Non pienamente soddisfatto della Pi2SCART acquistata un paio di anni fa’ ho voluto provare anche l’interfaccia RGB-Pi (Scart & Jamma) e devo dire che in accoppiata al software RGB-Pi OS fa il suo sporco lavoro.

Quello che ho apprezzato del software RGB-Pi OS e’ la possibilita di regolare le dimensioni e posizione dello schermo con estrema semplicita’ e tutti i giochi (verticali o orizzontali) si adattano perfettamente.

Il Software include anche altre migliorie che possono piacere oppure no.

Monitor utilizzato: TAXAN Vision EX Monitor.

Gallery:

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source: rgb-pi.com

Dopo moltissimi anni ho deciso di fare alcuni miglioramenti al mio Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k Issue 2.

Qui di seguito quello che e’ stato fatto:

• Sostituito l’ormai obsoleto regolatore di tensione 7805 con uno piu’ moderno e performante ma sopratutto che scalda molto di meno; il TRACO Power 2450 (DC/DC Converter)
• Sostituito l’ULA Ferranti con una soluzione FPGA pienamente compatibile (vLA82 progettata e creata da Charlie Ingley). Anche in questo caso non scalda niente o molto poco.
• Sostituzione di tutti i condensatori Elettrolitici.
• Rework di una vecchia MOD Composito con una piu’ performante.
• Sosituzione Membrana e bioadesivo per fissare la tastiera con i tasti rigidi.

Gallery:

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• Words8 +D
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +DPGS
• Indigoo
• TOOP V1.00
• 8Bit-Slicks (Update 2020-01-05)
• TOOP +1D
• King’s Valley +4DGH
• Castle Nightmare +3
• Katabatia +4D
• Neoclyps +4DGHM
• The Towers of Hanoi +T
• Into Hinterland World
• Flax +D
• Alea Preview +
• Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Edition 64 +HG
• Into Hinterland World +
• Kkniffel V2.32
• Wolves Preview +
• Into Hinterland World +4
• Sly Spy Secret Agent +H
• Die Hard 2 +6
• Crackpots
• Crackpots V1.01 +1D
• Crackpots +1D
• Crackpots V1.01
• Unnamed Dungeon Crawler Preview
• Fire! +
• Fire! +1H
• Hero of the Golden Talisman USA +3DPF
• Artura USA +1D
• The Last V8 USA +3PD
• Speed King USA +1PD
• Energy Warrior USA +3D
• Donald’s Snow Fight +2
• Major Blink +1H
• Skywalker +G
• Kaiser +5DGF [english]
• Metall Glimmer Really Buggy Preview !!
• Major Blink +2DH
• Major Blink
• Kalaspuffs Expressen +6H [swedish]
• Freakout Preview
• Escape +5HT
• Bucket Wars 128 [C128]
• Return of the Lions Preview
• One on One Preview
• Alternate Reality – The City +11D
• The Queen’s Footsteps +D
• Plumber’s Smile Preview +
• Moonshadow 2 Preview V2
• The Queen’s Footsteps +D
• 105 +2D
• You Had One Job +
• Alien Syndrome +9HD [IDE64]
• Old Tower +2
• Old Tower +1D
• Old Tower +2D
• 10×10! +D
• Old Tower +3
• Old Tower +3D
• Hat Trick 2020
• 10×10! +HD
• Vega
• Drunken Chopsticks
• Angle Racer 64
• PSI-5 Trading Company +4D
• Vega +3
• Drunken Chopsticks +1HF
• MatchSCII
• Bucket Wars V1.1 +
• Bucket Wars 1.1 [C128]
• J.E.R.O. +
• Beatnik Bert +
• Old Tower +3D
• Catgame Preview
• Toxic (2020 Edition) +3D
• Toxic (2020 Edition)

Download: All Games in One Archive (6418)

source: csdb.dk

Questi sono i risultati ufficiali del Demo party BCC #14 che si e’ concluso il 23/02/2020. Per maggiori informazioni o aggiornamenti visita il sito CSDB nella sezione BCC #14.

