http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en This is a RSS feed with the latest news and info from the Commodore community. With news about: CBM, PET, VIC-20, C64, C128, C16, C116, Plus/4, C64 DTV, C-one and the Amiga. Also news about magazines, competitions, music, emulators and events. You can see what the next Commodore event will be, and the latest addition to my collection. en Copyright 2000 - 2012, Richard Lagendijk News Richard Lagendijk RSS http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:26:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2179/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:24:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2178/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:22:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2177/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:20:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2176/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:18:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2175/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:16:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2174/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:14:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2173/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:12:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2172/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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). Fri, 11 May 2012 15:10:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2171/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:08:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2170/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:06:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2169/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:04:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2168/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2167/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/home/index/1/en 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. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cnp/item/index/2166/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cep/home/index/-/en Meeting of the HCC Commodore user group. The theme of this day will be: Robotica. All Commodore / Amiga computers are welcome. Modern computers are only welcome if they are to support Commodore computers. Every 3rd Saturday of every even month. Open from 10:00 until 16:00. Entrance is free of charge. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:39:14 GMT http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cep/home/index/-/en http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/new/index/-/en The Commodore mpet II is a mp3 player. The Commodore mpet II can also be used as a voice recorder, USB memory stick or as a FM radio. The specifications are: Memory: 256 MB, Audio formats: mp3 (64 kbps - 320 kbps), wav and wma, Frequency range: 20 Hz - 20 kHz, Power supply: 1 x AAA battery (up to. 15 hours), FM tuner, Connections: USB 2.0, headphone and microphone. 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