C64 NEWS
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JONATHAN TEMPLES INTERVIEW
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C64.com has interviewed Jonathan Temples, who was a graphic artist for Code Masters, Zeppelin Games, Choice Software and Genesis Software. He says his first computer was a Commodore VIC20 followed by a C64. Some games he
worked on are: SpellCast, Spikey in Transylvania, CJ in the USA, Stuntman Seymour, DJ Puff's Volcanic Capers, Nobby the Aardvark. You can read the interview on the web page.

www.c64.com/


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CHAMELEON 64 - 9A
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A new core is available for the Chameleon

Chameleon is an extremely user-friendly cartridge that can be used without opening the computer. It is just plugged to the expansion port of the C64.
In addition to that, it can also be operated as a stand-alone unit,
replacing the computer, the floppy drive and the heavy power supplies. If operated as a stand-alone unit, a USB power adapter or active USB hub can
be used as power source (available separately). Even a USB-enabled
computer (LCD-TVs, DVD-players...) can be used as a power source!

FEATURING IMPROVEMENTS FOR:

* RESTORE key,
* CIA timer B interrupt,
* Pagefox cartridge emulation,
* Disk drive emulation,
* VIC-II emulation, S
* DRAM refresh counter,
* SIDplayer and the file browser.
* a player for Compute Gazette SID player files (.mus/.str) is also
available.

wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Chameleon

icomp.de/products/chameleon_e.htm



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GAMES THAT WEREN'T 64 UPDATES
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www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/

The GTW64 web page has been updated.

New items include:

Pluff,Amity Island, Robotomania, Captain Future, Death Trap, It Came From
The Desert and Night Walker. Update: Arcade Classics 2, Batman 3D, C64GS cartridge titles, Chuck Rock, Circus Fun!, Damocles, Darius +, Fire &
Forget, Gi Hero, Heavy Barrel, Judge Death, Mach 3, Manhatten Dealers, Old Scores, Seal Cull, Search For Sharla, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Spellcast, Streethawk, The Blues Brothers, The Seven Gates Of Jambala, Unnamed
helecopter game, Victory Road (UK version), Viking Child, Virus and
Whirligig.



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C64 NETWORK GAME IS READY FOR
PLAYTESTING!
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www.jammingsignal.com/ jammingsignal.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/my-new-c64-network-game-is-ready-fo r-playtesting/

Ok, it's not exactly a recent news item, but it is the first time I
remember seeing something mentioned about the items in a magazine so here
goes

Leif Bloomquist Released a new network game called "Vortex 2? at ECCC back
in 2013. Itss a playable work-in-progress to get help with testing and feedback.

Leif says "You can't do much in the game yet. Enemy ships will fly around
and chase you and each other, you can shoot at them and they will shoot
back, but nothing will happen. But it's still pretty fun, especially with friends!"

NOTES:

* The game auto-updates. Every time you run it you will get the very
latest sprites, graphics, music, and gameplay automatically.

* You need to forward UDP Port 3000 to the IP address given to your C64, displayed on the startup screen. The suggestion is a DHCP rule in your
router to always get the same address. The MAC address used is 00:80:10:00:51:00.

* RR-Net or compatible card (64NIC+, FB-Net, etc) for your C64.

* The VICE emulator works but seems to have terrible lag.

* The server will be occasionally rebooted .

* Joystick in Port 2.

You can download the boot program here

www.jammingsignal.com/c64/vortex/vortexboot.prg

To see the list of players, some server stats and a real-time map here

vortex.jammingsignal.com/menu

Google Group for developers here:

groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/c64-vortex-developmen t

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IT'S ALIVE! ULTIMATE C64C MOTHERBOARD SWAP

A couple of years ago Leif put together the "Ultimate Commodore 64? with multiple kernels, dual SID chips for stereo sound, a reset button, a USB, Ethernet, a 16GB flash drive, 4 Joystick Ports, and then painted it blue! Although... it seems Leif fried the board .

More information is available here

jammingsignal.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/its-alive-ultimate-c64c-motherboard -swap-2/


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GATEWAY MANUAL RESURRECTED
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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Holmer
Sent: 16 June 2014 19:21
To: Commodore Free
Subject: gateWay manual

I've reconstructed the gateWay manual with illustrations and the 2.5
addendum, and made it into a PDF:

www.lyonlabs.org/commodore/onrequest/geos/gateWay25docs.pdf


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GLINK 232 CARTRIDGE
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Both the commodore 64 and the 128 are limited to 2400 bauds. Dr. Evil
Labs and then later CMD produced the SwiftLink232 and turbo232 cartridges
based on the 6551 ACIA chip as a workaround to this limitation. Sadly Both
of these items have been out of production for a very long time. GLINK232
is a modern replacement for the swiftlink232 so your Commodore can
communicate at speeds up to 38400 bauds

gglabs.us/


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RELAUNCH 64 VERSION 3.0 RELEASED
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www.popelganda.de/relaunch64.html

Relaunch64 is an IDE (text-editor) for C64 assembler-coding on Windows,
Linux and Mac OS X. Relaunch64 has a clean and intuitive user interface,
yet it offers many features that make coding faster and easier.

This editor works together with common cross assemblers. Currently
supported assemblers are:

* 64tass
* ACME
* ca65
* DreamAss
* Kick Assembler

Other assemblers might work as well, but syntax highlighting may not be
100% correct


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STRIKETERM 2014 RELEASED
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csdb.dk/release/?id=130807

The notes say this is a terminal software package for the Commodore 64.

Striketerm 2014 is a streamlined hack of Novaterm for the modern day C-64
It is compatible with Nova9.6 modules

The main website is here

1200baud.wordpress.com/

Also released is Striketerm Ultra (for a purchase price of $20 USD) the
notes say

Strikelink is NOW 9600 baud compatible (using the UP9600 driver). And as before, it's still fully user port compatible for running standard 2400 bbs systems. For dialing out on Striketerm, you can use the User Port OR
UP9600 modem drivers without the need for additional hardware.

Check the website for more information


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D64 EDITOR UPDATES
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Want to edit D64 images? Well, you couldn't do any better than to grab yourself this piece of software, and even though other products are
available, I still seem to grab this guy and always have it handy with my Windows toolkit.

Here is a quick rundown on some of the features:

* Read D64 files, display the directory, move files around the directory, rename files.

* Export files from the D64 into PRG files

* Import files into the D64 with autodetection for P00 files.

* View/Edit the BAM

* View the block chain of files on the D64

* Create new blank D64 files, clean existing D64's

* View and modify blocks on the disk in hex.

* Automatic check for crosslinked files on the D64.

* View the directory using the native c64 font

* SEQ File Viewer using the c64 font with PETASCII->ASCII conversion option

* Drag and Drop functionality. Drag D64's onto the main screen to load
them, drag other files to import them.

* Preliminary support for importing T64's

* A filename builder to enable easy use of the C64 Characterset in
filenames

www.d64editor.com/


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SOKOBAN FOR THE C64
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Steve Ody has released the classic game Sokoban for the Commodore 64.
Sokoban is a classic strategy game where the

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