Just like the year before Pater Pi / Church 64 and gALAKTUS / Dienstagstreff invite you to the X-mas booze.

The almost traditional sceners? mulled claret killing will be on Saturday, 13th December at the christmas market in Dortmund, Germany.

gALAKTUS

function:2003 took place from 24th to 26th October in Veszpr?mvars?ny, Hungary.

Full results and some releases can be found here:

http://function.intro.hu/results_e.html
www.scene.org/dir.php?dir=/parties/2003/function03/

..:] Retro Demo Compo

1 #1 83 pts. Pero by Singular Crew
2 #3 81 pts. Questionmark by BSZ / NST
3 #2 52 pts. FAMF by Singular Crew

..:] Retro Music Compo

1 #3 102 pts. PG Part 4 by Vincenzo / Singular Crew
2 #2 75 pts. Silently by Gargaj / ?mla?t Design
3 #1 55 pts. Shortcut by TDS / Creators

..:] Retro GFX Compo

1 #1 97 pts. Hate U by Leon / Singular Crew
2 #2 75 pts. Hook by Poison / Singular crew

A photo party report is available here.

MacGyver

And more releases on Scene World's webspace. The gfx collies "Saddam 1-3" from "The Stock".

-> tickle me! <-

Enjoy watching!

Nafcom

2 days ago I received "Dromaeomania #1" by Taxim! And since it is not available online yet, I decided to transfer it and put it on Scene World's webspace.

So, grab it here!

Enjoy his comeback after 5 years!

Nafcom/P.o.L./The Stock

The results and releases from the Dekadence Dataparty 03 are available here.

Britelite

The Hobby & Elektronik is a mainstream computer expo taking place every autumn in Stuttgart, South Germany. The date for this year is from 30th October to 2nd November 2003!
Like in the last years, there will be 2 stands supported by various C64 enthusiasts & hosted by Commodore Connection Line and the GO64! magazine.

The CCL stand will be supported by the following people:

Brainstorm (runner of CCL and main organisation of the CCL stand)

Skern, gALAKTUS and Prof. Pi? (all members of Dienstagstreff, famous for their crazy ideas)

Edikles (expert for going online with a C64)

MacGyver (member of c64.sk staff and Protovision organizer)

Thunder.Bird (hardware expert, e.g. built a Stereo SID)

A number of fine presentations is beeing prepared, so visiting the expo will be worth it for sure! Check here for some details (in German language).

MacGyver

After several years of coding and then checking what went wrong I am finally able to release a preview of my game project. Amebas is a Worms-like "strategy" game where you have to get rid of your opponents by shooting them away.

Download it from noname.c64.org/csdb/getinternalfile.php/570/amebaspre.ZIP

and let me know what you think.

Richard updated "Amebas Preview" with additional player sprites. Download here.
It is an official update, means Dosoo saw it first before the update got uploaded :)

Updated by MacGyver on 8th January 2007, 18:56 CET

dosoo

Barcelona, 2003, last soldiers defending the C64 scene in Spain... :) Barcelona raid assault ready for 1st and 2nd November. C64 musical united fighters ready!
You have 5 more days to send your SID entries, the price is an exclusive "sport-seater" made for the party. We will send it to the winner, of course!

Send them to oxident@hotmail.com.

Thanx and take care all there!

AMB

From Quantum Logic Systems and TND, comes a text adventure game, which was written in 1985, and yet again never go released. This game was programmed in BASIC, but now features some enhancements, including music. If you're interested then check the game out :)

Download 'Escape from Stank'

Richard/TND

This time, a kind of different DT issue is waiting for you. They landed the book "Green Tears" for you (written by Alexander Ausserstorfer aka Streuner) and created the summer slump DT out of it. For those who miss the usual DT chapters it should be said that the book "Green Tears" is really good and particularly thrilling. One just has to read it.

Download Digital Talk #62 (size: 428 kb - 2 discsides incl. cover) or visit the DT homepage.

MacGyver

TND proudly present an unreleased game from Quantum Logic Systems called 'Collapsar'. This game was written way back in 1985 / 1986 but never got released at all until now.

This is a Uridium style game, with several landscapes to battle through. A galaxy warp and a whole lot of arcade action.

Download Collapsar (zipped .D64)

Richard/TND

The Birmingham NEC will be hosting the 2nd Micro Mart computer fair, taking place on 30th November. As a part of it, there will be a "Retro" attractions area, including a retro-arcade and a Commodore area. This year, we will have a CBM 3000, 4000 & 8000 and the usual C64 items stuff (Games, Demos, GEOS, CMD, IDE64 etc). Contact me or Allan Bairstow for more details.

