The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.
This update features (all approximates):
- 709 new SIDs
- 24 fixed/better rips
- 1 repeats/bad rips eliminated
- 132 SID credit fixes
- 32 SID model/clock infos
- 5 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
- 1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
- 21 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
- 4 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories
After this update, the collection should contain 55,775 SID files!
Download:
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
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:
- Rodmän Jr+ +2
- Ad Verbum
- Rodmän Jr+ +5
- Krakout [1351 mouse]
- VG Data Maker
- Ascend +3
- Apple Cider Spider
- Alice in Wonderland
- Alcazar
- Daleks
- Ascend +4HD
- Asterofield II +2
- Torreoscura +DS
- Escape From Mystery Mansion
- Bootskell +3HD
- Aerial +2HD
- We Are Stardust
- The Great Giana PETSCII Sisters +2
- The Great Giana PETSCII Sisters
- Bloodless on the Orient Express
- Short of Sushi
- Topografie Wereld +DT
- H.E.R.O. +1DGHM V1.1 101%
- Don’t Punish me
- Don’t Punish Me +D
- JITNOG +
- Topografie Europa +DT
- Topografie Nederland [dutch]
- Orbital Rescue +
- Tutankham Returns +6D
- New Rally-X 64 Preview +4
- Pacman +2D
- McMurphy’s Mansion &DSMap
- Munchkin 64
- Munchkin 64 +1D
- Munchkin 64 +4D
- The Empire Strikes Back +4
- The Empire Strikes Back +4H [EasyFlash Release]
- The Empire Strikes Back +6H [EasyFlash Release]
- Star Wars Compilation [EasyFlash Release]
- Dead or Alive +6D
- 8bit-Slicks (2022-05-08)
- Daleks Preview +2D
- Brick Blasta +
- Don’t Punish Me! +DS [german]
- Don’t Punish Me! [german]
- Venture +D
- Galaga V1.06 +1D
- Phoenix Recovered V1.1 +5HD
- Daleks Attack +3
- Dalle Al Dalek +2
- Dynamite Dux +8DHI
- New Rally-X 64 Preview 2 +3
- Hampstead [spanish]
- Robotron 2064 Preview
- Cosmic Guerilla Preview
- Vigilante +6DHI
- Minijump
- Shadow of the Beast + [EasyFlash]
- Amaurote Isometric 128 [C128]
- Rowman +2H
- Tenebra Extended +5PD
- Stoker Preview 2 +D
- Tenebra Extended +1P
- Cruiser-X 79 Preview 3 +4D
- Ball & Chain +HD
- Ball & Chain +1HD
- Fallen Angel +5DGHI
- Tenebra Extended
- Pipes Peak +3D
- Spare Change
- Bank Street Writer
- The Last Gladiator
- Bank Street Mailer
- Bank Street Filer
Download: All Games in One Archive (2593)
source: csdb.dk
This poor Commodore 64 already been previously repaired by me but soffer of these new problems.
- Out of Memory
- Black Screen
- No Cursor.
- Garbage screen.
The problem of the black screen at irregular intervals with the out of memory was solved by replacing the CPU 6510, as soon as the CPU warms up a little more than normal the computer displayed only a black screen, cooling the CPU still did not work but at least something was displayed.
The problem of the out of memory are 4 dead ram + 1 previously replaced and i have decided to put in a socket the remain 3.
Last problem, there was no cursor and sometimes a garbage screen was displayed, as we all know the CIA 6526 in position U1 should be faulty due to the missing cursor.
Instead of CIA 6526 it was the socket of the 6569R3, replaced the socket the cursor is back and other annoying glitches disappeared.
Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 (1540050) Repair #1
Defects:
- Drive access problems (IEC): drive resets but the computer freez with a “searching for”
- The RED led flashes twice times then stops and start again and motor runs continuously.
- The RED led flashes repeatedly every second without stopping and motor runs continuously.
Replaced parts:
- Replaced 6522 (UC3)
- Replaced 6522 (UC2)
- Replaced 901229-03 ROM (UB4)
Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 (251830) Repair #2
Defects:
- The RED led flashes repeatedly every second without stopping and motor runs continuously.
