• Commodore Free Issue 72, Part 15

    From Stephen Walsh@39:901/280 to All on Thu Aug 15 17:11:00 2013
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    [SUPPORTED FILE TYPES]

    Fully : D64, D71, D81, LNX, PRG, Pxx, T64, SPY, LBR.

    Partly: G64, TAP, X64, ARK, ARC & CRT.

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    3) Copy all the files of spunk to XAMPPs sub dir: /xampp/htdocs/spunk/

    4) Edit config.php and correct ARCHIVE_PATH to the location of your c64 files:
    e.g. DEFINE(ARCHIVE_PATH, "d:/c64_archive/");

    5) Test/Run the searcher system with this url in the browser: 127.0.0.1/spunk/

    Once again: Time to enter real life :)

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    AMIGA ARTICLES ON OBLIGEMENT
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    The following articles have been added to the website of the french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement (obligement.free.fr) The archive now
    contains more than 3500 Amiga articles (excluding translations).

    * March/April 2013 news.

    * Old articles from A-News 25 to 28: review of Workbench 1.4 beta, review of
    Workbench 2.0 (AmigaOS 2.0), file: Zorro III, report: AmiExpo 1990 Chicago,
    review of Professional Draw 2.0, review of Volumm 4D, hardware: A2024,
    hardware: Amiga 3000, etc.

    * Interview with Petro Tyschtschenko (former président of Amiga Technologies).

    * Interview with Larry Kaplan (former developper on Atari 2600, from 2006).

    * Hardware: Romy A4000.

    * Hardware: CDTV.

    * Hardware: create your own ROM 3.9.

    * Review of PUAE 2.3.3 on Android.

    * Review of OpenBOR 3.0.

    * Review of Gravity Force.

    * Review of Hook.

    * Review of Oh No! More Lemmings.

    * File: games with shoot'em up phases.

    * File: Amiga in TV and cinema (update).

    * Tutorial: speed up your PowerPC/Warp3D games with FullWin.

    * Tutorial: installation of ClassicWB 3.9 on WinUAE.

    * Tutorial: installation of the AmigaOS 3.9, with its Boing Bags, on WinUAE.

    * Special quizz about the Amiga 3000.


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    RGCD NEWSLETTER APRIL 2013
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    Welcome to the RGCD April Newsletter - delivered to your inbox on the last day of the month, no less! We've been super busy as usual over at RGCD, with a total of three releases in the past month and a whole load of stuff bubbling away on the back burners that'll be ready to announce in the near future. So, what's been rolling off the retro assembly line? Read on and all will be revealed!

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    MOJON TWINS 2-GAMES-IN-1 CARTRIDGE AVAILABLE! (C64)

    It's been a long time coming, but we have finally completed our official cartridge compilation of The Mojon Twins Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle and Sir Ababol, and it is available to buy now from our shop!

    Although the plan was originally to put them out as separate releases, it seemed a shame to waste the ROM space, so we've managed to squeeze both games and a menu onto a single 64KB cartridge. Changes over the previous versions available on CSDB include two minor NTSC bugs fixed, as well as Nanako now being fully playable via joystick - making it available at last for GS owners.

    The 64KB PCB is housed in a transparent purple cartridge shell illuminated by an internal LED, and the game comes complete with a printed manual and a vinyl Mojon Twins sticker. The cartridge version is available in two packaging
    types, a standard card carton and a more expensive 'deluxe version' that comes in a plastic case (a Universal Game Case with a specially cut foam insert to hold the cartridge as shown below). The standard version is priced at £22, whereas the deluxe version costs £27. Shipping is £4 for UK/Europe and £5 for the rest of the world. A digital version of the game will also be sent out to all customers following receipt of payment.

    As a joint RGCD/Mojon Twins/Psytronik production, we've handled the cartridge production whereas Kenz at Psytronik has compiled a three game pack on disk
    and tape, including UWOL: Quest For Money (a game we previously released on cartridge last year). Psytronik Software are selling the game on
    premium/budget disk and tape for £9.99/£4.99 and £3.99 respectively
    (plus shipping) via their Binary Zone Retro Store.

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    UWOL: QUEST FOR MONEY & NOT EVEN HUMAN ON SALE (C64)

    To celebrate the completion of this project, we've put the UWOL cartridge temporarily on sale, with £5 off the cost price. Not only that, but fans of Assembloids might want to check out Dr. Martin Wendt's previous game Not Even Human - which has also been dramatically price slashed! This promotion won't last forever, so grab them now.

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    JAGWARE COLLECTION 1.0 AVAILABLE! (ATARI JAGUAR CD)

    Jagware presents a new Atari Jaguar CD compilation of four puzzle games from four groups; Do The Same from Cerebral Vortex, Diamjag by Orion, Atomic Reloaded from The Removers, and Beebris by Reboot - all four of which support online scoreboards. But that's not all - also included is an exclusive early look at the alpha build of 'Project II', Reboot's ambitious forthcoming horizontal scrolling shmup.

    CVSD's Do The Same is a beautifully presented tile-rotation game where your goal is to match a given pattern of blocks in as few moves as possible (and before the time runs out). A highly polished release featuring backgrounds based on hand-crafted clay models and 112 levels to beat, Do The Same was previously available on CD in very limited quantities - now those who missed
    it in physical form have the chance to grab it again!

    Next up is Atomic Reloaded, a logic puzzle game inspired by Thalion's Atomic
    in which you are tasked with creating molecules from their component atoms by moving them around a maze. Described as 'Atomic as it should have been',
    Atomic Reloaded features 82 original levels guaranteed to challenge even veterans of the original!

    Diamjag is an early release from the prolific Jaguar coder Orion, in which you must guide a ball-like character around 28 single-screen mazes collecting diamonds - the catch being that when your ball starts rolling you won't stop again until you hit a wall!

    Reboot, the organiser of this project, has contributed Beebris, its updated Jaguar conversion of one of Law's old Atari ST releases based on a 'popular tetronimo game'. With four game modes, each with forty levels of difficulty, Beebris remains one of Reboot's more popular additions to the Jaguar homebrew catalogue. Jagware Collection One is a superb compilation of games, but if you want further incentive to pick up a copy you may wish to consider that all profits made through sales of this Jagware release will be going toward
    funding future Jaguar hardware development by SCPCD, creator of the JagCF and the Jagtopus 4-cart programmer - the format on which future cartridge games will be distributed.

    The physical release comes cellophane-wrapped in a clear DVD box with full colour, double-sided printed inlay on a full-face printed, glass-mastered CD, direct from the factory (100% professionally produced in the UK). Instructions for each game are included on the inside of the inlay. It requires no additional hardware to run other than the Jaguar CD console itself. As an
    added bonus,

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