* Finishing development on my new game Shifted for the Colecovision and MSX.

* Started development of an avalanche sequel called Avalanche Deluxe for the
Commodore 16, Commodore 64 and Sinclair Spectrum.

That's it for now, more news next month!

Kind regards,
Martijn / Revival Studios-


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CRAZY CARTRIDGE
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Frank Buss has begun work on a new hardware project, it's a cartridge system for retro computers. Allowing you to play cartridge files on relay hardware.

THE WEBSITE SAYS THIS

The Crazy Cartridge is a system to run programs (for example games, or your
own homebrew software) on old video game systems and home computers like the Commodore 64 or the Vectra. Insert the Crazy Cartridge into the retro system, connect it to the USB port of a PC or Mac, then upload your favourite game or your own program and play it on the original hardware. Or save the program on SD-card, to run it on your good old hardware without a connection to a PC or Mac

For more information look here www.crazycartridge.org/


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C64 NEWS
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C64 POINT OF SALE?
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www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.600418183336493.1073741827.1732408060542 35&type=1

I don't really have any information about this just a link to a Facebook page; where apparently you can see 2 users in "Hilligoss Bakery, Brownsburg, IN" using 2 commodore computers. Now I have no idea if this is genuine as it looks like one machine is displaying some sort of video and isn't even plugged in, the other system looks plausible, I mean it would be very interesting if these point of sales systems were real and still in use after all this time.


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C64 ENDINGS RECIEVES AN UPDATE
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The web page c64endings.co.uk has added some more endings of classic Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions to the website are: Chevy Chase (Hi-Tec Software), Karnov (Activision) and Super Gran (Tynesoft).

To read more click on the link

www.c64endings.co.uk/


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HIGH VOLTAGE SID COLLECTION
HVSC Updates To Number 59
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www.hvsc.de/

ABOUT HVSC

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.

There is a brand new update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. This updates now has now more than 43. 856 SIDs in the collection. In this update 747 new SIDs, 315 fixed/better rips, 629 SID credit fixes, 750 SID model/clock infos, 14 tunes identified and 42 tunes moved. You can download the update
from the HVSC web page.


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COMPUTE'S GAZETTE SID COLLECTION
UPDATE
CGSC V1.24
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www.c64music.co.uk/

The CGSC (Compute's Gazette Sid Collection) has received an update. The COMPUTE!'s SIDplayer was a music system, created by Craig Chamberlain and
Harry Bratt, for the Commodore 64. The aim of the Compute's Gazette Sid Collection is to preserve as many of those SIDplayer music files in one location as possible. The current collection contains 12511 MUS, 3707 STR and 4480 WDS files.


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PALLINO FOR THE C64 RELEASED
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tnd64.unikat.sk/f_p.html

Pallino is a brand new game for the Commodore C64 made by Roberto Ricioppo.

PALLINO

Programming: Roberto Ricioppo
(Created using Sideways
S.E.U.C.K)
Graphics: Roberto Ricioppo
Music: Roberto Ricioppo
Genre: Shoot 'Em Up - SEUCK
Tape Loader: Martin Piper,
Richard Bayliss

A world of Pool Tables with no holes are being invaded by rogue balls and aliens. Enter one hero to stop them in their way. That is of course, the mean green hero, Pallino. Flob out at those lethal bullets to smash the balls and aliens, but watch out because they like to fight back. Seriously they would :)


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LOTEK64 ISSUE 45 RELEASED
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csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/118322/Lotek64_45.pdf

A new edition of the German PDF magazine Lotek64 is now available. The
articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, Videos on the Amiga 500, The Legend of Zelda, Stupid Invaders, LucasArts, Magnetic, Katakis, Commodore Meeting 2013, Ctaegis, Electronic museum in Wien, Chipmusik, SIDologie, Videogame Heroes (11), Interviews: Stefan Meier, René Meyer and James Monkman.

CREDITS :

Design: Lord Lotek of Lotek64
Idea: Lord Lotek of Lotek64
Text: Lord Lotek of Lotek64,
Martinland of Lotek64
Concept: Lord Lotek of Lotek64
Paper Art: Martinland of Lotek64


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ESCAPE FROM LONDON
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cbm64novo.co.uk/?page_id=249

Escape from London is a new text adventure for the Commodore 64 made by CBM64novo. In the game you are in the city of London. After 4 or 5 explosions the electrical power fails and there are many wounded. You need to find your family, and escape from London. The game is available as a cassette, diskette or as a deluxe version with a cassette, diskette and a CD.

THE WEBSITE SAYS

Escape from London - Text adventure for the Commodore 64.

You are John, working in London, away from your family. Its holiday time and your wife, son and daughter are joining you in the capital for a few days sightseeing. You are on the tube, heading to Euston Station to meet them from the train. The power suddenly turns off and the tube stops in Russell Square Station, nothing to shock you as you are a regular user, but this is
different, the station power as gone also. Some lights flicker on the
platform. After 5 minutes with no communication from the driver you and fellow passengers start to look around and get worried, after 10 minutes in the dark and the driver being on the platform passengers start to open the doors manually.

A lone figure comes running on to the platform, they are out of breathe, they have just come into the station using the stairs, a 170+ step spiral
staircase, they tell you the shocking news:

"London's lost all power, everywhere, I heard 4 or 5 explosions and then noticed that people down the bottom of the road were falling down. I just ran into the station, but with no power, the lifts are not working andI used the stairs"

You have to think fast.. Find your family.. Escape from London.........


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SCHLIMEISCH MANIA
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Schlimeisch Mania is a new game written for the Commodore C64. The game was recently released at the Schlimeisch 2013 that met in Fryšták in the Czech Republic. The game has been programmed and developed by Ray, and Factor6 with PCH making the music, graphics and the character set. The game can be played
by up to eight people at the same time with the help of the 8 port joystick adapter called the Inception.

The game can be downloaded from here

www.unreal64.net/downloads/c64/schlimeisch_mania.prg

Here is a picture of the 8 port adaptor and its specifications

www.c64.cz/inception/

INCEPTION TECHNICAL INFORMATION

8 joystick for commodore 64

Specification

* support 8x joysticks for multiplayer games
* support 8x PS2 PC mouse
* C64 mouse emulation
* easy plug to one joy port ( no user port )
* automatic detection
* JOY info diodes on the board
* external math coprocessor 40 Mhz

Price 48 EUR, 60 USD


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SID JAM
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SID JAM is a "Battle of the

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