Shaun Bebbington

There are a few new entries of old Dutch games at our website. I’ve added De Enterprise, Ralley Racing, Robot Craze, Smurf Rescue and Target. Thnx to Bram and Donato.
Look at: commodore-gg.hobby.nl/nedsoft.htm Also I put some very cool press releases (Dutch) on the site: commodore-gg.hobby.nl/persber.htm Also you can find our new clubmagazine and some interviews with our clubmembers on our homepage.

Ron

After a long delay the dark factories of Onslaught & Wrath Designs proudly present VANDALISM NEWS #40 - RUBY EDITION. This edition is the biggest issue ever produced and possibly the best. 45 chapters, 15 exclusive musics on 4 disk sides. Supporting the magazine is two disk covers from the legendary hands of Duce and Junkie of Extend along with a bonus disk of exclusive software donated to the magazine. In terms of previous 'scene' disk magazines, this issue is the largest disk magazine ever released. It is an example of what can be done when people work together - download - read - enjoy!

Updated by MacGyver on 25th September 2004, 13:01 CET

Jazzcat/Onslaught

Two issues of the German language Tiger Disk are now available: 113 and 114!

Download now and have fun!

Matthes

we have only one day left and function:2003 party begins. we still accept entries for the retro competitions.
send your entry to: vincenzo@scenergy.dfmk.hu if you are interested.
check the partypage for more info: function.intro.hu

vincenzo

There are two photo pages of our last C= show (18th October) with fleemarket at commodore-gg.hobby.nl.
Also there are two new press articles (in Dutch) at commodore-gg.hobby.nl/persber.htm.

We keep on organizing shows and special activities and will keep the scene alive! We are present at the largest computer stock exchange in the Benelux: HCC dagen from 18th till 30th November Utrecht, Holland (last year 105.000 visitors!) and we will organize a special Christmas C= show on 20th December. We will keep you informed on our website...

Ron

A new game for the C64 released by Falcon soft: http://home.tiscali.cz/falcon.soft.

Falcon soft

GoatTracker V1.4d normal/stereo versions released. Updates include a bit sharper hardrestart (in 2-frame mode) and some bugfixes.

GoatTracker 1.4d
GoatTracker 1.4d Stereo

Cadaver

DriveGhost has been updated to v1.03. The main improvement in the upgrade is the addition of two new sub-versions:

fast-serial restore (standard XE1541 cable, but speeds up the restoration of data from a 64HDD archive). The custom 64HDD protocol is as fast as JiffyDOS.

parallel backup/restore (requires the Pwr/XE cable and a bi-directional LPT port on your PC). This is the fastest method available.

The updated manual can be downloaded from the DriveGhost webpage:
www.64hdd.com/driveghost/

Download 64HDD and give test out your system.

Enjoy!

Nicholas Coplin

For current photos from Schlimeisch party 2003 click here.

PCH Unreal

After one year, jc64dis is updated and pass from version alpha to beta 1.
JC64Dis is a java application of the project JC64 (java C64 emulator - www.sf.net/projects/jc64) that disassembly a prg/sid/mus file giving comments to memory locations.
In this version, it uses a patched sidld (sid Length Detector) for managing his memory state: this means that sid file can be disassembled knowing what is code and what is binary data.
There are also some bug fixes of previous version.

Download here: prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jc64/jc64dis-beta1.zip?download

Stefano Tognon

The biggest Hungarian Retro Computer Party!
The tenth occasion of the obligatory meeting of all Hungarian Retro Computer Users
(Spectrum, Commodore, Atari, Amiga, Mac ...) is coming up.
PC FREE PARTY!!!
Date: 15th - 16th November. Place: Budapest, Csokonai
Cultural Center (same place where FLaG Parties were held).
This is going to be the biggest fyanica party in 6 years!!!
Here you can find further information about the event:
www.fyanica.hu/10 and www.amiga.hu

Ghandy

1. What does this mean for you? If you have several banners on different pages of your site you will not directly benefit from these exposures anymore.
2. If your site is a low traffic site, it will be promoted more.
3. If your site is a high traffic site, it will receive less exposures.

CreamD

It?s a bugfix release of the C crosscompiler package. But there?s an update of ca65html, a cross reference tool which converts assembler source code to (hyperlinked) html and a backport of the disassembler (da65) from the developement branch.

Find out more at www.cc65.org.

