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MiniGame Compo 2008
The 2008 MiniGame competition has now
started. This competition is for all
8-bit computers, and we would love to
see some *more* Commodore entries
enter the competition. The MiniGame
compo will be doing the same as last
year?s categories, which are 1K (1024
bytes), 2K (2048 bytes) and 4K (4096
bytes). For more information visit The
MiniGame compo web site:
http://minigamecomp.org.uk/index.htm
VINTAGECOMPUTERS.NET
I have uploaded a whole slew of new
D64's, mostly BBS/Comms/Phone Phreaking
/Copy/Crack Utilities/ and related
miscellaneous stuff, by request.
I likely have more, stay tuned.
Start from ...
http://www.vintagecomputer.net/
commodore/64/d64_library/
...and sort by date. The majority of
the new stuff is in ../BBS_Comm and
../utilities directories. Note that to
download you'll be asked to agree that
the files will be used for educational
purposes only. This is to protect
copyrights and to C.M.A. Some disks
were not perfect to start with and the
D64's reflect the imperfections. let
me know if you have trouble.
Obviously some of these disks were
personal copies of miscellaneous
programs/ compilations. Any .D64 I
post with "more" at the end is a
compilation disk. Usually worth
checking out.
Bill
vintagecomputer.net/midatlanticretro.
org/degnanco.net/spacevipers.com/etc
Space Invaders LED Doormat
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?
dir=firebox&action=product&pid=
2066&src_t=wnp
Pressure sensitive doormat that runs
on a couple of AA Batteries displays
Alien space invaders via a pressure
sensitive pad onto an LED screen.
SEUCK - sideways scrolling
To celebrate the leap year, the SEUCK
Vault and Jon Wells are pleased to
announce: SIDEWAYS SEUCK! Yes, the
editor and game code of the classic
Sensible Software game creator "The
Shoot'Em Up Construction Kit" have been
modified to scroll from left to right,
with a right-to-left version to follow
in due course. To read more, visit the
SEUCK Vault at:
http://www.seuckvault.co.uk
SOASC= collection
Hi Nigel, Just a short news for your
excellent magazine. SOASC= collection
is now back online with a fast
connection and own server hosting
145449 MP3 files for the CSG8580R5,
MOS6581R2 and R4 chips.
http://www.6581-8580.com/
In other news.. www.paula8364.com same
thing for the Amiga currently in
recording!
DirMaster v2.0/Style!
DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI tool
useful for the management of common
(and uncommon) emulator formats (such
as .d64, .d81, .tap, etc) as well as
native archival formats (such as .arc,
.sda, .lnx, etc). DirMaster
differentiates from and surpasses
competing tools with its focus on
usability - a perfect blend of
familiar appearance (e.g. natural
looking disk image contents using the
CBM character set) with modern GUI
functionality (e.g. drag and drop,
working with multiple disk images at
once).
At v1, DirMaster was already the best
GUI-based disk image tool on Windows;
v2 was in development for 18 months
and under internal use for the past
year, extending the lead and covering
the bases:
* disk image support: .d64, .d71,
.d81, .d80, .d82, .d2m .dhd, .dnp,
.dfi, .g64 (read only)
* tape image support: .t64 (read only)
* file support: .prg/.p00, .seq/.s00,
.usr/.u00, .rel/.r00
* archive support: .arc, .sda, .lnx,
.ark, .cvt, .sfx, .wr3, zip/4 (1!...,
2!..., etc)
* open literally *hundreds* of disk
images at same time
* fully working drag and drop:
* copy one or more files from one image
to another
* copy files between different image
formats (e.g. d64 to d81, dfi to d71,
etc)
* move/reorder files on the same disk
by dragging them
* drag and drop files from disk images
to the OS file system
* drag and drop files from the file
system onto disk images
* recursive find: search your disk
image collection, fast (125 images per
second, 7.5k per minute)
* invoke your favorite emulator (up to
eight slots) from within DirMaster to
run a file
* save disk images as a .txt, .csv
(with optional MD5 hash per file), or
.bmp
* batch processing: recursively create
.txt, .csv, and .bmp or extract to
prg/seq files
* multi-level undo
* decompress archives directly off
open disk images
* BAM view which fully supports
standard error sector information
* track/sector editor: edit in hex or
ASCII
* sub-directory support for relevant
formats like d81 and d2m
* maintain your own favorite
'separators': drag and drop them onto
your disk image
* great support for GEOS files
* most functions have keyboard
equivalents, including file reordering
and filename editing
* working just fine under WINE for
Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris freaks
All coding by The Wiz/Style, new
graphics/icon design by saehn/Style.
http://www.style64.org/
HardSID 4U
Welcome Mac lovers! As some of you may
already now, we didn't plan OS X
related developments... but the release
of the HardSID 4U made many Mac users
to nag me about the lack of OS X
support. Well, you won! ;)
While my friend prepares the fist
stock of HardSID 4Us to be ready for
the release date in April, I've jumped
into OS X development
http://osx.hardsid.com/
HVSC update 48 released High Voltage
SID Collection Update 48 Date:
09 MAR 08
Resulting Version: 48
Previous Version: 47
Hello fellow lover of SID music!