Replaced parts:
- Replaced MOS 8713 [74LS04] (UC6)
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:
- Swooper +
- Boulder Dash Junior VII +2H
- Got Milk +1D
- Swamp Attack +1D
- Buck Rogers – Countdown to Doomsday [EasyFlash]
- Sonic the Hedgehog [REU]
- Sonic the Hedgehog +4 [REU]
- Pool of Radiance [EasyFlash]
- Boxed Away – Search for Mr. Skatla
- Curse of the Azure Bonds [EasyFlash]
- Pax Pac-Man V1.1 +1D
- Scramble Infinity
- Secret of the Silverblades [EasyFlash]
- Sonic the Hedgehog +5 [REU]
- Sonic the Hedgehog V1.1 +5 [REU]
- Santa’s Rats Issue V1.0.0 +3
- Champions of Krynn [EasyFlash]
- Sonic the Hedgehog V1.1 [REU]
- Tenebra
- Death Knights of Krynn [EasyFlash]
- Tenebra +3
- Tenebra &DP
- Tenebra +1P
- CT-Fishing Mini Game Preview +
- Gyro Shoc Preview +2
- Scramble Infinity +4
- GøbLiИ Preview
- Sam’s Journey Season Special
- Giana Sisters +9DFH
- Santa’s Rats Issue V1.0.3 +C
- GøbLiИ Preview +2
- Spilldown 2 +1D
- Sam’s Journey Season Special +
- Doomball
- Beach Head II +HD [IDE64]
- Sonic the Hedgehog V1.2 [REU]
- Santa’s Rats Issue V1.1.0 +4H
- Scramble Infinity +7DH [EasyFlash]
- Santa’s Rats Issue V1.1.0 +3
- Lift +3
- Scramble Infinity V1.2
- Tenebra +4P
- Retaliate CE V1.0 (Community Edition)
- Sonic the Hedgehog V1.2 +5
- Scramble Infinity V1.2 +7D [EasyFlash]
- Retaliate CE +3
- Apeshit
- Scramble Infinity V1.2 +4
- Apeshit V1.01
- A Space Game +2
- Cosmic Combat DX V1.1 – Final [seuck]
- Apeshit V1.01 +
- Frankenstein +D
- Boxed Away – Auf der Suche nach Mr. Skatla V1.01 [german]
- The Nightland
- Boxed Away – Search for Mr. Skatla V1.01
- Datafinans [swedish]
- Scramble Infinity +5D
- Tillbaka till nutiden [swedish]
- Scramble Infinity V1.2 +4D
- Black Jack [swedish]
- Skol äventyret [swedish]
- Paper Planes +1D
- Giana Sisters +9DFH Fixed
- Burnin’ Rubber
- War Play
- Top Gun 2022
- Night Drive
- 8bit-Slicks
- Night Drive +1D
- Robot Jet Action
- Robot Jet Action +5FD
- Hide The Pickle
- Miner 2049′er
- Pieces +3FP
- The Final Programme
- Puzzle Bobble
- Commodorolympics
- Puzzle Bobble Preview +2
- Eindeloos +3DG [dutch]
- Rootin’ Tootin’ +4HGD
- Bagman Comes Back V1.0.1 +3
- Lift +4HDG
- Castles & Monsters +2D [seuck]
- Lady Pac V1.0.6 +2
- Olympics 2004 Athens
- The Job (R5)
- Apeshit V1.01
- Curse of the Vampire
- Elasto Mania Preview +1D
- Spool250
- Buccaneer’s Cache (R2)
- Closet of Mystery
- Pub Hubbub
- Tristam Island (V11)
Download: All Games in One Archive (3981)
source: csdb.dk
Firmware upgrades for THEC64 Mini/Max & TheVIC20 provide new features and/or correct any technical issues.
We always recommend that you use the latest version of the firmware.
