There?s been a problem with the hi-score saver routine in Heavy Metal Deluxe. I have erased the hi-score save routine and disabled the option to save the hi-scores. Therefore no more crashing. Sorry, but I had to do this, as I had lots of difficulties fixing the bug.

I?ve uploaded the updated version of the game to replace the bugged version of the game. You can go and download the game now :)

Richard

CerroR (Roel Heerspink), a chiptune/sidtune musician from Meppel (The Netherlands) has strengthened XeNTaX? team of musicians! Aged 18, he rejuvenies the old music group from the early ?90s. You can check out his very merry chiptunes (in xm format) and Commodore 64 sid tunes at xentax.com. Definetely worth the small downloads! :)

Mr.Mouse

This is a quite versatile loader/depackersystem for C64 programs. Free for use in all kinds of C64 productions. Some features include:

- Fastloader (1-bit or 2-bit) on 1541 compatible drives
- 2-bit transfer is NMI-proof, and both PAL & NTSC compatible
- Optional loading with Kernal routines
- Buffering of files into REU
- Use of 2-letter or long filenames
- Loading of unpacked, exomized or pucrunched files
- Possibility to read a file byte by byte (custom data handling)
- Hiscore file load/save
- Configurable; only the features you need are compiled in

The loader source code is long (60KB, DASM format) so it?s likely that it has to be assembled with a crossassembler. If you don?t use DASM, you have to convert the source code yourself. Should be easy for the most part. There are many (simple) example programs included in the package.

Download

Lasse ??rni

At long last, Heavy Metal Deluxe is finally ready for download. Unfortunately the TND web site is currently not updated at the moment, but I will do all the best I can to update the web site. Also the version, which I released for Mainframe party 2002, had a little bug in the high score entry, but now that problem has been fixed. Also the game consists of a nice intro presentation, featuring a cool logo drawn by JSL/Civitas/Protovision.

This game can be downloaded here, or then again, why not take a look at some screenshots or read about this new game here.

Richard

Download the Mainframe releases now. 5 demos and some pictures and tunes.
Some party-photos are available by Tranziie, Larsby/Scania and Airex. You can also check the full party-results.

Puterman and Hollowman

After the revival of SLash Design, another member has joined the forces. His name is No-XS, also a member of Oxyron on amiga and former House Design member on C64. For more info on Slash Design check: www.slashdesign.tk.

Celtic

Since a few days a new message appeared at Commodore Wire. Here it comes: NOTE TO VISITORS: Don?t give up just yet - a new outfit is being worked on to hopefully make updates a lot easier and quicker to add than the method that?s covered Commodore Wire these last few years (manually with Notepad!). If, and I do mean IF, all goes according to plan, it?s hoped that the new look Commodore Wire will be ready sometime in the next few weeks.

I also want to clarify something: it?s likely that cW will have new owners, but that doesn?t necessarily mean I won?t still have a say. If there?s a chance I can devote more time to the site in the future, than I certainly will. I?ve still been collecting news over the past few months, and between my colleagues and I, we still hope to clear this mammoth backlog once the new outfit is set to go. Any questions? Try me at bjreid@ihug.co.nz.

CreamD

There will be a C64-Night in the EtageEins Bar in Dortmund (Germany) on May, 17th 2002. It starts at 20.00 h, entrance fee is 3,- EUR. Features: Demo show on bigscreen, SID-music all night (requests welcome!), nice retro atmosphere, miscellaneous goodies... Presented by Bert&Kamp/RDS and EtageEins. --- More information on the event and location: memering@muenster.de

Bert/RDS

This new site is still under construction, but lots of downloads and background information is given. So feel free to surf around and download some of our wares at www.slashdesign.tk.

poeba

The Polish coop Exon+Street Children released the 7th issue of NEWSPAPER, a Polish magazine. Get it from this direct link.