C64 Demo:

• 1 – Stacked by Padua
• 2 – Kyfnkacxkn by Delysid
• 3 – Breakdance by Delysid
• 4 – The New Ninja Skateboarders of Death by The New Ninja Skateboarders of Death

C64 Music:

• 1 – Az ég leesik by dalezy
• 1 – Quicky Wanky by Glafouk
• 3 – Firefly by Mythus
• 4 – Lamento Boliviano by Uctumi
• 5 – Den hyggelige komponist by Røly
• 6 – SYS4000AGAIN by Sonki

C64 Graphics:

• 1 – The Legend of the Secret Tomb by Luisa/Oni
• 2 – Zauberwald by Fabs
• 3 – Martial Fart Ninjas by Mythus
• 4 – Diskettenpolizei by Exocet
• 5 – It’s Kenda by TheRyk
• 6 – The Whale Huntress by Neuronik

C64 Game:

• 1 – Vega by Atwoods Studios
• 2 – Drunken Chopsticks by Atlantis
• 3 – Angle Racer 64 by Tale-X

C64 64k Demo:

• 1 – Gubbdata 2020 by Genesis Project
• 2 – The NiX Files by Mayday!
• 3 – Tetristro by Excess
• 4 – Gr33ntro by Excess

Productions released outside compos:

• 10×10! +HD by Excess (Crack)
• 10×10! +HD by Excess (Crack)
• Drunken Chopsticks +1HF by Excess (Crack)
• PSI-5 Trading Company +4D by Avatar (Crack)
• Vega +3 by Excess (Crack)

Download: BCC #14 Full Party Stuff (782)

source: csdb.dk

DirMaster è un programma per la gestione dei files del Commodore 64, del tipo (D64,. D81. T64, ecc) e anche i formati compressi ad esempio: Arc. Sda. lnx, ecc. Il programma DirMaster gira sotto M$ Windows.

Issues reported by users that were resolved in v3.1.4:

• On a d81, we cannot navigate into a subdirectory created inside a subdirectory [0193] (scott.hutter)
• A large (32 blocks) GEOS VLIR file that cannot be copied between disks [0188] (user provided test file, thank you! birt_j)
• When exiting DirMaster, saving all modified disk images by clicking “Yes to all” fails silently [0183] (stephan-andres)
• Exported .cvt files don’t conform with .cvt format’s magic string [0184] (wweicht)
• Certain small GEOS files are not exportable or copy-able between disks [0187] (user provided test files, thank you! wweicht)

Thanks to all who made an effort to submit bug reports. If you sent a bug report and don’t see it addressed here, don’t worry, it’s in the queue.

Other issues resolved in v3.1.4:

• High CPU usage when BAM view is open [0198]
• Editing a GEOS date stamp in File Properties has no effect [0192]
• File Property modified indicator (bold text) isn’t reset when selecting a new file [0195]
• File Properties GEOS description field ‘help text’ is not updated when selecting a different file [0197]
• Application crash when no file is selected and certain GEOS properties are changed in File Properties dialog [0194]
• GEOS file properties date reports a day and month 1 step larger than actual GEOS [0191]
• cvt files use the global fill byte setting to pad records, but shouldn’t [0189]
• GEOS description field in file properties dialog sometimes displays garbage [0190]

Download: DirMaster v3.1.4 (655)

source: style64.org/dirmaster

Questi sono i risultati ufficiali del Demo party Fjälldata 2020 che si e’ concluso il 9/02/2020. Per maggiori informazioni o aggiornamenti visita il sito CSDB nella sezione Fjälldata 2020.

