previous instalments and think of any questions
we need answering!

Just to leave I will add that a musical reader contacted me about an
article for Commodore Free, so I suggested he write (and I would publish).
The result is in this issue for you to read. And finally, we have an
interview with Michal Pleban Co-Creator of the Commodore MultiMax Cartridge

Anyway that's far too long for an editorial, so "Sees you later!"

Best regards,
Nigel

Editor www.commodorefree.com



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GENERAL NEWS
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RECOIL 3.1.0 RELEASED
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RECOIL is a viewer for pictures in native formats of Amiga, Atari 8-bit,
Atari Portfolio, Atari ST, Atari Falcon, Commodore 64, Macintosh 128K, MSX,
SAM Coupé, and ZX Spectrum computers.

Currently the project includes:

* recoil2png - portable, command-line converter to PNG files

* RECOILWin - viewer for Windows

* thumbnail provider for Windows Explorer (install with a *.MSI installer)

* Linux GNOME thumb-nailer (install recoil-2png first, then recoil-thumb-nailer)

* plugin for OS X Quick Look (to install: open recoil-3.1.0-osx.dmg, drag
RECOIL.qlgenerator to QuickLook, then re-log or run qlmanage -r)

* plugin for XnView

* (de)coder for ImageMagick

* plugin for Imagine

* plugin for Paint.NET

* application for Android (also
available in Google Play)

* HTML 5 based viewer

RECOIL is also included in the "Formats" IrfanView plugin.

recoil.sourceforge.net/html5recoil.html sourceforge.net/projects/recoil/files/recoil/3.1.0/



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C&A GAMES ISSUE 9 RELEASED
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Polish magazine Commodore & Amiga Fan have released issue 9. This is a PDF magazine in the Polish language

Containing the following articles:

News, Franko - The Crazy Revenge, Wings, FIFA World Cup 2014, Times of
Wars, The Map (2), Interview: Ryszardem Nazarewskim, Hero Time 2, Vampire Hunter 2, Mega Starforce: Return to the Great Star, Saboteur, V.I.O.S.
2011 - Special Edition, Interview: Bohdana R. Rau, Lotus Turbo Challenge
2, Flappy Bird, Happy Flappy, Commando Arcade, Swords Valdgira II and C64 Persian.

Download it here

dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33833039/files/CAGames/CAGames_09.zip tnij.org/cp162ya

Or read it on the Issue website here

issuu.com/ramosc64/docs/cagames_09


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RETROWIKI MAGAZINE 9 RELEASED
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RetroWiki is a Spanish retro computer magazine released as a PDF.

In this edition:

SAM Coupe,
Retro-Bits,
El Kenbak-1,
Terminator games,
Commodore Plus,
Brico Micro,
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.

www.retrowiki.es/rw10/page.php?3


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BIL HERD TALKS ABOUT THE LCD COMPUTER
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In a special CommVEx video that premièred at the show, CBM engineer Bil
Herd opens up and describes the hardware inside his Commodore LCD laptop computer, one of three still known to exist. To see the video, go to:

youtu.be/Y4UOCpY3saw

Thanks, Bil!

Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
July 26-27 Commodore Vegas Expo v10 -
www.portcommodore.com/commvex


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RGCD UPDATE
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DARKNESS CARTRIDGE AVAILABLE! (C64)

Achim Volkers, Trevor 'Smila' Storey and & Sascha 'Linus' Zeidler, the team behind The Vice Squad, have joined forces again and produced an arcade adventure Darkness for the C64. Featuring 100 screens to explore, Darkness takes the character of Adventurer Stan on a perilous journey through a
dense tropical jungle, hazardous mountains, and ancient temples as he
battles to rescue his beloved Megan!

SOULLESS BACK IN STOCK! (AND NEWS ON END OF LINE PRODUCTS) (C64)

Soulless for the Commodore 64 is finally back in stock! Available in the Deluxe format only Bomberland, Super Bread Box, The Vice Squad and
Assembloids are all available again to buy (after being out of print for
the past two months).

MEGA LIMITED SPARE COPIES OF MICRO HEXAGON AVAILABLE! (C64)

All 100 copies of Paul Koller's Micro Hexagon have been shipped and are
finally arriving in the hands of Sam Dyer's Kickstarter backers. If you
missed out, you'll be pleased to hear that they will be making five spare, unsigned replacement copies

FORTHCOMING RELEASES!

Finally, you might be interested to hear about these forthcoming releases
from RGCD:

* r0x (Extended Play) (Windows/Ouya) (Summer 2014)

* Powerglove (16KB C64 Cartridge) (Summer 2014)

* Rocket Smash EX (64KB C64 Cartridge/Psytronik Tape/Disk/Download) (TBA)

* Trance Sector Ultimate (64KB C64 Cartridge) (TBA)

www.rgcd.co.uk



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C64 NEWS
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COMMODORE FREE IN POLISH!
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A Polish Commodore website plans to reprint articles from Commodore Free, translated into Polish language. I was contacted by the site's owner with
a view to translating articles into the Polish language, and as I don't
speak Polish, I am unsure how far this has progressed. Should you feel the urge you can view the website here:

c64c.ru/


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FRODIGI
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The Algorithm releases FRODIGI (Free Running Oscillator Digi) for the
Commodore C64. This is a playback utility for digitized sound. It uses
the free-running oscillators SID from the SID chip with 3 channels and the volume setting to display the audio. The program can store 4 minutes audio
in less than 41 Kbyte

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWdGWRIvMQ

Algorithm presents a single file demo for the c64 that demonstrates a new method of playing back digitized samples..

Download the files from here

csdb.dk/release/?id=131019


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ARNODASH 21
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Arno Weber has created a new Boulder Dash game after a break of several
years. Numbered 21, the game is an addition to the Arno Dash series.
There are 16 caves and four international missions. You can download the
brand new game from here.

boulderdash.nl


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C64 ENDINGS UPDATED
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A web page devoted to Commodore 64 game endings, if you have ever wondered
how a game ends then it could be on this website.

The latest games' endings added to the site are:

Bomber Country (RGCD / Samar), Dark Lord (Datasoft) Deadly Evil (Players), Morphicle (The Power House), Search for Sharla (Thalamus), Topper the
Copper (English Software), Tank (Ocean), Tiger Mission (Keye Line), Thunderbirds (Firebird), Ultima II (Sierra On-Line), Wild Streets (Titus Software), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Buena Vista Software), Yogi Bear &
Friends in The Greed Monster (Hi -Tec Software) and Zim Sala Bim (Melbourne House)

www.c64endings.freeolamail.com/


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MINI MAG ISSUE 09 RELEASED
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Mini-Mag is a German disk based magazine.

In this edition:

Editorial, Forum, Parties, Letters, Interviews with Sven Scheafer and
Cyberno, Sokuban64, PM-Writer, Chats and a riddle.

www.c64.at/pages/aktuelle-diskmags/mini-mag.php


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C64 EMULATOR - ARDUINO
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Almost a year ago, [miker00lz] announced a project for the Arduino Device emulating a 6502

This project uses the Arduino DUE to emulate a 6502 computer complete with BASIC interpreter. The Arduino isn't very powerful, and only has 2k of RAM
so the emulation is limited to BASIC. But you can connect a TFT display
and program in BASIC with the PETSCII graphics.

hackaday.com/2014/07/06/c64-emulator-for-the-arduino-due/


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PROTOVISION NEWS
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