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Commodore Free Magazine
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Issue 53, August 2011

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EDITORIAL
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What the assembler hack hardcore c programming is going on!
Doom on the Vic 20 who would be dedicated to such a project?

Well ok its not really doom; but it is a first person shoot-em-up with
monsters and doors, Impossible that hardware can’t cope the logic doesn’t add
up, it will burn up on re entry; there isn’t enough processing power, captain I canny get a fix.

Well after everyone said it couldn’t be done, here we are with 2 previews of what you could call Doom style games playable on the Memory maxed out Vic 20. In this issue we also have a link to a prg file that runs the music and very impressive it is too. Furthermore if this is all implemented in a final
version for sale, boxed, then I with the hundreds of other Vic users will be fighting my way to the front of the virtual queue; battling out to pay hard earned cash for such a visual treat for my Vic. A superb effort (although I will also need to factor in a memory expansion pack larger that the one I currently own)

Heck if that’s not enough to write a full magazine about I don’t know what is!
But wait! we have more, come in close the door, take a comfy seat and a really hot strong cup of beverage, take a deep breath; because we have much more in this rather late issue of Commodore Free.

I wonder if I should drop the months listed on the issue, and just have the magazine with an issue number, as I sit here writing this text its now very late at night on the 31st of August and as this is supposed to be an August issue release; then I am once again guilty of letting real life get in my way as being a pretend editor for a Commodore fanzine magazine, so again forgive the late issue.

We have in the issue an interview with “NAFCOM” and find out who he is and what he does and why it is exactly he is called “NAFCOM” and no its nothing to
do with Faulty communications equipment, (apparently) but I don’t want to spoil the interview so you need to read on.

We still have the usual sprinkling of the latest gossip hidden in secret messages we call the news section, carefully thrown together on the last day
of the month and wait! We have yet more “cool stuff”

2 games reviews
1 common theme
And a partridge in a pear tree

Oh did I mention Vic Doom

Yep! Finally after all the editing; I have lost it and need to lie down. Don’t
let this put you off reading the magazine though.

Thanks for reading and feel free to let the comments flow, good or bad I would like to hear what you have to say.

All the Best
Nigel (pretend editor)
www.commodorefree.com


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READERS COMMENTS
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Hello, Nigel

As there has been many news items on my projects including SCACOM I will soon announce a Computer Collection Vienna (or short CCV) this has a new design update and I'm very proud of it.

Parts also available in English - check out here: http://scacom.bplaced.net/Collection/index.php (German, full) http://scacom.bplaced.net/Collection/indexen.php (English, parts)

I have included a picture in attachment named "ccvad.jpg", maybe you could or would want to use it in your next Commodore Free? I sure I could make an English one and send it to you if this would be possible.
(Editor Sure sounds great)

SCACOM Aktuell (The German) magazine is now at number 22, and will get a new design update as you can see in the attached jpg named "scacom22_cusa" and
some other pages you can see here: http://scacom.bplaced.net/scacomakt/scacomprev.png

This is just an preview, the new issue will be available in next few days.
(Editor Wow looks very professional)

I will announce some news on the project later, and I will send it to you (translated into English), you then can give it away with the next Commodore Free issue if you like to.

Keep up the good work on Commodore Free, thanks for this project and your hard work. Thanks for giving news on my SCACOM project, I also mentioned Commodore Free in the SCACOM Aktuell issues.

Finally thanks, and am looking forward to your answer. You will receive more info soon.

Regards,
Stefan Egger

www.computer-collection.at.tc
Computer Collection Vienna

COMMODORE FREE
Wow you seem to be working hard, Sure I would be glad to give away the English version with Commodore Free, now you have stepped up the design style and have made Commodore Free look more shabby than it already was, Great work, thanks for the feed back.

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