SID Duzz it, e’ un’ottimo SID Music Editor programmato da Geir Tjelta del gruppo SHAPE.

Download: SID Duzz\' It v2.1 (1016)

source: csdb.dk

HermIRES e’ un hires bitmap (Art Studio 1 format) editor per il Commodore 64.

The format has some restrictions, here are the rules:

• The maximal resolution of the picture is 320×200
• Only 16 fix C64 colours can be used (no gradient either)
• In a 8×8 pixel-block only 2 colours can used to be displayable by C64 (this is detected in HermIRES, but .hbm files can be saved with clashes too.)
• On a real C64 the PAL will blur the screen-content a bit, should check on CRT, or at least VICE emulator’s CRT simulation.

Changelog:

Added:

• Color swapping fast-button – Tilde “`” button (BitBreaker’s idea)
• Show pen-diameter preview circle if diameter is bigger than the default
• *dense (pixel-scale) grid toggleable (in bigger magnifications too).
• *added ‘Deny painting’,'Reuse existing colour’ and ‘Set block colour’ mode to ClashTest – different settings on/off in case clash would happen…
• *showing zoomed area in the preview, allow going to area in zoomed mode when left-clicking on preview
• Showing ongoing progresses by text/graphics (loading/converting/drawing…)
• Selectable CRT emulation for Preview/Grid only… (for faster operation on slow machines)
• Undo step number displayed (should undo history also be saved?)

Fixed:

• Control/shift/alt stucked in Win7 with allegro devpak 4.2… -> using allegro devpak 4.4.2 version instead!
• Reduced overall CPU usage – refined timed and pixelling/detection events
• iI Windows it was slow (especially in CRT emulation) -> wrote optimized software CRT-emul.pixelling for GridDrawer, not relying on hw-acceleration
• *pressing F1..F4 fucked up (enlightens) toolbar sometimes – solution: timing stabilizer / thread safety check solved it
• Preview-zoom title-text was overwritten by Grid-Zoom-text in the smallest resolution mode with 2-digit magnifications
• *there was ‘allegro error #11′ and ‘segmentation fault’ at lower than required resolution – it was logical mistake in resolution-decider loop
• Made dithered and big-pendiameter filled rectangle/circle drawing faster (set the steps according to pen-diameter)
• *allegro filename-extension detection was wrong – if ‘.’ used in filename and no extension given, only the name before was saved to disk! -> used ustrcmp & strcat instead
• *C64-executable format name-tag (caption) now editable (deleting it disables it)

Download:

• HermIRES v1.25 (Linux) (996)
• HermIRES v1.25 (Windows) (1118)

source: hermit.netne.net

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64 dai seguenti gruppi: Avatar, Onslaught, Bad Taste, uppercase Software e Excess.

Download:

• S-Blox v1.0 (1088)
• Octron (1077)
• KAH - Kill All Humans (1032)
• Heng - HiRes Engine (1016)
• Sigma Wing Preview (1012)
• Helikopter Jagd + (1073)
• Super Mario Bros Preview (1069)
• All Games in One Archive (2529)

source: csdb.dk

NAV, è un nuovo file browser per il Commodore 64 con NAV è possibile utilizzare il mouse in porta 1 e il joystick in porta 2 o la tastiera per navigare.

NAV può funzionare con un massimo di cinque unità floppy esterne ed è stato testato con le seguenti interfaccie:

1541, 1571, 1581, uIEC, IDE64

Download: NAV (D64) (1171)

source: commodoreserver.com

Calendario in formato PDF rilasciato da Marcin Dworaczek (Moonie aka / MSB) per il nuovo anno.

Le immagini contenute nel calendario sono state rilasciate nell’ultima edizione del SillyVenture Party (SV2k12), e provengono dai seguenti autori: Piesiu, Ripek, Rocky, Ooz, Ukko, Templeton, Odyn1ec e Bracket.

Download: SillyVenture 2013 calendar (1420)

source: sillyventure.eu

Altirra è un emulatore di Atari 8 bit per Windows/DOS. Emula i vari modelli di computer Atari, infatti include il modello 800, 800XL, 130XE.

Ha un sacco di opzioni e funzionalita’ considerando che l’emulatore e’ ancora nelle fasi iniziali di sviluppo. Tutto sommato un bel emulatore per gli amanti del vecchio computer ATARI 8 Bit.

Download: Altirra v2.20 (973)

source: virtualdub.org

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64 dai seguenti gruppi: Genesis Project, TRIAD, Really Proud Lamers e Laxity.

Download:

• Tone-Loco + 100% [pal/ntsc] (1287)
• SRogue v1.0 &D (1026)
• Tone-Loco (1011)
• Gorf [max machine] +2D (1036)
• Blok Copy PETSCII Edition +3H (1059)
• Computer TitleBout +D [ntsc/pal] (1044)
• S-Blox (Beta 2) (1033)
• All Games in One Archive (2490)

source: csdb.dk

Dopo 3+ anni di Sofferenze e Bestemmie alcuni giorni fa’ abbiamo abbandonato definitivamente uno dei peggiori hosting condivisi della rete.

Stiamo parlando di Dreamhost.

Il sito Nightfallcrew.com / Retrocomputermania.com / Retrothings.org ora gira su un server dedicato e virtualizzato Proxmox (KVM).

HermIRES e’ un hires bitmap (Art Studio 1 format) editor per il Commodore 64.

