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Mouse Extension v1.0 Released!
Posted by bszggg on 2024-03-18
Mouse extensionBszggg released the Mouse Extension v1.0!

It's available in PRG and CRT versions. The D64 version also includes various examples for basic mouse programming.

Enjoy: Mouse Extension v1.0.

Video (hungarian)
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Binary Battle!
Posted by Csabo on 2024-03-15
Binary Battle screenshotHaplo (the newest member of Plus/4 World, and author of Toop, Tenebra and Tenebra 2) is back with a new game. No, the name doesn't start with "T", instead we have Binary Battle, a roguelike with a twist:

Bravely battle baddies, beware overheating, buy boons, bring back the source code!

Enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2024-03-13A little, half baked, multiplatform Space Invaders clone, has been released after 10 years: FREAX.[ comments ]


Giana Sisters!
Posted by Csabo on 2024-03-03
Giana Sisters screenshotThe Great Giana Sisters is a beloved classic on C64: a platformer heavily inspired by the "Italian plumber" series (that shall not be named). The game has incredible staying power: over 100 cracks of it exist (with new ones being released even this year), there's a PETSCII version, multiple level editors, a 30th-anniversary edition with lots of extras, tributes, the list goes on. Its soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck is one of the most popular video game soundtracks of all time.

But wait a minute, why should we, lowly Plus/4 users care about all this C64 hoopla? Simple: thanks to TCFS, the game is now available on our platform as well!

Enemies to dodge, power-ups to collect, boss fights to overcome, hidden warps to find, and 30+ levels to complete: it's all waiting for you!
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Mastertronic Sales Totals - C16 and Plus/4
Posted by Waz on 2024-03-01
Have you ever wondered how many copies of a Mastertronic game were sold for the Commodore 16 and Plus/4? And can you guess the highest and lowest sellers?

You can now find out with this handy check list of games (including those released on Americana, Bulldog, MAD and Ricochet labels) with sales figures from Anthony Guter of Mastertronic and presented on the Mastertronic Collectors Archive:

Mastertronic Collectors Archive - Commodore 16 Checklist
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Posted by Csabo on 2024-02-21Try your luck at the (simulated) stock market; play Tőzsde BÉT verzió (a Hungarian management game) by MCG![ comment ]


Some Creative Cheats (Part 1)
Posted by Csabo on 2024-01-24
Bruce Lee Anniversary Edition screenshotTCFS brought us some excellent conversions of classic C64 games. When Cauldron II starts up for example, the player is immediately greeted with a cheat menu. (That was probably warranted, as the game is very hard.) But what if you wanted to make progress in some of his other titles?

Today we will look at two games Impossible Mission +4 and Bruce Lee Anniversary Edition. Be warned, spoilers ahead!
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Posted by Csabo on 2024-01-21On the heels of Turbo Outrun comes Outrun II SB. Why was this released separately, and what does it have to do with SpongeBob? Read the scrolltext to find out![ comments ]


Turbo Outrun!
Posted by Csabo on 2024-01-14
Turbo Outrun screenshotThe wait is over! TCFS pulls off the impossible once again, the highly anticipated conversion of the classic arcade game Turbo Outrun makes its debut on the Commodore Plus/4!

Turbo Outrun, originally developed and published by Sega in 1989, has captivated players with its fast-paced gameplay and thrilling races. For the first time, Commodore Plus/4 owners will have the opportunity to rev their engines and leave the other cars on the road in the dust. Watch out for those pesky cops though! Can you drive fast enough to make sure your girlfriend Norma doesn't leave you?

It's no hyperbole that Turbo Outrun is the best racing simulator on our system: great gameplay, awesome graphics with a great sound track. All this can be yours for the price of... absolutely free! What are you waiting for, go download it now! Also check out the companion demo: Turbo Outrun Music Box.

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Terror News is back with a new issue!
Posted by Murphy on 2024-01-04
Terror News 32 screenshotThe Terror News +4 series, which ended in 1992, has returned after almost 32 years with Terror News 32! The magazine contains 53 kilobytes of text content, in a pure scene spirit, nostalgic style, with beautiful graphics by Unreal and Jeva, and melodious music by 5tarbuck & SquareWave.

This time, it is available in both Hungarian and English versions.
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Boring Stuff!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-30
Boring Stuff screenshotDid you think that his little programme from back in October was the only thing gerliczer was planning to haunt you with this year? You were almost right. But unfortunately, your luck has run out. After two days of fretting, swearing and name calling he managed to hunt down and eliminate the pesky bug blocking the release. Please, welcome with the well-deserved tedium his new intro: Boring Stuff.
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Santa's Piano
Posted by TRP on 2023-12-25
On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus sat down at his piano and played the familiar tune... Merry Xmas Plus/4 World!
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-23On the heels of the Pets Rescue and Alpharay loader, BSZ brings you all an SD2IEC loader for Lykia![ comments ]


Merry Christmas To You All!
Posted by 5tarbuck on 2023-12-23
Ho ho ho!!! Have you all been good this year? Then Santa and his hard-working helpers have a little gift for you...
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-22MMS created a new PETSCII picture called Mr.Micro presents![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-22Larry has created a digi-music collection for WavePlay-SD![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-16Encouraged the by the resounding success of the previous loader, BSZ just made an SD2IEC loader for Alpharay![ comment ]


Doomed PETSCII Pacman!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-10
Doomed PETSCII Pacman screenshotHave you ever wondered what would combining Doom and Pac-Man would end up like? Wonder no more, Doomed PETSCII Pacman by Ko-Ko is here to answer that.

Don't expect typical Pac-Man gameplay, almost everything works slightly differently. Eating power pellets can have terrible effects, but they are needed to level up. Eating ghosts is deadly as always. In addition to the conventional Pac-Man enemies (Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde) this game also has Zinky and Drinky!

Enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-09A quick surprise for the holidays: thanks to BSZ, Pets Rescue can now be loaded on using SD2IEC![ comments ]


C16+4: Do The Math And Find The Mag
Posted by Luca on 2023-12-05
20 User Issue 1We've known about C64Mark through his delicious redux versions of some C16 cult games, and due to his weekly activity as live streamer on his Twitch channel. Probably the audience doesn't know him as a collector of games of the era in their physical copies, and games' magazines in early times.

Exactly as regards this latest passion of him, a few days ago he had the chance to put his hands on a rare series of fanzines, titled as 20 User, where the number 20 is a straight reference to the funny sum of "16+4", does this rings more than one bell into your head?
C64Mark has found and consequently purchased five issues in series from 1 to 5, and of course we don't know if there are further issues of this magazine, which presents itself as "the official magazine of C16 and Plus/4 User's Club". What we do know, however, is that the people behind the product used to sign as Micro Media, and the editorial board was located in the heart of Scotland, in Carluke, a city in the Lanarkshire county.

20 User fanzine is a precious testimony of the era, every issue includes passionate reviews of the games and news about the next releases to be, shining of that teen energy of which somone of us could have some memories about. Do you remember if one of these magazines has ever come into your hands?

[Issue 1] [Issue 2] [Issue 3] [Issue 4] [Issue 5]
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Into The Eagle's Nest Deluxe
Posted by Csabo on 2023-12-05
Into The Eagle's Nest Deluxe
09 September 1990: Mutschler Péter, better known as Mucsi, has released a Plus/4 porting of the C64's Gauntlet-styled game Into The Eagle's Nest. It was a lovable conversion work, but the game resulted as compromised by some strongly personal choices in the graphics, some notable bugs, plus the bugs naturally present even in the original game. All in all, a brave attempt, reaching a debatable result. It's Csabo/LOD, who embraced the task to integer the old code with new fixes and some new features from scratch, also to enrich the presentation with a cool intro and add so many stuff and fixes, in order to have a real tangible Into The Eagle's Nest Deluxe! Once purged from any kind of bug, and found the right compomises to keep its aspect at best on Plus/4, Into The Eagle's Nest Deluxe is now the best way to play the super classic from Pandora software house.

As the game says: "let's get down to some serious destruction!"

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Meet Your Own Ghosts At Blackwood Manor
Posted by Luca on 2023-12-02
The Ghosts of Blackwood ManorIt's Christmas time for Mr. and Mrs. King, and what's better than living that magic time of the year by moving into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before the end of 1986?

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is an award-winning interactive horror from Stefan Vogt, the acclaimed author of Hibernated 1 and The Curse of Rabenstein. Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore the history of Blackwood Manor, only to uncover a dark secret that dates back centuries to the days of the Great Scottish Witch Hunts. It's a complex interactive fiction piece written in Infocom's advanced Z-machine format XZIP. The game has three different endings, a bad, a neutral and a good ending, depending on the player's choices. It is very likely that the player, on a first playthrough, will not reach the good ending, even though it is possible. Reaching the bad or neutral ending first is part of the experience and helps the player understanding the true intentions of some of the NPCs and the impact of decisions made, so they may be reconsidered. The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is following the path of some of the most iconic interactive fiction works from the 80s and early 90s, trying to resemble a retro look and feel but it also aims to meet modern era expectations. There are no dead ends and the diffculty level is moderate. Generally it's more about experiencing a story rather than drowning the player in frustration.

Initially released as freeware/NYP under the new label Moonmist Entertainment on a plethora of systems from the '80s, a commercial distribution by poly.play is on the way. We suggest to play it for free, but the author has spent tons of time passion and work on this game, so we think that you should show some appreciation by dropping a very reasonable quid at the official page.
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Traffic Troubles With Yewdow!
Posted by Luca on 2023-11-23
Yewdow screenshotInufuto could not act more Japanese than how he's showing to be: the punctuality of his publications is proverbial, and, as the previous year four months circa has passed between his summer game to the after one, this year too he does not deny himself, and just like a Swiss clock he knocks down his fifteenth impact with Yewdow!

Here's the matter: a mate of you drives his car to collect all the flags on the screens, but he doesn't know where to turn the car in order to reach the flags, until you deploy some significative road signs on his track. Unfortunately, an annoying dude hinders your job, and the car itself... Well, you won't like to be hit by a car on the run! The walls could be of some help, but they collapse once hit, just like your chances of victory!

So give it a deep try, and go for discovering the cheapest tracks to solve all the screens!
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Charity Calendar 2024!
Posted by George on 2023-11-15
CalendarNeil from the RMCRetro Channel has chosen George's picture for his Charity Calendar 2024. This is a great honor for the whole Commodore Plus/4 community. The main theme for the calendar is Big-Box games. Please support his charity project for preschool children!

The calendar can be ordered here. The price includes shipping and a signature version can also be ordered.
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A "Dex"citing Map!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-11-03
Dex screenshotIf you've ever wondered what the map of Dex looks like, you're in luck: I (Csabo) created a map for the game.

There's also a couple of other things that might be interesting for hard-core games. If you want to take a deep dive, read on!
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Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-10-31
Cauldron II screenshotHappy halloween Plus/4 scene; and what better way to celebrate this spooky holiday than digging up some classic games that fit the theme. How about... Cauldron II? What? It doesn't exist for the Plus/4? Gosh, what a pity. Oh well, everyone go home, nothing to see here.

Wait what?! TCFS actually converted this game to the Plus/4?! That changes everything!

This time the player takes on the role of Bouncey - what a fun name for a pumpkin - who does, in fact, bounce, constantly. Your quest is to guide him through Witch's castle (more than 120 screens!) to enact his revenge. There are six magical items - a Chalice, Axe, Shield, Crown, Scissors, and Book of Spells - scattered throughout, and Bouncey must collect them in order to complete the game. Avoid all the baddies - some of which Bouncey can shoot down, if he collects the "spark". It won't be easy!

Fire up that old iron and load this game immediately! Happy halloween!
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Kitaro's Silk Road!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-10-30
After his last, less than stellar result in converting music to our machines gerliczer still refuses to give up trying. Although his original idea was a bit different, he thought that the new piece he managed to somewhat tame should be put to some use. So, he took his song data and player, duct taped it to the converted album art and now presents it to the community. Please, try enjoying Kitaro's Silk Road in gerliczer's interpretation.
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-10-29YAPE version 1.2.4 is out! Be sure to update to the latest from the YAPE homepage.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2023-10-15A large pack of previously missing Hungarian educational programs have been added, complete with cover scans, TAP files and cassette photos.[ comments ]


Stinger
Posted by Luca on 2023-10-10
StingerQuestion: Is Fabrizio Caruso the Italian Inufuto, or is the latter the Japanese equivalent? We previously mentioned this, but no answer seems to have emerged.

However, what has emerged is Stinger, the new game developed by Fabrizio Caruso. Stinger showcases the incredible capabilities of his Cross-Lib, a universal retro-hardware library that allows for potential game compilation on 200 different retro systems. Currently, 73 of these binaries have already been compiled and made available here. Stinger is an exciting shooter game featuring power-ups, 6 unique levels, 5 different types of enemies, and various items to collect. Let's see how skilled the audience is at achieving high scores!
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-10-02Are you Curious about what goes into a TCFS game? Now is your chance: the source listing for Bruce Lee Anniversary Edition has just been released![ comments ]


Bobby Bearing +7DGMF 101% (NTSC/PAL)
Posted by Chronos on 2023-09-29
Bobby Bearing screenshotBobby Bearing is an isometric action-adventure game released by The Edge in 1986 for the Sinclair Spectrum. It was ported to the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 by Trevor Inns. Originally converted to our little machine by Ceekay and Plasma in just two days in 1990, but it was unplayable due to several critical game breaking bugs. So we (Csabo, Siz, Kichy and Me, Chronos) fixed it and put some extras in it.

Enjoy!
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HVTC Update September 2023
Posted by Luca on 2023-09-28
It's that time of the year! The High Voltage TED Collection, also known as HVTC, needs a refreshing update, 'coz we've had sooo many new releases, and the modern era of the Plus/4 demoscene is recording a healthy tendency to TEDsound tunes's usage.

Actually, we've more than 90 new entries! After all, keep in mind that the single TED Vibes and TED Vibes 2, massive celebrations of the TEDsound, include a total of 28 brand new tunes. Csabo has decisely begun a fulcrum of reference to have the TED playing at its best into your AAA retrogame, that's the reason why his folder got bigger this time too, reaching the 111 single files. Delest and 5tarbuck are busy guys too, due the fact that their respective groups count on them for the musical score of their productions. But other composers too are getting a habit in TED music, people whose come back after a first approach: h0ffman, Hermit, FADE (now in Exceed!), Chabee... And not to mention one very notable new entry: Jammer, who has shown the power of his own player.
A complete report of what has been added, moved or fixed can be read here in the whatsnew.txt.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!­­­­­­­­
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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The Empire Strikes Back!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-09-25
The Empire Strikes Back screenshotLast year, some of you may have seen a C64 Star Wars game by the group Megastyle, which is a remake of an old Atari 2600 game. It's one of those games where the die-hard Plus/4 fan just sighs; "oh well, we don't really have shooters like this, there's just too many sprites".

But one man, he stands tall on a mountain top, wind blowing in his hair, staring off to the sunset, and he says... Well, he says "No. This shall be done". His mind is already hard at work, thinking about how to pull of the impossible, and display software sprites on top of parallax scrolling. And then suddenly he's in front of a computer, and his fingers are typing faster than the eye can see, the heavenly choir reaches its crescendo, and everything turns white... (Sorry about that nerdgasm, where was I?) Oh yeah, that man is TCFS.

If you're up for some Star Wars themed shooting, fire up that old Plus/4 (or an emulator) and watch in amazement as The Empire Strikes Back!
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Lancess Priya: May The Farce Be With You
Posted by Luca on 2023-09-23
Lancess Priya screenshotIn the year 1983, Atari had the honour to capture the lore of George Lucas' Star Wars into the videogame's world, and what had popped out was a wireframe vectors' dream enclosed within a luxury furniture accompanied by stereo sound. Unfortunately, the 8bit home computers wouldn't boast an equivalent power, and all the conversions had been judged mediocre as higher of those scores.
But now, in a brand new millenium with brand new ideas, Dr. TerrorZ, guru of the PETSCII in any of its uses, takes back the home computers' rights in the 3D description of the game environment: we are 8bit, we better move characters than vectors, so why don't use'em in order to boost a decent starwars-ish simulation game at the desire framerate?

Those are the reasons behind Lancess Priya, a first person fly'n'shoot game which looks far far more than just inspired to the classic coin-op. Planet Eartha is under attack from the evil lord Luken Faija and his fleet of Battlestars. Lancess Priya is the only hope. Proceed through Space Battle, Battlestar Surface, and Battlestar Trench scenes, avoid enemy fire or deflect them by shooting, earn wave bonuses by destroying the required number of targets, such as enemy ships, tower tops and bunkers, destroy the Battlestar you need to hit the reactor core(s) at the end of the trench.

Compared to the C64 original, winner of the WiLD Demo Competition at Vammala Party 2023, this adaptation shows less colors and differs by some graphic elements only, but move frantically fast more than the original. You only have to try it and improve your score. Now go, young hero! And may the Farce be with you!
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Colodrio!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-09-10
Colodrio screenshotFunction 2023 also brought a new game: Logiker released his first Plus/4 game called Colodrio.

The name is a portmanteau of "Color" and "Holladrio" (the yodelling sound). Your task is to sort out the colorful tiles by color and brightness. This cute little puzzler offers 3 playing modes (Standard, Expert and Relax), has adjustable music/sfx options and a built-in little introductory story.

Enjoy!
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Function Party 2023
Posted by Chronos on 2023-09-10
Function 2023This year's Function demoscene party took place in Budapest on 8-10 September. According to the organisers, more than 300 people turned up and partied, there was a Viti grill sausage bar and the Pécs sceners were also cooking pizzas. Luckily, a good number of Plus/4 faces also attended the party. In line with recent trends, we had a lot of Plus/4 performances. In the game Colodrio by game developer Logiker, we have to arrange colour blocks according to colour and lightness. It doesn't sound very exciting when you write it down, but if you try it, you won't be disappointed, a very interesting and playable stuff with a nice music by Csabo. And then there is the TED Vibes 2 music box, the work of Murphy/Exceed and Pal / Offence and 15 well known scene musicians. I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that next year will be the 40th anniversary of our little flamingo soaring in the clouds and we'd like everyone alive and kicking to jump into a good trackmo! We've made a nice Middle Aged Flamingo demo for this, and by scanning the qr code at the end of the demo you can get to the dedicated project page on plus4world to find out more. Last but not least, MMS has also come up with a Petscii image called Eye of the... It was a great party, thanks to everyone who attended or contributed with something..


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TED Vibes part 2
Posted by Murphy on 2023-09-09
TED Vibes 2The TED Vibes musicdisk got a sequel.

For TED Vibes 2, 15 musicians from 9 countries joined to create music for the TED chip. Some of them are veteran musicians from the SID and AY scene.

The result was an exciting and stylistically very diverse collection of music. The brilliant graphics were created by Pal / Offence, a well-known pixel artist from c64 and Amiga scene.
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Stunt Car Racer!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-08-22
Stunt Car Racer screenshotAn old 90s rumor is now a reality: you can play Stunt Car Racer on your Commodore Plus/4!

The conversion of this game has been rumored and discussed many times over the years, but it never came to fruition until cobbpg decided to port the game. Since he also created a C64 SuperCPU version, he was already intimately familiar with this game's code, therefore a Plus/4 port seemed obvious - much to our delight :-)

The original game was programmed by Geoff Crammond in 3 years. It's well-reviewed and often called a "classic". If the author's name rings a bell, that's because he's also the programmer of Revs, the simulator that Pigmy converted in 1988.

The Plus/4 version takes advantage of the TED's colors palette. The gameplay however is 100% faithful to the original, so the various hints you can find online for the C64 version apply and can be helpful (e.g. C64 Wiki.) The game features a title picture by Unreal, which is a reimagination of the original using TED colors.

Enjoy!
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Attila23
Posted by Murphy on 2023-08-05
Attila23 by Carrion screenshotCarrion has made a remake of his first plus/4 picture. The 2023 version of Attila was originally planned for Carrion's 121 Colors slideshow, but the image wasn't ready until the Arok party.
So now a separate little demo has been made, showing the evolution of Carrion's pixel art technique.
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Airwolf Enhanced Released!
Posted by C64Mark on 2023-08-02
Airwolf Enhanced screenshotNew Features:

- 16 new screens - taking the total to 25
- 5 more scientists to rescue (now 8 in total)
- Improved controls
- Improved chars and animation, based on C64 release
- New scoring system
- Respawn death bug removed
- Infinite score bug removed
- Cheat modes built in
- NTSC fixed
- All still crammed into 16K!
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Carrion's 121 colors - new slideshow from Carrion
Posted by Murphy on 2023-07-16
Carrion's 121 Colors screenshotCensor Design and Exceed released a slideshow at the Árok party 2023 entitled Carrion's 121 Colors. In the slideshow you can see 15 brilliant pictures from the works of the Polish pixel master Carrion. There will be some familiar images, but the selection also includes 3 completely new graphics. By the way, this is the first plus/4 release of the legendary C64 group Censor Design.
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Árok Party the 24th! 14-15.07.2023
Posted by Chronos on 2023-07-16
Koalafied screenshotThe 24th Árok Party took place in Ajka, where a record number of plus/4 sceners and productions were represented. There were entries in almost every category, at game dev compo Verona presented a very unique, very meta game called Blob Fox, and master TCFS presented his long rumoured genius game Lemmings, rebuilt from scratch. Graphics weren't neglected either, with Chronos riding the summer vibe with Koalafied, while MMS had a 3D "what if" image inspired by C64's Creatures with Imagine Creatures! and Absence's new hero Hevo showed off a totally party-ready Shadow of the Breast, and last but not least Carrion also gave us a childhood cartoon hero fighting AI, Mikrobi, in Mikrobi vs AI. If that wasn't enough for the 264 users who are eager for fresh stuff, we got two demos, one of which is Carrion's 121 Colors, which could be considered as the debut of Censor Design on Plus/4, and the trackmo False Idols, produced by Section 31, which has a lot of little gags and interesting things, but I would highlight the return of Jeva. Last but not least, we also get a Ted track from FADE called Good Ol' Fashioned North Korean Necromancy. A little extra release: instead of a good old fashioned party coding, this year we had party drawing. Lavina’s son drew an MC picture at the party called RPG Maker. It was a great party, we loved every minute of it! Thank you to the organizers and the contestants for all their performances!
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Tomato Worm!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-07-04
Tomato Worm screenshotBrand new from javierglez: Tomato Worm is here! It's an implementation of the puzzle game by the same name, original written by GuerraGames.

Puzzle through 64 levels in this nibbler style game by guiding your ever-growing worm; make sure to eat all the tomatoes before you run out of room to move. Check it out!
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YAPE 1.2.3!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-06-26
Gaia is back with another excellent update to YAPE, the popular Plus/4 emulator. The list of changes includes:
  • more informative trace window in 32-bit developer build
  • improved CPU halt
  • improved PAL display phase inversion
  • bug in unmapped memory write in 16kB mode
  • joystick reset and uninitialized state vector
  • more reliable monitor command history and navigation
  • various-palette related bugs fixed (in high accuracy mode; digi palette in OpenGL mode etc.)

Download your updated version from the official homepage!
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Play Othello in 1kB!
Posted by Gaia on 2023-05-25
Othello 1K screenshotPerhaps not everyone knows that Reversi and Othello are not quite the same games after all. Reversi is a strategy board game for two players, invented in 1883 and played on an 8×8 uncheckered board. Othello is a variant patented in 1971 with a fixed initial setup of the board. The latter is what most people know under either of these two names. The objective of the game is to have the majority of disks turned to display one's color when the last playable empty square is filled. We have quite a few of these kind of games already in our collection, heck, it even has its own category!

Problem is... most of these implementations are programmed in BASIC (the only known machine code port being Renaissance) and as we all know BASIC is way too slow for any kind of AI. Another problem with them is that you have to type the coordinates of your moves which is rather inconvenient when moving around with the cursor keys could be just as easy to implement. So, if these two things have so far been the only ones hindering you from playing Othello on our platform, then the wait is over! By cleaning up an almost 10-year-old backlog, the 1kB VIC20 version has now finally been converted to the Plussy: Othello 1k. It was an actual entry of the 2002 Minigame compo by one of our casual contributors, Anders Carlsson (check out Beggars Aren't Choosers) where it ranked 23rd. Despite the size (only 1024 bytes!) its strength is rather decent, so it's always a venerable opponent for a quick match. Enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2023-05-10Karting Grand Prix 101% fixes and improves the neglected classic Karting Grand Prix on several points. No, not in the debatable playability... But have a second chance on it now![ comments ]


Maps for Hungarian Adventures!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-05-06
A couple of older Hungarian text adventures have been ported from Commodore Plus/4 to the TVC (which is an old 8-bit computer manufactured in Hungary). Laky has created YouTube videos as well as maps for these, and the maps are now here for all to enjoy.

The maps/games are A Hős Lovag (The Heroic Knight), Hajótörött (Castaway), Madarak Bolygója (Planet of Birds), Szökés A Várból (Escape from the Castle) and Tarzan Adventure.

In case you were to pick up these old adventures, you will now have a handy map as your guide!
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-04-28Wizard Of Wor Classic by TCFS has received a small fix: "Broken TED key latch fixed version" is now available![ comments ]


Digits!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-04-18
Digits screenshotStep right up folks, there's a new game available for your C16 or Plus/4! Is it an epic space adventure with blasting lasers? Hunting monsters? Racing a fast car?

Nope! It's math. *crickets*

Hey, where did everybody go?

Joking aside, Digits is a rather simple math-based puzzle. It's been popping up in articles recently (Forbes, The Verge). If you don't mind doing some calculations in your head, perhaps give it a try (or play the original online).
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BASIC 10Liners 2023 Results
Posted by Luca on 2023-04-13
Tron264 screenshotSilently, in the loud cloud of the mega releases for the mega parties, quietly but inexorably, the 9th edition of one of the most loved online compo parties has reached its natural end with the final results of the 2023 edition.

BASIC 10 Liners 2023 has seen once again some very interesting Basic V3.5 works shine in the roster of the participants.
In the PUR-80 category, three friends have crossed swords against their fierce rivals, but most of all this competition has seen the name of a fundamental Plus/4 scene's group raise from the grave! Yes, Synergy is back, thanks to the two entries by Haegar, which got ranked respectively 24th (Mini Tron) and 29th (Soli Pong)! Tron264 by FeCO reached the 35th place, although a Tron-like game offering two game's modes would probably have deserved more than that.

Veteran coder raze carried around the 264 flag, joining the PUR-120 category with Mini Mars Plus, a vector game which refreshes the soul of a Lunar Lander -ish ancestor with a splash of Thrust. 8th place out of 9 for it.
And in the end, here we are in the massive EXTREM-256 category, where FeCO again puts you behind the wheel on the highway, the road is a mess, the horizon gets blue far away, the 17th place is on sight.

Congratulations to all the participants, you honoured the beloved black box. See ya in 2024!
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9 Hungarian Books Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-04-13
Big thanks to Lacus, who scanned 9 Hungarian books for us!
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TED Vibes and Chromatic Distortion
Posted by Csabo on 2023-04-09
TED Vibes screenshotRevision 2023 is still underway, but two great productions have already appeared on our small scene.

First up is TED Vibes: a music box by Murphy/Exceed with wonderful graphics by Poison/Singular. You can hear not less than 13 new TED tunes from 9 composers.

In the 4K intro front, edhellon is back with Chromatic Distortion, a follow-up to last year's Chromatic Admiration. Beautiful visuals plus a new tune by h0ffman.

UPDATE: Chromatic Distortion won the oldskool intro category in the compo. Be sure to check out these new releases!
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Radar Rat Race!
Posted by Gaia on 2023-04-05
Radar Rat Race screenshotIn our "games that could have been but weren't" pseudo-series (yes, think about Squirm 16 and Galaxian Plus4...) we continue to present you classic, old-school games that could have been released on our system, but for some reason they weren't.

Today's release, Radar Rat Race, is - again - a modified clone of an arcade classic released in 1980 by Namco, called Rally-X. It was first developed for the VIC-20 by HAL Laboratories in Japan, but soon enough, Namco's corporate lawyers convinced Commodore that it would not be such a good idea to release any unlicensed arcade games. So Commodore's software engineers went on and transformed the cars into rats, the streets into a maze filled with stationary cats, and renamed the game 'Radar Rat Race'. The game was a launch title for the VIC-20 released as a cartridge and was later also ported to the Commodore 64 in 1982, and now this version has finally been ported to the Commodore 16, too! Game journalists at the time criticized the game's controls and repetitive sound, but called it "quite exciting and amusing to play."

You have to guide your mouse through a giant maze. The "camera" only shows a small part of the maze at any given time. At least three rats pursue the player. The goal is to eat all of the pieces of cheese, shown for the entire maze on a radar screen, without getting caught by a rat or bumping into a stationary cat. By pressing the joystick button, the mouse can disperse a limited amount of magical dust (called "star screen"), which confuses the rats for about five seconds. Once the round is complete, the game starts again, with more rats and faster play. Certain levels are special in that they are faster and have more stationary cats than normal levels ("speed run"). The gameplay is originally accompanied by a rhythmically altered version of a phrase from Three Blind Mice looping in a mere three seconds that gets on the nerves very quickly and was replaced by a complete composition by Maestro Csabo meddling other lesser known titles, but you can always get back to the original tune by pressing 'F3' on the title screen or 'E' during gameplay.

If you're a C16-only freak and the game still seems strikingly familiar to you, that is not a coincidence. We already have Menekülés, a "clone of the clone" with cats chasing your mouse and collecting cheese in a... guess what?... maze!

The game is relatively compact, so we could squeeze in a nice title screen for you, but we leave the details up to your Google skills.
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WE:COME:FROM:PLANET:PETSCII
Posted by Luca on 2023-04-01
PETSCIIBOTS screenshotIn a world moving toward the AI TextToImage tools, one man still resists, a man dangerously owning an armada of robots which are "...made by a real person to look like they were autogenerated by a computer...". And that man is buzz_clik in person!

PETSCIIBOTS takes the virtual PETSCII art back from the potential virtuality of those PNG image files filled with plenty of PETSCII made little (sometimes bigger!) robots, dropped by buzz_clik 5 years ago, at the time when he ignited his artistic project called "PETSCIIBOTS". So, who said "NFT"? Now those imaginary robots are real solid SEQ files, they're for real, ready to be used. A proper PETSCIIBOTS Player allows to browse both regular BOTS and bigBOTS, the entire organized collection of SEQ files is included into the packet in order to edit your own D64s containing Player + BOTS, and the same whole collection has been spread onto 10 D81 disk images which are very convenient to be used on SD2IEC devices.

Are we now closer to the Pocket ̶M̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ Robots Plus/4 game we all await for? Gotta BOTS'em all!
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Minesweeper Game Detected!
Posted by Luca on 2023-03-31
MineDetector screenshotThere's a new minesweeping galore to challenge in the city, and its name is Detector... MineDetector!

The powerful and long running LUMYDCTT IDE and compiler application created by Charlemagne shows its muscles again with a classic game where to avoid the mines buried in a field. A very laaarge field, this time!

Have some tries, have some more!
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-03-25It's Saturday, time to convert Gnome Ranger! This Level 9 adventure is now available for Plus/4. Also Time And Magik.[ comments ]


An Enigmatic Map!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-03-23
Enigma, the '85 maze-shooter action game published by CBM now has a map! Ahem. That's it. You can look at it if you like.

Or perhaps, as long as we're talking about Enigma, we can dive deeper into this game. [ Read on ] for more.
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Cracky!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-03-21
Cracky screenshotCracky is here! It's a new platformer game with an old-school look-and-feel, written by Japenese developer Inufuto. He writes his games using his own C compiler and assembler, and releases them on a multitude of 8-bit platforms (35+ and counting). Cracky is his 13th release.

Your task is simple: clear each level by collecting all the stars, while avoiding the baddies. The title refers to the floors, some parts crack when you walk over them once, creating holes in the platforms. Since there's no jumping, on most levels you must use this to your advantage to reach otherwise unreachable stars.

Check it out and enjoy!
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Sumplete!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-03-14
Sumplete screenshotA game invented and coded by ChatGPT? It sure says so! We have to jump on this bandwagon quick, we're gonna make millions!...

Or, at the very least, we shall have a small new math-based puzzle game for Commodore Plus/4. Meet Sumplete, a somewhat Sudoku-like puzzle game. Your task is to delete numbers, so that the rows/columns add up to the sums displayed on the right/bottom. It might be a fun distraction for a few rounds. Enjoy!
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Galaxian - The classic arcade game by Atari that could have been but wasn't
Posted by Gaia on 2023-03-09
Galaxian Plus4 screenshotAtarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc. in 1983 and 1984 to publish video games for non-Atari home computers and consoles. It used a distinctive colour for each platform. Atarisoft worked solely with contractors and had no developers on its payroll. Although only existed for about two years and stopped operations when Warner sold its consumer division to Jack Tramiel, it had several dozens of popular titles in its catalogue. Unfortunately, going out of business coincided with the launch of the TED series so these Atari ports never made it to our platform.

During the haydays of the Home Computer era, the ports of popular arcade games was a big business, so it was no wonder that Atarisoft also jumped into the bandwagon by publishing Galaxian for the Commodore 64. Galaxian is a classic arcade game released originally in 1979. It was Namco's answer to the immensely popular classic, Space Invaders by Taito, but it could only reach a decent second place in popularity behind that.

Galaxian spawned many ports and conversions, the Commodore 64 version was written by Bill Bogenreif (of Designer Software). Interestingly, his company is still around today but it's no longer publishing video games. The game was originally released as a cartridge.

Although the title screen suggests 1983 as release year, the hidden text around the memory address $9DF0 tells a different story: the game was apparently finished and released in 1984 only, during the final days of Atarisoft. Despite the very capable hardware and some unused code chunks, the Commodore 64 port does not use any HW sprites at all, everything runs in multicolor bitmap mode, which made a plus/4 port quite straightforward. Admittedly, the game is quite rough around the edges, has a meager 6.1 score at Lemon64, but it has some of that genuine old-school touch that newer games don't and some folks do appreciate to this day.

The player assumes control of the Galaxip starfighter to protect Earth from several, increasingly difficult waves of alien ships. Gameplay involves destroying each formation of aliens, who are - as opposed to Space Invaders - are continuously launching descending attacks towards the player's ship in an attempt to smash it.

To remain as authentic as possible, the Plus/4 conversion is released as a cartridge dump as well. Enjoy!
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Hey HVTC, You've Been cRTED!
Posted by Luca on 2023-03-08
cRTEDHVTC had seen the light something like a dozen years ago. Although gathering executable .prg files which need a real machine or an external emulator, soon the main target of the project has become clear: have a modern player and a vast, near complete, collection of TEDsound music to be played on any nowadays PC. A proper format would have been needed first, and passionate coders like Gaia (TedPlay) and Siz (SIzPlay) gave their contribute to reach a valid choice which could include all the possible variables and data to convert every given music in a common, generic, dedicated format.

Today we present a new milestone in this long lasting mission, one signed by Hermit, former author of the famous TEDzakker. cRTED is a PC based music player running on both Windows and Linux OSes, playing TEDsound music converted to the brand new .TED format. The latter is actually an enhancement of the .TMF format introduced by Siz with the possibility to have the header/metadata at the end of the file, and this means that the new format can be both recognized by the cRTED player, and run as a normal .PRG file on any real machine or emulator! There's the possibility to use it as a command line with several options to input, but it obviously shines when used thru its GUI, featuring all the useful options which can be requested for this tool: infos display, restart/pause, fast forward, repeat/advance, volume control, switchable channels, fast/slow playlist scrolling all mouse and/or shortcut keys driven. The playlist in .TEL format is basically an editable text which can easily be edited by anybody, and includes both single files and entire folders.

The whole suite comes with the HVTC-ted source files, where the actual HVTC-ted converter can be used to re-create the HVTC collection into the new format, and the HVTC-ted (2023-03-08), currently a good selection from the whole HVTC (soon to be swapped with the complete one!).

This represents the 1.0 version of the cRTED project, which already includes shared and static library forms for a better inclusion in other TED-playback projects, looking forward to be ported to the largely used RockBox like its C64 cousin cRSID which is now the main SID-playback engine in RockBox.
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-03-05A tape turbo in 2023? Why not, it's the authentic retro feeling! Check out Speedy V3 by mc68k.[ comments ]


Elite +4: Circle Closes
Posted by Luca on 2023-02-28
Elite +4 Flicker free Π titlescreenHabemus "fixum" maximus! Mark Moxon turns back to the coding scene, and improves the flicker free version of the super classic Elite +4 released some months ago by (almost) fixing the planets' flickering too! The cleanest version of the "game of a lifetime" (cit.) is now here.

Elite +4 Flicker free Π (pron.: Elite +4 Flicker free Pi) is the title of this new and apparently ultimate hack of the famous 3D space trading simulation, where, after the first fix regarding the ships, the planets have been (almost) fixed too. Why we say "almost"? Well, in all the versions, including the BBC original where those patches have been based, planets still flicker a bit when partially off-screen. This is because of the way the ball line buffer works: it's a consequence of the way the circles are stored as sequential arcs, forcing the erase/redraw sequence to involve slightly different segments. So this isn't strictly flicker-free, but it's way better than the default. On C64 and Plus/4, this is even more evident due to the slower processor.

This was the best moment to celebrate the genius of Pigmy, the man who converted the game when he was 15, in less than a week, using only a Datassette and the internal ML Monitor of the machine. That's why Luca took his time to give the original intro a cooler aspect. Overall, with a modernized titlescreen and a stable wireframe 3D, *this* is the Elite +4 version worth to be run on your hardware.
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Usagyuuun Kniffel!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-02-26
Usagyuuun Kniffel screenshotThe newest member of Plus/4 World is Sirhadisen, and our new friend from Germany is here to gift us his first game: Usagyuuun Kniffel! It's a multiplayer Yahtzee game with some elements from the "Quan Inc." franchise (Usagyuuun and friends).

This project was a long time coming. Sirhadisen writes:

I started programming back in 1987, but I was too young to comprehend machine code in the limited time I was allowed to sit in front of a 60Hz screen. In April 2022 my nephew found an old book on machine language for the Plus4 and I decided to make up for what I missed in my childhood using the great resources that can be found on the internet nowadays XD.


The result of that work is now here for all to enjoy. Be sure to check it out!
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Midi Expansion For The Plus/4!
Posted by sabe on 2023-02-26
Chizman has made a MIDI OUT expansion card based on Arduino Nano. Have a look at the demo on the hardware section here.
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Sir Knight (Loves) C16
Posted by Luca on 2023-02-25
SirThee needeth not 32kB to saveth thy beloc'd princess!

C64Mark, the main and most important C16/Plus4 streamer known to date, the versatile C64 and C16 game developer with an attitude for the player-torturing games, the naive consumer of exotic flavoured beers, is back for his C16 sophomore production, dedicated to the not-that-famous Tynesoft classic Sir Knight title.

Basically, Sir Knight C16 fixes the debatable usage of the bitmap graphics which forced the noble predecessor to only work with a minimum memory of 32kB. C64Mark's complete rewriting of the game moves the field of action onto a less wasting screen RAM environment and softsprites, to make your C16 the perfect scenario for your own medieval heroic tale of jumping, dodging, running and princesses-saving.

As sometimes happens, less is more: in less memory, here come more levels (30!) with related names, the proper joystick control it deserved, a vanity board to start a challenge against both your and the other players, a real ending and much more! The addition of well greeted music, jingles and sfx is once again a worthy dmx87's affair.

Who is't'll succede to saveth the princess and triumph in the hisc're board?
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TEDzakking Everywhere
Posted by Luca on 2023-02-22
TEDzakkerPerfecting perfection? Yes, Hermit can! You need to compose sophisticated TED music for your forthcoming productions, but you aren't properly at home, so you can't handy have the proper emulator or the real machine, right? Now you can!

Hermit has released TEDzakker 1.2, the third incarnation of the TED music editor which pushed the sound editing capabilities on the TED machines beyond their limits, easily becoming the darling of 8bit music composers and demo makers. And from this 1.2 version, it's going crossplatform! As you can see into our Tools section, there are now two new distributions of TEDzakker 1.2 to be directly used on modern OSes: TEDzakker WIN for all of you Bill's BFFs, and TEDzakker Linux for the Rebel Alliance out there.

From now, you don't have any valid excuse for not experimenting on in your composing skills: use it literally anywhere.
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Posted by Csabo on 2023-02-14A couple of smaller releases from Lovebyte 2023: Mondrian 255 is now available here on Plus/4 World, also check out Flappy Bird 256 converted by Ko-Ko![ comment ]


Lost MX Stuff!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-01-31
Prototype screenshotUnreal was digging through his old diskettes, and lo and behold, some program worth preserving have turned up! Three new/old releases have been added to our database:

* Lotus is a graphic by Unreal, a recreation of the yellow FerrariEspirit from Lotus Turbo Challenge 2.
* Metapharstic 1997 is yet another version of the trackmo that eventually got released in 2003. It's Beast's last demo, and he intended it to be absolutely top-notch. For demo scene members, it will be very interesting to see "new" parts that didn't make the final cut, and to ponder the long development time and interesting process this production went through.
* Finally Prototype is a game... prototype :-) An unfinished horizontal scrolling shooter, more like a tech-demo, but worth preserving nonetheless. Unreal dug up another unreleased converted intro, and these two linked together are now yours to enjoy!
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Fixed Points Final Release
Posted by Lavina on 2023-01-17
Exceed's flag is flying even higher! Fixed PointsThe long awaited final version after the party version has just arrived. Acclaimed Plus/4 coder Murphy released the definitive version of Fixed Points, the latest trackmo to our beloved platform. Expect crispy coding and perfectness, even new content compared to the previous version, so head on to download it and enjoy!
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Wizard Of Wor Classic!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-01-12
Wizard Of Wor Classic screenshotTCFS is back with another classic game port: Wizard Of Wor Classic! If that name plus game combination rings a bell, no wonder: he has ported this game before, back in 1990. However, that port is not very faithful to the C=64 original. This one however, is. Great care has been taken to ensure the game looks, plays and sounds just right. The cherry on top is a cool new intro by Murphy and a hand-pixelled title screen from Unreal.

Are you ready for some hectic, two-player, maze-traversing, monster-shooting fun? Then be sure to load it up and submit your high score!
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Posted by TCFS on 2023-01-12A new version of Retro Sprite Workshop (v1.3) is available, as well as the sprite data for Raid Over Moscow (both found on the Tools page). Thanks TCFS![ comments ]


R.I.P. Skoro! :(
Posted by Csabo on 2023-01-05
We are utterly heartbroken to have to report that Skoro, our friend and prominent Plus/4 coder has passed just a few days ago. Rest In Peace.
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YAPE 1.2.2!
Posted by Csabo on 2023-01-02
Gaia has just updated the popular Plus/4 emulator, YAPE. Here's what's new:

  • SID card mouse emulation (in DirectInput mode)
  • manufacturer dependent RAM powerup patterns
  • copy emulator window to the clipboard as a bitmap
  • the 32-bit build has now an opcode track window
  • quotation mark printing bug (MPS-803)
  • drive VIA emulation accuracy improvements

Download your copy now from the official homepage.
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T-Rex Run!
Posted by TRP on 2023-01-01
T-Rex Run screenshotHappy New Year Plus/4 World! After months of silence TRP is here and proud to present 220 Volt Team's 30th anniversary game: T-Rex Run. Big thanks to Csabo for the great music!

In the mid 2010's years an iconic creature was born in Chrome universe and now he moves to the Plus/4 world. Let's run!
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The Two Rogues!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-12-29
A Két Zsivány screenshotAnother entry for the game dev compo: A Két Zsivány (The Two Rogues). It's the author's first game. Your task is the two guide two rogues (János and Mátyás, or John and Matthias if you will) through a series of cellars, and collect all the treasure. The unique twist is that you control (and must keep safe) both characters, and must switch between them back and forth with space.

Watch this YouTube video to see the gameplay, or just try the game yourself!
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Stick Man!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-12-26
Stickman screenshotAfter many months of development, Epy is proud to present his first game: Stick Man!

The game is a platformer, somewhat reminiscent of Manic Miner, but with many new and interesting game elements. Your task is to walk, climb, jump, avoid and collect. Help the hero find the relics scattered around and ultimately escape from the clutches of the Evil Programmer who captured them. The game has been submitted to the still-running game dev compo. Enjoy!

As a bonus, Epy has also released his editor: Plus/4 Platform Game Editor. Finally, a couple of quick housekeeping notes: Kávégame has been released, the author's first program - a small BASIC game submitted for the same compo. Karácsony is a surprise old release from Pigmy, a never-before-seen oldie, but sure to check all of these out as well!
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Intervallo!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-12-24
Intervallo Plus4 screenshotern0, a true vanguard of the Commodore Plus/4 music programming (as the author of one of the earliest music player routines and several classic tunes) is back after 35 years with a new music-related game.

Test (or train!) your hearing and musical knowledge with Intervallo Plus4, a small game in which you have to correctly identify musical intervals. Can you tell apart a minor 3rd from a major 3rd? Only one way to find out... Enjoy!
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Dizzy Three and a Half!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-12-23
Dizzy Three and a Half screenshotThe Christmas miracles continue: Ulysses777 is back to gift us a Plus/4 special: Dizzy Three and a Half! Another piece of the Dizzy series has been faithfully converted to the Plus/4; and this one comes with AY music.

This short adventure is meant to be a teaser for Dizzy 4 (Magicland Dizzy), and should be relatively easy to complete for anyone. Give it a try, it's a nice diversion, and big thanks to Ulysses777 for porting it!
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Whirlybirds: X-Mas Looks Sooo DOOMed!
Posted by Luca on 2022-12-22
WhirlybirdsThe goold old time when the traditional X-Mas themed games got released is always an harbinger of pretty little cute productions. But this is a different case, this is going to talk to us about X-Mas on Plus/4 in the most boldly way to do that!

Puls4r proudly drops its X-Mas greets card with Whirlybirds, drawing on it the signs of Mad for the code, KiCHY drawing the graphics here, and sitting at the console audio it's noneless than 5tarbuck. They teamed up once again in order to port on the Plus/4 the very first Doom-ish game ever, a sort of tech-demo – yet a real full game anyway! – showing a smart mix of both Texture Mapping and Vectors which seems to work quite on the brilliant side!

Where are all the elves again? As a gift messenger, you have very much to do at this time of year. And now you need to find those scatterbrained elves, too. There are only a few days left until you must deliver the presents, but the elves have lost track of time again. They're running around doing everything but making presents! You need to find them quick and remind them to take care of it or the winter festival will be a disaster this year!
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Merry X-Massacre To All!
Posted by Luca on 2022-12-18
X-MassacreThe snowflakes are falling down, Xmas is around the corner, and you have to ride a very long road to hunt for presents' boxes. These so simple words could make it appear as an easy task... But no, it actually is a real X-Mas massacre... An X-Massacre!

Mika "Misfit" Keränen is back for his holidays on Commodore 16, with his personal and perfectly recognizable style, and this time in particular by choosing some minimalist pretty graphics, in a Minter-like fashion twist. Run along a starry road at different speed rates, collecting presents' boxes and shooting at some nasty baubles and other running meanies. Attack waves keep infuriating, like every respectful shmup should do, with more enemies on the screen to be shot down.

Welcome back Misfit, and happy X-Massacre to you and to the whole fan-base belonging to your funny 16kB games! And to you, player: if you like the Misfit's games, you can pay him a coffee.
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From X To X: Cross Verbix
Posted by Luca on 2022-12-11
Cross VerbixOh finally, we had to wait for Xmas holidays, first snowflakes and all the winterly rest, to see you coming back to the usual 8bit duties, Fabrizio Caruso!

If Japan has Inufuto, Italy has Fabrizio Caruso, and the common trait between them is the firm objective to write games which can be ported to as many machines as possible. The same is true for the latest release, a word game called Cross Verbix! The game is somewhat reminiscent of Tetris but with letters and words. Instead of the famous pentominos you get letters filling up the well (the speed is based on the level you're playing), till they reach the top - and that's game over. To avoid this, the player must roll' em up and down, and left/right too in the bottom line, in order to assemble actual English words, which at that point get deleted making more room.

It's a Commodore 16 game! There are 9 levels of increasing difficulty to beat, and the code shows some smart choices in order to keep 2700 English words in about 5.5kB. Oh, and it features hiscores too, and of course this... Means... War! Down with your score, in the Hall Of Fame!
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Tynesoft C16 Classics on Gameboy!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-11-19
Lacoste has been porting Tynesoft C16 games to the Gameboy and Gameboy Color for a while. These remakes are freely available to play online. Today, we have excellent news for anyone who want to play them in the real world: Tynesoft C16 Classics is now available as a cartridge! There are 12 games in total:

Raffles - Vox - Pogo Pete - Lunar Docking - Zap 'Em - Super Gran - Rig Attack - Gunslinger - Battle Star - Climb It - Jet Set Willy - Wacky Painter

You can order it from InsideGadgets either as just the cartridge, or cartridge + booklet + box. Be sure to check it out!
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Parolarama: Half Simon, Half Logic, Full Fun
Posted by Luca on 2022-11-01
ParolaramaSo that's what happened here: autumn is so melancholic, and raze has fully fallen into it, running back to 1986, when he was a kid.

Hence, raze has decided to improve the logic game he coded in 1986, improving it and releasing it in two version, one for the Plus/4 with a 3000 words' roster and one packed to live into a C16 with a vocabulary of 900. In Parolarama, the computer lights up a sequence of letters composing the hidden word at different speed rates, just like a "Simon game of letters". How many words is your mind able to capture from the screen? You have three attempts to improve your score.
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Tenebra 2
Posted by Luca on 2022-10-28
Tenebra 2 TitleHaplo's back: it's officially tenebrae time again.

Tenebra 2 has been released to the retro gamers' scene today, with 35 new levels to play using brand new gameplay features, like the portal gun.
For those who are not yet aware: similar to its prequel, Tenebra 2 is an atmospheric puzzle game with rogue-like elements, working on both PAL and NTSC machines. Guide the hapless protagonist to the exit, but also keep in mind that he is afraid of darkness and refuses to walk in the dark areas.
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Inufuto's 12th: Guntus
Posted by Luca on 2022-10-23
Guntus screenshotThe Far East school of multi-platform development is back once again: Inufuto's twelfth incarnation is reality.

The Japanese multiformat coder who's famous for porting simple coin-op inspired games to a plethora of different and exotic systems, plays his card number 12: Guntus! Inufuto keeps to be inspired by classic arcade games of the Golden Era, hence after Tank, Mappy, Bosconian and more, it's now the Galaxian's turn of being represented on Plus/4 (or C16 +32kB at least) by his distinctive graphics and layout that characterize any of his games.

Since the previous games, Inufuto fixed his code to assure perfect PAL/NTSC compatibility, and he also added a "32K" tag on his personal homepage when referring to the Commodore 16 version of his games. This means that in some ways we're starting to get connected with him, although no signals of a direct feedback have been detected yet. Hopefully, it will happens in a near future. Meanwhile, let's blast off some nasty aliens in circular formations, the Hall of Fame is hungry for scores!
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Raid Over Moscow!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-10-21
Raid Over Moscow screenshotTCFS is back with another classic C=64 game loving ported to the Plus/4: Raid Over Moscow!

Released during the Cold War era, Raid Over Moscow is an action game in which the player (an American space pilot) has to stop three Soviet nuclear attacks on North America, then fight his way into and destroy a nuclear facility located in Moscow's Kremlin.

This is exactly the type of game C=16 and Plus/4 users sorely lacked: complex, multi-stage game-play full of sprites. Be warned, the game is not easy, even on the lowest difficulty setting, but don't let that deter you: Play Now!
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Hercules Redux!
Posted by C64Mark on 2022-10-01
Hercules ReduxA new redux version of Hercules is released today and can be downloaded for free from C64Mark's itch.io page here.

C64Mark will be streaming the game on his Twitch streaming channel at 18:00 BST, 19:00 CEST today.

The redux version includes:
- All new music and sound fx by dmx87;
- Additional graphics - including the option to play as Yolanda;
- A complete re-write of the game, including a fix on the controls and raster;
- Three additional 'Hades' levels after the initial 12;
- A new scoring system to reward speedy completion

... and much, much more!

Kindly tested on real hardware by Luca, and also on YAPE and Vice.

Enjoy!
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Tenebra 2 Preview
Posted by Luca on 2022-09-30
Tenebra 2 TitleOrietur in tenebris lux tua, "your light shall arise from within your darkness".

Haplo hurls us again in dark chambers where to sneak out by feeling the walls one by one. A preview including the first 9 levels has been released today following the usual NYP (Name Your own Price) freeware/commercial formula. Download Tenebra 2 Preview from his personal itch.io page or here as usual.

Like the game? Ponder about buying Haplo a coffee! ;)
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XC=BASIC 3.1 is out!
Posted by Chronos on 2022-09-27
XC=BASIC 3.1 is out now, with a lot of new commands but more interestingly there is Plus/4 support! XC=BASIC is a cross compiled, modern BASIC programming language for 8-bit Commodore machines. It compiles BASIC source code to fast machine code. Although not 100% compatible, its syntax was designed to be similar to that of QuickBASIC and CBM BASIC. Check it out!
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Posted by Csabo on 2022-09-17TCFS updated Retro Sprite Workshop to 1.2. Check it out![ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2022-09-12TEDzakker has received a bugfix update. You can download 1.1, big thanks to Hermit![ comment ]


20th Function with 2 Plus/4 releases!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-09-10
Fixed Points screenshotFunction 2022 brought two surprises for Plus/4 sceners: Krumplistészta and Fixed Points (so far the party version)!

We had several party attendants from our little scene as well.

Check out the releases and fingers crossed for the final version of this technically advanced new plus4 trackmo!
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Posted by Luca on 2022-09-06Give a try to the flicker free version – freshly introduced by Mark Moxon – of Pigmy's great classic Elite +4. We add new download links for it, check them out.[ comments ]


HVTC Update August 2022
Posted by Luca on 2022-08-30
We've completely lost control over the High Voltage TED Collection, also known as HVTC! After a silent unannounced update in the beginning of summer 2021, all the addons and the fixes have made big pressure, till exploding today at 854 single files in the collection!

At this point, there's very little to discover and save from the golden era releases, nonetheless something weird to treat (like Pengo, to say one) still emerges. Most of the material comes from composers whose are constantly on the high waves: sceners like Csabo, who's driving fast toward breaking thru the hundred files (!), and 5tarbuck, who heavily got back with the massive OST of Lykia - The Lost Island. Even outer surprises don't miss, see for example ethe exploit of Inufuto and his multiformat games, and the lads at Battle of the Bits never loose their turn to contribute too. Fixes? We didn't kept a number...but there are fixes too, be sure of that.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!­­­­­­­­
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Impossible Mission +4
Posted by Csabo on 2022-07-25
Impossible Mission +4 screenshotRub your eyes and do a double-take: this time it's real, the legendary C64 game Impossible Mission is here, available on your Commodore Plus/4.

Anyone thinking that TCFS maestro returning in 2022 with Bruce Lee Anniversary Edition was a one-off miracle is in for a (pleasant) surprise. Cue all the "Impossible!" jokes... Forget all the fakes, don't worry about how the Plus/4 doesn't have hardware sprites, and believe your eyes: the main character is running, somersaulting and hacking computers in all it's glory. The influence of this classic is undeniable as it spawned many knock-offs (A-07 or Rózsaszín Párduc, anyone?), but this is the real thing.

Go play it now!
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Lykia - The Lost Island
Posted by Chronos on 2022-07-14
LykiaLykia - The Lost Island - is an epic quest for the expanded C16 + Plus/4 and the C64 that spans 4 disk-sides! Apart from the impressive cinematic intro and outro sequences, Lykia - The Lost Island offers a large, lively and freely explorable game world consisting of 580 screens spread over 2 continents. 10-20 hours playing time for the average player. This world is inhabited by over 40 interactive characters, all woven into the story in their own personal way (with about 2000 lines of dialogue text). In addition, there are 37 items with different functions, day and night modes, as well as an integrated help system and the possibility to save the game state. All this is crowned by 25 outstanding music tracks each by Markus "c0zmo" Jentsch (C64) and Ronny "5tarbuck" Doll (Plus/4). The models are unmistakable: Lykia - The Lost Island is of course also a loving bow to the masterpieces of Shigeru Miyamoto. However, the game does not try to copy Zelda one-to-one. Lykia is an adventure game, but not necessarily an action game. The pacing is calmer and there is more emphasis on characters, story and puzzles than on combat. There are also elements and quotes from point-and-click adventure games.

The free version is available now here, and the boxed releases will be available very soon at the Psytronik's webshop.
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Posted by Csabo on 2022-07-09Legyél Te Is Burzsuj! is finally released! Download the ZIP file which should have everything you need to run the game.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2022-07-06Spump From Space received an update, check it out for some old-school action fun![ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2022-06-29Inufuto's back with Cacorm a new action game to be ported on dozens platforms, and for what concerns the Plus/4 version this time he did it PAL/NTSC compliant, no fix needed.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2022-06-28Retro Sprite Workshop by TCFS received a small update. Download the latest from our Tools page![ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2022-06-27We received a large pack of Hungarian educational programs from Lacus, including some new ones. Read on for more![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2022-06-11First time contributor Luc saw that we were looking for Mister Dotman and The Biker, so he sent us the cover scans, cassette photos and TAP files. Many thanks![ comments ]


TED Screen Editor: PETSCIIfying In Style
Posted by Luca on 2022-05-26
TED Screen EditorEarlier this year Xander Mol has released a screen editor for the 80 column mode of the Commodore 128, VDC Screen Editor. Today, he liked the challenge to program that for the Plus/4 too, in order to taking advantage of the Plus/4's 121 colors.

TED Screen Editor is an editor to create text based screens for the Commodore Plus/4. It fully supports using a user defined character set.

Main features of the program:
• Support for screen maps larger than 40x25 characters. Screens can be up to 15 KiB (15.615 bytes), all sizes fitting in that memory with width of 40 at minimum and heigth of 25 at minimum are supported. NB: As both the character data as the attribute data needs to be stored, a screen takes width times height times 2 bytes in storage. So 15k would fit up to 7 standard 40x25 screens to be distributed over width and height, so e.g. 2 screens wide and 3 screens high (80x75 characters);
• Supports resizing canvas size, clear or fill the canvas;
TED Screen Editor• Support for loading user defined charsets (should be standard charsets of 128 characters of 8 bits width and 8 bits height that will be hardware reversed for screencodes higher than 128);
• Includes a simple character editor to change characters on the fly and directly see the result in your designed screen (for editing a full character set one of the many alternatives for C64 character set editing is suggested);
• Supports luminance and blink attributes of the TED, giving 121 colors and the ability for flashing characters;
• In not redefined charactersets lowercase and uppercase character set can be selected (but bot can not be used at the same time);
• User definable background and border color;
• Write mode to freely type characters with the keyboard, supporting all printable PETSCII characters and also supporting Commodore or Control + 0-9 keys for selecting colors and RVS On/Off;
• Color write mode to freely type attributes and colors;
• Line and box mode for drawing lines and boxes;
• Select mode to cut, copy, delete or repaint (only color or all attributes) the selection;
• Move mode to scroll the screen contents (due to memory constraints only for the 40x25 viewport);
• Palette mode, including visual PETSCII mode, to visually select characters and colors;
• Favorite slots to quickly select 10 favorite characters;
• TED2PRG utility to convert a 40x25 TEDSE project to a stand-alone executable for the Commodore Plus/4.
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Let's Clean Up The "Mob City"!
Posted by Luca on 2022-05-23
Mob CityIt's now time to clean up the city and defeat the criminal, no matter if during daylight or among the nighttime shadows. Save New York in the 1930's from the Mob. Take out the gangsters in windows, door ways or popping up from the drains with your trusty pistol.

Mob City is a game running on Commodore 16 and Plus/4 created by Stinaris, manifestly inspired to the cult Seibu Kaihatsu/Taito/Romstar coin-op "Empire City: 1931", and now released both as .TAP file and as a physical cassette under his label Fantasy Software Designs, after that a work-in-progress video has sneaked out since January 2021.
The wonderful PETSCII loading screen by Tommi "Electric" Musturi goes away in favor of this 8-way scrolling shooting gallery, demanding your best efforts for your best scores.

You can download Mob City here for free – but hey, leave few coins to buy the author a coffee, with the NYP formula! – or you can purchase the tangible copy on tape by directly contacting Fantasy Software Design.

And now, loaded guns Sirs, Crime never sleeps!
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Remakes from Lacoste
Posted by Csabo on 2022-05-20
Stellar WarsLacoste has been making remakes of classic C16 games for the Gameboy at an incredible pace: from all the known remakes, nearly half of them (37 at the time of this writing) are his! The latest two added today are for Booty and Stellar Wars. You can see a list of all his remakes.

If you fancy playing some C16 oldies on a Gameboy, this is your chance! Know of any more remakes we missed? Be sure to let us know on the forum.
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Posted by Csabo on 2022-05-11New game from javierglez: Flood16![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2022-05-05Raze honors the Plus/4 in a Crazy Climber's clone challenge with his compiled Basic game Speedy Spider. And he asks us to edit new maps to be included in a future version.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2022-04-17Another back-after-28-years surprise: edhellon presents Chromatic Admiration, a new 4K demo @ Revision 2022![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2022-04-05carrion wins anyway: Una Lanterna Magica wins at Gerp 2022 party in the Other Platform Graphics compo, and Iron Maiden Unfinished wins into our hearts, as a MFLI picture which the author offers to all of us although it will never get finished.[ comments ]


Nathan's Journey: The Spinoff Before The Big Challenge
Posted by Luca on 2022-03-31
Lykia Prologue - Nathan's JourneyJust before the forthcoming release of the massive JRPG game Lykia - The Lost Island, the guys behind the scenes would love to present to you the main engine which will drive it onto the tracks of your Plus/4's board.

Lykia Prologue - Nathan's Journey is a short side story written by Olaf Nowacki, derived from what will be the main root of the official game, which will be released both on C64 and Plus/4, and both as freeware and commercially distributed on several media by Psytronik Software (2 disks, 4 sides) and Protovision (1MB cartridge for C64). The game fully runs in C64 FLI / Plus4 DFLI graphics, in order to match as far as possible the palette of classic 8/16bit consoles of the era. Playing it, you can learn how to manage at best the inventory, and handle some early clues to be solved.

Lykia Prologue - Nathan's Journey is the sophomore release of Puls4r, the supercrew composed by several skilled personalities coming from various well-known groups; they're people we've just seen in action before, in the previous games of the same Mad/BKN: KiCHY/ASN, 5tarbuck, also including c0zmo as SID musician, plus various additional companions of them all. So let's get a first taste of what they offer us now and what they will offer us in the future.
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A Monumental Comeback: Bruce Lee Anniversary Edition!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-03-28
Bruce Lee Anniversary EditionTCFS is back! (Is there anyone who doesn't know this name? Hmm, indeed there might be; in short: a much-celebrated and very prolific old-school Plus/4 scene developer, most famous for his rewrites of C64 games.) After 29 years, a new "converted" game is here: Bruce Lee Anniversary Edition. A true TCFS-style "conversion": this release is in fact a newly coded game, only using graphics and level design of the original. Considering that the Plus/4 does not have hardware sprites, it is no small achievement that the game is a "pixel-perfect" recreation.

Why Bruce Lee, you might ask? It's ranked high on many C64 top-lists ([1], [2]) with good reason: it's fun :-) The game is also noted for being one the first ones to combine platforming and beat 'em up elements.

You control Bruce Lee, as he collects lanterns, climbs nets, jumps across rooftops and delivers savage flying-kicks to his enemies. Besides the many obstacles and hazards, you must also deal with the black ninja and Yamo, who are constantly on your tail. You can play in the normal one and two player modes (where a second player controls Yamo), but the Plus/4 version also has an additional 3 player mode. Can you fight your way through the evil sorcerer's lair? Go play now!

And finally the cherry on top: check out Retro Sprite Workshop, a new Windows utility by TCFS, developed specifically for this game. It allows anyone to extract sprites or characters from screenshots exported from any emulator. What a birthday gift to us, enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2022-03-09Lacus send us a nice pack of covers, TAP files and cassette photos, read on for more details.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2022-02-26Plus/4 demo scene lovers might be interested that an old demo, ironically named New Demo 1990 has been found! Enjoy an old-school Plus/4 production, big thanks to MCG![ comments ]


Words' Masterminding On Plus/4
Posted by Luca on 2022-02-23
Word Slide! screenshotYeah dudes, we saw your socials filled of the lil' pics with 5 boxes' rows, so we expect that the trend involving the game of the moment will not pass in a single day and night. And in fact, Plus/4 users already have two different productions to play!

Word Slide! came first, an easy porting from a GitHub project published by Matt Heffernan aka SlithyMatt (USA), who is mostly a Commander X16 coder and supporter, but his project touches C64 and VIC20 too. It's properly written in Assembly and features a sort of "keyboard of called letters" which appears to be very useful. The project is still open, and you can contribute even by adding or fixing words into the very large inner database.

Fresh new and well arrived today, here's the version of that game by two long-time personalities from the whole Commodore world, Bo Zimmerman and Steve Gray, properly called Teddle. Written in BASIC, showing an even larger vocabulary, represents a straight and clean porting, an unannounced surprise which points to be easily enjoyed by both the fans of the game and the casual gamer with few minutes to spend.

Teddle screenshotIs this the end of the big tide about this famous words' mastermind game, or that looks like just a beginning to you? Only time will tell, meanwhile here's a 5 letters' word to guess: ■■■■■
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BASIC 10 Liners 2022!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-02-12
Byte Fox screenshotThe BASIC 10 Liners compo is back on again in 2022. RoePipi (who won the PUR-80 category in 2020) already entered two simple but cute games: Window and Byte Fox. If the inspiration strikes you, YOU can enter as well!
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Arkanoid +4 Analogue Edition!
Posted by Chronos on 2022-01-17
Arkanoid +4 Analogue Edition screenshotAbsence is back with a fresh, crunchy release, Siz has made a version of the great Arkanoid that supports paddle and mouse, with lots of small bug fixes. We recommend everyone, if you can - and you don't already have one in your computer - pick up a BSZ SID card and an Atari paddle and get back into the world of Arkanoid! We guarantee you will have an amazing experience!
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New Games From Japan!
Posted by Csabo on 2022-01-09
Aerial screenshotWe just got word from Trypticon that Inufuto - a Japanese developer - released several games for the Commodore Plus/4 at the end of last year. It appears that he utilised a multi-platform cross-compiler to release these games on LOTS of 8-bit platforms, including: Apple II, C64, Master System, MSX, ZX Spectrum and many more.

The games are: Aerial, Battlot, Bootskell, Cavit, Impetus, Lift, Mazy, Neuras, Ruptus. Enjoy!
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It's Xmas And We're All Doomball-ed!
Posted by Luca on 2021-12-27
Doomball screenshot"Search the maze for the ball and move it into the hole", are you able to find a simpler plot than this for a game? Of course not. Ok...now try to do that in a 3D "Doom"-like environment!

Yes Doomball is the direct port of POLF a program written by David Given for the Commodore PET which can be better described as a techdemo than a finished game, and it moves some really fast and fluid 3D maze's graphics into a considerable slice of the whole video.
It's all PETSCII, it's a conversion, hence our riddle is: who could be the author behind this porting, in light of some precious gems like this we've seen in the precious months. Yes, yes, you got him! It's Ko-Ko, once again, ultra-active once resurrected to the scene!

Play Doomball, another fresh present to you for this 264 Xmas!
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Play Like A Rogue, Solve Like A Genius
Posted by Luca on 2021-12-27
Tenebra screenshotIt's the first day of the year, the solstice has come just few days ago, and the sundown still arrives in the afternoon. We actually need dark games to play in darker times...

