Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.

This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.

The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick

The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….

USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware v3.1.22.1a -> v3.1.25.1a cumulative changelog:

• TI99/4A : V9T9/DSK Loader -> Better disk layout detection.
• OLED screen setting sanity check: Do not allow more than 21 characters per line.
• 2 Digits screen Gotek: Fix embedded config menu.
• HFE files: Fix MPC60 MkII formatted images write support regression. May also fix possible write issues on HFE files with some others machines/disk formats. Update recommended.
• 7 segments Gotek: New menu entry : 5 -> Auto select delay setting.
• Floppy Interface initialized before the screen. (Fix Emu Emulator second drive detection issue).
• Amiga ID support enabled by default (HD ADF support).
• Internal improvements.
• “Double steps per increment” rotary support added.
• New menu entries: Head settling time. (7 digits gotek meny entry number 6). Rotary type. (7 digits gotek menu entry number 7 – 0=Single Step, 1=Double Step, 3=Disable.).

This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here. (instruction manual here)

Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.25.1a (953)

source: hxc2001.com

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Autoturbo 40 Tracks
• Rainbow Island [easyflash]
• Indiana Jones 4 [easyflash]
• Electric Warrior [seuck]
• Flappy Typing +2D
• R-Type +9DMHI
• Indiana Jones 4
• Gauntlet 3 [easyflash]
• Strike Fleet [1581,fd2000,cmd-hd]
• Saint Dragon [easyflash]
• Galaxy Force 2 [easyflash]
• Hibernated 1: This Place is Death +D
• Find Exit Preview +2
• Find Exit Preview
• Hyperzap 2018
• Ninja Spirit +3 [easyflash]
• Hyperzap 2018 +
• Hyperzap 2018 +2
• No Mercy +3 [easyflash]
• Sly Spy Agent [easyflash]
• Hyperzap 2018 +2
• The Last Ninja Quadrilogy [easyflash]
• Moon Madness – Episode II +1H
• Rubicon +4DGHF [easyflash]
• North & South [easyflash]
• Iron Lord [easyflash]
• Centurio +3H
• Iron Lord [easyflash]
• The Great American Cross-Country Road Race +6D
• Labyrinth 100% [1581]
• Turrican +6 & Turrican II +6 [easyflash]
• UN Squadron +2 [easyflash]
• Missile Blasta (Remastered Edition) +
• Con-Quest +1PD
• Master of the Lamps USA +2D
• Laura64 Preview
• Patton vs Rommel [1581]
• PHM Pegasus [1581]
• Zack [easyflash]
• Bintris
• Usagi Yojimbo USA +1PD
• Red Storm Rising [easyflash]
• Usagi Yojimbo USA +1PD
• BinTris +FD
• BinTris +3
• Aquaplane +4DH
• Tinka’s Maze +1D
• Tacky
• Tacky Basic
• Dodge
• Vector Runner
• Spikes
• Vector Runner +1D
• Dodge +1D
• Tacky +2D
• Spikes +1D
• Vector Runner +
• Thunderblade + [easyflash]
• Mazinger Z Preview +2D
• Fred’s Back 2 [1581]
• Red Storm Rising [1581]
• Sky Diving +1H
• Sky Diving
• Fred’s Back 4 [1581]
• Fred’s Back 3 [1581]
• Holiday Games
• Cyborg C*Base +8
• Crossfire Canyon +D
• Fred’s Pentalogy [easyflash]
• The Mask of the Sun [german] [easyflash]
• Rogue Ninja +2
• Beechings Golf & Country Club
• SAFTS – Spin All Four Table Soccer (Compo)
• SAFTS – Spin All Four Table Soccer +D
• Downhill Challenge
• Kung Fu Pixel
• Dangerous Sports Deadly Sports
• BasicBall
• Beechings Golf & Country Club
• Downhill Challenge +2D
• Moon Over Afghanistan [seuck]
• Rogue Ninja V1.1
• Beechings Golf & Country Club +D
• Hellbound Preview
• Schlimeisch Mania II
• Kung Fu Pixel +3D

Download: All Games in One Archive (6063)

source: csdb.dk

This software act as the floppy server with the USB HxC Floppy Emulator.

This program also allows you to convert floppy image files for the SDCard based HxC Floppy Emulator.

Supports many input floppy image file formats: List of the supported floppy image formats.

Operating systems supported:

• Windows 98 / 2000 / XP / Vista / Seven / 10
• Mac OS X.
• Linux.

HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.9.0 -> v2.1.11.1 cumulative changelog:

• Hard-sectored H8D Heathkit raw file Loader & Writer added !
• Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) & Stream analyzer : Hard-sectored images support and various fixes !
• Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : bmpexport.txt config file to generate the full stream track graph.
• NSI Northstar raw file Loader & Writer added !
• Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : Another fix for the index position !
• Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : filter.txt config file to adjust the internal bitrate filter.
• Flux Stream Analyzer : Internal filter can now be set.
• ADF Writer : Amiga ADF HD file (22 Sectors/track) support added.
• Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) : Loader & writer index position fixed.
• Acorn BBC file format loader (*.ADL/ADM/ADF) fixed.
• New XML format definitions :  Acorn ADFS (160K). Acorn ADFM (320K). Acorn ADFL (640K). Dynacord Add-one.
• Stream importer : More debug/error messages, unconventional index period support.

Download: HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.11.1 (864)

source: hxc2001.com

Firmware upgrades for THEC64 Mini provide new features and/or correct any technical issues.

We always recommend that you use the latest version of the firmware.

Version 1.0.8 – Changes:

• Includes firmware optimisations and improvements to THEC64 input response times.

Download: TheC64 Mini Firmware v1.0.8 (1106)

source: thec64.com

Pi1541 is a real-time, cycle exact, Commodore 1541 disk drive emulator that can run on a Raspberry Pi 3B (or 3B+). The software is free and I have endeavored to make the hardware as simple and inexpensive as possible.

Pi1541 provides you with an SD card solution for using D64, G64, NIB and NBZ Commodore disk images on real Commodore 8 bit computers such as:

• Commodore 64
• Commodore 128
• Commodore Vic20
• Commodore 16
• Commodore Plus4

source: cbm-pi1541.firebaseapp.com

Forth, the Language.

Forth is a different language. It’s aged and a little weird.
What’s cool about it? It’s a very low-level and minimal language without any automatic memory management. At the same time, it easily scales to become a very high-level and domain-specific language, much like Lisp. Compared to C64 Basic, Forth is more attractive in almost every way.

It is a lot more fast, memory effective and powerful. Compared to C, specifically cc65, the story is a little different. It’s hard to make a fair comparison. Theoretically Forth code can be very memory efficient, and it’s possible to make Forth code that is leaner than C code. But it is also true that cc65 code is generally much faster than Forth code.

Download: durexForth v1.6.4 (D64) + Manual (829)

source: csdb.dk github.com

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Valkyrie 3 – The Night Witch [seuck]
• Galencia Khaos Sphere Preview
• Galencia Khaos Sphere Preview-GP
• Ski Or Die and Skate Or Die [easyflash]
• Ski Or Die and Skate Or Die [easyflash]-SK8
• Hermetic +6DT
• The Games Summer & Winter Edition [easyflash]
• Western Games +D [easyflash]
• Western Games +D
• Jake The Snake V4.1
• Ski Or Die and Skate Or Die [easyflash]-KR
• The Simpsons Arcade Game [easyflash]
• Project Space Station [easyflash]
• Bewitched Preview 2 +2
• Crank Crank Revolution
• Jake The Snake V5.0
• Snek +1
• Crank Crank Revolution +1F
• Shadow of the Beast [scpu]
• Solar Fox +3DGMH
• Digger
• Lumberjack Deluxe Preview +
• Rogue Burger One Preview +2
• Beat Em Up Preview
• Flyboy Preview +2
• Flyboy Preview +
• Lumberjack Deluxe Preview
• Flyboy Preview
• Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom +7DMW
• Arhena the Amazon – Special Edition [seuck]
• Turbo Outrun +5 [easyflash]
• Missile Command +3DGH
• Strikkespillet hd +4DT [easyflash]
• Snow Preview 4 +2
• Ice Busters +6DGH
• RetroGameDev Space Shooter Preview +3H
• RetroGameDev Platform Game Preview +3H
• Pacman Preview +
• TRSE Vertical Shooter Preview
• Wolfling Preview
• Petch +8DGMH
• Gunsmoke
• Gunsmoke [easyflash]
• Neuromancer [easyflash]
• Project Stealth Fighter [easyflash]
• Oil-Imperium [german] [easyflash]
• Vault Man 2 V1.1 +4H
• Tetris +J
• Fallout Hacker +1D
• Trainsmission +1D
• Doughboy +9DG
• Night of the Valkyrie +3DH [seuck]
• Arhena the Amazon – Special Edition +2H [seuck]
• Chilly Willy +4DGH

Download: All Games in One Archive (5848)

source: csdb.dk

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II+ – 1541 Ultimate II and the new C64 Motherboard Ultimate 64 is released.

Changes in this release (compared to 3.2a):

• Fast Reset for C64.
• Improved d64 filesystem.
• Poweroff function for the U64.
• FTP Bugfix.
• Bugfix in Paste function of the file browser.

How to update?

• For the 1541 Ultimate-II:
  • Navigate to the unzipped file ‘3.2a_180411+_v1.audio.u2u‘ or ‘3.2a_180411+_v1.dualdrive.u2u‘ and select “Run Update”
• For the 1541 Ultimate-II+:
  • Navigate to the ‘3.2a_180411._v1.u2p‘ file, and select “Run Update”.
• For the Ultimate 64:
  • Navigate to the ‘3.2a_180411._v1.u64‘ file, and select “Run Update”.