The format has some restrictions, here are the rules:

• The maximal resolution of the picture is 320×200
• Only 16 fix C64 colours can be used (no gradient either)
• In a 8×8 pixel-block only 2 colours can used to be displayable by C64 (this is detected in HermIRES, but .hbm files can be saved with clashes too.)
• On a real C64 the PAL will blur the screen-content a bit, should check on CRT, or at least VICE emulator’s CRT simulation.

Download:

• HermIRES v1.2 (WINDOWS) (991)
• HermIRES v1.2 (LINUX) (912)

source: hermit.netne.net

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #66

Magazine dedicato alla scena Commodore scaricabile gratuitamente.

Download:

• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #66 (D64) (1061)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #66 (PDF) (1260)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #66 (TXT) (1365)

source: commodorefree.com

Hoxs64 scritto da David Horrocks e’ un’ottimo Emulatore di Commodore 64 per Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista/Seven (DirectX 9+).

Changelog:

• Bug fix to VIC. Removed faulty VIC ClockNextWakeUpClock runtime (not debugger) mode optimiser code that had caused the Technological Snow demo by Agony Design to fail since v1.0.6.3.
• EasyFlash v2 title screen glitch now fixed by correcting the “hard reset” code to set the sprite Y expansion flip-flops.

Download:

• Hoxs64 64 bit v1.0.8.3 (944)
• Hoxs64 32 bit v1.0.8.3 (888)
• Hoxs64 Ansi Win98/2K v1.0.8.3 (882)

source: hoxs64.net

SID Known è un programma a riga di comando (M$ Windows) che serve ad identificare i brani musicali “SID” all’interno dei file con estensione .SID oppure .PRG

Questo strumento può essere utilizzato se ad esempio volete sapere quale brano musicale “SID” viene utilizzato in una demo o nel vostro gioco preferito.

Download: SID Known v1.05 (1292)

source: csdb.dk

Scene World è una rivista dedicata alla scena del Commodore 64 distribuita su Floppy Disk.

Download: Scene World #20 (D64/D81 + Disk Cover) (955)

source: sceneworld.c64files.com

SpartaDOS X (o SpartaDOS 4.0) è un sistema operativo per i computer Atari 8-bit, questo sistema operativo assomiglia all’MS-DOS ed ‘stato sviluppato e venduto da ICD Inc. nel 1987-1993.

Dieci anni più tardi il sistema operativo SpartaDOS X e’ diventato abandonware, approfittando di questo evento un gruppo di sviluppatori appassionati di retro-computer, in fattispecie di Atari 8-bit, hanno ripreso in mano il codice aggiungendo numerose migliorie e risolvendo molti bug che erano stati identificati tempo addietro.

La nuova versione del’OS SpartaDOS X 4.46 e’ compatibile con i seguenti hardware:

• intSDX128
• intSDX128 “flash”
• Maxflash 1Mb
• Maxflash 8Mb (contains MAN on-line help)
• Altirra and Atari800 emulators
• Turbo Freezer 2005 (contains MAN on-line help, use with Freezer ROM only)
• SIC! Cartridge (256k version contains MAN on-line help)
• IDE Plus 2.0 (contains MAN on-line help)
• Ultimate 1MB (contains MAN on-line help)

SDX Toolkit:

• Set of additional programs, drivers and utilities
• Set of SDX command descriptions for MAN utility (excerpts from the User’s Manual).

SDX images for SIDE:

• Customized SDX images with SIDE driver are available at Jonathan Halliday’s website.

Dowload:

• SpartaDOS X v4.46 (1498)
• SpartaDOS X v4.46 (Toolkit) (1415)
• SpartaDOS X v4.46 (Changelog) (1546)

source: sdx.atari8.info wikipedia

Questa e’ la 7° edizione del New Years Disc per Atari. Iu questo numero potrete trovare un sacco di cose interessanti per incominciare un nuovo anno con il nostro amato Atari.

Ecco cosa puoi trovare nella compilation:

NYD2013 Disc 1 – multidisc.atr:

• Hello 2k13 by PPs
• Frosty animation (Beware it’s mature ware!) by CharlieChaplin
• Fireworks by CreatureXL, 505 and Flash
• Xmas 2012 animation by CharlieChaplin
• Chicks on Chips by JAC!
• Doomsday demo by Inspiration Soft
• Happy 2013 by Sikor, Miker & his wife

NYD2013 Disc 2 – Blowjobb part.atr:

• A bootable disc with a DOS. When it’s ready loaded type in: N* and press RETURN.

NYD2013 Disc 3 – 320k animation.atr:

• A nice animation from miker. You’ll need at least 320k on your machine!

NYD2013 Disc 4 – multidisc.atr:

• Happy New Year animation (Needs at lease 128k!) by miker
• Sprite multiplexer by playsoft

NYD2013 Disc 5 – ipc viewer.atr:

• After booting you’ll get into a viewer, where you can load ipc pictures. More about the whole thing can be read in the designated readme file. Synthpopalooza did a great job here. Simply press D and you’ll see, what pictures are on this disc to load them.

NYD2013 Disc 6 – ipc pictures.atr:

• Another disc with ipc files on it. Load them with the viewer of disc 5.

NYD2013 Disc 7 – multidisc.atr:

• Rough Rider by XXL & Irrlichtproject
• Dice 2013 by Sikor & Miker
• Rolling Stars by MaPa & PG

Download: New Years Disc 7th edition (2013) (1321)

source: pouet.net