After a first contact with the Plus/4 scene with Toop, Haplo returns to the "soaring flamingos" zone, releasing his C64 little puzzle game Tenebra, now on Plus/4 too. Tenebra absolutely looks like a Rougelike game in every aspect, but the recognizable facade actually hides...a logical game! You have to solve any level by reaching an exit gate thru the light paths and the narrow passages in the walls, planning case by case about how to enlight your steps to the target. Do it in all the 25 areas and your hero will see the light.

Tenebra is distributed as freeware, and as NYP ("name your price"), so the best you can do is to offer a coffee to Haplo for the eve, donating a minimum of 2$ here on itch.io.
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Defiance!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-12-24
Defiance screenshotA new puzzle/shooter called Defiance has just been released! Shoot the falling blocks with the correct color to keep them at bay. A fast-paced game with new music and colorful graphics that's easy to pick up and play.

Only 5€ for the digital download, get your credit cards rea... Wait, what? No, it's actually the other thing: completely free with full source code.

It's my (Csabo's) early Christmas gift to the Plus/4 scene: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone, enjoy!
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Raid On Fort Knox!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-12-16
Raid On Fort Knox screenshotCharlemagne is back with a new game release: Raid On Fort Knox!

In this action/maze game, your task is to sneak through the treacherous tunnels of Fort Knox, avoid the deadly panthers and abscond with as many gold bars as possible. This game is a loving tribute to the VIC-20 original, released by CBM in 1982.

Watch the author's YouTube video, or play the game now!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-12-15After some helpful feedback and more testing, Tetris 2K21 V1.1 was released. Read about the changes here.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-12-08Gaia blessed us with an updated version of YAPE JS, which powers our "Play Online" feature. You can run all the Plus/4 stuff right from your browser once again (even in Firefox)![ comments ]


The Story of Tűzoltó
Posted by Csabo on 2021-12-04
On the 3rd page of this magazine, there's a mention of a game called Tűzoltó (Firefighter), and there's even a photo of it... But it's too hard to make out! Could it be one of the programs already in our database?

One game we do have with this name comes with a hand-drawn cassette cover. Does that mean this game was actually sold commercially?

That game does not have the author mentioned, but it is a decent work for an amateur game... but why does it play the Pink Panther theme?

Well, if you're visiting Plus/4 World, chances are, you're the type of person who desperately wants to find the answers to those burning questions! Never fear, I (Csabo) managed to contact the author, and now everyone can read his, and the game's story. Enjoy!
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PETSCII Portal released
Posted by Ko-Ko on 2021-11-28
PETSCII PortalA Portal-like game has been released yesterday both on Commodore 64 and Commodore Plus/4. PETSCII Portal is a tribute to the Flash game Portal2d, which itself was a tribute to the Valve game Portal. Original PETSCII Portal written by Jim Orlando for the CBM PET. C+/4 & C64 port by Ko-Ko.
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Back To The Showbiz!
Posted by Luca on 2021-11-22
Rock Star Ate My Hamster MillenniumThe cult management game "Rock Star Ate My Hamster", known at the Plus/4 latitudes as Rockstar Manager comes back to a new life with this +3 crack released by FIRE.

Rock Star Ate My Hamster Millennium is a crack of the same game, but with 50 brand new stars at the pinnacle of their success in the twenty-years period 2000-2020 to play with, and Chris Graham, the original graphician behind the fantastic caricatures which made it famous, takes in 4 of them, in his very distinguishable style. From the super rare version called "Rock Star Goes Bizarre", another roster of 7 has been added too. From now on, it's no longer a matter of Wacky Jacko and Maradonna like we still are in the 80ies, it's time to reunite those two bros in the name of britpop, or put together again those two "Bad Seeds" in a band ;)
The super skilled ZX Spectrum (and lotta more than that!) Aleksandr Trofimchuk, aka Schafft/Brothers/COM, has kindly granted permission to heavily retouch and add one piece of his art, and this honors the overall release.

Luca has released it both on Commodore 64 and Commodore Plus/4 with no commercial intents as a passionate fanwork, consequently to the fact that previous cracks and homebrew conversions have been tolerated to date. As the free distribution of the ZX Spectrum original has been denied, the only data tape to be used with the original game will be released for this specific machine.

And now... "eat dirt Clive!"
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YAPE 1.2.1!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-11-19
Gaia just released the latest update for the popular Commodore Plus/4 emulator YAPE. Version 1.2.1 brings you a cool new feature (the screen can be rotated in OpenGL mode) as well as several bug fixes and stability improvements.

Grab it right now from the YAPE homepage!
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...W-e A-r-e T-h-e P-E-T-S-C-I-I R-o-b-o-t-s...
Posted by Luca on 2021-11-13
Attack of the PETSCII RobotsAttack of the PETSCII Robots by David Murray AKA The 8-bit Guy is now on Plus/4 too!

It comes on two disks, one for the coloured ECM version coded by Jim Wright, and the other containing the PETSCII version converted by "an old newcomer from the golden era": Ko-Ko, who sets a double hit in few days together with PETSCII Lemmings. Included in the complete product line ("standard box"), there is a fantastic all-color 32 pages manual, an additional Plus/4 manual and a Userport interface in order to play the game with a NES pad, all in a classy exposition box. Prices are from 10 USD to 50 USD depending on the chosen product: Digital Download Only, Lite Copy, Standard Box, Autographed Box.

Overall, it's a very competent production, go to the online store to purchase your own copy.
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Tetris 2K21!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-11-12
Tetris 2K21A new Tetris game has been released today. Dubbed Tetris 2K21, it stems from the 1990 Vortex release. Let's Play a round of Tetris :-)
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PETSCII Lemmings!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-10-27
PETSCII LemmingsWhat a pleasant surprise for Plus/4 fans. This year already saw the return of an old-school scene member, TRP, and now, after a mere 32 year hiatus, Ko-Ko is back!

He ported a sensational Lemmings clone to Plus/4: PETSCII LEMMINGS. Originally developed by Jim Orlando for TOJam2021 - for very positive feedback, we can now all enjoy it as well. Get ready for some fun Lemmings-controlling action on 18 levels!
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Freescapades In The 3rd Dimension
Posted by Luca on 2021-10-14
FreescapedCreating a game with the Plus/4 version of 3D Construction Kit has always been difficult due to the various bugs sadly diffused into the whole suite. Freescaped brings together four Freescape games from C64, just to see how the Plus/4 3DCK compiler behaves if some code is added to overcome the eventual problems raising up. Once the KIT-DATA of a certain game has been candidated to be compiled, the coding fight against all the strange flaws begins, then it's time to make it NTSC compatible, to convert the color palette room by room, to modify the bitmap border in order to handle a 2nd fixed color's limitations, to convert eventual ingame music both on SID and FRQ converter, and possible any others.

The four chosen games: the original 3D Construction Kit Demogame distributed with the original kit and released as alone runnable game on Plus/4, now with the right border graphics and labels; "A Chance In Hell" by Steven Flanagan, a very busy game for the Freescape engine mainly designed for the emulation, with music by Richard Bayliss; "Cyborg 2900" by Marcel Smuz, with its long and elaborate prologue in a cinematic fashion; "Escape From Zaphod" created by by Richard Bayliss (again).

Freescaped by Luca/FIRE: four easy games to test 3D Construction Kit Plus/4. With heartfelt thanks to www.3dconstructionkit.co.uk by Stuart Wilson, the homepage whose work of preserving these and other games will never be recognized as much as it should.
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Arkanoid +4!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-10-08
Arkanoid +4Arkanoid, the massively successful block-breaker game - originally released by Taito in 1986 - arrives to the Plus/4! KiCHY maestro's the tech-demo that you may have seen in CD5 is now a standalone, fully playable game.

Based on the actual arcade version, the game boasts smooth gameplay with scoring and bonuses, 32 levels, bossfight, faithful music and sound effects, intro and more. This is not one to be missed, fire up the old iron (or an emulator) and start playing!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-10-02We have some new covers and TAP files from Lacus, including a long lost program called Kombinatorika.[ comments ]


Candy Dots!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-10-01
Candy DotsCandy Dots - a candy sorting puzzle game - has just been released for the Commodore Plus/4. To clear each level, you must sort the candies in the test tubes, so that all candies with the same color are in the same tube. You can freely move ("pour") candies from tube to tube, but only the topmost ones.

Play in three modes:
- "Classic" has 100 increasingly harder levels to play.
- "Random" allows for infinite play, with select-able difficulty.
- "Time Trial" presents a challenge with added scoring.

Check it out and enjoy!
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Function 2̶0̶2̶1̶ 1991
Posted by Luca on 2021-09-12
MB Isometric LogoPlus/4 footprints sighted at Function 2021 party, with the codey-namic duo Larry and BSZ surprising the audience once more, with BA - The Stream, a looong PETSCII movie conversion of the famous "Bad Apple!!" animation, a techdemo of a new SD2IEC firmware that allows uploading custom code to the drive. They've been ranked 2nd in the Wild /Animation compo, congrats! Expect a video about it soon, meanwhile you can watch the live compo stream on Twitch here.

But nooow...people please stand up: Ivan Sarosacz aka Jeva/MB entered the Oldschool graphics compo reaching the 6th place. Yes, it's a Muffbusters comeback, one of the greatest Plus/4 groups of all time, after 30 (t-h-i-r-t-y!) years since the last release! ❤
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-09-02Lacus got his hand on the full series of A Nyuszi Olvasni Tanit, helping us complete our collection of covers and TAP files as well.[ comment ]


Árok 2021 - Online Once To Be Online Never Again
Posted by Luca on 2021-08-22
Kracken PrinceÁrok 2021, the pandemic edition of Árok Party, is over, sticking in the mind of any scener the desire to meet live in the next edition, so: let's do that online once, in order to never repeat the forced sofa experience tomorrow.

carrion has totally ruled the Gfx Compo with Kracken Prince, one of those pieces of art on the Plus/4 which make you that make you boast the great choice of different greens in your color palette (yes guys, THIS is the real Green Pass!), a stunning 320x248 MFLI picture which will be surely remembered in the near and distant future! Mao by Chronos is sooo cute and full of delicious particulars, and would have clearly deserved a higher place than the 6th it reached, the typical dithered style of Chronos simply shines in the kawaii theme he has chosen for it. 8th place for MMS with Atari Retro Feeling on Plus4, which rapresents the one and only PETSCII entry of the competition, nice retro feelings with it.

Surprisingly, there are Plus/4 droplets into the Remix Compo too, thank to Chabee and his cool remix of Exorcist's theme: Exorcist (ft. Bessie Jones)!
How not to mention the new supertoy by BSZ and Larry running on Commodore 128? SIDrip to VIC pushes a whole music video into the heart of a C128, well deserved winner of the Wild Compo.

We're getting older, buddies, but if the next Árok will be a live experience as it's ever been, the hint is: don't miss a ride, definitely!
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Posted by Luca on 2021-08-15Liam O'Connor ported version 1.0.1 of his own minesweeper-with-a-twist game called Archaeologist to C16.[ comment ]


Close Encounter! Of The Shmup Kind
Posted by Luca on 2021-08-11
EncounterWe are now aware of the fact that Ulysses777 is, among all the Plus/4 coders around, a user of unscratchable passion and a thousand resources on his side, but we are confident that no one could guess the goal of his next conversion of cult historical games. And exactly in the timelapse when nobody would be able to predict that, he kicks into the scene one of the most iconic 8bit games of the whole golden era!

Encounter is the very first game of the late Paul Woakes, a man we will never regret enough, designed and created before the foundation of Novagen. It came like a shock, it was like having Battlezone at home, but pseudo-3D, just three years after the release of Battlezone itself, a sort of 8bit miracle! It's large, it's 3D, it's insanely fast. 8 different alien plains against enemies and drones, interspersed with some fast paths full of big obstacles connecting the previous one with the forthcoming, and several useful trainers offered by Ulysses777 in order to allow the complete view of the whole game to the players of any skill.

In the middle of August, when the sweat is already going, there is now a very funny excuse to sweat even more: play Encounter, both on PAL and NTSC, and let us see your best score!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-08-07Two new releases from raze: JoyDivision and Space Defender! Check them out![ comment ]


Ну, погоди!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-07-16
Nu, Pogodi!A blast from the past: Nu, Pogodi! - a new Plus/4 game - has just been released. It's an implementation of the LCD game that some of you may have played in the 80s. It might be familiar to you for another reason: the original video game is an unlicensed clone of the Game-and-Watch game "Egg".

Help Wolf catch as many eggs as possible in two games (game A or game B)! In short, this weekend... Let's Play Nu, Pogodi!

Be sure to check out Litwr's review of the game on YouTube!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-07-09A new pic from carrion is here![ comments ]


In Loving Memory of T.M.R
Posted by Csabo on 2021-06-25
TMR

As most of you already know, Jason Kelk AKA T.M.R/Cosine passed away after a long battle of illness. His memory lives on in the games and demos he gifted to our scene, and he left behind high quality productions. To honour his memory, this weekend, Let's Play Lunar Blitz.
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HVTC Update: Solstice Edition
Posted by Luca on 2021-06-21
Happy Solstice 2021! Let's celebrate the incoming summer with a fresh update for High Voltage TED Collection, also known as HVTC, the one that rockets it up to 771 files overall!

There are two important changes regarding the structure of the collection: as first, the hvtc/player double splitting, which was initially thought to ensure a clean code for users, beside the player's added tunes, has gone forever, leaving the one and only /hvtc folder, containing an organized substructure of self-playing .prg files; secondly, we dissolved the few groups in the folders by finally assigning all the relative tunes, and this means that now "/musicians/" folder's subdirs contain no others than the direct composers' folders for real.

10 months represent a long period of time, especially crossing one of the most prolific year for our scene, hence there are many new tunes, e.g. from the unstoppably growing's folder of Csabo with its 84 and counting, or from some unexpected outsiders like Hedgewizard, or Hoffman/LGC who has finally shown to us how to push on some TEDzakker's features, or Spektro's delicious demos testing his selfcoded work-in-progress player...and Ulysses777's "Dizzy" tunes, and BKP's...check all this out! Several important fixes follow too: some digis which were outside HVTC's boundaries have been removed, some names and files have been fixed, and, after years, we finally fixed the initialization of those nasty selfmodifying Aardvark/Leaper/Zagan Warrior intro tunes :)

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!­­­­­­­­
And now follows a direct link to the ZIP file.
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Stop The Express!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-06-18
Stop The ExpressWe have a new game for you today called Stop The Express! The game is somewhat similar to Loco-Coco, but the name itself is a dead giveaway: your task is... to stop the express :-) You must make your way to the front of the train and reach the engine. You can pick up snake birds, and chuck them at the train gang. Watch the demo gameplay to see all the tactics you can use.

The game exists on C64 and ZX Spectrum as well, but the +4 version has some new additions: completely re-balanced levels, additional train designs, a new title screen (thanks to Chronos!) and title music. Enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-06-17Plus4Punk completed his first game, Shoot + Catch! It's a small basic game, where you must shoot down or catch the falling balls to progress to the next level. Check it out![ comment ]


Phoenix Recovered!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-06-13
Phoenix RecoveredAfter 1.5 years of work, Sorbas2020's C16/Plus4 game, Phoenix Recovered has been released! It's a space-invaders type game, a port of Phoenix (Amstar). Can you make it to the mother ship? Let the fighting commence!
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Silk Dust: Emilia Vittorini's 3rd
Posted by Luca on 2021-06-07
Silk DustAfter a long period of beta testing, the third chapter of the Emilia Vittorini saga arrives: Silk Dust. The game comes out freeware on eighteen different machines, with some exotics including Cambridge Z88 and Olivetti M20.

In this new Emilia's adventure set in what in Italy is defined as "Giolitti era", Princess Lucilla Briccorosso is preparing for the Silk Road Race, a 10,000 km rally raid between Cairo in Egypt and Peking in China, to be done by car. And that car comes from Emilia's father's ITA workshops, so its perfect functionality, and therefore the Princess's safety, will depend on you all the way.
The game is divided in four parts. When you complete one of them, you will get a code that allows to immediately jump to the beginning of the next part, though in the Plus/4 version the three files that make up the entire game can be uploaded individually.

With Silk Dust, once again Davide Bucci will catapult you into a time where strong women and early technology will be a winning combination, in a pioneering scenario. 3, 2, 1, it's just time to run. To Peking!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-05-28We received a bunch of stuff from Lacus to grow our collection, read on if you're interested.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-05-22Literally, carrion never misses a chance to release stunning graphics: The Last Squadron is out.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-05-20Adventure fans: a new game called The Job has been released on many platforms, including the Plus/4. Check it out![ comment ]


T-Rex Run Trailer!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-05-19
T-Rex Run TrailerA few days ago you've seen Dino PETSCII, and now another 220 Volt product just dropped from TRP... There seems to be a pattern - could some kind surprise be in the works?

Well, yes. As this trailer for a new upcoming game will tell so, that's exactly it. It's full of PETSCII goodness! So watch it right now and get on the hype train :-)
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Retronavigatoring Again
Posted by Luca on 2021-05-16
The TrooperRetronavigator, carrion's blog which presents stunning art and what's behind it, is back online! The author himself celebrates the event with two new astonishing pieces of art drawn by him, first on C64 in MC mode with the hardware sprites support to add graphics on the borders or within the bitmap itself, and now on Plus/4 in MFLI format.

Survivors Of 2020 is a regular 320x200 MFLI picture, its C64 version has been presented at the Transmission 64 online party, conquering the 5th place. The Trooper is the obvious renewal of one of the great classic subjects in the 80's computer scenes, displayed on a large 320x248 px canvas.

We really missed you and your fantastic touch, carrion, we all hope to see more and more of these!
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Posted by Luca on 2021-05-15Two new PETSCII pictures have been released: Maxed Out by Dr. TerrorZ, and Dino PETSCII which represents the unexpected but ver welcome return of TRP/220V to the Plus/4 graphic scene.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-05-15TNT group sends their greetings, and all their releases! Read on if you're interested in more.[ comments ]


Zombies Are Back, Put A Cross On Them!
Posted by Luca on 2021-05-09
Cross HordeFabrizio Caruso has reached a farer frontier on the battlefield of multi-platform game's coding with Cross Horde, a sort of big brother of the previous The Horde, pushing on his own retro-hardware abstraction layer for coding universal 8-bit games called Cross-Lib: 200 different machines involved!

What we have today, is a shoot'em up against (yes, you got it!) zombies, including several power-ups, special items to collect and different enemy types. 9 levels must be completed, and that's a quite hard task, at first glance!

Play Cross Horde on your C16 to achieve your highest score, and enter your best in the Hall Of Fame!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-05-05We received a small pack of rare oldies from Lacus, read on if you're interested.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-05-02YAPE 1.2.0 is out! Get your copy from the official homepage.[ comments ]


666 The Number Of Releases
Posted by Luca on 2021-04-30
Turmbau Zu BabylonReceiving and browsing through an old archive of software is one of those duties we love the most. This particular archive comes from our long time mate IQ666 aka Kai Uwe B., who saved a bunch of old cassettes, and took a first look at the stuff he found adding a brief description beside its name.

The most notable thing we saved from the ashes of time is a partial collection of tapes which can be purchased at Tronic-Verlag GmbH – a very active publisher of the era in Germany, with many magazines in the stands – filled with the type-ins published in Computronic magazine, for those lazy users who didn't have time and/or patience to type the long listings. We named' em as "the Computronic Collections", looking forward to complete the list in a near future, adding the disk collections too. having the official releases has allowed us to track down and add to our archive some of the games we only have as hacked versions: Phantom (German), Castle Of Horror and Hyper Space's tape versions, Airwolf (Andreas Polefka), Flipperking, Reversi Ver 2 (now we have the author's name). We also added several hacks unearthed from the IQ666's collection, utilities and educational stuff, circa 66 programs (the number returns!), all in all.

Thank you for you donation IQ666! All the new entries are listed in the New Stuff page, feel free to have a glance at.
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-04-2514 new programs were added from MCG's archives, including some previously missing demos that some sceners might be interested in... Read on for more![ comments ]


Posted by crock on 2021-04-25The latest version of Diag264, 0.97, is finally released![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-04-247 Finnish type-in programs were added, all from MikroBITTI, plus all their scans. Thanks to Spektro![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-04-10Crackerball has been found! Check it out in all its glory, or read on for a bit more info.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-04-04Phosphorizer by Loonies & Logicoma was just released at Revision in the 4kb intro category. Check it out![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-31Don't you ever stop on New year's day!... Or any other day. Our digi-veteran Hifi/TLT is back with two new demos: Don't You Ever Stop and New Year's Day. Check them out![ comments ]


Kayleth!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-26
KaylethToday we have a new game for you: Kayleth. It's a sci-fi adventure with cyberpunk elements from the mind of Stefan F. Ufnowski (who also coded Rebel Planet). Over 60 locations, each with colorful high-res graphics. Well reviewed by most contemporary magazines:
- "[...] because Kayleth is actually one of the best of these games I've played to date." (Zzap)
- "The feel of the game is highly professional [...] science fiction fans may find much of interest in what is a very well-constructed plot." (Crash)
- "The graphics are what you notice most, though, having the detail that was evident in Rebel Planet but with much more animation this time." (Your Sinclair)

If you only play one adventure this year... make it Kayleth! Intrigued? Read on!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-25The deadline for the BASIC 10 Liners compo nears, we have 3 new games representing our platform: BMBR, Shoot The BMBR, Stacks 10L. +2 more: iPonG and Pong Noid PUR88![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-22zbyti completed Tron +4: now with a title-screen and music! Check it out and enjoy![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-03-20Horizon - Dawn Of Time is the brand new Shine's mega PETSCII logo art.[ comments ]


The Last KiCHY Pack!
Posted by Chronos on 2021-03-19
Beatle QuestWe have come to the end of a long journey: the last adventure pack of KiCHY maestro is here, but luckily it still contains some surprises for you! For starters, there's Beatle Quest, in which - surprisingly - the songs of the Beatles play the lead role, but not the way we would first think! The next game is Double Fantasy, which plays in the wild west, here we have to catch a bank robber. Then we have Herakles The Early Trials, in which we can venture into the former Greek Empire, in St. Jives there's a mad scientist who terrorizes the citizens of St. Jives, in The Scoop we can step into the role of a journalist, and finally The Twilight Zone is only recommended for hardcore adventurers with nerves of steel, as it's one of the strangest adventure games we ever met.

Enjoy!
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Plus/4 Matters Where Size Matters Too
Posted by Luca on 2021-03-15
Jam With TEDThe online party Lovebyte has just closed its doors after a weekend of live show, with its following of about a hundred micro and mini demos running on different machines, a breath of coding skill and fantasy by fantastic sceners. Unexpectedly, it was a well-known character (also) from the Amiga scene who introduced the C16 too, among the platforms involved.

Blueberry has released three entries under the Loonies' label for three different competitions:
- Golden Twinkle is a minidemo competing in the "Combined 64 byte intro" category, where it reached the 10th place;
- TEDhno 8 is a micro demo which has been shown in the "Combined 8 and 16 byte intro showcase"... yes we're talking about 8 bytes, 8 bytes only to perform some entertaining stuff;
- definitely the gem of the trio, Jam With TED has been ranked 7th in the "Nanogame" category, and it's nothing less than a drum machine in only 253 bytes!

Where the size matters, the pros shine brighter! Very well done, Blueberry!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-15Dogpile School is the 4th entry to the BASIC 10 Liners compo from RoePipi! (In case you missed it, check out Spread, Reproduce, Fight as well!)[ comments ]


Arthur Noid Gets A Map!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-15
Arthur Noid MapArthur Noid 3 MapArthur Noid 3 just turned up from MCG's archives. It's another level edited version of the classic original by TGH. Seeing as how a lot of people still play this game (e.g. even Arthur Noid 2 has some fierce rivalry in our Hall Of Fame), perhaps these games could use a closer look.

Have you ever wondered what all the levels look like together? Technically, there's a built-in level selector, so any player can go through each level one-by-one, but that's pretty tedious. Well, wonder no more! Arthur Noid now has a map, and so does every single derivative of this game!

Take a look, have fun comparing what changed and how between the versions!
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(Getting Away From) Politics!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-13
Bureaucracy IWe have 3 new text adventures for you, converted by KiCHY. Each one is related to the world of politics, one way or another.

In Diplomat's Dilemma you're a kidnapped diplomat and you must escape. If that leaves you feeling sour about diplomacy, open up Denis Through The Drinking Glass, where your task is to escape politics and go down to the pub! Cheers!

But eventually, once you stumble out of there, you'll have to face reality: there are some things one must do. Important things. Such as... getting a dog license. Well, surely one can do that without going mad? All that's needed is... let's see. Find out mother's place of birth? Get the yapping monstrosity from hell dog checked out by a vet? And how hard can navigating a goverment building be? If the little plaque here says that dog licenses are on the 3rd floor, all one has to do is press 3 on the elevator, right?... Enter Bureaucracy I! happy
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Posted by Luca on 2021-03-12New PETSCII art to make your weekend Shine: Palantir - Crystal Sphere.[ comment ]


Old-school Six-pack
Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-12
Logge's 1st DemoPlus/4 World is definitely the most complete archive of any and all Plus/4 software. Our slogan could be "If it's not here, it doesn't exist!" (But... that would be a dumb slogan, since we're aware that a lot of stuff is missing...) Anyway, today we've added a nice six-pack of old-school demos that were completely missing from our archives. A quick run-down: Newest Demo, Emi +4 4, The Best Hellmachine-Logo, Nils Holgersson Demo, Nemesis, Logge's 1st Demo. I'm sure a few of them will be new for most sceners.

Huge thanks to MCG for sending them to us! If you enjoy old-school demos, read on.
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Tom Thumb Deluxe!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-03-11
Tom Thumb DeluxeA mere 36 years after the release of the original, Tom Thumb Deluxe is here. There were cracks and trainers for this game before, but with some fixes by RoePipi and Csabo, we're hoping this is the "ultimate" version of Tom.

If you're a hardcore gamer, Tom Thumb Deluxe will let you complete the entire game more than once, by fixing the spike issue. (Once Tom completes the pyramid, the game restarts, but with some spikes added. One of these new spikes were added in such a way that progress was impossible at some point.) The game is now also fully NTSC compatilble for the first time, and has several other minor fixes.

Casual gamers might want to turn on some (or all) the cheats for more forgiving gameplay and give it a go. It's a humbling experience; when you've traversed what feels like a HUGE part of the pyramid, and think "oh, I must be near the end", the game throws some brand new never-before-seen element at you and just keeps going.

Tom Thumb Deluxe still runs on 16K machine and has a little intro to wrap it all up. Enjoy!
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Tron +4: Old Classic, New Tools
Posted by Luca on 2021-03-08
Tron +4This game was around since days, and after a short period of time in which we made a happy acquaintance of its author, new on the Plus/4 scene, here comes the official release!

Tron +4 represents the return of an old classic, in its most basic – and therefore also more usable – form, as a test of a new programming tool – Mad-Pascal compiler, originally dedicated to Atari XE/XL machines, now extended to Plus/4 too. High five with our new friend zbyti, the author of both Tron +4 and its generating tool. The game itself looks apparently simple, but the high responsive commands and the "Vs. three" challenge raises up the overall playablility.

With a brand new programming tool by our side, we expect new releases from zbyti and from whoever will use it, enpowering the Polish scene more and more.
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Posted by Luca on 2021-03-08Shine has no more to be considered as a man, he's a daily machine: Underworld (PETSCII).[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-03-05Shine's brand new cooperation PETSCII with Daimansion: Parrot (PETSCII).[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-03-05It's sunday, time for the weekend date with Shine's PETSCIIart: Gnome - Another Desktop.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-02-14Unterwasserwelt, an ichthyic Valentine from Shine and Daimansion[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-02-12If you use Plus4HTML, be sure to download the latest version. It includes a new feature that allows the program name to be passed in from the command line.[ comment ]


Posted by Patrick on 2021-02-09We are looking for Dutch C16/+4 users from the past and of course anyone else that is interested in our beloved machines. We just started a Facebook Group, hope to see you there![ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-02-07The BASIC 10 Liners 2021 compo is off to a good start: RoePipi submitted two C16 games called Good Monkey and Two Canaries Fighting. Check them out![ comments ]


The Farmer's Daughter!
Posted by Chronos on 2021-02-06
The Farmer's DaughterI guess everyone thought there would never be more KiCHY adventure packs! Well, everyone is mistaken big time! In fact, adult fantasies play a major role in the current pack. In The Farmer's Daughter, our car breaks down in front of a farm where a fairly young girl will be there to "help" us. But if that weren't enough, there's more, sex - I mean Sweet Sixteen, plus you can take part in the role of Alfred in two horny adventures, namely the Soho Sex Quest and Herpes or Bust! Be good and wear rubber before loading these programs!
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Posted by Luca on 2021-02-03Shine flights higher and higher over the palette's chances: ButterFLY!.[ comment ]


Phoenix Recovered!
Posted by Csabo on 2021-02-02
Phoenix RecoveredSorbas2020 has just released his last game for the Plus/4 called Phoenix Recovered. It's the first 3:4 monitor oriented vertical game. It's a demo version of a port, and it includes the first level of the arcade game Phoenix (Amstar). Check it out and let the fighting commence!
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Posted by Luca on 2021-01-29Shine's weekend PETSCIIart: Legend - Another Tribute.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-01-26If you wanted to see the entire map of Fortress Underground, now you can. (The maps for Cave Fighter were also recently added.)[ comment ]


Genius Series Comes To An End!
Posted by Luca on 2021-01-22
Genius 3It's the end of the entire saga! Following the storyline of Daniele Liverani's rock opera, it's now time for the little European prince to finish his dream...among the planets!

The mechanism is the same, the worlds are totally new ones: Genius needs to run through the eight magic toy planets. As Genius. you'll have to follow the key sequences and unlock all the secret caverns of the toy caves, grab the toys, and avoid killer enemies. To add fun to the ride, see if you can discover the undocumented secrets. including secret passages, invisible toys, extra bonus lives, immortality, and much more!

Technically speaking, Genius 3 is a declared improvement of the very first game engine, and a fresh new update of the Release 04 engine from which the author Twinspirit32 has previously released Genius 2 and renewed Genius once; hence, he has caught up the chance to pack up a Release 05 edition both of Genius and Genius 2!

Find all the secrets, see all the caves, let's finish the story in the best ending ever, download and play Genius 3!
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Posted by Csabo on 2021-01-21The JavaScript version of YAPE now has TAP and ZIP support! That means you can play games that only have a TAP file (e.g. Mistery) in your browser as well.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-01-16Shine's currently on fire: Alpha! PETSCII power at its best.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2021-01-15A large pack of covers scans, cassette photos and TAP files have been added courtesy of Lacus and Charlemagne. Thanks guys![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-01-14Shine is taking an almost daily rhythm of releases in 2021, so let's get autocelebration: Shine, by...Shine.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2021-01-12The unexpected presents are the best ever...just like the Bauknecht PETSCII logo drawn by Shine for BKN <3[ comment ]


The Dreams Come(back) True!
Posted by Luca on 2021-01-05
50Hz FTW!New year, good old friends! The Dreams is back on Plus/4!

In the very first days of 2021, a cool mate of the scene makes his comeback from the C64 side of his skilled code. It's Ninja/The Dreams, who has converted his own entry ranked 11th in the ECM Mode Demoeffect Competition.
Big spoiler, as it's called 50Hz FTW!, the demo features a double Chessboard with RGB crossing effect, running over a tic-toc bouncing text displayed in Bump Mapping, with a fantastic 4x tune composed by Degauss/TEK...and (don't read further if you hate spoilers) all this stuff moves within a single PAL frame! Should be added that the whole show runs in ECM graphic mode? ;)

Our hopes fly to more and more Plus/4 releases from The Dreams!

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Posted by carrion on 2021-01-03Some Polish games from 1989-92 were dug up after 30+ years, see forum for more.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-31What could be better than turning the events of 2020 into cold, hard data? Hmm, probably a lot of things... Anyway, here we are: 2020 By The Numbers.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-12-29The new personal homepage of Anthony J. Clarke is up from today, with original artworks and source codes of his C16 titles Xargon Wars, Xargon's Revenge, Dork's Dilemma and Tycoon Tex.[ comments ]


Merry Christmas 2020 From Absence And Legion Of Doom!
Posted by Chronos on 2020-12-24
Absence and Legion Of Doom also brought to you a Christmas present in a filedemo form, enjoy it!Merry Xmas 2020

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Merry Xmas From Bauknecht!
Posted by Luca on 2020-12-23
Santa 2020In spite of any pandemic, against any malaise that wants to sadden us, and in the memory of those who are no longer with us, it is Christmas also for this 2020! And Santa crosses the sky once again!

Bauknecht is happy to wish you a Merry Christmas and a New Year full of hope! In just a couple of days, here is a colorful, noisy parade of Santas waving for you for a fatty total of 278 fullscreen frames, frantically moved by a pure TEDsound version of the most classic of the season's music, brought to you on Plus/4 by the grandiose 5tarbuck!
The trackmo is out both on C64 and Plus/4, to maximize the wishes' audience, both run even on PAL and NTSC machines, with the C64 one playing a SID tune composed by Scarzix. Could the audience be bigger than this? Yes, it could be...so, no hardware barriers at all: Santa 2020 is also available as .D81 (to be SD2IEC compliant), and as .crt for all the users of SideKick/NeoRAM out there! Mad/BKN, coder in chair of this demo, just thought of us all!

Merry Xmas to all the mates orbiting around Plus/4 World! Stay with your beloved ones, stay safe, stay... Santa 2020!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-22The popular cross-platform cruncher Exomizer has been updated to version 3.1.0. Be sure to download the latest![ comment ]


Adventure DIY With Ozmoo Online!
Posted by Luca on 2020-12-19
Plundered HeartsThe rules about adventure games' porting are now changed forever!

Johan Berntsson and Fredrik Ramsberg have just freed in the wild Ozmoo Online, a page to build Z-code text adventures for use on C64, C128 and Plus/4, based on the Ozmoo interpreter. The online version itself includes a dozen of famous Infocom's classics as Z-code, which weren't previously ported on Plus/4, to be converted literally in few seconds! You can also change some parameters about text and colors, you can add a bitmap picture before loading the main code, and choose the final medium format (.prg/single or multi .D64/.D81). This would mean that anybody not only can pack up his own jewel version of the same adventure, but – I repeat: literally in few seconds! – one can pick up his Z-code adventure from hundreds of them stored in the Z-code archives (e.g.: if-archive, just to say the largely known around), and easily pack up his version, perfectly working, to be run on his C64, C128 or Plus/4!

Just to have an idea, Luca has packed up a porting of the Infocom's most famous Plundered Hearts, in a very little time. In-cre-di-ble!
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Posted by Luca on 2020-12-18Rüdiger supports the Publications page with some new fantastic books in PDF: Commodore Plus/4 ROM-LISTING, C16 C116 Plus/4 Maschinensprache, Commodore Plus/4 Tips & Tricks, C16 Tips & Tricks and a better copy of Alles Über Den Plus/4.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-12-16Within one day, Jorge "Pastbytes" Castillo has first converted (V1.0) then improved (V1.1) his Spanish voice synthesizer TAV16, which works even on a C16.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-15YAPE 1.1.8 is out now! Head on to the homepage and get your copy![ comments ]


Solitaire 16
Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-14
Solitaire 16The incredible amount of activity on Plus/4 World continues with another new game release: Solitaire 16. It was developed by Jimmi Johansen, it's a simple but competent implementation of Klondike (which is a solitaire card game, famously appearing in Windows). It's written in machine code, works on both PAL & NTSC and fits into 16K. If you want to play cards for a while, look no further :-)
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Danger! "Cross Snake" Gonna Bite Your Joystick!
Posted by Luca on 2020-12-13
Cross SnakeFabrizio Caruso continues his exploration down below, into the realm of multi-platform game's coding, demostrating to all the inner power of the Cross-Lib, the author's retro-hardware abstraction layer for coding universal 8-bit games, with another "Cross" game.

The fourth in a row of the Cross Games series is a nibbler-type one, with apples to pick up, bonus and points to collect, moving mines to avoid, walls suddenly placing and vanishing, secrets to unveil and many many more. 32 levels of snakey fun to beat, for a hi-paced game of which you must learn to hold the reins.

Play Cross Snake to achieve your highest score, and to solve goals and sub-goals. Do it on any Commodore 264 machine, C16 included.
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Double-Double
Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-12
Escape And EvasionDracula IIToday we have two new converted adventures for you: Escape And Evasion and Dracula II. Each of these were released as two separate program files on C64. KiCHY's conversions have been merged into a single games, and best of all, you get a brand-new illustration for them as the title screen!

In Escape And Evasion you're trying to make it out of a prison camp alive, and in Dracula II... Well, the title should be a clear giveaway as to what the game is about.

Enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-12Javier Gonzalez developed the Chrome dinosaur running game for the C16 (Oflain16), check it out![ comments ]


Cyberpunk 2077
Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-10
Cyberpunk 2077It's finally December 10th, and you what that means: after numerous delays and roughly 8 yearshours of development, Cyberpunk 2077 is here! Features breathtaking graphic (there's only one so it's singular), selectable lifepath (only "demowatcher" is available), and 2 hoursminutes of music!

Drop everything, fire up that PS4Plus/4 and check it out!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-12-03MCG updated his database utility on 2020-11-15, which (with apologies for being late) is now available on our site.[ comment ]


Fantasy * 7
Posted by Chronos on 2020-12-02
Castle of the Skull LordOur crunchy, fresh KiCHY adventure pack contains 7 fantasy-themed adventures this time, specifically: Castle of the Skull Lord (Samurai, 1984), Crystal Frog (Kerian UK, 1984), Desert of Destiny, Faerie, Secrets of the Pyramid of Light, Terror Temple and The Halls Of The Dwarven Kings.

The one worth highlighting might be Desert of Destiny. Written by Stephan de la Motte in 1988; if that name rings a bell then kudos to you, he also wrote Mediterranean Mission. Since neither of these are very-well known adventures, there are currently no solutions for them anywhere on the net, so solving them might be a fun challenge for adventure fans.

Enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2020-11-30Surprise! A new little sweet game hits the scene: it's Toop, created by by Haplo and Marukpa.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-11-30Very sad news: we mourn the passing of Erich Laber, to us known as a prolific German Plus/4 scener and long-time editor of Club Info.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-11-29The Elevator is the new game made by spotlessmind1975. [ comment ]


Raster Madness!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-11-29
Raster MadnessSince last year's release of Adventure Park, our scene hasn't heard anything from prolific coder Skoro. Well, now everyone can see what he's been cooking as Skoro is back with a brand new demo called Raster Madness! This nearly 8 minute production is sure to set some kind of record as to the number of rasterlines displayed in a single demo. A visual feast for the eyes, colorful raster tricks upon raster tricks with an all TED soundtrack. Be sure to check it out!
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Posted by Luca on 2020-11-27There's no V2 without V3: consistent with his nickname, Shine shines again on the PETSCII side of a 121 colors'palette, releasing Plus4World V3.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-11-26A curiosity for collectors: Betpro II is apparently a never-before-seen commercial program, courtesy of Plus4Punk.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-11-25After the straight porting from C64 of Back on the Menu done by Chronos, now the official Plus/4 version by Dr. TerrorZ has been relased: Back On The Real Menu.[ comment ]


Stack 123!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-11-20
Stack 123Stack 123, a new number-puzzle game has just been released. If you liked 2048 and 1010!, you'll surely enjoy this one as well. There is a built-in tutorial that explains the rules, or you can watch a demo game to see how it's done. As you create blocks with larger numbers, it's easy to get stuck. Creating an "11" block or higher is a nice achievement!

All you need to play is a couple of minutes. Check it out and enjoy!
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Get 5 Take 2: Dizzy V - Spellbound Dizzy!
Posted by Luca on 2020-11-17
Dizzy V - Spellbound DizzyThe last few years of the 264 scene have consecrated the art of converting games from other systems as a real asset of the user community. Among all the fantastic coders who have contributed to giving new life to this distinguishing practice, Ulysses777 can undoubtedly be crowned as the King of Dizzy games, continuing the path already traced years ago by TGMS.

There is no One without Two, and there is no Two without ... Five! So, here we come with the first autumn colds, Dizzy V - Spellbound Dizzy, perhaps the most divisive episode of the Dizzy series - for some too long, for others a great challenge - but definitely another gem that completes the whole precious set! Ulysses777 takes to you this classic arcade-adventure/platform game, with a fantastic TEDsound rewriting playing along the game... but it turns out to be two games in one! Alongside the Normal version, there is also the Lite version: originally released on C64 in a later collection, the Lite version features a smaller game map, but malicious rumors speak of bad bugs throughout the game ... it will be true?.

In the same days in which the Oliver Twins show the world the screenshots of the new incoming "Wonderful Dizzy", Ulysses777 allows us to recover the previous chapters of the saga at the speed of light, on the system we like best. Thanks, buddy! Let's explore this new Dizzy V - Spellbound Dizzy!
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Molecule Man +4!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-11-06
Molecule Man +4Molecule Man is a 1986 isometric maze game from Mastertronic. The classic C16 version we know (released a year later) did away with masking, but gained some (slightly clashing) colors compared to the original. If you ever wanted to see how that game would have looked like... Thanks to KiCHY now you can!

Molecule Man +4 is a conversion of the C64 game. Your task is to collect 16 circuits to escape the maze. Pick up coins along the way, which you can use at vending machines to buy bombs and rad pills.

Check it out!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-11-03Litwr released FBI+4, a utility which speeds us BASIC program execution by 5-35% at the cost of some RAM.[ comments ]


Paratroopers Fall Again!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-10-30
Paratroopers Fall Again!Paratroopers Fall Again! If that title rings a bell, that's no wonder - this game has been converted twice before. This time however, it's done right :-) Instead of listing what's wrong with the older conversions, here's a list of what you'll get in this version: correct controls, proper colors, decent sound, a nice intro - and of course fast-paced shooting action! The game has several options to choose from to keep the gameplay varied and interesting. Check it out and enjoy!
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Endless Summer In ECM Mode
Posted by Luca on 2020-10-29
Tropical ECMotionCold comes with Father Winter, but you're wishing the summer never ends? The Extended Color Mode (ECM) of your prefer 264 machine it's coming to save you today.

Tropical ECMotion is little more than a single, very simple, effect, created by Luca/FIRE in order to test his personal ECM editor. The opportunity to participate in the CSDb's ECM Mode Demoeffect Competition prompted him to convert it to C64, hence now we have a twin release C64/C16 (the demo fits under 16kB), playing a new dedicated SID tune – wow, after just 14 years since the last one Luca did! – waiting for the forthcoming new batch of SIDcards. Of course, TLC's MConv V1.6 is here, providing TEDsound playback too, but his best contribution to this production it is undoubtedly the feature of the SIDwinder V01.23 packer that allows you to change the register base of the SID of your music.

Summer is far to come, but we, professional vacationers of idleness on the bECMh, are already getting ready.
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FCK 2020!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-10-28
FCK 2020Do you like banging beats?
Are you a fan of Plus/4 Demos?
Have you had enough of this year?
If so, we have the perfect thing for you!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-10-24BoCp released a small BASIC game called Miner 2020. Check it out![ comment ]


New Game: Squirm 16
Posted by Csabo on 2020-10-23
Squirm 16Tony Kelly wrote several C16 classics, such as Big Mac, Video Meanies and Squirm. The one - perhaps not too well known - fact that connects these is that their C64 counterparts are very different games! Instead of mere ports, each one is a similar but unique game of their own right.

Today, thanks to Gaia you can try out the C64 version of Squirm called Squirm 16! It's a cute action game, coded one year earlier than the one we already know. It's the type of game that doesn't have - or need - a complicated backstory: collect the eggs, avoid the bad guys, pick up the bonuses!

This weekend, you're officially invited: Let's Play Squirm 16!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-10-14The Hungarian transcription and English translation of Checkpoint 6x16 (which contains a lengthy interview with TCFS) is now available in the Features section.[ comments ]


Domino Deluxe!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-10-09
Domino DeluxeIf you ever feel like playing Domino for a while, we hope you will give Domino Deluxe a chance. It's the deluxe version of the same game that was already released by TGMS and EVS. With the included NTSC fix, the game will work on all 264 machines!

("All 264 machines? What about the Commodore 16?" you may ask... Well, it works on that too! "Oh, so since it's 16K, we're missing out on 64K machines?" Nope! "How can that be?" Well, if you're indeed asking this question, read the author's comments to find out.)

Enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-10-08We got our hand on a nice, full-size cover for Olivér Otthona (thanks to Lacus). Check it out in its fully glory![ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-10-02Busy end of summer for The Balrog: Alien Research Centre 3, From Out of a Dark Night Sky and Return To The Castle are his newly ported; tiny fixes for An Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold, Bulbo and the Lizard-King, The Secret Of Little Hodcome; Status-Bar version's rerelases for many of his previous releases.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-09-25No days with zero releases! Today, we have Cross Bomber by Fabrizio Caruso, and the free demo of a commercial adventure from Canada: Tristam Island.[ comments ]


New Working Controls For Castle Master
Posted by Luca on 2020-09-24
Castle Master +3DF! [PAL/NTSC]Castle Master has been converted on Plus/4 by TGMS in late 1992, and it has promptly indicated as another new big homebrew conversion from him, in the days when he was the man on fire. Unfortunately, both keyboard and joystick commands suffer due several bugs when trying to move in the game's 3D space or trying to point the sight cross , in the end lowering the overall experience.

After "only" 27 years, it's been Luca/FIRE who undertook the task to fix the controls of a fantastioc game which truly deserves to be played in full comfort: Castle Master +3DF! [PAL/NTSC] is a +3 trained version expressely released to definitely fix the controls, repair the original intro bitmap and add one more of it, making it 100% NTSC compatible too. As a touching feature, the included docs have some fresh words from the Plus/4 author himself.

This release is dedicated to Jason Kelk aka TMR, our hearts fly to him, out thoughts won't leave him alone. Forza, bud!
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Revenge Of The GTWs: Lemmings!
Posted by Luca on 2020-09-23
LemmingsIt looks like we are entering a new era of Plus/4 gaming archeology, since Frank Gasking published his gigantic work "The Games That Weren't" for Bitmap Books.

Although no TED production was considered for final publication due to space constraints, Frank retrieved his articles about GTWs for Plus/4 on his related blog, giving us precious recapitulations enriched whenever possible by interviews with the authors themselves, in a very complete form of the final information.
The first to be analyzed was 1942, and the article is the best summary of everything that his coder, Richard Ikin, has told us in recent years.
The second game under the microscope is the much desired Lemmings, the unfinished work of TCFS and Unreal. In particular, the Maestro has expressly granted Frank the right to freely release all the material related to the game, which has been preserved throughout these years. Thanks to this, Plus/4 World is now able to present to you - and if you wish to play online - the best of the known Lemmings's available previews. Plus, there's a zipped pack with all the known workstages of both graphics and programming.

We have so many GTWs waiting for answers to the burning questions that surround them, so let's expect new fantastic articles written by Frank Gasking, and new surprises released thanks to them.
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Space Adventures!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-09-19
Adventure In Time And SpaceEscape the mundane by playing these four space and sci-fi themed adventures, converted by KiCHY!

The flagship game is Adventure In Time And Space (Dorothy Millard, 1989). A sprawling two-part adventure that takes you to many locations, including a deserted space station, visiting cave men, medieval England, into the Alps, a far off planet and the London suburbs.

In Moon Stroll, you're... strolling on the moon (who would have thought?). Things aren't that simple though, you must find your way back to your spaceship and travel back to planet earth.

Fans of Doctor Who must try The Key To Time, where you step into the shoes of the Doctor himself.

Finally, in Quann Tulla the player wakes up from hibernation on the titular spaceship. You must survive and save the Federation in this high-tech space adventure full of databanks and teleportation.

Enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-09-17Club Info 159 is here (in English as well, if you use our built-in links to Google Translate). Check it out![ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-09-14Marco Spedaletti never misses an online competition! Here are two entries from him, Air Attack! for the "RetroProgramming Italia Air Attack Challenge" and Totto! for the "Retro Programmers Inside Flappy Bird Challenge".[ comment ]


There's No Dizzy Without Dizzy II
Posted by Luca on 2020-09-12
Dizzy II - Treasure Island DizzyUlysses777 has taken a long run and doesn't intend to stop now!

After the first chapter of the series, released in June as a meteorite suddenly hitting the scene, is now time for the second adventure of Dizzy: Dizzy II - Treasure Island Dizzy comes in one single .prg file, with docs, trainer, intro pic, digi speech, two different endings and all the great challenge of a classic platform adventure.

Release after release, is he going to fulfill all the missing chapters in the famous egg's series? Of course nobody knows... meanwhile we have a new Dizzy experience to bite, one which can't be missed for sure. Thank you again, Ulysses777!
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Posted by Luca on 2020-08-31Rüdiger has just provided the rare Complete Course in BASIC Programming, the multiplatform collection including the famous An Introduction To Basic Part 2 and Advanced BASIC Commands and Concepts which formally is the third in the series.[ comments ]


HVTC Update Aug 2020
Posted by Luca on 2020-08-19
Hot pandemic summer? Ok, time to refresh High Voltage TED Collection, also known as HVTC, and take it beyond new boundaries: 724 single files overall!

This is a very balanced release, as we have added a little bit of everything from the three main channels that we usually draw on: proven TED samples, amazing new arrivals, and obscure or forgotten software over time. All this for a total of 28 new entries, with Battle of the Bits which brings us even more fresh composers who dare first steps on the chip.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!­­­­­­­­
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-08-134 small releases coded in 2020 by raze: 3D Viewer, 42 2020, Basic Mod Player Light and Sea Battle![ comments ]


Labyrinth 2020 BC
Posted by Csabo on 2020-08-08
Labyrinth 2020 BCA new game was just released: Labyrinth 2020 BC by raze. In the game, you control Tony Arizona, an intrepid adventurer who likes to risk his life exploring ancient tombs. Guide him through 6 levels to escape the pyramid, using bombs to blow up walls and be sure to avoid the tomb guardian. Check it out!
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The Pit!
Posted by Doug on 2020-08-08
The PitAfter 30 plus years, here's my next release for the Plus4! I wanted to revisit the game format from Icicle Works, and correct some of the mistakes I made. Most notably the lack of a smooth scrolling window. I also wanted to bring Prospector Pete along for the ride too, and so The Pit was born. It has taken me a long time to make this release, owing to a distinct lack of spare time and external 'real life' factors. I am truly grateful to everyone who has helped me on the way - MIK for some great tunes, Luca for his tunes, brilliant sound effects, testing and suggestions for improvements. I'm also deeply indebted to Degauss for his amazing music player, my work colleague Michele for his great level designs, Infin for his creative input early on, and MikeDX & Mad for their encouragement. And of course all Plus4 World patrons - this is for you.

Cheers,
Doug
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First Release From aNdy:"Robocop PETSCII Plus/4"
Posted by Luca on 2020-07-29
Robocop PETSCII Plus/4In the end, it's here, just as promised: the very first Plus/4 release from aNdy/Cosine is finally here, and reports the sign of Arkanix Labs".

Robocop PETSCII Plus/4 is a PETSCII based filedemo ported on every 32K PAL/NTSC machine of the 264 series, from the original C64 one released few days before it. The main theme apparently is the famous cybernetic cop from the 19887 classic movie by Paul Verhoeven, now in pure PETSCII fashion. Given that the main push to release it is clearly the exploration of the 264 system, aNdy didn't just convert the original sound, but he rewrote the same songs used in the C64 version, composing them from scratch using Knaecketraecker.

It's a pretty juicy beginning for the Plus/4 side of Arkanix Labs (and, as an echo, for the Cosine crew too, a well known one along our latitudes), and we ask for more and more since now. But now, enjoy Robocop PETSCII Plus/4.
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Down The River!
Posted by Chronos on 2020-07-23
Down The River!Is today a wonderful rainy day for you? If so, spend your time descending down the river in this month's KiCHY adventure pack! Among other things, we can pass the time with River Software's adventure games, but once we're done with all three (Lifeboat, The Miser, Mutant) we can crash into a fresh crisp 1985 Firebird game, The Helm, and then and we can have fun with two games published by the CRL Group, namely Pilgrim and Wolfman. If even this couldn't satisfy our hunger for adventuring, check out: Billy Barker Investigates, Ice Station Zero, Joe Dick Private Investigator Case #1, Jolly Jack's Run Ashore, Kreen II, The Black Jewel, The Flight of the Unicorn and The Staff of Power. Have fun!
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Ultimate Map V2.1
Posted by Luca on 2020-07-22
Ultimate ROM Map V2.1The Bible has been updated! Ultimate Map pops out, again signed by SVS/FIRE, adding more stuff and fixing where needed.

The list of news about V2.1 release is a long one as expected, and can be roughly summarized as follows:

- More detailed info on Basic commands: FOR...NEXT, USR(), LOAD, DLOAD, CLR, SYS, GET, RESTORE;
- Explained schematic of datablocks for GOSUB, FOR, DO inside the Basic buffer;
- Drive 1581: more info about internal commands (and fixed a mistake on $A6 command code);
- New table of RGB codes on Color table;
- Deep info on CAN'T CONTINUE message and managing;
- Basic command INPUT detailed O.S. info (and a new trick);
- Fix bit#3 mistake in TEXT MULTICOLOR scheme;
- New Expansion Port schematic;
- Drives: added new schemes about Surface Map and MasterTrack Map:
- CONT command used inside a program :-)
...and many others. The complete list is as usual in the Credits page.

Ultimate Map now offers full support of the pre-existent Screen Codes Calculator (Graphic Modes sheet, row 75): by this tool you can calculate the values for a memory cell, in order to set (or read) the colors / luminances / background in either Text, Hires or Multicolor screen.

Update the essential TED's compendium right now, downloading it from here.
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Posted by Luca on 2020-07-19Behind Closed Doors 9B, the new chapter of the saga from The Balrog, shows the brand new Infocom fashioned PunyInform engine.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-07-17Botticelli Bilderdisk 45 is here from Erich/ULTD.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-07-10Fabrizio Caruso released another cross-platform game called Cross Shoot: a simple shooter where your goal is to... kill all enemies![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-07-09One of the entries from the recent craptastic 4K compo was also released for the +4: Country Pop.[ comment ]


The Librarian
Posted by Csabo on 2020-07-07
The LibrarianExplanation? None. Author? RoePipi. Awesome PETSCII, colorful graphics, unique gameplay? Check, check and check.
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Major Blink Deluxe
Posted by Csabo on 2020-07-05
Major Blink DeluxeWe had a lot of adventure games released in the past months. Recently, the action games are striking back, after Alien8 and the new Dizzy game, LOD joins the ranks of cracker groups, hoping to shine some light on an old classic:

Legion Of Doom just released Major Blink Deluxe! Grass created a beautiful rendition of the original cover art for a recent C=64 port of the game, and he also did a more colorful, Plus/4 specific version. A fresh new main menu and cheats menu with 12 options (including some anti-cheats) waits for you in this release.

Nojeee, the father of Berks did an awesome job with this old-school shooter, and we hope the Deluxe version manages to pay its respects. Check it out and enjoy!
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Dizzy +2
Posted by Chronos on 2020-07-02
Dizzy +2One of the two active cracker crews has stepped up and brought you Dizzy +2. We make it easier for you, less loading time, and those with less gamer abilities (including me, Chronos) are able to play this extremely enjoyable game to completion. What else can I say? Enjoy the stuff, it deserves it!
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Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure
Posted by Csabo on 2020-06-30
Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon AdventureUlysses777 is back after an 11 year hiatus. He returns unexpectedly but triumphantly with a fresh conversion of a Dizzy game: Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure!

This game was the first in the Dizzy series. The titular character must defeat Zaks, the evil wizard. To do this, he must collect several items and deposit them in a cauldron to create a magic potion. Since only one item can be carried at a time, this is not a trivial task.

The conversion itself is from the Spectrum version. Fans of this series (and everyone else!) is encouraged to give it a try. Be sure to comment in the forum. Enjoy!
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The Wanderlust Pack
Posted by Chronos on 2020-06-11
HampsteadAnother instance of KiCHY's unstoppable adventure loot box is here: the wanderlust pack. This time it contains: Baby Blues, Enigma Adventure, Escape To Freedom, Hampstead, Journey To The Centre Of Eddie Smith's Head, Land Of The Purple Sea, Mediterranean Mission, Subsunk, The Magic Journey, Who Done It. Enjoy!
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Alien 8
Posted by Chronos on 2020-06-11
Alien 8You won't believe it, but Alien 8 has arrived on our beloved little machine! In this game, you control a robot whose job is to protect the cryogenically preserved passengers of the spaceship until they reach their destination. Originally developed in 1985 for ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and Amstrad CPC, it features the "Filmation" engine, which produced groundbreaking isometric graphics for its time.

The conversion is thanks to Rod & Emu, the guys responsible for other similar games like Gunfright, Knight Lore, and Pentagram. As extra bonus, Saul Cross wrote new music for and STE’86 created a brand new title screen for the game. We also get all this in the Plus/4 version! Definitely worth a try!
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Seven Books
Posted by Csabo on 2020-06-05
BookToday, we're sharing 7 Hungarian books with you. The first 3 are from Lacus (scanned images), and the last 4 are from Sanya (in PDF format).
* A C16 És Plus/4 Az Általános Iskolai Fizikatanításban
* A Commodore 16-os Belső Felépítése
* cFORTH Commodore 16 Commodore plus/4 számítógépekre
* Commodore 16 Programozói Zsebkönyv
* Commodore Plus4 C16 C116 BASIC és felhasználói kézikönyv
* Csupa Szuper Játék C-16, C-Plus/4, C-116 Számítógépekre
* Tanári segédkönyv
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Posted by Stinaris on 2020-06-03GridIron 1.2 Released! .TAP only - For full retro lovely-ness. New loading screen, updated title page music, converted to Joystick port 1.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2020-05-28Club Info 158 is here! Remember, you can read it in English (via Google Translate). Side B has some rare BASIC stuff that have just been added to the database.[ comment ]


The Gilsoft Legacy
Posted by Chronos on 2020-05-20
Gilsoft AdventuresIn our latest KiCHY Quill pack, we take a look at the work of Gilsoft, founded by Tim Gilberts, one of the most renowned English developers. Why is Gilsoft important/interesting? Mostly because they developed the adventure game editor called "The Quill" and "DAAD"! The system was ported to quite a few home computers after its release in 1983, exploding the text adventure game market. More than 450(!) games were released with this engine! But let's also look at the specific games we're presenting to you today. These are mostly games made and/or released by Gilsoft, namely: Africa Gardens, where in an abandoned hotel we have to figure out where the guests have gone; In Barsak the Dwarf we search for treasures lost with Barsak; In Devil's Island, we must escape from a prison island; We need to find a stolen diamond in the Diamond Trail; in the Mindbender a human brain gets under the control of a hypnotizing machine; in Sorcerer we have to recover the stolen scroll and orbs, in Spy-Plane you must you survive and complete a mission high in the sky over enemy territory; and in The Curse we have to break an Egyptian curse.

Have fun!

There's a lengthy article about Tim on Stefan Vogt's site, if you're even a little bit curious about this topic, it may be worth reading.
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Bucket Wars Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-05-18
Bucket WarsBucket Wars is a classic turn-based strategy game in which the enemy kidnaps your beloved bucket and you have to get it back at all costs. To achieve victory, use your units wisely, as each one has a different strength: archers, armors, fighters and lords. Control with a joystick plugged into port two. The game actively uses short and long fire button presses! Have fun!
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It's offical: Árok Party 2020 is canceled! :(
Posted by siz on 2020-05-03
It's a sad Sunday morning: the organizers of Árok Party announced that the COVID-19 restrictions of organizing public events in Hungary prevent them to hold the party this year. :(
They hope that the pandemic will cease soon and they can start organizing next years' party. They signed off their post with this message:
"Keep the 8bit spirit and prepare to respawn ;) Cargo & poison"
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Small Pack from Lacus!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-04-22
PlatinaWe have one more off our wanted list: Lacus obtained a copy of Platina. We now have the TAP file, cover scan and cassette photo for this game. If you've never tried it, check it out!

Lacus also send us some odd cracks for the following games: Captain Fizz, Dex 2, Extasy, Head Over Heels, Nucleon, Tányértorony and Total Eclipse II. There's also an alternative version of Lámpaoltogató. Enjoy!
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Atic Atac Released!
Posted by Chronos on 2020-04-19
Atic AtacAtic Atac is an arcade adventure game originally released in 1983 for ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro. The player's job is to find the "ACG Gold Key" in a castle. To do this, you must open doors and dodge enemies. The original game required 48 kilobytes on the ZX, and Stinaris has now made the Commodore C16 version, which requires only 16 kilobytes!

(And be sure to check out Atic Atac+!)
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David R. Moffatt Adventures!
Posted by Chronos on 2020-04-09
Death ValleyThere hasn't been enough adventure game on Plus/4 lately, so we're opening up Kichy’s treasure chest, this time for Easter. In this pack you will find the adventure games of David R. Moffatt, such as Death Valley in which we have to get out of the legendary Death Valley alive, Temporal in which we have to fight our own brains, The Citadel of Yah-Mon in which we have to get Yah-Mon's treasure, The Lighthouse in which we have to get into the seemingly deserted but dangerous and secret lighthouse on Rock Island in the role of Secret Agent Dirk McBlane, The Shifting Sands in which we suddenly find ourselves in a mystical sand desert, West in which we fly back to the 1800s and have to build a career in the Wild West, and finally in the Yukon (to honor Csabo) we have to stay alive in the Canadian primeval wild.

We hope you aren't sick of this yet, everyone have fun, Happy Adventuring!
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Szellemváros Anyone? Ah, "Ghost Town Plus"!
Posted by Luca on 2020-04-02
Ghost Town PlusIf it's a cult classic, it will come back again and again! And the classic of the C16 classics Ghost Town is now on charge for a new comeback, in a new shape, with brand new features!

After few brief but sweet appearances in the Plus/4 scene, it's time for awsm to boldly pass the gate of a full release. We all just know him for the fantastic Ghost Town JS, the version of the Udo Gertz's classic you can freely play online, and from a homepage with the sweetest URL ever, Kingsoft.de! :D Today, awsm doesn't miss the opportunity to return on his beloved C16 adventure, to finally reveal the one and only Commodore 64 conversion of Ghost Town! Hence, do you see any better chance to improve the original game and add some juicy features into it?
Well, he said yes, and Ghost Town Plus popped out from his assemblers! Ghost Town Plus runs on any 264 machine with 32K as minimum, and finally it features Hungarian text, as sign of respect for the Magyar tradition about the Plus/4 scene! There's a solid retouch of the ingame graphics, some serious bugfixes, an evocative PETSCII intro with language selection menu, and a wonderful intro picture!

In sad times with real ghost towns all over the world, it's really time to replay the one and only as Ghost Town Plus, to stay at home while walking in a Ghost Town!
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21 From Charlemagne!
Posted by Csabo on 2020-03-23
Short-term MemoryA while back we reported about the BASIC 10 Liners 2020 Contest, which has just ended. Out of the 31 entries on our platform, a solid 21 belongs to Charlemagne. He's released his creations today; 19 of them are games. What dedication!

Here's the full list of programs: Big Boom (8L), Car Racer (4L), Dripstones (10L), Find A Pair (10L), Flip Ball (10L), Hanoi (Towers) (10L), Jumpman (10L), Key War (10L), Little Picasso (8L), Lost City (10L), Mastermind (Charlemagne) (10L), Mine Field (10L), Move Bot (10L), Please Wait (1L), Short-term Memory (9L), The Square Of X (8L), Trouble In Space (10L), Turtle (Graphics) (10L), Two Gorillas (10L), Vipera (Charlemagne) (10L), Words (10L).
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Won't Escape From "The Curse of Rabenstein"!
Posted by Luca on 2020-03-18
The Curse of Rabenstein"We should try to find a place to stay for the night. The horses need a rest." Those were the coachman's last words before he disappeared without a trace. Lost deep in the Black Forest, you soon find out that some things should remain buried forever.

The Curse of Rabenstein is the new graphic-/textadventure from Stefan Vogt, the author of the acclaimed Hibernated interactive fiction series, which includes past Plus/4 releases like Hibernated 1 and Eight Feet Under. It is the first release from Puddle Software, a collective formed by members of Pond and with the mission of creating new games for the classic 8-bit and 16-bit home computers of the 80s. The Curse of Rabenstein is following the paths of the legendary adventures from Level 9, but it tries to meet modern gaming expectations, so that the most sophisticated genre back from the day transforms into a contemporary homage.

The Curse of RabensteinThis game represents the goal desired since the first release of the DAAD engine for Commodore Plus/4: a completely new adventure game, which unlike the C64 version, the closest technically, uses hires graphics instead of multicolor to better describe its locations. The story flows quite in a linear way to be enjoyed by adventurers of any skill, and uses a friendly parser overall. You can buy the physical release at Puddle's headquarters, or you can download the .d64 of the game for this and several other formats (Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum +3, Spectrum Next, Spectrum ESXDOS, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, PC) and pay for it with the "name your own price" formula, starting to free download.

This production clearly exudes love for the 264 series machines from all pores, and Stefan Vogt & C. had the ability to bring a high-ranking production back to the Plus/4, something that fans really deserved!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-03-12Club Info 157 is out! (Don't forget you can read it via Google Translate.) Also a new BASIC 10-liner game from RoePipi called Help them, T-man! Check them out![ comment ]


A Mermaid Among PETSCII Waves
Posted by Luca on 2020-03-10
Fairlight PETSCII IntroOccasionally, old friends come back to visit us to surprise us with completely unexpected delicious gems. Mermaid is one of those friends, and her art always leaves us speechless.

This time's present is a super cute celebration of a classic C64 crack intro, revisited to work in pure PETSCII, playing a SID tune or, if no SIDcard is detected, playing a dedicated TED tune. All this fancy mechanism stays under the 4K category, and comes under the noble signature of Genesis Project. It has been released in the same D64 images, together with its C64 counterpart.

Joyful surprise, Mermaid, hope to see more and more releases from you around here.
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Lacus vs László Gulyás Jr.
Posted by Csabo on 2020-03-03
Octasoft Basic V7.0Lacus got to meet up with László Gulyás Jr. (in person), and got a small pack of goodies from him. These are now online on our site!

Octasoft Basic V7.0 now has a cover scan, photos of the cartridge, plus the entire manual scanned. We also have a photo of the cartridge for Deltex. Another book has been scanned as well, titled Rendszerváltozók és I/O címek.

We added some new programs: Assembler (BASIC) is no longer missing, Karakter-Tervező is a small utility, Sorozatok and Sorozatok+ are educational programs. Finally, there's a new never-before-seen game called SOS Dolgozat. Check it out!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-02-293 new games from RoePipi are out today! The BASIC 10 Lines 2020 compo is in full swing, there are 5 6 C16/Plus4 entries already. Check them out and show your support![ comments ]


Turbo Rascal Syntax Error
Posted by sabe on 2020-02-19
Do you want to make Pascal programs for your Plus/4? Have you heard about the new development environment called TRSE? It's a new editor/compiler which supports Plus/4 as well.
Head to https://lemonspawn.com/turbo-rascal-syntax-error-expected-but-begin/ for more details. Full source available on GitHub!
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-02-19Thanks to Iwan, we now have all issues of Bulletin (a Dutch C16/Plus4 magazine) available on the site. Check it out![ comments ]


The Queen's Footsteps: Davide Bucci's Sophomore
Posted by Luca on 2020-02-17
The Queen's FootstepsExactly after one year, the 15th of February, here comes the Davide Bucci's sophomore, the follow up of the adventures involving the Italian belle époque's heroine Emilia Vittorini, this time acting as an ancient times' Lara Croft among some riddles into egyptology!