BlackJack

Approximately at the same time as Sadism 3, Rockin' Factor, the first C=64 collection of Factor 6 - the ZX'n'C=64 amphibian - got released. The review of Sadism 3 said that a detailed look at Rockin' Factor would follow. Publishing of the first got delayed on the webmaster's side, but the latter was still worth doing because it's quality that matters - and there's a reasonable share of it in Rockin' Factor, as you're going to learn from Professor Ugha Sid's review. Download the collection here.

Discussion: 2 reactions   |  Written by Ugha Sid

On October 22nd MMM "The Moving Media Multiplicator" invites to the demo scene event:
"coded real-time picture sequences" - with lectures, presentations and live-performances by:

- Shiva / Kolor
- Paralax & Coma / Speckdrumm
- TMB & LostCluster / Scoopex
- Markus Schrodt & Friends / Gameboymusic Club

Kunsthalle Vienna (at Karlsplatz), Austria

MMM will film the event - for puting a docu-video online after the event.

Details on: mmm.ok.ag

The MMM Mediatheque will be launched on October 20th - also starting with over 50 Demos - shown at the Project Space of the Kunsthalle Vienna (at Karlsplatz), Austria.

lucas / MMM Team

I wrote and demoed a Movie Player for WiNGs at the recent SWRAP C= Expo 2003

In all, there are 3 utilities, video converter, video composer and movie player. The custom video format allows for embedded .wav or .sid audio files, and supports any frame size. Not limited to 320x200. And easily upto 20 fps. By virtue of WiNGs multi-tasking, it is able to pre-buffer the frames, while playing from the buffer that is streaming off a fast drive. IDE64 and Ramlink are fast enough to stream, with a short pre-buffering delay at the start.

The SuperCPU is fast enough that I was able to demo 2 independent movies playing in seperate windows side by side, simultaneously. One with a .wav audio track. The other with no audio.

For more details, please see the WiNGs website, wings.webhop.org

Greg Nacu

Recently, a Plushmeeting has been held: from 10th to 12th October 2003 in Bochum, Germany. Here are some meeting photos, mostly taken by gALAKTUS.

MacGyver

The Expo is over, but keep watching the website for further goodies and updates.

This year?s expo received coverage in three local newspapers, including one which is distributed all over the Chicagoland area and sent a reporter & camerawoman to see what it is all about.

Dave Ross aka Watson has scanned the newspaper clippings, and they can be found on the homepage under "SWRAP Expo 2003 In the News".

If you post photos and reviews to the web, please email Watson with a link to them so he can put that link on the site.

Source: C= Homestead Mailinglist

MacGyver

Those who visited Forever Quattro (held in March 2003) had some souvenirs to take home when leaving the party. The best competitors got their trophies, others could take at least nice memories - and Sadism 3, the music collection of Sad/Padua released right at the party. Professor Ugha Sid brings you a review of this piece of audial art.
Download the collection here.

Discussion: 24 reactions   |  Written by Ugha Sid

The Singular viewer is a 80x24 text file viewer designed for use with the IDE64 filemanager, but can be used also as a standalone program by starting with sys 4096. It supports files up to 2Mb or 65000 lines fast scrollable in all directions. It has a 32K memory cache for file reading, supports any device, uses seeking for faster backward / forward scrolling on devices that support it. VDC version is also available for the C128?s C64 mode.

Usage: place it to the root directory with the name "viewer".

Changes since 0.4:
- VDC version on C128 for hi-quality reading ;)
- Seeking is used if available (IDEDOS 0.9x or later)
- Able to view both CBM/ASCII files

http://singularcrew.hu/ide64warez/

Source: IDE64 Mailinglist

MacGyver

Publication #50 - disk cover drawn by Cuc/Obsession exclusively for the jubilee issue of the disk magazine released by Civitas is available to download from HERE (737 kb - tif image, 600 dpi).

Updated by MacGyver on 11th October 2003, 14:25 CET

Magnate/Obsession

The HCC organizes a Commodore show on 18th October from 10:00 till 16:00 at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, Holland. They have rented two halls this time, one for the show and the other one for a fleemarket. There will be a lot to exchange and to buy, such as books, magazines, cartridges, disks, software, a lot of hardware etcetera. For more information and a route map look at their website: commodore-gg.hobby.nl.

Source: forum-64.de

MacGyver

Download and vote here: www.ffd2.com/minigame.