Version 1.6.1 – Changes and additions:
- [All models] Adds Commodore 1351 mouse support to the C64
- [All models] Adds support for up to four joysticks
- [All models] Adds support for THEMOUSE
- [All models] Adds support for THEGAMEPAD
- [All models] Adds a new game Space Lords, a multi-player game that utilises the new mouse and multi-joystick support
Changes from previous versions:
- v1.5.2 – [THEC64 European] Fixes inconsistently displayed Blue Star carousel cover image
- v1.5.2 – [All models] Allows the primary C64 joystick port to be switched in-game
- v1.5.2 – [THEC64 Mini] Adds C64 only Classic mode
- v1.5.2 – [THEC64 Mini] Adds disk swapping for multiple disk games
- v1.5.2 – [THEC64 Mini] Adds soft and hard reset hot-keys to Classic mode
- v1.5.2 – [THEC64 Mini] Adds freeze button support to Classic mode
- v1.5.2 – [All models] Adds Commodore REU support with 512K, 2MB or 16MB as filename flags or CJM parameters
- v1.5.2 – [THEC64 Mini] Hessian (C64) and PET Snake (C64)
- v1.5.2 – [THEC64] Hessian (C64), PET Snake (C64), City Crusher (VIC20) and Mine Sweep (VIC20)
- v1.5.2 – [THEVIC20] Hessian (C64), PET Snake (C64), City Crusher (VIC20) and Mine Sweep (VIC20)
Download:
source: retrogames.biz
The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.
This update features (all approximates):
- 681 new SIDs
- 26 fixed/better rips
- 1 repeats/bad rips eliminated
- 279 SID credit fixes
- 100 SID model/clock infos
- 12 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
- 0 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
- 20 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
- 12 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories
After this update, the collection should contain 55,067 SID files!
Download:
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
Another cool production by Mr.SID, Sonic the Hedgehog for Commodore 64. This game requires memory expansion (REU).
Credits:
- Code: Mr. SID of HVSC Crew, Megadesigns Incorporated
- Music: Encore of Kollektivet, Undone
- Graphics: Veto of Oxyron, PriorArt, Tristar & Red Sector Inc.
- Loader: Krill of Plush
- Help: JackAsser of Booze Design
- Test:
- Encore of Kollektivet, Undone
- JackAsser of Booze Design
- Retroluzzer of Excess
- Veto of Oxyron, PriorArt, Tristar & Red Sector Inc.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
The mouSTer device allows connecting any USB (not ps/2 protocol type only) mouse/joystick/gamepad to as many old computers and consoles as possible.
At the moment the following retro platforms are fully supported:
- Commodore 64/128/U64 NTSC/PAL
- MEGA65
- Atari ST/STe series
- Atari Falcon
- Atari 65XE/130XE/800XE
- Atari 600XL/800XL
- Atari 5200
- Atari 2600
- Amiga 500/600/1200
- Amiga 1000/2000/3000/4000
…more:
- It works with every mouse (also wireless mouse with dongle) and with every USB Gamepads.
- Config via USB flash drive – INI file + default config.
- Config transfer via USB flash drive.
- Firmware upgrade via USB flash drive (takes 3 seconds, of which 2 seconds is the time the bootloader needs to recognize the flash drive)
- USB Flash drives from 32MB to 32GB.
- Mouse emulation mode defaults – Amiga, Atari ST, joystick/gamepad.
- Emulating Amiga CD32 joypad. (default setting are for Sony DS4).
- Sony DS3 (wired) Pad Support.
- Sony DS4 (wired) Pad Support.
- Sony DS5 (wired) Pad Support.
- Xbox360 (wired) Pad Support.
Future support with minor hardware changes for SEGA consoles and possibly XT PC.
Wireless support for gamepads is also work-in-progress but it might take a while.
Also wireless support for dongle pads like Xbox360 and many more. We are also open to suggestions.
Gallery:
source: retrohax.net retrohax.net firmware
The Amiga scene has been dead for me from several years, long life to the Commodore 64.
Taken from a deadly boredom i have decided to do this useless hardware update of one of my Amiga 1200.
I personally updated the A1208 memory expansion with the Clock section because i had the order wrong, old age strikes again.
This is just a small update to my post.