The Queen's Footsteps has been developed with Adventure Writing System (AWS) coded by Aristide Torrelli by Davide Bucci, and this process line allowed the author to let it run the game on many other machines, some classic ones, some quite exotic: have a look in the official page, and you'll find the same story running on VIC20, C64, C128 and ZX Spectrum, but here come weird ones like Olivetti M20, MacIntosh 68K, Commander X16, CP/M and so on...

This time, Emilia Vittorini has reached Genoa in order to follow the transfer of the grave goods of Queen Nefertari coming from the archaeological work camp in Egypt, towards the Egyptian Museum of Turin. The date at which the game starts is August 27, 1904. Everything around make you think it won't be an easy task at all, for some reasons, and the steam era setting induces a halo of mystery about the story.

The Queen's FootstepsThe Queen's Footsteps contains a number of references to some historical figures and to some specific places of Turin and Genoa. The author has included them in the hope to add a certain depth to the game, but some deeper particulars may remain un-noticed by a non-Italian (or even non-Piedmontese) player, nonetheless he also took some licences from historical facts, just because they would fit the story and the game. Hence, Davide set a specific page on his site, in order to read about those notes while the story flows, to be loaded by inserting the same specific game password mainly used to load the current part of the game and avoid to redo all the past path.

The train is close to leave the station, and you're still in the hotel: it's time to move on it like a real action lady, Emilia...
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10th Anniversary of BASIC 10 Liner Contest
Posted by Chronos on 2020-02-13
There is a competition running at https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/2020! (On the page please scroll down for English.) As you can judge by the title, the goal is to create a program in 10 BASIC lines. It can be a game, a tool, or an application.

Deadline for submissions: Saturday, March 21, 2020, 6 p.m. CET
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Posted by Csabo on 2020-02-11Two very rare covers from Handic software have been added: SSP and The Mutant Spiders. Thanks to 264er_fan![ comments ]


Happy Samurais With Weird Tigers
Posted by Luca on 2020-02-05
Frenzy-Pic-Kurosawa+4Sometimes, the oddity makes you enter the story from an unexpected backdoor. This was the case with Compopic, a C64 bitmap picture released by Parrot of Therapy to join the graphic competition at the Contest 1999 party held in Budapest. If something in the world exists, to merge up both C64 and memes, that would be for sure this picture! Between 2019 and 2020, someone thought that the time to glorify this epic release was ripe, so the Compopic Competition has been launched, returning unexpected pieces of art from the most varied styles.

Frenzy-Pic-Kurosawa is the entry drawn by Carrion for that compo, then, as usual, he wanted to reiterate once again his love for the 264 series, modifying it to optimize it in the limits and in the palette of the MFLI format for Plus/4, and the stunning result is Frenzy-Pic-Kurosawa+4, another unbeatable one from the Polish genius!
This time, all the work around this graphic gem in the crown, has been extensively described in the article that the author himself has published thru the brand new Polish C64 portal C64Portal.pl, enjoy the reading!
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Simon Avery Adventures!
Posted by Chronos on 2020-01-31
Danger! Adventurer At Work!Kichy is back with to close January on Plus/4 World with a new pack of adventures. We have no less than 11(!) new games converted from C64 - all by Simon Avery. This prolific author released all his games to the public domain in 2004, you can visit his site here. (He sometimes used the pseudonym Michael Hunt for specific types of games.)

  • In A Magician's Apprentice, you play an apprentice whose great magician disappeared, and you must find and rescue him.
  • In Jason Of The Argonauts, you play the of the Argonauts on a quest to find the fabled golden fleece, so that you can reclaim your rightful throne.
  • In Merlin (a two-part adventure), you must save the Queen, King Arthur's wife.
  • Pre-History takes you way back into the past, you must find your family.
  • Prison Blues lets you play a criminal, who is trying to break out of prison.
  • In The Gerbil Riot Of '67, you must escape from an asylum!
  • The House Out Of Town puts you into the role of a solicitor, looking for the last will and testament of a client.
  • In Total Reality Delusion you're transported to an abnormal plane of existence, and you must find your way back to reality.
  • And finally, Danger! Adventurer At Work! one and two are funny meta-games, in which you must find a quiet room to play adventures in.

Enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2020-01-24New layout for the DAAD driven adventure games converted by John Wilson: let's test Jack The Ripper in three different versions, with alternative charsets and colour.[ comment ]


Posted by Rüdiger on 2020-01-21If you are curious about how many copies Timeslip sold in 1990, you can now get some insight (with permission from Jon Williams)![ comments ]


Impossible Mission * 3
Posted by Csabo on 2020-01-15
First off, don't get excited - we don't really have Impossible Mission for Plus/4. Now, with that out of the way, what we do have are some genuine Plus/4 oddities, three of them in fact. Read on, if you're interested.

Let's start with the first one: Impossible Mission. I wouldn't want to use the word "garbage" to describe a piece of software, but in this case it might be appropriate. Here we have a short BASIC program, 17 lines, which prints some text, inputs a string, and resets. So what gives? Back in the day (pre 90's), there was no internet, all we had were envelopes mailed to each other with cassettes and lists. Some enterprising (or mischievous) soul must have created this, and it started spreading. Who wouldn't want Impossible Mission? It probably works, you just need the code!... Well, we now know better.

Round two: Impossible Mission (Mr. Soft), this being the reason for this little editorial. It's a new cover and TAP file we got from Lacus. It's yet another Italian hack, we have our fair share of them. Imagine buying this at the store (or at the newsstand?), taking it home, loading it up on your computer, only for it to turn out to be... Raffles. Ugh, what a letdown. It's nice to have this in our database though (thanks, Lacus!)

And finally: Impossible Mission. This appears to have been the real deal, key phrase being "have been". It was a game written by a young Hungarian developer, taking 2nd place in a competition, but unfortunately this game is lost. Click the link for more info.

There we have it; garbage, hack, lost. If you really want to play, better load up A-07 or perhaps Rózsaszín Párduc - or pick a different platformer.
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New Covers from Lacus
Posted by Csabo on 2020-01-14
Telex 2000 Szó MagyarulSzövegszerkesztőOrosz - A Főnevek Eszközhatározós EseteOrosz - A Főnevek Részeshatározós EseteLacus sent us a pack of covers, cassette photos and TAP files, if you are interested in collection, read on! Each of these forced us to clean up the database a little bit: Telex 2000 Szó Magyarul was listed as two separate games, but apparently it's one release. Szövegszerkesztő is a competent word processor for C16. The well-known version of this utility is the 64K version however, and as of yet we don't have a commercial release of this. (The Hungarian language reviews of the 16K version do mention that the 64K version was sold as well.) Finally there's 4 "Orosz" (Russian) programs. These will need to be organized better; but the creators did not make this easy: they use different titles virtually everywhere (on the cover, on the cassette, for the program name when loading and on the game screen).

Big thanks to Lacus for these, enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2020-01-11John Wilson strikes again, completing the conversion of all the three parts of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde DAAD engined adventure.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-01-09We know Xmas is gone, but Santa's Glowing Balls still need to be thrown at the tree, just as Giuseppe Mignogna used to do.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2020-01-07Nick Sherman is back on the murder's place, it's now Caveman's turn to become a Plus/4 game from the Game & Watch world.[ comments ]


DAAD R5 is out!
Posted by siz on 2020-01-06
DAAD R5 is finally out with official Plus/4 support.

Earlier (unofficial) versions used C64 memory layout, therefore C64 DAAD adventures could be used by simply changing the interpreter engine. In order to use Plus/4 resources better, this release contains a new interpreter with native Plus/4 memory map. This allows 25 rows of text, but breaks compatibility with C64 game data; therefore you have to target the Plus/4 directly if you want your adventure to run on the 264 series (64K only).

You can download DAAD from it's GitHub page.
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Posted by Luca on 2020-01-03The very last DAAD ported adventures from John Wilson of the year, The Dogboy and Silverwolf, have been completed just today with the inclusions of both the two Part 2 disks.[ comment ]


Plus 44
Posted by Chronos on 2019-12-31
Plus 44It's said that the coming year will be just like the last day of the previous one, so we quickly made a demo!

1975: what a year was that! Not only celebrities, TV stars, sportsmen but a lot of our favourite sceners were born that year.
We salute them with this little demo. Enjoy! 2020! Here we come!
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New Suite For Classic Games: 2048 Octaluxe
Posted by Luca on 2019-12-30
2048 Octaluxe TitlesIn the very last hours of the '10 millennium here come surprises that had been in the pipeline for a long time now.

2048 Octaluxe gives a new twist to its original predecessor 2048, being based on the same source code signed by Csabo/LOD but with the aim of overturning the global style: instead of pursuing a minimal application of the classic logical game, now the will is to put as many features as possible within the limits of the Commodore 16. Luca/FIRE achieves this result, initially starting from the simple need to adjust a small aspect of the gameplay, and finally pointing to a complete distortion of the original game's surprising code, cutting the classy original macros in order to make as much space as possible in the memory.
This "Octagon Deluxe" brand new version features the already named adjusting in the gameplay, fresh new graphics, mixable music and sfx, a storable hiscores table, a tidy titlescreen, a medal system to reward intermediate goals and many more. Works flawlessly on PAL and NTSC systems, on any drive including SD2IEC. All this, works within the 16kB boundaries, due to a raging fight of memory optimization battled on the fields of the stack, and the kernel's driven locations but I/O.

2048 Octaluxe2048 Octaluxe gives the opportunity to mark two premieres. First, this is the first Plus/4 production on disk to show an animated directory. Second and most important one, this is the first release to use a music composed on Knaecketraecker to use a new and debugged player with additional features, which doesn't need to be reloaded anew due to its faulty reinitializing; this wonderful fix bears the signature of none other than Doug, then Luca finished it to make it work.

Let's end the millennium playing a playing a classic game so democratic that it can be played on any 264 series machine, that would be like starting from the past to aim to what the 202Xs will offer to the once forgotten Commodore's black family, unleashing its real power as gaming machine just in the last years. Happy 20...16+4 year!
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HVTC Update Dec 2019
Posted by Luca on 2019-12-29
It's the end of the year, the end of a decade, the end of an era, and after a 2019 full of releases High Voltage TED Collection, also known as HVTC, must get an update: 40 new entries plus one single fix!

Battle of the Bits open arenas have taken in their support even this time, the TED is a weird and powerless machine for sound, but stands as an exotic one, and, if sceners would keep to compose on it better and better, it would be typically recognized from now. Finally, the complete Alpharay OST by 5tarbuck has been totally entered, and generally there's a 80/20 ratio between new releases' music (Csabo, Jon Williams, spiikki...) and old recoveries (Peter Wirbelauer, Derek Reynolds...).

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!­­­­­­­­
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Trick Or Treat? Unhallowed!
Posted by Luca on 2019-12-25
UnhallowedUnhallowed, a text adventure by Blerkotron on ZX Spectrum, running on the PAWs engine, was just released for the Plus/4!

It's Stefan Vogt, the man behind the great DAAD engine resurrection, deus ex machina and first cause of the dozens adventures that have literally rained during the last months, who created ANTUR, a PAWs to DAAD converter opening a brand new path for more and more forthcoming games. Unhallowed has seen the light as dual release C64/Plus4, and will be released in full commercial shape quite soon, under the Puddle label.

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Merry Christmas From Doug!
Posted by Doug on 2019-12-24
Xmas"Wishing everyone a great Christmas, and prosperous 2020!

In true Christmas tradition I've frantically thrown together a little present at the last possible minute to get everyone in the Christmas mood! Here it is, somewhat amateurishly wrapped, and with the price tag still attached...

All the best!"
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Posted by Csabo on 2019-12-24It's another Christmas Miracle: VICE was updated to version 3.4![ comments ]


Stercore 264!
Posted by gerliczer on 2019-12-22
Stercore 264About a year ago, TMR released a simple shooter for the Commodore 64 called Stercore 64. During his days off in the sunny and hot summer gerliczer thought Maybe I should do something useful. For example, I could try and convert this Stercore thingy to Plus/4. And he did! After the job done, he realised maybe he should have consulted about that with the game's author. T.M.R didn't have too many objections, although he too planned converting the game but with redesigned levels and native music. gerliczer tried to wait until the official port is released, but in the end he ran out of patience and anyway: everything for the fame! So belatedly, here is Stercore 264.

The game was originally made for the ZX Spectrum then quickly converted to the Commodore 64. It is a horizontal scrolling shooter with fast pace, colourful levels that sometimes overlap all fighting forces, few and dumb enemies and no real story. But it is good for a little relaxing blasting if you have no mood for demanding shooters like Alpharay. Unfortunately, the author seems to have changed his mind and given up on porting this game himself to our machines, but let's hope one day he himself will rework Stercore with glorious TED colours and chirpy TED music anyway.
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Posted by Luca on 2019-12-20raze7x is now competing in the RetroProgramming Italia Lander Challenge with the version 0.97 of is new creature Mars+ Lander.[ comment ]


Carrion's Last Hidden Bullet
Posted by Luca on 2019-12-15
Rick's RevengeCarrion's gun had a last bullet in a remote chamber of his cylinder!

There had been another winning picture, this time from the Atari 8bit compo at Silly Venture 2017 (Gdańsk, Poland), released more than two years ago. Now it has been offically unearthed and can shine on your Plus/4 in its full 320x240 MFLI glory.

Keep the great work up, Carrion, we never get enough wonderful pieces of art from you!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-12-11Inexplicably, Chicken released the SID + 1551 version of Bloby with only level one included, so Luca accomplished the task by putting on a complete version.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2019-12-10Club Info 156 is here! In the last issue of 2019, Erich/ULTD brings you a special double magazine (4 disk sides). Check it out![ comment ]


YoomBlazer
Posted by Luca on 2019-12-09
YoomBlazerCarrion's art continues to amaze the circle of oldschool scene, and to collect first prizes from the graphics competitions all around Europe!

This time is the turn of YoomBlazer, winner of the Atari 8bit compo at Silly Venture 2K19, held in Gdańsk, Poland, just the past weekend, so why missing the chance to port it on Plus/4, in the respectful 320x240 pixels shape? It seems a straight task, nonetheless this time, once the two version are put in comparision, is quite easy to spot out how much work has been required in order to let the Commodore twin run on Plus/4 at its best.

Another success, Carrion, congratulations! Keep up and beyond the standards agan!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-12-04Missing the old times of pocket gaming? DKJ Game & Watch is for you![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2019-12-02Happy birthday Dr. TerrorZ, and...oh! So, now it works the opposite way, the present comes from you! Big Fat Hairy PETSCII[ comment ]


Thriller Series Adventures!
Posted by Chronos on 2019-11-29
Night of the Walking DeadAre you ready for three more new adventure? From the treasure chest of KiCHY, this time we fished out the "Thriller Series" for you, and as a bonus, you shall receive a picture based on the original covers. In Night of the Walking Dead, Lousiana is surprisingly full of living dead, then in Perils of Darkest Africa, you must find King Solomon's treasure, and finally in Revenge of the Moon Goddess, you end up deep in the south-African jungle, searching for the Moon Goddess' statue.

Happy adventuring!
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The Revenge Of Moriarty
Posted by Chronos on 2019-11-23
The Revenge Of MoriartyThe Revenge of Moriarty (c) Spectral Images and Gareth Pitchford (1989/2019)

Thanks to Absence, another DAAD-based adventure has just arrived on our beloved platform. In The Revenge Of Moriarty, you play the role of the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Moriarty is coming for you, and you must use your wits to find a way out of this mysterious situation.

Have fun!
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We got a Car Racing Tech Demo for you!
Posted by Mad on 2019-11-14
CartedThis year we (5tarbuck, Kichy and me) decided to create a racing game for the Plus/4. Our goal was to create a new "Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge" like racer on the Plus/4. Unfortunately ran into a problem - mainly the FPS, as it's all drawn in bitmap mode.

However, we got it running and having some proper audio tracks from 5tarbuck for your ears, as well as some fresh graphical work by KiCHY Maestro... So here it is... It's a fully running tech-demo providing two original roads.

Have fun!
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Nick Hardy Adventures!
Posted by Chronos on 2019-11-11
The Temple CurseThe last quarter of the year could not be more adventurous! In October, we could enjoy DAAD-based adventure games thanks to siz. Coming up in November and December: English-language games made for the Quill engine ported by Kichy Maestro! The first batch of games should make you think of Tom Selleck's face, who could play the role of Nick Hardy in the Real Software adventure trilogy as a poor man's Indiana Jones.

The first part is based on the Inca curse, in the second one we visit an alien planet and attempt to repair our wrecked spaceship; finally, in the last part of the trilogy we must survive on an island.

While on Commodore 64 these games came on a single disc, on the Plus/4 you can run the episodes individually, as well as save to either disk or cassette.

Stay tuned, check out these games and get ready for much more coming up :-)

Have fun!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-11-08A refreshing update for PETSCII editor by Marq and Dr. TerrorZ, with several improvements regarding the Plus/4 side.[ comments ]


The Hut - The Leaf Edition: An Unexpected +1
Posted by Luca on 2019-11-05
The Hut - The Leaf EditionThere's one more of Balrog's adventures, one unexpected trickier version of The Hut, but implementing the enhanced DAAD engine's Plus/4 porting by siz, whch, for example, supports color text.

The Hut - The Leaf Edition has been reviewed as a plus in the John Wilson's games line, advancing his own Plus/4 softography to 26 adventure games, again in dual C64/Plus4 disk files.
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The Hut: Last In The Row
Posted by Luca on 2019-11-01
The HutThis is the end. But limited to just one of the available sources activated by the DAAD engine's Plus/4 porting by siz.

John Wilson has just completed the conversion to Plus/4 of all the games he created, and the last one in row is The Hut. It has been a pretty furious ride, 'coz he worked out 25 (25!) adventure games in about one week, all in dual C64/Plus4 disk files.

Congratulations Mr. Wilson, and thank you again for your fantastic job, looking forward to the next releases signed Pension Productions!
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Too Many (Closed) Doors!
Posted by Luca on 2019-10-31
Behind Closed DoorsClosed doors...closed doors everywhere! It's now, that hour of the day, when a new branch of the DAAD adventures unstoppable avalanche push toward you all some new converted textual games, like coming from nowhere.

It's John Wilson again, under the sign of Zenobi Softtware/Pension Productions, continuing to port his own adventure games thank to the DAAD Plus/4 porting code by siz, and this time he has chosen a six-in-a-row target, in order to complete the whole series of "Behind Closed Doors" screenplay. Here they are in one shot: Behind Closed Door, Behind Closed Door 2, Behind Closed Door 3, Behind Closed Door 4, Behind Closed Door 5, and, unexpectedly, Behind Closed Door 6. With the previously released Behind Closed Doors 7, we can consider to bunch as complete!

So, what awaits us around the corner in the coming days? Stay tuned to Plus/4 World and you will know it for sure!

*** UPDATE! ***
Before the very end of the day, three spinoff stories have been added to the whole series: Behind Closed Doors - The Director's Cut, Behind Closed Doors 2 - Cat's Choice Edition, Behind Closed Doors 3 - Cockroach Edition.
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YAPE 1.1.7 Released!
Posted by Gaia on 2019-10-31
It's been quite a while but a much needed update of YAPE is finally ready. 2019's first release delivers some fixes, most notably:
  • updated to new compiler versions (MSVC++ 2019 and MinGW-64 8.1)
  • more DPI-aware on Win8/Win10
  • digitized palette table lookup fix
  • TED delayed DMA regression fixed
  • fixed TED noise regression bug introduced by optimizations in version 1.1.3
  • weird bug with autostart code ironed out
  • maximize window positioning fixed for all resolutions
Download the new release from here.
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ISS Emercency: Time For A Onefiler Fix
Posted by Luca on 2019-10-30
ISS EmergencyThe avalanche of DAAD adventures goes and goes, and it's now time for ISS Emergency, written by John Whatson and adapted for several 8-bit machines plus PC by Gareth Pitchford.
This is a brand new Absence release, pushing on the conversion of the DAAD engine by siz in a brand new fixed version, which can now manage colorful text flawlessly. It's Chronos, who added a spacey bitmap picture and an intro to the finished pack, but this time they opted for a better manageable onefile version, quite comfortable at last!

Try it! it's a short but intriguing adventure, which sees you attempting to to reach the International Space Station main computer to fix it and...oh well no spoliers at all ;)
Another one type the past! On with further ones!
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Advanced Adventures & Fixes
Posted by Luca on 2019-10-28
The Secret Of Little HodcomeThe sun goes down, few hours pass, the sun is back, and...surprise: new DAAD driven adventures have blossomed in the Plus/4 garden of John Wilson.

The avalanche of adventures to be easily converted on Plus/4 thank to siz's importing code is barely at its very beginning. And stuff come in from various sources too, but Pension Productions has just declared a potential index including up to 72 (!) games overall, from classics signed Zenobi Software till the '80s, to new stories involving old characters running a new quest.
So, what's for today? Ok, today is time to be released for: Escape To Murky Woods, The Secret Of Little Hodcome and the two parts adventure Return Of The Roach. Again, it's enough for any adventureer out there.

The Secret Of Little HodcomeDue to the high rate of releasing, something bad easily happens, especially because this cascade of conversions has just begun, and, as usual regarding fresh born mechanism, has to be initially lubricated. Hence, here come some fixes of previously released stuff:
- released with the title:"From Out of a Dark Night Sky", due to a wrongly edited title picture, it has been renamed with its real title, which is After The Dark, and the bitmap has been fixed too; so, delete the previous one, and download this;
- Bulbo and the Blue Dragon has been particularly hard to port on Plus/4, and when the author succeeded, a little graphic bug entered the title picture, so download it again to have it as clean right now;
- oops, Absence has released The Search For The Nether Regions too fast and didn't test the loader to part 2...which simply didn't work; but now, anything bad has gone, download the fixed and only working version.

Rumors about brand new conversions are for real, expect new entries into the archive very soon, for a crackling last part of the scene's year!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-10-27...And after some heavy debugging, here comes another one from John Wilson: Bulbo and the Blue Dragon![ comments ]


DIY DAAD! That Promised Avalanche
Posted by Luca on 2019-10-26
Alien Research Centre 2We have foreseen the arrival of dozens of new adventure games, after that siz has ported the DAAD engine's code to work on Plus/4, and now the gates are completely wide open. Literally dozens and dozens of adventure games, published in the '80s on ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC have now been freed to cross the threshold between Zilog and MOS.

We've just seen that third party aficionados has just started to take in the C64 counterparts, this time a heavy and well appreciated contribution to the completion of the long list of games written in DAAD comes straight from his author. Well, from his famous author we should write, because he's Mr. John Wilson, a distinguished Scottish born in 1947, also known as "the Rochdale Balrog" or "the Balrog" or recently "The Pensioner" of "Pension Productions". And, before all this, Mr. Wilson started Zenobi Software in late 1982 and it still operates to this day, even though for non commercial purposes. In the heydays, Zenobi Software counted up to 50 adventure writers, have you ever had a quick reading to the long relative list of releases?

Today, nine lucky ones have been picked up and chosen from that huge list, in order to see the light on Commodore Plus/4, and offer to all the adventurers wielding a black box more and more and more hours of adventuring that any known parser fighter would actually sustain. Those nine games are: The Balrog and The CatAn Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold, Behind Closed Doors 7, Bulbo and the Lizard-King, From Out of a Dark Night Sky, Ramsbottom Smith and the Quest for the Yellow Spheroid, Fuddo and Slam, Retarded Creatures and Caverns, The Balrog and The Cat, and the brand new Alien Research Centre 2, sophomore of a game dated 1989 in which we find again the blessing presence of Stefan Vogt as author of a fantastic hires intro bitmap picture.
Just in order to stay in line with previous productions of the same kind, John Wilson opted for the dual system releases too, so any of these adventures supports both Commodore 64 and Commodore Plus/4 version of the game.

We hope you've saved enough vacation days in order to challenge'em all, 'cause you really need undoubtedly! Moreover, the general feeling is that this line of fire that advances is only the vanguard of the army of adventures holed up there, in the darkness, behind the portal that we have just opened wide. Stay tuned, there seems to be a lot more coming. And we are happy to be overwhelmed by it.

*** UPDATE! ***
Few hours passed, and we have two new games from John Wilson: the 4 disksides Bulbo's Intrepid Adventure, and From Out Of The Snow, both dated 2019!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-10-23Congratulations fly to Giuseppe Mignogna, after he won in two categories on three at RetroProgramming Italia Breakout Basic Challenge: best Free with Arkaspakka, best 20 Lines wih Spakkanoid![ comment ]


The Search For The Nether Regions: A DAAD Avalanche's First
Posted by Luca on 2019-10-22
The Search For The Nether RegionsWe were awaiting for this moment, the moment when the great avalanche of adventure games running on the DAAD engine would hit the scene with all its hidden potential.

The recover, improvement and distribution to the public domain of the now famous multiplatfrom DAAD adventure writer engine, straight by its father Tim Gilberts and its savior Andres Samudio, has opened the massive gate that has kept separate all the adventure games written with it, from all the other systems which were missing'em. Stefan Vogt has put a lot of effort to instill new life into it, and finally siz is the Plus/4 hero who included the Plus/4 into this large project, involving so many clever and passionate retro users. Doors are open, let the DAAD adventures swarm in, we're ready to play them all!

After the modern approach of Hibernated 1 and Eight Feet Under, The Search For The Nether Regions is the first one to land from its original ZX Spectrum-esque place, taking in with it the usual combination of fantasy environment and easygoing irony we appreciate from the legendary author Gareth Pitchford, and the game comes to Plus/4 under the Absence label: it's Chronos who materially converted the adventure, and made it run on the black box too.

Adventurers, collect this gauntlet launched at you all, and think about setting free a lot of your time, because...do you really know how many adventures might potentially it your spare time? World of Spectrum site counts 410 of them. Yes, you read it really well: 410! And there's no valid excuse to not having'em all on Plus/4!
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RandTown Emailer!
Posted by Csabo on 2019-10-19
RandTown EmailerRoePipi is back again with another game in the RandTown series called RandTown Emailer. This time, you take on the exciting role of a secretary. As the town expands, you must quickly "email" the new residents by typing their initials. You win if you email 50 houses, but you must be quick, because if you miss 10, the game is over.

If you enjoyed the fast-paced quirky gameplay of the other games in this series, then you'll love RandTown Emailer as well.

Get to emailing!
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DAAD's Home! Hibernated 1 & Eight Feet Under
Posted by Luca on 2019-10-18
Hibernated 1It comes from an ancient Spanish code environment to write adventure games, and it has slept for 30 years. Just the pure desire not to make it fall by the wayside has given new life to DAAD, this time in English language, this time for multiple systems.

Stefan Vogt is the man who recovered, extended and translated the adventure game engine originally coded byTim Gilberts, by teaming up with him. That has been the push for him to write and release his adventures sci-fi saga: Hibernated 1 - This Place is Death, and its direct spinoff Eight Feet Under - A Hibernated 1 Addon, produced under the label of Pond Software Ltd., and already released on physical media by poly.play. Both the adventures hit the 8bit game, instantly becoming a must-have among the retro-enthusiasts, gaining high scores in several reviews.

And that's the part of the whole story we love the most: DAAD interpreter was still missing a Plus/4 branch, so our great friend siz came to save the day: his work about extending the DAAD to the 264 series too has allowed the original author to touch the Plus/4 shores with both the games, presented in a classy C64/Plus4 double system single D64 release. Needless to say, there's a clear smell of physical release for this.
Eight Feet UnderHave you ever dreamed about a journey far beyond the known regions of the universe? Close to Vega, Olivia Lund is on the trail of one of mankind's greatest secrets and a thousand-year-old mystery. After over 200 years in hypersleep, she wakes up alone on her stranded ship, the Polaris-7. The artificial intelligence Io seems to be her only remaining friend now.

The author reminds to all of you that of course is advisable to play them in a logical sequence. The game is a donateware, so you can download only from the author's homepage, and name your own price.

siz, Stefan: thanks guys for your effort! Hibernated 1, and Eight Feet Under: this place...is more alive than ever!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-10-07Apart of new clean and bigger scans related to ACE +4 and ACE 2, Götz-Tobias Heger has just dug out from the dust of time a clean working version of the most wanted GEOS 3.53.[ comments ]


Felcsút Tycoon!
Posted by Csabo on 2019-10-06
Felcsút TycoonRoePipi is back with another fresh game! Have you ever wanted to get into the exciting world of managing trains, tracks and routes? Why, this game will let you do just that, and in the most exotic locations of all: the neighborhood of Felcsút. With a population of nearly 2000 folks, this village is... surely... on the map of Hungary.

The game has been in development for 2 years, and it has the expected polish and off-kilter humor. Could all of this be some kind of social commentary? Nah :-)

Be sure to check it out!
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Odd Animals From The Zoo: Igaku!
Posted by Luca on 2019-10-05
IgakuWhat's the paradigmatic symptom for a truly healthy scene? Easy answer: releases – coming – from – nowhere!

That's exactly what has just happened at the Zoo 2019 party in Findand, precisely in the Wild compo: unexpectedly, Igaku veni to compete; vidi the code by Visy, the graphics by ZanaGB and branch, and the music by spiikki, at last, it didn't vinci for just one point, yeah right: one point! Igaku has been ranked 2nd in the Wild compo.

Igaku is weird, an anime stylish oddity telling us a simple story of...wound care. It's an absolute first from Quadtrip, and now we wanna know more, see more, listen more, have more from them!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-09-30Both straight and indirect releases from Flashparty 2019: Wizball Title Tune has been ranked #7 in the Chiptune/Retro/Tracked compo; Luca/FIRE has converted his 3rd PETSCII collection from the guys of The Solution group, which has been ranked #2 in the Wild Demo compo.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2019-09-29Erich/ULTD just released Club Info 155, check it out![ comment ]


Posted by Erich on 2019-09-17Check out Botticelli Bilderdisk 44 from Erich/ULTD![ comments ]


Posted by Charlemagne on 2019-09-16Charlemagne found and scanned a sought-after issue of Süni Magazin, containing the type-in listing for Tojásgyűjtés.[ comment ]


Posted by RoePipi on 2019-09-05Ever wanted to save your casually created PETSCII graphics on-screen to BASIC lines, appending them to an existing program in memory? If so, this program might be for you![ comment ]


Adventure Park!
Posted by Chronos on 2019-09-04
Adventure ParkSkoro maestro's latest game took nearly one year to create, with graphics by Kichy and an excellent intro screen by Grass. The great music is Csabo's work. Skoro asked us to mention: thanks to Hifi's sister for the power supply :-)

Noah, the game's hero must fight his way through an adventure park, and collect 99 diamonds scattered over 34 screens. He will trade these for his girlfriend, Emma, who was captured in a spider's web. The trip won't be easy, traps and hordes of enemies await him at every turn. You can control him with the cursor keys, jump with cursor up or shift. The jump's height is variable, short presses will result in a small jump, longer presses will cause Noah to jump higher.

Have fun!
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New Art From Carrion
Posted by Luca on 2019-09-01
Comet JockeysCarrion has drawn another masterpiece to challenge into the Mixed Graphics Competition at Xenium 2019 party, and say what? Yes, he ranked 1st, as the entry no doubt deserved! Congratulation Tomasz!

As usual, he's found time and passion to put up a Plus/4 version of the winning bitmap Comet Jockeys, developing it into a MFLI in order to take advantage of the larger palette: see how aurally evocative and technically perfect is this new opera by Carrion Maestro!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-08-28Our great buddy Emanuele Nencioni types in for us Snap, and converts from C64 Modulo Base, an old basic module in order to write adventure games such as L'astronave condannata and L'anello di Lucrezia Borgia.[ comment ]


Alpharay Blasts Away!
Posted by Luca on 2019-08-18
AlpharayThe age of slavery for the people of Archeron is close to reach its end: against the evil planet-sized companies that still built up robots in order to dominate whole areas of the galaxy, a new deadly weapon has raised up becoming reality thanks to the cultural step up of Archeron's technical knowledge. Alpharay is the name of this prototype of revolutionary interstellar ships, but science always needs a brave fighter to accept the terrible mission and challenge those greedy criminals!

This year's Evoke party is over, and our family again has something special to celebrate and cheer for. Bauknecht, factory of premium C+4 home appliances, strikes again with a shoot'em up masterpiece! Another record-breaking game is out running on Commodore Plus/4 (or C16+64kB), the H-shmup adventure that our black machines were badly missing! Alpharay is a classic horizontal shoot'em up clearly celebrating some famous arcades of that golden era (R-Type, Salamander, Gradius...), and features 6 extremely various levels where to prove your instinct thru the ongoing gameplay and several surprises here and there, with their 6 big bosses at the end of them. There are three different weapons to improve by collecting pickups, in order to vaunt around your own heavy weaponry, plus a shielding aura to save you for a while. Some interlude scenes make the whole loot even richer, and the usual (usual?) fine touches along the whole experience don't miss, if you're used to all the production by Mad.

AlpharayAlpharay is an evidence of love for the Plus/4. See how much stunning graphics KiCHY has developed to move elaborate and big software sprites into memorably described worlds, not to mention the mastodonic final bosses! The whole musical score has been in the trained wise hands of 5tarbuck, who has composed 17 (!) original tracks all by himself alone, to improve the global sensation of being part of a sci-fi movie. Additional bits comes again from Nero and from Luisa & Oni, and the precious help in coding the most advanced slices of code comes from a great veteran like bubis!

Under the neutral label of "Puls4r", this heroic brigade of passionates has just joined the Interactive Compo at Evoke 2019, the annual demoparty held in Cologne, Germany, causing a stir, already preceded by a remarkable advertising video. In the end, they finished at first place! Once passed through all of this, a commercial version will see the light distributed by Psytronik in the next months. Till then, you have enough time to let us see how far you're gone into the game by entering your highscores in the Hall Of Fame.

It's not time to talk about 8bit releases now: it's time to save your people, it's time to shoot up all of them and make clean thru the stars! Play Alpharay via emulators, or copy the .D64 on a 40 tracks formatted disk and play it at its best, on a real machine.
Take off, Alpharay! XeO3 watch out, you have company at 6 o'clock
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"Phantom" Of The Opera...tional
Posted by Luca on 2019-08-16
Phantom +6D [PAL/NTSC]Although the 264 people is used to tattle about it realising its reputation of "cult classic", the Julian Jameson's C16 masterpiece Phantom released by Tynesoft has got less recognizability than Storm, as its direct opponent in the battle arena of those games inspired by Atari's Gauntlet arcade game.

Today, it's up to Luca of FIRE crew to release the fully operational cracked version that Phantom really deserves! Phantom +6D [PAL/NTSC] includes six trainers and full documentation to easily enjoy the complete game, easy menus, NTSC fixing, turbo loading...all into a single D64, which remains fully C16 compliant. Fear no more: skeletons and ghosts won't deplete your energy anymore!
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More Covers From Lacus
Posted by Csabo on 2019-08-16
Logi-toliLacus sent us another pack of goodies. First up is a full-size scan of Crazy Golf (bundle release). Next, we have a cartridge dump of Deltex, and a photo of the cartridge as well, an absolute rarity! Logi-Toli now has a TAP file and nice cover scan and a cassette photo; most people don't know this little Hungarian commercial game, it's a simple puzzle. Good thing a certain mouse company never seen the game and the cover artwork :-) It's a very rare release nevertheless, any collector should be happy to own a copy of it. Finally we have the cover and cassette photo of Turbo Tape 16, which - according to the cover - offers 20 times faster loading speed. I wonder if anyone is up to doing an in-depth analysis of various tape turbos, this release should definitely be looked at.

Enjoy!
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Árok 2019 Wrap-up
Posted by Csabo on 2019-08-04
This year's Árok Party (a large 8-bit retro party held in Hungary) is over. Our scene was well represented in the compos, as nearly every category had a Plus/4 entry. Here they all are:
Check the forum for more info!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-07-29CBMHardware has released a fix+trainer version of Rockman, working on 32+kB machines: Rockman Plus/4 +2.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2019-07-15DirMaster has been upgraded to 3.1.3. If you use this Windows based D64 handler tool, be sure to update to the latest version![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2019-07-08Club Info 154 hits the streets! Check out the latest mag from Erich/ULTD (and don't forget to use the handy Google Translate link if you don't speak German).[ comment ]


Scans from IQ666
Posted by Csabo on 2019-07-01
Space PilotIt's once again scan collection increase time! IQ666 sent us another large collection of scans, which has now been added to the site. (Remember his scan collection from last year?) Some of them are high-quality replacements of existing scans, and there are some German language rarities as well.

The covers scans: Petals Of Doom, Plus-Paket 16, POD (Proof Of Destruction), Robo Knight, Runner, Soccer Boss, Space Pilot, Space Sweep & Invaders, Spiky Harold, Spore, Street Olympics, Triple Decker 4, Xadium. Look for the "[ Large cover ]" links under the images to see them in even higher-resolution.

The second part of this update are all cassette photos: Panik!, Petals Of Doom, POD (Proof Of Destruction), Power Ball, Prospector Pete, Quick Draw, Return Of Rockman, Rockman, Suicide Run, Skramble, Skyhawk, The Boss, Spectipede, Spiky Harold, Splitz, Squirm, Star Commander, Starburst, Starforce Nova, Starlite 1, Steve Davis Snooker, Storm, Street Olympics, Survivors, The Commodore 16 Showcase, Triple Decker 4.

That's more then 70 image files! Big thanks to Chronos for considerable help with image processing, and to IQ666 for taking the time to scan and photograph all of these. Cheers!
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Magician's Curse +2 NTSC/PAL
Posted by Luca on 2019-06-30
Magician's Curse +2 NTSC/PALAbsence is decisely getting a fine rush into the cracking side of the scene. This time, it's the turn of a classic one from Gremlin Graphics, to be double trained and NTSC fixed by Chronos. Now you can complete the game by activating unlimited strength and featuring a super jump to stay above any obstacle.

Play Magician's Curse +2 NTSC/PAL it online, or download it as .prg file.
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3D Engine
Posted by Csabo on 2019-06-20
3D EngineIf you have been following the forum, you've seen George detailing the progress of his 3D Engine. Today is the day, the first version of this project is finally released! Check out this YouTube video to see it in action, or download it and give it a shot. The release also includes a converter (PC executable) which converts OBJ files (e.g from Blender) into the necessary Plus/4 SEQ equivalents. The set of SEQ included will draw a space shuttle. Enjoy!
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It's A Mexican Standoff! Sigma Vs. Aurrerá Vs. Commodore
Posted by Luca on 2019-06-12
Halcón GalácticoEven nowadays, in 2019, some dark corners exist, fields in the shadows of that vast territory — both in space and time — which we use to refer as: Commodore 16 history. The immense expansion of the Commodore home computers' phenomenon in the Eighties has someways contributed to build up some unexplored zones regarding the 264 series too, from where picking up infos software and hardware is basically quite a hard task to achieve.

The history about how the Commodore 16 did conquer a slice of the home computers' market in Mexico — and several Mexican teens too! — represents one of those fascinating obscure stuff we described just before. The whole tale orbits around Grupo Sigma S.A. and its collaboration with the supermarket chain Aurrerá to take the Commodore licence in Mexico, distributing a series of NTSC based Commodore machines, under the two logos "Sigma-Commodore". Sigma had then feeded the software request too, both importing/translating/upgrading true official CBM signed games (education games, mostly), and producing some new software for the internal market too.
Nowadays, the Commodore hardware produced by Sigma is a rarity, and in any case it's an item difficult to have even for the most skilled collectors here around, being strictly located in Mexico. On the software side, few sporadic signs of life have succesfully been unearthed: most of what we know, comes from the online markets, showing some bids around weird cartridges (see as example: Jack Attack, C16 Tutor, Domino (Sigma)...), and some quite rare publications (Introducción Al Basic Sigma Commodore 16 Parte I, Como Programar Su Sigma Commodore 16...). And that was all we knew about. Till now.

Finally, May 2019: Juan José Vélez, maintainer of SigmaCommodore.com, after very few posts since its opening in 2015, has freed 4 disk sides in .D64 format to all the nostalgic once-were-kids out there, coupled with the Facebook page featuring rare pictures about finds of that era. This little but remarkably precious collection is the very first actual contact with the Mexican's C16 experience, so let's see what's been found into it:
Túnel Galáctico– old Commodore's educational games, mostly about English grammar, defined in the comments as "upgraded" by Sigma D. M. (arguably, the in-house programming department at Sigma), some are labelled, some not, nothing can be understood about how they'd been released (single or compilation, cassette or cartridge...); moreover, there are several tags here and there, like "Compuclub", which hinder to know if that's a crack or an original one;
– commercial Commodore's third party games, originally NTSC compatible or switched to NTSC, some translated some not, some look like real commercial releases (UXB (Sigma)), some...meh who knows (Carreras BMX));
– type-ins from who knows which listmagazines;
– educationals and utilities unrecognizable as commercial;
– terrible NTSC hacks of some PAL driven European games (Starforce Nova NTSC));
– native stuff coming from out of the blue, the most lovable slice!

Memoria (Sigma)Let's spot out some notable ones! Exorcista looks like the first genuine release we've detected as a real commercial Sigma release, due to that known picture (now you can see it into the game's entry) showing its big box, a straight message to all the collectors here. Memoria (Sigma) does not show any direct Sigma's label, but reading the gameplay's description right from the back of the one seen on the Sigma Commodore Facebook page, it seems it's a perfect match! FisiCalc, pretty nice scientific tool, it's a pity that the simulation does not work, is there a working version out there? Hey you, Cesar Joel Garcia G., what did you put down here with your Túnel Galáctico, a shooter written in ML with a cinematographic ending, absolute cuteness! Pasadizo: the classic 3D maze looks quite better from behind the shoulders.

Do you know which's the best part in all of this? The best part is that Juan José Vélez has just promised further stuff to be out in the near future! Nothing can make us happier! Meanwhile, here follows the complete list of contents: Halcon Galactico, Agenda Telefonica C-16 V1.1, CB, Decaimiento Radioactivo, Diagrama De Tres Ejes, FisiCalc, Formula Cuadratica, Graficador, Gráfico De Barras, Integrales, Integrales Numéricas, Triángulos, Trinomios, Melodysss, La Gran Maquina Musical, A Or An, Ajedrez, Anti-aéreo, Blackjack (Sigma), Campo De Fresones, Carreras BMX, Conecta Cuatro, Cuadro Magico, El Panel, Exorcista, Golf (Mexican), Guerra Estelar, Hangman (Sigma), Invasores, Jump Of Lady, Justa, Laberinto, POD (NTSC), GWNN (NTSC), Medial Vowels, Memoria (Sigma), Memoria De Letras, Misiles, Nave, Paracaidista, Pasadizo, Ratón, Rotación, Scramble (Sigma), Sentences, Spelling Errors, Snowy Day Nouns, Simon (Mexican), Spell-mean, Starforce Nova (NTSC), Stargo, Túnel Galáctico, UXB (Sigma), Xzap (Sigma), Veintiuno.
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Berks Four +5
Posted by Csabo on 2019-06-08
Berks Four +5Berks Four is back in the news - as it should be, it's a fantastic game by any measure. The occasion is Absence releasing their crack of the game, called Berks Four +5. If you found the game too hard, now is your chance to cheat bend the rules a little. Want the Berks to get out of the way faster? Need to break those walls quicker? Did you end up at a gate and forgot to pick up all the keys? This crack has you covered!

Thanks to Chronos for this release!
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RS232 File Sender and Receiver
Posted by Csabo on 2019-06-03
Hardware enthusiasts, take notice: GMOLN just released RS232 File Receiver. He writes:
I would like to publish my File Sender and Receiver toolset for Commodore Plus/4. You can find a lot of details about these programs in the user manual PDF. I worked a lot on them, and I hope you will find them useful for the community.

Currently, I am working on a really usable VT100 compatible serial terminal program. It is nearly ready and it can handle most of the VT100 commands, colors, UTF8 characters (with limitations), etc. Unfortunately, it is not feasible to implement all VT100 features, because of the inherent limitations of the Commodore Plus/4...

In case of any questions about the File Sender / Receiver or VT100 terminal, you can reach me on gabormolnar@live.com.
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Rumble With A Shamble: Robots Rumble!
Posted by Luca on 2019-05-31
Robots RumbleIn space, no one can hear you scream "Damn magneeeeeet!". There's too much metallic crap in the universe, we need a hero to melt it down once and forever. And the man in charge is: you!

Open up your ears... yes, it's a loud Robots Rumble! Digital Monastery, the game developing department of Hokuto Force hits the Commodore Plus/4 (or Commodore 16 +64K) once again with this puzzle & action game that will make you punches your computer desk in frustration! Originally written as a C64 game for the RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition 2019, this game "speaks in French" again: it's Majikeyric behind the code, and this time Uctumi is with him for the musical score, and Miguetelo as well who did the graphics and the game concept:

Old broken robots must be pushed down into the lava on all the planets you visit. It appears to be quite a delicate duty to accomplish without troubles, if you wanna avoid severe pollution or dangerous interactions with other moving element. And no, the inner caves of a planet are not that simple vertical void where to kick stuff safely. The solution? Guiding magnets! The broken robots still have their wheels, hence a couple of well charged magnets are able to carefully move them in order to go thru the obstacles into the caves. Beware to finish out of charge! Be warned about the many situations the player can meet: breaking glass floors, climbing through light lifts, using teleportation, etc. Luckily, some mobile platforms help to fill gaps between two distant floors, in the case.

Robots Rumble is the ecologic space duty game the spring 2019 was waiting for on Commodore Plus/4, but it also is a challenge for your nerves! It's a game of memory, great view and fine problem solving capabilities. So keep calm, move those magnets in the right way, aaaaand the robot takes the riiiight waaaaAAAAMN YA TELEPORT RAY!
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They're Back! Berks Four!
Posted by Luca on 2019-05-21
Berks FourOh my, they're back! After 34 years they're back, and the story resumes exactly where it was left off, in their impenetrable city of Berks 3!

It's Jon Williams, ladies and gentlemen, straight from the pantheon where the C16/Plus4 VIPs of the heydays populate our memories. But this time, it's a full 64K affair! After a short period spent to leave a footprint in the Atari scene too, the Berks are now back to their original system, in the fourth chapter of the series: Berks Four! If the glorious ancestor did make you search for keys in a 30 rooms environment, the 2019 dated newcomer throws in your face a gauntlet made of 4 different worlds with increasing complexity, from a simple initial one consisting in 16 rooms to a challenging fourth world which needs to be divided in three separate zones to be solved.

At first glance, the game looks like an easier beast to tame: Berks, Drones, blocks, keys, hearts. Your tank shoots double fire this time, and all in all it seems that your enemies won't be up for long time; you can bounce against the walls and the score doesn't reduce, and this time you can hit both Berks and shootaway blocks without loosing a life. And then, in the exact time you feel home & dry while progressing into the game, they become a myriad, the Drones are everywhere till new breeds of them come in, brand new featured items will surprise you, some wicked new baddies will tangle your movement, and soon everything will become a frantic exploit that raises your senses to the max.

Berks FourThe whole production flows as clean and silky an actual commercial prod would have been, and it changes from the traditional look and gameplay typical of the series so gradually to preserve the oldschool spirit of the game, yet morphing into a modern game's structure based on a classic concept. One over anything else: in this fourth chapter, nobody can comfortably play into those vast worlds without the new live mapping option featured, which gets refreshed time after time, even considering the remaining shootaway blocks. All in all, Berks Four truly represents what the Berks fans have dreamt for so long time.

Jon Williams's fans, let's prepare, you got a long way to go while playing this definitive consecration of the most loved series in the Commodore 16 history ever, even with the password system featured. Surprises won't miss, so you've been warned. And now, no further words, it's time to aim at higher scores by unleashing your best performance, gaining better percentages in solving any single word! Back to our youth, forth to success, it's Berks Four!
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The Götz-Tobias Heger Collection 4/4
Posted by Luca on 2019-05-19
Solitaire (Compute Mit)So here we are, this long ride to include in the database a selection of missing and unseen programs coming from the Götz-Tobias "GeTE" Heger colllection, has just reached the fourth and last chapter: more than 200 demos, utilities, games, magazines and cracks have been added, with their load of infos about the very first steps of the Plus/4 scene.

This last update includes several games we missed from the best German type-ins authors, kings of the magazines from the 80ies: we have a wonderful Solitaire (Compute Mit) by Michael Meissner, Super Oktogon signed by Roby YU, Space Night created by Peter Wirbelauer, and Terminator (Colossus-Soft) naturally by Colossus-Soft; we discovered a U C Demo II subsequent to the first (and only, we thought so at least...) one, and it's fascinating to see how many obscure groups' attempts took place in that precise era (The First H.R.C. Demo, Ruelps Construction Kit (HCS)); on the utilities side, Grafix MC 3.2 looks like a professional (and probably commercial) program , and Graphprint Plus/4 seems to be one of the most advanced math functions analyzer we've seen ever. In the very end, let's mark all the great releases from Götz-Tobias Heger himself, call him both TSG or GeTE or GETE-Soft: cracks, utilities and intros, he really loved the Plus/4 since day zero!

So, 4th and last spitting out, it's done! Here's the complete list of the added programs, thank you again TSG: Geschaeftbriefe Deutsch English, Grafix MC 3.2, Graphprint Plus/4, Konjugi, Loadermaker V1.3, Modem RS232 V1.2, Proglan, Speak, Special-Timer, Speckled Gnome Cruncher, Speckled Gnome Cruncher II, Tonkopf-Justier-Programm 1.2, Window Manager, Textword 2, Adressen 116 (alternative), Adressen-Brief, Turbo-Plus (3 versions), Uni-Loader, Zed, Solitaire (Compute Mit), Shark Attack (crack), Space 1999 (crack), Spirale, Super Cobra (crack), Super Oktogon, Super-Muehle 32K, Space Night, Strip Poker (crack), Terminator (Colossus-Soft), Trizons (crack), Thai Boxing (crack), The Way Of The Tiger (crack), Tom Thumb (crack), Turbocar, Xadium (crack), Xargon Wars (crack), Ruelps Construction Kit (HCS), Special Effects, Soundtrack, Synthesizer (Demo), The First H.R.C. Demo, The Prisoner HAS, TEK Porno Show 01, TEK Porno Show 03, U C Demo II.
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The Götz-Tobias Heger Collection 3/4
Posted by Luca on 2019-05-16
Intro (Roby YU)We're keeping a perfect step with this multiple parts' big release, so why breaking the flow? Let's go ahead, reaching the 3rd quarter's giveaway of the Götz-Tobias "GeTE" Heger colllection's update, with brand new programs absolutely unseen before.

You know what we mean: it's a demos, utilities and games/cracks affair. So let's underline some of the new entries. The TTL crack of the seminal Mercenary - Flucht Aus Targ is certainly a historical one to point out: he's one of the VIPs in the ancient German scene, and anything from him has to be considered as pure mythology; Intro (Roby YU) is the first and apparently only demo by Roby YU, it's a cracktro used to be spreaded as first loading of his collections; we've got several original versions of entries we only had as modified or cracked programs: Rocket Man, Shaolin, WSYS, Schatztaucher; Textverarbeitung, the most common type-in about 80 columns text typing, has now been covered in all the known versions which have been around in the heydays of the listing magazines; other bits include the Andreas Bachler's softography addons, an ancient Turbo Tape Copy V1.5 by KMS that looks quite old, a Notemaker Preview which has never reached the alpha release, and more.

No more lazy talking, let's spit out the solid complete list for this 3rd wave, waiting the last forthcoming one in the next days: Kundenrechnungen, WSYS (complete D64), Textverarbeitung (alternative), Textprogramm, The Final Deleter (V3.3), Trace (Compute Mit), Text 80, Type, Turbo-Cursor, Superdat (original), Schraffieren, Soundhelfer, Soundmachine, Speichersplit, Multi-disk (Sprenger Software) (1541/1551), Turbo Tape Copy V1.5, Psychedelia (crack), RAM-Deleter (2 versions), Vokabeltrainer, Vokabelstar, The Disc Wizard (TSG), Maniax (crack), Monty On The Run (crack), Mr. Puniverse (crack), Mercenary - Flucht Aus Targ (crack), NASA, Osterei-Sucherei, Paperboy (crack), Pferderennen, Phantom (German) (crack), Pilot 1, Pilot In Space, Platform Diving (alternative), Poker (Tronic), Quiwi (crack), Rocket Man (original), Return Of Rockman (crack), Shaolin (original), Schatztaucher (original), Skat (Tronic), Safeguard (crack), Greet Demo '90, Hier Kommt Alex, Intro 1989, Intro (Roby YU), Kung Fu Fighting (Micro Maniac), Notemaker Preview, Playmate Show 1, Raster-Demo.
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The Götz-Tobias Heger Collection 2/4
Posted by Luca on 2019-05-14
Cheap TrialOh well, still so much meat on the bbq, so why waiting further time to face the new big wave of programs for this series. It's a one-two attack in the vey center of the ring, and you don't have to tighten your high guard, the 2nd quarter of the Götz-Tobias "GeTE" Heger collection's gran riserva is already here!

Again, more utilities, more demos, more games from nowhere. Picked up from this massive update, spotlights on to some selecteded ones: Demo '89 is a little onefilre from Men Of Science we've missed somewhat, look at that juicy DYPP; Dual Drive Utility Program is the oldest known release from Mr. L, and it looks like the grandpa of the succeeding Double Drive Filecopy; finally, a clean and original release of the colorful type-in Marble Madness, and this allowed to add the ending too; a 16K version of Japan Sea has surfaced, and it has its own TED tune instead of the questionable digitized voice of the bigger version; Pigmy didn't remember this, but there was a Basic demo released with his Digital Drums, and now we have it on the same D64; let's continue to add several cracks from quite obscure German labels, plus TSG himself has preserved his cracktros alone (a cracktro is a demo put as standalone in a cracks' collection), but we've also found the single release of a rare crack intro from The Bitsoft LTD. (a crack intro is a demo packed with a cracked program).

Thank you again Tobias, it's just because of you that the follow new programs are now saved from the dust of time: Data-Maker, DD Backup C16, Debugger V1.1, Der C64 Als Magier, Disk-Butler V3.0, Disksorter, Disksorter 5-Spalti, Disksorter (Compiled), Disksorter V3.5, Krussoft-Disksorter, Ligatabelle, Diskstart, Disk-Start, Druck '89 V1.0, Dual Drive Utility Program, Data-Base, Digital Drums (with demo), Double Screen, Demo Writer V1.3, Getsetreg, Haushalt-Konten, Laufschrift, Mastercopy V2.1, Menue-Generator, Tex Willer, Feindfahrt U 107 (crack), Fighting Warrior (crack), Fingers Malone (crack), Fussballmanager, Ghosts 'n Goblins (crack), Gridtrap (crack), Goldrush (crack), Hang Man, Indoor Sports (crack), Invincible (crack), Japan Sea (C16 version), Jetbrix (hack), Jumper (alternative), Kaiser (LWM), Leaper (disk), Legionnaire (crack), Marble Madness (original D64), Bytesoft Intro, C64 Picture Show, Compacted Intros, Camera, CD Intro Preview, Cheap Trial, Demo-Ruckeln, Demo '89, Dallas (Demo), Disco In Moskau.
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The Götz-Tobias Heger Collection 1/4
Posted by Luca on 2019-05-12
Break OutWe at Plus/4 World are very happy when someone send to us his personal collection, saved from the corruptibility of the matter by converting'em into immaterial digital images, and then passed to us, in order to be preserved and shared all over the world. Checking dozens, sometimes hundreds, of programs could turn out to be a time wasting work, but the diligence applied to this job reveals to be a sweet duty, until it becomes a real treasure hunt with pleasant discoveries and unknown pieces of history resurfacing.

It happened again, this time we've put our hands in the collection of Götz-Tobias "GeTE" Heger, a big bunch of stuff in D64 and PRG formats, mostly based on the German scene between the 80s and the early 90s, including the programs coming from the vast German publishing of type-ins (for example, the collection has contributed to find and save several programs from Compute Mit Sonderheft SA), some early (and precious!) game cracks, and utilities and cracks released by TSG himself under different nicknames.
Moreover, the GeTE collection has brought a decisive contribution to compose the whole jigsaw of the obscure balkanic side of the C16/Plus4 history: we picked up several missing originals of what now can be recognized as the Roby YU production.
Lastly, we've found some very obscure German diskmagazines, and we've tried to interpret their unfortunate stories.

Apfelberge 3DUp to 200 single programs circa have been sorted out in order to be included into our general database, and several fixes and updates have just been done too. Hence, the whole bunch willl be announced in four separate dates, starting from this first one. Thank you Tobias, your present have been much appreciated!
The complete list of newly added entries follows: SYS-X, Commodisk 1, Commodisk 2, Commodisk 3, Name Changer, 3,5''-Label Printsystem, Textverarbeitung (alternative), All-Dat, Apfelberge 3D, Auto-Starter, Adress 16, Artikelmanager, Buchhaltung 16, Auto-Old, AVP, Basic-Compressor, Basicmon, Basic-Start, Bio-Horoskop, Biorhythmus 32K, Biorhythmus 32K, Biorhythmus (Austrospeed), Briefmarkenverwaltung, Capri II, Chr-Former, Computer-Kommunikation, 7501 Einzelschritt-Emulator (complete version), A-07 (crack), Atlantik Krieg, Attack!, Auf Wiedersehen Monty (crack), Astro Plumber (crack), Bazooka Bill, BMX Racer (Basic), Speed King (crack), Bobby (Italian), Bombs Away (alternative), Break Out, Canoe Slalom (crack), Car-Race, Mayhem (crack), Classic Adventure (crack), Cokin Super, Corman (alternative), Dallas, Das Haus Des Magiers (alternative), Droid (version), Duell, Emerald Mine (crack), Audio-Cassetten-Index, 8 Bit Classics 03, 8 Bit Classics 04, Anleitung The Jet, Terror Sampling III, Terror Sampling I, To Be On Top (MB) (alternative), Intermusik.
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HVTC Update May 2019
Posted by Luca on 2019-05-06
High Voltage TED Collection, (HVTC for closer friends of it) rises up again with a new update, taking the overall number of single files to 657.

This time, the largest slice of the new stuff comes from the Very Rare Formats battle arena, ignited by Battle of the Bits. Almost all the entries have been used as experimentation fields for generic non-Commodore composers using Knaecketraecker and TEDzakker, and this marks a very notable goal: apart of the pure results of those noble efforts, having the chance to use one tracker or editor you can play with — or more to pick up and use as better option — is a real step ahead! Again, fixes, rarities (like the Rabló-Rulett IRQ tape loader tune) and new scene tunes don't miss to be included there.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!­­­­­­­­
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Posted by Luca on 2019-05-03Although there are some minor issues to trigger yet, Rüdiger has completed the Compute Mit Sonderheft SA series, providing all the disk compilations. We're still searching for the original TAP files and cassette cover scans.[ comments ]


Posted by siz on 2019-04-30Today is the 25th anniversary of the sad event of Commodore going bankrupt. :( Rest in peace, Commodore (1954-1994). Your memory will never be forgotten.[ comments ]


The Archives Of István Göőz
Posted by Csabo on 2019-04-26
In 2017, we received a large disk archive from an elementary school. While looking through those programs, I found some interesting ones, such as these. Several of those were developed by Zsuzsa Nagy, and out of curiosity I tried to see if the author could be found. Unfortunately that is an extremely common name in Hungarian, so this proved futile. One of those programs however were co-written by someone with a much more unique looking name: István Göőz. On a whim, I did a search... And found him :-)

As a former principal, Mr. Göőz had some unique insights into how the Commodore Plus/4 was used in education. A lot of this info has been added to the site. Mr. Göőz also worked with the above mentioned Zsuzsa Nagy, who unfortunately passed away a few years ago. During our discussions, it turned out that he still has a large working disk archive, but no way of converting them to a modern platform. Enter our friend Lacus, who traveled there, picked up the 18 disks and transferred them. And a mere 7 months later (hyperspeed!), everything is now on Plus/4 World!

More than 120 programs have been added, a lot of them educational. The flagship one being Kémiai Egyenlet. This was developed and submitted as a final thesis, and also entered into a national competition for educational software. If one were to look up the 1989/6 issue of Mikroszámítógép Magazin, turn to page 30, and look down the middle column, one would see Mr. Göőz and his software, along with the fact that it placed second. We have a scan of the diploma of this as well!

Big thanks to Mr. Göőz and Lacus!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-04-13If you're tired to explore Ghost Town following the usual rules, or if you wanna play it outside Europe, now you can cheat with Ghost Town +8 [PAL/NTSC].[ comment ]


Twitch-a-Witch Into Plus/4: Lala Prologue
Posted by Luca on 2019-04-03
Lala PrologueJust like an experienced boxeur, Digital Monastery, Hokuto Force's games developing department, produces a great feint by spreading a preview video of Robots Rumble, and just after few hours...BANG! The third chapter from the horror themed series signed by The Mojon Twins lands on Plus/4 World!

A winning team never changes! Majikeyric has really found his own golden eggs chicken on the black box scene, hitting again in order to take advantage of the sprite engine previously used in Tenebra Macabre and Zombie Calavera Prologue. na_th_an has drawn some tiny sad rooms again, composing the game areas in the classic stretched screen in order to match the original game's ratio just like on ZX Spectrum. Again, just like the previous release, SIDcard or TLC's frequency converter serve Mibri's fantastic tune, to complete the required atmosphere.

Lala PrologueHelp Lala to become a real witch! Straight from the docs:"Take control of Lala accross the decrepit surroundings of Morgana's academy, looking for all her filters and chemicals". Open new areas by collecting keys, hearts will refill your life once you progress in the game. In Lala Prologue there are 26 filters to collect, lost in the nastiest corners ever, in a platformed world of spikes, bats and spiders!
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UUUU #4: Future Wars
Posted by Luca on 2019-03-26
Future WarsDeeper, deeper, close to the darkest corners of the games that weren't and the demos that didn't, here's again UUUU: Unearthed/Unseen/Unfinished/Unreleased, back for the fourth time, to show you what nobody did wanted to show you before!

Silence has been a fantastic trackmo, the offspring of a lucky cooperation between one of the most memorable coders on Plus/4 (Steve from the Scorpions team) and the beloved graphician which used to often occupy the higher ranks in all the mags' top lists (Unreal of the Methabolix crew). Actually, somebody did notice this fantastic duo at work, and decided to invest in the next production of this brand new coop team: Nukeman did ask about a graphic adventure game in order to exploit at max the skills of both, in order to distribute the resulting game in Germany eventually as shareware software.

They did accept the deal, and Future Wars was fully designed on paper, consisting in five big bitmap environments where to move and do precise tasks, as seen in the Amiga's homonym game. This demo allows the player to move into the very first of those pictures, and we can have a taste of Steve's code watching how the main character moves in respect of the sprite's priorities in the surroundings.

Another slice of history has been saved and spreaded, download Future Wars and see how cool is the vapourware that didn't become a real great game!
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Posted by Csabo on 2019-03-20After nearly two years, Plus4Emu has been updated. Check out what's new on the GitHub Homepage.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2019-03-17The English translation of Davide Bucci's Two Days to the Race got its final version by fixes and improved translation.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2019-03-15The gigantic games collection of Chris comes for a help, throwing rarites in: Trivia UK .TAP files and scans, Pontoon (Venturegate) .prg file and scans, 20 Games by Alpha Software / AVS with cover scan, Death Or Glory alternative cover. Some more to come.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2019-03-11Check out the latest issue of Club Info from Erich/ULTD![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2019-03-08After 11 years, Antonino Porcino has slightly updated his Go-moku game.[ comment ]


Howl To A Fullmoon Of Conversions: Knight Lore Plus/4!
Posted by Luca on 2019-03-07
Knight LoreFirst rule: respect the ancient lores. Respect'em along the years, and do anything in your powers to never let the scene forgetting about.
And which is the firmest tradition for any Plus/4 owner? Yes, the first one you've imagined: converting a game from another system! Did you think the old trend would expire by time? Absolutely not, just the opposite: the game porting has increased in quality. It's the year 2019, and Knight Lore candidates itself as the maximum expression into ye olde art of converting games to Plus/4!

Knight Lore directly comes to us from the ZX Spectrum tradition of Ultimate-styled isometric arcade adventure games, and is a fundamental chapter in the "Sabreman" series, the one which also includes Sabre Wulf and Pentagram. You are Sabreman, now cursed to constantly turn into a werewolf when the moon appears in the black sky, and you have forty days to collect objects throughout the Melkhior castle in order to brew a definitive cure. But any castle room has blocks to climb, obstacles to avoid, and puzzles to solve. Sabreman jumps higher when in werewolf form, but several enemies will attack you during his damned state.

Knight LoreBehind the precious work of porting, there's Emu again, showing his coding skills at his best: Knight Lore is supported by full documentation and instructions, supports both PAL and NTSC machines, offers the music composed by Saul Cross both via SIDcard and TED sound (additional code by TLC of course!), shows a fantastic title picture drawn by a real supporting pillar of the Commodore, STE'86. Most of all, Emu fullfilled the game with all the possible customizations a player can wish for, and those settings can also be saved on disk in order to keep'em even during further explorations of the castle.

Play Knight Lore, as it is a milestone in the home computers' videoludic history, coveted by 6502 based machines' users since the heydays, and now playable reality on Commodore Plus/4! It's 35 years only after its release, and Sabreman is still searching for a cure, we hope that its 264 reincarnation would be the lucky one to save Sabreman's human nature.
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Posted by Csabo on 2019-03-02Erich/ULTD released the 12th part of Hires Color. Check it out![ comment ]


Tenebra Macabre! Winter's Not Yet Over
Posted by Luca on 2019-03-01
Tenebra MacabreYes, we're far from Halloween, but the light of the rising sun is yet to come, high and bright to save the day. Hence, what Mega Meghan still needs, is: candles to be lighted on.

Hokuto Force boldly push its entry for the RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition 2019 with this arcade adventure platformer originally part of the huge ZX Spectrum catalogue of The Mojon Twins to hit on Commodore machines. C64 is the target, but why don't show much more love for the Plus/4 (and the VIC20) too? For this, we hail to the French pride from Montpellier, Majikeyric, one of the fresh entries and the best surprises in the most recent times, the guy who's just rocketed the game development division of Hokuto Force "Digital Monastery" to the multiformat bigger scene.
It's once again na_th_an the hand behind the scary little hires graphics along all the game, and he's the brain behind the game concept. This time, there's a new entry for the musical score (SIDcard or TLC's frequency converter by autodetection): he's Mibri, and he did a great job here.

Tenebra MacabreFind the path to sneak out of the dark crypt by lighting on the candles in the room, the outer storm is by your side, enlightening even the darkest rooms for an instant to have a glance of where to trample safely. Go Meghan, find the exit to the full sunlight, away from the Tenebra Macabre!
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Posted by Luca on 2019-02-26Sovox strikes again! The owner and maintainer of the shrine of Italian newsstand's hacks collections Giuseppe Di Lillo had a present for us: Computer Games E Utilities N.3 Anno 2, Computer Games E Utilities N.4 Anno 2, Computer Games E Utilities N.4 Anno 2 Supplemento, Computer Games E Utilities N.3 Anno 3, Computer Games E Utilities N.4 Anno 3, all with the cassettes' scans.[ comment ]


New Release Of Diag264: V0.94beta
Posted by crock on 2019-02-24
After a lot of prevaricating, I'm finally pushing a new semi-official release of Diag264 - v0.94 beta: http://www.inchocks.co.uk/commodore/Diag264

If you haven't come across it before, it's the C16/Plus/4 equivalent of the various Commodore produced diagnostic cartridges for the C64. There is both a kernal based version that you can directly replace your kernal ROM with, which give the lowest level of diagnosis a bit like the 64 dead test cartridges ,or you can use the low-ROM version which you can put on a cartridge or use in place of the Function-Low ROM in a Plus/4.