Updated by MacGyver on 8th October 2004, 2:41h CET

CenTraX

A brand new game is in the works. Now that 'Heavy Metal Deluxe' is finished (won't be downloadable yet - and don't ask for the full game, as it will be released at Mainframe Party first) and just a game intro presentation needs to be done. Richard of TND has just started to work on a brand new Commodore 64 game called "Bomb Chase".

About the new game project

The aim of the game is to run around the playing area, collecting time bombs (10 seconds for each bomb). It may sound a bit like the 'Defuzion' game series, but how wrong you are. Basically you are a blob that has to stop bombs from blowing up by taking a safe path. However, monsters will be running across the screen to capture you (These cheeky creatures will be randomly positioned, accordingly to data table). You have to avoid colliding into the walls, which scroll across the screen (Something like with Alternative Software's silly game 'Slug') and not get caught by the enemies.
You'll have to be quick collecting bombs, else if the time runs out on the bomb, it will blow up and you will lose a life. If a monster touches you, the monster will eat you and you also lose a life. I have loads of levels in store for the game, and to help me to produce the game screens, I will be using Jon Wells' Multi-Screen Construction Kit, which will be a very good helpful.
When I work on the main game, I will release a playable preview for C64 gamers and TND fanatics to download and then try out. I don't know when there'll be a playable preview, but I?m sure it could be in about 2 or 3 weeks time or maybe a bit longer :)

Richard of TND

I started to make a C64 util database. At this time 36 tool with screenshots and files added. Anybody can help me with list of tools, and/or files then please send a mail to the toolbase@pro.hu or vargaviktor@pro.hu

Viktor

Complete results, comments, and Tognon?s analyses can be seen in the result pack (60kb), also containing C64 executable, or simply by looking at the SidWine homepage. Tognon?s words: "Hoping that I can do another Sidwine competition the next year, many thanks to all that have enjoyed the compo."

First three places:
POS PTS  TITLE & AUTHOR 
1   272  Gopho Anders Carlsson (Goto80) 
2   184  Soulfixer Luca Carrafiello (Luca/FIRE) 
3   178  Pressure Cooker CreaMD/DMAgic 

CreamD

www.mono211.com/follindrome -- We’re trying to create the definitive Follin brothers collection, here you’ll find their music from C64 and other formats. Enjoy.

Keith

A new site dedicated to the old C64 legend Chris H?lsbeck, one of Germany's finest musicans on the C64... A website by a fan for all the other fans of Chris H?lsbeck, go and check it out...!
http://fanpage-chris-huelsbeck.port5.com

Xenox/AlphaFlight1970

You can get the new version of VICE by visitting the VICE Homepage or by clicking on the link below.

VICE

The Chromance and Onslaught ftp site which has been offline for nearly 2 weeks is back online at ftp://c64.rulez.org/pub/c64 also I?d like to mention my regularly updated video games and scene demos encyclopaedia Pirates Portal at pirates.emucamp.com which features a lot of information for you 64 freaks out there.

rough

C2N232 - portable transfer/development system for all types of commodore machines is a programmable 38400 bps RS-232 interface for the Commodore cassette port. It supports the standard LOAD protocol, so that you do not need to power up a disk drive to load cbmlink on your Commodore. I?m going to build a batch of 100 such devices. The final cost, including shipping, will be 20-30 EUR. Please mail me to make a preliminary order if you are interested. All software, firmware, and hardware specifications are freely available from the C2N232 home page. The "big computer" part of the software runs on Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X etc.), Win32 and AmigaOS.

Marko M?kel?

Okay, so here it is ... PBC#47 finally got released with three or four weeks of delay. The design sucks pretty badly this time, but try to compensate this lack by enjoying the amount of text in there - again bilingually, in English AND German. Get down and download it right here. Feel free to email any kind of reaction or to support us in visual, audial or textual ways. All the best.

Download-Link updated by MacGyver on 29th April 2003, 17:38 CET.

