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30.03.2020 - Firmware update for 'Ultimate 64' and 'Ultimate 64' Elite available
Version 1.28 contains besides several bug-fixes the following new features: Debug stream over Ethernet, which logs CPU / VIC access real time, also possible to log C64 CPU and 1541 CPU alongside. U64 only. - ACIA (MOS 6551) emulation - Modem Layer emulation (6551 <-> LAN), supporting both outbound and inbound connections - REU load / save commands from UCI, using the preload settings - File append mode for Software IEC. - Support for SuperGames cartridge

29.03.2020 - New firmware for 'ARM2SiD / ARMSID' available
ARM2SiD v3.8 / ARMSID v2.10 firmware fixes a bug from older versions in the values generation of the register OSC3 during a noise waveform. ARMSID/ARM2SiD are replacement devices of the MOS6581 and MOS8580 used in the Commodore C64 - minimalistic in simplicity of circuit and use, not in function and power.

28.03.2020 - Update of C64 game 'DKJ Game & Watch' released
'DKJ Game & Watch' is a C64 port of the Game & Watch version of Donkey Kong Junior. The now released update brings the C64 version up to the same level as the Plus/4/VIC 20/Pet versions, with a high-score counter, title screen and correctly awarding a point for jumping from a vine over an approaching snapper.

28.03.2020 - Lotek64 issue #60 released
A new edition of the German .pdf magazine Lotek64 is available for download. Some of the articles in this edition: Der C64 spielt jetzt auch Gitarre - Robot Guitar, Ein C64-Spiel auf Schallplatte - Heartware-Piggy, Bewerb: Spiele mit nur zehn Programmzeilen - BASIC 10-Liners, Umfangreiches Adventure für den Commodore 64 - Methodist, Die Österreichische Games-Forscherin im Interview - Johanna Pirker, Adventure-Klassiker neu aufgelegt - Jinxter Remastered

28.03.2020 - New C64 game 'City Bomber 4k' released
'City Bomber 4k', developed by Megastyle, is a single button game for the Commodore 64. The game is based on the good old Blitz game that some of you might remember from the VIC20. The game is available as free download.

28.03.2020 - New video from 'Retro Recipes' - Can we save this Commodore 64? EXTREME Refurb!
Pete from 'Retrohax.net' (aka Drygol) and 'Perifractic' from 'Retro Recipes' are showing us another incredible Extreme Refurb! Is it possible to bring this completely rotten, devastated and raped Commodore 64 back to life?

26.03.2020 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue 108 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English-language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game reviews.

25.03.2020 - New video footage of WIP C64 game 'Fix It Felix Jr.'
This video shows the first cutscene of the upcoming Commodore 64 conversion of 'Fix It Felix Jr.'. The game was the game featured in the film 'Wreck It Ralph'. While there is already a browser version of the game from Disney and some homebrew versions for consoles, now a C64 port (WIP) was recently announced.

24.03.2020 - New C64 puzzle game 'Luma' released on itch.io
Luma is a laser based sliding puzzle game for the Commodore 64. Slide batteries, lasers and mirrors around to light the targets within the given shift count. With 128 levels Luma will keep you occupied for hours and test your puzzling skills to the max.

22.03.2020 - Preview for WIP C64 game 'Chiller 2' available for testing
'aNdy/AL/Cosine' is currently working on a prequel of the oldie C64 game 'Chiller' and has now decided to spread a little bit of love and cheer by releasing a 2 level demo version of 'Chiller 2'! The game has not undergone extensive play testing, so some may find it a little hard...

21.03.2020 - C64 game 'Wormhole' now available as digital download on itch.io
'Wormhole' is a side-scrolling jump 'n shoot game for the legendary Commodore 64. Equipped with a rocket-driven Hazmat suit, you have to make your way through the research facilities, go through the wormhole and rescue a Professor.

21.03.2020 - Trailer of the game 'Tiny little Slug' for Amiga uploaded
This is Tiny Little Slug, a new Amiga game released in 2020. The game borrows elements of the Metroidvanian genre but with a catch: You can't hurt the enemies and have to maneuver around them. The game is available on Floppy, CD-ROM for the CD32 and as HDD installation.

21.03.2020 - 'Games That Weren't 64' update for March 2020
There's an update at GTW64, with a number of 8 new entries and 29 updates that we've been adding since the last. Entries that were added: Bugs in buggyland, Civilization, Elevator, King Of The Air, Labyrinth, Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Sagan om ringen, Warcraft 64.

21.03.2020 - Free stuff from 'Fusion Retro Books'
With the Corona virus effecting people's life across the globe, many of us are in self-isolation with time on our hands. To fill the time, 'Fusion Retro Books' offers free PDF copy of the Fusion 2020 Annual and in addition, Issue 9 and Issue 10 of the magazine as well. Also for the first time, a PDF of the 8-Bit Kids by Amicom is available and can also be given to you for free as well.

21.03.2020 - New on Kickstarter - 'Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1'
And another crowdfunding campaign for retro computer lovers: 'Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1', will be a new A4, print only, multi format retro gaming publication, that will cover lots of topics around retro gaming on machines like Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Commodore Plus 4, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, SMS, ZX Spectrum, ZX SPECTRUM NEXT and a whole lot more.