like hard
drives, Solid State drives (SSD), Compact Flash cards, DVD drives, CD-RW drives, CD-ROM drives, ZIP drives, etc.

The FastATA 4000 MK-VI CF/SATA is designed to simultaneously use up to four devices: one Compact Flash card, one SATA drive and two to four PATA devices. The number of simultaneously used Compact Flash cards or SATA drives may be increased with additional adapters up to the total number of all connected devices of four.

FEATURES:

* Fast transfer rate of up to 16.6MB/s
* Supports PIO-0, PIO-3, PIO-4 and PIO-5 modes
* Compatible with ATA 33/66/100/133 and SATA devices
* Adds two buffered and terminated ports for 4 devices
* LBA 48 support in the on-board BootROM (support of drives over 128GB)
* Automatically configured devices
* Compatibility with OS3.x and OS4.x
* Boots from any attached HDD, SSD, CompactFlash, ZIP or LS-120

PACKAGE CONTENTS:

* Fast ATA 4000 MK-VI CF/SATA Zorro III card with SATA and CompactFlash adapters
* Floppy disk with AllegroCDFS, FastATA software pack and User's Manual
* 46-cm 80-wire ATA-66/100/133 cable

FOR MORE INFO, SEE:

FastATA 4000 MK-VI CF/SATA page
http://eu-shop.elbox.com/cgibin/shop?info=410F4

for customers from the EuropeanUnion,

FastATA 4000 MK-VI CF/SATA page http://shop.elbox.com/cgibin/shop?info=410F4

for customers from other countries.


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Should have been in last months issue realy but missed dropping it in!

RGCD NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2012

With just a few days left before the end of the month, retro-gaming chaos at RGCD Towers has meant that October's Newsletter nearly didn't happen! But here we are at last with a brief update on the months three new C64 cartridge releases, announcements and even some exclusive trivia for our subscribers!

GET 'EM DX AVAILABLE! (C64)

A tribute to Nyarlu Labs' Forget Me Not, Georg Rottensteiner's Get 'Em DX is a procedurally generated maze shmup that plays like Pac Man with guns (and optionally with two players). The goal of each procedurally generated level is to eat all the crosses/dots, grab the key and head for the exit whilst collecting power-ups and merrily blasting away anything that gets in your way.

Originally released as Get 'Em back at the end of 2011 as an entry in RGCD's C64 16KB Cartridge Competition, everyone who played this great little game saw the promise behind the crude presentation. With a little encouragement and extra help from Sean and Ilija, Georg took the game back to the studio. Now, almost a year later, the final 'DX' version has finally arrived! Featuring graphics/box design by iLKke and music by Sean Connolly, Get 'Em DX is both NTSC and PAL compatible, and its joystick-only control means that it is even playable on the Commodore 64 GS console. The cartridge version of the game comes in a purple cartridge shell complete with a printed manual and seven bonus stickers!

The cartridge version is available in two packaging types, a standard card carton and a more expensive 'deluxe version' that comes in a plastic case (a Universal Game Case with a specially cut foam insert to hold the cartridge as shown below). The standard version is priced at £20 inclusive of UK/Europe shipping, and £21 for the rest of the world, whereas the deluxe version costs £25 (UK/Europe) and £27 (rest of world). Psytronik Software are also selling the game on disk and tape for £3.99/£6.99 respectively (plus shipping).

Oh, and if that doesn't satisfy your Get 'Em DX fix, you can even play it as a free download for Manomio's C64 iPhone/iPad app! The limited single-player version of Get 'Em DX is available for FREE download, or you can buy the full two-player game on cartridge from our shop (or the tape/disk version from Psytronik Software.

FORTRESS OF NARZOD CARTRIDGE AVAILABLE! (C64)

Originally released at Breakpoint 2009, TRSI's C64 conversion of this Vectrex exclusive title remains one of the highest scoring games on the Commodore
Scene Database - and for good reason too. Fortress of Narzod is an amazing little vector-based shmup that is quite unlike anything else on the C64, with its bizarre array of enemies, bullet-ricocheting blast 'em up action and
unique visual style. Fortress of Narzod utilises the border areas of the
screen to maximise the play area and the excellent 8580 soundtrack by Linus really takes this production to the next level. The game requires no keyboard input (even the high score table is controlled via the joystick) so it will work on the C64GS, but unfortunately the full-screen action comes at a cost of not running on NTSC machines (sorry!).

Through negotiating with Jay Smith of Smith Engineering/Western Technologies (via his son Spencer), RGCD finally have permission to sell the Commodore conversion of this classic game from our shop on physical C64 cartridge. The snow-white cartridge is packaged in a box designed by Kay Failla of BitFellas and comes complete with a printed manual. Fortress of Narzod is priced at £20 inclusive of UK/Europe shipping, and £21 for the rest of the world.

Fortress of Narzod is available for FREE download, or to buy on cartridge from our shop at £20/£21 including shipping (Europe/Rest of World).

SPACE LORDS "CENTAURUS" AVAILABLE (C64)

It's taken almost a whole year since their first appearance, but the Space Lords have finally returned in this exclusive C64 remix of the classic Atari 2600/Coin-Op Warlords game! Initially released as one of the higher scoring entries in 2011's C64 16KB Cartridge Competition, ALeX, Retrofan and Taxim from P1X3L.net are proud to present the 'Centaurus' version of the game on a 16KB cartridge courtesy of RGCD. Complete with a space-freighter load of aesthetic and gameplay improvements since the release of the free Andromeda and
Andromeda II builds, Space Lords is a single-to-four-player space-station smashing battle-game that supports a huge variety of controllers (joysticks, mice, paddles, keyboard and the Protovision 4-Player adapter) and includes several game modes for either tournaments or single play sessions.

NTSC and PAL compatible, the cartridge version of the game comes in a classic black cartridge shell complete with a printed manual and a vinyl Space Lords sticker. The cartridge version is available in two packaging types, a standard card carton and a more expensive 'deluxe version' that comes in a plastic case (a Universal Game Case with a specially cut foam insert to hold the cartridge as shown below). The standard version is priced at £20 inclusive of UK/Europe shipping, and £21 for the rest of the world, whereas the deluxe version costs £25 (UK/Europe) and £27 (rest of world).

There is also the option of buying a download of the game in *.PRG and *.CRT format (complete with English and German manual texts) for the considerably lower price of £2. This will also be sent out to any customers who buy either cartridge version. Space Lords 'Centaurus' is available for to buy as a download for £2, or on cartridge from our shop at £20/£21 (standard) / £25/£27 (deluxe) including shipping (Europe/Rest of World).

RGCD & VLAMBEER TO RELEASE C64 CONVERSION OF SUPER CRATE BOX!

Since the initial announcement of Paul Koller's official C64 port of
Vlambeer's Super Crate Box a couple of weeks ago there's been a whole lot of questions and confusion on the internet regarding the project. This short preview piece will hopefully address at least some of the more bizarre questions that have been thrown our way over the past few days. A proper website will follow soon over at www.superbreadbox.com as we approach the
first release date.

SECRET GAME HIDDEN ON THE GREENRUNNER/REDRUNNER/RETROSKOI+CARTRIDGE!

Did you know that here at RGCD we like to occasionally include little hidden extras on our game cartridges? There was the undocumented cartridge-exclusive 'PETSCII' mode in Blok Copy mentioned on our Facebook page a few months back, but Aleksi Eeben surpassed t
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