Zeitgeist/Civitas

On the 5th of May 2002 Voodoo will release the 3rd issue of their music-zine named ?Commy music?. Well, probably many of you don?t remember that collection but someone of you do. Anyway wait for another production from us. If you?re looking for a group then you may join Voodoo. Everybody is welcome. E-mail: oray@interia.pl

Oray

Visit the Nostalgia website. Now with support for 1541, 1541II, 157x, 1581 and CMD HD.

Perts

Last known status 27 votes. Check current status here! Tognon Stefano has launched the Sid-Wine compo voting. It will last until 19th of April, so don?t hesitate, get the pack (150KB), enjoy the compotunes and *VOTE*. Tognon would like to thank to all composers that have sent their contribution and to all the people that enjoy this competition. I myself would like to thank you for the very good organisation dude. Thumbs up.

(Originally posted on: 10. APRIL 2002) CreamD

derstandard.at/standard.asp?id=923828

Viscid / Neoplasia

The New Dimension in conjunction with Civitas design, is proud to present a silly little 2-player cross-assembly game ?Ouch! 2?. If you have 2 joysticks or whatsoever then download it from here. While I am looking for a reliable C64/Emulators friendly web site hosting service :)

Richard

Hello, i have updated my Plus/4 Diskmag-Page called www.c16doc.de. The German diskmags Club-Info and Pluvi are now ready for download.

Mr.Museum/TN,Unltd

The Exomizer is a cross cruncher for win32 and linux targeting the c64. It produces smaller files than PuCrunch but is slower. Sourcecode is included. Please see the changelog.txt file for a detailed list of changes. The Exomizer is hosted by the friendly people at Covert Bitops in their tools section and is available for immediate download

Magnus Lind

Ullrich von Bassewitz has released version 2.8.0 of the cc65 C crosscompiler. New in this version is Lunix support, conio support for GEOS, RS232 support for Atari and C128, 65C02 support is back, various code generation improvements and bugfixes.

For more information information and a download link, please visit the cc65 web page at http://www.cc65.org/

MagerValp

Adam Dunkels (Trident/Active) & Peter Eliasson (Trasher/Active) have developed an Ethernet cartridge designed around Systor Vest AS? CS8900a-based Embedded Ethernet board. The solution is using uIP - a small implementation of the TCP/IP protocol stack. As authors say: The possibility of connecting the Commodore 64 to an Ethernet local area network has been a collective dream in the Commodore community for decades. A C64 Ethernet adapter would make it possible to connect the C64 directly to the Internet, making it possible to download software, transfer data to and from the C64, play network games over the Internet; the possibilities are endless. Browse to Adam's site and check the first working applications, pictures of the hardware and other goodies. Thanx to Taper for info.

CreamD

Download here.

Aleksi Eeben

Download here.

Aleksi Eeben

Normally I?m not into nostalgiac activities, but Sir?s C64 Art Gallery is simply fantastic (and actually I feel rather refreshed than down in the dumps after seeing it ;-). Stephen Robertson aka SIR, author of many intro-pictures in many cool games has launched a site called Sir?s C64 Art Gallery dedicated to his artwork made on C64 during his active years 1985-1988. There is also a decent download section and lots of interesting text to read. Go there, watch, and learn! ;-)

CreamD

Info about Latest Posts at CSDb Forums has been activated (left panel under main menu). Be encouraged to join the community of most active oldskool scene. Feel free to share your ideas in the best place for creative and active C64 sceners - C64 Scene Database.

CreamD

Due to the fact that Scorpe has left the organizers team and scene because of financial and personal problems there are some changes in the party organization and program, as all features that got managed by Scorpe have been cancelled. Check out www.willowparty.com for more information.

Willow

The organizers of ms2002 would like your feedback! Please visit our new forum at:

http://ms.demo.org/phpBB/

I already posted two messages to start off with a little discussion WRT the c64 graphic competition rules - feel free to participate.

anonym/padua

A jewel version of the game Menace was released by the Hokuto Force group. Download it at: users.telemail.it/hokutoforce.

