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I hate moving...

Puhh... being back from Greece in the beginning of October, I finally felt driven on enough to finish this new Cascade website, which was slowly getting rotten as alpha in my projects folder (it's beta now ;-). Meeting all those old friends in Hellas after such a long time, besides seeing the famous Antikythera mechanism from eye to eye, gave me a lot of new energy, which I wanted to invest before it fades again...

To this website:
Well after I stopped uploading old stuff to csdb last year (read below why), I started concentrating (besides other things, of course) on a new Cascade website as the old site was apr. 7 years old and really antiquated. I wanted a dynamic content system, the possibility of an easier site administration and a little blog-like system, just to spit out my thoughts from time to time, whenever I feel to do so. Furthermore I wanted to integrate my personal demo and game databases into an easier webdesign, therefore the new layout was made with .css (well most of it at least). So I recoded the whole site from scratch. All in all it took quite long to finish the code, because real life leached most of my energy. But now it's finished and I hope you all like this...

Some words to csdb:
As I said I stopped uploading stuff to csdb, although I still sit on tons of missing old cracks. The reasons for this is that my motivation for supporting csdb sadly was killed, after some ppl started to spam the database for unknown reasons. Maybe those guys suffer of heavy image neurosis, being keen on upload credits in the csdb stats, I don't know... but now there are many, many "scene releases" in csdb that are either not scene related or no releases by definition or worse, even both! Some entries are totally senseless, others were only done to have some bytes for upload to csdb. It's so weird!
And not to mention all the double-entries because some ppl are not willing to check properly. So the amount of 67.000 "scene releases" in csdb is definitely artificially elevated, spoiling this cool web resource :-(

Hopefully someday things get better, or I simply regain motivation to support csdb more than just keeping track on the Cascade entry... we'll see...

18.01.2019 - Arcade2USB - C64 Mini
TSB made a converter to use the Arcade joystick on a C64 Mini. The converter transforms the digital signals from a Atari/DB9 style joystick to USB signals.

18.01.2019 - AmigaMAD - 62
AmigaMAD is an English magazine for the Amiga user. In this edition: Editorial, The Next Gen Amiga, Popular Mechanics - Amiga community, Trashcan and Re-Amiga 1200.

18.01.2019 - 8-Bit Symphony
8-Bit Symphony is a retro game music festival. The event will be in Hull (UK) on the 15th of June 2019. The Hull Philharmonic Orchestra will play with 80 musicians for 90 minutes.

18.01.2019 - The Retro Hour - CU Amiga magazine
The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: CU Amiga magazine - Tony Horgan.

18.01.2019 - DLH's Commodore Archive
DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: One on One Julius Erving and Larry Bird, Acrojet, Crack Down, Heat Seeler, Hawkeye, Bombjack, Ski Writer II, Compsoft DMS for PET, MoonMist and 64'er Spiele-sammlung Band 1.

18.01.2019 - C64 intros
The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added many new intros.

18.01.2019 - Commodore.software
The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: CCGMS 2019 and Hoxs64 v1.0.12.0.

18.01.2019 - Malom - Plus/4
Malom is a puzzle game for the Commodore Plus/4 written by István Schulcz. The game is now also translated by JamesC to English.

18.01.2019 - Hall of Light
An update for the Hall of Light web page: Bolo Mrówkojad, Alert X, 9 Lives, Cliffhanger, Alcatraz, Aussie Joker Poker: A Gambling Game Of Skill & Chance, Risk: A Gambling Game Of Skill & Chance, Jenny Flatow, Joker, Carlos Del Alamo, Tales From Heaven, Megafortress: Flight Of The Old Dog, Megafortress: Operation Sledgehammer, Graphic Expressions, Cisco Heat, Armour-Geddon, Woodys World, Arabian Nights, Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker and Archer MacLean's Pool.

18.01.2019 - Games That Weren't 64
The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: 4 Games, Abandon Ship S.O.S., Angry Birds Style, Any Craps 64, Babies of the Dirt, Bimz, Cybex Escape, Dynaboys, Flyboy, Galaxy Patrol, Heartlight64, Le Fantome Vert, Lumberjack Deluxe, Magic, Mekka and Symposium 2000 missing 32k games, Murdlok, Pinball Dreams, Push It, R.I.O.T, Roll-Out, Scramble 2010, The Official Everton F.C. Intelligensia, Top 20, Transforming Overland Robot, Zulp and triFACTa. Update: Academy, Am-Cup, American GI, Breaker, Buggy Ranger, Cave Wizard, Champions, Crossfire Canyon, Dark Sceptre, Dominator V1, European SuperLeague, Eye Of The Moon, International Soccer Challenge, Italian pirated games, Katia, Last Ninja V1, Megatanio, Meurtre À Grande Vitesse, Murder!, Opera House and The Pay Off, Outpost, PT-109, Pet Person, Prometheous, Proteus, Rex Hard, Rhyme Land, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Test Drive 3, Tour De Force, Toyota Rally, Traffico, Turbo Cup Challenge, Unknown shooter by Kernal and Victory Road (UK version).

18.01.2019 - MorphOS Storage
An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: PerCIMan_0.3.lha, VAMP_2.10.lha, ReportPlus_7.52.lha, Wyrmsun_3.5.2.lha, VenusArt-Absolon.lha, HunoJoyWrapper-lib-MOS.lha, GGRevenge_2.0.lha, OFour_2.0.lha, FourOne.lha, MPPlayer_1.1.lha, iConecta_3.05.lha, VoxelNoid.lha, AMIcast_Player_1.3.lha, HydraCastleLabyrinth.lha, MUIbase_4.1.lha, REminiscence_0.3.2_data.zip, mos2wos-lite_1.0.lha, ProtoType.lha, Smokin_Guns_1.1r2_data.zip and Smokin_Guns_1.1r2.lha.

18.01.2019 - John Ward - 1084ST repair
John Ward made a video about repairing a Commodore 1084ST monitor.

18.01.2019 - Amiga Future - Cheats Database
The cheats database of Amiga Future is updated weekly by David Jahn. The database contains cheats, solutions, tips & tricks and Freezer addresses. The latest updates are: Rolling Thunder, Rod-Land, Rockstar ate my Hamster, Robozone, Rings of Medusa, Resolution 101, Risky Woods, Rick Dangerous, Rat Trap and Rainbow Islands.

18.01.2019 - GIGABLAST - Gold edition - C64
Alf Yngve released an improved version of his GIGABLAST game. In the game you must test the GIGABLAST, a devastating new superweapon. Fly your aircraft and drone across the robotic testing field, and take out as many machines as possible.

18.01.2019 - Amiga Users Ireland Podcast
Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: WinUAE 4.1, Amiga AMP, Dizzy Torrent 2.11, ICOMP - Picasso96 gfx, Icaros desktop, Amiga INC, Amino Corporation, Cloanto, Itec - Hyperion, Lemmings, Powerglove, Tiger Claw, Aquabyss, The Shadows of Sergoth, Santa vs Dinos, Digiloi, Kiwi Story, L'abbaye-des-morts, Mortal Kombat 2 and RJ Mical.