Since I released the first version in 2012, I've been regularly tweaking it and it's finally got enough extra functionality to be worth announcing. Since then it's got much better address bus testing, better RAM testing using a decent pseudo random number generator, TED latch testings, fixed numerous small bugs, and added the ability to better diagnose I/O port issues.

To get the most value, you would also need the loop-back plugs. I don't make these for sale, but various ebay sellers have sold them and there's full instructions on building your own in the documentation.

There is a download link at the top of the page where you can find the binaries for kernal/low-ROM and PAL/NTSC combinations. It doesn't matter so much whether you use the PAL or NTSC version as it will try and auto-detect from the installed kernal if you use the low-ROM version, and if you use the kernal version, you can force the video mode by holding down 'P' or 'N' as you power on. Otherwise full instructions are in the link.

0.94 is considered beta, so if there's any bugs or other feedback, please PM me or email the address in the document and I will try to help, time allowing.
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Posted by Csabo on 2019-02-20A 4th video surfaced from Vince Balla, check it out for another glimpse of 1989's Hungary, and old computers being used in classrooms.[ comments ]


Two Days to the Race, A Story Of High (Steam) Pressure
Posted by Luca on 2019-02-15
Two Days to the RaceAfter his early glimpe into the Plus/4 scene with Innuh's Pyramid, a classic theme for an adventure game, Davide Bucci returns with a brand new interactive fiction, this time set during the roaring times of steam engines, when the automotive technology at its very first stages still was surrounded by the aura of heroism and bravery. And if you were a young lady in a world of engineers, the bravery was double!

Two Days to the Race has been developed with Adventure Writing System (AWS) coded by Aristide Torrelli; after the game has been completed, Davide has converted into a C source, in order to be exported to several different 8bit platforms, including C64, ZX Spectrum and (soon!) C128. This process opens a brand new way to modern adventure games' development.
Just like the author did for the previous game, Two Days to the Race V1.6 Final has been released in both English and Italian languages (translated by Alessio Colopardi, this latter one being on V1.5 state yet, will be completed in the very next days). Luca/FIRE added some code and music in the intro, and packed up the final release.

Two Days to the RaceBeware! This interactive fiction game features some password given at the most significant moments of the story, so write'em down somewhere. And if you will obtain the final password once the game has been completed, you can write to the author, to be included in the Winners' List printed on the official site.

No time to waste anymore, ready to go Emilia Vittorini, you're the daughter of Augusto Vittorini, who founded the Industria Torinese Automobili (ITA) with his brother Tullio. Your father is abroad trying to raise funds, but something went wrong and you heard your uncle coming back slamming the door. Your mission is to find what happened and how you can help your family. Good luck!
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Searching For "The Solution", Finding PETSCII Shows
Posted by Luca on 2019-02-01
Tales Of Edoras Plus/4PETSCII stuff is the real Round Table of the Commodore Legacy, where several machines swap their experiences, and there are some C64 examples quite worthy to be ported on Plus/4 too.

So here we are with'em: Luca/FIRE takes not one but two PETSCII pictures shows from C64 — a high ranked and famous one, and a brand new one released few days ago — to the Plus/4! The pictures come in the closer color conversion possible, and presented under in the original interface labeled by The Solution, just as coded by Seven, with two different tunes composed by Xiny6581 playing optionally via SIDcard or by Mconv V1.6 on-the-fly frequency conversion.

Originally released on C64 in the early days of the past September, Tales Of Edoras Plus/4 is a non plus ultra collection showing the inspirated skills of Shine: 16 astonishing PETSCII gems, plus a hidden one to be dug out.
Blockheads Plus/4Blockheads Plus/4 is the latter days newcomer, featuring a big bunch of 20 PETSCII portraits handdrawn by a Commodore rookie like Snake Petsken, in the very first approach of him.

Thirsty of new incredible PETSCII art? Don't worry, we found The Solution.
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The Last 220V Demo
Posted by Csabo on 2019-01-28
Anonymous DemoFans of the old-school Plus/4 demo scene, take notice. According to the scrolltext in Digital Delight 4, we have the complete listing of releases from 220 Volt Team. On that list, we were missing a single demo. I think it's fair to say that at this point, any piece of software that has not been found can be considered lost.

Well, I love to be proven wrong, and thanks to MCG, I am. He triumphantly returns with a small list of releases, first and foremost of which is Anonymous Demo. This is the Last 220V Demo for us. (Unless... the 220V guys actually reunite the group and release something new? Prove me wrong again!)

What is even better than finding something we were looking for? Finding stuff we didn't even know we missed. Enter Amiga Music and Archon-Demo :-) Finally, check out MCG's own software database, which has been updated and released with it's source code. Big thanks for this!
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Posted by Csabo on 2019-01-15JamesC has just released an English translated version of the recently surfaced Hungarian game Malom. Check it out![ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2019-01-11My Refurbishd Tenliners released by 264er_Fan is the very first production in 2019. Happy new year![ comment ]


Cassette Photos From Rüdiger
Posted by Csabo on 2019-01-11
This time Rüdiger contributed to the growth of our massive collection, sending in 8 cassette photos (also from last year, sorry for the delay). Let's see:
* Bongo now has 3 new cassette photos (4 total)
* Pin Point has been added
* Space Pilot as well
* Thai Boxing has two of them; both Anco releases.
Finally there's Supertape, for this utility, Rüdiger also scanned the 4 pages of the mag where this was publised: c't 2/86. Enjoy!
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New Stuff From Lacus
Posted by Csabo on 2019-01-09
MalomLacus sent us (last year, sorry for the delay) another big pack of covers, cassette photos and TAP files. Here's what's new:
* Az Ionok Kialakulása cover, cassette and TAP. With this found, now there's only two pieces missing from the Kémia Programsorozat.
* Cassette for Logikai Áramkörök
* Cover replacements and cassette for Sejtautomaták
* 7 new educational programs from Okta: Belső Energia, Energia, Gyakorlás II, Hőmérsékleti Kölcsönhatások, Hővezetés, Témazáró III, Tömeg.
* Finally; a new, never-before-seen game: Malom.
Check it out and enjoy!
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Pets Rescue Preorders!
Posted by Luca on 2019-01-07
Pets RescueCase closed, in the very end: Pets Rescue preorders are now open! Get your own copy on February 2019, choose your product: Budget Edition (£6.99), Premium Plus Edition (£13.99), Collectors' Box Edition ( ̶£̶3̶9̶.̶9̶9̶ £29.99 special offer for the firsties!), Digital Download ($2.99).
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Posted by Csabo on 2019-01-05Exomizer, the best cross-platform cruncher has received a minor version update to 3.0.2. It's mostly bugfixes, be sure to download the latest![ comment ]


HVTC Update January 2019
Posted by Luca on 2019-01-04
First news of the year is about updating the High Voltage TED Collection, (HVTC for closer friends of it). Aaand nope, a standard format for the TED files hasn't been decided yet (though at the point where we are, we actually could use a restricted .sid format and solve the perennial problem), but hey, it's just few days after the eve and we'll see what's coming next ;)

The collection is now a 630 files beast overall. Something has been purged out, something else has been fixed (Icicle Works), weird demo entries have been added (Cocom Demo, Skyremake), game music which was intended to be beyond suspiction (Sabre Wulf, Heebie Jeebies), the 4 new tunes included in the Psytronik version of Pets Rescue, Csabo's brand new tunes and in general anything about the 2018 tagged stuff.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Dreamtime Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2019-01-04
Dreamtime 2k18Larry just released an updated version of Dreamtime 2k17 and Dreamtime 2k18. After getting feedback from several people about loader troubles, the author decided to revisit this project. These versions use the very latest version of Krill's loader + Exomizer 3, which means loading is now roughly 20% faster. The music bug in 2k17 has been fixed as well. As for 2k18, be sure to check out the B side for an easter egg of sorts, the last extra file on the disk has to be loaded manually as it's not part of the slideshow.
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Posted by Luca on 2018-12-30It's almost the end of the year, give your party a retro feeling with Boray's Super Messenger.[ comment ]


Second Reality on Plus/4!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-12-29
Well, kind of :-) This project was prepared for the last Arok Party, where MicroMorph0s1s came first in the Wild category. Unfortunately, after the compo, this could not be shown on the large projector, so a handful of Plus/4 sceners watched it, and then it was forgotten.

Until now, that is! Thanks to Larry, you can now see the footage here: [ YouTube ]
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Commemorating Ye Olde Art Of Xmas' BASIC Typing
Posted by Luca on 2018-12-28
Santas Winter WorkOur Plus/4 Advent Calendar 2018 opens a new window!

Several guys at Forum64 has opened a special thread called BASIC-Weihnachten, which smells and looks like our past Christmases' ghost, a nostalgic cauldron of feelings wobbling of ancient memories which nowadays seem to be roughly common for all of us.
In order to have a present to send to all the authors and subscribers in that forum, they started to collect several short-typing BASIC games, moslty for C64. This collection has been printed as a booklet to spread as Xmas gift, pushing the idea of typing BASIC listings when the cold days of December invite you to rest at home.

RKSoft offerend his own skills to the cause, entering the collection with Santas Winter Work, a sweet and coloured no-brain duty game surprisingly closed in a so short BASIC listing, that plays like a classic handheld LCD game straight from the past. Santas Winter Work lonely witnesses the C16 in the whole booklet, so thank you RKSoft for being witness ambassador of our system. Oh-oh-oooh!
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Digiloi: Fight In Full PETSCIIvision!
Posted by Luca on 2018-12-27
DigiloiXmas is the right time to receive presents from relatives of your own family, and the Commodore family can't miss this tradition, too!

Dr. TerrorZ has just delighted before all of us with his total mastery about PETSCII graphics, and stuff like Nothing But PET SKI or The First Ball should easily convince anybody. Digiloi is a bigger leap ahead: a complete action game in PETSCIIvision, with gigantic characters and a very colorful scenario of shiny metallic bulbs and intricated jungle. The Plus/4 version of his own original C64 game would have simply seen as a natural consequence, but the author himself did find the present (again!) of a new speed for his code, achieving a surprising 30% faster version of the game.

Now you all know how to spend your Xmas holidays: save the whole planet by disabling the master computer, find three floppy keys and insert them in the terminal. PETSCIIblast'em all!
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-12-25Happy Holidays 2018 from LOD and Absence![ comments ]


Read Club Info in English (sort of)
Posted by Csabo on 2018-12-20
Club Info, the German diskmag just celebrated 150 issues this year. Its history is rooted deep in the German scene, so over the years the need for English translation has come up a few times. In the age of automatic translation, all we would need is a way to copy/paste the magazine's text into a translator service. That might be a troublesome task using an actual Commodore Plus/4 :-)

Thankfully, the arduous legwork of faithfully extracting all the text has now been completed. This little side project was started in January, with Erich's blessing. Therefore, users of Chrome can now easily use the build-in translation service to get a pretty good translation of the mag's text. For users of other browsers, we've added a button with a link. There's also another suggested site: [ DeepL ], but we can't link to them, so you'll have to use copy/paste to get a translation.

More than 15 million characters of text is waiting for you, if you're interested :-) Enjoy!
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A Serious Stab Against The Mercenary
Posted by Luca on 2018-12-18
Mercenary - Escape From TargRüdiger Vs. Mercenary, plus bonuses! So many different releases, items, media orbit around the Novagen's milestone, but now there's Rüdiger to make clear:
- .D64 images for both Mercenary Compendium Edition and Mercenary Kompendium-Ausgabe;
- disk scans for Mercenary Compendium Edition and Mercenary - Escape From Targ;
- tape scans of both the German releases;
- an alternative cover, the whole instruction booklet and the survival kit's order forms from both tape and disk releases of Mercenary - Escape From Targ;
- cassette cover and instructions scans for Mercenary - Die Zweite Stadt;
- the Supersoft tape scan for Graphics Designer;
- original C64/Plus4 and C16/Plus4 disk releases for Ace +4;
- Return magazine has kindly sent in the excerpt regarding Pets Rescue commercial version, published on the last issue Return 35;
- so many magazines scans added, give Publications page a chance ;)
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Type-Ins from Computer Games
Posted by Csabo on 2018-12-12
Hell HouseToday we've added 6 missing programs. They are from Computer Gamer, a video game magazine from the UK. It used to cover most 8-bit systems, and so they occasionally published C16 type-in games. Here they are:
- Caves Of Hell from Issue 27
- Hell House from Issue 6. This issue also included a cut-out cassette cover for each game!
- Karate Champ from Issue 9
- Master Coder from Issue 1
- Red Alert from Issue 3
- Solitaire from Issue 18
Apologies for this being put up so late. (This should be a standard apology attached to most news items, in this case, it took about nearly 6 months for this to make it.) I don't have a good excuse, simply not enough free time. This would be the part where I thank and credit the submitted, but unfortunately I misplaced the email :-/ I had this in my to-do folder with the date of 2018-06-21. Whoever sent it, please comment :-)
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Club Info 152!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-12-06
Club Info 152Erich/ULTD just released the 152nd issue of Club Info, the last issue of 2018. Side A is full of German language articles; including Jump Jet documentation and a bunch of other stuff. Side B has recent demos and games; new stuff:
- Shapelupe C16, a small utility (description on Side A)
- Hardware plans in PageSetter format
- Maps for Magician's Curse 3 in PageSetter format
- Einarmiger Bandit, a small BASIC game
- Kueken PETSCII from Erich.
Enjoy!
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Covers From IQ666 - Part 4
Posted by Csabo on 2018-12-03
Tycoon TexMore cover scans and cassette photos from IQ666. Here's what's new:
- HQ scan of Tycoon Tex
- International instructions for Varmit
- Video Meanies and Water Grand Prix cassettes
- HQ scans of Way of the Exploding Fist (Richocet release), plus two different cassettes
- HQ scans of Wolf Pack, including an alternative print of the back cover, and cassette photo
- Two different cassettes for World Series Baseball
- Back cover of Xadium and two cassettes
- Zap-em cassette and a misprint of the front cover that only a collector could love :-)
Check them out, big thanks for these!
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Ultimate Map V2.0
Posted by Luca on 2018-12-01
Ultimate ROM Map V2.0Getting closer and closer to the actual core! Today a brand new updated Ultimate Map pops out , again signed by SVS/FIRE, adding more stuff and fixing where needed.

The list of news about V2.0 release is a long one as expected, and can be roughly summarized as follows:

- NST/BSZ audio card;
- Corrections on referrings to time ticks (for $A3…$A5);
- Basic keyword DRAW corrections and more info;
- C64' MagicVoice words table and comparision with 364's words table;
- New table with 11 BASIC programming tricks;
- New POKE generator engine to calculate color/luminance/background/blinking inside the screen matrix;
- New screen-attribute-code DECODER;
- New table of hidden-features of CHAR command when in Multicolor graphic mode;
- New decoding/description of Function-Names (x in DEF FNx and FNx) in BASIC Vars table, more infos in BASIC commands DEF FN and FN;
- HW section: inserted CPU Speed table;
- MONITOR environment commands table added to EDIT-sheet;
- Lots of improvements and fixing.

We at Plus/4 World suggest to all of you to updated your prefer TED bible, downloading it from here.
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-12-01We got in touch with Vince Balla, a retired teacher from Pusztamérges, Hungary, who developed lots of educational programs. If you have 20 minutes to spare, be sure to watch this video![ comment ]


Covers From IQ666 - Part 3
Posted by Csabo on 2018-11-23
The Hulk C16ThrustThis time we have a bunch of stuff, all of which starts with the letter T. Here we go:
- The cassettes for Tazz and Trizons
- HQ cover scans of the Americana release of The Hulk 16 as well as cassette photo
- The Wizard And The Princess cassette
- HQ cover scans for Thrust, plus two cassette photos (one black, one white)
- White cassette photo for Tower Of Evil
- HQ cover scans for the bundle release of Treasure Island, plus cassette photo
- Triple Decker 2 cassette photo and German instructions
- Cassette photos of Tutti Frutti and Twin Kingdom Valley.
Luca has also added nearly 40(!) cassette photos, collected from eBay in the past two days, for example the black cassette of Tower Of Evil. Thanks guys!
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Covers From IQ666 - Part 2
Posted by Csabo on 2018-11-21
Winter OlympiadeContinuing from Part 1, the next batch of cover scans and cassette photos from IQ666 has been uploaded today. Here is what's new:
* Cassette photo for 10 Computer Hits 3
* Ace 2 cassette and "epilepsy warning" - the publisher must have thought this to be hugely important, as it's printed in 8 languages :-)
* Four Great Games cassette photos
* A self-help card included with Future Knight (which uses the word... "blastventure")
* Ikari Warriors cassette photo
* Summer Events cassette photo (Anco release)
* And finally the 4 "sides" of the cover for Winter Olympiade (which was the name of the German release of Winter Events).
Check it out, there's more to come!
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A Piece Of News We Missed
Posted by Csabo on 2018-11-19
About a year and a half ago Litwr made a rather low-key announcement on the forum. He let us know that he developed a Windows program which is essentially a replacement or a rival to Austrospeed Compiler. CBCCWIF (or Commodore +4 Basic Cross Compiler with Italian flavor) takes your BASIC program file and produces an ASM version, which can then be assembled. Although we don't have official benchmarks, the resulting machine-language program files appear to be much faster than what Austro produces.

Today we rectified our mistake of not adding this program to our list of tools. Sorry about that! You can now find it here, with a link to the official homepage for more info. Anyone developing BASIC games should give it a try, and be sure to send your feedback to the author.
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UUUU #3: Myth
Posted by Luca on 2018-11-12
Myth TitleWelcome to the third episode of UUUU: Unearthed/Unseen/Unfinished/Unreleased, the last available ship taking vanished code straight to your emulators, SD2IECs, 5¼ diskettes and so on.

Today it's the turn for something big, something ambitious, something (maybe) truly existing somwhere. A soty from the past, that could easily become a forthcoming future, if somebody will have the chance to pick up the right disks from his old collection. It's time for Myth: History in the Making, the never seen before conversion from scratch labelled as Methabolix, resulting from the efforts of Beast and Unreal.

We have tried to squeeze the most from the Unreal's disks, but we ain't able to seek out the real deal: the working final version. Anyway, we have a playable demo (V6.4/C says the related directory) that shows fantastic animations, solid gameplay, gigantic bosses, working code...and yes, some flawlesses here and there which scream:"It's still a previewwwww!".

Myth ChimeraOur pleasure is serving you all at our best: we scraped the darkest corners of the disks ciited above, just to pull out from them any useful bit of involved stuff, in order to have the best idea about how the game would have been once finished; we have a video of the full digimusic intro; we added cheats too, we tested the commands, we bruteforced the loader, we have read all the readable text about the game.

Enjoy Myth, we will meet again for the 4th chapter of this journey along the unseen. Wait for that, nothing will be lost, it's just playing hide'n'seek ;)
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Covers From IQ666 - Part 1
Posted by Csabo on 2018-11-10
ACEScan collection increase time! "Recently" registered member IQ666 submitted a boatload of covers, which can only be added in small chunks, otherwise it will never be done. IQ666, whose real name is Kai Uwe... Does that ring a bell? If you immediately though of seeing an advert in the old A-System demo Electric Movie... Then you have an exceptionally good memory, I guess? For everyone else, the takeaway is, our friend has been a quiet part of the scene for quite a long time!

So, with 31 files totaling 4.5MB uploaded, let's have a quick rundown of what's new:
* 4 In 1 Hit Pak two cassette photos added
* ACE an alternative cover and German inlay added
* Battle Star cassette photo added
* Bongo cassette photo and German inlay added
* Footballer Of The Year cassette photo and back cover added
* Ghosts 'n Goblins cassette photo, plus English, German and French instructions added
* Mercenary cassette photos added, apparently the 2nd side has the C64 version on it!
* Alternative Kingsoft covers added for Micro Datei, Music Master and Paintbox, something to look out for if you're a collector
* Music Synthesiser cassette photo added
* Scooby Doo English, German and French instruction scans added

Finally, something else interesting: apparently the Anirog 1984 release of Las Vegas had numbered prints... We replaced the current scan with Kai's, but since we keep track of everything else under the sun Plus/4 related, we also started a little section keeping track of who owns what. (This might eventually grow into a proper place for people to keep track of their collections.) For now, whoever submitted the original scan, please edit your name, and if you happen to own a copy, please add your name. More to come, thanks to IQ666 for these, enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-11-06A new picture called Neon Nights HFLI was released by MMS. Check it out![ comments ]


Happy Halloween! Zombie Calavera Prologue
Posted by Luca on 2018-10-31
Zombie Calavera PrologueTrick or treat? Oh well, it seems like we got both of them this year!

Hokuto Force signs this year's Halloween time by releasing a game with the right creepy mood that fits the time of evil grinning pumpkins and hanged skeletons. Zombie Calavera Prologue, originally created for ZX Spectrum, comes in the night riding a headless horse, straight from the vast catalogue of The Mojon Twins, and lands on the desecrated grounds of C64, VIC20 and Plus/4. Coded by Majikeyric, whom definitely demonstrates his settled presence in the Plus/4 scene, it also features graphics by na_th_an and music by Uctumi, and finds its way out thanks to the game development division of Hokuto Force "Digital Monastery", a quasi-sophomore of this latter one on Plus/4, if we consider Matatu.

Help Santos the graveyard guardian, to save his beloved wife Mara and take his long awaiting revenge from an ancient evil priest, collect all the crucifixes he needs, hide in shadows to avoid the spirits which seek you relentlessly. Enter the lands of purgatory with you gun and try to get out from there as a winner.
Happy damned, jumping and shooting Halloween to you all!
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Posted by Luca on 2018-10-30Cross Chase, the multiformat game project by Fabrizio Caruso, has now reached V1.0 as ultimate goal.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2018-10-26The race between conversion utilities heats up: bubis just released DFLIConv2, the successor of 2003's DFLIConv. It's a cross-platform app, you'll need Java to run it.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2018-10-2311 cassette photos added from Rüdiger: 2 for Plus-Paket 16, 5 for Galaxy, one for Jump Jet, and 3 for Tom Thumb. Check them out, thanks Rüdiger![ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2018-10-18Multipaint by Dr. TerrorZ was updated today. If you use this mutliplatform graphics program, be sure to download the latest version![ comment ]


"Rodmän" Preorders Now Open
Posted by Luca on 2018-10-13
Rodmän"Rodmän", the brand new game signed by Mika Misfit Keränen, is now ready to be preordered at The Future Was 8bit.

The game comes in a Special Edition combining three different multiformat cassettes, in order to purchase the whole bunch of versions (C64, C16, VIC20 +16K, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC464, Oric1, MSX!), and the digital download for all the formats is included too. Purchasing the whole big pack is the only way to get it: the actual words from the distributor are:"Chances of individual release other than digital download is slim. Price as low as we can to cover all costs and to give Misfit a bit back for his hard work. Is that not worth the cost alone?".

Rodmän Triple PackIf you wanna see how the real thing runs and plays, Misfit c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶(̶"̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶"̶ ̶y̶e̶t̶,̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶r̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶e̶x̶t̶)̶ will release a playable demo just at the end of the preorder's period, hence stay tuned for further news.

Preorder Rodmän at The Future Was 8bit. C16 games still sold around in 2018? Yes. Of course. Why not? ;)
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Posted by Luca on 2018-10-09Awsm's Plus/4 sophomore Life On Mars has been ranked 3rd at Deadline 2018 in the ANSI/ASCII/PETSCII competition.[ comment ]


New Stuff From Lacus
Posted by Csabo on 2018-10-07
Magyarország (Newline)Lacus sent us some new stuff; I'd like to share it with you all. First off we finally have the cover artwork, cassette photo and TAP file for 3-D Sakk, a Hungarian 3D chess program. For Verem, which is a decent Hungarian Tetris game we now have a HQ cover as well. Finally, there's something new: Magyarország (Newline) is a never-before seen educational program. Your task is to point out the location of given cities on Hungary's map. One of the developers is ETC, the developer of the legendary Digital Box, who we "found" this year. If you haven't yet, you can check out his profile for some historical info.

We've also added an official product list from Newline to their page. Big thanks to Lacus for these!
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UUUU #2: XeO3
Posted by Luca on 2018-09-27
TXeO3Few days have passed since our new argument had its first hit, and...here we are again! UUUU ("Unearthed/Unseen/Unfinished/Unreleased") is back with the 2nd subject, a real classic, one of the longest winding suffered case history in the Plus/4 scene: the most wanted XeO3 shoot'em up game by Mike Dailly in collaboration with Luca!

Although several testing programs have been released, XeO3 didn't have its own database entry, just like all the other game's previews, an injustice all in all! This is the chance to build up a common field where to follow any possible forthcoming news about the project, and where to recap the whole history behind it: a brief compendium of facts about it, all the videos, all the main sites about it, all the releases about it till now.

See you in the 3rd appointment of UUUU, then. Don't miss a new piece of history which comes back to life!
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Pyramid Riddles From The Past
Posted by Luca on 2018-09-21
Innuh's PyramidToday, Davide Bucci has decided that all the Commodore 8bit machines must run the same old text adventure, one from the far past, and from the TI99/4A side.

Hence, here we are. We're always happy for a new "old" adventure to challenge: download enjoy Innuh's Pyramid right now, both in English and in Italian as the original one.
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Posted by bubis on 2018-09-19Zsolt Kozma (Chizman) created an custom hardware MP3 player for Plus/4! Check the forum for more details.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2018-09-18Club Info 151 from Erich/ULTD is here, check it out![ comment ]


Posted by Sandor on 2018-09-16A new crossplatform conversion tool, SIC-P4 is here. Check it out, more details on the forum![ comments ]


Posted by Stinaris on 2018-09-14Finally, GridIron V1.0 is finished and available for download: https://stinaris.itch.io/gridiron. Check it out![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2018-09-11The the depths of time, Oby conjured up an old letter. It was a questionnaire, sent to sceners in 1995. The results were published in New$Reel 26. Check it out for a nostalgia trip![ comments ]


UUUU #1: Tomcat +4 World Special Edition 2010
Posted by Luca on 2018-09-07
Tomcat +4 World Special Edition 2010During all those years, we at Plus/4 World have stored some very old stuff, like demo or game previews, or broken codes, or dropped projects and so on. After so many years, many of these half baked productions might have been left alone due to getting no chance to see'em finished (just like Lemmings, for example...), could have been officially declared as case closed by the author, or simply they're orphan of their author himself.

So, welcome to the first time of "Unearthed/Unseen/Unfinished/Unreleased" (briefly: UUUU), the time and place when and where we wanna include those weird stuff into our database, and a new strange story has to be narrate to the aficionados audience!
Let's start with Tomcat +4 World Special Edition 2010, a cooperation work by Darron Broad, the real man behind Tomcat, and Luca/FIRE, combined their forces together to obtain...well, a slightly missed target :)

Seeya next time, when, occasionally, a new UUUU will be taken to the light, carrying its load of unsuccessful stories to expose.
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-09-06Charlemagne sent us 34 of his old programs. A few of the games are: Break Up, Kugli, Nehéz Játék, Robot Program. Check out the full list in the New Stuff section.[ comment ]


A Very Last Chance Both For Ghosts And For Goblins
Posted by Luca on 2018-09-05
Ghosts 'n Goblins +4!The legend says: Commando commercial C16 version, the official one, iis the worst computer game in the whole world. You probably haven't ever met with Ghosts 'n Goblins C16, I presume!

Actually, there's no chance of forgiveness for this bunch of total mess, and the only way to appreciate it again, after "just" 32 years, is a C16 working trainer on disk, in order to have a complete view about the desolation of the proposed scenario. And this is it: 4 trainers and that little graphics bugfixing about the main..."sprite" and the title logo. And that's what Ghosts 'n Goblins +4! rapresents all in all.
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-09-04Rüdiger sent us new high-quality scan for 6 Of The Best, Demolition, Power Pack (Anco) and Summer Events; plus cassette photos for Soft 80, Summer Events, Two To One and Winter Events.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2018-09-03Some historical German diskcovers have been saved from the dust of time by Lavina/GOTU thanks to... hey Haegar/SYN the surfer coder! Several are for Signals magazines, one in particular is for the unreleased 3rd issue of Cybernews.[ comments ]


Arok 2018 - The Aftermath
Posted by Csabo on 2018-08-19
Arok 2018 is over. Were you one of the lucky 12 Plus/4 sceners who attended (BSZ, bubis, Chronos, Dragon, Epy, ern0, Lavina, Larry, MMS, Murphy, siz, TLC), or did you perhaps catch it on the live stream? If not, never fear, here's the final tally: 3 demos, 2 pics and one wild entry.
Be sure to check the forum for even more details!
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G64 Days
Posted by Rüdiger on 2018-08-07
Unfortunately, we have had only a few manufacturers in the past who offered commercial software on floppy disk. One of the few was Kingsoft, among others, and they also had good copy protection on the floppy disks. That made sure again and again that only fairly moderate cracks were partially in circulation. And sometimes the disk versions are not 100% identical to the existing tape versions. Also Anco had few titles on disk, which have the same copy protection.

Thanks to the friendly help of a user from the German Forum 64, a large part of the existing original floppy disks could now be made into the G64 format.

We now have the following new G64: Bongo, Bridgehead (C-16 and Plus/4 version on a disk), Chipy, Crillion, Demolition , Die Seefahrt, Emerald Mine II, Fire-Galaxy, Fortress Underground (without graphic bug!), Karate King, Karting Grand Prix , Legende im Eis, Maniax, Der Pfad im Dschungel, Plus-Paket 16, Quiwi (from both disk sides, plus the expansion disks 1 & 2), Das Rätsel um die 7. Kolonie, Space Pilot, Kingsoft Sport Show, Two to One, Winter Olympiade (German release of the Winter Events). From Anco are adding Power Pack (Anco) and Strip Poker II plus.

Of the applications and utilities have been added: Graphics Designer, Paintbox (here now with 3 demo images!), Music Master, Micro Datei, Micro Kalk, Micro Text 2.0 and Soft 80.

That's not all of Anco and Kingsoft, but a start has been made. We need your (!) help, if there are any more original floppies, so check your collections!

Not a G64 at the last, only a D64 from ACE 2 from Cascade Games, the original disk version.
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-07-24Erich/ULTD has released Botticelli Bilderdisk 43. Check it out![ comments ]


W4PL - Final version!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-07-20
The final version of Waiting For Promised Land with some new surprises is here, check it out!W4PL
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-07-15Torque222 released BBS Term+ V1.2 Quickv 1, a modified version of the original with speed improvements.[ comments ]


A New Resolution!
Posted by Torque222 on 2018-06-19
PETSCII PIC01The new high res is low res. Memory saving impressive graphics using the vast font possibilities of the Commodore Plus/4.

In mode graphic 1 or 2 (2 is the same screen as 1 but with text at the bottom 5 lines)
On a full 40 X 25 screen the display combinations are:
16 X 16 X 8 X 8 = 16384 for each font and in graphic 1 or 2 mode you have 128 fonts to use.
So, 16384 X 128 = 2097152 (Not subtracting same color foreground and background fonts)
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Do (Not Avoid) Spikes!
Posted by Luca on 2018-06-12
Spikes CPlus/4Spikes CPlus/4Straight from its own C64 and VIC20 versions, both created by Majikeyric, in the brilliance of 4Kbytes, here comes Spikes CPlus/4!

Spikes CPlus/4 is a single key triggered game working on C16/Plus4, where a weird blocky bird with rounded corners is flappying between the two walls of a closed room while an increasing number of spikes randomly pop up from both two. How long can you resist? More hiscores to come, one your skill increases game after game.

Majikeyric did it all by himself, then he released it under the Hokuto Force label, offering a great comeback path to our beloved friends, which mostly come from the C64 side of the scene. So it's now time to populate the Hall of Fame with all your best scores, let's see who beats who!
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Club Info 150!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-06-12
Club Info 150Thanks to the dedication of Erich/Ultd, Club Info has reached 150 issues. Spanning 27 years, Club Info is the longest-running diskmag on Commodore Plus/4. To commemorate this achievement, the new issue is a double! 4 disks sides waiting for you to dig in; the (German language) articles are on sides 1 and 3. There are also some new stuff on the mag, so be sure to check that out. Congratulations and thanks to Erich!
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-06-07RoePipi is back with the 3rd part in the RandTown series: RandTown Dumper. It's a fun game, give it a try![ comments ]


Faces In HFLI
Posted by Csabo on 2018-06-05
Faces In HFLIMMS is here with his first picture show of this year: Faces In HFLI. The pictures are converted in HFLI mode (which means no flickering due to interlace). There are 14 faces for you to check out. Enjoy!
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Castle Matcher - A Kastélymeccs
Posted by Csabo on 2018-06-04
Castle Matcher - A KastélymeccsRoepipi writes: "My girlfriend started to play Castle Matcher, and I used that chance to translate the game to Hungarian. The result is 'Castle Matcher - A Kastélymeccs'. It wasn't easy, since I didn't originally plan for a Hungarian version, and in many cases, the game relied on the lengths of the original English words. Of course during the translation a few new issues popped up, and even found a 'known bug' (which I wasn't able to fix, but it should not affect the gameplay). I played through the game and here it is, could we upload it?"

The answer is: absolutely :-) If your lack of English was keeping you from trying out this unique and funny game, well, there's no more excuses!
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Two New Demos
Posted by Csabo on 2018-06-02
GIF001Newly registered member Torque222 is here with two new releases! GIF001 plays a 15 frame ascii-art animation from BASIC. The result is 1 second of video! The second release Pics RWS 01 contains 4 uniquely converted hires images. Check it out and enjoy!
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Hits From A Bong
Posted by blinddarm on 2018-05-21
Hits From A BongHi there,

As already threatened, once again I made a small digi but this time for Commodore 16. Because of its limited memory, it was not so easy to find a music sample but hey, this is just for fun! The intro is written in basic, the sample is made with Csabo's Wave Converter. Thanks to Csabo for his help!

Hope you like it! Regards,
blinddarm
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-05-16Exomizer version 3 is out, promising "up to almost 50% faster 6502 decrunchers than 2.0.11 (if you are willing to trade some size for speed)". A must have for coders, check it out![ comment ]


New Trackmo - Waiting For Promised Land
Posted by Lavina on 2018-05-12
After applying the final touches late at night just before the deadline, our new coop demo of 3 Plus/4 groups called Waiting For Promised Land was released at QBParty 2018. Hopefully it's a small but pleasant surprise :-) The demo was made with Bitfire C+4 (by BSZ & Bubis) making it the first trackmo with this great loader on Plus4. The demo won the oldschool demo compo at the party.

The release also marks the return of an ancient GOTU graphician to active duty as Shadow participated in the making.

A final version is to be released soon. In the meantime, try to find the hidden features and meanings within the party version. ;-)
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Lone News 21
Posted by Luca on 2018-05-07
At last! All in all, we don't have to wait for ten years to see a new issue of the mag. To be precise, it's just 9 years and 11 months, so we've saved a whole precious month in order to avoid a 2-digits sleeping time :)

The FIRE crew is proud to take all of you way back in time; a time when our coding didn't take in count IRQs as it was a bunch of spaghetti, miraculously working in the very end; a time when certain recaps away from the nowadays social networks were useful and somewhat trusted and followed. Luca/FIRE has released Lone News 21, a brand new 40 pages diskmagazine issue, with an intro picture drawn by Coyote/CNS.

Lone News 21 features the usual charts; some fast news and previews about the current scene; a big, very old interview with Solder, just before his archive has vanished from the internet and no other news did come about him. And last but not least, the real thrust of this issue: all the currently known who/what/when/why about the so called "scanned lady", aka Face Of A Woman, including the steps we did into it, what comes from other researches and, finally, the words of the original Apple engineer who practically scanned the original picture.

Read Lone News 21 in one single gasp, feel the mood of the real oldschool approach to the scene, eventually ask for more!
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Space Pong
Posted by Luca on 2018-04-28
Space PongUnexpectedly, SVS of the FIRE crew takes the 2012 dated SVS-Pong into space!

Space Pong is a one player Pong game extravaganza, originally written in BASIC and then compiled with the Austrospeed Compiler, which is intended to be played with an emulator at 200% speed. You win a game when you reach a score which is calculated taking in count of the settings chosen in the main menu: actually, several features can be modulated or activated, in order to have a different challenge at any time, and the hiscore boards shows those settings beside your score. And the latter also shows if you've cheated or not, and probably you would have done it by discovering one of the various Easter eggs included in the game, so search for all of them ;)

Space Pong is a crossover between Pong and a shoot'em up, hence several new entities like rockets and UFOs populate the game area, and some weird events can occur during your play. And you can shoot at all of them, but will you have some aiming skills to hit'em? Space PongIn order to have a full view of the entire game's mechanics and features, SVS offers to you all an useful manual as .doc file, describing options, gameplay, strategies and more.

Watch the videoclip!

The gauntlet has been thrown down: play Space Pong, improve your scores, find all the secrets!
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Posted by Luca on 2018-04-27A quick announcement for RetroArch users: the new version 1.7.2 begins to support VICE xplus4 V3.0.[ comments ]


Posted by Erich on 2018-04-20Check out Galerie Unlimited 7, a co-production from Data-Land and Erich.[ comment ]


New Game: Magic Blocks
Posted by RKSoft on 2018-04-11
Magic BlocksMagic BlocksMagic Blocks is an arcade style game for Commodore 16/116 (64KB RAM) Plus/4 and Commodore 128. Help the little wizard Archimedes to learn creating and destroying magic blocks, grab the key and leave the screen by entering the door. At some rooms you need creativity to use the magic blocks and at some others you must find a short way to the key and the door before the time runs out. The game comes with 16 levels. On our lovely 264er machine it runs very fast for a BASIC game. Both versions (128 and 264) are identical except the speed and different colors.
The download includes the source code. If you have some optimizations etc., please let me know. Have fun with this little game.

Grab a copy at my website!
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Masters Of The PETSCIIverse
Posted by Luca on 2018-03-21
He-Man & Friends C16Even a funny online scene episode may become a source of outstanding creations to release, and Mermaid doesn't miss the chance to unleash once again her own art with PETSCII.

In the past months, she did show how an extended palette like the Plus/4 one can improve her skillful usage of the rawest side of 8bit graphics, describing big subjects in the powerful environment of 121 colors. Now this is different, because any individual character of the Grayskull posse has been exalted and described thru his own discrete materials, colors and shapes in some minimal detalis sincerely never seen in previous PETSCII builds. Mermaid never ends to amaze us.

A little G*P+FIRE release for you, graphics by Mermaid, code by Luca, frq converter by TLC. Enjoy!
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YAPE 1.1.6 now out!
Posted by Gaia on 2018-03-18
This year's first release of YAPE brings you all the usual fixes, some TED improvements and new functionalities including:

  • added Hungarian KERNAL version to the machine setup
  • MTAP pulse length correction in the 'Tape head adjust' dialog
  • option to confirm writing back changes to disk images
  • couple of TED improvements
  • regression bug when switching to fullscreen mode from windowed GDI mode fixed

Get it from its usual location.
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Club Info 149!
Posted by Erich on 2018-03-08
Club Info 149Yo Plus/4 World,

Here is the newest issue of Club Info. New stuff for you:
1. Frohe Ostern! (a Petscii from me)
2. Torte. Mono / Multicolor. Torte / Hardcopy. 1 & 2 / Version. Plus4 (these programs belong together)
3. S.Plus4Int.28A&B (maps for the hardware)
4. S.Athanor Map 1&2 + Clues (solution and maps in page setter size)
5. Muenzwurfspiel (from Rüdiger Baumann)

Have a good time. Greetings: Erich
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HVTC Update February 2018
Posted by Luca on 2018-02-26
Mostly due to the last releases, the High Voltage TED Collection, better known as HVTC, has been updated, reaching 608 single files and fixing 3 instances.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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It's Now Time For "Pets Rescue"!
Posted by Luca on 2018-02-24
Pets RescueNine months passed since Mad/BKN started a thread in the forum about the chance to begin converting some famous games to run on Commodore Plus/4. The so called conversion did early become a game from scratch with some recognisable style, precisely: a platform in Giana's style. After these nine months of painful but passionate work, Pets Rescue has finally seen the light!

She's Dr. Andrea Brown, but all the people name her "Afro Dree", as she uses to entertain their puppies by singing and dancing. Her bigger mistake? To choose her co-workers very badly! And now, the whole county has been invaded by ex-pets under evil mutation; so: it's time to set'em all free, Dr. Dree! The Plus/4 All Stars crew invite all of you to enter this big quest lying in one single disk side, along 20 levels splitted in 5 worlds full of mean creatures, brave jumps, moving platforms, coins to collect, secrets to reveal and much much more! You get one password per world once you solved it, so don't loose your hopes even against the higher difficulties, where you must express your best platformer's performances.

Pets Rescue
Technically speaking, Mad has allowed the Plus/4 to show exactly the stuff that would have proverbially been deny to it due to the well known specifics of the machine, and the solutions he did find for his code mark another quantum leap in the TED history. Give an experienced graphician and game map's builder to a skilled coder, and the game simply takes off: KiCHY/ASN has designed some very enjoyable game levels with graphic blocks in fancy colours and shapes. It's 5tarbuck at the tracker, composing most of the ingame tunes, together with Luca/FIRE and Degauss/TEK; and the latter two also have also been in charge for all the sprites (Luca) and the music driver (Degauss). Seen that stunning intro picture in overscan MFLI 248 pixels high, and the relative titlescreen's logo? Exactly, it's Carrion! And Nero added his art too. Have you just tried to load the game? Lightspeed, isn't it? Do you still have some technical questions for bubis and BSZ/NST, now that the game loads from both 1541 and 1551 drives?

Pets Rescue has been presented at BCC #12 party held in Berlin, challenging in the Mixed compo. Though the whole game almost fills an entire disk side, and the main part occupies all the memory but 14 (!) bytes left, there will be a commercial release in some months, predictably distributed by Psytronik Software. Rumors say that the commercial release could show some little bonuses here and there, and Carrion himself will draw the box cover...rumors say! ;)

Enough said, we think it's now time to connect your most friendly joystick and stop appreciating the efforts in coding graphics or whatever else; give the real best prize wanted for a game like this, give it your greatest scores. Play Pets Rescue!
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Posted by Luca on 2018-02-17Boray has just released DirPlus, a fast SD2IEC browser based on SJL264 Light with many features (copy, search, rename...).[ comments ]


New Map From Atisoft!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-02-12
Atisoft (who created the Booty Map) is back with another one, this time it's for SQIJ. SQIJ is a C16 game from The Power House, perhaps it's a bit of a stretch to call it a classic. It's from the heyday of commercial C16 games, but it's perhaps a bit obscure. If you've written it off as a mindless shooter at first glance, this map will perhaps convince you to give the game another chance. The game's area is quite large - 64 screens, and you will need some planning ahead if you want to complete it. The map should really help to plan out the route.

Check it out (direct link to the map) and enjoy!
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Big Cover Update From Lacus!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-02-08
Keresztcsere SzoliterLacus got his hands on tons of new tapes, which means our archive gets some new additions. A lot of missing gaps were filled; cassette photos added for: A Hős Lovag, Észvesztő Útvesztő, Music-16, Űrtojások. Same for Marsall, plus TAP image as well. For 21-es, the back cover was added.

Even better, we have some brand new stuff added! Here's the list:
* Assembler + Szimulátor: a programming utility with 5 programs.
* Basic Elastic (or BASelastIC): two BASIC utilities
* Flopp: TAP file, covers and cassette photo added
* Keresztcsere Szoliter: a compilation of two never-before-seen games
* Pandográf: TAP file, cover and cassette photo added
* Sejtautomaták: a new Conway's Game of Life program
* Igenévragozás and Lineáris És Abszolútérték Függvény: two new educational program.

Hopefully you'll find something interesting in that list :-) Big thanks to Lacus for these!
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Club Info 148!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-01-30
Club Info 148Our sincere apologies, but we're a little late this time: Club Info 148 was released in December, but we could only get our hands on it now. Side A contains the usual German-language articles, while Side B contains new and recent releases. Perhaps worth mentioning is a little co-op release from Erich and Csabo: Erich's PETSCII Collection is a slideshow of Erich's PETSCII art. Hope you guys enjoy it!
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"Video Basic" Killed The Archive Stall
Posted by Luca on 2018-01-15
Video BasicIt's Giuseppe Di Lillo (sovox) time again.

We just preserved the whole Video Basic series, archived in one single page where to download the related 20 (!) TAP files; now, any issue has its own regular space, completed with cover scans and tape pictures, and any single issue has been linked to its own 36 pages manual in PDF, big work indeed!
Computer Games E Utilities N.9 Anno 2 got the same treatment: the whole tape in its TAP file, cassette picture, any single program now present in the archive as TAP file too, and the manual in PDF. Last, Il Libro Dei Giochi Per Commodore 16 E Plus/4 has its own TAP, cover and tape picture, and this takes to recover two lost games: Flipper Cinese and Mondo Di Colori.

The cooperation with Giuseppe and his fantastic homepage dedicated to the Italian newsstand's compilations of hacked games is running wild beyond any expectation, thank you once again, bud!
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YAPE SDL Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2018-01-10
YAPE SDLGaia just updated the YAPE SDL project. This code is also the base of the fantastic JavaScript emulator, and the new version of that is now online here at Plus/4 World! (Look for the [PLAY ONLINE] links on program pages.) The biggest visual difference you will see is the ability to handle more FLI effects. Be sure check it out, big cheers to Gaia!
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Sweet DFLI C16
Posted by Csabo on 2018-01-08
Sweet DFLI C16Looks like 2018 is certainly off to a good start, as the good news just keep on coming. A new intro from gerliczer has just arrived; check out Sweet DFLI C16! It should run on any 264 family computer as it only needs 16K memory, and has PAL/NTSC versions. The music is a cover of Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen. As the name suggests, it has a DFLI effect, which is put to good use: waving rasters, 3D rasters and a twister. Check it out and enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2018-01-07SJL264 Light has just been updated to V0.3 - the loader now works with 16K/32K/64K, as well as NTSC machines. Cheers, BSZ![ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2018-01-05The second release of 2018 is here: Firedance Digi from Blinddarm![ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2018-01-04We stilll have some winter holidays, let's spend them in family playing bingo with the C16: Boray Bingo (eng/swe).[ comment ]


2017 - A Year In Review
Posted by Csabo on 2017-12-31
Another year has gone by... Wouldn't it be fun to sum it all up from the Commodore Plus/4's point of view? Yes? Then here we go!

Let's start with emulators: while we are happy that VICE and plus4emu each got an update this year, YAPE is leading the way here. After 6 big updates in 2017, Gaia is still around polishing this gem, adding the little feature requests that the hardcore users keep coming up with. His JavaScript emulator also got updated this year, I have to re-iterate that being able to run Plus/4 stuff right in the browser is pretty sweet stuff.

Our site had one big update, we can now properly handle Hungarian accented chars (őrült jó :-)). Our collection reached 10000 entries. Otherwise we count 78 releases this year, the highest in 10 years. Way to go Plus/4 Scene! Let's see it broken down by categories.

Games: Slipstream from BKN is the big hit of 2017, a 3D space-shooter that pushes the machine's capabilities to the limits. This game saw a commercial release as well. We have several other cool games to enjoy: Skoro dropped Mr. Mind, Megastyle surprised us with Athanor, and under "G" we can file... Genius (and it's sequel), Galli +4 and Gunfright. BASIC games are still a thing too; Castle Matcher saw its final release, Tetravex, Assembloids, Bomb Runner 2, Boray Gammon, Shield Command just to name a few.

Demos: Unfortunately no big releases this year, but we're not left empty handed! Genesis Project released Flickerfish. I was happy to see that TLT is back this year with 2 digi demos. Larry released Dreamtime 2K17, a nice picture show that generated some buzz at this year's Arok party. Otherwise we saw a massive influx of gfx releases, including lots of nice PETSCII stuff as well. MMS was very active this year, having worked on 9 releases. George released many converted pictures as well, plus some MIDI music conversions, his 16 releases make up 20% of this year's total.

...And The Rest: Erich continues to work on Club Info. BSZ+bubis unleashed Bitfire+4, and we also have SJL264 Light. After a long hiatus, we're happy to see that JamesC was active this year with some releases. On that note, let the spotlight shine on Charlemagne for a moment, as I believe he deserves a special mention. As a newly added member this year, having found our site he gave us his old archives, and then continued to develop stuff: two games and a new utility. We're all happy to have see this kind of enthusiasm and productivity. Cheers!

Is there any other important stuff I've forgotten? What was your favourite part of 2017? Discuss on the forums and of course: Happy New Year!
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-12-27Two new Hungarian entries, courtesy of Lacus: Ki Jut Az Erdőbe? (long time missing educational game), and BASIC Tanácsadó C-16 Plus/4: a book plus the accompanying cassette. Check it out![ comment ]


It's a Christmas Miracle!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-12-25
Ho-ho-ho, it's Christmas! Santa has finally arrived in town, Merry Christmas 2017!

Megastyle wishes you Merry Christmas with their brand new release: Old Xmas Joke Go Petscii!

264er_fan has just released a new game, check out Shield Command!
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-12-21Charlemagne's Christmas present is here: check out Castaway![ comments ]


HVTC Update December 2017
Posted by Luca on 2017-12-11
The High Voltage TED Collection, better known as HVTC, goes up to 577 single file: new stuff and fixes here and there.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Genius 2 - Into The Toy Caves
Posted by Luca on 2017-12-10
Genius 2Our friend Daniele Liverani did it again, and comes to us accomplishing his mission: both the chapter of his game have been releases in the same year!

The little European prince is again in trouble and needs to be saved. Trapped in a world of dreams, a parallel dimension where fantasies are created and transmitted to sleeping minds, Genius needs to run through the eight magic toy caves from all around the world. As Genius. you'll have to follow the key sequences and unlock all the secret caverns of the toy caves, grab the toys, and avoid killer enemies. To add fun to the ride, see if you can discover the undocumented secrets. including secret passages, invisible toys, extra bonus lives, immortality, and much more!

Genius 2 takes advantage of the new game engine which improves both sound and graphics from the first Genius. So, Daniele "Twinspirit32" Liverani coded back the older chapter Genius to pack up a Release 04 version using the newer engine.

Find all the secrets, see all the caves, will you be able to save the little Prince in time?
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-11-25The latest YAPE (1.1.5) is out, be sure to grab your copy![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-11-22Welcome back Boray, long time not seen, and thanks for the new game Boray Gammon.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-11-19BSZ has just released the first version (V0.2) of SJL264 Light, a fastloader for JiffyDOS equipped drives. Check the homepage for more details.[ comments ]


Slipstream's Psytronik Release
Posted by Luca on 2017-11-14
SlipstreamPsytronik Software has finally released the commercial edition of Slipstream, the revolutionary first perspective shoot'em up game previously released by Bauknecht as freeware.

If you buy Slipstream, you get two: the physical 5,25'' diskette includes both C64 and Plus/4 PAL/NTSC compatible versions. The commercial edition contains a completely new extra level.
Psytronik offers three different releases of the game: the Budget disk edition (6,99£) features a 5.25'' floppy disk presented in a full colour glossy disk-sleeve with a glossy disk label and printed instruction card; the Premium+ disk edition (13,99£) is presented with full colour double-sided artwork in a clear plastic disk case; the Collector's edition (39,99£) is presented in a stunning fully printed glossy box that contains the game on floppy disk, soundtrack CD, artwork stickers, a deluxe art card, badges, glossy game artwork poster and more.

Choose your prefer edition at Binary Zone, from date 2017-11-13. Yes, it's the end of 2017 and we can buy Plus/4 software...surprised? ;)
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-11-01Happy Halloween from MMS![ comments ]


The TED Side Of The Compo
Posted by Luca on 2017-10-20
Flickery Flowers Of SpringOh well, at this point it's official: the C64 dedicated Plain PETSCII Graphics Competition 2017 has overflown into the Plus/4 scene becoming an obscure sidecompo, where the C64 entries get enhanced with more colours.

It's Marq's turn, being the author of the powerful PETSCII he cannot miss the challenge in any case: here comes the sweet and delicate Flickery Flowers Of Spring, and the funny animated scene in Cosmic Bakery, both under the Fit label. Later, he also added Calaveritas. Our friend Almighty God won't miss the chance too, converting Octopus to the Plus/4 palette.

Three days left, shall we see more in the full 121 colors before deadline?
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Athanor: the awakening
Posted by Luca on 2017-10-19
AthanorIn the exact day after 20 months since the sad demise of Umberto Eco, author of "The Name of the Rose", Megastyle lands on the Plus/4 with a classic text'n'graphics adventure which seems to be heavily inspired by the work of the famous Italian novelist, philosopher, semiotician and critic.

"Athanor: the awakening" has been previousy released on C64, VIC20, Amstrad CPC and Oric 1, commercially and/or as freeware, under the Safar Games label, to make the tradition of the French text adventures from the 80ies shines again. You, a Franciscan monk, have been sent by your Holy order to a mysterious abbey located in the south of Italy in the 12th Century, to lead an inquiry in order to discover the mysteries lying within.
Majikeyric presents himself to the Plus/4 audience with a first release of deep quality, supplying original sketches and cover with a top presented disk where nothing has been kept left: intro, titlepic, docs, English/French language option and all the classy touches a great production would have deserved. The game is accompanied by the original TED tunes composed by Rotteroy, shows some additional graphics by Sparkler, and takes advantage from the work of several artists and authors operating behind the shadows line on illustrations, original graphics, concept and all the rest.

"The awakening" represents just the very first chapter of the saga, with more to come. The hope is to see more surprising releases from Megastyle for the Commodore Plus/4, taking into the scene further jewels like this. But now, there's no time to greet Majikeyric, that abbey awaits for your intervention!
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Freezing At The Pole
Posted by Luca on 2017-10-18
Frozen FloppyMermaid's back on the crime scene, and this time is a penguins affair for Genesis Project


The Plain PETSCII Graphics Competition 2017 is showing the hardest ones to compete for the 1st place, we will know more after the 23 October. Till then, you know what PETSCII can do for you ;)
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Rocking In The Swamp
Posted by Luca on 2017-10-17
Metal FrogWe at Plus/4 World are absolutely out of words for this one, it turned all of us into stone. More precise: into rocks.

We are only able to write down some sparse keywords: Metal Frog, Mermaid, Genesis Project, PETSCII, Plain PETSCII Graphics Competition 2017.
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Refill Of Missing Stuff
Posted by Luca on 2017-10-15
A shower of new content during the last dozen of days. We're talking about new PRGs, TAPs, covers, manuals, cassette pictures, notes and so on!

What's Next/Letters And NumbersRüdiger has ignited a global change for the Solar Software releases, revealing a clear storyline about all the different tapes per release, both in the original edition and as rerelease into the Triple Decker series. Now all the related pages are supplied with notes, all the known files are included if available and all the PRGs have been cleaned and better classified: Alien Attack, Cruncher (do you have the turbo TAP version?), Knock Out, Mission Mars, Quick Draw, Suicide Run, Galaxions, Meteorite, Monkey Magic, Space Freeks, Winnie Witch's Superbroom (Solar Software release anyone?), Robin To The Rescue (is it broken in all the Triple Decker 5 copies, can you confirm?). And of course: Triple Decker 1, Triple Decker 5, Triple Decker 6.
In addition, other juicy uploads are: Joe And The Seriff joystick version on tape (probably a later version), Invaders (Arcadia) tape (rarity!), Tutti Frutti tape no turbo version, Rockman C16 only no turbo version, Savage Island Part One C16 tape.

Just bought from the online auctions, dumped, scanned, uploaded...briefly: put here for your pleasure. Experiences In Software Italian version, with manual, tapes, pictures and scans; Mindbenders Italian version's scanned manual; What's Next/Letters And Numbers, complete service for it too; Computer Set 12 to get closer to having the whole series; Devils / La Torre Di Hanoi, anything of it too; Software Club #16 tape; Grisbi, a rare Italian hack of UXB sold as a single release; several tape pictures (like Baby Berks), covers (like Monkey Magic (Playsoft)), obscure publications (like Corso Di Basic Con Esercitazioni Pratiche Sul C16).
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Let Us Make Your Dreams Come True Together
Posted by Luca on 2017-10-14
Nope, Plus/4World is not gathering people to start some sort of Ponzi scheme. "Let Us Make Your Dreams Come True Together" (LUMYDCTT) is actually the name of this new IDE and compiler for Commodore Plus/4 released by Charlemagne.

LUMYDCTT allows the user to add and modify both BASIC and Assembly code in RAD method in order to achieve the full control of the machine while it's performing the program. It has just reached its V1.8.0 version, now featuring:
- use of PETSCII characters;
- handle more sources side by side;
- highlight keywords;
- tooltip help for instructions, TED registers;
- Monitor & Disassembler;
- insert special CBM characters;
- use of illegal assembly instructions;
- handle binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbers;
- include logical operations (&&, <<, etc.);
- print (about 52 chars per line);
- execute on emulator.

Also, see the presentation video to unveil how LUMYDCTT works.
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Castle Matcher Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-09-23
Castle MatcherCastle Matcher is finally done! For those of you who played the Release Candidate, this version has improved gameplay and more clues. Never heard of this game before? Well then :-) Take a trip into the wonderfully twisted imagination of RoePipi. Without giving away all the ingredients, here's the recipe: take a dodo bird stuck in a castle, add a screwdriver-kicking rooster, mix in some high-tech locked doors and bake to perfection :-)
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-09-22Erich/ULTD has just released Club Info 147. The two-sided German-language diskmag has the usual selection of articles + utils/games/demos on Side B. Check it out![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-09-19The famous game Assembloids has been reducted to BASIC for the 2nd time by Steveboy as Assembloids Basic V2.0, this time being converted on Plus/4 too by Luca: Assembloids Basic V3.5![ comment ]


Stuff From BSZ
Posted by Csabo on 2017-09-13
Detox PartyA little while ago I was looking at Sensor's Digital Box and noticed that it had a list of releases. I added that list, but a few of them were missing. I thought it might be worth it to ask some NST members if they remember any of them. To my surprise, BSZ stepped up and sent me some of the missing stuff!

First off, JKL Assembler and Copy 217 Faster has been found. (There's still 3 releases listed on SDB missing, check to see if you have them or if you know anything about them.)

Even better, BSZ has some new stuff: Eyes Only is a rare demo from Mercenary. Detox Party is another curiosity: we need to figure out what we have here, but it's definitely worth a look. And finally, BSZ offers up an explanation as to the origins of Logo Paint/BSZ - which was mixed up with the original release in our database until now. Check it out and enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2017-08-18Early steps of a comeback. Dale releases two useful Windows based tools: Retro Assembler, a generic 6502 cross-assembler; and SID To Plus4, which converts SID files to SIDcard ($D400 --> $FD40 / $FE80). Classic releases ahead![ comment ]


New Stuff From Lacus!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-08-15
Buvos KorReklamujsagLacus collected a lot of Hungarian commercial tapes, and took the time to put it all into digital formats for our archive. Here's the list: we have the TAP file for 4+4 Sarok, TAP file and cassette photo for Alex (The Game), cassette photo for Amoba (Novotrade), TAP file for Betűrömi, everything (TAP, cover scans, cassette photo) for Bűvös Kör, TAP file and another alternative cover scan for Joe And The Seriff.

Finally, there's one brand new piece of software that have just been added: check out Reklámujság. It's a Plus/4 only utility, kind of a text editor and presentation software. One interesting thing though - for those of you who are familiar with the old Plus/4 cracks, the beginning of this software should be instantly recognizable: Frontier (AKA Deli) used this scroller in several of his cracks. (Never seen it? Check out Botticelli - Frontier crack.) So did he take it from here? Or perhaps did the author of this software "borrow" this routine from Frontier? :-)

Anyway, I hope you guys check this out and enjoy - big thanks for Lacus for all this stuff!
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-08-04Check out Cross Chase, a game written in C by Fabrizio Caruso that runs on many 8 bit computers (GitHub homepage).[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-08-02Accents galore: Plus/4 World can finally handle the Hungarian long "ő" in program names (example). See forum for more details.[ comments ]


Soccer Boss As It Should Be!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-07-31
Soccer Boss Plus/4 V1.2Forum member JimmyCoupe raised some issues about Soccer Boss; apparently the scene-made 64K conversion has many problems. Kichy and JamesC stepped up, and we now have Soccer Boss Plus/4 V1.2! This is a fresh conversion of the same game, but this time bug-free and loaded with improvements and bonus features. It's fantastic to see this type of scene response, be sure to check it out!
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Tetravex!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-07-27
TetravexCharlemagne has just released Tetravex, an implementation of the classic edge-matching puzzle game. The objective of the game is to place the tiles in order, so that their edges line up, in the shortest time possible. Check it out and enjoy!
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Run To The Bomb...Again!
Posted by Luca on 2017-07-22
Bomb Runner 2Just like cinema, summer is a season of games' sequels: following up Bombrunner, RKSoft releases Bomb Runner 2!

As an official sequel, Bomb Runner 2 improves Mark Quante's original in all its aspects. The game ensures 12 screens of increasing challenge full of enemy guards to avoid, one Zelda style's big boss to defeat, extensive options about difficulty level and controls, interlude scenes. All moves into a deep BASIC 3.5 galore supplied with the pretty cute MC graphics RKSoft signed we all well know.

Bomb Runner 2 can be downloaded here, or from the official page at RKSoft.info. Do your best!
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Posted by Luca on 2017-07-19Emu has announced an improved version of Pentagram with slightly faster graphics and intro picture by STE'86.[ comments ]


Winter "Hiss!" Coming
Posted by Luca on 2017-07-17
Nothing But PET SKIHot sweaty summer there, Boreal half people? Melancholy remembering the snow? Need some more *purrr*?

No worries at all: Fit is coming to you with the right release for you: Nothing But PET SKI is nothing but...err...well, PETSCII of a kitty pet, indeed. Oh, and ski, ski of course! Another lovely PETSCII animation demo coded by Marq with SID music by Yzi and graphics by Dr. TerrorZ. The Plus/4 pushes colors to the max, improving the C64 twin released, which has been presented at Vammala Party 23 where it's been ranked 3rd in the Mixed Demo competition.

Thank you Finnish pals, anybody hope to see more from you.
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Posted by Luca on 2017-07-14YAPE 1.1.4 fixes the 1551's TIA 6525 bidirectionality and the SID wave readout.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-07-02MMS wanted to try his skill at PETSCII drawing, the result is Before Lunch. Check it out![ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-07-02Botticelli Bilderdisk 42 from Erich/ULTD is here, containing 32 multicolor pictures. Also, apologies for failing to upload an announce Galerie Unlimited 6 in time.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-07-01Mermaid made a 4k intro for C16/Plus4 for Gubbdata![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-06-26MMS released Asterix HFLI, originally intended to be shown at Silesia Party 2017. [ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-06-20Thanks to Acrid's hard work, we have the original TAP files for 6 more compilation releases: Omnibus, Omnibus II, Sextett, Super Hits From Microdeal, Triple Decker 2 and Triple Decker 3.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-06-20Some most wanted TAP's from Rüdiger too today: Chipy, Crillion, Die Seefahrt, Karting Grand Prix, Two To One, Turf-Form, Split Personalities, the Audiogenic release of 3D Glooper, Byte Back rerelease of Timeslip, alternative versions of Galaxy, Mr. Puniverse and Footballer Of The Year, a little faulty version of CSJ Games 1 and a working TAP for Taskforce.[ comment ]


Charlemagne's Stuff!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-06-18
ManómániaNewly registered member Charlemagne sent us a lot of stuff. More than 40 of his old programs are now online. You may also wish to check out TV4B, an interesting Plus/4 emulator. Finally, we have some cover scans: a proper cover scan for Circus, the instructions sheet for Icicle Works (original bundle release), and perhaps most interesting: Manómánia. Quite how this game - which was built on obviously stolen code - got sold commercially is a mystery, but nevertheless the artwork is now in our database (as well as the original PRG file). Big thanks for these, enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2017-06-07The second and last run of the sovox's big bunch of Italian newsstands compilation has landed: scans and pubs in general, and TAPs of Byte Games 2 7 15 17 18 20 21 22 25 26 27 (fix) 28 29 33 34.[ comment ]


YAPE 1.1.3
Posted by Luca on 2017-06-05
YAPE 1.1.3Another step forward for the most friendly 264 emulator around, now emulating the rare Commodore 264 early prototype featuring Micro Illustrator as a ROM package to be included in the final release.
  • Commodore 264 prototype added (courtesy of Rob Clarke)
  • unlimited frame rate option added
  • keyboard driver regression fixes and improvements
  • TED regressions fixed
  • create empty D64 image bug in x64 build fixed
Time to browse up the download page and download it!
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-06-01Two files down from our WANTED! list: Acrid sent us the TAP files for Emerald Mine and Emerald Mine II.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-06-01Erich/ULTD just released Club Info 146! Check out this 2 sided German diskmag for lots of articles, including docs on a lot of the newly released games.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-05-23Bitglamour has donated Stop Mat / Golf Mania, Out Of Law and Scacchi / Dama tapes. Meanwhile, the first bunch of a gigantic acquisition by sovox is here: scans and TAPs of C16/MSX 29, and issues 29 30 31 35 39 in Go Games series. More to come...[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-05-10Hardware rarities from Rob Clarke's activity: a late Commodore 264 model mounting Micro Illustrator as candidate software, and a very early Plus/4 (serial AA1 000023) used to gain FCC approval commented by Bil Herd.[ comments ]


Trackloader For The Masses Not The Classes!
Posted by Luca on 2017-05-05
Do you wanna put up your stunning trackmo but you're tired and sick to fight against weird coding environments discouraging your efforts like hell? Now you can trackload your stuff in style and 1541 compatibility (1551 in a near future?)!

Bubis/RSC and BSZ/NST have just ported on Plus/4 one of the most famous C64 packages to manage your trackloadable releases: Bitfire+4 is a fixed interleave loadersystem with depacker, a basic framework and an image writing tool, all in one! It comes with these main features:
- resident part: $0200-$03FF;
- zeropage: $04-$09;
- 2bit ATN double clock receiver;
- load raw, load+decomp, decomp routines;
- Basic IRQ handler for music, frame counter, partial SID detection;
- Win32 and Plus/4 binaries, ACME cross-assembler, include files and macros;
- simple code example and Win32 build script.

It's easy to use for anyone, it mixes trackloading for executables and levelpacked code with generic files and BAM editing by protecting the used sectors; it also marks up to 16 different disksides to be recognized when needed, it really does what you need. Download it here to give it a well deserved try.
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Gunfright Goes V1.10
Posted by Luca on 2017-05-01
GunfrightLess than one month passed, and the converting duo Rob and emu has released a tweaked version of the ZX Spectrum isometric classic Gunfright, with an enhanced intro picture redrawn by STE'86, well known graphics pioneer in the C64 history.
Don't miss to download Gunfright V1.10, in single SID and TED versions again or both into a D64 image. New source also included.
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Mr. Mind!
Posted by Chronos on 2017-04-29
April ends well, or should we say that May is off to a good start? Little assassins climbed in through Chronos's chimney stack in the night and left behind a floppy disk in a bulky envelope.

While scanning through the contents of the disc, the assassins' intention became clear: They want to tied us down in front of our good old Commodore for hours once again.

The game is called Mr. Mind, it uses the rules and of the classic mastermind game turned into a bit of an arcade in a very entertaining way. Virtually an infinite amount of time can be spent with it, be careful, it's very addictive!

The program does not require any hardware expansion.

Available on compact disk or cassette in a store near you! Have fun!
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HVTC Update April 2017
Posted by Luca on 2017-04-19
The High Voltage TED Collection, better known as HVTC, reaches 544 single files, and recover the two missing tunes composed by Degauss for Crackers' Demo 5!