The Overkiller / HF

Also Axodry has rejoined Slash Design! The delayed graphics compilation "Visual Act" which inculdes gfx from Axodry is comming out soon!

poeba

Our site is back on-line after a few problems. And we have updated it with some legal stuff from the past of Level 64. Check it at www.level-64.com

Amighty god/Level 64/F4CG/Dekadence

A big update on the C-64 Composers page is now done.
Added ASL, Bleed Into One, Data, H.M.Murdock, Jammer, Johnny Owl, Jonathan Dunn, Lyon, Shapie, The Syndrom, Tichelmann, Walker, Vincenzo.

Added speech for Eco.

Changed picture for Fanta, Pedersen, Mindflow, Moppe, Toledo, Twoflower, ZZap69.

http://composers.c64.org/

Yodelking & UL-Tomten

Willow and Welle:Erdball are announcing this years Willow Party, the event for all C64/128 Users. This is a Commodore only event, so no PCs, PSX or whatever. The party again will take place in Wellentrup near Blomberg/Germany from September 6th till September 8th 2002. The entrance fee for this years party will be 20? for male and 10? for female sceners for the whole event. For more information check out our offcicial website: www.willowparty.com

Scorpe/Willow

C64 Scene Database finally got the shape which is closer and closer to the perfection, it?s maintainers Perff and Kilroy of Noname are still adding new features and goodies, but we can finally say that it went through it?s betatesting phase. I had plans for c64.sk forums but after seeing how close C64 Scene Database Forums are to my idea(l)s about good working scene forums, I?ve decided to link to them. In my opinion CSDb forums are the best place for sceners to discuss things and I hope that your interest will prove that I wasn?t wrong. If you don?t know about C64 scene database yet (which I doubt ;-) go there, set up your own account and go for it. Besides, I?ve also decided to link Lemon64 forums, if you are more into Retro-gaming and overall c64 nostalgia, you will find a lot of friends there.

CreamD

Just a reminder: the last day for tune submission is 6. April. So only 5 days for composers to finish their compositions. However you may enjoy the arrived tune and prepare to vote (voting will start from 8. April) looking here.

(1. APRIL 2002) Stefano Tognon

New Odin Tracker released APR 02 2002 00:19

Discussion: 58 reactions   |  Written by CreamD

Coded by Carcass, Music by Mr.Bungle. Get this decent onefiler from: here and enjoy. Info was posted at CSDB by Carcass. Thanx.

CreamD

(For those who don?t know:) The Commodore One is a C-64 compatible computer with a lot of additinal features, Jeri Ellsworth is working around a year now on it.
The first computers will go out in the next three months. Individual Computers will now support Jeri with money, getting hardware and some knowledge about producing it in "masses".
The Commodore One will also be distributed by Individual Computers in Europe, so it will be available at all dealing partners which are listed in the home page of "Individual Computers".

URLs:
www.jschoenfeld.de
www.commodoreone.com

Pixman/Paradise

Bookmark and check following link regularly for a while: ms.demo.org/2002/reports.php. Organisers plan to update it with more links.

CreaMD

The scene (music) group XeNTaX that also provided the Cybertracker X-Mas music pack in association with NoName has been strengthened with the addition of a new musician: 3s/XeNTaX. This guy is very busy in the conventional music business and is a graduate from Conservatory with guitar. He also plays bass, keys and even does his own vocals and will in the future focus his attention to scene music. More info and samples of his work are to be found at the XeNTaX website.

Mr.Mouse/XeNTaX

Get thy share of scene defender portraits from Mekka Symposium at www.digitalexcess.de.

se7en

Celtic/Noname joined Slash Design as a second group. Slash Design is currently working on:
several new tools, a 4k demo, an intro collection and a new demo.
Also visit: www.slashdesign.tk.

poeba

The music compo entries from MS2002 are now avalable in .sid format for you to enjoy here!

waz/padua

The user survey results are now here.

Warren Pilkington

The New Dimension web site has yet again been updated, and this time there?s a LOT more things than ever. And a new playable preview of Heavy Metal Deluxe. You can download contributor?s games, a load of classic SEUCK games, tools, intros, etc. Not only this, The New Dimension also concentrates with reviews of new full C64 games. There?s more where that came from. Just hop along to The New Dimension Website.