MagerValp

fYaNICA #10 jubilee party! The Biggest Hungarian Retro Computer Party! The tenth occasion of the obligatory meeting of all Hungarian Retro Computer Users (Spectrum, Commodore, Atari, Amiga, Mac ...) is coming up. PC FREE PARTY!!! Date: 15th - 16th November. Place: Budapest, Csokonai Cultural Center (same place where FLaG Parties were held). This is going to be the biggest fyanica party in 6 years!!! Here you can find further information about the event: www.fyanica.hu/10 and www.amiga.hu All Amiga fans are welcome! Link updated. Thanx to Oswald. (CreaMD)

Zacc

A minor update with some new additions. Now available for those who want it all, you can grab the entire mag archive of mags, scans etc. The file is 479MB and contains all mags on this site, including the files in this October update.

5 new paper mags including classic issues of Shock, 9 disk mags and 29 votesheets.

http://mags.c64.org

Jazzcat/Onslaught

HVSC Update #36 is now available for you to download!

After this update, the collection should contain 21,272 SID files!

This is what you get:
+++ 566 new SIDs +++ 265 fixed/better rips +++ 52 fixes of PlaySID/Sidplay1 specific SIDs +++ 9 repeats/bad rips eliminated +++ 281 SID credit fixes +++ 332 SID chip and PAL/NTSC flags +++ 9 tunes moved from /DEMOS to their authors directories +++ 21 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN identified +++

Update Tool 2.8.2 is required to run this update (the Windows version is already included in the download pack). Other platform users please visit the HVSC website and download it from there.

Thanks to all the people who have helped to make HVSC the collection that it is today, without your help it would be a much tougher task!

Steppe

Final status before the voting is (if I counted right) 63 pieces of 4kb and 1kb minigames submitted, from which 12 files are C64 executables.
Quote from www.ffd2.com/minigame site: "That?s it -- minigame submission has been officially closed! The minigame team will be busy verifying the remaining games, and sometime reasonably soon we?ll have a vote pack put together with voting instructions and deadlines. In the meantime, visit the Minigame BBS, and stay tuned! "

CreamD

Hello all boulder fans! I?ve made a "new" boulderdash game called Schaikdash 12. You can download the game at: commodore-gg.hobby.nl.

Ron

The SID Compo III. October 8. 2003 - November 8. 2003. Get the SID COMPO 3 - SID PACK + results.txt , or 2 disk sides full of C64 executables with all credits: C64 EXECUTABLE PACK + results note. Or just get results.txt. Thanx everybody for support. Enjoy the releases! Congratulations to winners! Previous c64.sk SID compos: 01 (2001), 02 (2002)

Discussion: 1392 reactions   |  Written by CreamD

The New Dimension is proud to present ?Washout?, a cute little game. This game features 16 tough levels, where you have to guide your fuzzle left & right, collecting gems, and avoiding the falling boulders. Full instructions are provided with the game. Download here.

Links updated by MacGyver on 12th December 2006, 23:20 CET

Richard Bayliss

Hello CMD HD and RL owners,

DriveGhost has been upgraded to v1.03. The new version is all about speed, speed and speed! In addition to the standard IEC model, DriveGhost now includes 2 new transfer modes for speeding up the process even further. A custom Fast-Serial version allows restorations from you 64HDD PC to be near as fast as JiffyDOS (needs at least a P100 PC). If you want something even faster, the Pwr/XE parallel cable is also now supported making even the RAMLink look slow ;)

For those who don?t know, DriveGhost is disk-imaging software which allows owners of the CMD HD and RL to completely backup their devices on a track and sector level. It even lets you import D64s onto your CMD equipment. Software and Cables are available from 64HDD.

So, download 64HDD and check it out...

Nicholas Coplin

It is not very common today to present a "2003-Release" for the C-64. But we are very proud that today we can announce a new game:

R.W. Bivin?s "WEIRD WORLD" - 19,90 Euro
Weird World is an Infocom-like text adventure game for the Commodore 64 / 128. This game follows the tradition of games like Zork, and features some fun and interesting puzzles to solve along with completely off-the-wall humor as its name suggests. Support the production of new C-64 Software by buying this programm.

Further offers:

NOBBY THE AARDVARK - 9,99 Euro
The producer THALAMUS gone bust before they could start the sale of this programm. But we have bought the whole stocks and can offer this game, new and sealed. (That's not actually the case, Nobby The Aardvark was commercially released by Thalamus - T.M.R)

UNIVERSAL VGA-Box - 49,00 Euro
Connect your C-64 to standard PC monitor. Will not work with some newer monitor models like TFT.

MULTI XGA-Box - 79,00 Euro
Connect all PC monitors including TFT to the C-64.