27 brand new files added and some few ones fixed/moved/renamed (and the heaven knows how much Treasure Island really needs a fix to better choose between the tunes!); some complete services like Genius (including the super hidden level 81 tune!) and Slipstream, some brand new exclusives like 5tarbuck's Woodymania, some oldie-goldies we'd incredibly missed like Hektik's jingles. Add-ups and linking to the archive will be completed in a very short time.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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YAPE 1.1.2 Is Here...
Posted by Gaia on 2017-04-14
YAPE 1.1.2... with the usual bunch of bugfixes and improvements:
  • CPU and TED timing improvements
  • some more monitor improvements
  • regression bug related to cancelling the autostart dialog fixed
  • AltGr got stuck in Message Queue based input mode
  • failing OpenGL mode crash fixed
  • speech quality regression fix
Head on over to the download page for your copy!
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Posted by Luca on 2017-04-05Somebody complained about playing a classic like Loco-coco with the keyboard only, giving to Luca the chance to release Loco-coco +3J [PAL/NTSC].[ comments ]


Gunfright!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-04-02
GunfrightRod and Emu writes: "Gunfright is now available for the Plus4. Mariuszw has done another excellent Z80 to 6502 conversion for the Atari 800 which this is based on. Both TED sound & SID Card sound versions are available. We hope you enjoy the conversion!"
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10000!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-03-30
10000Ten thousand programs on Plus/4 World! What a milestone!

The last time we had an announcement like this was back in 2004, reporting 5000. That was a little over 12 years and 4512 days ago, so on average, we've added about one program per day since. What is the 10000th program you may ask? Well, it's a GTW: Lemmings - that ID has been reserved for it a long time ago. To rain on our own parade a little: the way we count things is a bit strange: we have 6 different cracks of ACE 2 lumped together as one "program", but we list Kichy's conversion of Storm +4 which has 3 versions as 3 separate entities. Well, it is what it is, not perfect, but it's still nice to step back, look at this nice round number and feel a little proud of ourselves.

With that, I would like to send a huge THANK YOU to everyone who worked on the site, sent in programs, cover scans, TAP files, information, or used our forum to keep the site alive!
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14 New Programs From Sanya
Posted by Csabo on 2017-03-23
Az Emésztés SzabályozásaSanya sent us a pack of Hungarian educational programs. Some of them are commercial releases, let the hunt for the covers begin!

Here's the full list: A Légzőműködés Szabályozása, Az Emésztés Szabályozása, Elemek Képlete, Fokhálózat, Ismerkedés A Periodusos Rendszerrel, Kémiai Lexikon, Lencsék Képalkotása, Magyarország Kőzetei, Magyarország Megyéi És Megyeszékhelyei, Magyarország Megyeszékhelyei, Mozgási Energia (Tábl. 2), Oldatok, Politika Memo, Vaktérkép.
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New Bunch Of Stuff Added
Posted by Luca on 2017-03-23
Letter Sequences/Long And ShortAnother auction has been won on eBay, another bunch of missing software comes to fix our software database.

Today we saved both Italian's originals/cracks and early beginnings software from CBM U.S., and we added in some missing pictures like covers and cassettes. First of all Letter Sequences/Long And Short and Maze Mania with their respective manuals and accessory stuff, and Mindbenders (Italian version, and we just had the relative manual for this). Savage Collection N.2 and Al Ladro / Briscola compilations from the rare Savage Software's production, Jackson Soft Compilation 3 also comes to complete the whole series (although a better TAP would be fine in the near future), and Software Club #15 enters as another piece of the jigsaw regarding this series to better define its dualism between Italian and German versions. Star Fighter is another Playvision's resold crack, just as Star Wars (Golden Software) would have been too, being probably the very first release from Golden Software, but the tape has been found quite gone forever due the bad preservation state, and it remains a MIA... Plus, additional cassette pictures for C16 Super Games 1, C16 Super Games 2, Olimpia 1 / Evadere, Math Games And Word Problems.
Thanks to these entries, several mistakes have been fixed: now we own the official release of Android Nim, and we have a better idea about the different versions of Assedio. Unfortunately, the archive still misses a disk image for Letter Sequences/Long And Short, which may rise as soon as possible in our hopes.

EDIT: a last minute acquisition is Trivia, a quite rare Italian software indeed.
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Venice Carneval!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-03-21
Venice CarnevalMMS has just released a new picture show for the Plus/4. It features 12 HFLI images, all about the Venice Carneval. Check it out and read the author's notes!
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75Up From Knucklehead Collection
Posted by Luca on 2017-03-11
ElomakerWe've just had an initial taste of the programs which could be found into the Knucklehead's D64s collection, and once seen that, Knucklehead himself has decided to donate the whole bunch of 91 diskimages.

Although the Knucklehead's collection is mostly composed by personal data files, classic utilities we already have and commercial games, we got success by individuating further 75 (!) programs tickling our sure interest. They appear to mostly be rare German game cracks we didn't have and German utilities. Actually, it looks to be both difficult and useless to link any of these 75 addons into the database (a facility about tracking'em could be the New Stuff page), so here come some notable ones to cite:Testbild a working copy of the very rare Ikari Warriors crack by Alvosoft; the long awaited Elomaker, a CAD editor to draw circuit boards; the real Koenig Arthus ('coz we only got "Koenig Artus", with no 'h') and the real Disk-Eddi (without final 'e'); the rare version of Hamurabi with titles and music; tape version of The Jet 2.0 with perfect depacking that doesn't affect the intro picture; several programs, cracks and prg-lists made by J.A.N. in the pre-MCB era, when he was generally know as "NDBD(G)-Soft" et similia; Indoor Sports cracked by the author of Page-Setter, and Page-Setter itself cracked by KST, whoever he was; Designer-Set, a complete suite of 4 different graphic tools; an alternative conversion of the classic VIC20 type-in Dangerous Pyramid (SPWS); despite its simplicity, Druckertool prints your hires with style; both Print and "Print-Shop"; new versions for Wurmi, several cracks from obscure crackers...and the rest is up to you!

Thank you Knucklehead, our archive has done a big leap once we crossed into your collection ;)
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Club Info 145 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-03-10
Club Info 145The first issue of Club Info in 2017 is here. Erich/Ultd just released the two-sided diskmag, featuring German language articles, and a B-side full of recent or new demos/games/utilities. There are descriptions and documentation for most of the games on the B-side, including 1010!, Matatu GDF and many others. Check it out!
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Awsm's PETSCII Release For The C16
Posted by Csabo on 2017-03-03
Check out Love In Time Of Laser Raptors, and read about the story behind it on the forum.
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Posted by Luca on 2017-02-28It's YAPE time again! YAPE 1.1.1 improves the speech feature and fixes some bugs. Point to the Homepage to read what's new and get your download![ comments ]


Slipstream!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-02-27
SlipstreamIf you haven't seen it yet, check out the new game from Bauknecht: Slipstream!

Coded by Mad, with the touches of Nero for the graphics and the music department covered by 5tarbuck and Degauss, it's a fast-paced 3D space shooter, it will take you to the stars along five different galaxies to clean from the enemy forces. Play it in the classic way with your joystick, or play it in teamwork with two joysticks: one for a pilot, one for a sniper. Presented at the German party BCC #11, it won first place...in two different categories! That's because the game was simultaneously released on C64 as well.

The game has been announced as Psytronik release as well, coming soon here, both in Premium and Budget formats, in a special double-take production including the game for both the formats!
Slipstream
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Posted by Luca on 2017-02-22The freshly released 1.2.10.1 version of plus4emu fixes the preview bug in p4fliconv utility.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-02-17Straight from Forum64.de, the user Knucklehead has given to us some lost cracks for ACE, ACE+4, Ace 2, Indoor Sports, Aliens, Emerald Mine II, and Novaload-Copy, Novaload-Turbo, Tape Wizard, Ace 64K & 16K, Escape's Loader; we added some other stuff: About Acez, File-id.diz, Microfuck!.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-02-07Emanuele Nencioni has decided to share his large collection of Italian books as scans. The initial shipment includes Linguaggio Macchina Per Il C16, Commodore 16 Il Libro Dei Giochi, Essenziali E Routine, Commodore 16 Per Te, Commodore 16 Sempre Di Più, 62 Programmi Per Il Vic20, C16, Plus4, L'ABC Del Linguaggio Macchina Per C16.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-02-01Our last juicy addons: old type-ins like C16 Sprite and Graphic Show, but most of all: Rüdiger has found the very rare Invaders (Arcadia).[ comment ]


New Releases From TLT!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-24
White HorsesJoo TrabikaLast year saw no TLT releases, but they are not yet gone as Hifi/TLT just released some new digi demos for 2017! The first one, White Horses features the running horse animation from Horse 2, and you can hear the deep remix of White Horse. The second demo, Joo Trabika samples and remixes the chorus of a Hobo Blues Band song.

All this stuff is made without the use of any emulators, uses traditional packers - as old-school as it gets. As a bonus, you can see the packaging of the stuff as it was sent to Chronos, our number #1 zero-day supplier :-)
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-24If you haven't played the already available version of Genius yet - now there's no excuse: the author says the latest release is the official one.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2017-01-23New recoveries after the arrival of New Proggys!!: Terror News 00, Terror Bubble Tape, Ripp #43.[ comment ]


Two Lost Demos From TPSH
Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-21
Face Of A WomanNo Future (TPSH)New Proggys!! was recently added, and I've combed through the program list (now also online) to see what our database has and what it doesn't. In the missing list, I saw 3 programs from TPSH, so I emailed him to ask if he remembered any of those. Imagine my surprise when he sent back two :-)

So here's a mini review of them: Face Of A Woman may look familiar, the titular picture shows up in Advertisment, First Demo (TNS) and even One Sided. The origins of this picture are currently unknown, if anyone knows, drop a line to us on the forum! The second demo, No Future - not to be confused with CSM's demo with the same name - has 3 parts, the middle part being "build-it-up" style. Pretty typical for the Plus/4 scene for 1990 :-)

Best of all, TPSH said there's more to come :-) Check them out and enjoy!
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7 More Unhearted Programs To Write History
Posted by Luca on 2017-01-19
Insider Report 3 PreviewIt never ends. Doesn't matter how many times you've checked for unreleased stuff hidden in the same old disks: new programs continue to jump in from nowhere.

Today we have the chance to write another little slice of history, adding up Spread It! into our database, an information demo which had been repeatedly released into the famous German disks of imported stuff called "CBT-news". It's actually a call for news, texts and generally materials to publish in a forthcoming 3rd issue of Insider Report diskmag, now under the Manowar label with graphics by Axxis and text by CBT and Ikari, into a core code by Degauss. Of course, nothing really existed consequently to this effort, but Degauss has found the prototype candidate of the mag's code lost into an old disk own by him: Insider Report 3 Preview! And full circle comes!

End of the story for TYG Demo too. The disk usually spreaded to almost everyone has ever shown big flaws, but nowadays we know that two versions were actually spreaded in those times, and the latter was a perfectly working one. And now the latter is the only one to show ;) On the other hand, we have no further news about Sound-Former by Apos/Charon, which basically is a screens gallery for what we currently know. No silence for Amiga-Samplez instead, 'coz its 2 disk sides of digitized instruments play loud via keyboard! To close the sound tools argument, Player 8bit is one of the most consumpting (and less used in practice) known overall. Last comes a +3 trainer for Zolyx which has never been included into the database, due to its similar name with Zolyx +++.
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9 From Our Ancient Times
Posted by Luca on 2017-01-18
Raster Intro (TYG)Our old 5,25'' disks still hide some secret gems we've missed to reveal to the world, and a second scan must be done before archiving'em forever.
This time, 9 unseen programs have been saved forever. 7 Gfx and Elvira Wanted from the Demos/Picture Show side, ABC Turbo and another alternative version of Nova Copy System as speedcopiers on tape, New Proggys!! as catalog text from Tarzan which becomes another tile to insert into the Terrorists'' release mosaic; Rastr-Barz and Raster Intro (TYG), two copperbars movers from very opposite eras, the MOS'' Scroll-Generator editor and a never seen before Italian version of a beloved game: Rebound (Italian).
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-17Erich/ULTD has just released Hires Color 11. It's a two disk-sided picture show containing 32 hires pictures, using the Magica driver. Check it out![ comment ]


Massive Cover Update
Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-16
A HelyhatarozoA Kerdo Nevmas Es A Mutato NevmasA Hatarozoi IgenevTulajdonnevekLacus sent us a big pack of covers, photos and TAP files. This probably took a long time to archive, and certainly was a big effort to process, upload and add to the database. Let's see then!

First off we have added everything (full cover scans, cassette photos and TAP files) for four Hungarian educational titles: A Helyhatározó, A Kérdő Névmás És A Mutató Névmás, A Határozói Igenév and Tulajdonnevek. The last two are completely new in the database: we didn't know these existed. They are pretty neat, it might be fun to even if you don't speak Hungarian, as each one has a fun way of entering text that is unique. Those of us who do speak it - it's a trip back to elementary school, or something to test your kids with :-)

PattinkaSzemirámiszOn to games: we now also have all the stuff for Pattinka and Szemirámisz, as well as an alternative cover and cassette photo for Breki and Tányértorony. Next is the cover for A Nyuszi Olvasni Tanít 5. Unfortunately the cassette Lacus got no longer had the original program on it, but at least we have the cover. Judging from the back side, most likely all 6 parts had the exact same cover, with only the title replaced. Additionally, we have a new crack for all 6 parts, these include the title screen in each case.

The bonus round includes: cassette photos for Kis Professzor (also TAP file!), Music-16, Térbeli Amőba; some new programs (Bolyongás A Labirintusban, Játék POKE-ok C-16-ra, Magician's Curse 5 Hungarian.

Finally, Acrid also noticed one thing missing: the Blue Ribbon release of Cave Fighter. He sent it in, and we now have full size cover scans for it, cassette photo, and two TAP files. This is the version that contains a turbo loader. Check it out and enjoy, big thanks for these to Lacus and Acrid!
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Posted by Luca on 2017-01-13Do like gc841 does: fill the holes in our database! He contributed with the cover scans for 10 Computer Hits 3 and the missing scans of Joe Blade 2.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-13MMS was invited to Ha!Wangarda by Yerzmyey, where they did a presentation about Plus/4 art. The result: Ha!Wangarda 2016. Check it out, along with the PDF of the presentation![ comment ]


7 More Programs From Sanya!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-09
Real PP DemoContinuing from last week, today we have 7 more programs from Sanya. Kockarutin, Az Alföld and Walesi Bárdok are smaller demos. Piramis Adventour is a Hungarian adventure. New-ROM Info is from Tiger, made with his own text-writer utility, describing his own hardware creation. The last two are pretty interesting: The Santa-Claus is a Christmas greeting from Fool and finally the Real PP Demo is a curious one: a collaboration by Coby and LTA. Check it out if you love demos!

A few more house keeping notes: Luca found Practising Games on a D64, a collection of cheats, this is now properly in our database. Also, we've created a new category called "Demo/Information", for demos that are mostly made for giving out information or documentation (previously called "Misc/Documentation").
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VDC Challenge!
Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-06
VDC ChallengeThe first release of the new year comes from MMS: he's here with his new picture show called VDC Challenge. Some of you may remember this topic from the forum, or this preview picture, and this demo is now real! It's up to you to test the pictures and compare them to the C128 slideshow, then decide: who does it better? :-)
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7 Programs From Sanya
Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-05
The Games' Musics Demo 1+I'm always happy to see new demos for the Plus/4, and I feel the same whenever I discover an old, but previously unseen demo as well. So, if you're like me, you'll be happy to know that we have added 7 new programs from Sanya's archives: two Hungarian games (1 Szó Mint 100, Vegyjel-Kitalálósdi), a tape copy (Szalagmásoló), and some demos: COV29-30 Info, Fantastic Demo, Graphic Demo, The Games' Musics Demo 1+. Go on a retro-demo trip and check them out!
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Posted by Csabo on 2017-01-04There's now a transcribed and translated cover for Karate, and we have Bastow Manor +4 and D64 versions of Das Rätsel um die 7. Kolonie and Der Pfad im Dschungel thanks to Rüdiger.[ comment ]


New Year New YAPE!
Posted by Luca on 2017-01-03
It's time for an evolution: YAPE goes 1.1.0! Don't miss the brand new video features which will make your prefer 264 machines emulator shine on your monitors!

A brief list of what you'll get follows:
- added an OpenGL video mode;
- external fragment shader support in OpenGL mode (see included sample 'crt.glsl');
- adjustable font size in the monitor;
- line breaks in the monitor;
- set any sound sampling rate between 8000 and 192000 Hz;
- optionally audible tape signal;
- added $FF as powerup pattern;
- cleaned the ACIA 6551 emulation from non-functioning legacy code;
- minor fine tuning in the measured palette hues and lumas;
- breakpoint purge deadlock fix;
- more monitor cleanup.
Check out the new OpenGL mode with CRT emulation turned on - recommended mainly with at least 3× magnification. In case the external fragment shader source file is removed from the executable folder, YAPE falls back to a built-in, simpler fragment shader. Support for external fragment (aka pixel) shaders is still somewhat experimental, but feel free to play around with the attached sample.

Download it from the usual place.
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2016 - The Year in Review
Posted by Csabo on 2016-12-31
Wow, the last one of these was 10 years ago. And, since no-one has asked for them ever since, here it is: 2016 - The Year in Review, from the Plus/4's point of view. Here we are in the truly fortunate position to examine last year in 8 bits: no deaths, no voting upsets (unless you count CD5 :-)), only happy news. Let's see then!

Emulators
Well, we pretty much only have YAPE left, and it saw 3 updates this year (1.0.9, 1.0.10, 1.0.11). Additionally, the JS version of YAPE came online on April 1st (along with some April Fools jokes): this is a really cool feature. Now, if you like, you can send a link to that friend who would not be able to install an emulator, and they can see your favourite game or demo right in their browser. Here's to hoping this feature will get better and faster in the future. December brought us another surprise: Plus4Emu also got updated. Fingers crossed that this trend continues.

Utilities
We had some updates and some new utils this year, among them are WinMTAP 1.0, Plus4HTML, Pixel Polizei, MultiPaint, Regenerator. There are still many gaps to be filled in terms of utils, so let's hope next year we will have even more.

The Collection
Our ever-growing collection... grew some more :-) One nice addition was the original TAP for Botticelli. Big thanks to Acrid, Lacus, Perfect Darky, Sanya and everyone else I may have forgotten for sending in the scans, TAP images, and previously missing programs. I guess this would be the section to mention site updates: although our little home looks mostly like its old self, there have been some small improvements here and there.

Demos
Unfortunately we don't have much here this year. The list of demos is dominated by pictures from George and carrion. The big thing was Crackers' Demo 5. It came together nicely and it's something to be proud of. 20 parts contributed, but the main thing to note is how much buzz and excitement it generated, both in our scene, and outside of it.

Games
Finally, let's take a look at the games. Hugohunt started the year off. Next, MOS2 aka The Lands Of Zador dropped. It's a massive achievement, but IMHO it did not receive the welcome from our scene as it deserves. Pac-Pac from Skoro was a huge hit, however. There was a huge resurgence of BASIC games this year, some of them are: Blasto, Randtown Builder, Randtown Crusher, Frutty Man +4, Hitball, Brickhunter, Bombrunner, Castle Matcher. This is definitely a good trend, let's hope it continues!

That's it in a nutshell. What (Plus/4 related things!) did you like or dislike about 2016 ? Discuss on the forums! Happy New Year to everyone!
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HVTC Updated
Posted by Luca on 2016-12-30
HVTC has been updated and linked, trash the old one and unpack the new version on your device. BKN and TEK tunes from Crackers' Demo 5 are still MIA, they'll be included in the next update.
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Xmas Gift From Uganda: Matatu
Posted by Luca on 2016-12-28
MatatuThe race to get the medal for the very last release in 2016 continues! RKSoft has ported on the Plus/4 the african born card game he's just released some days ago on C64, together with other ppl at Hokuto Force. That's the kind of gifts we really like to receive, but...may we expect a very last 2016 release after this? Meanwhile, we can wait for the verdict playing against the Plus/4 or a human opponent, with Matatu, of course!
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-12-25The tradition in our house is to open present on Christmas day morning, so here's a small gift from Csabo to everyone to go under your virtual Plus/4 trees![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-12-23Marq starts off this year's Holiday Greetings with a stylish PETSCII animation: Joulu 2016 Plus![ comments ]


Plus4Emu Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-12-21
After 8 years, Plus4Emu by IstvanV has been updated! The list of things changed can be found here. Update your copy today!
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Castle Matcher 5-Level WIP Demo Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-12-13
Castle MatcherRoePipi just released a preview of his new game called Castle Matcher. Featuring his usual brand of humor, your task is to guide Vivor (a dodo bird) through a castle, and find the exit eksit. Toby the rooster, who is outside the castle, will also be an integral part of solving the puzzles. The final version will have 20 levels, so it's up to you if you want to play it now, or wait for the final version (which might take around half a year). Enjoy!
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New stuff from Acrid and Sanya!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-12-07
Acrid took the time to nicely scan some missing stuff for us. Check out the covers section of Maniax, we now have the disk cover and the disk inlay, as well as an image of the diskette itself.

Sanya also sent us a small package of curios. Adatfile-Kezelo Program (tape version), Csipogos Keyboard, Double-Screen (Hungarian version), Extended Screen Intro, Hardware (alternative version) and Magyarositott BASIC. This latter one is kind of fun: it changes all the BASIC tokens to Hungarian words. Just try to program like that :-)

Further added materials are: a charset fixed Trivial Pursuit version and a working file for Disk Manager V4.0, a cracked version of The Sorcerer Of Claymorgue Castle +4, two better disks (official and alternative) for Rug Rider (in the past, we've got the cracked version, which is quite common to find anywhere as a valid copy), and a bunch of different releases regarding Fantastic Four plus a fully working patched G64 disk.

Thanks for these guys! If you have new stuff for our site, be sure to send it in!
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Posted by Luca on 2016-12-02Tired to enter cheats in order to play free the tough classic Exorcist and see the ending? Try the trained version by Luca: Exorcist +5M is out.[ comment ]


1010!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-12-01
1010!As hinted on the forum, Csabo's new game is here! 1010! (ten-ten) is a simple "coffee-break" puzzle. It uses PETSCII graphics and can be considered a spiritual sibling of 2048 and FloodIt. Check it out and don't forget to submit your high score :-)
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Club Info 144 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-11-30
Club Info 144Erich/Ultd is here with the 4th and last issue of Club Info of the year. Side A of the disk is full of German-language articles, reviewing games, demos and utilities, and program tips, etc. Side B has recent and new releases, including a few BASIC match utilities. Check it out and enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-11-24YAPE 1.0.11 is out! Head on over to the Homepage to read what's new and get your download![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-11-23As promised, carrion gives us the C= Plus/4 version of the graphics from the C=64 Monumentum demo: Monumentum +4 Gfx.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-11-17Sanya found his Bölcsek Köve cassette and scanned the inlay, the final missing piece for this game. Check it out![ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-11-15Can we turn off the screen partially? This issue came up in 2009. While this can't be done with $FF06, it can be done with some trickery. Check out gerliczer's new technology demo called Screenoff (comes with full source).[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2016-11-13Still waiting for its final ranking at Syntax Party 2016, Carrion beats the clock converting his competing C64 FLI Take This Life Energy as Plus/4 MFLI...and it's a masterpiece again![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-11-07A rare TAP has been sent in by Perfect Darky for Quiwi! It's one of the largest TAPs, we're glad to have it in the collection. Be sure to check it out.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-10-26Another bunch of programs from Sanya's archives: 7501 Einzelschritt-Emu., BASIC ellenőr, Bitmonitor, Floppy Master, Gépi Átíró, Datamaker, Memory Peeker, Picture Cracker, Puzzle, Save Directory, Síelő (Head crack), Szintetizátor, Vicc Válogatás, Wordpro Intro, Zongora 1.2.[ comment ]


Cover Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-10-20
2 Pass AssemblerNewton AlmájaLacus sent us a couple of goodies! 2 Pass Assembler is an old programming tool by NewLine - it now has a full cover scan, TAP file and a cassette photo.

The second program to get this treatment is Newton Almája: we now have the full cover (7 pages folded), a TAP file and a cassette photo. This game has come up before - it's an odd one. It was released on 4 platforms at the same time (the other ones besides the Plus/4 were the C64, ZX Spectrum and the Enterprise). The authors ran a contest along with it. Anyone who could solve the game could fill out the last page of the cover and mail it in to win prizes.

As far as we know at this point - no-one has managed to solve the game. I realize the language barrier is a problem - but still, I wonder if there's any interest in doing a coordinated effort to try and crack its mysteries?...

Anyway, big thanks for Lacus and enjoy the covers and the TAP files!
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-10-145 more previously unseen oldies recovered by Sanya: Directory Rendező, Kaméleon, Labirynt Joe, Megacopy (a version of Super Copy by Mat), Törölt File Újraélesztés.[ comments ]


Run After Bombs With Bombrunner!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-10-09
Bombrunner264er_Fan just released his 4th game that runs on a C16/Plus4. Following Hitball and Brickhunter (released earlier this year), it's his biggest effort so far. The gameplay is simple: run and pick up the bombs before the time runs out, and don't get caught or hit any obstacles! Be sure to check it out and give it a spin!
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-09-26Newly registered member Sanya has sent us a long-sought-after TAP file for Bölcsek Köve. Check it out![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-09-19Gaia just released WinMTAP 1.0, a Windows front-end for TAP2WAV. Check it out if you're in need of a quick-and-easy TAP file conversion tool![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-09-09Want to listen to some Plus/4 tunes in the background? Check out Skoro's latest video: C= Plus/4 Game Music Collection 1984-2016 on YouTube![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-09-09Club Info 143 is here! Erich/Ultd brings you the latest issue of the German disk mag: articles and recent + new stuff on the B side.[ comments ]


Retro Photoshoot!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-09-01
Retro PhotoshootMarkus from Stuttgart, Germany writes:
"I work with former homeless people, we had a photographers workshop where we did a photo-shoot of old 8-bit machines. The results are fantastic, we want to share them with the forum members. The images are free for private use."
If you even wanted to see a Plussy floating, reflected in a pond, now's your chance :-) Check it out!

Retro Photoshoot
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Pentagram!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-08-17
PentagramPentagram has just been released for the Commodore Plus/4. It's an isometric game using the Filmation engine, originally developed for Spectrum. More info on the forum, check it out!
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Crackers' Demo 5!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-07-30
Crackers' Demo 5Crackers' Demo 5 is here! CD5...
  • ...is an old-school megademo
  • ...is super compatible: works on any disk drive (or SD2IEC), works on NTSC machines (making it the first and only NTSC megademo), and should gracefully stop on pretty much any Commodore computer.
  • ...was made by 24 people (Ati, aNdy, Bubis, Chronos, Csabo, Degauss, gerliczer, Harry, Kichy, Lavina, Luca, Mad, MMS, Moldi, Murphy, Ninja, Nukem, PPCS, siz, Skoro, Spektro, 5tarbuck, TMR, Unreal), from 6 countries (Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy)
  • ...contains 20 parts (plus an intro and credits), making it the biggest demo in the CD series
  • ...takes up 3 disks, 1520 blocks, 374 kilobytes
  • ...has a run time of around 38 minutes
  • ...was presented at the Arok 2016 party
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YAPE 1.0.10
Posted by Luca on 2016-07-23
Coders never go on holiday, and they need safe and versatile tools for their tasks! That's the reason why Gaia just released YAPE version 1.0.10 in the season of sundowns over the sea and fires on the shore at midnight.

This time, some of the most ancient bugs have to say bye forever:

- show subfolders as type CBM in IEC/filesystem mode;
- implemented monitor watchpoint/breakpoint ranges;
- watchpoint context displayed when hit;
- improved speedometer to cater for non-standard, longer frames;
- occasionally stuck joystick states when emulated thru the keyboard fixed (long outstanding bug!);
- uninitialized variable in a newly optimized part of SID engine patched;
- digitized palette in non-CRT mode fixed;
- rasterline counter overflow fix;
- weird and random save PRG dialog crash fixed.

Download it from the official page.
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Posted by Luca on 2016-07-13Tom-Cat/N0S has extended his Regenerator disassembler to be multi system, including Plus/4 too.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-07-13A Spanish language video has been released, (apparently) chronicling the career and works of Skoro: YouTube video. Check it out![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-07-11Erich/Ultd released Botticelli Bilderdisk 41. It's a collection of 32 converted multicolor pictures, using the Magica driver.[ comment ]


Pac-Pac!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-07-11
Pac-PacAssassins crew brightens up our summer with their brand new just-released game called Pac-Pac. It's a Pac Man clone, coded by game developer veteran Skoro. Guide your dot-eating hero through 64 different screens. Smooth gameplay, beautiful colours and overall attention to detail: it's a fun game that's totally worth checking out and playing! Be sure to check out the YouTube video as well.
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-07-05RKSoft converted a game from CPC called Frutty Man (+4 version, 16K version).[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-06-20Thanks to Erich/ULTD, Club Info 142 is out! Check out the latest issue for tons of German news, articles, and the B side full of releases.[ comment ]


Micro Projects' Sourcefiles Galore
Posted by Luca on 2016-06-18
Micro Projects SalesJust few days before the first publishing of his long awaited book about the history of Gremlin Graphics, Mark Hardisty has launched a dedicated blog full of memorabilia, pictures, stories, whatever, about the famous software house. Among all, there are some source files (click to download!) nested in few D64s donated by Anthony J. Clarke, mostly regarding C16/Plus4 games developed under the Micro Projects label.
We managed to handle those disk images, just to see if something of our interest would have jumped out...and that's really the way it went!

The weird or just known material that has been discarded is: final versions of some C16 games just as we know (Tycoon Tex), some chars and sprites editors for C64 coded for personal usage, a slice of code about "Thing on a Spring" on C64 and one uselessly single uncompiled text regarding Sword Of Destiny.
Let's go on with the juicy stuff, then. There are some early stages versions of games from Anthony J. Clarke and Micro Projects in general to add to our archive with some notes where needed: Dork's Dilemma, Xargon Wars (a sort of gameplay testing one), Xargon's Revenge and Kung-fu Kid (with missing animation for the big boss at the end, and different sfx).
Again regarding Xargon's Revenge, two different disk versions have popped out from the disks, built up in distinct ways, one with PETSCII loading screen.

Dork's Dilemma EditorApart of the interesting older versions of the games we just know, two other programs has been saved from the dusts of time. Micro Projects Sales is a really interesting document about sales and revenues regarding all the Micro Projects games which have been sold in 1985. And the author's personal Dork's Dilemma Editor has come to the light too, revealing that those 24x24 chars rooms are actually stored as Y-mirrored 12x24 chars ones!

At the same time, two surprises were asleep into those D64s. Here come the C64 test versions of Dork's Dilemma and Tycoon Tex, arguably coded before being passed to the C16, in order to have quite comprehensive assembler and compiler which were available on C64 only at that time: though the games have badly implemented or missing sound, it's clear that the code is absolutely the same as for the C16 version. Luca has managed to release the both of them on the C64 related sites under the label of his buddies in Hokuto Force, with trainers: Dork's Dilemma Preview +2 and Tycoon Tex Preview +2.

We want to see thanks once again to Anthony J. Clarke for his donation, and to Mark Hardisty for having put'em online available for anyone.
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-06-05Two small but fun BASIC games have been released by RoePipi: RandTown Builder and RandTown Crusher![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-06-04We now have an original TAP file for Botticelli from Lacus, as well as a "Wedge" program, which "simulates" the hardware key that was included with the original (thanks to "Tanárnéni Kedvence").[ comment ]


Plus4HTML Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-05-31
István Bozsik has just released v2.0 of Plus4HTML (a Windows tool). If the name sounds unfamiliar, it's because it was previously known as Plus4Lst. The new version is a complete rewrite:
  • There's a clean GUI now instead of a command line tool, with instant preview
  • The generated HTML files use a web-font and should pass markup validation
  • Syntax highlighting and many cool formatting options.
This is a very useful tool for programmers, if you liked the older version, you'll love this one. There's no installation needed, the included EXE is all you need. Be sure to check it out!
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-05-24Newly registered member sabe provided the solution for his only game, as well as some info and a fixed version.[ comment ]


"Pixel Polizei" Is Out!
Posted by Marq on 2016-05-17
Pixel PolizeiPixel Polizei, a tool for the retro artists is out: http://www.kameli.net/marq/?page_id=4557. It lets you check and solve color clashes, after which you can save the outcome in native formats for displaying them on a real machine. Runs on Lin/Mac/Win as long as Java 7 or newer is installed. Open source, of course. Hires and multicolor supported on the Plus/4 as of now.
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Multipurpose Multiplatform "Multipaint"!
Posted by Luca on 2016-05-17
MultipaintTero Heikkinen has just improved and bugfixed his Multipaint, a very comprehensive tool which allows the user to easily draw graphics as bitmap or in tile mode, in several modes supported by various 8bit machines, like ZX Spectrum C64 MSX1 and more.

The 3rd release includes support for Commodore Plus/4, both HiRes and Multicolor modes. This takes Multipaint to the top in Plus/4 crossplatform graphics editor, with extensive brushes options, easy recolouring tools, Botticelli/Multibotticelli import and export compatibility, .ASM straight exporting, double paging and many more facilities for your needings!
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Ultimate Map V1.9
Posted by Luca on 2016-05-10
Ultimate ROM Map V1.9Quite a heavy update for the Ultimate Map, which has been refreshed and renewed by SVS once again! Nothing has been left out, from Commodore disk drives memory mapping thru C64 addressing compare, to the most famous and the rarest OS bugs.

This is the list of news about V1.9 release that summarizes most of the addons in Ultimate Map:

- A new INDEX page with hyperlinks to all the other pages and sub-arguments;
- New section DISK DRIVES with full memory description for 1541/1551/1581, Internal commands and exit codes, Scheme on how to set an internal command, DOS errors;
- New section HARDWARE with BUS-TIMING and USERPORT layouts (compared with C64' one);
- New section BASIC with Memory use schemes, Basic-line structure, Variable/Arrays structures and storing, Basic keywords table (tokens, parameters, defaults, etc.), Basic errors;
- Automatic calculators: 1) Arrays memory occupation and address calculation; 2) Decimal <---> Hexadecimal converter;
- New tables on TED page: Exact frequencies of the 264 machines; Music Notes table for each machine and deviation from wanted frequency. Pitch mode is selectable (Standard or "Verdi");
- Details on O.S. and DISK DRIVES pages for each bit of all the mapped ICs (/6551, 6529, 6223, etc.);
- Implementations on KEYBOARD table in I/O page, plus a new table of the differences between Plus4 and C64 keyboard matrix;
- New info for USR() function use, Long jump routines; Clock updating (RAM and ROM), exit flags for CHRGET routine, $9317 routine, TED D/A feature, TED MGR-ECM-HiRes incompatibility, Cartridge start codes, ROM/RAM switching, $BA, $02E7 (double width);
- Additional new tables: Colors, Bit-screen layout;
- More info in I/O and Expansion area $FD00-FEFF, free TED area $FF20-$FF3D, copy on RAM of TED registers $FFF6-$FFFD;
- Graphic modes mask at $0083;
- Added RENUMBER bug, erased GSHAPE bug, updated SSHAPE bug;
- Added more info regarding RAM Expansions (Hannes / Csory) and OS96 (Solder) both in O.S. and BASIC pages;
- Corrections: RS232 bug; TED<-->VICII; examples in PETSCII page;
- Lots of minor modifications.
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-05-03Crackers' Demo 5 is happening! Spread the word, get active and check the forum for more details.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2016-04-05High Voltage TED Collection updates again with few fixes and 26 new TEDsound files, mostly from The Lands Of Zador. Delete the whole previous collection, then download/unzip the new one[ comment ]


A Monumental Step Forward In Emulation
Posted by Csabo on 2016-04-01
Wow, what a time to be alive, who would have thought this day would come. If someone suggested to you a few years ago, "Let's write a Commodore Plus/4 Emulator in JavaScript!", you would have laughed, and rightly so. That's a joke! JavaScript is way, way too slow for that.

Well, that's certainly no longer the case. Thanks to some JS magic, Gaia maestro brings us the first real JavaScript emulator! So, for example you can play Ghost Town "for real". Just look for the same blue "PLAY ONLINE" button on the detail pages, as this feature replaces the older Java emulator, which was no longer working in most modern browsers. Amazingly, even hardcore games like Zador run (although admittedly with some display issues). Still, this is a truly fantastic achievement, and hopefully will be a very well received feature. The ease of access to games online - no need for emulator downloads - is a monumental step forward in emulation.

The code is based on the popular YAPE, so the same hotkeys will work. E.g. ALT+W to toggle speed, F11 to reset, etc.

Note: there might still be some errors, but we're hoping those will be ironed out soon.

April 2nd update: Those errors mentioned above have indeed been ironed out. Happy emulating!
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Kate's New Journey In "The Lands Of Zador"!
Posted by Luca on 2016-03-28
The_Lands_Of_ZadorAfter the arrival of Majesty Of Sprites, nobody would actually expect a comeback from Kate jumping again on the most colorful platforms the Plus/4 has never displayed on a video. Against any prediction, Mad has surprised all of us once again, with a new improved version of his bitmap scrolling engine!

Bauknecht is so proud to bring to you: The Lands Of Zador! And you can consider it to be "Majesty Of Sprites II", featuring 8 wide multiscrolling bitmap levels with themed graphics and, again, tons of colors to show, all designed and drawn by Mad himself, with their respective songs in pure TEDsound composed by Luca, 5tarbuck and Degauss mixing on-the-fly with sfx. Other significant pieces of Nero art shine along the game, the main "Zador" logo is a straight evidence, and the well known comic book illustrator Helge Vogt has contributed with the fantastic introduction picture which opens to the main titles.
The_Lands_Of_ZadorThere's a brand new gameplay environment to enhance your jump'n'run experience: Kate must complete some tasks in any single level to go further in the game, and she also has to open new pathways by switching some passages on. Three skill levels can be selected at the beginning, and the passwords system won't let you stagnate in repetitive situations. There are several new touches here and there, in order to put colour really really everywhere and the .D64 handling can be fastloaded on 1541 drives (we mean: quite fast!), or use Kernel loader to be easily used both on 1551 and SD2IEC.

The Lands Of Zador has been presented at Revision Party 2016 challenging in the gamedev competition, and it ranked 3rd out of nine. Just like its noble ancestor, it will be later published by Psytronik Software to satisfy all the tangible 5.25 stuff fetishistes out there.

Will you have success in leaving the Lands of Zador and to see the end of this colorful journey along platforms and shooting foes? Start your challenge right now, get it and play The Lands Of Zador!
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Posted by Luca on 2016-03-20Brain Dead Idea is the new stunning MFLI picture drawn by Carrion, Plus/4 version of the C64 original competing at Forever 17.[ comments ]


Club Info 141 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-03-04
Club Info 141Hailing from Germany, Erich/Ultd has released issue 141 of Club Info, the first one in 2016. The two-sided German diskmag's format is the usual one: Side A has lots of articles (including German-language documentation for some new releases, hardware stuff, etc), while Side B has releases, including some small new utilities and games. Check it out and enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2016-03-01AWSM has finally put online his faithful JavaScript remake of Ghost Town. Try it right now, or miss it at your own risk![ comments ]


YAPE 1.0.9
Posted by Luca on 2016-02-14
Black C= be my Valentine! Gaia has released YAPE 1.0.9 in the day that legitimizes our neverending love to the 264 series.

So, what has been retouched and added this time?

- updated project to be used with Visual Studio 2015 and MinGW-w64;
- optional XAudio2 driver added (DirectSound's successor);
- D81 image support in 1551/IEC mode (no partitions though);
- PSID replay support via the autostart menu;
- refactored audio mixing;
- disk attachment regression bug;
- various other bugfixes (monitor settings, TED sound, snapshot).

Download it from the official page.
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Hugohunt!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-02-11
HugohuntRetro-gamers rejoice: angelsoft is here with a new release! Some of you may have seen an early version of the game on the author's homepage, but today marks the official release.

Hugohunt is an action game, inspired by an Atari game. The mazes, ghosts, and 'pills' to be eaten give the game a 'Pac-man' feel, but this is a good game on its own right. It's superbly programmed: beautiful colors, nice music and sound effects, runs on a C16 and PAL/NTSC compatible. Not to mention it comes with a level editor and even a C64 version (see the author's notes on the reason behind this).

Don't delay: download it now and check it out. Be sure to give your feedback and send if your high scores to the Hall of Fame!
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Hungarian Cover Scans From Lacus!
Posted by Csabo on 2016-02-02
Vadász És NyúlLacus has been busy buying up original Hungarian releases, and he's been kind enough to do the work of scanning, photographing, and transferring files to TAP format. Here's what's been added today: Európa (tape photo), Évezredek I and Évezredek III (covers and TAP), Magyarország (tape photo), Vadász És Nyúl (cover scan), Karate (covers and TAP), and Kincsvadász (covers and tape photo).

It's awesome have the original of Karate: if you've never played this Hungarian gem, now's the time to try it out! Vadász És Nyúl is not a noteworthy release by any means, but the cover artwork (and we're using that term very loosely here) is interesting. It appears to have been drawn by a young child. Perhaps there's a story behind it? Who knows :-)

Anyway, check these out and enjoy! Big thanks for Lacus for sending them in.
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-01-28Erich/Ultd has just released Hires Color 10. You can check out 32 hires pictures using the Magica driver.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2016-01-162016's first release is Pi by Litwr! gerliczer combined George's Blackbelt graphics and tune into one program.[ comments ]


Endings Giveaway
Posted by Luca on 2016-01-15
Majesty Of Sprites endingWith this last appointment, the usual endings triplets' sets do not need to have further releases. The folder which we have completely filled with screenshots and data to be added one by one has now been stripped and has gone forever. From now, we will usually enrich the Game Endings page just like all the others, so take a look to it from time to time.

Here's the titles we added to end with a bang: Mac Coin, Nibbly 92, 3D Time Trek, Battle Axe, Crazy Tennis, Sqij, Power Ball, Simple Puzzle, Zolyx +++, Pilot X, Memento, Bit Fox, Star Wars, Tower Of Evil, Grid, Flaschen Hannes, Xargon Wars, Skramble, Pharaoh's Tomb, Micropainter, Go Ahead!, Drol, Break Dance, Dizzy 3, Mr. Puniverse, Leapin Louie, Jack Attack, Jabba Otthona, Strange Building, Dodo, Adventures In Time, Majesty Of Sprites.
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Moldi's Treasure 10/10
Posted by Luca on 2016-01-08
It's over, we've done, can't believe we completed it in the very end!
It's the real 10th flowout from the treasure chest donated to us by Moldi when ppl did meet him at the Busodore Party almost 5 years ago, from which we saved up to about five hundred programs not included in any archive before! Moldi we'll never thank you enough for this immense feeding of Plus/4 stuff!

Outrun II DemoWhat can you find in this latest appointment with the world of unseen before software? Oh well, basically what still remain, we're squeezing the sponge and see what falls down. Sometimes certain productions get stuck into the clefts of homonymy and misunderstandings, and nobody take'em to the light, just like in the case of Outrun II Demo, which is another failed attempt to align digis and Coby's waveconverter. Or like for Terror Music Box by Moldi himself, Sohase Mond which was easily confused with Christmas 91, or Castle Demo which at first glance could seem Castle Pic. On the other hand, the scene succeded in missing not one only but both the demos explicitly dedicated to the Hungarian city of Mezőkövesd, where TPSH lives. Party In Mezőkövesd and The Demo Of Mezőkövesd: same party? We dunno yet...

It seems even incredible to us how many complete games we've still missed, in the times when we would believe that nothing can really be discovered from the past. The Moldi's software archive has surprised us till the end of this journey, and here come Dodo, Drakula Kastélya, Tekergő, and last but not least Risiko Demo, a pretty nice working preview of an implementation in BASIC V3.5 for the classic board game, one of those works we really would have been seen in the final shape!
Risiko DemoFinally, there's room for the weirdest pieces in this collection! Be honest here in GOTU, who has truly written the texts of Minifuck? ;) Do you know that Mucsi had reduced one of the most complete notewriters to be used on tape too, with The Best Letter Writer / Tape? Now we have Reincarnation 2, so where's the first one, which should be very similar to it according to the author himself? Is the author of Music Box 2 (Ati) the Ati we all know but still away from Gentlemen? Does LBM really believe in oriental destiny interpretations like I Ging? Does truly exist a third one, as written in the scrolltext of the fresh found Impulse Mega 2? For what piece of hardware Digital Frequency Counter practically counts? Did TGH really use Life Of Pictures for his graphics?

As you all can see, a finish point is ever a new starting point for further discoveries, where no Plus/4 scener has gone before!
Here it is, that's the very last complete list of releases for this tenth wave, and we can't hide a little emotional tear dropping from the eye: ABC (onefile), Atlós Fényujság, Beszélő Nyelvtan, I Ging, Digital Frequency Counter, Disk Lister V3.2, Duplázó V1.0, Ékezetes Képújság, Errorsearcher 1551 V2, Földrajz (Fodor Antal), Full Copy Plus/4, Hangközök, Háztartás-kalkuláció, Hipra Copy 1541, Hypa-load V3 1551, Katalog Maker, Life Of Pictures, Mágneses Indukció Számítása, MAT's Typewriter, Pluto, Scroll Writer II, Speed Assembler, Super Disk Monitor, Super Speed Loader, The Best Letter Writer / Tape, Uni Header, Dodo, Drakula Kastélya, Életjáték V1.2, Hanoi Torony, Kétlépéses Vagy Háromlépéses Mattfejtő, Kukacka, Lander, Logikai Játék, Memóriajáték, Souvenirs, Tekergő, Tenisz, Risiko Demo, Bekannte Bauwerke Aus Luebeck, Bomber Demo, Castle Demo, Digit Sounds, Impulse Mega 2, Microdemo II, Minifuck, Music Box 2 (Ati), Outrun II Demo, Party In Mezőkövesd, Poseidon Demo, Reincarnation 2, Sohase Mond, Terror Music Box, The Demo Of Mezőkövesd, Variációk Egy Témára.

And here's a list of the other nine lists, from the respective news: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
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Posted by Csabo on 2016-01-07If you enjoy listening to old-school music, check out Skoro's new YouTube video, featuring 2 hours of converted tunes![ comments ]


Lost Games Found
Posted by Csabo on 2016-01-06
Der kleine HobbitLet's start this year off! Welcome to Plus/4 World, where old BASIC games are never out of place. 264er_Fan purchased a disk collection from eBay, which had some previously unknown games on it. What luck!

Six of these come from Mark Lünnemann, a German programmer, who also wrote Pyramid Guy: Crack World, Dead of Night, Diamonds Man, Gallows Man, Sticknadel, Tunnel John.

The rest, making up the total 13 are: Bomb Man, Chicago (Strategy), Der kleine Hobbit, Doppelkopf, Monsterwall, Nono and Planspiel. Enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-12-25Unwrap one more present, this time a virtual one! A small LOD+ACE cooproduction: Merry Christmas 2015![ comments ]


YAPE 1.0.8
Posted by Luca on 2015-12-25
Did you notice the real ultimate xmas present of this year? YAPE 1.0.8 from Gaia! Download it from the official page.
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Spotlight on Cassiopei!
Posted by Chronos on 2015-12-21
Cassiopei is a multi-functional cassette tape port adapter developed by Jan Derogee. It allows you to add your own hardware to your CBM computer. This hardware then can be used on all CBM's.

The expansion connector features:

- PWM audio (speech synthesizer and the 8KHz, mono, 4/8bit sample player)
- 10bit Analog to digital converter
- KlikAanKlikUit signal generator (for both the old (dip-switch modules) and the more advanced (learning modules) system). Use the Cassiopei for home automation.
- I2C interface, allows you to connect many digital circuits in an easily expandable way. Add many digital IO's, control servo's using a I2C PWM controller, driver stepper motors or relays, etc.

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Posted by Csabo on 2015-12-21Sdw writes: "I did a small christmas demo with PETSCII graphics by Redcrab. It was originally made for C64, but since it was pure PETSCII, I did a port for Plus/4 as well! SID-card at $d400 needed for music."[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-12-20gerliczer is here with a small release called Robocop+SID. Check it out![ comments ]


Moldi's Treasure 9/10
Posted by Luca on 2015-12-15
We're unstoppable! Once we gain thrust, nothing can push us away from our target: just after few days since we've released the 8th bunch of rare and unseen software taken from the Moldi's magic chest, here comes the 9th to make clear light toward the overall completion of this mission. We're now one step close to the end!

Logo GameThis 9th shipment brings to light several "first productions" from the dawn of the scene, demos which we've thought to be lost forever in the mists of time, starting from that First From Genius demo just present into our archives but found to be buggy and impossible to fix. Now we can actually see the beginnings of DCD's career in the scene. The same can be said regarding CSM Demo, a far dated demo of which nowadays the author himself doesn't have any clue about; and can be said about Demodemo, the very first TBC production, where we still can see evidencies of both Hitman and siz's previous alter egos. Again, Beastie Boys Digi Mix by The Codebuster is the most ancient demo we saw from him (1988!), Color Routine, dated October 1990, is the first KRUK demo that buries Krussoft once forever, and Big Bear's first steps in software swapping have found statement with The Bear Demo. Last but not least, My Dream Cars by Catwheezle beats all the previous demos in being a real antique, 'coz we're talking about May 1988, the real outset of the Plus/4 demoscene.
Just to swell the Masters Of Dragon program list, there's another stuff from Catwheezle which goes place itself into a longlasting saga that's far to be completely explained: Cracker Ball 3. Another tile reaches the right place, and maybe one day the whole story will get completed. On the other hand, nobody did know about Logo Game, which now represents the very last software Reddi did release before his disappearance: logical game with SID/TED music, a big and uncredited logo drawn by Unreal, an interesting intro and the last time the Scorpions tag can be seen around ever. Again from the games' side, the rule has been respected even this time: the more you dig into Moldi's Treasure, the more prods from LEH jump out: Asteroids 2, Kincsebarlang and the graphic editor Grafitor V2.1 are the nowadays examples. Another unlimited source of continuous surprises is the Gentlemen catalog: we were almost sure to have the 100% of their productions, but we didn't get in count how prolific W-Man & friends have been. Hence, No Limits! and Stakker Humanoid have come to complete our database.

Cocom DemoThis 9th bunch doesn't miss to give us some rarities and uniques. Cocom Demo? Never heard of it before! And now we rediscover stuff which seemed to be removed from the memory of the scene. Devil Head Demo is a rare one, a second demo from István Ignácz, who's been credited of one sure release only, before this finding. And we can say the same about Music Simulator 2 by RTS, the digi demo which definitely links the tag RTS we've read in several scrolltexts from ancient demos, to Norbert Bernáth's "Riszpong Tilogramma Software". Unfortunately, if the latter mystery has been solved, the dark aura surrounding Toxic still remains, although there's a Last From Toxic message which might link his nick to the author of Blasting Bob Backup utility. Oh, and Franky: who's Franky who coded Game Music II?
Unexpectedly, Tiger has released an improved version of his previous utilities collection, called Tiger Disk Utility V2.1, containing a couple of well known tools of unknown version, like Duplicator V3.2 and Turbonibbler V2.0. abcug's Register 2000 software database editor also has come up, and in the end, now we have a disk working crack of Optika, produced by Octasoft and distributed by Novotrade at the times, though we're still in search of TAP files, scans and in general all the commercial stuff around it.

So, here we are! Let's have the complete list of incoming software, today for the 9th time. And the next will be the very last, so don't run too far away from our shores: Optika, Directory Director, Az Itélet Napja, Tiger Disk Utility V2.1, Register 2000, Grafitor V2.1, Easy Turbo +4, Easy Turbo 3, Caddimat C116, Digimixer (version), Disk Cracker, Adatbank, The Disc Wizard (version), ROM-control +, ROM Modifier V1.0, Elektromos Teljesítmény (Táblázat 2), Profimon, Disk Format System V3.0, Flash Demo, No Limit!, Stakker Humanoid, Demodemo, First From Genius (fix), Beastie Boys Digi Mix, CSM Demo, Color Routine, Music Simulator 2, Game Music II, Cocom Demo, Devil Head Demo, The Bear Demo, My Dream Cars, Last From Toxic, Csomagoló Üzem, Flipper (AMA), Kincsebarlang, Handel, Wirtschafts Manager, Plus/4 Invaders, Asteroids (Soft Vawe), Asteroids 2, Cracker Ball 3, Rohamkukac C-16, Logo Game, Diamond Hunter (Hungarian), Break-Out (Mac-Copies), Duplicator V3.2, Turbonibbler V2.0.
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TLT Is Back!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-12-13
2016 Happy New YearGhost Town (TLT)Gyöngyös is in the house: Tron Lamer Team is back! We haven't heard anything from them since 2012. Did anyone miss the digi-demos from the northern part of Hungary? I did, and I had an email exchange with Hifi this January. He promised: "there will be a demo" :-) I've been waiting ever since!

But you don't have to wait at all: just fire up the old iron once more (or just open that emulator), and check out 2016 Happy New Year and Ghost Town (TLT)!

Also, if you're interesting in seeing some more Faces of the Scene, check out the new photos Hifi sent for himself, and for BCK and Mela.
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Club Info 140 Is Here!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-12-07
Club Info 140The last issue of Club Info for 2015 is here! Erich/Ultd just released issue 140, featuring a small intro by CsoryCsabo. Side A is full of German language articles, and Side B has demos, games, as well as some new stuff, including 4 Christmas-themed pictures (which you can view with the Magica driver). Check it out and enjoy!
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Moldi's Treasure 8/10
Posted by Luca on 2015-12-07
We've promised to you all, and a promise is a promise! Let's repeat it: it's now time to finalize matters with the gigantic bunch of programs we've never seen before, as picked up one by one from the big treasure chest donated to us by Moldi nearly 5 years ago. That's the reason why, after two weeks only from the 7th session, here comes the 8th! We're on a run and we don't intend to slow down the flow.

Virtual FLI ShowFrom this release and both the next two, there's no particular stuff which stands out as the main one in the whole heap. Nonetheless, there are so many unseen utilities, unknown games and demos coming from the very first period of the forming scene, but we can't point a specific one. If we would find a theme for this 8th leak, Hires FLI, M-FLI 1, M-FLI Laced 2, Virtual FLI Show are further (and probably definitive) single steps which did allow to understand and implement FLI graphics on Commodore Plus/4. That had been a very hard journey in order to interpret how the machine manages the color per line and the (unexpected in the early era) double badline. Pioneers like TLC, bubis, DCD and most of all Larry had given their contribute to reach the results we all know nowadays, and these old releases are the missing tiles to fill the history about FLI on Plus/4 which now awaits to be definitely written from the beginnings to the end.

The acquisition of several programs lists has generated in the course of time various holes into our database, empty entries of missing stuff of which we've never heard before, and these last appointments with the Moldi's treasure will fill some of the gaps. This time we've got Lethargix, a little dentro from the time when TDD was close to Terrorists; Demo Madness, as it contains a short software list in a scrolltext which allows to determine the release date of several other TEC demos with a good approximation; the most wanted King Demo, released when TCL still was known as TBB.
Furthermore, there are programs out of every known list: Klaustrofobia the adventure written by Bitecus with a great intro coded by Murphy with music by SLD, Yazz V2.0 as the improved conversion of Yazz music box, the independent Hungarian translation of Tricky Dices done by LBM, Keresztrelytvény 1 and Keresztrelytvény 2 crossword games in Hungarian language. And more, rarities from authors with very little production: Disc Doctor & Monitor V1.1 is the second known production overall by Balász Vissy, Miami Vice picture show from CCW, Depeche Mode Demo (TCKT) where the bond between BCS and Ern0 got one group's name we really didn't know before (further infos are well accepted!).

That's A WayIt comes the traditional complete list of releases included in this 8th batch, the show is slowly coming to an end in two last chances, so stay tuned: Lethargix, Demo Madness, Kémiai Reakciók II (part 2), Kémiai Reakciók II (part 3), Német Nyelvi Gyakorlás, Német-Magyar Szótár, Tanulj Velem Németül!, Disc Doctor & Monitor V1.1, Csucsu Super Tape, Ultraformat V3.5, SuliKomp - Matematika és számítástecnika I. (crack), Konto-file 1.0, 664 Blokk, TARDOS V8.28, Bit Image (MPS), Integrate DOS V1.0, Házibuli Teszt, Relokator (Commodore Újság), Plus 23 Funktion Keys, Legionnaire 5, Legionnaire 6, Legionnaire 7, Legionnaire 8, Legionnaire 9, Jazzy, Cube Caster, Deltex Converter, Deltex-Dump, Deggendorf, Bus-Stop, U-Boot (AMA), Plus-Paket (AMA), Keresztrelytvény 1, Keresztrelytvény 2, Klaustrofobia, Beobachtungen, Hires FLI, M-FLI 1, M-FLI Laced 2, Virtual FLI Show, That's A Way, Digi Ripped Piccys, Depeche Mode Demo (TCKT), Miami Vice, Yazz V2.0, King Demo, Killed By Death, Hoaxers Party 00, Sinus Raster.
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Large Pack of Stuff From Lacus!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-12-03
InvázióWe've just added a large pack of stuff, sent in by Lacus. Our ever-growing database now has these additions:

Invázió (a previously missing release, complete with TAP and cover scans), TAP files and cover scans for 4 parts of the Évezredek series: II, IV, VI, XIV, and another TAP file for Timeslip. (Note to the serious collections: check your tapes and let us know which one is the "original" please!)

Also added are several cassette photos: Abraka-Dabra, Almatúra, Bevezetés A Basic Nyelvbe, Bubble Trouble, Szerpentin, Terra Cognita and Timeslip. Check it out and enjoy!

Before it gets lost in the shuffle, we'd like to mention a few others added today: Hoppit, Space Fiends, Wolf Pack, and Retro Gamer 149.
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-11-29carrion converted a new picture to the Plus/4 called Teapot Genie.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2015-11-23Now you can play Majesty Of Sprites on 1551 disk drive: Mad has just releases a dedicated version which work on 1541/1551/SD2IEC.[ comments ]


Moldi's Treasure 7/10
Posted by Luca on 2015-11-21
No! Nononono! This must reach an end, once forever. Two dozens months passed since we've saved the opportunity to release another big pack of rare and unreleased stuff dripping from the archive donated to us by Moldi, after we'd promised short times. It's gonna happen no more, let's start our run from this 7th bunch of software straight to the 10th and last!

ÉvezredekNow we reached the final steps to accomplish this project of gigantic update, and many primary objectives have been profusely threated and solved, but this 7th appointment can still show you a further one: we've finally begun to organize the Évezredek (Millennia), a series of quiz game's programs made for elementary school's kids to teach'em the Hungarian history. For what we'd been able to understand, Évezredek consists of 20 or 24 individual releases on cassette, most of the times containing two distinct programs focused on different difficulty degrees. The nine .PRG files we've found into our treasure chest have been added to some spare others we just stored along the past years, and now the whole matter gets a reasonable shape overall. Now there's a good base where to start from in order to achieve the complete series!

The other soul of this 7th appointment with the Moldi's gems concerns about the different versions of what we've just got. Alternative releases, improved disks, fixed stuff, reduced prods, they're just all around us. Általános Szöveg És Rajz Szerkesztő has been also spreaded as complete D64; Two In One also exists as V2 version, released just one day after the diffusely known first one; Wizard Of Wor (TCFS)'s 43K big .PRG uses the TCFS' defender packer, but it's beaten to the ground by the alternative file that simply uses Cruel-Crunch V2.0++ and its less-than-30K result; Pirates boasts an advanced version working in one single file with dedicated instructions file apart; somebody has spreaded a weird onefile version of The Jet 2.0; somebody else (we dunno who he is, at the moment...) has done a tougher challenge, packing Winter Events in one single, flawlessly working, file! Yes, no loading needed anymore!
Oh, and we have a winner here too! The legends say: a neighbour of TCFS who hasn't got a disk driver, did ask to him for a tape version of Blue Angel 69. Quite impossible, one would argue, due to the amount of different bitmaps displayed under the board, level after level. Anyway, if you're not a newbie in the Plus/4 scene, you should well know the genius of our mate Tamás. So, he came out with this Blue Angel 69 V3.1 release, apparently spreaded on tape for real, with a turbo tape loader coded by TCFS himself. Once loaded, the program unpacks and saves the needed graphics on the next slice of the tape in order to free the memory for the game itself, then this graphics will eventually be loaded once the game advances. 24 years have passed, but TCFS leaves us astonished again!

48 Hours Party (Gentlemen)File catalogs often show their fundamental role in the unveiling of rare hidden or unreleased stuff, and that's the reason why the 7th bunch intends to put out some newer ones: Alex's Catalog 1.0, Alex's Catalog 2.0 and EDC's Stuffs (apropos: who really is Alex of GS? "That's the old nick of W-Man" Murphy has told us ;) ). And when we talk about "stuff to flush out" we mean software like TIT-anic demo, most rare compared to TIT-anic 2; like Space Taxy, a fully working game created by St.GLS in his very last activity on Plus/4; like 48 Hours Party (Gentlemen), the lost part that W-Man ("RTL" at that time) coded to join the 48 Hours Party cooperation demo, but didn't get included (why?); like Feasibility Experiment (Csory), a conversion of the famous C64 graphic adventure done by Csory...6 years before the well known Crown's one; like Puzzle 09, the lost one in the Puzzle Collection, the missing piece that comes to complete a puzzle; like Relax Demo, apparently the very first demo production released by Larry, when he still was...Kibasoft!
Aside the cited ones till now, other programs are included, some basic disk tools, some education stuff, one game's crack we didn't have, some digi demos, one scrolltext editor made for Skull's internal usage, a weird program which's maybe an info file maybe a magazine's attempt.

Infó MellékletAs the tradition needs, here's the complete list for the 7th batch, hope you're gonna like all of them, prepare yoursef for the forthcoming three: Fast Format 08, Kristalyoszcillatorok, Általános Szöveg És Rajz Szerkesztő (disk), Two In One V2, Feasibility Experiment (Csory), Bard's Tale III Songs, B.H.C., Texteditor V1.1, Bridgehead (crack), Relax Demo, Alex's Catalog 1.0, Alex's Catalog 2.0, Advertising, Space Taxy, Puzzle 09, Disk-eddie, Eprom Packer V9.1, Infó Melléklet, Fast Backup 1551 D9, Fast-load 1551 (Starsoft), Fast Backup 1551 (Magnetic System), Fastload 1551 V4, Kerek Bar, Évezredek III (AB), Évezredek IX (AB), Évezredek IX (CD), Évezredek V (AB), Évezredek V (CD), Évezredek VI (AB), Évezredek XIII (AB), Évezredek XIII (CD), Évezredek XX (CD), Microscopy, EDC's Stuffs, Pirates (version), Miner 410er, 48 Hours Party (Gentlemen), Dizzy V3.5, Stick Or Twist, The Jet 2.0 (tape), Winter Events (onefile), Wizard Of Wor (TCFS) (alternative), Blue Angel 69 V3.1, TIT-anic, Crash (NBS), Chubby Checker.
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Gate of Power!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-11-16
Gate of PowerWe don't have a good explanation as to why this game is announced now, as opposed to last year, but nevertheless, here's Gate of Power!

A new adventure awaits: set out to see the world in the shoes of Fred Nelson, archaeologist. Your quest is to find the mysterious gate of power, which, according to ancient records, is somewhere in Asia. Visit many exotic locations while making friends and collecting clues. Test your skills and see if you pass the ultimate test, that is IF you manage to stay alive!

The game was coded by angelsoft, and is accompanied by music from Csabo. It requires a disk drive, but it runs on any stock C16 (PAL or NTSC)! The current version was released in time for the DoReCo party in Germany. It was shown at the party to some great feedback. It is still in development (of sorts), with a hopefully final version forthcoming, but it's definitely playable now. So get to it :-) (As an added bonus, you can enjoy a remix of the soundtrack.)
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Babel Baby!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-11-14
My The Best DemoIn the world of Plus/4, there are no bad things to worry about, only retro demos to enjoy. Surely there must be some folks out there, who are happy when old stuff is found?

Babel Baby was recently added to the database. In our spare time, we slowly dig though all programs, and this release showed up in several personal catalogs. I decided to ask Skoro about it: he said he had it on a disk, but it was unfortunately damaged... But as a consolation prize, he sent me no less than 9 programs which were previously missing from the database. Here's the full list:

Characters, Skoro's Music Box, The Last Demo From Assassin Crew, Demonsdom +4 (Skoro's trainer version), My The Best Demo, Oliver Otthona +4 (Skoro's trainer version), Skoro's Char 2, Skoro's Char 3, Skoro's Char 5.

So who will babel our baby? Only time will tell.
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Aramir's All-in!
Posted by Luca on 2015-11-13
GhostbustersYou all know that we at Plus/4 World are used to keeping our promises, always, even if sometimes the processes' schedules sustain heavy delays. So, we still have some older open matters to complete on the software donors' side, and new some contributions too!

Due to the necessity of releasing that flow, it's now time to push on spitting out all the decanting software which has been waiting for months. The first in the row to fall under our merciless publishing machine is the Aramir's collection, that fantastic bunch of assorted stuff sneaked thru the big software libraries of Csaba Egri. Our mate Csaba filtered some very rare additions, including PRGs, D64s, TAPs, covers and other mixed material, just to send 'em to us with an useful information text file.

IgekotokWe're talking about rarities like the very unique TAP of Démonok Birodalma with IRQ loader, or the only known release from Kerysoft (a user we've seen in the mags' citations only till now), better or alternative covers for several uncommon releases (Csavargás A Gombák Birodalmában, Legicsata...), alternative/older versions we didn't have (FLI Editor, A Hős Lovag...) and tons of new software previously unknown. Read the whole list of added stuff on the forum thread opened by Aramir one year ago.

Deng! The bell's ring announces the end of a victorious first round in our fight to enlarge the database. And for now, stay tuned to see the forthcoming ones!
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-11-11Carrion released a new pictureshow with 14 images. More details on his blog.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-11-09Announcing v0.90 EmaC=s editor for C16 and Plus/4![ comments ]


Happy Halloween To All From Absence!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-10-30
Ghost'N Goblins Arcade MusicboxChronos/Absence is back with a new release in time for Halloween. The usual theme is spooky stuff; so what could be better than Ghost'N Goblins? Check out the new music box, featuring 5 tunes and some sweet graphics. Plus, it comes on a disk full of some other bonus material. Time to dig in and enjoy :-)
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TED Tunes In Your Browser!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-10-22
You can now listen to TED tunes right in your browser, with the help of a JavaScript emulator! This entire section is still in flux, so things may break or be rough around the edges, but it's definitely a very promising start. Check it out now!

Well deserved credits go to Luca, for his tireless efforts of collecting the files, Gaia for his excellent emulator, MikeDX for working his magic to compile YAPE for the web and myself for some back-end work. Enjoy!
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Dork Dave Is Here!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-10-19
Dork DaveHailing from Finland, Misfit is here with his second game called: Dork Dave and The Dirty Trick. It is a C-16 compatible side-scrolling platformer, where you must jump accurately, avoid the enemies, sometimes break bricks by jumping into them, and hurry across swiftly crumbling platforms.

So grab a joystick and guide the titular hero through many levels, and attempt to find the (apparently stupid) Princess. Or is this all just a dirty trick? Play the game to find out!

You may also want to check out this promotional YouTube video, or visit the game's official page.
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-10-165 never before seen Danish adventures have been added today, courtesy of RetoryPlay. Check them out![ comments ]


HVTC Update October 2015
Posted by Luca on 2015-10-11
The arrival of Knaecketraecker has left the footprints we've expected about, then TEDzakker has landed, with its bunch of fantastic demo tunes and a big potential looking for further TED music to be released in the near future. Among both, Majesty Of Sprites has been a cascade of new brilliant game tunes. It's absolutely time for a new High Voltage TED Collection update!