C64 Demo:

• 1. Remains by Booze Design
• 2. Limbo Living by Fossil
• 3. In a Hurry by Padua
• 4. The Night It Snowed by Genesis Project
• 5. Vi drar till by Dinasours
• 6. Canada Demo by KMS
• 7. No Wolf by Dinasours

C64 Music:

• 1. Wasted All These Years by Dane
• 2. Gin and Electronic by Fegolhuzz
• 3. 35 Years by Polynomy
• 4. Nexus by Mythus
• 5. Block’n'Ball by Apollyon
• 6. Nothing Left by Pepsi
• 7. Umpa Bumpa by Skyffel

C64 Graphics:

• 1. Free Your Mind by Facet
• 2. Frostsmoker by Razorback
• 3. The Great Lake Monster by Raphis
• 4. Fire Stalk with Me by Apollyon
• 5. The Thief (he eats peas) by Twoflower
• 6. Mythus the Warrior by Mythus
• 7. Catch a Trout by Lobo
• 8. Hangover Dream by Fabs
• 9. Jämtskogen by Lft
• 10. I’ve Done Fucked Up, Terrible Things but I’ve Met Amazing People by Rail Slave
• 11. Exercise in Futility by Frost
• 12. Splat by Creep
• 13. You Shall Not Pass by Steffan
• 14. Fjell Gibson by Skyffel
• 15. Jamtlannskt vemod by Frost
• 16. Fjälldata 2030 by Stein Pedersen
• 17. DragonDiscLady by Slaxx
• 18. FjellCo by Skyffel

Mixed Music:

• 1. Into the Unknown by Lft
• 2. The Reincarnation by Triad
• 3. Ukulele Girl by Triad
• 4. Babyshark by Fairlight
• 5. Popk by Dinasours

Download: Fjalldata 2020 Full Party Stuff (802)

source: csdb.dk

E’ stato rilasciato da Nobomi un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per l’ARM2SiD.

News features and fixes in FW 3.7:

• Compared to version 3.6, only marginal changes, added reading of OSC3 and ENV3 registers to the third SID emulation.
• Simplified user interface for the update application.
• Compared to version 3.5, a quick response in stereo mode was added (when using a second socket), the dual-mono mode is activated without timeout when both socket is addressed in the same time.
• Also upper addresses mapping is fixed in the update (sometimes misaligned address detection in the update application).
• Corrected bug in bootloader. If user tried an update with SFX only mode configured, the ARM2SID stuck in the bootloader and was not possible to update it on a user side. Factory update was needed. New updater disables the SFX mode, as well as patches the bootloader to prevent problems in a future.

Download:

• ARM2SiD v3.7 (747)

source: dzi.n.cz/8bit/arm2sid

Modifica Video Composito Atari 2600 JR (versione senza Modulatore RF Box) per il mio amico Charlie.

Galleria del lavoro svolto:

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source: blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• 105 Preview +2D
• Soccer – Cup Finale
• Alice – Escape from Wonderland Preview
• Dungeons of Doom +6HD
• Freeze64 +1D
• Break & Enter Preview
• Bored Gold Tune
• Chiller 2 Preview +3
• Street Fighter +3DFGI [us version]
• Brain Death +2PF
• Two on Two +D [IDE64 Release]
• Amazon Tales
• King’s Valley +
• Amazon Tales +5D
• Santas Funky Factory +1D
• Kaiser +5DG [german]
• Unhallowed +D
• Grime 6502 +D
• Cosmic Force Preview +
• XCB Invaders +
• Moonsweeper +4DG
• Silverwolf – Part One +D
• Neptune Lander Preview
• The Dogboy – Part One +D
• The Life of a Lone Electron +DS
• Manic Miner 64DX
• Stargate
• CubeSim64 &DF
• Magnetoball +1D
• Deer Creek
• Merry Christmas Shift
• Jetdroid +2D
• UFO Cownapper Preview +2
• Hunter’s Moon +1PDF
• Fold’em Preview
• Operation: Sabotage
• LVDVS +D
• Atom Splitting +1D
• Mindfield 20
• 105 Preview 2 +2D
• The Dogboy +DPS
• Bombcatch +1HD
• Spoil
• Spoil +3
• Elite 128 2.0
• Frank Bruno’s Boxing +4DF
• Color Clash Preview
• 404 game perview
• Silverwolf +DS
• Math Challenge 128 [Commodore 128]
• Jai Alai (Disk Version 2020) [spanish]
• Goldrake +2 V18.0.0 Remake [seuck]
• Words8 (Proper release: OK)

Download: All Games in One Archive (5439)

source: csdb.dk

The C64 Mini & Max. C’è a chi piace e a chi non piace.