Oh and while I?m still here. A new cross-assembly game is NOW ready, but won't be uploaded on to The New Dimension web site yet, due to serious beta-testing. It should be up this weekend. :) What?s the game called? Well, just wait and see >:P

Richard

C64 Demos (8 entrys):

01 353 La Linea 85% - Breeze
02 319 Evolution 98% - Warriors of the Wasteland
03 115 Obey [Neoplasia] (60%) - Viscid/Neoplasia
04 111 Is god real? - st0ff/Neoplasia
05 56 We hate PC 2 (too) - Spiders-Crew
06 45 Fressepissen! - Metal Votze
07 37 Endless Playmobil - Right to censor
08 28 Universe-Demo Megalogo - Einstein & Ginger Ale


C64 Graphics (16 entrys):

01 319 Mr Gill Bates on XP-Trip - Booze Lee/Breeze/Cyberpunx
02 130 The Jazz Recital - Jailbird/Tempest/Padua/Onslaught
03 100 Ufo Udo uriniert - Eyesee/Anubis
04 89 Weird dreams - Deev/Onslaught
05 60 Zion - Fzool^SaMe^SmashDesigns
06 58 Troll - Alias Medron/Padua
07 57 ANOYO-The great barrier - Exin_AFLI
08 43 Face 24 Beck?s - Sebaloz@lepsi.de
09 32 20 years and still coocking! - Exile/Anubis/Civitas
10 32 Psycho - Zealot/Out of order
11 31 Flowers for our heroes - Bugjam/Role
12 30 Armitage shanks - Cupid/Padua
13 27 Gina Wild at home - Prof. Pi?
14 22 Lass uns ein Computer sein - Scorpe/Willow
15 17 Real Pokemon - Holy Moses/Role
16 7 Space chess - Brainstorm/ccl


C64 4K (10 entrys):

01 325 Heavy Rotation - Krill/Plush & Fanta/Plush
02 299 Witutus - Britelite/Decadence
03 238 Boat trip - Cascade & Out of order
04 133 Timesaver - Digital Excess
05 109 Voxel shade - Bubis/Resource
06 62 South - Dwangi & AXL
07 42 Partytime/Role - Holy Moses/Role
08 40 Andi und Tobi im M?rchenland - Right to Censor
09 24 Visitors against PC - JSL/Samar
10 16 1Block-Intro - Raiders


SID Music (16 entrys):

01 140 Commodore C=64 - Welle:Erdball
02 108 Simpossibly Mekkanological - CreamD/DMAgic
03 92 Ode to ed - Vip/Padua
04 73 (R)evolution 64 - Alien/Wow
05 70 Ich hab? kein Gold mehr - Heinmukk/Salva Mea
06 69 Lamour toujours Rmx - Control/dIGITAL
07 58 Ratskrone - Eco/Excess
08 50 Rainbirds - Floyd/Willow/Centric
09 45 Happyness - St0ff/Neoplasia
10 40 Fandrom - Syndrom/Crest & Fanta/Oxyron/Plush
11 34 Plushbeat - Cosowi/Plush
12 33 Nomad - Hydrogen/Bronx
13 30 My telephone - Sidder/Morning
14 24 Ukka Bukkake - Agemixer/Scallop
15 22 Sadness of text - Waz/Padua
16 19 Lazy Jones - Bzyk/Lepsi.de


Other C64-releases in these competitions:

Wild (31 entrys):
05 103 Dreams (C64 with IDE64) - Breeze (unreleased)

32K Game (9 entrys):
06 56 PressWurst - fieserWolF/Metal Votze


Misc C64-releases:
Fixup #$00/Plush (mainly Loader-related stuff by Krill)
Digital Talk #54 (German discmag)

Most releases can be downloaded at
ftp://ftp.padua.org/pub/c64/Parties/2002/ms

big mamma, anonym/padua & MacGyver