te that was originally released by Psytronik in 2011. Planet Earth is
under attack from Space Goats and it's your mission to wipe out the strange alien threat and save the Earth from ungulate domination!

Woolly Jumper is the full, enhanced 64K version of the game Richard originally wrote for the RGCD 16K Cartridge Compo. Poor Pepito the sheep is lost in Mindspace, and you must help him escape from this nightmare by guiding him through 16 levels guarded by Green Martians, Space Chickens and Wiggly Worms!

Sheepoid DX and Woolly Jumper are PAL only games, and have been confirmed working on the C64, C128 and C64GS (although a second joystick is required in port one to activate the smart bomb in Sheepoid DX). The standard cartridge version is packaged in a cardboard carton, whereas the deluxe version uses a modified plastic Universal Game Case.

The cover art features illustration and design by Smila and STE'86 and the
game comes complete with a printed manual, and vinyl RGCD sticker. The 64KB
PCB is housed in classic black cartridge shell.

Please note that Pystronik Software are also selling the game on
premium/budget disk and tape for £9.99, £4.99 and £4.99 respectively (plus shipping) via their Binary Zone Retro Store.

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ASSEMBLOIDS IS NOW FREE! (C64)

The previously retail-only enhanced version of RGCD and Onslaught's
Assembloids is now available for free download for your emulator or Commodore 64! An acclaimed frantic-paced puzzle/reaction game from Enthusi, iLKke and Conrad that deservedly took second prize in the 2012 RGCD game development competition, Assembloids is all about assembling robot faces from four sets as quickly (and completely) as possible against an increasingly tight time limit.

This retail version is further enhanced over the original competition build, with a refined difficulty curve and highscore verification codes. Of course,
if you want a physical copy of the games for your collections (and who wouldn't?) then it is still available to buy on cartridge from our shop here, and tape users can buy the game from Psytronik Software.

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FORTHCOMING RELEASES!

Finally, you might be interested to hear about these forthcoming releases
from RGCD:

* Bomberland (64KB C64 Cartridge) (TBA)

* Super Bread Box (64KB C64 Cartridge) (TBA)

* You Have To Win The Game (64KB C64 Cartridge) (TBA)

* Trance Sector Ultimate (64KB C64 Cartridge) (TBA)

* Rocket Smash EX (64KB C64 Cartridge/ Psytronik Tape/Disk/Download) (TBA)

More game release dates will be confirmed soon!

Thanks for reading!

James Monkman / Heavy Stylus


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JIM BRAIN NEW IEC CABLE TYPES
AVAILABLE
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Here is what Jim had to say

For some time, I've offered 12" stubby molded IEC disk drive cables in
addition to the 48" drive cables that everyone knows and loves. Both cable types are manufactured with molded connectors for a professional look and additional strength. I have restocked the 12" cables, having ran out a while back, and I added a few more options to the list:

I now offer two kinds of IEC drive cable splitter cables. One offers a male plug on one end, and both a male plug and a female jack on the other. The
other offers a male plug to 2 male plugs. These can be used to tidy up desk space for 1541U/SD2IEC users, or "add a jack" anywhere in the IEC chain.

In addition, for the tinkerer, I have also secured IEC cable "pigtails". One sports a male plug on one end, and tinned bare wires on the other, while a female jack version is also available. Use these in projects or to create special splitter options (just solder like-colored wires of all of the
pigtails together and insulate.

They are all available now:

store.go4retro.com/products/Commodore-IEC-Disk-Drive-Cable.html

Jim Brain
brain@jbrain.com
www.jbrain.com


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SID KNOWN V1.06
A SID tune identifier tool released
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www.acid64.com/download/sidknown/sidknown_v106.zip

Wilfred Bos has released V1.06 of the programme called Sid Known. The information below is taken from the readme file that accompanies the programme.

INTRODUCTION

SID Known is a command line tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files. This tool can be used if e.g. you want to know which SID tune is used in a specific C64 demo or C64 game, or you have a SID tune found or ripped and you want to know if it is already in your SID collection.

The tool was created initially for the High Voltage SID Collection crew to
make it easier to find double entries in the C64 music collection. Since this tool was also requested by several people, the tool is now released and can be used by everyone. The tool creates and uses a small database which includes hashes from SID input data. The tool already includes a database that is created from the latest HVSC SID Collection (update #59).

The tool has two methods to identify SID music. The first method is based on SID input data. The tool will internally play the SID tune or run the PRG file for 3 minutes (as fast as possible) and then creates a hash of the generated data and then tries to look it up in the database. If the tune can't be identified, it will try to play the SID tune for another clock speed (PAL or NTSC). If it then still can't be identified then it tries the second method to identify the tune. The second method will check the memory usage of the tune and will search for all the memory that is read in all the SID tunes found in the specified HVSC location. It will create an index file first to improve search speed.

NOTE: although the tool identifies most SID tunes correctly, it still can identify a tune falsely. You should always check manually if the found tune is the same as the tune that you searched for.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

* Windows operating system (Windows 98 or higher).

* Multi core CPU recommended.


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C-64/AMIGA SELL OUT LIST FOR
SUMMER 2013
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From: Robert Bernardo
To: commodore Free
Subject: C-64/Amiga list for summer 2013

Jim Scabery, Portland, Oregon's last Commodore dealer, had a close-out on his Commodore and Amiga hardware and software about 2 years ago. He is now in the final stages of the close-out. For those in the Pacific Northwest, Jim invites to you to his place to go through the goods that are left - packages of new, old stock and used Commodore and Amiga software, hardware like C64s, VIC-20s, C128s, C128Ds, Amiga 1000s, Amiga 500s, 1541 and 1571 and clone drives, monitors, chips, and more. Here is a message from Jim, "I'm accepting offers for the remaining software and bits of hardware. Come and stop by. Check out what I have."

If you wish to e-mail Jim, you can contact him through

victoriousheir(at)gmail.com

If you wish to contact him by phone, send me a message.

Sincerely,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group
videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
www.portcommodore.com/commvex


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LUNAR RESCUE - C16
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Daniel Crespo Andrés has made a Commodore C16 version of the classic coin-op game Lunar Rescue. The game is written in BASIC and runs on an unexpanded C16. The original game was developed by Taito in 1979. The idea of the game is to land your space module safely on one of the platforms.

A full listing with breakdown of the code is on his website, however, the site isn't in English.

www.zonadepruebas.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3660


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ITS - INFINITY TAPE SD2IEC
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ITS is a new hardware device from ManoSoft. The device is an extension for the C64SD v2.0 Infinity. The features are: Reading of v1/v2 format tap files on
all CBM machines. Writing a tap file from the SD card to a DC2N (1530 or
1531). Start / Stop management, loud-speak

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