Interceptor Software), Toadforce (Players), Tarzan Goes Ape (Codemasters), Ultimate Wizard (Electronic Arts), Vindicators (Domark) and Wild West Seymour (Codemasters).

Stefan Noack developed a hardware SID player with the help of a Atmel micro processor. The used components are: 6581 SID, Atmel Atmega162 and a MAX 323. You can use the ACID 64 software to play your SID's on the SIDboard. Because the project is open source you can download the schematics and firmware to build your own SIBboard.

Schematics and firmware for the SIDboard.

You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. In the last weeks they added the following Amiga music: Elvira Loader Darkstyle, Hybris (NewAgeMix), Flashback - The Escape (Long version), Leisure Suit Larry 3 - Nontoonyt Hotel (Casino Mix), Lotus 3 Metalmachine daXX RMX, Amberstar (Title Remix), SHINOBI - Ninjas never die, Project-X (XPlod Remix), Wings Of Death (Level 2) - More Gravity, Memories of a Turbo Challenge,A cembalo on Monkey Island, Elvira Mistress of the Dark Garden, The Great Bath (of the Seven Seas).

TMPx (TMP cross) is a cross assembler that is 100% compatible with the full syntax of the Commodore C64 program Turbo Macro Pro. TMPx was tested thoroughly and will produce the same output as Turbo Macro Pro on the real C64. Besides TMPx you can also use TMPview. This program will show the ASCII version of the Turbo Assembler code.

FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Improvements in the rendering performance. Input devices and options can be changed in the menu while running FS-UAE. Added the A4000/040 model. Support for mounting CD images. Better net play support. UAE core from WinUAE 2.4.0. Many other fixes and improvements.

The Javascript emulator of the VIC-20, made by Matt Dawson, has been updated. This emulator works best with the latest Chrome or Firefox browsers. Changes in this version Full-screen support. New debug screen with VIC and VIA info. Edit or view a Basic or machine-code program. Choice between 100% speed or no-limit. Datassette emulation (Load) with support for TZX, CSM and PRG files.

You can now listen to a new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language). You can listen to the following articles: BoingsWorld Ostergewinnspiel Gewinner, Timberwolf Beta 3 für AmigaOS 4, Viva Amiga in Europa, Tutorial Audioevolution 4, Turrican Soundtrack Anthology, AmigaONE X1000 Debian Linux, Micromys V4, AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS Update, Floppy Autoloader, Indivision AGA Mk2, Classic-Computing 2012, WiiUAE 9, Commodore-Meeting in Wien, Project 1565, Blue Metal Rose Homepage, OctaMED Soundstudio 1.03c, Aegis Audiomaster, Ambermoon Arcade, Backbone, Super Street Fighter 2 DX, Maestro Professional Soundkarte, Konturen der Welt Musikvideo and the Commodore 64.

Simone Bevilacqua (saimo) released an update of his game Quod Init Exit. In the game you are a little pig, and you need to eat all the food you can find. The game has excellent graphics and is fun to play. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: The Business Of Gaming - Good Ol' 1982. Retro Collecting 101 - Is There A Such Thing As Too Many Games? Apple II Incider - Apple II's 35th Birthday / Visicalc. 30th Birthday Bash - ZX Spectrum: The World's Most Emotional Computer Turns 30. MAME Reviews - Snap Jack. Commodore Du Jour - Jack Tramiel and Breach. NES'cade - Chase H.Q. A Pixelated 21st Century. Middle Aged Gamer + More!

Memo is a simple memory game and was developed in 1992 by Göran Johansson (Code), Anders Elmen (Music) and Kim Nordström (Graphics). The special thing about this memory game was that is was a two player game and you could steal "pairs" from your opponent. But in 1992 the game publishers had lost interest in the C64 market and the game did not get released.

This web page wants to make a register of all Commodore PET / CBM computers and peripherals. The database now holds more 50 serials and is still growing. Besides the serials database you can also find software, books, adverts, manuals, brochures and much more.

The web page c64.com interviewed Darren Melbourne. Darren developed games for many computer systems. For the Commodore C64 he worked on Hades Nebula, Blazer, Shinobi, Ninja Warriors, Gemini Wing and Speedball. Nowadays he develops games for the Nintendo and the iPhone. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.

A new version of the Amiga flicker fixer is available. The device comes in two versions and can be used with the Amiga 1200, 4000, 4000T and the CD32. Specifications: DVI-I Connector, 135 MHz Pixel clock, 16 MB frame buffer, Hardware updates are possible. The device is placed inside the Amiga on top of the Lisa chip.

Indivision AGA Mk2 - A4000/CD32

Stefan from the computer collection Vienna has now a real replica of the Commodore 1565 disk drive. He made a 3D drawing of the disk drive and used it to "print" the disk drive. With a modern 3D printer it is possible to produce 3D models. In the video you can see the result of the project. The total printing time was 4 hours.

The project page of the Commodore 1565.

Warrenterra79 collected an number of videos of Commodore C64 games with strange behavior. A few examples are: Circus games, Decathlon, Summer Games, Summer Games II, World Games, Winter Games and many more.

Stare Kino is an alternative band from Poland. The song "Commodore" is a musical tribute to Jack Tramiel. The members of the band grew up in the 80s, in communist Poland, and dreamed of the Commodore C64. You can watch the video-clip on YouTube.

Arthur Jordison released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Basic listing improvements. Jump to destination, for BASIC files. Auto complete for BASIC (v2 / v7) programs. Relative branching for assembly programs. Improvements for the screen designer and several bug fixes.

The Company is a group Amiga enthusiast from Poland. They make exe versions of Amiga games. You can download a exe file that contains the game and a preconfigured version of WinUAE. The latest additions are: Overdrive, Beach Volley, Premiere, Project 1, onEscapee, Batman: The Caped Crusader / The Movie / Returns, Globdule, Uridium II, Means Arena, Colin Curly's Games (2) and Stunt Car Racer (2).

The web page c64.com has interviewed Allan Elegeert, also known as Mad All. Mad All was active in the Belgium C64 scene from 1985 until 1990. He was a member of Commando and Commando Frontier (CFR) and did a lot of demo design and disk swapping. You can read the whole interview on the c64.com web page.

The Amiga Music Preservation (AMP) web page has had a big update. AMP wants to be the most comprehensive, complete and precise database about Amiga music. At the moment there are more than 120.000 modules available.

TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 50 new, 64 updated and 22 removed.

UAE-Wii is a Amiga emulator for the Nintento Wii. The emulator is based on the UAE emulator and can emulate the Amiga 500, 600, 1000 and 1200. Changes in this version: Added dms and zip support and disk drive sound. On the WiiBrew web page you can read all the details about installing the emulator on your Wii.

Source code of UAE-Wii on Google Code.

Vicman has made a compilation of games. You can now watch video’s of Commodore VIC20 games that start with the letter C: Cabby, Canibal, Cannon Ball, Cannonade, Canyon, Canyon Runner, Capture the Flag, CB Slot VI, CB Slot VIII and City Crusher.

City Crusher - VIC20 on Youtube.