465 single files overall, 39 new files added, and they're mostly some recent ones. Quite a big addon is the /5tarbuck folder, which contains the wider slice of the Majesty Of Sprites OST (the other tunes has slipped into the folders related to Luca and Degauss. Of course, the /hermit folder is now on too, and the same we can say about all the others who had a carousel run with those two fantastic tools. Little by little, the contribution from the classic games has now become less significant in numbers because they're almost all in right now, but there's still chance to find something again here and there, especially short jingles that play in some particular ingame cases (Minipedes, 3D Glooper...) but there's a big one in the bag today: Golf Royal, a very hard one to hack, and a great tune whoever had composed it! Little fixes have been done too.

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Posted by Luca on 2015-10-07It's a mature age for SIzPlay: V1.0 is here with an updated visual interface and playing TED files in PSID format.[ comments ]


TEDzakker 1.0 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-10-02
TEDzakkerIf Knaecketraecker doesn't fill the void of not-having-a-music-editor for you, here comes TEDzakker! Developed by Hermit (C64 coder/musician), it's a C64/Plus4/C16 TED tracker. (The C64 version emulates the TED on the SID.) It has a massive list of features and if you listen to the included example tune, you will hear that it is capable of producing some very interesting sounds.

Two modern, feature complete music trackers, one for the PC, one for the 8 bit machines - there is now no excuse for anyone who wants to write TED tunes :-)
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Posted by Luca on 2015-09-22Today SIzPlay reaches the closest shape to its final release with this V0.99beta update, and it means that siz is quite ready for the last step.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-09-20Exomizer, the most popular cross-platform cruncher has just been updated. Those who are still developing for the Commodore Plus/4 will want to update to the latest.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-09-13Epy just released version 2.1 of his SID player. With the newly added playlist handling feature and SID card detection, it's better than ever, check it out![ comments ]


Club Info #139 is out
Posted by SVS on 2015-09-07
Club Info 139Club Info 139 has been released a while back. If you're a fan of "2001: A Space Odyssey", you might want to check out the B side of the disk for two images converted by George.
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With Rage And Barrels!
Posted by Luca on 2015-09-06
Here I ComeIt's again time for Carrion, to let the scene feel the massive hit of a 264 machine palette, now competing at home in Poland!

That's what he did, entering Here I Come as competitor in the Pixel GFX competition held at Riverwash party 2015 edition 7, the Polish main event and a well known party for the Eastern side of Europe. In the very end, the Carrion's great entry has been ranked 2nd with a votes score of 241, only 2 points below the lucky 1st! Congratulations bud, fantastic achievement for another masterpiece!
Read the story behind Here I Come straight from the Carrion's notes here, with interesting workstages.
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Unexpected downtime
Posted by Csabo on 2015-08-27
We apologize for the recent downtime, which - according to the logs - was two days and four hours. It looks like our provider has changed some things on their servers, which means even though we're back, there are still many pages or functions which are broken. This is being fixed manually, so please bear with us. Feel free to post on the forum about whatever is still broken!
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Breaking Thru Your Own Rules: Majesty Of Sprites Final!
Posted by Luca on 2015-08-02
Majesty Of SpritesIn the very end, here comes the final version of the game by Bauknecht that we all have been appreciating since Revision 2015. It took 3 months for the creator (Mad) to break thru the limitations the game!

Majesty Of Sprites was born as a coding experiment under the pretenses of a non-scrolling Giana Sisters' like game, running in multicolor bitmap, full of software sprites, gorgeous backgrounds, evil jumps to perform and diamonds and hearts to collect. 10 game levels grouped by two in 5 worlds have been recreated from the original Majesty Of Sprites Preview, this time with a proper in-game soundtrack composed by 5tarbuck and Degauss, with a pair of tunes by Luca too. All the tracks have been composed in the essential tool Knaecketraecker released by Degauss. However, here comes the real big surprise: three single levels were added, this time with multi-directional bitmap scrolling, to explore hyper-coloured worlds with a global sense of freedom! Mad has really achieved his best performance in designing those levels, we all have never seen so many colours playing on our Plus/4 screens, and with the current graphics by Nero with some help by Decca, the final product simply shines!
Majesty Of SpritesAll this stuff, plus presentation pictures, main titles program, loading intros, full ending and hiscore table with saver, lies exactly in one disk side, with no space left! Majesty Of Sprites has been ranked 3rd in the Interactive competition held during the Evoke 2015 party.

Majesty Of Sprites has been released as freeware, but soon a commercial release will be published under the Psytronik label, with cover art by Nero again, on 5.25 disk, a real collectible that you can't miss!
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Posted by Luca on 2015-07-23Gaia spotted out the Hungarian lottery game tool Mario Vario from nowhere, sending in a dump of the Plus/4 tape.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-06-16Thanks to Gabucino and Lacus, we now have the TAP file for two Hungarian games: Dudaorrú Patric and Ürvirág.[ comment ]


Posted by MIK on 2015-06-14A new Street Olympics tap is available, replace your old tap version with this bug free update! See forum for more info or click HERE.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-06-05The popular Plus/4 emulator YAPE has been updated to version 1.0.7. Head over to the homepage to find out what's new and download the latest.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-06-01Botticelli Bilderdisk 40 from Ultd is here: 32 pictures for your viewing pleasure.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-05-20The very rare cover artwork for the game Dudaorru Patric has been added to our collection, thanks to Gabucino. Enjoy![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2015-05-17Chronos entered the graphics compo at QB Party 2015 with Cateye, a multicolor picture, ranked 2nd or 3rd, representing his beloved cat János.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2015-05-17Litwr has released the 4th version of his ultimate Conway's study Xlife (in conjunction with the BK-0011 version). It's twice as fast, with better pseudo-color option, blinking cursor, general improvements and support for the 4th version of Notepad+4.[ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2015-05-17Looter is a new unexpected action game working within 32K machines, coded by OnlineProf2010 as a porting of C code from C64. Give it a try![ comments ]


HVTC Update May 2015
Posted by Luca on 2015-05-11
It's springtime, and once again May is the month when High Voltage TED Collection, aka HVTC, improves with its traditional update! And the timing is pretty perfect: we really have the need to close this HVTC release, in prospect of the first bunch of tunes composed with the brand new tool Knaecketraecker.

426 single files overall means a +36 files compared to the previous. These new ones come from very different sources, either from the newer productions (like Csabo's tunes from Xplode Man, or the prize winning Rocket Science OST composed by Degauss) and from obscure ancient releases (the surprising player from Master Mind (ICE), or some unassigned tunes found in The Super-Writer).
Various fixes have also been applied, some tunes composed by Ern0 now have their right name, some game tunes have been renamed in order to allow the adding of new related files (Rockman, Ürpók), and some other have got a better playable file (TED Storm, Trouble For Bubble).

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-05-10The #138 issue of the long lasting German diskmag Club-Info has been just released: http://www.club-info.org.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2015-05-04Another dozen of Italian tapes has been included, mostly hacks, plus Master Color which is an original game, that completes the whole C.S.P. Microgame range! More to come, soon...[ comment ]


Mr Angry Dude Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2015-04-25
Mr Angry DudeLooks like Christmas is coming early to the Plus/4 Scene. This month has been nothing short of amazing: Majesty Of Sprites, PetDraw, Knaecketraecker, Blubb - and if you think April is over, think again. With that little intro, let's get to the release at hand...

Regular forum readers probably already know about the new game: Mr Angry Dude. Well, now it's public and official, the game is out, stop reading this and go play! Still here? Okay then. The game is a platformer, in which you control the titular character, Mr Angry Dude, who is indeed a dude, and presumably angry (although the game doesn't provide a backstory as to why that is). While playing, you can listen to the self-described "most annoying music ever". In the game, 8 levels await you with some interesting mechanics - the kind which is much harder to describe than to show. It's definitely something unique, even the first level (which is meant to be simple and introductory) will be a challenge to complete, until one figures out what's going on.

All in all, it's a polished game and wonderful addition to our scene, go play it now and be sure to provide feedback on our forums!
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Posted by Luca on 2015-04-24After some days of deep debugging, Andreas Steffen tested his skills as rookie assembly coder releasing the sweet action game Blubb.[ comment ]


Knaecketraecker: First TEDsound Tracker Ever!
Posted by Luca on 2015-04-22
KnaecketraeckerYear after year, era after era, anybody who decided to create something that would run on a C16 or Plus/4, had to deal with that horrible questionmark: what with the audio stuff?

We tried anything. We tried to use rudimentary music editors like Sequential Circuit or Music Editor or Music-16 trying to keep us away from playing like an alarm clock; we tried the BASIC commands, but the results were...basic too; we tried to use the samples like in Rock Editor V1.3 but the screen had to get off when playing and the memory got wasted; then, we've stolen the best tunes from the commercial games, and somebody else had coded his own player, say Ern0, but that spaghetti code would be quite far from being spreaded in the scene. We've stolen and reduced the SID files to be played by two poor voices, then mixed to seem like three, sometimes with unhearable results, sometimes composing music on converted C64 editors just to have a working tool...eventually playing on 2 voices only; we've followed this way, using little slices of digitized SID audio to improve the quality, but the rastertime went away like hot cakes. When crossplatform tools made inroads, somebody coded his own TEDsound music player, and the code has been easily distributed as source, but the usage of those tools often looked like obscure and difficult, hence only few dudes did challenge the beast obtaining their results.

We tried anything, but now we can stop doing with what we have, because times are changing again!
As promised days before, Degauss/TEK has just released the Protracker-ish tool he used to compose the music for masterpieces like the multiprized Rocket Science and the incoming Majesty Of Sprites. Ladies, gentlemen, here it is: Knaecketraecker!

Knaecketraecker version 0.2b is the first proper crossplatform TEDsound tracker ever. It allows editable multispeed, partial and global playback via TEDplay (included in the installation package), .ASM/.BIN/.PRG file exporting, single instruments I/O in order to build up your own sound database, virtual 3rd voice editing, claviature mimicking to easily enter the notes and many other friendly features. It comes with a brief manual and several example tunes.
Classic trackers' experts out there shall have no difficulties to easily understand it and bring out the best in Knaecketraecker, whereas a certain training time is needed to beginners and to editors' addicted, just to get accustomed to the usage of pattern lines vs. groove in order to get out the best from it, especially using the virtual 3rd channel at its best.

If someone didn't read the relative thread in the forum, Degauss has released this great tool under the request of Mad/BKN, who announced the needing of contributions in order to have the game music to be included in the final release of his Majesty Of Sprites. Hence, time has come, to learn all the inner secrets of Knaecketraecker, show what you're able to do with it and join the BKN's great job!

Thanks again to Degauss for having placed another milestone along the path in the history of our beloved Plus/4. And now, time's ticking out, download Knaecketraecker and start handling it as a real pro. Show us your real potential dealing with TEDsound!
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PetDraw
Posted by Csabo on 2015-04-08
PetDrawDavid Murray has been developing a PETSCII drawing program for the C64, and to our luck he decided to port it to the Plus/4 and PET computers as well. It has a few minor issues, but otherwise it's functional, has a nice help screen and example images. It should be a handy tool for creating PETSCII pictures, be sure to check it out and send feedback!
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Ladies And Gentlemen, Her Majesty The Bitmap Softsprite!
Posted by Luca on 2015-04-06
Majesty Of Sprites PreviewDuring the same days when Degauss carries in for Bauknecht the Meteoriks prize for the best low-end soundtrack, they arrived at Easterparty (aka Revision) and they were not with empty hands!

Majesty Of Sprites is a hardcoding experiment under the pretences of a no scrolling Giana Sisters' like game running in multicolor bitmap, full of software sprites, gorgeous backgrounds, evil jumps to perform and diamonds and hearts to collect! Bauknecht has shown this preview version at Revision, reaching the 4th place in the generic Game Developing competition. It allows you to play 12 different and very big screens, divided in 6 'worlds' of two screens each. Bitmap sprites look very Atari-ish, having two assigned color only, setting the code free to assign a very large variety of colours any 4x8 (8x8) box (look at the very last screens, they're incredibile), moreover allowing very extensive animation all around. The enemies attack in different movements, and some shoot at you. What you loose in all this, is the scrolling.
Majesty Of Sprites PreviewThis version doesn't miss even an intro, a jolly title screen that doesn't get shame to show its little colour clashes in the sides, an ending and a gorgeous vanity board with multicolor bubbles versus hires 2x2 characters that saves your scores!

This is a preview only, without ingame tunes, missing several worlds to play and who knows what else to still add in. Don't miss to play this gem and report back your thoughts about!

Code by Mad, graphics by Nero with some help from Decca, music by Degauss.
BKN and TEK, we love you back!
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-04-04See this forum thread for news from Revision 2015 party![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-03-28After an unexpected 52 hour downtime we are back - please accept our apologies, this was beyond our control. Big thanks to indi for being on top of it and resolving the issue with our host.[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-03-20More rare retro magazines: 10 Finnish covers of MikroBITTI, thanks to Spektro. Also check out the recently added Danish mag COMputer.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-03-09Thanks to Gaia, we've added some Dutch curiosities: issues 1 and 2 of Bulletin is available for download as PDF.[ comment ]


Club Info 137
Posted by Csabo on 2015-03-06
Club Info 137This year's first Club Info is here: Issue 137 is out now. Erich/Ultd from Germany packed two disk-sides full of German language articles (news, game guides, hardware, etc) and recent and new programs. Download your copy and check out what's new if you're interested. Enjoy!
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-02-26Directory Browser V1.1 by Epy is out, download the latest version![ comments ]


Endings Triplets 43-49
Posted by Luca on 2015-02-25
Game EndingsYes, it's again time for a new batch of 21 fresh game endings just for your lust to see how those nasty games end! Several weird ones this time, including broken endings and BASIC games showing stuff you really didn't expect. Plus, the ending of Rockstar Manager, an exclusive you cannot find anywhere but here at Plus/4 World!

Another seven-triplets released. Come to see the endings of: Manic Death Chase, Heil Sperma, Nathrium Chlorid, Stonepuzzle, Stonepuzzle 2, Stonepuzzle 3, International Karate, Krakout +4, Krakout +4 2, Battery, Battery II, Shogun, ACE, Démonok Birodalma, Bölcsek Köve, Battle Star, Sir Knight, Mike To Mars, Rockstar Manager, Captain John and Beach Head.
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Posted by Csabo on 2015-02-20Thanks to MurlocQ, the original books for the adventures Island Of Secrets and Mystery Of Silver Mountain have been uploaded in PDF format.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2015-02-17Check out Hires Color 9, a new release from Erich/Ultd: a picture show with 32 hires images.[ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2015-02-15Our thanks go to Ninja The Dreams who apprised us of a shared C64 archive of D64 files, containing some German Plus/4 stuff which are missing here. The notable one might be the Kingsoft's Quiwi disk version.[ comment ]


Directory Browser V1.0
Posted by Csabo on 2015-02-09
Directory Browser V1.0February is here, and today it's Epy who pumps a little life into our scene's beating heart with Directory Browser V1.0. It's a little utility, based on code from his SID player, and as the name suggests, it's for... browsing directories :-) Check it out, you might find it useful. Be sure to give feedback on the forums!
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Archive Update from Lacus
Posted by Csabo on 2015-01-14
SzófajokLacus sent us a big update for our ever-growing archive of All Things Commodore 16 and Plus/4. They are all Hungarian releases. First up is Szófajok, an education title that was completely missing from the database previously. This bears the release code of "ED 100" (interestingly this is printed backwards on the cover).

Three additional releases got brand new alternative covers: Axonometria (which you might recall, as we hunted down the original last January), and Headjust. The third one is Gépi Kód Oktató, for which we now also have a 25-page scanned user manual (see here).

Also added are photos of cassettes for Forth+, Karakter-Szerkesztő and Turbo 16.

Finally, two sought-after TAPs has now been found: Kőműves Kelemen and Csavargás A Gombák Birodalmában! If you're so inclined, you may play the originals in all their glory (instead of a crack).

I hope you enjoy checking these out, big thanks to Lacus for all his work getting these and sending them to us!
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Posted by Luca on 2014-12-31MMS places the last-day-of-the-year release: now you can play Super Cobra in English too: Super Cobra ENG V3! Waiting for the final release, test it.[ comments ]


Merry Christmas 2014 From Absence!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-12-25
Merry Christmas 2014We at Plus/4 World hope that everyone is having a nice holiday time. Hopefully this brand new release from Absence will make it even nicer: Chronos maestro is sending an "e-postcard" to us all.

Check it out: Merry Christmas 2014 and enjoy!
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Blackjack aka Twenty-One!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-12-20
Blackjack aka Twenty-OneIt's been announced on the forums before, and now it's actually here: check out Data-Land's new game called Blackjack aka Twenty-One.

It's a dual-platform release (the disk contains the C64 and Plus4 versions). At the heart of it all, it's the well known card game, but with tons of flair and polish. Highly playable, nice graphics and more:
  • Includes INSURANCE, SPLIT, DOUBLE DOWN, SURRENDER, FIVE CARD CHARLIE and TRIPLE SEVEN.
  • One or two player mode, as well as demo mode
  • Features a "GAME ASSISTANT" (with joystick support) for easy handling
  • Lots of customizable settings and special effects
  • Documentation (in German) included
So, fire up the old Commodore and give this one a whirl!
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Posted by Luca on 2014-12-17Thanks to the friendly contribution by Giuseppe Di Lillo (sovox), the C16/MSX series hit a turning point to scans and TAPs completion.[ comments ]


Are You Ready To Xplode?
Posted by Luca on 2014-12-09
Xplode ManEXpect the eXplosive uneXpectable!
Our little scene still has some gaps in the game genres to fill up. One of those kind of games surely is represented by the 'Bomberman' fashioned games, and we all know attempts to do something on that way have been performed with very promising results in alpha phase (video 1, video 2), attempts which unfortunately did not reach a well deserved final release...

And just before the end of the year, who comes to save the day for the Bomberman fans? Yes, Assassins, mastering C16/Plus4 games zone, are now back, and Skoro is active again on the keys, equipped, as tradition wants, with the only Plus/4 assembler monitor to show you what the dieharder coders can do, even nowadays in the crossassemblers era!
Skoro's Xplode Man wins the prize for the first Plus/4 Bomberman, with 24 screens splitted in 4 zones to clean out and differently fast foes to set alight strategically placing your bombs. Level codes and vanity board will keep your interest high for a lot of time, we all shall meet here at Hall of Fame for sure! The game's charming graphics and overall design are another success by KiCHY, and the pretty sweet results are undeniably on screen. You just know who's missing to be named in order to regroup the terrible trio...yes, it's Csabo, who put in nice SFX and composed two of the most joyous tunes we heard ever on Plus/4, absolutely matching the gameplay.

The rhythm of play is targeted to a slow paced strategic setting, but we challenge all of you in keeping calm down when a faster foe approaches towards you thru the bricked walls and you've temporarily run out of bombs. So, let's see how you'll play your cards on the Xplode Man fields of play, challenge is now officially open. Good one, Skoro!
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SD2IEC SID Player V2.0
Posted by Csabo on 2014-12-04
SD2IEC SID Player V2.0Epy has just released a new version of his SID player. The functionality is largely unchanged, but it has been rewritten from scratch for better usability and an updated look. If you have an SD2IEC, and a SID card, this little utility is a must have. Check it out!
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Club Info 136
Posted by Csabo on 2014-12-02
Club Info 136Erich/Unlimited from Germany ushers us into December with the latest issue of Club Info. The 4th and final issue of this year, issue 136 is here for your viewing pleasure with a brand-new short intro. The magazine's format should be well-known to regular visitors: two disk-sides filled with German language articles, and new/recently released software.

If you're ready get into the Christmas mood this early, be sure to check out Christmas 2014: a (mostly) cute and long Petscii-Movie converted by Erich. There's also a new German utility included called Postgebuehren 2015, which contains the current postal charges in Germany. Last but not least, if you want to fire up Page-Setter on the good old Commodore Plus/4, there are hardware plans and the solution for Total Eclipse on the disk as well.

Cheers to Erich for this issue! Check it out and enjoy!
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Improving The Unimprovable
Posted by Luca on 2014-11-15
SVS-Calc 2.5How possible would be, to improve something that just went beyond any expectation, pushing the limit of a certain machine's environment far far away from what anybody could imagine?

Exactly after two years from the release of the powerful version 2.0, SVS as the serious and professional side of the FIRE crew throws an ultimate hit in order to definitely close the match, advancing the program which has been usually indicated as the highest in quality he did ever: SVS-Calc 2.5 is out now, and it looks like being the tool that candidates itself to become the most advanced on 8bit machines in its category!

Apart of the loooong list of fixed bugs, there's a huge amount of new features and improvements: complete usage for the Symbolic Names managing relative coordinates too, speed up video, Plus Graph / Plus Graph 2.0 total integration, new nasty-to-find easter eggs to spot out... Too many features, that's quite impossible to write'em all here, in facts there's a very long whatsnew.txt included in the package in order to keep track of the fresh new weaponry available in SVS-Calc 2.5. Some of the new characteristics are completely innovative and miss into the most known nowaday PC tools, like the PUT() option, the WHAT option available by menues or the recalculation counting in lthe eap years. So many news about the video output too, with the implementation of dedicated ML routines to speed it up, and several new customizable themes have been included too. The shiny instruction manual in .doc format will be your guide thru the most professional ways to use the tool, in order to maximize its efficiency.

Congrats goes to SVS, who worths big respect for winning his challenge to improve something that sincerely would seem to be out of further improvement. And now, it's SVS-Calc 2.5!
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Happy Birthday Csabo!
Posted by Luca on 2014-11-15
Smells Like Happy BirthdayIt's the 27th in November again, and I hope nobody out there is three times triskaidekaphobic, because...yes, today is the birthday of our beloved mate Csabo, leader of Legion of Doom!!

How many times the heroic co-maintainer of this honoured site has spent his precious slices of life, stealing'em from job, family, whatever, in order to keep Plus/4 World as much comfortable as possible for the sake of any single user of it? I mean, every of them, from the frequent sceners to the ones we'd see just one time and then never seen again around here? How many bugs have been fixed, how many new features have been added to the site's original structure, how many dramas had been shut off with smiles and wiseness? And has someone counted how many TED tunes went out from Csabo's ears and hands, for the releases of anyone out there? And why don't keep in count the pretty neat magazine intros Csabo has given away as presents in recent times? And who's that guy, which keeps upgraded the best Plus/4 dedicated development tools? Maybe the same guy that added one by one the outer sites' download links to the current pages here? Again the same guy that joins the minigame compos gaining prizes, that converts and fixes C64 adventure games, that even finds the time to accept the gauntlets to enter his scores into the Hall of Fame?

I remember that dude: once a day, he said to me:"Sometimes, you spend a lot of time in something that people won't even take the bore to try...". And he'd spoken these words, but to me it was absolutely clear that, although he was right about that, the joy he got in making his own stuff was inestimable beyond words to him!

The man deserves to hear all the voices in one big batch, in all the glory of one of the traditions the Plus/4 scene should reinstate: the birthday scrolltro! Does he deserve it for what we've written at the beginning? Oh well yes, it also does, but first of all he deserves a birthday scrolltro because he's Csabo and we know, love and respect him since long time.
And you really have to sit down with your tea and read for a long time, as this is a very long one, beating any previous scene's record, with idea, code and TED music by Luca and graphics by Unreal...in a weird 90's fashion ;)

What's left to say? Nothing, apart...happy birthday Csaba! From all of us, with all our love!
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Posted by SVS on 2014-11-10DirMaster arrived to 3.0.0 version. The update came from August but it seems haven't be noticed. This PC utility is a must, allowing all the functions you dream to/from a disk (tape) image. [ comment ]


YAPE 1.0.6 out
Posted by Gaia on 2014-11-03
In what is probably the shortest interval between new releases in years, YAPE 1.0.6 was published a couple of days ago. While 1.0.5 has become the Windows Vista of YAPE, this new release hopefully becomes its Windows 7. Here is the full lowdown:
  • direction controllers (D-PAD or 'POV' buttons) can now, too, be used as joystick
  • fullscreen mode made ALT+TAB friendly
  • occasional crashes on some machines with small border mode on
  • assembler bug in 64 bit build ironed out (thanks to Luca for pointing it out)
  • minor fixes
Head on over to the official page for the download. Link: http://yape.homeserver.hu
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Happy Halloween!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-11-01
HalloweenChronos/Absence is here with a little surprise for the Plus/4 demo scene: Halloween! The picture is the first one drawn by him on his brand new drawing tablet (a birthday present - happy belated birthday from all of us!). Let's hope the tablet gets more use in the future. For now, enjoy the halloween colors and the spooky SID music!
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Posted by Luca on 2014-10-29We talked about it, then played it and talked again...until Pin Point +4MF 101% [PAL/NTSC] has popped out![ comments ]


Posted by MIK on 2014-10-23MIK goes for a SPIN trying to make us DIZZY with a video guide on how to play Pin Point: [ Watch on YouTube ][ comments ]


YAPE 1.0.5 released
Posted by Gaia on 2014-10-21
Another surprise: after an almost 2-year hiatus finally a new version of YAPE is released. Most notable changes are:

  • show full IEC path in directory listing
  • using Direct3D 9.0 (at last...) - still not the most up-to-date but hey...:
    • better fullscreen mode (no resolution mode change)
    • more consistent CRT emulation across video modes
    • adjustable video oversampling in DX mode (i.e. 'Use GDI' off)
    • Direct3D surfaces can be saved to PNG format
    • replaced 'double size' with 'double scan' in DX mode (576 row line buffer)
    • removed deprecated overlay mode and DirectDraw dependencies
  • Windows XP and higher only (sorry... no time to maintain earlier ones)
  • file association bug fixed
  • autostart fixes
  • tape motor should not start when PLAY/RECORD is pressed via the GUI
  • some code cleanups


This time follow the link to the "Gaia's Shrine" page to download the latest version. Link: http://gaia.atilia.eu
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Posted by Luca on 2014-10-02Surprise! After two years, Gaia has updated the TedPlay! Nothing fancy, but we can now see things are moving![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2014-09-29The best releases are the ones that you don't expect, just like this sweet The Way It Is intro from our buddy nukem![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2014-09-21carrion entered the Oldschool GFX compo at Riverwash 2014 with the One Zak And His Kracken brilliant picture. We push for the best result![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2014-09-21Didn't you fight against all the crazy waves Mr. Minter had designed to crush you down in Voidrunner? Dig under that game by the Voidrunner +3 trainers then![ comment ]


Posted by Luca on 2014-09-16Hey, look who's been interviewed in Retro Gamer 133 this month, talking about his game FloodIt! Congrats Csabo![ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2014-09-09Grass just released a conversion of Unreal's Soul Feeder, 2nd place winner @Evoke 2014 Freestyle Graphics. Check it out![ comments ]


Posted by Luca on 2014-09-03New Italian TAPs added: I Giochi Di Società full tape, Go Games 42 full+split, the very rare Computer Games E Utilities N.2 full+split. Covers and tape pictures added too. More to come.[ comment ]


Club Info 135 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-09-01
Club Info 135Let's start September with the latest issue of Club Info. Erich/Ultd has just released the issue 135 of the long-running German disk magazine. (Might be the longest running disk mag in all of 8-bit history, though we haven't checked.) The scene kept Erich busy with new releases: you'll find articles about tons of recently released stuff, including overview and solution for Ghost Town [PAL/NTSC], map for Saboteur C16 +2J, continued descriptions of Total Eclipse and SVS-Calc 2.0. Side B contains a nice compilation of new releases, and some maps for games - you'll have to fire up Page-Setter to view these. Check it out and enjoy!
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Hall Of Fame Updates
Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-31
Hall Of FameOur Hall Of Fame has got a new lease on life. Thanks to everyone for their feedback, your voices have been heard. The latest update gives you these features:
  • One games that is more than one game: sometimes, like with Summer Events, you can play two or more different games. A new field (called sub-game) allows you to enter which one you've used. Other examples are Cave Fighter (has Side A and Side B versions), or Daley Thompson's Star Events (has Day 1 and Day 2).
  • Secondary score: for games like G-Man, the score will have a maximum value (4000 in this case). Entering a secondary score (time) will allow us to rank the best ones.
  • Statistics: the top section has been expanded reworked and now includes some (hopefully interesting) statistics.
Some of these features still require manual work, and of course bugs might occur here or there, so be sure to speak up if you have more ideas, or if you see something that doesn't work quite right. Otherwise: keep on gaming :-)
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Spektro's Treasure!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-30
War GamesSpektro dug though his personal collection and found 12 new pieces of software for the site! 6 of these are Finnish language, which is something quite rare (including these, we're counting 9 Finnish language programs in total, ever). If you feel like checking out some rare never-before-seen oldies, give these a shot:
* Finnish games: Alcatrazin vangit (an adventure), Hazard, Kaivos, Klassista 16 (a demo, music box), Liikemiespeli and Othello.
* English games: 16 Trap, Bandit, Landing, Space Radar, War Games and Z-Worm.
Big thanks to Spektro for these, enjoy!
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Posted by Luca on 2014-08-29Just as announced here by himself, carrion has converted ET+4 from Atari 8bit.[ comment ]


Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-26carrion converted 3 pictures from the C=64 demo Dutch Breeze.[ comments ]


Temple of Terror!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-23
Temple of Terror ManualLet me tell you a little tale about Plus4 Pete. On a nice sunny day in 1987, fourteen year old Pete met up with his two best friends, ZX Zachary and SixtyFour Sid. Both of them had a brand new computer game called Temple of Terror. Over at Sid's place, as they loaded the game up, Pete exclaimed: "Oh, this is Fighting Fantasy! I love those books!" As he scanned over the instruction manual, his eyes caught this phrase: "When loading TEMPLE OF TERROR for a Commodore 16 or PLUS 4 computer..." Excited, he rushed to the nearby computer shop, and slapped a few wrinkled bills on the counter. Victor Vendor, the shopkeeper sniffled, and said to him: "Lookie here kid. That's probably just a typo, they's left it in 'cause it generic text. All I's knows is, I ain't gots this game and that's that." Disappointed, Pete left the shop and walked home. His wish to play the game on his home computer was forever unfulfilled.

But wait, the story's not over just yet! A mere 27 years later, a middle aged Pete dusts off the ol' Plus/4 and loads the game up. His friends, Zachary and Sid are over for the momentous occasion. "Did you guys ever finish playing it?" Pete asks them. "Nah," replies Zachary, "it was full of bugs, and at the end, there's this door, and when you try to open it, it says something stupid about pirates being eaten by crocodiles. I guess my copy was bugged." "Mine too!" chimes in Sid. But lo and behold, the Plus/4 version works!

With that introduction, I'm proud to present my conversion of Temple of Terror adventure game.

Plus4 Pete... IS YOU!
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Posted by MIK on 2014-08-20Hollywood Poker: One of the biggest commercial tapes ever to be released on Plus/4 has finally been converted to TAP files![ comments ]


Posted by MIK on 2014-08-20George has a new blog for his on going Plus4 activities! Link: http://patsos.de/New_Weblog/[ comments ]


Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-18Plus/4 World now has "one-liners" or "notices", small news items that are usually not more than a sentence.[ comments ]


Back On The Ground
Posted by Luca on 2014-08-15
Super Prg MergerWe really need to land our feet on the solid ground again, after the incredible stuff seen on the scene. And there's no better way to do that than updating the serious side with utils and tools.

SVS has released an English translated version of PLUS-Comp compiler, hence now it can be used worldwide. Please notice that this translated one is based on the Kocka's crack, hence we're still looking for the original one!
Some stuff coded by Litwr has been wrongly omitted from this archive, and it's now time to recover it. First of all, the Super Prg Merger utility. And more, two PC conversion tools: Prg2p00 converts PRG files into [P00] format with no characters mismatching; Txt2seq allows to easily convert any plain .TXT file into one or several SEQ files.
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Rocket Science!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-09
Rocket ScienceBauknecht just released Rocket Science (a new Commodore Plus/4 trackmo spanning two disks) at the Evoke 2014 party. Don't delay, check it out now!
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Some Updates
Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-08
XlifeSD2IEC SID PlayerA little retro-active update: Epy released V1.1 of his SD2IEC SID Player. The utility got a nice facelift as well as several other improvements. Check it out and comment on it here on our forums.

The other update is from Litwr: he released V3 of Xlife. He created two new YouTube videos (#1, #2), check them out! If you think the second one doesn't look like a Plus/4, it's not a mistake: the program has also been ported to Amstrad CPC6128 (the first such conversion that we know of!).

Enjoy!
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Dracula Adventure from Brazil!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-08-05
Dracula AdventureBrazil writes:
I had a little free time and I converted an old C64 adventure game to the Plus/4 - again, since I did this once around '86, but that one along with many programs is unfortunately lost. I think the original game is very entertaining, one of the best works from my friend Miklós. In the end, one will either like the game or not, but of course it's never a problem that there's one more piece of software for the Plus/4 :-)
Couldn't agree more! I'm also personally very happy to see one of the Elder Greats sit down and code something after a 26 year break. Anyway, if you're an adventure fan, check out Dracula Adventure!
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Arok #16 Party Releases!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-07-20
The Arok 2014 party has wound down, the competitions are over, and we have the releases! Here they are:

In the graphics compo, Grass released Mechfight and Chronos released Partyland Revisited. Unreal created a C64 graphics, which came in first (Plus/4 version is here)! Results are now up.

In the wild compo, BSZ and Stinky of NST presented something extraordinary: 50 fps animation and 12 bit music on a Plus/4, with the help of some special hardware. It's called Evo Lution, check the video on YouTube! Update: check our page for details on the making of this demo by BSZ and Stinky!

In the demo competition, there were only two entries: Afterglow by Csio/Absence and a C64 invitation intro. Unsurprisingly, the Plus/4 entry won :-) Congrats to the authors! The current release is only a party version, so we're hoping to see a full release soon.
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PLUS-Comp Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-07-16
PLUS-CompThis is just a quick note that a long time missing utility, PLUS-Comp has been found. (It was on the B side of Pluvi 32, so, in a way we've already had it on our site all this time...) It's a BASIC to Machine Language compiler, similar to AustroSpeed (or the much lesser used Micro-BASIC-Compiler). In the past there have been some interest about these (as well as some very dedicated reverse engineering efforts), so it's probably worth a quick mention. Check it out if you're interested!
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Shack!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-07-11
ShackShack? No, not the English word meaning "a roughly built hut or cabin", but rather a Swedish word which translates to Chess. After releasing another five-letter, one-syllable converted game (Whack) earlier this year, Gaia is back with a new conversion called Shack. It's a Swedish chess program converted from Commodore 64 that runs on 64K machines. It has adjustable difficulty setting (from 1-9), load/save state option and even undo. If you feel like playing a round, fire it up and see if you can beat the computer! Check it out and enjoy!
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Notepad+4
Posted by Csabo on 2014-07-10
Notepad+4Litwr just released a new text-editor for the Commodore Plus/4 called Notepad+4. The editor can use the same keyboard combinations as the default BASIC editor can. It can also load and save SEQ files, has a find function as well. The disk contains the Austrospeed compiled version, the original BASIC, documentation and example files.

Litwr suggests that it can be thought of as a complement SVS-Calc, together they form the perfect Office :-)
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Indoor Soccer Brasil Edition!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-07-08
Indoor Soccer Brasil Edition!There has been so much talk about the FIFA World Cup on our forums that Chronos decided to do do something about it: he just released Indoor Soccer Brasil Edition! It's a dressed up version of Indoor Soccer: play as either Germany or Brazil in 1 or 2 player modes. For those who haven't seen the match yet, I won't spoil it :-) Anyway, enjoy the game!
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Botticelli Bilderdisk
Posted by Csabo on 2014-07-05
Botticelli Bilderdisk 39Once again Erich/Ultd is back: he just released this year's installation of the Botticelli Bilderdisk series. (It's a two-sided picture show using the Magica driver.) You'll find 32 public domain multicolor pictures (side B has an info file). If you enjoy picture shows, be sure to check this one out!
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Endings Triplets 38-42
Posted by Luca on 2014-07-02
Game EndingsLong time no see, eh? We guess it's time for a new batch of game endings! A quick announcement: the Game Endings page has been improved again: not only they're sorted by language, but we've also included Broken Ending and No Ending types. Picking up the most notable ending of this round? Oh well, Pogo Pete for sure!

Another seven-triplets released. Come to see the endings of: Bloby, Ghost Castle, Moon Buggy, Patt Ball, King Of Kings, Boomber 2, Puzzle 3, Puzzle 4, Kazik And The Ghosts, Megabolts, Diamond Town, Magic Ball, Pogo Pete, Matrix, Commando, S.H.I.T., Halallabirintus II, Punk Puzzle, Cave Guennie, Mc Stoney, Apollo Mission.
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SD2IEC SID Player
Posted by Csabo on 2014-06-17
SD2IEC SID PlayerOur newest registered member, Epy has just released a little utility called SD2IEC SID Player. If you're a lucky owner of a BSZ SID card (see this forum topic), this may come in really handy. It can load SID files from HVSC and play them automatically. Check it out and enjoy!
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Virtual Cyclist by Grass
Posted by Csabo on 2014-06-12
Virtual CyclistSome quick news about a fresh release: Flashback 2014 was a party in Australia that ended a few days ago. Grass represented the Plus/4 scene by submitting the only Plus/4 production: a picture called Virtual Cyclist. It came 6th. Check it out and enjoy!
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Club Info 134 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-06-04
Club Info 134The second (out of four) issue of 2014 is here for Club Info: Erich/ULTD just released Club Info 134. (For those who don't know, Club Info is a long running German Commodore Plus/4 diskmag, released every three months.) The theme of this issue is celebrating 50 years BASIC. In that vein, there's several new BASIC examples/demos that can be found on the B-side of the disk. They are: Katze ASCII Print, Meriday in the morning, Walk Sprite-Animation, Indiana Jones PETSCII, Going Up PETSCII, Calculate It and Far Cry. Check it out and enjoy!
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Commando Loader
Posted by Csabo on 2014-06-01
Commando LoaderChronos dropped a self-described "quick and dirty" release onto the scene: check out Commando Loader! It contains the improved version of a newly converted picture that was recently discussed on the forum. While your eyes feast on the pixel work, you can listen to Pigmy's conversion of the classic Rob Hubbard Commando tune! So... Enjoy :-)
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Hungarian Cover Scans And Tapes
Posted by Csabo on 2014-05-21
Bűvös NégyzetekWalakiLacus scanned and digitized a big batch of Hungarian tapes, all of which has now been added to our database. Many of these have been missing and sought after for a long time!

If you're interested in the "collecting" side of things, this should be the list for you to check out: Almatúra (TAP file and proper crack), Breki (TAP and proper crack), Bűvös Négyzetek (TAP, cover), Headjust (TAP), J Vagy Ly (Alternative cover), Memória (TAP, cover), Oszkár A Lovag (TAP - finally and an alternative cover), Sakk Kezdőknek (C16 only TAP), Számépítő (Alternative cover), Ürpók (Alternative TAP), Walaki (TAP, cover).

Besides the above, several other C16 games' cassette photos have been added (Gunlaw, Killapede, Menekülés, Roll, Spore, Steve Davis Snooker, Varmit). Big thanks for these, enjoy!
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Note-Game From Champ
Posted by Csabo on 2014-05-20
Note-GameIf you have a few minutes, check out Note-Game, written by someone who must be the youngest coder on the scene: Champ (angelsoft's son). It's his first program coded completely by himself! It's available in both English and German. The game teaches musical notation (and scores you as well). If you have some words of encouragement or perhaps ideas or other comments, be sure to hit up the forums.
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HVTC Update May 2014
Posted by Luca on 2014-05-19
Long time not seen with the High Voltage TED Collection, aka HVTC, which now is very close to contain all the known significative TED music that has been produced overall. After a whole year now, here comes the brand new update for the HVTC!

We've reached the notable number of 391 single files overall, preserving the classic folder structure with both untouched piece of the original code and the quickly runnable ones. Some previously added tunes have been fixed or swapped with a better version (not Metamerism file, which still has been claimed to be a slightly different version compared to the one actually played in the released demo), and there are several new folders too. Let's sum up addons both from the '80ies games (Nike hawk, Blockbusters, Footballer Of The Year...) and the most recent releases (Warrior of RAS Volume I - Dunzhin, Sgt. Helmet Zero, Amiga Music Box 1...), and a shiny number of 66 managed files pops out from the hat!

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!
This is the straight link to the ZIP file.
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Flood What? It!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-04-30
FloodItIf you're going to flood something, let that be the playing field in this game. Okay, enough of the "witty" banter, Csabo has just released another small "toy" game (somewhat similar to 2048) called FloodIt. If you enjoy puzzles and logical games, this might provide you with a nice distraction. The game has a tournament mode, which contains 16 hand-picked levels and is meant for players to compete in our Hall Of Fame. It also features a random level mode for virtually unlimited variety. Check it out and enjoy!
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A.R.C.O.S. In Steroids
Posted by Luca on 2014-04-29
A.R.C.O.S. C16Do you remember about the little Spanish knockout game A.R.C.O.S. C16 developed by Baron Ashler and sweetly released in .PRG and .TAP formats under the Kabuto Factory label?

Even though being a pretty nice and original game, it was a BASIC written piece of code, and this unfortunately meant it would undergo a terrible slowness overall, which definitely affects the game's playablility. Baron Ashler has declared that he tried to compile the code with unfruitful results. That's why we've asked for an hero to save the day!

And an hero has come, at last! If the earlier version has been released in Xmas, the new one can't have a release day better than Easter! Easy to guess him, SVS is the Man who eats beef'n'compilers since years. With his help, it has been possible to compile A.R.C.O.S. C16 into a better playbale 32K version, again available as .TAP and .PRG in the same page! Go try the new one!
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Commodore16.com Relaunches For Its 10th Anniversary!
Posted by MIK on 2014-04-26
As some of you regulars know Commodore16.com has been out of the lime light for a few months now so the guys could work on updating the site as a whole. Whats more the site has become more stable overall and at the same time the guys have also been intergrating other and extra features to work together as one. As it stands now the site is coming along very nicely and has now reached the point where business is back to normal. While there is still some minor work to be done as Chris explains in his latest news entry, that all important shop is also back online!!

If you missed it the first time, now's your chance to experience the C16/Plus4 site that offers help and support while reliving all those classic games rolled into one! As for all you regulars your in for a treat as the whole site has had a total face lift using that classic Commodore font you know and love. Anyway's pop along and show your support, hope to see you there! Cheers Chris & Barry,(Webmasters of Commodore16.com). :)

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Tamed/Plus4
Posted by Csabo on 2014-04-23
TamedChronos/ACW released a new picture today: check out Tamed! The picture is based on Exupéry's book "The Little Prince", and was drawn on C64 by Jailbird (who gave his blessing for this conversion). Check it out and enjoy!
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2048
Posted by Csabo on 2014-04-06
2048The "Flappy Bird" mania has skipped our platform, but if anyone is still interested in playing 2048, they now can! (Or, if you've never heard of it before, you might want to give it a try as well.) A simple implementation, no fancy colors or music, in all PETSCII glory. Let the hunt for the high scores begin!
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What Is Essential Is Invisible To The Eye
Posted by Luca on 2014-04-01
Vadász És NyúlBecause of a certain lack of solid news, you can argue there's a sort of short lapse of snoozing around here... Well, this little reminder as news is just to say: nothing wronger than thinking that!

Even with no manifest symptoms, all the guys who periodically keep this site fresh adding more and more stuff and infos into it, are under heavy working day by day, and so many new entries have been (and will be!) added to our beloved archive. Listing all of them is almost impossible, also because several of these fresh entries have been included by synergistic job during more than a single day of duty. Let's try to cite some of them!

Csabo has recently added some precious scans and tapes of very rare Hungarian games: Vadász És Nyúl and Flipper, and his very hard work about adding new download links in any single entry (yes, in any single entry, you've read it!) continues with no pause.
Luca keeps up to include infos about tons of obscure Italian rereleases in the archive, the old game hacking labels seem to continuously appear from nowhere: Master's Software House collections, the never seen before Movie Box, Computer Set, Go Games, Byte Games, C16/MSX, all of those and many others daily get new infos, covers, pubs in .PDF and .JPG formats. Plus, dozens of new .PRG and .TAP files have been added about, 'cause he's keeping to buy and dump several tapes in order to preserve'em forever (just to cite the very last ones: C16/MSX 5, Pott-it / Shoot-it, Tennis (Movie Box), Calcio, Interceptor (Soft)). He's also entering all the fantastic contributions coming from all our friends, especially C16 Chris...
...And several German magazines just coming from C16 Chris have been added too (we're talking of about a Gb of those!). Due of this big supply of virtual paper stuff, Rüdiger is right now affording a majestic work on that ones: entering obscure magazines issues and all the related entries (Commodore Welt anyone? :) ), linking any single published type-in or reviewed software, including any single credit per entry and much more. And when the searching succeeds, .PRGs and .D64s of some published programs got added too.
Do I also have to cite all the uncited fixing and improving that hourly occur around here? Endings, Hall of Fame, new cheats, new stuff's fixes... Oh well, that's routine in the very end ;)

We strongly suggest to keep watching to the New Stuff page here, what is essential is invisible to the eye!
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Ultimate Map V1.8
Posted by Luca on 2014-03-23
Two years are enough since the last version of SVS'Ultimate Map, it's now time for an advanced, most complete, version of that XML file you have to refeer to in order to play your cards right while coding on a Commodore 264 series machine.

There are dozens of improved definitions and fixed infos inside the new V1.8 version of Ultimate Map, and a new light blue color to define inner ranges of memory. Sections and arguments which have been substantially revised are:
- graphic modes;
- PETSCII codes with CBM+key codes;
- fixed F-keys codes and more;
- new tables and command modes about RS232;
- further infos in RAM/OS about: ACIA registers, banking routines, OS96, LOAD routines, functions keys, monitor commands, RT clock.
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Club Info 133 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2014-03-09
Club Info 133Erich/Ultd is here to kick off the news this month: Club Info 133 is here. The German diskmag is back with a fresh intro and lots of new articles, plus the usual release-filled B side. Among these is a new conversion from Erich called Cooking PETSCII, a nice looking PETSCII animation (done by JSL on C64). Check it out and enjoy!
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Methabolix Anno 2014!
Posted by Luca on 2014-02-12
FlashbackWhich would be the best way to begin a new year in the scene? Yes, with the first demo release of the year! What can be called 'a good omen demo release to begin the year'?. Yes, again: a demo release from a memorable crew we've missed for too much time so far!

Methabolix is one of the groups we missed the most. Its members merged under that label to take the Plus/4 scene a step forward in the quality side, having released groundbreaking megademos in terms of code, graphics, ideas and overall design. We really miss its beneficial presence in the nowadays scene since 20 years now. Fact is that Rachy has represented his group several times when he'd taken part in the new millenium's compos like 4Ever 2003, or the limiTED online democompos (both first and second editions). Sometimes old unreleased stuff signed MX surfaces from the forgotten depths of the scene's history, and in the best case someone reorganize old parts in a modern and working release, like Metapharstic 80%. But the truth is that we're missing a straight release since 20 years now!

The wait is now over! After 20 years of silence, Beast and Unreal are back, now with the assistance of Csabo/LOD in the music department, with a little dentro named Flashback, a pretty nice democoding training just to regain the habit and see the gears moving again.
Flashback is an emotional leap behind to the golden era of evolution in the Plus/4 demoscene, before the looming big crisis in the years 199x.

Welcome back Beast and Unreal, even though for a while. We've missed you, and you have reminded us that it's never never never too late!
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16K Sabotage In Joystick Sauce
Posted by Luca on 2014-02-08
Saboteur C16 +2JIn the forum's thread where Yerzmyey/H-PRG asked for a trainer version of Robo Knight, there has also been a second request, regarding Saboteur C16, a request that flowed a bit unnoticed, with no real feedback about.

After some months, Luca of the FIRE crew has taken back to his steps, and realised that it had been formulated as a tangible request, not a simple chitchatting about a game! So, why don't accept it?
Moreover, a trainer for Saboteur C16 is a juicy challenge. Go to read what the original instructions say as first sentence:"...originally designed to run on computers with a least 48k of RAM. So to fit it in the C16's much smaller memory we have had to make a number of cuts (for example, you can not kill the guard dogs, or use a joystick). This version occupies almost every single byte available on the C16 - we are sorry for the cuts...". This means: hard to pack with an initial cracktro, and with no joystick feature.

It's a deal, then! Here comes Saboteur C16 +2J, an useful double trainer in order to finish the game at every difficulty level, plus the joystick feature, claimed to be cutted due to memory limitations by Barney, the misterious name that hides who's the actual coder. Slicing here and there, moving whole memory areas and other tricky stuff, and the cracktro fits too...yes, 'that one with the enjoyable tune composed by Csabo/LOD!

Rediscover a great C16 classic, now by comfortable joystick action!
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Moldi's Treasure 6/10
Posted by Luca on 2014-02-05
Almost two whole years passed since we'd promised the next release of Moldi's stuff, we know that, ok. But, hey: did you ever think we've dropped with this series of surprising releases? No, really? Absolutely not, of course! Half of the journey has gone, and now it's time to catch the turning point and run the second half till the very end...starting now!

NaprendszerunkLet's have a glance to the serious side first. There are various utilities of different kind and educationals about different arguments in this bunch, but it's rare to find another two programs about astronomy in the same giveaway, both Hungarian: Naprendszerünk and Csillagaszat 8.0, pure BASIC power at the service of the celestial bodies' science. Still from the education side, here comes Kolumbusz Hajója as the second release of Vince Balla we know. But that's not the one and only sophomore here around: other author's second absolutes are KonyvKatalogus by Zoltán Czako and Super-file 4.0 by Big-Frog. Other programs follow, and a mistery too: who really is the TCT that converted by his own Disk Manager +4? The scrolltext suggests to read his address under $6000...where?

Demo Mine ILet's jump to these old demos that almost nobody has seen before. There's no doubt that our today's ace is Demo Mine I, the demo searched for so much time by its author Gaia...yes exactly, the man nowadays we mostly know as the YAPE's father. Read the whole story about this old two parts demo straight from his own words. Let's complete the palmares of Beginner Duo's demos by adding Logo Demo (Beginner Duo) and the Beginner Duo Disk which collects the most known of their productions. Digimix-1, Digimix-2 and Digimix-3 play the tunes that Sharp/SCN had composed in Rock Editor V1.3, Adventure Leírások talks you about Hungarian adventures, and...oh! Whoever Basf and Sony are, here's their Lista of programs!

Enough with coding, it's time to play! The Hungarian adventure game A Ninja Küldetése has now been found and included in the database! Also, the wonderful Plus/4 version of Loopz is now in with its original copy, and a different Rakontakota version with intro picture has been picked up too. Solitair is an unknown board game created by TGH, and it's neat and lovely as we could expect known its creator. Wait a moment...Rockman II Editor by TCFS? Oooh now I see, Krussoft cheated again, his Rockman III + Editor was basically a ripoff ;)

A Ninja KüldetéseThis is the complete list for the 6th release in the series:
A Ninja Küldetése, Digiripper V2.1, Page-Setter (hungarian), TurboTrans With Fload (original), Dirsort LEH (2 versions), RAM Disc, Reformat V4.0, Naprendszerünk, Osszeadas Es Kivonas, Lemezteszt, Rejo-turbo, Floppy Master, Micro Text 2.0 (crack), Anti-cracker, Csillagaszat 8.0, Disk Manager +4, Characters 2 (2 versions), Cool Convert, Kolumbusz Hajoja, KonyvKatalogus, Super-file 4.0, Digimix-1, Digimix-2, Digimix-3, Beginner Duo Disk, Logo Demo (BD), Adventure Leírások, Lista, Demo Mine I, No AIDS, Fantasi, Loopz (original), Cuthbert Enters The Tombs Of Doom (crack), Jump Jet (crack), Spiderman (crack), Solitair, Othello (Hungarian), Rakontakota (picture), Rotary C16-ra, Rockman II Editor, Pasziansz.

We promise you won't wait years before the 7th...oh wait...wait a minute, someone here is telling...telling us...that we have a relished bonus for this 6th date! The emotional flow once he has met his past, took Gaia to his roof, searching for some old PPCS releases we didn't get into our archive yet! Thank you Attila, here comes a little unexpected addon:
The Final Deleter (version), Deli Compacker KNM Versio, Kep-Konverter, Picture Show 2 (PPCS), Dudaorru Patric (crack), Super Cobra (crack).
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A First Release From Slovakia
Posted by Csabo on 2014-02-01
New releases are quite rare for the C16/Plus4, so I believe this is worth a mention: MIRKOSOFT from Slovakia released a little utility called Text Resizer. If you're happy to see new releases, or gladdened by the fact that new coders are choosing our beloved platform, be sure to add some words of encouragement in the forums.
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Releases By Dr. Szilassi Online
Posted by Csabo on 2014-01-29
Algoritmusok, JátékokAxonometriaSzámoljunkSome retroactive news: the missing releases by Dr. Szilassi are now online! We have the covers and program files for: Algoritmusok, Játékok, Axonometria and Számoljunk. If you haven't done so, be sure to read the entire saga on the forum, and big thanks to all involved: Lavina for tracking down the author, Lacus for actually meeting him and transferring the disk images, and Luca for processing and uploading the files to our site.

Last, but not least our deepest respect and thanks to the author for offering up these materials for our site, we're very thankful.
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NST's Monitor Extension Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2014-01-20
NST's Monitor ExtensionJust a quick note to let everyone know that NST's Monitor Extension was updated to version 7.02. Head on over to its website, or read the (English language) change log here to see what's new.
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Happy New Conversion!
Posted by Luca on 2014-01-08
Android 2Android 2Happy new year, my dear Commodore 16 and Plus/4 sceners, users and, in a word, lovers! We've got some lucky days in the very end of 2013, with several surprising and unexpected releases, and the best we can wish for the new year is to keep on with this trend.

Hence, there's another record in the Assassins' trophies case: KiCHY has performed the very first release tagged 2014! Android 2 is a 1983 game just converted to Plus/4 in order to say goodbye to those 30 years and enter in a new era! It's an action game filled in with robots, mazes, worms and mines, all doomed by a ruthless time limit, along three levels of hard tasks. Get in search of 5 Millitoids per level, kill'em with two well dealed shots and turn back to the transporter capsule in time.

Year 2014 is just at the beginning, and we're now ready to shoot at droids! We at Plus/4 World are believing it's a good sign, happy new shooting, dudes!
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Merry Xmas-gaming From Spain!
Posted by Luca on 2014-01-04
A.R.C.O.S. C16A.R.C.O.S. C16We were so close to have a glance back on our shoulders to see what's happened along the whole 2013 in the Plus/4 scene, but the proverb say:"Never close the stable door until all the cows are in". And, oh well, there was a last cow standing outside.

Just after the Xmas day, the Spanish software developer group Kabuto Factory has released its sophomore product on C16, previously presented for several machines (C64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, ZX81) and once again created by Baron Ashler: it's A.R.C.O.S. C16!
The game basically plays like a knockout clone, but here the 'bricks' to break out need to be strategically amied at, and others must be saved in some ways. Not an easy task, especially when the level design complicates your job.

The game has been written in BASIC and, although pretty nice, it appears to be quite slow. The author did some attempts of compiling it with C16/C116/Plus4 Micro-BASIC-Compiler, but unfortunately he failed. So, does exist around here a Compiler Hero who is able to release a compiled version of A.R.C.O.S. C16 to see how it runs? Game in the game, sirs! ;)

Meanwhile, happy new year Kabuto Factory, and keep up with the C16 section, we're gonna like it more and more!
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Hires Color 8 Arrives
Posted by Csabo on 2014-01-02
Hires Color 8After what we could call a successful year in the Plus/4 Scene, Erich/Ultd from Germany is here to usher in the new year.

2014's first release is here: Hires Color 8. It's the 8th in the yearly series. The two disk-sides contain 16 pictures each, all of them are using the high-res graphic mode. It's a very varied bunch, ranging from C64 artists like Leon and Veto - to even including the title screen from Storm +4.

What's your opinion? Which one's your favourite? Enjoy and discuss! Big thanks to Erich for this release.
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Angyalbőrben - Happy New Year!
Posted by Csabo on 2013-12-31
At the moment of this writing, the European folks are already in 2014, while some of us here in North America are still stuck in the Old Year.

Anyway, a quick last minute gift for you all: C16/Plus4 in the Media. I found an old clip from a Hungarian TV show, called Angyalbőrben (literally meaning "In Angel Skin", refers to being in military uniform). One episode features a Commodore 16, and even a Hungarian C16 game! Check it out and enjoy - and be sure the read the transcript (complete with translation!) to get a clue as to what's going on.

Hopefully this section will expand more in the future. Happy New Year to all!
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RPG Time!
Posted by Csabo on 2013-12-24
DunzhinKichy Maestro has already rocked the news this year, but he's back once again with an encore!

Dunzhin is a 2D Rogue-like role-playing game. Enter the dangerous dungeons to fight hordes of enemies and leveling up. The hero's main goal is the recovery of a treasure hidden on the deepest level. The levels are always randomly generated, which will ensure a fresh experience each time you choose to descend. The game accepts even complex commands, so be sure to read the documentation included on our page.

This little gem is placed under your virtual Plus/4 Christmas Tree, enjoy!
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C+4Hires V2
Posted by Csabo on 2013-12-18
C+4Hires V2carrion released a new picture show today: C+4Hires V2. It's the sequel to C+4Hires from June of this year, this time with 7 pictures instead of 15. The pictures are recolored versions, the originals are from Deev, Frost, Leon, Electric, Mermaid and Veto. Visit carrion's blog for more details. Check it out and enjoy!
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MCG's Treasure
Posted by Csabo on 2013-12-18
A Sötét JövőRecently registered but long-time Plus/4 enthusiast MCG sent us some programs that were missing from the database. Please allow me to editorialize a bit:

One in particular, A Sötét Jövő, is especially a happy find for me. There's a few reasons: the author is from my hometown (Eger). I like adventure games (and judging from recent forum threads, I'm not the old one!). But mostly, because this game was "lost" for so long.

We all had different childhoods, but most of us are here on this site because of nostalgia. For many of us Hungarian folks, CoV (Commodore World) was an important part of our lives. I religiously bought every issue, and I remember that many of us lamented the eventual end of the Plus/4 section in the magazine. In issue 24 of the magazine, the solution to this adventure was listed. I didn't have the game myself, but I didn't have that many "contacts" back in the day. (Remember, this is pre-internet times, so all scene software was spreading via snail-mail.) I figured I'd eventually get it.

Fast-forward to the era of Plus/4 World: it seems that we've looked though everyone's disk archives, and this game is just gone... Along with quite a few others. I personally thought that it's lost forever, since the author himself (Jakec) confirmed that the didn't have it.

That's where our friend MCG comes in :-) He just simply had the game! Rediscovering something like that, 22 years after it's release, is great in my opinion.

Besides that one game, he sent me a nice big batch of files, including this own program archive listing. This was at the end of October, and with "lightning" speed, the programs are already up. Well, a few things slowed me down. First, I created a page specifically for checking collection listings. It's not very fancy (quite the opposite), but it can be found here. The idea is simple, copy/paste a list of PRG files, and the page will tell you which ones we have and which ones we don't. Matching programs by filenames requires the database to be 100% up-to-date and correct, but that's probably impossible. Nevertheless, if someone wishes to use it, it's there, you can contact me for more details and/or feature requests.

The other thing where I bogged myself down was that his programs included 10 versions of Formula 1 Simulator, (1-10). After long-time gentle nagging from Gaia, I picked up Visual C# and the first small program I wrote in it was a utility that can draw the scenery and display the track from the game. (You can read more on that in this forum thread.) Armed with this utility, I was able to sort all of them; it turned out that only one was completely new, the others were variations of the existing programs.

Finally let me mention two more programs: Microdemo II was also a long-lost demo from CSM. Farm Song 4 requires viewer discretion, and I'll reserve judgement, but this was mentioned on the forum 7 years ago, and well, now we have it.

Big thanks to MCG for these! More will likely be forthcoming, so be sure to keep an eye on the New Stuff section.
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There Is No 16K Only Support
Posted by Csabo on 2013-12-15
The FrogA little gift from Germany! Inspired by our famous forum thread, angelsoft did some programming and sent us 3 new versions of his games. Each new one runs just fine on stock C16 machines. Diabolo is the first one, it replaces the old Plus/4 only executable. For Pilot X, there's a new loading screen and the game autostarts (it has to be loaded with ,8,1). Last but certainly not least The Frog, which made the news recently (and was rated nicely) is now also available for Commodore 16 gamers! The new version sports a nice loading screen and has also one change in the gameplay: the levels will now progressively get harder.

Check it out and enjoy! Big thanks to Jens for these, and remember, there is no 16 only support ;-) (Or is there?)
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Club Info 132 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2013-12-12
Club Info 132The last 2013 issue of the German disk-mag Club Info, number 132 has arrived. Erich/Ultd packed the two sides full: side A has German language articles. Among these is a very detailed review and description of Championship Wrestling, the continued docs for Scapeghost, a users guide to SVS-Calc 2.0. Side B offers recent and new games. Check them out! Big respects to Erich!
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Better Colors In "Town"
Posted by Luca on 2013-11-30
Ghost Town [PAL/NTSC] Ghost Town [PAL/NTSC]Yes you're right, it's a C16 classic. And again: yes we understand it should be considered perfect as it has ever been. But everything can be improved, you know...

Kichy of Assassins crew just liked this Kingsoft's famous arcade/adventure game, but he dislikes how some assigned colours have been set along the screens. Hence, it's a change for a rerelease, with better colours and, why not, PAL/NTSC compatibility as addon!
Et voilà, release achieved! Ghost Town [PAL/NTSC]. Download it and enjoy the old classic in a brand new guise in palette!
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NST's Monitor Extension
Posted by Csabo on 2013-11-26
NST's Monitor ExtensionBSZ/NST (the guru behind NST's Audio Extension - AKA the SIDCard - that has been making news for the past few years) has just made the latest version of NST's Monitor Extension public. In a nutshell, it's a utility designed to go into an EPROM, and it replaces the built in TEDMON. Even a quick glance into the documentation will show you that it's what the TEDMON should have been. The description and documentation is available in both Hungarian and English, so head on over to the homepage to read more and for the download.
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Game Of A Xlife-time
Posted by Luca on 2013-11-17
XlifeIn view of a forthcoming version 2 of it, we've decided to hold the announcement about this program, which have just been commented in a known thread in the forum. And now, V2 of Xlife has come!

Xlife is by far the best implementation of the Game of life on every 8bit machine. Based on the experience achieved with the previous Life V1.01, Vladimir "Litwr" Lidovski has coded one that there's no other like it. It offers an impressive list of features, considering so many variables in order to satisfy even the most demanding user.
The basic rules of the game can be modified completely. You can set your initial pattern in a comfortable way, let it evolve (even with a 'blind' faster mode), stop it, change it on fly, reprise it, do it step by step. There's a random pattern option with adjustable ratio. The pseudocolor mode is a real joy for the eyes, and perfectly highlights the population's behaviour. A zoom option allows to spy even the minimal cells'communities locally evolving.

Patterns can be loaded and saved in any moment, even merging'em with the population currently on screen. Aside of the available source codes, from the official XLife 8bit version page you can download a gigantic pack of 2396 preset patterns, which should really satisfy any presumable need.
The V2 improves the first version, and adds a fully explicative instructions file, and a SEQ files reader in order to immediately check any single record.

Try the Xlife experience right now!
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They Perfectly "Fit" In The Scene
Posted by Luca on 2013-11-14
The First Ball Beisikki DemoReferring to the über-big C64 scene, if 2012 has been the year of hires graphics, we can easily say that 2013 will be remembered as the year the PETSCII style is reborn into a new life of its own. After some weak signs about PETSCII art, In the end of the year the Plain PETSCII Graphics Competition consecrates this graphic format with a huge number of users taking part of the compo.
Aside of this trend, several powerful PETSCII editors has popped out, but no offence for anyone if we dare to recommend PETSCII as the best of the bunch, thanks to its coder Marq.

Even parties, hot on the heels of that compo, have set competition PETSCII-based, just like Zoo 2013, where the same Marq has literally ruled the scene, placing here and there graphic and demo entries all based on PETSCII.
But PETSCII is a common language for 8bit Commodore machines. And Fit, the ancient group founded by Marq, is known for the heterogeneous choice of different machines involved. Easy to realize, then: let's port the C64 PETSCII demos to Plus/4!

First comes Beisikki Demo, code by Marq and music by Yzi, a little gem written in BASIC, and the porting on Plus/4 of a compo winner in BASIC demos. Pretty nice!
But then the big gem comes! Straight from its first place at the demo competition, The First Ball is the best advert for the fresh new PETSCII animation feature just included into PETSCII! Code by Marq, additional code and the stunning graphics by Dr. TerrorZ, and a perfectly fitting SID tune composed by Yzi.
Marq opted for the SIDcard usage, in order to leave unchanged the cool tune, and that's why there are two files in the spreaded D64: in order to be compatible even with the much obscure SIDcards, you can choose between SID music at $FD40 or $FE80.

Hence, welcome Fit, we all wish to see more and more productions from you, hoping for a dedicated Plus/4 release, in the next future.
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"Memento" Test Your Memory With Style
Posted by Luca on 2013-11-12
MementoTime passes for all of us, are you getting older and older, uh? ;) Are you worried for your synapses sparkling any day lesser than yesterday? No-oh-oo! You don't have to worry for that, because your old buddy, the Plus/4, comes to you in order to train your memory with a classic match-the-couples game!

Of course, it's November 2013, and nowadays the best scene's dudes know how to push a real classic like that to the apex of cuteness! It's Memento, a memory game just born under the Assassins label!
Whom we're talking about? Oh well, here comes a great comeback in the scene: the most appreciated Skoro, author of famous demos and games in the past and stronghold of the real oldschool way of coding! The awesome visuals are all from the well known Kichy, ubiquitous in these times (and of course the audience has reasons to be happy of that!). Listen to the sweet TED original tune, you should recognize him because at this point you should have heard his music in several other productions...yes he's Csabo of LOD, gotcha!

The quality is very high, the game is nicely entertaining and you have 20 levels of increasing difficulty and different graphics to play with. Sometimes, there's no need of revolutionary ideas to release a highly enjoyable game.
Memento homo, quia Plussier es et in Plussierem reverteris! :D
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Angelsoft Games
Posted by Csabo on 2013-11-09
The FrogPlus/4 World has been here for a long time (and hopefully will continue to exist for a long time as well). We consider ourselves to be the center of everything Plus/4 and C16 related. Though occasionally we miss some stuff... www.angel-soft.de is one such case. Jens Engel AKA angelsoft is the author of such classic games as Diabolo and Pilot X. He recently contacted us (after some encouragement from Rüdiger), and our database is now four games richer!

First up is Coltfire. The story behind this one was that he was contacted by Kingsoft in the '80s to write a western game, but it was never released. Last year he released the C64 version and now the C16 version is out as well. Kristall-Labyrinth is a BASIC game, in which (true to its name) you collect crystals in a labyrinth. Finally there's a very professional Frogger clone called The Frog, which includes a level editor and it's accompanied by a C16 version of the game as well (The Frog (Basic)). The recommended emulator for all of these is Minus4.

So check those games out... Like them? Not so much? Be sure to give your feedback on the forums!
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Plus Graph 2.0: New Life For A Golden Oldest
Posted by Luca on 2013-11-05
Plus Graph 2.0 Plus Graph 2.0Everything can be improved, and time does not count! This time, SVS/FIRE will use his own words to present here his new effort!