Nice you found some time to read thru
this script, to see what has been
changed in the HVSC and for what
reason. This time we have music from:
Vandalism News 49, Silesia party, The
82 Ditties demo by Bluez Muz,
unreleased tunes by Adam Gilmore, John
Stormont (NEW), C64.sk SIDcompo 7,
Aegis (aged sweet 13 years old!)
Jeroen Tel, Linus, Dwayne Bakewell,
Richard Bayliss, Conrad (CRD), Froyd,
Adam Gilmore, Goto80
After this update, the collection
should contain 35,030 SID files!
This update features (all approximates)
918 new SIDs
42 fixed/better rips
0 fixes of PlaySID/Sidplay1 specific
SIDs
12 repeats/bad rips eliminated
370 SID credit fixes
101 SID model/clock infos
11 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/
identified :-)
37 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their
composers? directories
15 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their
composers? directories
www.hvsc.c64.org
The Commodore 64 Book 1982-199x" has
been published by Hiive Books & is now
available to order. Full details can be
found at:
http://c64goldenyears.com
The book covers over 200 classic games
for the best-selling home computer of
the 1980's, with trivia about the
games, programmers & companies. Each
review is illustrated with full colour
screenshots and images of the
packaging. Split into sections for
each year from 1982 to 1992, with an
additional chapter bringing the story
right up to the present day, it tells
the story of a machine that found a
place in people's homes and hearts,
and paved the way for a computer in
every home...
The book also comes with a foreword
from gaming legend Jeff Minter,
describing his love for the C64. Each
chapter is introduced with a short
history of what was happening to C= and
the games industry in that year. The
index makes finding a favourite game
easy.
This is the second book in the GOLDEN
YEARS series. The first book, The ZX
Spectrum Book 1982-199x was written
and produced by Andrew Rollings and
published in December 2006 through
Hiive Books LLC. That title has now
sold out.
Author Andrew Fisher has written for
UK magazines including C= Force, C=
Format, Micro Mart,games TM Retro and
Retro Gamer.
Editor and designer Andrew Rollings of
Hiive Books LLC has created a fresh
new design based on the Spectrum Book,
allowing the two books to complement
each other.
Orders can be placed by credit card or
PayPal through the official site ONLY
at
http://c64goldenyears.com
Commodore 64/128 Bulletin Board
The 29 February 2008 edition of the
Commodore 64/128 Bulletin Board List
is now ready for viewing. You can
access the list at:
http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/
cbm-bbs-list.txt
The current state of the C= BBS Scene
is as follows:
18 BBS's verified up & running today.
3 additions and 0 deletions.
-Andrew
BlockParty 2008 is coming to Cleveland,
Ohio on April 4-6. A giant demo party
and show here in North America. Taken
from the webpage, the organizers say,
"2008's looking to dwarf 2007, as we
continue our Five Years of Blockparty
Pledge to bring you more of the top-
flight demoparty action you've come to
expect from us."
http://www.demoparty.us
At BlockParty, attendees will listen
to guest speakers, have the chance to
attend "camps" (extended sessions for
learning demo-coding), and participate
and/or observe the competitions. I've
been told that Commodore demo action
will be there, too. Guest speakers
include such notables as Jason Scott
of the BBS Documentary movie (his BP
topic -- Now and Then, Here and There:
Editing) and Jeri Ellsworth of
CommodoreOne and C64 DTV fame (her BP
topic -- CPU Not Required: Making
Demos with FPGAs).
For the complete speaker list and
schedule, go to
http://www.notacon.org/blockparty.html
BlockParty 2008 will be held at the
Holiday Inn Select City Centre
Lakeside, 1111 Lakeside Ave., in
downtown Cleveland. (The hotel
accomodations seem to be booked solid
already for BlockParty guests, but
some rooms may still be available by a
direct phone call to the hotel.The
hotel contact details are at the
Notacon website.)
Various registration packages are
available from $50 to $599. Early
registration closes on March 23 at 9
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Any
remaining tickets will be sold at the
door for $100 each.
Truly, Robert Bernardo