C’è a chi piace e a chi non piace diceva Totò nel film “Totò a colori“, personalmente a me fanno vomitare entrambi. Non ho altro da dire su questi due pessimi Oggetti che cercano di EMULARE il Commodore 64 e il VIC-20 e che dovrebbero ricordare gli anni 80.

Perche’ gli ho acquistati ? gli ho acquistati perche’ mi piace collezionare cose belle e cose brutte, cose inutili e cose ancora piu’ inutili.

Dunque non c’e’ un vero e proprio “perche’”, posso solo dire che non gli ho neanche provati, sono ancora confezionati e lo resteranno per sempre.

Passo e chiudo.

Difetto:

• Rumore di sottofondo (AC) e non riproduce suono dalla cassetta.

Riparazione:

• Sostituzione di due condensatori elettrolitici da 22uf e 100uf (vedi foto)
• Pulizia generale.

Galleria della riparazione:

Gli aggiornamenti del firmware per il THEC64 Mini forniscono nuove funzionalità e / o correggono eventuali problemi tecnici.

Si consiglia sempre di utilizzare l’ultima versione del firmware.

Version 1.3.2 – Changes:

• Increases the length of displayed USB filenames in Media Access and the File loader.
• Fixes an issue where filename flags are not detected if the USB filename contains multiple dots/periods/full stops.
• Fixes an issue with the saved states location where multiple spaces are found in the USB filename.
• Fixes the saved states location used on a USB stick to be unique per filename. Note that this may change the saved states location from previous firmware versions if the filename contains multiple dots/periods/full stops.

Previous changes included in version 1.3.2:

• v1.3.1 – Fixes an issue when using Left Shift key and top-left arrow key for opening/closing THEC64 Menu from BASIC.
• v1.3.1 – Fixes an issue regarding the current computer model setting and different model requirements specified in a cjm file.

Download:

• TheC64 Firmware v1.3.2 (1646)

source: retrogames.biz

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per l’AVGCART (SD multicart for 8bit Atari) di tmp.

Changelog (v0018):

• Run AUTORUN.(CAR|XEX|AVF) on power-on if present in /_AVGCART/ directory.
• Added type 44 (OSS 8 KB cartridge)
• Added type 53 (Low bank 8 KB cartridge)
• Added types 54, 55, 56 (SIC!)
• Fix bank reenabling for some OSS carts.
• Fix cursor position after running file from search results.
• ESC exits search results instead of disabling cart.
• Cart initialization speedup to remove the need to manually reset the machine upon power-on on certain configurations (e.g. QMEG OS)

Download:

• AVGCART [0018] (797)

source: atariage.com

Zeropaige ha deciso di aggiornare il suo capolavoro di programmazione, stiamo parlando di Super Mario Bros per Commodore 64.

Changelog:

• Fixed sprites on wrong pages in manual.
• Removed debug border color change.

Download: Super Mario Bros 64 v1.2 (8498)

Zeropaige ha deciso di aggiornare il suo capolavoro di programmazione, stiamo parlando di Super Mario Bros per Commodore 64.

Changelog:

• Fixed detection of Schnedler Systems Turbo Master CPU.
• Fixed player-brick bounce issue.
• Joystick/keyboard routine made even more robust.
• Various small visual fixes.
• Gameloop runs slightly faster.

Download: Super Mario Bros 64 v1.1 (1414)