"When the Plus/4 was launched in the '80s, it was intended to be a business machine. The original plan was to sell the machine with programs built into its internal ROM, ready to use. The user could choose which embedded program to have. They were ready but the fact is that just a month before the launch date, Commodore decided to include only a single ROM program, the same for everyone. David W. Johnson - a developer at Tri Micro - gathered 4 applications and built the so called 3+1 (a Word Processor, a Spreadsheet, a Database and Graphics). In order to fit all of the programs into 32K, and to integrate between them, he had to reduce their code by cutting some features. The most penalised was the Graphics program, reduced to a single command which generated a text histogram (GR).

Years later, some of these ghost programs were discovered by Plus/4 users, for example Plus/Extra – the original Word Processor – with the original features. This year (2013), Gary "gc841" Cooper found a copy of Plus Graph, the graphic program excluded from 3+1. When it was available here I confess to having felt the original feeling of the Plus/4's golden era.
Would the fate of our machine have been any different if they had been released? What features should there be in a 2.0 version of these programs? Well, Plus Graph 2.0 is my answer: by modifying and improving the original Plus Graph code from Tri Micro".

Briefly, SVS/FIRE has improved and fixed Plus Graph releasing Plus Graph 2.0 and that's quite a great release, try it!
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"Sgt. Helmet Zero" Hits On Plus/4!
Posted by Luca on 2013-10-26
Sgt. Helmet ZeroYes, after three years they did it again!

Exactly three years ago, we've learned how a 48K long game can be squeezed in less than 16K with no loss overall, either in graphics'n'sound or in terms of gameplay. Its name was Uwol, and the guys behind that conversion did a really great job. Could they do better than that?

Eheh they could indeed, we say, while watching the stunning results of their effort!
The man that moved the strings of graphics and code is Kichy/ASN again, the artist behind the fabuolus TED original soundtrack is Csabo/LOD again, and once again the original ZX Spectrum game is another success coming from those cool guys under the well-known name The Mojon Twins! And this time there's no 16K memory limit to stay in, so why don't put down an enhanced version of the original one, with better multicolor graphics instead of spectrumesque hires stuff? So they thought, so they did! Now we have a fantastic enhanced version of Sgt. Helmet Zero running on Plus/4, with additional joystick support and several adjustments and addons here and there.

Sgt. Helmet Zero is a fast jump'n'shoot action game along 4 levels, in which you have to set free the girls which have been taken hostage by evil forces. Free all of them and you'll be allowed to exit and go to the next level. Enemies and turrets shoot at you with no mercy while jumping around avoiding bullets and deep pits, so you have to show to be the tough dude you look to really be.

Less words, more jumps, even more bullets: it's time to play Sgt. Helmet Zero!
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New Programs Added
Posted by Csabo on 2013-10-22
Hungarian Plus/4 fan Gabucino (who happens to be second cousin of TGMS!) sent us a little care package that includes a few lost programs. Here's the list of new things added:
He also found a light pen of unknown origins, complete with some programs. Since we don't know the official name (or indeed if it IS an official release), this has been added with the generic name Fényceruza (Lightpen). Check it out and big thanks for these!
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PETSCII Power
Posted by Luca on 2013-10-13
PETSCIIThe 31 October 2013 is the deadline for a pretty nice graphics compo previously launched at CSDb: the Plain PETSCII Graphics Competition consecrates the art of PETSCII drawing in its plain shape, color matrix and screen once background and border have been set, no special effects, no fireworks, no borders opening, just PETSCII. Right now, several fantastic works have just been inlcuded in the competition, which appears to be quite a harsh battle.

Big competitions need better berforming weapons to fight with, you know. That's the reason why Markku Reunanen (aka Marq/DKD) has developed PETSCII, a powerful crossplatform graphic tool with tons of innovative features, including smart PETSCII mirroring and rotating, copy/paste, straight conversion, multiple exporting options and so on. It works under Windows, Mac or Linux.
Ok, quite nice. But where's the intopic part? Well, just from today, PETSCII started to support Plus/4 format too, besides PET, C64 and VIC20! And further improvements are on the way!

Don't miss the experience to try this cool one, let's PETSCIIing right now!

Update! After few hours, the author added a fantastic C64 -> Plus/4 feature!
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Endings Triplets 31-37
Posted by Luca on 2013-10-05
Game EndingsHere comes another bunch of game endings!
Old and new games, brief congrats and extensive finals, they all gather here!. Plus, a famous final hidden since dozens years because of a buggy converting. Yeah buddies, right, that Barbarian game!

Another seven-triplets release. Come to see the endings of: Ghost Town, Decstone, Toyballs, Logical Ball, Treasure Island, Into The Eagle's Nest, Nibbly 92, Mentsd Meg Az Életed, Blue Thunder, Space Warrior, Krakout, Leonardo, Captain Fizz, Üveggolyó, Rug Rider, Scumm, Trans Logic 2, The Power (Onefiler), Barbarian 3, Barbarian The Ultimate Warrior, Barbarian.

We still have dozens of this stuff for you, and new endings are added day by day. Don't miss the signal when the Endings will call!
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Ultimate Battle For Italian Stuff Has Started
Posted by Luca on 2013-09-25
Super Commodore 16 Plus/4 VIC20 1 Super Commodore 16 Plus/4 VIC20 2 Super Commodore 16 Plus/4 VIC20 3We officially started to afford a big challenge: we'll cover all the Italian newsstands'compilations, both serial and single releases!

It looks like being a very difficult mission, because the longlasting story about the Italian lack of a copyright extension to the software creations during a big slice of the 80's had set free unscrupolous publishers in releasing pirate compilations with (sometimes very badly) hacked commercial games, even under several fake labels per same game, in newsstands and shops. They were used to steal each other's hacks, or to re-release unchanged copied games with no camouflage, and no right of course!
But even this doesn't scare us! Empty slots have just been prepared in order to sort all the available .PRG and .TAP files at the moment and in the future: see, e.g., the series Byte Games and Go Games, we'll put there complete and single tapes and programs, as well as covers and booklets. In the next days, other longlasting series like Computer Set and C16/MSX shall be started too.

Super Commodore 16 1 Super Commodore 16 2 Super Commodore 16 3Waiting for the big ones, here come some minor newsstands'series.
Super Commodore 16 and Super Commodore 16 Plus/4 VIC20 are two Jackson and J.Soft releases consisting in multisystems'tapes bundled with magazines, full of utilities and games (mostly come straight from foreign magazines and books, converted and/or translated in Italian). We're lacking most of those mags, but we'll hope to find all of them one day; meanwhile, tapes covers and single programs are all in. Now we are quite sure that Jackson released these programs as first, then several newsstands'compilations did steal some of these in order to re-release'em.

Another notable series is Commodore Club, published by Systems. They'd started aiming for Commodore machines, and n the end of 1985 it became "Software Club" due to the inclusion of ZX Spectrum and MSX programs. Now, Commodore Club #6, Commodore Club #7, Software Club #09 and Software Club #12 boast complete coverage.

Linguaggio Macchina 16/20 (TFCRC)Here's a series of hacked games which has give us several headaches. Linguaggio Macchina 16/20 had been the C16/VIC20 newsstands'series which moved Edizioni Foglia from selling single hacked games into the shops under the labels Cassetta Games/Go-Go Games to the multiple games distribution under proper label, and can be considered the prototype of what the famous and longlasting C16/MSX would have been next, after the publisher name's change in GEIE. They seemed they don't had a release date, hence we used to tag all of those releases with the initial letters of the included games. A recent finding of one of their booklet's cover has suggested that the date should be printed on the booklet and not on the cassettes and cassette's covers. While waiting for further investigation, we recovered one and dumped two of them, with all the games.

Computer Games E Utilities by Ed. Softwell Milano. And yes, the tapes under this series really contain what they declare to contain: computer games and utilities! We have very few hints about these releases, the cassette we got (Computer Games E Utilities N.5) as for the one we recovered (Computer Games E Utilities N.9) contain both hacked stuff and original utilities, all disrespectfully signed "Max & Alb". Hope to find more of these in the near future.

Last but not least, for something completely different. Introduzione Al Basic Parte 1, official Commodore Italiana SpA. release of An Introduction To Basic Part 1, fully covered with tapes and box covers.

Also, don't miss all the daily new stuff continuously entered by the whole community. There are several publications and covers for so many entries around: Vorks, Future Knight, Multipede, Rambo, C&A Games 07, the Argentinian Commodore 16 press like Drean Commodore and several other books... Oh too many stuff, you'd better stay around and be alert ;)
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A Byte's Life
Posted by Luca on 2013-09-17
Conway's Game Of LifePuffers? Gliders? Guns? What they're really talked about? Of course, those are some patterns which can occur, unexpectedly or not, while playing a session of the ultimate concept of math beauty ever: the Conway's Game Of Life!

In order to have a test run on the "C64 Studio" IDE, Marek "Mkarcz" Karcz, has just finished to code his own version of 'game of life' on Commodore 64, in less than 4Kb, read anything about his work in the dedicated blog page here. It's a pretty neat implementation, with fullscreen display and I/O feature to store the most notable sequences.
"Let the C16 have it too!", that's what Luca/FIRE said! And that's the reason why now you can enjoy it on C16 too, with its set of archived patterns.

Enjoy the beautiness of life, death and what lies inbetween. On C16!
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Two Tech Demos
Posted by Csabo on 2013-09-05
231cLitwr released two tech demos that push the limits of the Commodore Plus/4 (and put emulators to the test). The first one is 231c, it shows 231 distinct colors. There are limitations though (so you can't just use all the "additional" colors with the normal ones, at least not on the same horizontal lines). The second, 40x36c extends the upper/lower border as much as possible.

Both demos only work on PAL systems. Check 'em out and discuss it on the forum!
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World's First Useful Trainer For Rockstar Manager
Posted by Luca on 2013-09-04
Rockstar Manager +2!No words needed, just try googling out with keywords like 'rockstar' 'ate' 'hamster' 'cheat' 'walkthrough' 'solution'. See how many results? And how many people did try in the past to see the ending of this cornerstone of British humor's recreational piece of art?
Although the game plays like a sarcastic joke around the music biz in the '80ies, it represent the proverbial hard nut to crack, and nobody (I repeat: n-o-b-o-d-y) had never seen what happens to Clive and his boss Cecil Pitt when they eventually get the desired platinum disc! Some trainers of the original C64 version exist, but the single help of unlimited money does not assure that you'll finish the game, resulting basically useless...

..until now! Luca of FIRE crew takes to you the world's first trainer which enables you to reach the ending of Rockstar Manager!
Rockstar Manager +2! forces your musical releases to hold the first place in both the billboards, you will have no contestants! You'll aim straight to conquer the 4 gold discs by recording your album and releasing it, no more actions have to be required for! Beat it like only a Wacky Jacko can do it! To complete the package, introductions pictures from both C64 and ZX Spectrum versions have been included as bonuses.

What shall we do? Well...eat dirt Clive!
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Club Info 131
Posted by Csabo on 2013-09-02
Club Info 131September is here, and it is my pleasure to announce the new issue of Club Info, Issue 131 is here. Erich/Unlimited packed two sides of a disk full of stuff for your Commodore-related pleasure. Side A contains the German-language articles. Side B has some new stuff that might be of interest: Full Moon (a newly converted PETSCII movie demo), Kamel Adventure (a strategy game with selectable answers), Micro6 (a previously missing utility by Ceekay) plus a whole lot more. Download it and dig in!
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New Release: Rambo Pic
Posted by Csabo on 2013-08-31
Rambo: First Blood part IIChronos/ACW wraps up the news for August 2013 with a converted picture. Inspiration came from the recent forum threads. Check it out and enjoy!
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Knights & Demons
Posted by Luca on 2013-08-23
Knights & DemonsWhat were we thinking? We at Plus/4 World's HQ are seriously getting old, if a brand new game for Commodore 16 has popped out from a Spanish nowhere and we didn't hear a word about it! It's a real scandal, and now it's time to grasp at straws, and fix this outrageous event.

Kabuto Factory is a brand new - yet little but quite active - reality into the 8bit game developing. They cover the classic Spanish retroscene, and this means they mostly create stuff for ZX Spectrum, MSX and Amstrad CPC. Their passion for the old home computer times is so genuine to drive'em in the trade of their best games on cassette, for a paltry cost. But, as we cited before, they're quite active, and that's the reason why they stray into other platforms'developing too!
And guess what? In July 2013, they converted Knights & Demons to various systems, including the C16!

The game's mechanics are based on those EORoid games, a beloved branch of the logical type. It has been converted by Baron Ashler aka Manuel Gómez Alcaide, with additional code and support by marcos64, which was formerly a friend of Plus/4 World representing our link with the Spanish side of C16.

A commercial release for the Commodore 16 version of Knights & Demons is on the way, as announced straight from Kabuto Factory, and you can see a preview of the package you'll get.
Meanwhile, we hope that the guys at Kabuto Factory would delight us with further C16/Plus4 software in a near future.
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11 Very Rare Italian Tapes
Posted by Luca on 2013-08-19
Impariamo A Conoscere Le OssaAnother must-have bunch of Italian tapes have been intercepted on eBay, and this time we really had to win the bid at (almost) any cost, because the cassettes auctioned were very rare ones. All aspects were covered: TAP files, covers, leaflets and cassette photos.

Let's start considering some most wanted hacks re-released by Playvision: Dots Eater, Bomber (Playvision) and Bolt Knight. Playvision used to have the same released games as Visiogame, even in the product code sequence but we don't know if both labels (which can be considered as twin ones at this point) had released'em in parallel matching till the very last one, and nowadays all these tapes are very rare.
Another most wanted one: Impariamo A Conoscere Le Ossa / Calcolo Dell'Ora Nel Mondo is another two programs compilation by Mantra Software. Mantra (as usual) released original software instead of hacked games, and this is a quite interesting scientific compilation of human physiology and weather science.
Back to hacked games again, with Wacky Painter (Golden Software) and Tennis (Soft). And an ultimate hint that links the fate of these two software labels: the Soft re-release of Tennis has the Golden Software label printed on the cassette!

Labirinth Magic Brush PixinAnd now for the bigger gems: hard to find utility programs labelled C.S.P. Microgame and Data Comp (the latter is another satellite label of Visiogame).
Magic Brush and Pixin are two never seen before graphics utilities both coded by Paolo Aimetti, arguably the same tools he used in order to create games like Small Jones. Now we know that Conto Corrente has been originally released under the Data Comp release, then re-released by Soft in Data Manager compilation together with other hacked programs. Supertoto (C.S.P.) (utility about football bets) and Labirinth (3D maze game implementation) has finally come to almost complete the rare softography under this label.

We really hope that we'll be able to snatch more lucky loots to win like this one. Meanwhile, enjoy this one!
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Amiga Music Box 1
Posted by Csabo on 2013-08-11
Amiga Music Box 1If you like Amiga tunes and Plus/4 demos, then you're in luck: today marks the release of Amiga Music Box 1. In contains two tunes, converted from Amiga by Spektro. I (Csabo) helped out a little by wrapping them up in a little music box. There's not much else to add, give it a listen and enjoy!
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A Few Hungarian Tapes
Posted by Csabo on 2013-08-05
BrekiWe're happy to report that a couple of new cover scans have been added to the database: Bear(tm) sent us the cover for Breki (an old Hungarian game for two players), and an alternative scan for Turbo 16. The artwork isn't earth shattering on either, but our inner completionist is smiling nevertheless. In addition, first time contributor Gabucino sent us the files from Octasoft's Assembler, which includes the previously missing 64K version of the program.

Thanks for these guys! Remember to keep an eye out for more missing cover scans and programs!
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More News From Newsstands
Posted by Luca on 2013-07-31
Super VIC20-C16How many the hell they were? They show up anywhere, especially on eBay, where we consume our best money to achieve the completeness of our archive!

Yes, it's time again for some Italian newsstand's compilations, this time even more rare, and this represents a further approach to the forthcoming challenge against the really long-standing series of compilations with hacked and re-hacked games with chronological crosslinks between them. This update looks forward to find a path of managing those tough nuts, starting to store, where possible, both PRGs and TAPs of any single entry spending time in order to cut the original TAP into the right slices. Congruence of an archive consumes time, aware of this? ;)

First of all, we discovered that Special VIC20 C16 hadn't been the one and only ride of Pubblirome in the field of C16 games'hacking and rereleasing. There's Super VIC20-C16 too, and the two compilations have in common some of the games. We've also borrowed Input VIC20-C16, a smaller Pubblirome compilation of hacked games, again with several crosslinked titles, but saved with a different loader based on Turbo Tape.
Newsstands' power again, with two issues of "Software Club" recovered: Software Club #09 and Software Club #12, containing themself-hacked games like Invaders (Systems) (!) and weird utilities like Chef. And let's go on with C16 Best, complete with its dedicated instructions paper, learn how to C16 with Commodore 16 Per Te, take advantage of many utilities with Essenziali E Routine and Programmi Per C16.

C16 Best (Software Manual)Also added, several tapes of hacked games, especially from Visiogame, even like two missing ones we're in search for: Triple Decker 4, and that Maze Builder tape spreaded in Educational Line N1, which turned out to be an editor for Small Jones game released in bundle with it!
Last but not least, two quick addons in the publications field: Commodore 16 Guida All'Utente as the user manual sold in Italy with the C16, and a big 57Mb PDF of Super Commodore Commodore 16 2.

A list of the addons follows: C16 Best (+paper), Essenziali E Routine, Commodore 16 Per Te, Jet Mission, Karate Master, Maze Builder, Programmi Per C16, Software Club #09, Software Club #12, Chef, Char Editor (Systems), Graphics (Systems), Soldiers, Space Fortress (tape), Star Wars (Visiogame), Triple Decker 4, Zodiac (crack), Super VIC20-C16, Anatomia, Astronavi Aliene, Breakout, Cruise, Il Genio, Invaders (Systems), L'Esorcista, Vecchio West, Super Commodore Commodore 16 2 (magazine), Agente Segreto (tape), Astronave Talpa (tape), Corsa Sul Fiume (tape), Il Ladro (tape), Il Legionario (tape), La Morte Nera (tape), La Spia (tape), Le Chiavi (tape), Lupo Di Mare (tape), Missione Su Marte, Commodore 16 Guida All'Utente (manual), Biss (tape), Guerra Totale (tape), Il Pizzaiolo (tape), Invasione 2000 (tape), Scacchi (tape), Tennis (Pubblirome) (tape), Velocipede (tape), Autostrada (tape), Meteorite (Pubblirome) (tape), Tennis (Pubblirome) (tape), Il Pittore (tape), World Games 2, Off-shore, Soccer, Pool, Flushing Meadows.

Oh, and new tapes have been bought, so they are coming too, war is not over yet!
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PETSCII Game Tree Some Converted
Posted by Luca on 2013-07-15
Tree SomeIn a past far far away, all of us had a run animating weird figures by assembling those PETSCII bits of graphics. Someone improved that particular skill and coded games based on that. On C64, The Skull has been well known just because of his funny PETSCII based BASIC games.

Luca/FIRE celebrates the strange brilliance of PETSCII gaming, converting to Plus/4 Tree Some, the most original one in The Skull ludography! The Nature has to defend by itself against all humans: they're simply men whereas you're a huge tree, so kick'em hard on their heads. Which side will prevail today?
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Árok Party 2013 Releases!
Posted by Csabo on 2013-07-06
Plus4 Arok 2013The wait for those of us who could not attend is over: Chronos/ACW supplied us with the freshest warez on the scene. We're talking about the releases from Arok 2013 (AKA. Arok 15), the 8-bit retro-computer party that was held in Ajkarendek, Hungary over the weekend. Head on over to the New Stuff section now!

Unfortunately there was no demo this year, but plenty of nice pictures and a much-awaited preview of Adventures In Time 2 was released. Congrats and thanks to all the guys who produced stuff for this party. It must have been a blast, we're anxiously awaiting party reports, so stay tuned.

Update: Partial results (and correct release names) are out, check the compos page.

Update #2: Photos/video of the event, courtesy of Chronos.

Update #3: More photos of the event, courtesy of Rambo.
Carrion has won both the gfx compos at Árok and Silesia parties, respectively with a Plus/4 picture and a C64 picture. After very few days, he tested how the latter would look as a Plus/4 MFLI, and the result is S7! Grass also has done the opposite, converting GCV to C64 NUFLI format for fun.

Update #4: Umpfh, it looks like the Berlin wall in-between formats and machines has been shot down, so who's still missing in the row? Ah yes, EleonORA C16, a conversion for any 264 machine of the wonderful HiRes picture that Leon sent in the mixed gfx compo, quickly put up by Luca/FIRE.
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SD-Snatcher Preview Released
Posted by Csabo on 2013-07-04
SD-Snatcher PreviewGeorge released his first demo today: SD-Snatcher Preview is here! It's a picture show with 5 converted images. Check it out, discuss it on the forum and enjoy!
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Botticelli Bilderdisk 38
Posted by Csabo on 2013-07-03
Botticelli Bilderdisk 38Erich/Ultd released this year's installation of his Botticelli Bilderdisk series. It's a two-sided picture show using the Magica driver. You will find 32 public domain multicolor pictures (check Side B for the info file). Check it out and cheers to Erich for his continued work! (Note: If you have any Plus/4 related news or new releases, and you'd like to see it appear here instead of the forum, be sure to email Luca or Csabo.)
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Lunar Rescue Released
Posted by Csabo on 2013-06-10
Lunar RescueA new classic coin-op game conversion called Lunar Rescue has been released. The game was written in BASIC and runs smoothly on an unexpanded C16. It was made by the same author as the recently released Galaxy Wars game. A lot more info (in Spanish) can be found on this forum. Check it out!
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Club Info 130
Posted by Csabo on 2013-06-08
Club Info 130Erich/Ultd released the new issue of Club Info. You can find many articles on Side A (in German), while Side B has some new and recently released stuff. Among these are: "Physik Programm" (edutainment in German), "Gener.F-Copy 8.1" a new multi-platform copy program by DataLand, "Poker/C" and "The Living Dead" - both converted by Erich.

There's also an extra 3rd disk included this time. It has some "missing" programs on it, like Save Our Turtles. Check it out!
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New Picture Show By Carrion
Posted by Csabo on 2013-06-02
C+4HiresCarrion released a new picture show today, called C+4Hires. It contains 15 hi-res pictures converted from C64. For more information, head on to the forum!
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Two Three Most Wanted And More
Posted by Luca on 2013-05-20
Wonder 6Our persisting fight against the "Missing software" tagging has won against other celebrated hidden software we were looking for.

Rising out of nowhere, in the very end here comes Wonder 6, a most wanted demo released by The Vulture under the Men Of Science label, which we just had as broken program from several collections. Finally, now we can put that as working into the whole ser...oh wait! What's that one? Wonder 3? Yes, it's Wonder 3 from the same coder, a missing one we've absolutely never seen before! And all this means one thing only: the Wonder series is now complete! Great achievement!

Wonder 3Recoveries are not over yet, another one out of the missing software's list: it's Sound Box VII by LTA, a music box we've searched for, since someone noticed a hack of the main picture in another demo. Too early to put up a series, having three chapters overall of that, but it looks like taking shape, and this is certainly a notable step to have'em all one day.
And we wish a similar destiny will come for Picture Show 6 by Gang Soft. Previously, we've found a unique specimen of their releases, i.e. the 7th chapter. A single one means nothing, two in a row begin to turn into a new series to search for...

Sound Box VIIAdditional stuff follows. First of all, some SD2IEC utilities we've missed before, like CBM FileBrowser 16 V1.5 and Dracopy 1.0d Plus4. Follows, a couple of very ancient Kruk's demos: Greased Lightning (Kruss) and Horror Demo; a very early picture by Crash at the time he was known as "Monster Graphics: Mach Mit; a German educational program about a Russian space program called Projekt Phobos. In the end, some minor stuff which has to be included in the archive (in some cases, though their controversial content): Tomorrow, Alpensound, Dream-woman, La Marseillaise, Move Your Feet, Plus4-power Demo, Porno (HR), Porno Show II, Sex Cartoons I, Strip 16, Strip And Slide, Swedish Girl, Work Hard.

Last little gem: Tynesoft C16 Plus4 Catalogue III, the third promotional booklet released by Tynesoft, in PDF format.
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Spanish Rockets Against Aliens!
Posted by Luca on 2013-05-18
Galaxy WarsUnexpected game's releases are the sceners best friends!

We wanna thank marcos64 for the advice, we would never be aware of this juicy conversion in BASIC of a classic Taito coinop's milestone. Actually, Galaxy Wars is a conversion of this arcade machine developed by Universal Co. Ltd. and distributed by the Japanese publisher in the year 1979.

Daniel Crespo Andrés (aka dancresp), a Spanish ZX Spectrum coder (which doesn't hide his interest for other machines too!), has decided to try out the capabilities of the BASIC V3.5, as he found it much more comfortable than the most famous V2.0, and the result is this sweet'n'neat conversion which also seems to be quite enjoyable to play with!

We hope that dancresp would have a long experiencing on the C16, and right now we're looking forward for further software from him!
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Incoming TAPs And Other Previosly Missing Ones
Posted by Luca on 2013-05-07
BridgeheadSaboteur!The MirrorContributors FTW!! This community simply shine, when we call and you promptly react!
You all know we tagged all the know-but-missing stuff with the "WANTED" word in the notes, in order to have an easy searching for anyone that can help us in feeding our/your prefer archive. Well, our little advice in the forum has been enough for MIK to push him in a loooong session of tapes dumping and covers scanning. And this is the fantastic result he got!

Finally, we've got tapes of: Chopper War, Corman, Fire Ant (no fastload), Heebie Jeebies, Invaders (no fastload), Jet Set Willy II, Ping Pong, Pizza Pete, Raider, Skelby, Slippery Sid, Space Sweep (no fastload), Sqij, The Mirror, The Wizard And The Princess, Williamsburg (Adventure 3) and the famous broken version of Xargon's Revenge re-released on Omnibus II compilation!
And we've got several covers too, some fresh new, some replacements as better ones: Bridgehead, Saboteur!, The Mirror, Mercenary - Escape From Targ (disk version's back cover), Cassette Database. To these ones from MIK, we've added a rare view of the Learner Pack Software box.

Plus GraphSurprises are not over! gc841, alias Gary Cooper (his Sabre Wulf conversion has just been reviewed, see the forum!) did a great work to spread worldwide a rare gem: Plus Graph by David W. Johnson, released in Christmas 1984 both as a standalone utility and as an integration to the Plus/4 3-Plus-1 software!
Thanks to Gary, now we have the disk, the additional material and the whole manual for it!

Let's complete this big giveaway with these two further publications. It's C16 Chris's turn to contribute, with new covers and the whole manual for Company Pac 123 as PDF. And last, courtesy of DLH's Commodore Archive, here comes the extra paper from "Your Commodore" issue 50 entirely dedicated to the C16/Plus4, as PDF again: C16 And Plus/4 Essential Guide.

Hey, absolutely don't believe all this boon would quench our thirst! We're still waiting for your own contribute! Search the WANTED tag, then scan dump copy and finally send to us! ;)
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HVTC Update May 2013
Posted by Luca on 2013-05-05
Further updates of the High Voltage TED Collection, aka HVTC, have been procrastinated several times, just because the near future of the whole project is closely related to the development of .C8M as the proper format for TED tunes. Why releasing new files with custom code for multiple tunes, if all this effort will be trashed out once .C8M will be here on this earth?

Well, an answer exists, and it sounds like topsy-turvy: a conversion to .C8M has to be done anyway, meanwhile let's make the collection grow. And that's why a new version of HVTC is out today!

We've reached the notable number of 330 single files overall, as usual both "pure as they are" and straight runnable to play, plus some fixes here and there (i.e.: added the missing jingle in Harvey Headbanger's file).
Csabo offered all his files in both formats, completing his own folder, Braintron's folder is now completed too, and several new authors have been added, with some very hard hacks succesfully included (Oszkár A Lovag, Oblido...). Metamerism's tune is still missing, but Degauss has promised to release a standalone prg for it quite soon, and that'll become the first file to store for the next update ;)

Don't forget to completely delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!), then download/unzip the new one!

UPDATE: sorry for the mistake, the right link to the ZIP file is on now!
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A Relaxing Shields'Harvest
Posted by Luca on 2013-04-27
Robo Knight+4MOk, maybe here in the Plus/4 scene, we're not exactly used to release one production a week, have to admit... But what we do for sure is listen people and quickly match their needings.

In this forum's thread, Yerzmyey/H-PRG has complained about the high grade of difficulty of certain classic games, which nonetheless he would play further to see what lies more into it, and he cited Robo Knight with that intent. And, yes, Robo Knight is a classic game for real, a C16 milestone in the commercial games, with its wide map, competent usage of software sprite's techique, a gameplay extremely polished and calibrated properly. The only pity is that it's a unique opera of its coder!

May your superheroes stay blind and deaf to the neat request of a trainer? Here comes Luca of the FIRE crew, to save the day and your nerves too, releasing Robo Knight +4M, a trainer with four features you can activate and deactivate while the game is running, pickin'up shields here and there has never been that easy!Robo Knight+4M As for previous trainers, the whole stuff is absolutely C16 compliant, perfectly running in any 264 series machine, and it runs again the cracktro with music by Csabo/LOD.

And so, Yerzmyey, what do you say about? Does it is a much more easier shields'harvest or not? ;)
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Endings Triplets 24-30
Posted by Luca on 2013-04-20
Game EndingsAnd after some weeks of silence, here we are, ready to start again our ride into the games'endings we've never seen in past years. Yes, in the usual mix of C16 classics, converted games and original ones.

Another seven-triplets release. Come to see the endings of: Tonido, Nuclear Ball, Lloyd Game, The Hell, The Hell 2, The Hell 3, Molecule Man, Extasy, Legionnaire, Kaputörő, Slipper 2, Trans Logic, Escape, Trap, Ponk, Puzzlenoid, Triple Change, Landscape Maze, Very Shit Game, Very Shit Game 2, Dixi A Megmentő.

We still have dozens of this stuff for you, and new endings are added day by day. Don't miss the signal when the Endings will call!
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Exomizer 2.0.7 Loves C16
Posted by Luca on 2013-04-15
Exomizer, the widely used packing tool which crunches your 8bit files starting from your own PC, improves again!

This brand new version (2.0.7) includes fixes and new features exclusively dedicated to 264 machines'users, and it's a straight consequence of a feedback to the author Magnus Lind from Luca of the FIRE crew, after his recent dealing with stuff that have to work on C16 too.

Here follow the changes'list since the previous version:

- bugfixed commodore sfx targets to automatically disable irq when decrunching over system areas. This was reported for the plus4 target by Luca/FIRE. This fix together with moving the decrunch table to zero-page, -Di_table_addr=0x2, allows decrunching $0200- without corruption for all commodore targets except for the vic20-configs that have a memory hole at $0400-$1000;
- bugfixed z80 decrunchers from Metalbrain;
- bugfixed sfx c16/plus4 target where the default decrunch effect could corrupt memory while decrunching data that covers $0be7, reported by Luca/FIRE;
- added feature to sfx-mode that complains if the data it too big to fit in the available memory of the selected target, suggested by Luca/FIRE;
- added c16 target, -t 16, like -t4 but with smaller memory, suggested by Luca/FIRE;
- bug fixed in the z80 decruncher.

See how much new matter for us? Hence, you have no excuses and must update your Exomizer right today!
We respect Magnus Lind once again, thank you bud for keeping this essential tool clean and running!
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Liberator +5MD: A Crack For Any 264 Machine
Posted by Luca on 2013-04-11
Liberator +5MD"Let's resume the tradition of cracks and trainers on Plus/4 too!" we said just a couple of weeks ago, and you all know that the scene doesn't like vapourware. So, let's go back in time, to fully exploit the games we'd loved so much, which sometimes we'd desired to win by breaking the toy to see how it's made inside.

First in row to fall is Liberator, the widely appreciated horizontal shoot'em up with softsprites, smooth scrolling great sfx; somewhat prejudiced due to various flaws and unrewarded no ending, its strong points are the Uridium-esque graphics and the great fun playing against the mothership's generator.

It's now time for revenge: Luca/FIRE takes to you Liberator +5MD, a jewel version implementing ingame modifications, and a useful autofire feature in order to blow up generators easy way! As any respectable crack deserves, a classy intro with game's docs precedes the game itself: all coded by the cracker himself, and supplied with a sweety tune composed ad hoc by Csabo/LOD.Liberator +5MD

Ok for the cutey tune, but Csabo did more than you can see on the surface, occupying $1ED (493) bytes only for that tune! Why this effort? Well, simple: what has been thought to run on C16, must continue to run on C16! Yes, this cracked game lies into the C16 memory limitation, and can be run on any machine in the 264 series!

Time to scatter some generator's debris in the deep space, we shall meet again in other forthcoming cracks.
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Four Missing And Rare Tapes Are In!
Posted by Luca on 2013-04-06
Xargon WarsWhen the community asks, the community promptly answers loud and clear!

We asked for some missing tapes since months, moreover the famous case about the two different versions of Xargon Wars raised up again. This has moved MIK to save the day, under the motto:"It's saturday, let's dump some damn tapes!". Once copied as TAP images, the whole pack of four was ready to be spreaded, and that's how we've got the TAP files for Joey, the very rare Room Ten, Xargon Wars first version without turbo loader, and...ohoooo Aliens as one of the super rare tapes around!

Big bash MIK, we thank you so much! And we hope that many other buddies shall move their 1531 cables to join in and enrich the TAP archive, 'coz many many other missing files await to be crossed out from the list.
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Happy 39th Birthday TCFS! Wah-tchaaaa!
Posted by Luca on 2013-03-28
Exploding Fist +5MD!It's the day! Today is the 28th of March, hence all together in one voice we say: happy birthday TCFS, you're 39 now!

Does exist a better way to celebrate one of the most notable personalities ever in the Plus/4 scene, than release a celebration trainer of Exploding Fist +4 as one of his most loved converted games? Download Exploding Fist +5MD!, and enjoy cheating against your opponent, reaching the ranking of Master in a snap of fingers! That's the surprise present that Luca and all the FIRE crew wanna give to TCFS and to all the Plus/4 aficionados all over the world! Wah-tchaaaa!
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Plus/4 Asteroids Emulator
Posted by Luca on 2013-03-16
AsteroidsDon't believe in lazy saturdays so close to a new spring time, when anybody thinks nothing notable can really happen! That's the right time to expect the unexpected to happens!

Norbert Kehrer is not a n00b into the emulation field, it's not for a coincidence his own site is named Norbert's Emulators. He thought that the Atari coinop game classic Asteroids that hit in the arcades in 1979, all in all, is based on a 6502 CPU, a proper video generator for vectors and some circuitry for the audio output. In the very end, machines like C64 and Plus/4 work with a similar heart, so why don't emulate that old fashioned vector game in all its charming elegance?

Asteroids is the pretty cool result Norbert has achieved: a very playable version of the Atari's ancient gem, even at higher levels, when the vector objects on screen are so many to move. The Plus/4 version runs faster than the C64 one, due to the advantage of the automatic doubleclocking that occurs when the Plus/4 raster draws on the borders.

Polished, playable, unforeseen. The only thing we can ask is: more of those surprises. Thanks Norbert!
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Darker Side Of The Dark Side
Posted by Luca on 2013-03-15
Dark Side (Csory)How many times we've checked and checked and checked again the disk collections? Well, we've made it for years, and at this point nothing can be actually discovered on those disks...
Wrong, absolutely wrong: sometimes the best fishes pass through the net of our sieves for years!

And this is the perfect case to describe what we're talking above: we found Dark Side (Csory), a version of the famous Freescape game Dark Side, which has been previously converted by Tarzan, ported to Plus/4 by Csory. This latter version features way better keyboard interfacing, a better conversion in single particulars like the jetpack window on the panel, and addons like the intro picture. This is a version that worths to be played till the end!

Some other precious stones lie around the big diamond hidden for so many years. The claimed 1551 version of Techno Trance fixed by Chicken has finally raised up from somewhere, some forgotten demos by Unlimited have been added too (especially Unlimited Membership (Older) which has been easily confused with the latter released Unlimited Membership), also added the 1551 version of Bard's Tale III released by Ceekay and the Manowar rerelease of Supremacy.

A complete list follows: 38 Sec. Format, Disk To Tape Transfer, Copy 224, Copy 226, Disk Turbo, Elan0, Fast-validate, Stellar 7 (alt), Dload V3.23 (versions), JCL Assembler (version), Charset Inverter V1.0, Dark Side (Csory), Eliza Packed , Unlimited Demo, Unlimited Membership (Older), Bard's Tale III (1551), Comic, Die Insel Der 1000 Gefahren, Purple Turtles (crack), Supremacy (version), Techno Trance (1551).
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Club Info 129
Posted by Csabo on 2013-03-13
Club Info 129Erich/Ultd is here with the first Club Info of the year. (For those two don't know: it's a German-language disk mag, published every 3 months.) Side B doesn't have many new programs as it's mostly dedicated to SVS-Calc 2.0. There's a ton of articles on Side A, though: reviews of new programs, tips & tricks, documentation for Scapeghost and Games Creator and more. Check it out!
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Commodore Plus4 RS232
Posted by Csabo on 2013-03-12
Following a discussion about RS232 on our forums, +4Man (AKA DeadTED) published his documentation on it. You can find it in the hardware section.
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Preys Of A Hunting Weekend
Posted by Luca on 2013-03-10
Renaissance C16It has been a relaxing weekend of flu and bustling about the D64s in one of the older collections we have, just to pull out some missing old game cracks, just in order to persevere in our new viewpoint about cracks.

And yes, we've collected some new cracks and trainers we're proud to have in the database. But, as usual statistics teach to all of us, sometimes you also catch something you've missed before. The big fish today is Renaissance C16, the conversion of a famous version of the Othello game. We all know that Renaissance has been converted from C64 under the FYC label. Not the same with this C16 one, which seems to be much like a commercial release.
Other notable new programs: another Pigmy's tool we didn't included before called Digi Drums II, an ancient tape-to-disk copier as Kofa-kopi, another tape-to disk program including Nova Turbo hacking called Tape Copy, and a German Game Basic by Telesoft.
We've also changed the files for Danger-Willi and Helix with some complete ones.

Here is the complete addons list: Alien Invasion (crack), Blaze (crack), Digi Drums II, Digital Ball, Jetbrix (crack), Joe Blade 2 (crack), Karting Grand Prix (crack), Kofa-kopi, Krackout (crack), Laza! (crack), Magician's Curse (crack), Mario Brothers (crack), Megazone (crack), Mesél Az Erdő (crack), Molecule Man (trainer), Mychess 2.0 (crack), Netrun 2000 (crack), Pharaoh's Tomb (crack), Popeye (crack), Pottit (crack), Raider (crack), Renaissance C16, Superman (crack), Thrust (trainer), Timeslip (trainer), Helix (file), Tape Copy, TV Bongo, Tycoon Tex (crack), Ürkaland (crack), Xargon's Revenge (crack), Xcellor8 (crack), Zeppelin (crack), Danger-Willi (file), Démonok Birodalma (crack), Game Basic, Pagemaker (crack), Summer Events (crack), Way Of The Exploding Fist (crack).
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Pirate Adventure Manual
Posted by Csabo on 2013-03-07
Pirate Adventure ManualSpektro sent us a scanned version of the Pirate Adventure Manual. This 12-page booklet came with Scott Adams' Pirate Adventure. It has tips on playing adventures in general, getting around and mapping. Check it out! Big thanks to Spektro for his contribution to the archive, and remember to send in any new/missing Commodore 16/Plus4 material you might have.
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A Never Used Loading Screen Rises
Posted by Luca on 2013-03-05
Dizasterblaster Unused Loading ScreenAnd now for something completely different. And weird. Why wasting time to draw the graphics for a loading screen, and in the end do not use it?

After some chatting with Andrew Morris, author of several graphics for various Mr. Chip Software classic hits, he recovered some diskettes containing sparse bits and workstages of graphics, mostly done for famous C64 games. In most of the D64s, there's a Graphics Master copy, clear signal that Andrew used the C16 charset editor made by Michelangelo Pignani as main graphic tool in order to edit characters.
In the very last one of the whole pack, apart of another copy of the formerly cited editor, and the original charset done for Xadium logo and letters, there is a graphics set which can be displayed by loading and running two separate custom viewers written in BASIC. It's a DizasterBlaster logo, plus the Americana label, one viewer is for C64, the other for C16. It should have been used as loading screen for a cassette loader.

Andrew Morris himself declared he doesn't remember why that screen hadn't been added to the final release, though ready to go. What we can see is the declared release date: year 1986, one year before the official release year. Viewer+graphics can be downloaded from here.
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Rare Newsstand Compilation Found
Posted by Luca on 2013-02-23
Special VIC20 C16This one is a very particular tape collection of pirated C16 games, because it's the one and only known newsstand collection released by Pubblirome with C16 games, in the time when Pubblirome was one of the most active C64 oriented publishers of newsstand cassettes. Special VIC20 C16Moreover, it's a LONG tape, with 20 hacked games per side (side A has Vic20 games recorded on), and in general the longer the tape is, the rarest is the chance to find it working.
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Rare Maniax Tape Found
Posted by Luca on 2013-02-15
ManiaxIt's a Maniax, Maniax on the tape! And it's playing like it's never played as cracked!

We've finally found an original tape for Maniax, the colorful Qix clone released by our beloved Kingsoft in 1988! We've bought for less than a dozen Euros, and promptly dumped into .TAP format. It comes in its original tape suit as you can see in the cassette's picture, but in a deck with copied cover and inlay instructions, just like it should have been a sort of closure offer stuff.
The purchase of this original version has allowed us to understand few data about Maniax:
- some graphic tiles used as bonuses are originally broken in the tape version, this means it wasn't due to a bad cracking consequence;
- even in the original tape the infamous bug which randomly occurs after the 2nd level does happen, consisting both in a non moving main foe and preventing the background graphics to appear when an area is closed;
- the same bug does not generally happen in Maniax (MOS), hence might it the latter be a crack from the disk copy, maybe different from the tape one?

We're still hunting for the disk version of Maniax, even spotted around but at high prices. Who wanna join into the big hunting challenge?
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Hires Color 7
Posted by Csabo on 2013-02-12
Hires Color 7Erich/Ultd is here with the 2nd release this year, the 7th part of his Hires Color series. Hires Color 7 contains 32 images and utilises the Magica driver. With several Duce and Veto (C64 graphicians) pictures included, it's a good selection. Thanks to Erich for this release, enjoy!
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New Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2013-02-10
Several new scans have been added to the Plus/4 World collection today:

* First, we have the German version of Targ Survival Kit, called Targ-Überlebenspackung. This was bundled with the German Mercenary Compendium Edition. Thanks to Rüdiger and C16 Chris for these! (Watch out for the ultra-hq versions, they are huge.)

* Hans got his hands on the manual for Page Setter V2.0, this has been added in PDF format (see: Page-Setter 2.0). He's been in contact with the program's author, so other info might be forthcoming.

* First time contributor Björn saw that we needed the cover for the Tynesoft game Munch It, so he scanned it and sent it in. This has been now added, and in very high quality too!

Thank to all who sent in this stuff, check it out and enjoy!
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Retro Hardware Project: 1541 II/1551
Posted by Csabo on 2013-01-16
Our unstoppable and extremely talented hardware guru BSZ did it again! As his latest project, he converted a standard Commodore 1541-II drive into a super dual drive, which also functions as a 1551 on the touch of a button. The hardware two drives have internally similar hardware, but there are plenty of differences, including clock speed, etc. He designed and added a new board into the remaining free space of the 1541 II, and - after a lot of grief and effort - it works! You can find the entire story with a lot of pictures on his project page (unfortunately on in Hungarian):

http://hup.hu/node/120659
Save me, Google Translate, you're my only hope!
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Cirno
Posted by Csabo on 2013-01-02
CirnoLet's start the new year off with a picture Luca spotted: Cirno was drawn by Exin. It was entered into the Oldskool Graphics compo on the Ultimate Meeting, which was held at the end of last year. I personally think it's a solid piece of work. Love it? Hate it? Indifferent? Discuss on the forums!
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A Little Holiday Gift From BSZ
Posted by Csabo on 2012-12-23
Stinky's FirstThis should make the Plus/4 World demo-enthusiasts (cough...*Luca*...cough) happy! BSZ/NST send some goodies our way:
- Would you like to see Stinky's First demo? Now you can!
- What, there was a part that never made it to The 2nd? For realz, yo!
- Speaking of which, did you know that The 2nd has a hidden mode, and that the "notes" file was stuffed onto an already full disk? Read the author's notes!
- Who could have been responsible for Kedvenc Sidplay? BSZ has a few words about this piece of software as well.
Big cheers to BSZ for digging these up from his old disks (and his memory)!
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Hall Of Fame
Posted by Csabo on 2012-12-22
Hall Of FameWhat's that? A new item in the main menu?

Plus/4 World returns to its gaming roots by the addition of the Hall Of Fame. This section is a combined high score list for all games. LanMIK had the right idea on our forums, but a forum post is hard to maintain. The dedicated page makes it easy to see all scores in one place, and thanks to our site's database driven nature, the scores are also automatically listed on the game's and the submitting person's pages as well.

So, play a game, give it a try and submit your own score. Some things may be rough around the edges, so any feedback (Does the submission flow make sense? Are the layouts useful and coherent?) is appreciated. Game on!
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YAPE 1.0.4
Posted by Luca on 2012-12-18
Yes, the most used emulator of the Commodore 264 machines needs a further tuning on several points.
Gaia collected several improvements in the past months, also thank to all the users helping with their feedbacks, notes and requests. And finally, YAPE has reached version 1.0.4!

What will find into the new version?
- /LOAD:filename to type text on startup from a text file
- improved ("increased") oversampling
- forward looking adaptive sound buffering
- more accurate interim CPU read cycles
- joystick setup crash fixed (64 bit build)
- 192 kHz sound frequency got not saved in previous version
- clear byte ready inaccuracy for 1551 fixed
- minor IEC printer clocking fix
- removed obsolete emulator ID

Run to the download page to get now your proper YAPE build (x32/x64).
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Deadline
Posted by Csabo on 2012-12-17
>examine mailbox
In the mailbox you find Deadline.

>get deadline
Taken.

>examine deadline
After careful examination, you conclude that Deadline is a new converted game by gc841. It's Infocom's 3rd title, one that was never ported to Plus/4. The game is a murder mystery, you control a detective who has 12 hours to solve the death of a wealthy industrialist. The game requires disk drive and takes up one full side.

>help
You find that the original C64 manual has been scanned and is available for your perusal. You also notice that the original covers have been added for completeness sake.

>contemplate
You ponder, consider and reflect upon all things. You decide that the next step is to download the game and heap kudos on the people responsible for it on our forums.
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Endings Triplets 17-23
Posted by Luca on 2012-12-14
Game EndingsAgain, 7 new triplets of game endings! Classic commercial games from the 80ies and homemade pseudo conversions from the golden era of the scene, all mixed together, in one big cauldron of finals you've never barely imagined to be.


Here we come with another seven-triplets bunch. Don't miss to see the endings of: Pipe Dream, Crater, Demonsdom, Halállabirinthus, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Tomb Of Tarrabash, Auto Zone, Firm Base+, Storm, Berks 3, Dork's Dilemma, Out On A Limb, Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones 2, Pipe Mania, Commando (Plus4), Cross It 2, Storm +4 V1.2 (and derivates!), Boogie Ball, Explosive Net, Tetris 2.

Should I truly told you this? More to come, our game endings'folder is still full of magic!
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Club Info 128
Posted by Csabo on 2012-12-08
Club Info 128Erich/Unlimited from Germany is here with the last issue of Club Info of the year. Club Info 128 is the latest issue of the German disk-mag. Side A is full of articles covering a wide range of topics: scene news, tips and tricks, game information (including very detailed coverage of Rebel Planet), hardware and more. Side B has to recent and new releases. So start up those C16/Plus4s (or launch your emulator) and take a look. Enjoy!
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TAPs Recaps
Posted by Luca on 2012-11-27
In few days, from one to the other one, Fabrizio Gennari has updated our prefer tools to convert, manage and archive the Commodore tapes, in order to prevent all of them from the degradation by time: WAV-PRG and Audiotap.

WAV-PRG allows the user to extract T64, .PRG o .P00 files from Commodore tapes and creating Commodore tapes from T64, .PRG o .P00 files. The new version 4.0.1 has notable improvements, especially for 264 machines users, so let's read'em:
- the tape extraction part has been rewritten. Now, a single plug-in can support several loaders (a loader supports one tape format) and observers (an observer examines data that have just been read from tape, and guesses the format to be used for the following data). Because of this, one can choose the loader Default C64 as start-up loader, and in many cases (not all) WAV-PRG will automatically switch to a different loader to load the rest of the tape. This reduces the need of guessing the right plug-in for each tape;
- you can drag and drop files onto the main window to start the conversion of such files (multiple files are supported);
- WAV-PRG can now read TAP v2 files (those using half waves): this adds support for some Commodore 16 formats that use an inverted waveform with respect to the rest of the same tape. So far, only a C=16 variant of Freeload is supported: supporting others is a matter of adding the respective plug-ins;
- WAV-PRG can create clean TAP files (in a fashion similar to Tapclean) from TAP or WAV files;
- the Windows command-line version (wav2prg.exe and prg2wav.exe) is now downloadable from the site (in the past, you had to compile it yourself). Useful, for example, to batch many conversions with a single script or .BAT file.

Audiotap is THE tool for creating TAP files from tapes and record tapes from TAP files.
Its enhancing usually follows what the previous tool performs, but here we are the very special feature of version 2.0: once selected the type of file (TAP, WAV or DMP) and format (C64, Vic20, C16, tape Version 0/1/2), you only need to drag'n'drop on the tool's window a bunch of files, and...magic in the air: a single TAP pops out, with all the files merged in one!

Thanks Fabrizio, letting us to preserve tapes, you stopped the time for real!
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VICE 2.4
Posted by Luca on 2012-11-24
Being the most popular multiplatform Commodore 8-bit machines emulator available since several years, any new version's release of VICE is a most yearned, and the VICE 2.4 released just some days ago doesn't miss that fame too. Although the Plus/4 emulator included Xplus4 doesn't match yet the same degree in emulation of other competors, the whole project has big shoulders than anyone else, and a bright future can be easily expected for it in the near future.

Here is the full list of changes having an impact on the Plus/4:

** General
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- New SDL based MIPS Windows NT port.
- New SDL based native Dingoo port.
- New monitor commands: autostart and autoload.
- Rewrite of the sound system, output is now mono/stereo selectable.
- Split off the 5x0 model from the 6x0/7x0 models in xcbm2, new emulator is called xcbm5x0.
- Split off sid player from c64, new program is called vsid.
- New maintainer for the polish translations, they are now 100% up2date.
- New IEC FD2000/4000 drive support.
- New 1541 drive sounds emulation.
- 1541 drive emulation has been greatly improved.

** PLUS4 changes
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- The TED border mode can be selected now (none, normal, full, debug).
- PLUS4 model can be selected.
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Founding Fathers
Posted by Luca on 2012-11-09
Digital DrumsYou are now watching the largest at-once software update ever done on Plus/4 World site, counting in something less than 150 entries of missing stuff, game cracks, translated ones and fixed releases.

All this material was just there, in the well known archives of Plus/4 stuff we've sieved for so much time, but it has never been included before due to its difficult cataloguing into a well organized archive. After all these years, we've learnt quite much of the history around the 264 series and the sceners'habits, and nowadays we feel to be ready to sink our teeth into the soft matter of what regards the very early days of the scene: badly performed digi attempts, type-in utilities from old mags, the widest spreaded frq and digi converters and tape turbos, the first letter writers, the founding fathers of game cracking and much much much more!
There's no room to describe all the single cases, you have to do no other than follow the list, click on it, read the data, download and try, all by yourself. We may chitchat taking certain genres as argument, anyway. Let's see some.

Cracks
The C16/Plus4 scene has never got a particular culture about cracks. We've just seen how cracked games were sold in Italy in the newsstands'collections format, but those were not properly "cracks", they rather were badly renamed hacks. And again, loading the original copy from tape with a selfsigning 5 lines long BASIC program...well, it's not properly a real crack. In this update, there are several ancient cracks, I mean: real cracks, some lame-ish, some with a professional cracktro, many of them made by mythological crews we've known only because somebody did greet'em in some obscure demos: The Trolls, D.I.S.C., Alvo (which will later become the author of Yttrium), DBC, ... And TTI, the most ancient real cracking group we've got infos about at this time: they come from 1986, sirs!
TTI was the group of the famous Floppy Robby, and now we know why this Dutch guy was so famous: he wrote three of the most widespreaded tape turbos (together with Nova Turbo), even used in commercial releases: all the different versions of Fast Save. Just look at the pictures gallery and jump off of your chair, due to your memories assaulting your brain!

Music converters
Pigmy did the first frq converter, Wit did the first wave (digi) converter. After them, almost every real coder did his own converter, someone from scratch, someone inspired by, someone just hacked and brutally copied. Some were fast and screentime saving, some others were closer to the original SID and raster-consumpting. Trying to reach completeness, here are most of them.

Digi demos
Everybody wanted to hear his own Plus/4 singing like Madonna at the time. Between 1987 and 1988, even type-in from magazines has begun to introduce the home computers into the world of sampled music, and releasing 56K of a digi demo has been affordable for anybody capable to write 10 SYS 4144 MADE BY YYYY. Moreover, it was quite simple to hack samples from C64, and much more simple to hack Plus/4 samples from other users. In the February of 1988, Crazy Music has come, and nothing would have been like before. Finally, we have an almost complete compendium from the best older digidemos to the very bad hacked ones.

Crillion
Its title screen has references to the original by Oliver Kirwa on C64'er, it contains a copyright sentence for Kingsoft, it's sane'n'safe, it looks like original, it smells like original. Could it be the original Crillion? Oh well, if not yet, the closest thing to the original copy we've seen ever!

Turbo tapes
This is not only the raise of Fast Save, many other turbo tape tools have seen the light again in this big release, like Turbo Tape (Systems) and Tronic Turbo-tape, and...

Fixes
Demo Designer (finally!), Logo-Maker the whole disk, a working Master Mind (ICE) with no fixing needed, a different Testdrive Demo, the real Time Packer (Tarzan you lamer! :) ).

Bits and bytes
- No, there was something unreleased yet signed by Pigmy: Digital Drums!
- With Plot Editor V1.7, Oscar Maestro from EVS allows you to easily run a plotter over your prefer hires bitmaps with no particular skills in ML
- if I would have been one of the fans from the compilers side, I would never miss Austrospeed Recompiler by Ceekay
- Horror Times 01 is the one and only issue one of the magazine project signed GOTU by the great duo Action and Harry
- Before programming games like Pilot-X, Jens Engel lets the magazine "RUN" publish his fantastic tool Data Analysis
- The Wizard And The Princess...speaking Polish?
- Apos got his nick with this Word-creator
- Csavargás A Gombák Birodalmában cracked by... oooh in the end! Mr. Gregory, the most hated user ever, badly touched in a lot of scrolltexts! Why all this rage, anyway? Who that knows, must speak!
- we didn't find Fantastic Screens 1, so look into your own archive and give us a bellring!


Data AnalysisAnd now the time has come. Here's the GIGANTIC list:
Short Message, Alien Invasion (crack), Aliens (crack), Vecker Packer, Tarzan Converter, TSB-writer, TCFS Converter, Texed V1.1a, The Final Deleter V3.2+, Track 18, Tronic Turbo-tape, TS Converter, Turbo Tape (Systems), Sinus-editor, Turbo-tape C16 V2.0, Squash Packer V1.0, Synthevoice, Sztereo Vizio, Re-Ass +4 V3.0, Reddi Converter, Plot Editor V1.7, Power-writer, New Future Writer, Multi-digitizer V1.0, Demo Designer (fix), Music Synthesiser (disk), Multi-graphic, Logo-editor V1.0, Logo-Maker (disk), Hypra-disassembler (both versions), Single File Backup, Nova Copy System (english), Single Block Copy, Hypacopy 1551, Hyper Copy, Final Adress-print, Flash-copy V2.0 (The Associated Pirates), Freezecopy 1551, Fast Save, Funny Letter, Einstein Set, Digital Drums, Data Analysis, Char-Editor V1.1 (version), Coby Converter, Coby Digiconverter, CSM Converter, Basic Bővítő, Backup 1541/2, Horror Times 01, L'Uomo Delle Caverne (crack), Tube Runner (crack), The Wizard And The Princess (polish), Transector (crack), Spy Vs Spy (crack), Spore (crack), Scooby Doo (crack), Super Cobra German (crack), Space Duell, Ritter Kunibert, Pizza Pete, Master Mind (ICE) (working), Ikari Warriors (crack), Időlabirintus (german), Newstadt Demo 3 (version), Newstadt Demo 2, Insane Enterprise, Time Packer (version), Disk-info, Digitizer, Tape-listen, Screen-saver, Super-merge, Word-creator, Hustler (crack), Enigma (crack), European Soccer Finals (crack), Dingbat (crack), Crazy Golf (crack), Csavargás A Gombák Birodalmában (crack), Crillion (original), BMX Simulator (crack), Beach Head (crack), Airforce (Krussoft), Bolondos Golyo, You Make Me Feel, T R Presents (BCS), Terra Nova Music, The Sound Of Scot, Together Forever, Top Gun, Turrican Digi, Testdrive Demo (version), The Sweet: Ballroom Blitz, Top Gun Anthem, Tynesoft Demo, Sun Street Music, Sex-cartoons, Suzanne, Rede Des Jahres, Quadrate, Prove Your Love, Oh L'Amour, Oh Yeah! (The Byte), Outrun (EDS), Nieuws, Marrs, Moonlight Shadow, Music 2 (TBL), Manta I, Manta II, Manta III, Musik-16 116, Musik-demo, Musiker, Maria Magdalena, Master-picture-printer-demo, Lachsack, Lekker He, Leaper Music, Level 42, In The Summer Time, Interrupt-sound, Hae Hae Hae, Hi Hi Hi!, Holiday Rap (The Byte), Greetings To B, Gruen Sind Schon Die Waelder, Greased Lightning, Greased Lightning (NCS), Final Countdown, Flieger Gruess M, Fantastic Screens 2, Fantastic Screens 3, Ferrari Demo (TLC), Das Omen, Der Wahnsinn, Dmo-compo '93, Can't Stand Rain, Crazy Scroll 89, Chrome That Boring Steal, Back Again, Beth, Beat Dis, Banned In The USA, Benny's Slide-show, Anleitung Spy Vs Spy III, Axel, Axel F. Mix, Axel Remix, Airwolf Demo, Airwolf Demo 2, 1000 Gruende, 1954 Fussball Wm.
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SVS-Pong
Posted by Luca on 2012-11-02
SVS-PongYou all know how much we like big products which see the light after a long work phase. But several times we have complained about the lack of easy stuff, created for fun to enrich the scene.

In the very end, SVS married this latter philosophy too, and today he comes to us with a compiled Pong clone, an 'emugame' to play on an emulator running at the suggested rate of 300% speed, just to live 70's again on the beloved BASIC V3.5. Its name is, of course SVS-Pong. Give it a try, have fun and come back to do better if you can!
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3 New Hungarian Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2012-10-29
J Vagy LyKultúrtörténeti Kronológia (XVI. század)ÜrtojásokWe got mail from Brazil, writing that while cleaning out his stuff, he found a copy of Ürtojások. He scanned it and we've uploaded it, another "WANTED!" note can be removed.

We have two more covers added today, they are courtesy of Lacus. Not only the covers, but the programs themselves are new: two educational titles: J Vagy Ly and Kultúrtörténeti Kronológia (XVI. század). The former teaches grammar, the latter teaches history. Check them out (or at least the cover art).

Thanks to both guys for making our collection richer. Keep on looking for retro stuff!
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Endings Triplets 10-16
Posted by Luca on 2012-10-27
Game EndingsI told you we stored tons and tons of unreleased endings! We must spit'em out in a big hurry, or the folder that contains all of them will explode! And this time, we managed to show you some of the very longer bigger wanted ones!

Here we come with another seven-triplets bunch. Don't miss to see the endings of: 007, Dudaorru Patric, Rázós Út, Supremacy, Sun Street, Escape Pro, Escape 2 Tape, Kikstart (Messe-Soft), Citadel Of Chaos, Pokoli Torony, Bernát A Nyomozó, Oliver Otthona, Időlabirintus, Flash Gordon, Hexenkuche, Jet Set Willy, Jet Set Willy II, Saboteur C16, Goonies, Fortress Underground, Clone.

Do you thing it's finished? Hah! You're so way out my friend! Wait for more to come...again!
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The Italian Treasure
Posted by Luca on 2012-10-14
War GamesDo you remember the italian treasure, that mountain made of tapes tapes and tapes again we got in May? Well, dumping old files like'em hasn't been the easiest mission you can argue, but it worked most of the time, luckily. Some scans of cassette covers and manuals have been taken too, and it's now time to spread around some of those gems.

Of the whole cake, this part represents the slice of commercially re-released games. These cassettes were sold in computer stores just beside their original ones. Although few of the programs were games and tools made from scratch, for the largest percentage they're raw hacks unregarding the copyrights, often with no elements changed from the source. At that time, the italian law didn't consider the home computers software production in the same ways as other intellectual property assets, and somebody had thought to make money from this void of rights, either founding short living publishing houses just to copy and release, or releasing compilations of hacked games thru newsstands. Somebody was so much out of law and common sense, to hack'n'release previously hacked material, in order to release it under no publishing rights. Some others changed their view, and tried to pay copyrights to the original software house, purchasing the rights to do that.

Toto PronosticiAcquiring this treasure of tapes has been a notable kick to the completeness of that side of our archive, with some unrelated bonus here and there. We've just added: Educational Line N1, 3D Crazy Tennis, 3D Car Race, C16 Super Games 1, C16 Super Games 2, Blackjack (Italian), 2Games: Super Poker Briscola, GTE, Interceptor, Invasori, Missione Spaziale, Diagram, War Games, Chess (Armati), Commando (Armati), La Torre Misteriosa / Conto Corrente, Crazy Clouds, Cuthbert Enters The Tombs Of Doom (Armati), Fruit Machine, Submarine / Dedalo, Froggy (Visiogame), Olimpics 2000, Olimpya, Olympiad (Armati), Paladine, Toto Pronostici, Tycoon Tex Armati, Wild Kong, World Soccer.

Some words about Super 16. Super 16 is a newsstand collection, containing Winter Sports, Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Foglia), Autosprint, Boat Race and Baseball. It has been published as a supplement of the long lasting periodic newsstand publication "C16/MSX" by Editoriale Foglia, with a little paper as software manual plus bonus articles as usual. This must be intended as a first attept for a forthcoming serious cataloging of all the newsstands'releases as "Byte Games", "C16/MSX", "Linguaggio Macchina C16/VIC20", "Computer Set", "Go Games" just to name the notables ones, with their papers and covers. And, yes: the treasure contains an igniting core of those cassettes :)
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TLT Digis
Posted by Csabo on 2012-10-11
Essex-RockonTLT is back with two digi demos: Essex-Rockon and BCK-Kedvence. It's the usual TLT style, give it a listen!

On another note, we didn't make a news item for a recently released picture. Room 309 was drawn by Leon (C64), but Murphy created a Plus/4 version of it as well. Rumor has it that Murphy is now the coder for the upcoming game "4 Floors" (read about it on Facebook), and he will make a Plus/4 version as well.
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SVS-Calc V2.0
Posted by Luca on 2012-10-05
SVS-Calc 2.0The fantastic spreadsheet created by SVS of FIRE crew jumps to a higher level, and it goes overlays!
SVS-calc 2.0 makes deep use of the Austrospeed's overlaying technology. Now, a frequent disk access ensures perfect embedding of the single code's operations into the main compiled code, allowing even bigger operations to be performed and saving more memory for user's data.
This is the most notable one in a series of both evident and little improvements. The main new features have been listed by the author in a text which comes together with the new manual, colorful and clear to read. Let's see them:

a) PRINTING (to printer or to file -- CBM or ASCII)
b) SORT (horizontal or vertical -- ascending or descending)
c) CTRL-B for blanking managing
d) Blanking is animated by a raster color bar increasing of size. Every 5 completed frames, it becomes transparent to let user view process status.
e) RENAME and DELETE options. They are integrated with DIRECTORY.
f) GRAPHS can be embedded into current grid.
g) AREA SELECTION by cursor movements + SHIFT. Selected area is visualized reversed and can be freely resized. When an area exists it is prompted every time an input is requested (and inside INPUT box by [STOP]).
h) NAMES to refer a string with any value (cell coordinates, cells zone, text, formula, another NAME). They can be used inside formulas (ex.: name TOTAL="A1:C20"; formula can use it =sum(TOTAL) )
i) LOAD can be launched just viewing DIRECTORY.
j) Flexible CONFIGURATOR (instead of Standard or Reduced versions) on system boot. User can set how many rows and other dimensions in order to leave free RAM as he needs.
k) Automatic MEMORY WARNING window message, to warn user when free RAM becomes too little.
l) INFO window to show all parameters of current configuration and sheet.
m) SCREENSAVER 2 modes + test, with settable delay.
n) AUTOSIZING of column width on the basis of contents of all its cells (by Menu or by CTRL-L)
o) Separate disk units setting for 1) System; 2) User files; 3) Print outputs.
p) New funtions VAL(), DAYS(), WDAY(), LOOKUP(), SECONDS()
q) Option to view free memory as Kb or as bytes.
r) CLEAR can erase the whole sheet or only a zone.
s) SEARCH feature can optionally limit the searching inside the Selected Area if existing.
t) [F3] resets screen font after a crash and enables Basic editor :-?
u) FONTS selectable and switchable from a working spreasheet (4 different original new fonts)
v) Control codes (color, reverse, blinking) can be inserted inside the text of a cell.
z) Selectable world-area date format (DDMMYY / MMDDYY) - (Week' 1st day)

Absolutely complete and professional, SVS-calc 2.0 is a little jewel to show big code on slow machines. Just to cite the manual:"...this program needs 1/16000 the memory of Microsoft Excel, and runs on a system 1500 times slower, whereas an F16 fighter aircraft flies 'only' 800 times faster than a walking man". At the same time, SVS-calc_2_0 is not (only) that pretty cool example of fine code's optimization on an ancient computer: it's a tool which must seriously have to be used for actual job's purposes and day-by-day usages, thought to be comfortably used on emulators and set to their chance of speeding-up the whole system.

No words can be enough to deeply describe a so elaborate tool, you have to download it and try by yourself. And who knows, if you'll take advantage from it quite a long time, you'll end to discover the easter egg that lies somewhere into it ;)

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Endings Triplets 03-09
Posted by Luca on 2012-09-22
Game EndingsNooo can't believe this! We missed to constantly add game ending! It's a real scandal, 'coz we even did add a link in the main panel of this site!
Sorry sorry and sorry again for this unforgivable sin. We must expiate the big fault. Hence, the christians'bible says: seven are the capital sins, so we entered seven new endings triplets, for an overall of 7*3=21 new endings!

Let's run to see the endings of: Labirinth!, Labirinth 2, Labirinth 3, Pegged, Way To Running, Hydroines, Beamphobia, Beamphobia II, Chtulu, Logictrainer, Acidball, Vegas Jackpot, The Champs, Cloud Kingdoms, The Power, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Nautilus, Aliens, Ewox, Logomaze and Mission Mars.

Our endings'storage folder is still full and needs to be cleaned out, so stay within easy reach, 'coz another load will be taken in the near future.
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The Jacksons Two
Posted by Luca on 2012-09-19
Video BasicIn the end of this summer, here comes an unexpected Italian present from nowhere. Oh well, "nowhere" is not the right word: the present comes from a well known source of pretty juicy things!