Please note that the Ultimate 64 Firmware is build using a blob containing version 1.02 of the FPGA.

Download: 1541 Ultimate-II / Ultimate-II+ / U64 v3.2a v1 (977)

source: facebook.com github.com

This sticker can be used for the Commodore 64 case but with the new Ultimate 64 card from Gideon installed.

The archive includes the image in .PSD format (PhotoShop Document) and the fonts.

Generate your own Ultimate64 Badge Online: Ultimate64 badge by Marco Van de Meulenhof

Download: Ultimate 64 PSD Serial Sticker & Fonts (997)

Hoxs64 written by David Horrocks is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista/Seven (DirectX 9+)

The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.

Changelog (v1.0.9.8 > v1.0.9.9):

• New joystick configuration and fixes. Multiple host game device buttons can be assigned to a C64 joystick funct
• ion.Fixed audio clock sync sound bug that can happen when running a monitor FPS that is less than the emulated FPS.

Download:

• Hoxs64 32/64 bit v1.0.9.9 (869)

source: hoxs64.net

Firmware upgrades for THEC64 Mini provide new features and/or correct any technical issues.

We always recommend that you use the latest version of the firmware.

Version 1.0.7 – Changes:

• Fixes an issue encountered on some two-player games when using two USB joysticks

Download: TheC64 Mini Firmware v1.0.7 (1157)

source: thec64.com

Firmware upgrades for THEC64 Mini provide new features and/or correct any technical issues.

We always recommend that you use the latest version of the firmware.

Version 1.0.6 – Changes:

• Maps additional functions to joystick buttons for some games.
• Makes minor changes to descriptions for some games.
• Fixes an occasional scenario where an additional USB joystick is not detected until a restart.
• Fixes an intermittent audio click when opening the THEC64 Mini’s MENU in-game.

Download: TheC64 Mini Firmware v1.0.6 (810)

source: thec64.com

A new version of the firmware for the Ultimate-64 by Gideon is released.

Changelog:

• Sprite Collisions.
• Illegal graphics fetches.
• Sprite DMA timing.
• Nuvie Player.
• NMI handling improved in 6502.
• Illegal reads when BA=0 masked out (“PLA” issue)
• Added debounce on Restore Key.
• KCS power cart fixed (sprite graphics error)
• HDMI/DVI Compatibility.

.. and there are many improvements not present in the changelog.

Download: Ultimate-64 Firmware Core v1.02 (812)

source: ultimate64.com

Vampire GOLD2.9 Core Released for V600 v2 & V500 v2(+) and new Saga Driver v1.3

Vampire GOLD2.9 Changelog:

• Improved Power-OFF/ON on Amiga
• Allow software to access on-board ROM chip
• MapROM mapping support for Atari roms
• Memory management support for Atari memory map
• FPU Speed-up (51Mflops at x11 according to SysInfo)
• FPU fully working under TOS
• Modified Expansion post pin-out
• Boot to EmuTOS with FIRE button on Power-ON

SAGA Driver v1.2/1.3 Changelog:

• Updated VControl to 1.4
• Added V2ExpEth.device 1.2
• Updated SDNet.device to 1.2
• Some more work on TX stability
• Should recover from ENC Module hangs more often
• Aligned with future EXPnet

Download: Vampire Core & Saga Driver (1131)

source: apollo-accelerators.com

This is the official demo party results from Revision 2018. See also the CSDB Revision 2018 section for more informations.

C64 4K Intro:

• 7 – Prutske by Royal Belgian Beer Squadron

Mixed:

• 5 – Midnight Tryst by Lft (Graphics)
• 9 – Huhu from Space by Titus (Graphics)
• 10 – The Kids are Allright by Titus (Graphics)
• 12 – Sailing the Revision Seas by Oemfoe (Graphics)

Mixed Graphics:

• 6 – Android Runner by Rabenauge
• 9 – Eha@eWerk by Abyss Connection
• 11 – The Tree by Nodepond

Mixed Music:

• 1 – LiSUterine Taste [2sid] by Factor6
• 2 – Could Be Cool by Censor Design, MultiStyle Labs
• 10 – Get Up and JUMP! [2sid] by Unreal
• 13 – Schmissiger Schiss by AttentionWhore

Mixed Demo:

• 1 – We Come in Peace by Censor Design, Fairlight, Offence
• 5 – TV-One by One
• 9 – Hello C64 by Methos

Mixed Game:

• 1 – Crank Crank Revolution by Lft, redcrab

Productions released outside compos:

• Petscii Choir (Graphics)
• Snek +1 by Bad Taste (Crack)

Download: Revision 2018 Party stuff (864)

source: 2018.revision-party.net