Visit our Online-Shop to order:

SINTECH-Shop
Your computer shop for retro and modern day computers and consoles.
www.sintech-shop.de

SINTECH

24-26. october is comin’!
we invite you to function:2003 party held in veszpr?mvars?ny, hungary.
for more details check the party-page: function.intro.hu
we accept entries for the retro competitions via internet/email, too.
send your stuff to: vincenzo@scenergy.dfmk.hu

vincenzo

Out of Orderia 2003 - The original way to end the year!
A boring week between Christmas and New Year?s eve? Not if you visit our party! For the eighth time we invite all experienced or aspiring Commodore enthusiasts to celebrate the breadbox on the Out of Orderia party. And since we all liked it so much in 2002, this year?s party is going to be a day longer!

PLANNED EVENTS:
- Game costume contest
- SIDStarSearch: prove yourself in our SID karaoke!
- Creative and gaming competitions and more!
- Auction (buy soft- or hardware, or bring and sell your own)
- On demand: spiritual support by priest Marius!

WHEN, WHERE, HOW:
- Dec 26, 16.00 to Dec 29, 18.00
- Location: Katholisches Pfarrhaus (catholic parsonage) in Hoppst?dten-Weiersbach, Germany (near Birkenfeld, between Kaiserslautern and Trier), easy to reach via highway A62 or by train (contact us if you want to be picked up at the station).
- Party place with separate sleeping space, kitchen, WCs, shower and a meadow outside
- Admission is 10 Euro
- Please pre-register to reserve a place
- Don?t forget to bring your cables and multiple socket-outlets!

Contact: Volker Rust, + 49 160 98692490 or email: info@maerchenbraut.de

MORE TO COME SOON - VISIT OUR PAGE!

Volker Rust / Out of Order

The next MM! Party will take place from 12th to 14th December 2003, as usually in Hohenstein- Ernstthal, Germany. Check the party homepage for more information (in German language).

There is no C64 invitro available yet (Lordnikon has to get well first).
However, there is an invitro for the Plus/4, available here (on Side B).

Source: forum-64.de

MacGyver

On 30th September 2003 SidDasm V1.0 by Gufino was released at CovertBitops in Tools section. The program produces disassembler output of .SID music files, so that you?ll be able to see the musicroutine code. Both DOS version & Linux version are available for download, with source code included.

Source: www.vorc.org/en

CreamD

Clean the dust from your amplifiers, connect big speakers and pump up the volume! The SID music competition is gonna rock you again! ;-)

CreamD

A full game, which was written some time in the Summer, but I forgot to release, is now available.

Download: Super Galaxys Duel

Links updated by MacGyver on 12th December 2006, 23:22 CET

Richard

A bug-fixed version of Cyber Crunch is available. Grab it here.

Cybernator

The "Games That Weren?t" project recieves a large update this month over at:
http://cs.c64.org

The big features this update are:

* A special interview with Steve Ruddy (Ex-Soft. Creations).
* Big developments for "Streethawk", Rob Hubbards "Razmatazz", "R-Type v1" & "Space Veg Corp".
* News of a previously unheard of Simon Nicol game.
* 32 new reviews
* 16 games / previews added
* A new GTW game of the month
..and plenty of other bits and pieces.

GTW aims to find the lost games of the Commodore 64 and it needs all the help it can get to find and research on various titles, so please feel free to come along and browse, and maybe shed some light on some titles... Thanks!

Frank (GTW Team)

It may be a little early but this way noone can say he didn?t have enough time. Get the Invitation to the Official Year 2K3 Christmas Competition now:

Download here

pi

Pirate's Portal - updated SEP 30 2003 18:07
Programming Compo OCT 01 2003 01:01
dalezy & Krill live OCT 01 2003 16:27
Commodore Price List OCT 03 2003 22:14
IDE64 CD-ROM available OCT 11 2003 15:42
SLAY Radio is BACK! OCT 13 2003 20:47
HardSID PCI in Pre-Order OCT 15 2003 12:39
Guest hosted show at SLAY Radio! OCT 17 2003 15:59
Axodry's website OCT 18 2003
The Gang restarted! OCT 21 2003
Hokuto Force site is back online OCT 21 2003
Nonoxynol zine issue#1 released OCT 22 2003
20 years Commodore 64 article OCT 23 2003
P.R.I.'s debut LP OCT 23 2003
Some P.o.L. & Scene World News OCT 27 2003
Milestone Demo Voting Chart! OCT 28 2003
ViZZ joined Nostalgia ! OCT 30 2003
New People of Liberty Homepage! OCT 30 2003
New quiz up on www.c64hq.com today! OCT 31 2003
Change in email OCT 31 2003

Discussion: 143 reactions   |  Written by MacGyver