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06.05.2020 - New Open Source hardware on GitHub - PadSwitcher64
'PadSwitcher64' is an interface that allows Super Nintendo (SNES) control pads to be plugged into a C64's joystick ports. The adapter connects to both C64 joystick ports and allows the active port to be changed on the fly with a push of a button. The interface defaults to joystick port two on power on.

06.05.2020 - C64 case repairs, C64 replacement motherboards and a book review! - New video from 'Adrian Black'
Another Mid-Week Mini Mail Call in 'Adrian's Digital Basement'! It's more C64 goodness this time. Let's repair a case, look at a replica C64 motherboard and look at a book on how to repair your C64.

04.05.2020 - Breakout game 'Brick's Revenge' for C64 released
This nice breakout clone in the style of the famous classic 'Arkanoid', consisting of 12 levels, just got freshly released at itch.io and can be purchased for bargain as digital version (.d64/.prg).

03.05.2020 - C64 emulator Denise V1.0.8 released
Denise is a relatively new C64 emulator, whose C64 emulation improved alot in last months and which is regularly developed. Later the emulator will also have Amiga emulation included (not ready yet). Works on Windows (32/64 Bit), Linux and Mac.

03.05.2020 - Interview with Leonard Tramiel (Atari/Commodore)
Commodore and Atari legend Leonard Tramiel kindly gave up some of his free time to answer some questions from our Adrian. He discusses his time working at both companies, developing the Jaguar and Jaguar CD as well as the ST and the canned Panther. He also gives an insight to working with his father, the amazing Jack Tramiel.

03.05.2020 - Showcase video: C64 New Games Round Up - May 2020
This video game review shows gives you an nice overviews of the more prominent Commodore 64 game releases for 2020. Namely there are: Fix-it Felix Jnr, Crackpots, Katabatia, Old Tower, Into Hinterland World, The Shadow Over Hawksmill, Mars, The Lord of Dragonspire, Millie and Molly, Hired Sword 2, Wormhole, Major Blink, City Bomber 4K, Atic Atac, Nucleo 448, Luma, Karate SID

02.05.2020 - XSidplay2 V2.1.8 released
XSidplay2 is a QT based SID music player for WIndows and Linux. Sid emulation uses Libsidplayfp 2 that has both Resid and ResidFp engines (ExSid support is being added). It customizes HVSC information in STIL and song length DB, it shows CGSC lyrics, the player used by the song, the A4 note frequency table used by the player.

02.05.2020 - Showcase video: New Commodore 64 Demos - April 2020
This 32 minutes video shows a collection of C64 demos, released in April 2020. The reel lists: The Voice of Reason by The Solution, Gamblers by Atlantis, COVID-19 Survival Guide by No Name, Forona by 7th Division Lowercase Ninja by Arkanix Labs, Creatures PETSCII by Arkanix Labs Outrun PETSCII by Arkanix Labs, Epic Sax Gandalf by Deja Vu Petmanbatman by Dr. TerrorZ, Vice Tribute by Bonzai, Fight! by Atlantis (Full demo)

30.04.2020 - Updated version of C64 game 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64' released
'Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64' is a cute little oldschool platformer/arcade style game, that was ported from ZX Spectrum and released in 2019. Now an updated version with fixed bonus and sfx only option was just released. Play as Moebius or Pucky, rescue thousands of lost imps and return them to their natural habitat in unusual but not so distant places.

30.04.2020 - LOAD magazine issue #6/2020 released
'LOAD' is a german print magazine, that covers themes around C64 or Amiga and a lot of other retro machines. this time, besides other topics, there is an article about the history of GUI, of course including the Amiga Workbench. There is also a report about the Amiga34 convention in Neuss/Germany, that was held in October 2019.

30.04.2020 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue 109 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.

30.04.2020 - 'neatPLA' - another PLA replacement circuit for C64 released at GitHub
'neatPLA' is based on dodgyPLA (https://github.com/desaster/c64-dodgypla) and is announced to be one of the most compatible PLA replacements. Changes compared to dodgyPLA: 3.6V voltage regulator. Better for logic levels. Still within XC9536XL specs - Cool looking PCB - Changed pin mapping code to mach the new schematic & PCB - CASRAM delay increased to 30ns. Fixes timing issues with motherboard 326298 - Added extra delay to all outputs. Fixes a timing issue with motherboard 250425 + SwinSID.

29.04.2020 - Mid-Week Mini Mail Call #3 - C64 Extravaganza - New video from 'Adrian Black'
Some more packages are opened in 'Adrian's Digital Basement', which were sent by his viewers and supporters. This time, it's all C64 goodness. A RF modulator replacement, a SID chip and another PLA replacement.

28.04.2020 - Scene World Podcast Episode #88 - Digital Retro Park with Stefan Pitsch and Falk Heinzelmann
The Digital Retro Park is one of the premier museums of digital culture. Falk Heinzelmann and Stefan Pitsch are the guys who started it all, and they've taken some time to talk to AJ and Joerg about the museum, as well as take us on a virtual tour while we're all stuck at home! Other topics that covered: Fix-It Felix Jr. for C64, Sam's Journey, C128 Neo, Some info on international C64 Keyboard layouts, Info on the Japanese version of the C64 and a lot more...

27.04.2020 - DIR PLUS V3.1 for Commodore 64 and Plus/4 released
DIR PLUS is a SD2IEC browser, program starter and file manager solution for your Commodore 64 and Plus/4. The goal with the file management functionality has been, that you never should have to put your SD card in a modern computer for file managing. New version V3.1 got a lot of updates.