I added another useless thing to this update … unfortunately in this case it is useful because without the 4xIDE Buffered IDE interface
the CF<>IDE adapter inserted in the trapdoor on the right side of the amiga which uses an IDE cable longer than 10-15cm, DOESN’T WORK generating a mix of reading/writing errors from the CF.
Aware of the problem, i still wanted to try, in fact in an old Amiga 1200 i had the IDE-Fix Express with IDE-Express Adapter bought 12 years ago, then sold.
So i confirm it doesn’t work, even if they write exactly the opposite (see ebay announcements)
Gallery of the useless update:
source: amigaisdead.com amigastore.eu amigakit.amiga.store
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:
- Wargle! +1
- 2k-Fighter +1
- Detonation +1D
- Torreoscura V1.1 [english/spanish]
- Turbo Ski +1D
- Spray Cam +D
- Frutty Man 64 +
- Paper Route +1D
- Volley Bound +D
- Pie Emporium +1D
- Lernaia
- Archaeologist +DJ
- Table Soccer +D
- Totoro64 +1D
- Totoro64 +2DFJ
- Shock Raid
- C64 Engine Preview +1D
- Unspool
- Shock Raid +3CD
- Panther +1DHMP
- Roundabout Solitaire +2D
- Shock Raid +4D
- Syncro +2DG
- Gates of the Ancient +2D
- Rainfighter +2DFG
- Sterntaler +2DGH
- Unspool +D
- Life +D
- Springer &DGT
- Your Game Preview
- Abrakadabra +2DGJ
- Flag Hunt &D
- Exploding Atoms &DG
- PushPuzzle +D
- Lachmann +2DGT
- Logomix +2D
- Preacher vs. Zombie +2
- Xplore +1D
- Hot Dog Puzzle +1TD
- Musery +1DG
- Cyber-Race
- Xplore Expanded +1D
- Hexed Preview 2 +2
- Uforce +1DG
- The Duell +1DG
- Graviton +1D
- PushPuzzle V1.2
- Graviton +
- Sydney Hunter and the Sacred Tribe Multicolor +7DW
- Keyhole
- Galaga C64 Preview 3.1+
- Galaga C64 Preview 3 +
- Astroblast +3D
- Lady Pac V1.0.5 +2
- Roboform-X 2 +2D [seuck]
- Space Eggs +2D [seuck]
- Droid Rumble +2D [seuck]
- Dawn Patrol +S
- Iunnuh 2 – The Curse from the Past +S
- Crappy Walls +D
- Rolling Coin +
- Pac-Man +1DGHM
- Space Invaders V1.1 +
- Space Invaders V1.1
- Night Knight +2
- Espace Preview +
- Night Knight +5PD
- Dungeon &D
- Night Knight +5HPD
- Spaceball +1D
- Scarabaeus II Preview
- 2K Ishido +D
- The Authentic Tetris +1DF
- Colorix +TD
- Hard’n'Heavy +9
- Night Knight +5HPD
- Gianna Sisters +9H
- Head or Tail Oneliner
- Galaga +1D
- Egg Catcher 4K +2
- Tarkus +3D
- Galaga V1.03 +
- Zak McKracken & Maniac Mansion +1D [german] fix (Easyflash)
Download: All Games in One Archive (4129)
source: csdb.dk
Nobomi already developer of the famous ARMSID and ARM2SID, an excellent alternative developed with STM32 of the famous Commodore 64 Sound Chip, has made a nice interface via Terminal (putty) to update and modify the ARMSID configurations without using the native program that runs on the Commodore 64.
The project is based on Arduino UNO REV3, therefore very cheap, the sources are available on GITHUB and can be purchased HERE in the KIT version.
Nobomi has also ventured a SIDPLAYER that runs under Windows and via serial sends DATA and ADDRESSES which are captured by the ARDUINO and then send to the ARMSID and consequently plays the music but don’t expect a perfect SIDPLAYER, it works but not perfectly.
However, i did not self-build it for this reason but to modify the ARMSID configurations without using the Commodore 64, this will come in handy to check for any problems when i implement the real time switch in the SID Player “The Return of the Hybrid SID Player” between 8580 and 6581 with ARMSID or ARM2SID sound chip.
Gallery:
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