Italy in the '80ies: so many Commodore users and a lacking law about those new media copyrights. In this environment, the newsstands became the real fulcrum of software distribution, both for big packs of hacked games and for legal original stuff.

The first title is Video Basic, awesome Italian BASIC course with great lessons, final tests, demos, original and legally rereleased games. It consists of 20 tapes full of stuff, especially the original games (part of them had just been published on listing magazines from the same publisher), which worth their proper single pages here at Plus/4 World. They are: Dama (Super Commodore), Sparacaratteri, Blackjack (Italian), Last Drow, Tacman, Killer, Yatzee, 3D Color Maze, U.F.O., Quindici, Pompieri, Dr. Chip, Backgammon (Super Commodore), Super-tris 3D, Bowling (Italian), Othello (Italian), Box, Torre Di Hanoi, Le Coppie, Intervallo, Tiro Alla Fune, Apple Hunt and Tank.

Music Master (Jackson)The other great retrieval has been Music Master (Jackson), a fantastic collection of music stuff on a single tape, including some demos and a little tool to play on the keyboard (Sintetizzatore). No doubt the best of the whole pack is Music Editor, that allows anyone to compose TED tunes and save'em with an ML player, in order to use them into anyone's own program. The three included demos are: Natale, The Beatles and Marcia Turca, the 2nd does not have to be confused with The Beatles (Hack).
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Club Info 127
Posted by Csabo on 2012-09-01
Club Info 127Erich/ULTD is here with the 3rd Club Info issue of this year. If you don't speak German and want to skip the articles, head straight to the B-side. It contains recent and new releases, including: Beast (a PETSCII movie), Florbingel (a strategy game) and Dr. Help (an Eliza-like conversational program).


SwarmedGaia has also gotten into the spirit of converting games, and he converted a recent C64 game called Swarmed. It's a cute little shooter in 2K, check it out and enjoy :-)
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Rebel Planet
Posted by Csabo on 2012-08-31
Rebel PlanetLet's imagine that one fine sunny day in 1986, a young Plus/4 fan visited his C64 and/or ZX Spectrum owner friend. At their place, he saw a new exciting game called Rebel Planet. While reading the cover, his eyes picked up on the following words: "When loading REBEL PLANET for a Commodore 16 or PLUS 4 computer, ..." He held the piece of paper high and after a triumphant exclamation, he rushed out the door and towards the nearest software shop, much to his friend's bewilderment. "I must have this game!" he murmured. However, store after store the answer was the same: we don't have this title for the C16/Plus4. Once reality started to sink in, our young Plus/4 fan started wailing...

Dry up your tears dear imaginary youngster, for the long awaited day is here! Rebel Planet is a GTW (Game That Wasn't) no more, it now exists on the Commodore Plus/4 (unfortunately it requires 64K RAM extension on the C16). So, after that lengthy intro, what are we really dealing with? It's a standard text adventure with hires graphics, and not an easy one. The story is based on the Fighting Fantasy book. The game also contains a built in manual (which in turn contains some info necessary to complete the game). Give it a try if you're so inclined. Enjoy!
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Kinder Koncepts: One Down, Four Still Around
Posted by Luca on 2012-08-28
Letter Match/More Or LessLetter Match/More Or Less is now the only completely covered title of the 5 releases series Kinder Koncepts here at Plus/4 World: manual, additional material, box covers, disk and tapes! They're all educational courses for kids released under the Commodore Business Machines, Inc. label created by Michael Horner of Midwest Software in the early period of the 264 series machines.

Of those 5 releases, we've collected in the past several slices of their existence, from box covers to some sparse programs. Having a complete one, let us know more about all the others: any title includes one diskette with the main programs, and two tapes with 8 lessons, 2 any tape side. The disk has a sort of copy protection, obtained placing an "error 22" into the empty and free track 18 sector 18. All the stuff included is strictly NTSC compatible only, although they're all written mainly in Basic.

Got one, the hunt for the others won't stop.
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Atari vs Plus/4
Posted by Csabo on 2012-08-23
Atari vs Plus/4This month proves to be unusually abundant in new releases - not that we're complaining :-) Atari vs Plus/4 has just been released by carrion. It's a picture show containing 14 images. The originals were created by Atari graphicians Piesiu and Ooz. Download it, or read more on the author's blog.
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New Hires Picture by Kichy
Posted by Csabo on 2012-08-22
Kichy is back with the second Assassins release this year. He created a new image called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. It's inspired by the Philip K. Dick science-fiction novel of the same name. Check it out!
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Lazur vs Boris - New Picture Show
Posted by Csabo on 2012-08-14
Lazur Vs BorisA new, 7 image picture show was released today by carrion called Lazus Vs Boris. As the name suggests, it features converted images from graphician Lazur and painter Boris Vallejo. Check it out!
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New Demo From Bauknecht & TEK
Posted by Csabo on 2012-08-12
MetamerismA new demo called Metamerism has been released by Bauknecht & TEK, taking 1st place at Evoke 2012 in the "alternative demo" category. It's astonishing, download it and enjoy!
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YAPE 1.0.3
Posted by Luca on 2012-07-23
A whole year passed, and Gaia relaunchs the YAPE, the widest used emulator for 264 series machines, in its V1.0.3 reincarnation.
This version is a sort of global bugfixing one, in order to have a clean start to a further rework of the older parts of his code (the interface first of all), to get a better way in reading which events are performed time by time, to improve the GUI.

But now, this one, showing the following retouches:
- properly implemented printer repeat bit image data (CHR$(26))
- SHA/SHY/SHX improvement on page boundary crossing (unseen in any programs out in the wild so far)
- memory dump into text files
- added 192000 Hz sound frequency
- carriage return in printer bitmap mode fixed
- folder drive setting no longer reset when printer emulation gets enabled
- awkward crash in the monitor fixed
- bug in the debugger when breakpoint got disabled on ignored CPU crash opcodes
- minor memory map issue in true 1541/1581 drive emulation
- memory dump command in external monitor
- video recording glitch

Run to the download page to get now your proper YAPE build (x32/x64).
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Sabrewulf Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2012-07-20
SabrewulfToday brings a very pleasant surprise: a new game, Sabrewulf is released. The game - which is a bit similar to Treasure Island - runs on a Plus/4 or a 64K-expanded Commodore 16. It's a faithful conversion of the ZX Spectrum game by gc841.

In the game, your task is to guide Sabreman through a 256-screen jungle. He must collect four pieces of the lost amulet and then exit the maze. Of course the jungle is filled with dangerous creatures, including the invincible Wulf itself. Sabreman can also collect valuable treasures, and find jungle orchids in various colors, each granting its own special effect with picked up.

Like many Spectrum games, the gameplay is hard, but one can get into it with a little practice. Big cheers to Gary for converting this game, now hurry up and download it!
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...And What's Left
Posted by Luca on 2012-07-13
3M Demo 1We used to catch the bigger fishes in the scene to serve'em in large dishes on your table, and satisfy your appetite for Plus/4 software. But time passes, and some little tiddlers have got caught in the nets, too little to be individually pointed out. This mass of seafood began to grow day by day, and now it's time to trash out this residue of heterogeneous stuff.

So let's see what's in the box! First of all, we missed all the gems usually released on C16 Plus4 Computing magazine, an ancient monthly appointment full of new games, interesting readings and useful tools. We're talking about several early versions of, say, Destructor and Jail Break, brand new games like Connector, tools that we've never seen before like Biorhythms. Higher quality gem between all the others is the early version of Leaper, released under Star Soft as Leaper (Star Soft).
Some new entries from the obscure side of the Plus/4 commercial games: Miner (Astralog) is another retrieved tile to complete the Astralog's history, and one of the featured games in Astralog Four Pack, how rare!.
Rainy Day II collection is one step far from being completed in his 25 games, missing one game only. Meanwhile, we added Spacemaze, Jackpot and others too, in the hope we'll find all of them once day.
Chronos did his springtime cleaning too, and what's jumped out is a bunch of rarites, especially the second side of Dark As U demo, which worked after a bit of fixing. Other programs followed too, game previews like Minesweeper V2.2, digi demos like No Sleep, tiny pretty converted games like Remember.

Leaper (Star Soft)In the very end, there's the mare magnum from which weird releases and rarities have been catched. Elite Trained is a rare trainer for Elite (Csory) from the author itself, working on 1551 only; and, talking about 1551 stuff and Csory, a 1551 drive version of And Justice For All popped out from nowhere; after years with the 2nd part available only, 3M Demo 1 surfaced; 1551-demo, the official demo disk for the 1551 drive has been stored too 'coz missing it here is a nonsense.
And when we find software we claimed for in years, we celebrate with all of you: Sethack, the complete D-mon, the original Chipy by Kingsoft, the most wanted Huey C-16.

Here follows the complete list of what we've added in:
Bard's Tale I Copy, Bard's Tale II Copy, Character Generator, Dir Mover, Diskyhelp, Disc Copy 1551, D-mon, IFFL Squeezer (fix/version), The Scrollhunter, Sethack, Turbo Assembler Macro, Motor Entwicklung, 3D Maze, ACE +4 (trainer), Bockgammon, Bomber Blitz, Bongo (trainer), Billiards, Boxing, Brick-it, Chipy (original), Connector, Dooly (trainer), Driver, Destructor (version), Lo Sperduto, Miner (Astralog), 1551-demo, Extra Tutti Frutti 1 +1, Extra Tutti Frutti 2 +1, Elite Trained, Froggy (APS), Hotel (German), Huey C-16, Jackpot, Jail Break (version), Minesweeper V2.2, Leaper (Star Soft), Numbers, Oel Plus/4, Light Lines, Pénzért Élet, Pilot C16, Remember, Sixteen Terror, Spy Vs Spy (crack), Spacemaze, Super Ball, Super Frog, Survival, Scramble (APS), The Tower, Way Of The Exploding Fist (crack), Wordsworth, Yhatzi, 3M Demo 1, And Justice For All (version), Carry On!, Dark As U (side 2), No Sleep, Porno Show (TBS), Inspector Gadget V4.1, Ripped Demo, Macro Asssembler, Biorhythms, Archery-16.
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Árok 14 Wrap Up
Posted by Csabo on 2012-07-09
16 KBytesWe've added the releases and results from this party at record speed! The new releases from the party were: 16 KBytes, Édesanyám, I Will Go My Way, Atilla, Welcome Stranger. Thanks to the organizers and the sceners for making the party happen, and congrats to all the compo winners!

For party reports, photos and videos, head to the Features section: Arok 14 Party Report, or check the forum thread (both continually updated).
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"The Witness" Extras
Posted by Csabo on 2012-06-25
The next Infocom game we're taking a closer look at is The Witness. The game is a murder mystery, and you play the role of a detective. C16 Chris sent us the scans for all the "feelies" inside the box: a matchbook, a telegram, newspapers, etc. We've also added all the scans for the 26-page manual. Check it out and enjoy!
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Suspect And Other News
Posted by Csabo on 2012-06-15
Botticelli Bilderdisk 37C16Chris sent us the next installment of the Infocom stuff: Suspect extras are here! In the game, you play the role of a reporter, and you're invited to a costume party, where the hostess gets killed. Inside the box comes with a 26 page manual (which is actually "A Practical Guide To Murder Manners" :-)) and a TON of extras, all containing clues. Should be a fun read, even if you're not going to actually play the game.

In other news, we have this year's Botticelli Bilderdisk, #37 released today by Erich of Unlimited. It's a picture show using the Magica driver.

Finally a curiosity sent in by Bear(tm): he found a board game, released by Novotrade featuring Walaki. Check it out!
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Cutthroat Extras and Adress C16
Posted by Csabo on 2012-06-07
Adress C16C16 Chris sent us the 3rd installment of his Infocom archive, this time it's Cutthroats. It's an adventure game (or "Interactive Fiction", if you prefer the fancier title) where you play the role of a diver, looking for sunken treasure among shipwrecks. The box contains two booklets and a few additional game materials, all of which can be found on the game's page.

The second addition to the database today is from recently-registered and first-time-contributing member Hans. He noticed our call to action on the Adress C16 page (looking for the other version of the cover), and since he happened to have it, he fired up his scanner and got to work. This release (a German database program) is in sharp contrast with the above mentioned game: instead of booklets and extras, everything you need to know is shoehorned onto a single page.

Thanks guys for these covers, they found a good home in our ever-growing archive of everything Plus/4.
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TedPlay V1.0
Posted by Luca on 2012-06-04
TedPlayHere it comes, in the end! We were waiting for it! It's signed by Gaia, our prince in emulation, it also takes with it all the experience of TLC, and most of all it plays genuine TED based sound on your PC!

Let's turn seriously professional to announce this. Attila Grósz, in collaboration with Levente Hársfalvi, has finally released TedPlay V1.0, the first public version, stable and working. TedPlay emulates and reproduces the audio of a TED based machine. It can perform that by loading several types of files: the main format will be the brand new .C8M file format, but the player can also handle PSID/RSID format files with .TED extension, and .PRG files with executable inner player. TedPlay considers adjustable volume and playback speed, playlists managing, multiple tunes control, on/off turnable channels and player's reset. TedPlay requires SDL.dll in the .exe folder to run.

There's further work to spend on this first release, which aims to work with the new .C8M format but does not have a dedicated .C8M compiler/editor yet. At the moment, we suggest to download the current High Voltage TED Collection release, test the emulator with the .PRG files you will find in the /player folder, then report any bug to the authors: they're currently working on it to make it bigger and stronger! You will see, there's no change to play .PRG files with multiple tunes: don't care about that, when all those files will be converted in the new format this trouble will be gone forever.

Because of this, High Voltage TED Collection has just been updated to 263 single files, with some fixed and moved tunes, new hacks from games and several new entries in the /musicians folder (Koko, Alf, Tony Kelly, Shelmie, the one and only music on C16 signed by Martin Galway, finally a decisive blow on Csabo's releases and many many more!). The HVTC has been and will be paused for a little while, until the new format will take place as regular standard.

Say thanks to Gaia and TLC for their absolutely fantastic work, and please help'em to improve their marvellous creature named TedPlay!
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CBM PRG Studio For C16/Plus4
Posted by Luca on 2012-05-31
A powerful tool dedicated to all the coders out there now includes the 264 series Commodore machines, and that's great news!
Arthur Jordison, author of the all-embracing CBM Program Studio has released a new version the 25th of this month, and, beside all the fixes and addons he has wedged into it, he tuned it in order to work for C16 and Plus/4.

You can now enter both BASIC and machine language into this versatile package, and see how your code works directly compiling it as .prg file and sending it to run on your prefer emulator. No more desperately seeking the bugs all around, no more troubles with typing long BASIC stuff (hey, it's 2012, we're in the cut&paste era!), and several other extras, including sprites, characters and tilemap editors!

It's a first release, it smells like it would need debugging, so feel free to contact the author for any needing. But first, give it a try: it undoubtedly worths a run.
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Another Rare Hungarian Tape Surfaces
Posted by Csabo on 2012-05-30
21-es21-esLacus got his hands on another rare Hungarian tape: 21-es (Blackjack). It was released by Ápisz - some form of that company still exists, but they mostly sell paper, stationary and office supplies. This release (like all their releases we found so far) can only be described as a "budget" release, there's not much cover artwork to be seen. Nevertheless, it's good to have it in our archives! Be sure to be on the lookout for other oldies, you never know what you're going to find!
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Hitchhiker's Guide Extras!
Posted by Csabo on 2012-05-29
C16 Chris sent us the second installment in his quest to archive everything that is Infocom. (It's unfortunate that this news item missed Towel Day by a few days.) This time we present you with the box contents of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Inside are the 26-page booklet, the 16-page instruction manual (which was printed in a less-than-optimal color...), and the same Infocom Catalog that came with Planetfall. There's also Fluff!, Peril Sensitive Sunglasses, a Microscopic Space Fleet and more... Very funny stuff, if you know the books. (If you don't, read them!) Big thanks to C16 Chris for these, enjoy!
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Club Info 126
Posted by Csabo on 2012-05-26
Club Info 126Erich/Unlimited released the 2nd Club Info issue of the year. (For those who are not familiar with it, Club Info is a long-running German language disk magazine, with a new issue every 3 months.) Side A is chocks full of articles covering a wide range of topic (the recent passing of Jack Tramiel, tips & tricks, software reviews, etc) with the occasional funny cartoon thrown in. Even if you don't speak the language, you might want to check out Side B, which has recent and new releases. Cheers to Erich for his continued hard work!
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Dino Shock!
Posted by Csabo on 2012-05-24
Dino ShockMMS is here for the second time this month with a new picture show release. He writes:
Beasts of tons run and kill around the forests; no man could stand against them! Once they tramped and ruled Earth, now they are just very peaceful bones... Fortunately they are just history... Dinosaurs.

Who likes to watch the arts about them? Everyone? Then it's your time! Check the marvelous arts set to the highest available Plus/4 resolution. I made this GFX slideshow with the great Istvan Varga converter. I hope you will like it, I did my best to finetune it as much as possible.
Check it out and enjoy!
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Planetfall Extras!
Posted by Csabo on 2012-05-23
Cover ImageCover ImageC16 Chris returns with an old fashioned cover update: he's scanned just about everything that can be found inside the box of Planetfall. The package contains an information booklet, which is quite humorous and definitely worth a read (especially the questionnaire). Also included is a 16-page Infocom catalog, detailing all of their adventure games. There's also a lot of other additional game material, which can be found on the game's page: a "Stellar Patrol" card, postcards from various planets, reference cards and several personal letters. All of these add to the depth and help the players immerse in the game's universe. Check it out and enjoy!
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Legionnaire Finally Gets The Love It Deserves!
Posted by MIK on 2012-05-12
LegionnaireToday we step back in time taking a look at the classic Commando style clone Legionnaire that has kept us entertained for many years now. Tape images are one thing and as awesome as they are sometimes it's quicker to opt for the PRG versions when you want to get straight into the action. Well thanks to the coding skills of none other Csabo he has been busy working on a PRG version of Legionnaire that not only fixes the missing black boarder, but also adds the tape loading screen!! If that wasn't enough to get you excited... it runs on a stock Commodore C16 with 16K too all complete!!!!!

Many thanks Csabo once again for giving Legionnaire some beautiful restoration and allowing us to preserve this beyond it's normal means as it was meant to be seen! As always follow the link to grab your own update PRG file from HERE.
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Lord Of The Rings Picture Show
Posted by Luca on 2012-05-05
LOTR Hobbit Art"...In the Land of Plussy where 8 Shadows lie!".
Straight coming from the holy Plussarillion book, here comes a brand new picture collection on one single disk's side. Our friend MMS selected for us a bunch of interlaced high resolution FLI pictures (IHRFLI) from a big choice of more than 200 of them, in the pure shiny splendor of IstvanV's great graphic format. Pictures come from scenes of the famous movie series, and from some illustrations by Alan Lee and John Howe. And the whole stuff loads in turbo mode both on 1541 and 1551 drive.
Beware watching for too long time, or you'll hanker to have more!
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New Rare Covers
Posted by Luca on 2012-05-02
Again, new rare covers found and archived! Our search for new, rare and obscure covers, doesn't loose its own boost, thanks to several faithful suppliers, and with our constant eyekeeping on the usual auctions'sites around. For any of them, we got full service, with front covers, inlays and cassette pictures.

It's Bear, the dude who has sent to us some very rare Hungarian covers, first of all the most wanted Karate's! In the hope we can put our hands on the tape's image too in the near future, let's get this first. Same words for Német Teszt too, which now shows the one and only cover that we have from International House Budapest, another developing division of the noted Novotrade. Last, but absolutely not least, a never seen Danish original software (now tagged as missing!) dated 1985, coming from a truly obscure software house called "LSA Software": Database (LSA) necessarily enters the holy field of the most wanted software from today.

The long long walk throught the road of Italian re-releases continues. Our friend Ricky74 has posted on some social networks so many pictures representing his own software collection for various systems, a collection which does not miss C16 cassettes. After our request, he quickly sent us scans of the Armati's Shoot It re-release, a never heard before Super Soccer from Playvision, and a rare Golden Software re-release for Wacky Painter. Thanks for all of them!

Rumors say there's more and more to come yet, stay tuned!
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Gun Law abducted by Aliens!!!
Posted by MIK on 2012-05-01
If your still suffering with post traumatic stress disorder after your short lived military service in the game Gun Law then your nightmares are now over! As a treat we have got to work and recorded for your viewing pleasure a complete end to end run playing Gun Law with no cheats being used at all on a real Commodore C16. Yes you can indeed reach the end with a little practice and patience straight out of the box as the game was intended to be played, but get this... As we complete the game once to the point of been taken away by E.T. your see the game restarts with your remaining lives. However, something tells me the bad guys are even quicker now and just like a noob Gun Law is rapped of his 5 remianing lives with-in minutes! We hope you enjoy!

Youtube Video Link: Gun Law Completed
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The Beaten Track
Posted by Csabo on 2012-04-28
The Beaten TrackCsio/Monarchy coded and released a cool invitro (or Invitation Intro if you prefer) for the upcoming Arok Party, a yearly multi-platform retro-computing party held in Ajkarendek, Hungary. The release features some nice effects, music by Vincenzo, graphics by Poison, and of course all the necessary information about the party. There's still over two months left, which gives everyone interested plenty of time to make arrangements to get there. Enjoy!
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RIP Jack Tramiel
Posted by crock on 2012-04-09
Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore International, the man who had the original vision of the TED based machines died today at age 83.

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Ultimate Map V1.7
Posted by Luca on 2012-03-26
Where's the current BASIC line? How to RS-232? How to play high-pitched white noise? Where to find ALL the infos you need, even if you type BASIC lines or you manage to tame the TED by machine language? A new version of Ultimate Map is out right now!

SVS improved this very useful .XLS, in order to have the most complete memory mapping for the 264 machines. Both RAM and ROM chapters are now enriched by adding several new data (about RAM usage, IRQ specs, keyboard routines and other minor infos); keyboard matrix has been added too; TED's registers are now straight compared to the corresponding VIC-II ones; the PET-ASCII codes chapter has been fixed and new finds have been added too.

You no longer need to read all those .txt you collected in the past years because you would need to know how that certain register works: you exactly know where any info lies! Download the brand new Ultimate Map now!
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HVTC Update
Posted by Luca on 2012-03-05
A very short note, just to inform you that the High Voltage TED Collection project has now reached 200 single files!

Once again, fixes and new tunes: the first confirmed tunes made by Kabo/MB, Kevin Moughtin's music, Herman's, ALF's original demotunes, the complete Brigitte Gertz and more!

So, delete the whole previous collection (that's the way to do at any new update!) and download/unzip the new one!
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Optimal Reality
Posted by Csabo on 2012-03-04
Optimal RealityYesterday I was going through issues of the Hungarian diskmag SCN News, and found something interesting. Number 24 mentions a certain "Optimal Real", a picture show by Chronos. Reddi (the then-editor of the magazine) isn't around nowadays, but Chronos is, so I asked him what this could have been (since there's no record of it anywhere in our database). To my surprise, he delivered it to me within a few hours. Thanks to this, we have a never-before-seen demo, using IFFL technology. (IFFL stands for something like Integrated File Flexible Loader, there are other variations but no clear definition.) Regardless, check the demo out!

Why should we read these old magazines? (I know, a lot of them require understanding Hungarian or German.) By using this little utility, it's possible to extract the magazine text into readable, searchable format. This in turn helps with the software archeology. Based on which games/demos are announced as news, we can figure out the release dates when none is provided. And, occasionally, we can find something rare and exciting, like in this case. But most importantly, to me, reading through the old mags is a nice trip down memory lane. I feel as if part of the scene, and it's a great feeling. Keep the Plus/4 alive!
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Club Info 125
Posted by Csabo on 2012-02-28
Club Info 125Erich/Unlimited is here with the latest issue of Club Info. The German disk mag is packed with articles, as usual. From the B side of the disk:
- Draw in polarkoordinaten, Achimedische Spirale, Ellipse/Parameter, Circle envelope, Spiraleffekt, Roehengraphik, Sechsecke, Club Info 125: files that accompany the "Tips & Tricks" chapter.
- Green Things From Outer Space: Erich touched up a C64 guy's game.
- Awari/Mancala, Zahlenraten: a game converted from the PET and a number guessing game.
- Worlds 2: a story with PETSCII graphics.
- Garfield Comic: a new demo from Erich.
Thanks for this stuff to Erich, download it and enjoy!
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Galli - New Game Released
Posted by Csabo on 2012-02-22
GalliAn unexpected treasure turned up on our forums from Nino: Galli. It's a side-scrolling platformer (this genre is somewhat of a rarity on our platform), and it runs ok a C16 to boot. It was developed from 1989-1995, and it now finally sees the day of light. Definitely worth checking out! Click the link below to read the original post and comments.
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Moldi's Treasure 5/10
Posted by Luca on 2012-02-14
Uuuuuh we missed for so much time, did you feel the absence? Well, let's end the silence, we're back to give you the 5th chapter of our saga. Here comes a new big bunch of lost and forgotten stuff rescued and reloaded from the personal archive of Moldi!

Doki News 4Leitmotif of this issue is: omg we've completely missed some magazines! There's a whole series of Doki News issues hidden out there we've never heard about! And now all the five in the row are stored here ready to be spread. And talking about mags, here come from the sands of time two missing issues, part of well known collections: No News! 4 as one of the last Delta System releases, the even more obscure Korak Times 9 and Lamer News #008, with the latter one being misteriously created by TGM of Scorpions.
Fresh stuff on the utilities side too! Char-editor 2.0 is the powerful tool coded and used by Attila Kardos to finish off his games, and looks like a Botticelli for chars. The original version of 64'er Masterbase Plus/4 (aka Masterbase) has found its way to the surface, and so have done a couple of disk tools coded by TFSS. I've seen several times some texts on screen displayed with big chars, and now we've found the editor which produced'em: Mega Writer I by Dr. Mad/EVS. At last, the most wanted F-C Trans Plus/4 has been saved from the dark, TLC was searching for this one since years!

CAD Box DemoWhat about the demos? Well, first of all, a perfectly working version of CAD Box Demo has been found, and we're now able to enjoy the whole trip into the Doky and Cop's coding. The Moldi's archive preserved very rare demos, and some are beginning to come out of the hole: Metallica Demo created by TBC and Radio Speech by TYCB are from that side, and others will follow for sure. Do you know that W-Man coded a second adult oriented picture show? Well, the retrieval of Porno Show 2 has given us the chance to clean up some lost x-rated stuff (demos games and...educational too?) that were missing into our archive, and some of them are very old (e.g. Picture Show 1 by MAT!). Oh yes, this is that particular update ;)
Who said games? Légicsata (LEH)! This bomber-style game written in BASIC and dated 1988 has various interesting and original addons to the traditional bomber game, but it has difficultly spreaded because of the unlucky homonymy with the most famous Légicsata, but now justice at last, it's here! Moreover, a working version of Aranyalmák, cited in an old Hungarian magazine, has been found and stored, although we don't know yet who is SABE, claimed to be the coder.

Big CasinoThis is the complete list for the 5th batch, enjoy all of them and wait for the sixth session, we'll try to reach it in a decent time:
Doki News 1, Doki News 2, Doki News 3, Doki News 4, Doki News 5, TFSS-nibble V7.4, TFSS-packer V8.5, Prosort+ (hungarian), 2x2 Karakter Keszlet, A4 Printer, No News! 4, Mega-tool, BOB-packer 1.0, 64'er Masterbase Plus/4 (original), Char-editor 2.0, Mega Writer I, Skoro's Coder V1.2, Sector Editor, Korak Times 9, Lamer News #008, Aircraft, Kikstart Plus, Legicsata (LEH), Teke Jatek, Teke, Big Casino, Aranyalmák, Auto Zone (LEH), Super Boulder (hungarian), Cartoon 1, Cartoon 2, CAD Box Demo, F-C Trans Plus/4, Italo-mix, Radio Speech, Porno Show 2, The Camera, Picture Show 1, Metallica Demo, Sex Pause 48 Scenes, Demo Designer Info, Flipper (Basic), Flipper 2, Funny Girls (2 versions).
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First Beta Release of Diag264 (0.2B)
Posted by crock on 2012-01-22
Diag264Finally, after what seems like a very long time I have the first beta release of Diag264, the diagnostic ROM and test harness for the Plus/4, Commodore 16, Commodore 116 and other 264 series machines.

You can find a complete description of how it works and how to build the harness here. Cartridge and kernal ROM images for both NTSC and PAL versions of Diag264 can be downloaded from here:

If you would like me to burn an EPROM for you, let me know which flavour you want and I will gladly do so for the cost of 5 CHF plus postage. At the time of writing this post, that's about 3 GBP, 4 EUR, 5 USD and 1250 HUF. If you would like me to modify an existing cartridge for you, you can mail it to me and I will do so for an additional 15 CHF, depending on the demand.

Please feed back comments, suggestions and questions you might have, either to this forum or to the email in the document.
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Hires Color 6
Posted by Csabo on 2012-01-15
Hires Color 6The 2012 edition of the Hires Color series is here, directly from Erich/Unlimited. In Hires Color 6, the usual pack of 32 images (hi-res ones) can be found for your viewing pleasure, made possible by the Magica driver. Cheers to Erich for this release!
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Hungary Vs. Italy: New TAPs And Covers
Posted by Luca on 2012-01-06
Bip-bip Bigyulabolt KitoresAs a Christmas present, Lacus has got something special in reserve for us: a big bunch of covers and TAP files from some Hungarian cassettes.
Thank to him, now we can brag about having the original Digital Ball, Ürkaland, Invincible and Kitörés programs in TAP format, and all their missing cover scans too! Also included in the box, Magyarország's TAP file of the Keresd A Térképen educational series, and better working TAPs for Bip-bip and Bigyulabolt, all of them equipped with their respective cover scans. Complete service again for Turbó-15 in single release, a rare one. Covers'addon for Bombázó Visszavág and Csodálatos Simon too.
Hey, and what about the TAP file of Kémiai Kötések Azonos Atomok Között? It has come from the dark, we only saw it appeared!

Colors Guardians Olimpya Dedalus 3D (Visiogame)Meantime, in a southwestern country, Luca has won an online bid regarding some Italian's tapes of resold hacked games, with lots of Visiogame cassettes! It has been a very bad surprise: many of those tapes seemed to be frayed out, and the only fully working tapes which still miss in our archives were Colors Guardians and Edy Ant, so now their TAPs are in. Every dirty trick has been exploited in order to recover some data from those tapes, with no result, bad luck!
Heh, next time we'll be better. Looking forward the time we get a good tape of any of them, we now have cover and tape scans of Colors Guardians, 2Games, Aeroblitz (cassette scans), Crazy Brush (cassette), Dedalus 3D (Visiogame), Edy Ant, Interceptor, Kargon Wars, Magic Golf (cassette), Olimpya, Small Jones (cassette), Space Fortress, Toto Pronostici.
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Planetfall Has Fallen In Our Lap
Posted by Csabo on 2012-01-05
PlanetfallOne down, countless to go: Planetfall has been found! Erich/Unlimited was the one who managed to create a working backup D64 for this game. Previously it was the only missing Infocom release. This should dispel any doubt regarding this elusive game: it was released and it's finally here.

If you don't mind the somewhat slow gameplay, definitely give this one a go. If the reviews (from other platforms) are to be believed, it promises to be a very good adventure. Big thanks to Erich for getting it into our archive!
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Endings Triplets 02
Posted by Luca on 2011-12-10
Game EndingsLet's start to do it seriously then!

Here comes the new Endings Triplet. Today we have endings for Puzzle and Labirinth 4 both from Skoro.

Plus, an extensive text with images about the final steps of a most wanted ending: RoboMutant by Lavina! It appears to be a very cute collect'n'use game, with an unexpected sweetie at the end: a picture drawn by Harry which no one have seen before...apart the steadfast ones who solved the game at that time, of course!
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Introducing Endings Triplets
Posted by Luca on 2011-12-08
Game EndingsSo, did you like our fresh new pages? We hope so.
You can't fully understand how many times we retouch, enrich, fix them. There's so much work around'em.

Game Endings page deserves a special care, because new endings are periodically added. Some are made of simple 1x1 ROM characters text composing a tiny "well done" notice, some others reveal pieces of code or graphics which have been kept quite for years till today.

Because of this, Plus/4 World will inform you about the addition of new game endings right here, in the News. Once we get at least three of them, we'll quickly announce an Endings Triplet, linking to the games'respective pages, where you will now find the link to the brand new ending!

Let's start with a big one: Blastones, a game with 100 levels! Beside of that, here comes two classics both made by Skoro: Ball, showing an unexpected 41st level, and Bars!
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Club Info 124
Posted by Csabo on 2011-12-02
Club Info 124The 4th and final Club Info issue of the year is here! Erich/Unlimited packed two disk sides full of German language articles, plus recent and brand new stuff. Some examples are: maps for Island of Secrets (in Page Setter format), Ping Pong/C, Demo Pack 4. Download the mag, cheers to Erich for his continued work!
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Scene.hu Awards 2011
Posted by Csabo on 2011-12-01
Murphy sent us word that Scene.hu Awards 2011 is underway. Currently you can vote for 256 byte intros and 8-bit demos, only Hungarian productions from the last two years. This includes some Plus/4 productions as well. We're sure some people would be interested in this, so use the handy link below, go forth and vote!
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Main Menu Update
Posted by Csabo on 2011-11-25
Our main menu was updated with three additional items. You can now navigate to these pages from anywhere:

* Magazines: The listing of all the known diskmags. This page was recently revamped as it was in dire need of some polish.
* Effects: All demo effects. This is definitely a work in progress.
* Game Endings: This is the "official grand opening" of our game endings page. Similar pages exist for several other platforms, now the Plus/4 has a proper shrine as well. Have you ever wandered what's at the end of some game? Now you can find out! (Warning: spoilers ahead.)

If you have ideas or opinions about this change or the "new" pages, let us know on the forums.
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A (Mostly) German Intermission
Posted by Luca on 2011-10-09
Aktueller Software Markt 5/1988 (May 1988) RUN 3/1987 You probably would expect a new bunch in the Moldi's series, because we still have way to go on that one.
Well no, we strongly need to pause that path and solve another battle side which was calling for a spill out.

Day by day, several stuff gathered in one big heap, mostly made by German stuff, some other by USA programs and so on. At a certain point, a little but significative slice of this cake has found its way once we started to import so many German magazines'covers (and all the relationships these entries take with'em!) from the fantastic site Kultboy, which definitely is the ultimate reference about German magazines. Then, publications and programs have begun to find so many links crossing each other, to ignite a process of infos cleanup, missing programs recover, users and groups' new entries, data acquiring, hidden hardware and so on.
It's TONS of addings and fixings and we're forced to let you discover'em by yourself, here we can only name the magazines'series we mostly improved: Aktueller Software Markt, CBM Revue, Compute Mit, Computronic, Happy Computer, Run.

All these new entries about German mags have called into the whole bunch of (mostly) German stuff that was lying in the corner. And now we've filled up missings like Word Perfect, Zeichensprites or Fractal-landschaften. We also had the chance to tune up all the unnamed digi demos using Crazy Music, we rebuilt all the versions'story of Solder's Epromer Plus/4, we've finally find out the Samsound V1.0 which has been used in several pre-1990 digi stuffs, we discovered that the first cheap colour printer had considered the 264 series in the bundle disk (Okimate 10 Learn To Print), we...ok we let you explore by yourself!

Plus/4 DemoThis list covers all the new prgs we included:
+4 Thunderbirds, Coffeine Magica, Das Omen 2, Easy (disk), Germans Only 1, Gerappt, Left To My Own, SEQ-reader 1.55, 1541 Floppy Speeder Generator 2.0, Mini Graffiti, Mix III, Mix IV, Mix V, Megamix Vol.3, Megamix Vol.4, Plus/4 Demo, Sex-show, Strip-show, Adventure 1 (alternative), New Stuff 1988, Winter-demo, Cohan's Land, Compute!'s Gazette Disk, Entenjagd, Europameisterschaft 96, Flower C16, Flens-kwitz, Hot Nights, Gangster, Beatles, Heimat, Monster Warning, Softy-demo, Postgebuehren Der Deutschen Bundespost, Softy 07, Fussball-manager, Fussball Bundesliga Pro, Gluecksrad (alternative), Monopoly (german), Monopoly Plus/4, Moon Fighter, Oscar (crack), Playboss, Sir Tommy, Software Manager, S-O-S Schiffbruch, S-skat, Sumeria, XY-Germany, Archiver, Unarchiv, Alarendelo Mondatok Elemzese, Banner Printer, C64 Basic Emulator, CAD 123 (version), Dual Data Copier (rom), Dbase Plus4 V3.5, Epromer Plus/4 (versions), F-copy 32K, Filmmaster, Fractal-landschaften, Frakint, Haushaltsbelege, Haushaltsbuch, Horace Autostart Copy V3.0, Hyload, Headliner (USA), James Hehl Utility Cart, Karteikasten, Kaufmann, Kuhplaner, Magic Paint (info), Megacopy 1551 (file), Okimate 10 Learn To Print, Proofreader, Samsound V1.0, Shakespeare Writer, Word Perfect, Xmoterm Plus4 V2.0, Zeichensprites.
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Arok 13 Wrap Up
Posted by Csabo on 2011-09-24
Er Ist Friedlich EingeschlafenThe wait is finally over: the winning demo from Arok 2011 has been just released! Don't delay, go and check out Er Ist Friedlich Eingeschlafen (translation: He fell asleep peacefully). In retrospect, this year's Arok was also a good year for our little platform (3 new releases!) and an awesome party overall. Everyone who got to attend can count themselves lucky (even if it was in cardboard form). Let's hope next year will be even better!

Be sure to read Csio's party report in the Features section!
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Moldi's Treasure 4/10
Posted by Luca on 2011-09-12
SwordsSummer is almost gone once again, so it's time to come back to work, and the Moldi Treasure's Big Bunches o'Software must reprise too.

Hence, here we are with the 4th chapter of this saga, which shows as major gem a rather unknown cool 16k game raising from the grave of unforgotten stuff to see the light again. Swords is nothing but a cool arcade adventure game which seems to be quite inspired from Robo Knight, with its proper tune and a big software sprite wandering into a manor in search of lost swords in order to seek out a secret chamber full of gold. The author is Attila Kardos, which did Break Dance under the same label Chip Software Ltd.. Freeware? Commercial? Who knows...any info will be welcome.
Ürkaland (Basic), the mystery continues because we've uncertain feelings about its original coder, but at least the original version popped out finally. And...oh jeez, there's a Tibob In Space 2 too, really?Swords

Plus, this is the session in which obscure demos run again. Queen Demo celebrates Mercury&Co. in the Hitman way (code by siz?) but it's broken and we're in search of the full working one, if it does exist. Bad Cat Demo is the oldest demo by CSM we've found ever, in which we know more about the mysterious SED (he got the idea for the famous game Crater too), and where CSM writes he "sold a game to Novotrade" (!). First steps for TCL too under the TBB moniker, in demos like The Cobra No1 Demo. See Ratt in graphician capacity offering a Logo To Titans, even though we've never heard of that C64 group! And look at Boomby and his early digitized moustaches in Wanted Demo. Early stuff by Kuni too, and the Shadow Gfx Box 1 comes too to complete the series.

Last but not least, the utilities: Botticelli original version, the famous TTL's pactator, a disk tools collection by Oscar/EVS and much much more!

Summer DemoThis is the complete list for the 4th batch, enjoy all of them and wait for the fifth session:
Swords, Logo To Titans, Mad Demo, Xenox Graphics Box, Summer Demo, Wanted Demo, Scanland 1, Shadow Gfx Box 1, Second Demo (Kuni), The Cobra No1 Demo, Queen Demo (broken), Music Demo 1, Music Demo 2, No More Heroes, Amiga Rap, Adventure Castle, Crater (trainer), Domino (Hungarian), Ugrasd A Nyulat, Tibob In Space 2, Bad Cat Demo, Donkey Kong, Ürkaland (Basic) (original), Remorszag, Tic-tac-toe (Mr. X), The Wall (Hungarian), DMC V1.2 (version), NF Technika, Kresz Lampak, Lebo-packer, Haromfasizu Valtakozoaram Valodi Vill Teljesitmenye Induktiv Terhelessel, Demomakers Disk Tool, Coma B Copy, Coby Compresser, Clues Of Coders (no pass), Assembler (prg), Botticelli (original), Bit-packer (version), Cimkatalogus, Duplicator V4.0, Duplicator, Turbo-block, 246 Pactator, Digiconverter Relocator (versions).
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Some Stuff
Posted by Luca on 2011-09-07
Inventory ManagementPlus/4 World is back from vacation, a vacation of hopeful waiting for a winner demo which will come in the near future and will delight our sceners' senses. In the meantime, let's reprise our massive storing of seekout material, since hundreds of hidden gems have to see the light again from their long timed buried status.

We've found the absolute first Mantra release in the classic take-two format, which was simply named Mantra 16 N. 1, containing two hacked games: Andromeda (Alternative) and Analisi Del Tempo. It's a weird thing to point out that this cassette can be defined as an early version of the second Mantra release (Andromeda / Meteo 16), which contains slightly modified versions of the same programs.

Found into some C64 ftp archives, here come some rare disks, part of the Productivity Software series released by Info Design, a look into the serious side of the Plus/4. Inventory Management is a self running tool, whereas Construction Industry and Professional Services are applications in the shape of General Ledger's data, and this last one is needed to let'em work. It's now clear that Productivity Software series includes both independently running tools and bound working data.
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Club Info 123 Is Released
Posted by Csabo on 2011-08-30
Club Info 123Erich/Ultd just sent us the latest issue of the longest running disk-magazine on Plus/4: Club Info 123 is here. Side A is full of German language articles about games (for example, there's a review of the recently released Clone game), programming and hardware. Side B has some recently release and new stuff: International Money (a game from Australia), Scheissen, Worlds 1 and Regula Falsi. It's worth checking out. Respects to Erich for his continued hard work. Download this issue now and enjoy!
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YAPE 1.0.2
Posted by Luca on 2011-08-23
A badly needed update: some nasty bugs have been patched as well as the in-memory bitmap of the printer emulation is made visible via a GUI window (only as #4).

Anyway, let's see what's new this time:

- Printer job window (for now #4 only)
- Turn off variable length buffering properly when recording media (fixes occasional clicks)
- Not scanning joysticks when unavailable (Message Queue driver slowdown)
- Column width and line feed bug for MPS803 emulation fixed
- Regression bug in the printer cycle counter ironed out
- Awkward TED drawing bug patched

You can grab the release at the usual place: Yape Homepage or check the Yape page.
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Exo 2.0.2 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2011-08-19
Let it be known that the latest version of Exomizer, the popular cross-platform cruncher is now out. It's mainly a bugfix release, grab it and be up to date! Head over to the Exomizer homepage and download your copy.
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New Game Released: Bit Fox
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-29
Bit FoxRoepipi is here again with another cool BASIC game. Small size, quick action, start it up and have some fun!

Are you quicker than a BASIC action coloring game? You certainly are, but can you guess what kind of action it is? It takes 10 minutes to beat, so let's do it!

Update (2011-07-29):

Bringing you the pheasant-catcher minigame (Thrust Fox Extra) from Foxish. Now it's a bit more optimized, a bit more responsive, and a bit more for C16 fans! Thanks for all the kind words!
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New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-28
Digital BallBear(tm) apparently hunted down a few more original tapes, and he sent us the cover artworks for them. We now have the cover for... Digital Ball! Or "Faltenisz" as it is apparently called (who knew?). It's a classic breakout game. While on the C16 Arthur Noid cannot be beat, this is probably the best game of the genre for Plus/4.

The cover description mentions the game has 50 levels and our notes say it has 32, perhaps someone can get to the bottom of that. The other new covers added today are for Rabló-Rulett, we now have the instructions. Big thanks for these to Bear(tm), enjoy!
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Lode Runner Pic/ACW
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-21
Lode Runner PicQuick on the heels of Lode Runner +4, Chronos brings us a quick release, the converted title picture for the game. It's a multi-color version of from the original box cover artwork. There's not much else to add, enjoy this release!
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Lode Runner +4
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-11
Lode Runner +4Kichy of ASN Crew just dropped a bombshell of a release on us: Lode Runner +4 is here! The classic game finally makes it to our platform. What makes a good game is ultimately the gameplay and this one is up there with the best. It's fast-paced platformer fun. The unpredictable enemy A.I. makes for a challenging gameplay. You have 150 levels to go through, but just in case that's not enough, there's a built-in level editor!

This is a pristine conversion, flawlessly executed, works on NTSC machines... What more could you ask for? Big respects to Kichy for bringing us this amazing game!
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Valley of Treasures
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-06
Valley of TreasuresAdventure fans rejoince! Kichy noticed a new adventure game recently released on C=64, and since it was written in BASIC, he quickly converted it to C=16. The game play is not the usual one, instead of typing, you select from a predefined list of commands. So, if you like adventures, get cracking! Who will be the first to solve it? :-)
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New Hungarian Game Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-05
Abraka-DabraChampionship WrestlingJoe And The SeriffSakk KezdőknekÜrvirágViktor A Piktor
Bear(tm) send us an incredible pack of 7 covers (the 7th being the recently added one for Psylon). They are all for Hungarian games. Let's see the list:
  • Abraka-Dabra, an educational game based on the books of Professor Dienes. Lacus recently recovered the TAP image for this game, this cover makes things complete.
  • Championship Wrestling: the cover for the Hungarian release. Unlike the English one, this does have a proper manual included with it, featuring some funny wrestler descriptions.
  • Joe And The Seriff: an alternative (coloured) cover.
  • Sakk Kezdőknek: the cover for the yellow C16 version.
  • Ürvirág: this is an obscure game from Puhasoft, we didn't even know that it was commercially released. A very rare find!
  • Viktor A Piktor: an action game similar to Wacky Painter.
There you have it, enjoy!
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Pluvi T-Shirt From 1993
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-03
Pluvi T-ShirtAnother old relic arrived in our mailbox, from Martin Voerman, hailing from Holland. He was one of the folks who attended the 5 Year Pluvi celebration party. (Pluvi is a German disk-mag.) The party was held in 1993/10/23 in Krefeld (Tönisvorst), Germany. We currently don't have pages for parties, so I'll just mention a few details here: announcements can be found in Elder News 04 and Scene Focus 06, both mags mentioning that many people will attend.

Martin remembered a few more details (paraphrasing):
"I drove about 200km to get to the place and could not find it at first (TomTom didn't exist back then). There were a few more Dutch people at the party, I also remember an artist working on maybe the demo, he had graffiti all over the computer and drive. The T-shirts were sold at the party to get money for pizza.

Earlier I sent a letter to the creator of Pluvi about translating it to English. He said no problem, just do it. At the party I showed an English Pluvi. I think my nick was Spooky back then. For me I think it was the end of my plus/4 time, didn't unpack most of my boxes after I returned."
The T-Shirt is a little yellowed, but it still proudly shows off our beloved machine... Cool stuff! Do you have any old Plussy relics to share? Dig them out and send them in!
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Psylon Cover
Posted by Csabo on 2011-07-02
Escape From PsylonEscape from Psylon is an interesting game. For a long time, we didn't know if this was a commercial release or not. The game was mentioned several times in the popular 90's Hungarian magazine "Commodore Világ" because of its map. The hand-drawn map was sent in by fans but never published in the magazine due to its enormous size. It was released by "Aliens Software Studio", credits are given to "Mr. Depeche" and "The Prince", but no other releases can be found from this group.

Luca recently figured out the "Mr. Depeche" is indeed SCF, a Hungarian coder. Beside the game, his claim to fame is that he most likely created the first FLI and Tech-tech effects on our machine. In his demo texts, he credits "The Killer" as the graphician and sends greetings to "Softkiller Company". After some more hunting (which the fun part :-)), it turned out that The Killer/The Prince are all early handles of same person: SKC. I got in contact with him. (If you'd like to hear some good Drum 'n' Bass music, head on to his site.) He confirmed that the game was programmed by SCF, while he did the graphics and helped test the game. He also confirmed that it was a commercial release, but did not have a copy of it.

A little more history: at the time, SKC only had a C64 (and eventually moved on to Amiga). The game was SCF's idea, and he could play it all the way through (which is quite a feat, it's a hard game). After this game, SCF moved on to the C64, concentrated more on demos. He eventually outgrew the scene and "disappeared". (If anyone knows how to contact him, let us know.)

Bear(tm) came to the rescue (big coincidence!) as he sent in the cover scan for this game (which confirms all of the above). The cover artwork features a tank going through a maze. This game now also has a map. (Yay, the first game map this year!) Well, that's the story, I hope you enjoyed reading it :-)
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Another Rare Surprise
Posted by Csabo on 2011-06-29
About ten years ago (how time flies!), back when Plus/4 World didn't even have its forums yet, SVS asked about a mysterious program called Print Shop. The only other mention of a software with similar name was in the Hungarian magazine Terror News 14 - though we didn't have it in any of our archives. That is, until the 2nd pack of Moldi's treasure brought us Print Shop, converted by Totya. This is definitely the one that Terror News mentions. So, that's all there is to it, right?

Print Shop +4Not quite! To my pleasant surprise, I received an email from Cassy. He wrote:
Back in 1992 I converted Print Shop to the Plussy. I'd like to ask you to put it up on Plus/4 World. I'd be grateful if it wouldn't be forgotten. Thanks in advance!
Well, it is my pleasure, of course From the looks of it, it's a very nice piece of software. You can use your +4 to design greeting cards, note cards, banners and a whole lot more. Check it out and enjoy! Big thanks to Cassy for sending this in!
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Botticelli Bilderdisk 36
Posted by Csabo on 2011-06-23
Botticelli Bilderdisk 36This summer is starting out great, we're getting new releases! Erich/Unlimited has just sent us his new release: Botticelli Bilderdisk 36. It's two disk-sides of pictures in Botticelli format, using the Magica viewer. The quality and theme of the pictures is quite varied: you'll find many things from hand-pixelled scenes to digitized stills. Check it out and enjoy!
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New TAP Image Recovered
Posted by Csabo on 2011-06-10
Abraka-dabraWe'd like to drop a quick note here about a new treasure that Lacus just sent in. Abraka-dabra (which translates to "abracadabra" ) is an old Hungarian educational title. Lacus managed to get his hands on a factory tape and grabbed the TAP files. This means that it came with no cover or packaging whatsoever (we're still on the lookout for that). Check it out if you're so inclined, though for non-Hungarian speakers it will be incomprehensible. Nevertheless, it's one more piece of the puzzle! Thanks to Lacus for this, enjoy!
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Perfect Visions 3 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2011-06-06
Perfect Visions 3More good news this month: Ati has just released the final version of Perfect Visions 3. Unlike the party version (released at Busodore 2011), this one features an original TED tune. Download this release and enjoy the final version: it has nice vectors (including full frame-rate filled cube and 25 fps glenz) and what is probably the first ZoomDypp on our platform. If you like it, don't forget to vote! Enjoy!
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Club Info 122 Release
Posted by Csabo on 2011-06-05
Club Info 122Erich/Ultd just released the second Club Info issue of 2011: Club Info 122 is here! The disk image is full on both side: side A has the articles (news, hardware, game and utility reviews, etc), side B has the new and recent stuff. Of these, the following are being added to our database for the first time: OZ History (and edutainment title from Australia), Zitadelle (a German BASIC game) and Bloedsinn Hoch3 (a joke program from Lukian). Check it out and enjoy!
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Happy Birthday Mermaid!
Posted by Luca on 2011-06-03
Half 70Oh, let me remember the proverb...ah yes: better late than never!

The 21th of April a beloved scener, highly respected in many different scenes, reached her 35th year of life. The 35 years'turning point is a significative and important goal for everyone since Dante had thought to begin writing the Divine Comedy with the sentence "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita", translated: "In the midst of our life's walking", an innovative poetic way to refer exactly to this age: 35!

Ladies, gentlemen: our birthday one is Mermaid. She does code, she composes chip music, she's worldwide famous for her unique skills in drawing on an innumerable range of different media, as she has shown to all of us makin'up her übercute parallax scrolling part in 8 Shades of Black 16K trackmo. That's because we hope to see more 264 releases from her in the (near?) future. Even though all the skills, experience and knowledge of the deep mechanics under the scene in general, all the people who had the luck to swap words and ideas with Vanja remember about her courtesy when relating with them, and the strong personality she never save to spread all around.

In the end, we all join the loud voice of Csio's birthtro, with graphics and SID music by Mermaid herself: happy 35th birthday Vanja!
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Moldi's Treasure 3/10
Posted by Luca on 2011-06-02
Knight Rider 2Have you been a good boy this year? The 3rd bunch has come!
Another sifting session, another bundle of stuff to view and download. This time, we have some very weird programs to spit out, like Reakcioidö game or Videofeliratozo or the questions'part of Az Atom Szerkezete (spreaded together? alone? we dunno yet...). We have finally found out a completely working version of Gentlemen's Knight Rider 2 megademo on two sides, and now we're able to entirely watch the fantastic pieces of code W-Man is capable to put down. Another megademo, Wonderland 3 got fixed: now the last part loads ok on any drive, the weird bug it did show in the past was a bad copy affair.

TCFS DemoBut now, let's hurtle to the real gem of this 3rd bunch, in which we definitely solve one of the most ancient mysteries in the Plus/4 scene.
For dozens years we only got one file of the vanished demo, the 14th part to be precise. Now, A.D. 2011, Moldi gives us a tangle of files, and they show to load each other. After a painstaking work of rebuilding, we've shown the final result to the original coder (ah, the power of Facebook!) and he approved it, recognizing it has been rebuilt exactly in the original shape.
Gentlemen: after 22 years in the dark, the TCFS Demo is here, a milestone of the scene! Dated September 1989, it has to be marked as one of the older megademos ever, only kept second by A Trip, a real hidden gem!

This is the complete list for the 3nd batch, enjoy all of them and wait for the fourth session:
Zoom, Zenei ABC, Videofeliratozo, Videofeliratozo Plus4, Videozo, Turbobasic +, Turbo Plus (version), Turbo-32000, TDD-player, Szamologep, Super Bongo, Sejtautomata, Rejtvenyszerk, Nyilvantarto, Lissajous, Letter Writer, Legiharc-modok, Johnny's Letter Writer, Johnny's Packer, Deli Compacker (HCS), Debil, Basic-packer (x2), Wave, Torpedo 3D, Titkosügynök (version), Szamtoto, Risiko, Reakcioidö, Pinball (Commodore), Biologia, Az Atom Szerkezete (part), Wonderland 3 (fix), TCFS Demo, To Be On Top (MB), The Mad Cat, Perpetual Lives Plus4, Megabass, Knight Rider 2, Kaufhaus Digi.
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Carrion's First Plus/4 Work
Posted by Luca on 2011-05-23
Landing In The VillageFew weeks after the fantastic Wonderland, the picture that has given an unchallenged victory at Busödore Party 2011 to Piesiu, here comes another great leader graphician from the C64 scene.
It's now the turn of Carrion/Miracles to show true arts on the Plus/4, releasing Landing In The Village, whose subject seems to be a translation of Carrion's arrival on the 264 series shores: an alien artifact getting in contact with an unaware village. He did this little gem converting the original NUFLI C64 picture into an interlaced Plus/4 MFLI, and both version has been released at the same time.
We're just able to feel the sparkles of a forthcoming friction between who will like it so much, and who will dislike it because of its second-hand...landing on our machine :) In any case, nobody should moan about this unexpected great piece of art, and we love discussions so much in the very end:) Waiting for a fully dedicated Plus/4 picture, welcome Carrion!
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YAPE 1.0.1 Is Out!
Posted by Chronos on 2011-05-22
After more than 8 months, at last. It certainly felt less than that. There are not many new features, but the support for the lightpen is certainly an interesting one. Note, that not the commercial joystick port variant (Trojan lightpen) is supported but a different one that plugged into the user (RS-232) port. It has better quality software support.

The changes in this release are:

- Homebrew user port lightpen support
- IEC drive directory mode now recognizes USR files (.USR extension)
- Win95 compatibility problem with the OPENFILENAME struct size fixed
- TED sound bug correction
- Watchpoint & monitor fixes
- Printer reverse mode bug fixed

You can grab the release at the usual place: Yape Homepage or check the Yape page.
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Moldi's Treasure 2/10 + Rare Italian Tape
Posted by Luca on 2011-05-22
GFW MegademoI'm so sorry, it's my fault, I know! Here comes the second-out-of-ten shootout, straight from the treasure chest that Moldi gave to us. A second bunch which has been uploaded on the archive more than a week ago, but you know lazyness and springtime are married since the beginning of the universe...oh well, better later than never ;)
The ace in the hole of this time no doubt is the retrieval of GFW Megademo. The whole scene have just seen part of this Guys From West's production in a onesided release which has been spreaded under the title Best of GFW Mega. We didn't know what killed the official version of this demo, which is one whole disk big in its original shape, hence please: any info is very welcome, even from the authors!
Other notable entries are: the early Leonardo version, claimed to be bugged (TLC will explain ;) ); the mysterious New$Reel #12 (alt), which is plausibly an alternative version of the issue 12 (why?); the correct diskside versions of Logo Paint (finally!) and Deluxe Driver V5.0; an alternative version of Unisoft's "Torpedó" coded by LEH that casts some doubt on which arguably is the version that has been commercially released on tape; last but not least, any info about the weird Emco utility will be welcome.

Olimpia 1 / EvadereOh, and a little add-on! A rare Italian Mantra Software compilation on tape has been bought from eBay and then archived as .TAP files. Olimpia 1 / Evadere includes two hacks: Olimpia 1 as hack of Olympiad by Tynesoft, and Evadere as hack of King Size Tennis.

This is the complete list for the 2nd batch, enjoy all of them and wait for the third session:
GFW Megademo, Partizans, Fighting Warrior (crack), Golden Baton (crack), Logical Ball (alt), Leonardo (alt), Manager (hu), Paint Cube, Spy Vs Spy I, Torpedó 10x10, Torpedo (Ivánka), Torpedó (Unisoft alt), Tutti Frutti 4, Tutti Frutti 5, Tutti Frutti 6, New$Reel #12 (alt), Shit News 01, 6-os Lotto, 12kb Auf Plus4, 64-kb-copy, Buvos Lampacskak, Drive Justage, Deluxe Driver V5.0 (fix), Emco, Loader 93, Logo Displayer V1.0, Logo Paint (fix), MC-Packer V1.1, MC-Packer V2.2, MC-Packer V3.1, Minimenu, Moldi Loader, Moldi-compresser V1.0, Moldi's Packer V3.0 (versions), Nail Board, News Editor V4.1 (versions), Orok-naptar, Oroknaptar V2.10, Print Shop. Reklam, Super Copy, Supermon Plus4, Textverarbeitung, Toto-lotto Tippek, Tramp Kid Map, Turbo Copy Disk Tape, Variaciós Lotto.
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A Rare Hungarian Tape Found
Posted by Csabo on 2011-05-16
Oszkar A LovagBear(tm) found another rare treasure: a copy of Oszkár A Lovag. This Hungarian game was not very well known in the scene. It got a rave review in Terror News 16, but other than that, no notable mentions. This is actually the first time we can confirm the name, as the crack was simply spread as "Oscar". The game itself is a tough platformer, guide your hero (Oscar The Knight) through 6 wings of a castle.

Check out the cover artwork and be envious :-) Big thanks to Bear(tm) for hunting this down and sending it to us!
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Moldi's Treasure 1/10
Posted by Luca on 2011-05-02
Spy CollectionThat's what we love about big meetings with several sceners: you can only gain more and more, in fun, knowledge, social skills...and treasures!

As you probably have read in the Busodore Party's Report, this time the chest keeper was Moldi. Going along with a very bright idea, he came in Mohács with an unique gem: a pendrive with his own Plus/4 collection on! Easy life in 2011, being able to move with you more than 400 disks into your palm.
In the later days, the archive has been under investigation for several days. And, in the very end, from that holy pendrive, we've extracted more than 400 previously unseen programs! Yes, no need to rub your eyes, we've written "400 unseen programs"!

Nyuszika Tanít 6Ok, let's clarify: what do we mean with unseen programs? Well...everything!
Into our toiled selection, there are ancestral demos, ridiculous FLI pic's attempts, BASIC written disk tools, level edited games, complete versions of previously incomplete stuff, obscure educational programs, great games which have been badly spreaded, missing b-sides, weird packers, famous users'games cracks...
With all these fantastic programs, our database will get very close to completeness once they'll get all in. They are a very big amount to be added in two or three batches. Hence, our view is this one: we will complete the entry in approx. ten batches, whereas one average batch contains about 40-45 of them. We will try to keep the batches balanced in genres and quality of the entries: several utilities, some demos, some games educationals and mags, with a couple of mainly remarkable programs over all.

So, let's start, this is the first bunch being sent out. The bigger surprise of this first date is with no doubt Spy Collection, the rare game collection in which Bag stored all the three Spy Vs Spy conversions from C64, with their music, cute intros, IRQ loader for 1541 and 1551 disk drives. A great one! We now have 6 entries of the Nyuszika Tanit educational games, and we also have found a 100% working version of Drive megademo, and the very rare b-side of Digi-mania. Blockout and Digiripper V1.0 have been fixed with the original disk versions.

This is the complete list for the 1st batch, enjoy all of them and wait for our second spitout:
Digi-mania (fix), Drive (fix), Nyuszika Tanít 2, Nyuszika Tanít 3, Nyuszika Tanít 4, Nyuszika Tanít 5, Nyuszika Tanít 6, Typing Teacher, Battle Axe (1541), Blockout (fix), POD (trainer), Powerball 2, Powerball 3, Rockman 4, Rockman 5, Rockman 6, Rockman 7, Rockman 8, Rockman 9, Rockman 10, Spy Collection, Tomb of Tarrabash (trainer), Tutti Frutti Games, Calendari (Editoriale Video), Compatible Turbo Tape, Digiripper V1.0 (fix), Lightpen Demo, Lightpen-drawing V3.0, Loncsi Turbo, Monitor V3.0, Multi Botticelli (version), Moldi's Set, Naptarkeszito, Plus/4 Disk Protector V1.0, Rajztábla 3 (crack), Szuper Katalogus V3.2, Time Killer V1.0, Time-printer 2.5, Tool Basic 7.0, Users Adress, W-man Packer, Wordpro +4 (version), Zak Wizzard V1.2, Digital Parts.
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Clone: A New Game From Skoro
Posted by Csabo on 2011-04-28
CloneHere a fresh new release through our most-reliable 0-day supplier, Chronos wink He received by mail on a disk and transferred it, so that we can all enjoy the new game.

Skoro of Assassins crew created Clone, a logical game. It's based on the C64 version but the implementation is his own. The task is familiar: match the left side of the board to the right. There are a few twists however, play it and see.

Big respects to Skoro for his continued work! Let's hope for even more releases this year!
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Easter's Bigger Surprise!
Posted by Luca on 2011-04-25
States UnitedHats off, because there's a new winner on the higher chair!
We've broken our Easter 2011 chocolate egg, and look what's jumped out from inside! After months of work, after having stolen time to that horrible stuff which is called "real life", Bauknecht and The Electronic Knights have managed to compete at Revision 2011 party in the Commodore 8bit Demos compo against the usual C64 releases. But, you can teach me, when coders like Mad and Degauss move in, you must expect something awesome only. And what about adding awesomeness thank to Decca and Nero on the graphic side? And if they added a solid trackloader coded by Krill/+H, real maestro in those business?
Exact, you told that to me, you got a winner: they've won the compo!

Plus/4 World's staff join all the blackbox aficionados in a whole big "congratulations" scream toward the two cooperating crews. At the moment, States United stays to the Plus/4 like "Batman Forever" trackmo stays to CPC users, and like "Edge of Disgrace" stays to C64 fans: both Bauknecht and The Electronic Knights set new higher levels in the TED's squeezing, with extreme FPP effects, realtime graphics'streching and hard drums'TED music by the noisy side. It's year 2011, and now we know there are some more world records to beat, again!

It sounds like a declaration of war, and that's for real! It's like a bloody message to all the old and new sceners, and the message looks brief:"beat me if you know how" it says!. We will wait for the next candidate for the crown. But till then, salute Decca, Nero, Mad and Degauss, kings of the hill with States United / BKN+TEK!
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Busodore Results and Releases
Posted by Csabo on 2011-03-10
Busodore 2011Apologies for the little delay, but the Busodore 2011 releases are finally here! The results have been available for a while on the forum. I'm sure everyone has checked it out this highly anticipated new stuff already, but if you haven't, do it now! Congratulations to all the sceners who managed to produce new releases for the party, it was a lot of fun to watch them all, even the ones that didn't win. A full party report from me will follow (hopefully soon) so stay tuned!
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Club Info 121 Is Here
Posted by Csabo on 2011-03-10
Club Info 121Erich/Unlimited has just sent us the latest issue of Club Info, the long-running German disk-mag. Some of you might be noticing that it did not come out in February (in the usual two-month), but rather now in March. To paraphrase Erich: "I won't be able to release Club Info every two months. I have a demanding job, family, I often write articles for newspapers, I am in the executive committee of a society, in the regional executive committee of a political party, I'm a local councilor in my home town, sometimes I even have to sleep... and then there is Club Info. I've decided that from now on, the magazine will be released every three months." Well, there you have it!

This issue has some new stuff: Dualhexe, Escape To Window and Quindici. On side B, there's also a map for the recently found game Mystery of Silver Mountain in Page-Setter format.
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Busodore Invitro Arrives!
Posted by Csabo on 2011-02-27
Busodore InvitroIt wouldn't be a real party without an invitro, so better late than never, the busodore organizers are here to present you I'm Old As You Can See! Be amazed what a humble Plus/4 can do :-) Bumpmapping, animated torus, all top-notch effects and a high-quality SID tune. What's not to love?

The invitro is also available as a downloadable AVI file here.

Be sure to check out the list of attendees. If this invitro doesn't make you want to attend on March 5th, nothing will!
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A new version of VICE is out
Posted by Gaia on 2011-02-20
After a long and marathonic beta-phase, version 2.3 of the popular multiplatform Commodore 8-bit machines emulator has been released yesterday. Here is the full list of changes having an impact on the plus/4:

** General

- Added x64sc, the accurate C64 emulator:
We believe x64sc is one of the most accurate C64 emulators at the
moment.
- Drive improvements, including weak bit emulation.
- Major reSID overhaul:
* Emulation of all known pipeline delays for full cycle accuracy.
* New shift register model based on revectorized die photograps.
* Accurate DAC models based on revectorized die photograps.
* Emulation of floating waveform DAC input for waveform 0.
* Advanced 6581 transistor level filter model based on revectorized
die photograps, yielding unprecedented accuracy.
- CRT Emulation (former "PAL emulation") is now available regardless of
video mode or -chip and works in all emulators.
NOTE: Color gamma range changed. You may need to set to 2.200 manually.
(ColorGamma=2200)
- Added "True aspect ratio" option.
- Sound buffer overflows reduced and the error replaced with a warning.
- Various monitor improvements (io details, expansion port status ...)
- Removed little used Emulator ID feature.
- VIA wrap handling rewritten to fix problems with timer 2.
- Added autostart option to do LOAD ,8 instead of ,8,1.
- Improved accuracy of CIA interrupts. (6526/6526A selectable)

** PLUS4 changes

- Fixed crashes in NTSC mode.
- Added v364 speech emulation.

As you can see, VICE folks have also implemented the emulation of the Toshiba T6721A speech chip and it is now featured in the plus/4 emulator.

Head on over to the Sourceforge webpage here. At the time of this writing only the source code is available, but a question of time and the binaries will be up there as well.
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Old Pieces Of Software Resurface
Posted by Csabo on 2011-02-15
Tubular BellsWhile digging through the disk archives we found some old demos, games and utilities that haven't been added to our site. Some of the notables ones are as follows: Tubular Bells, a classic Mucsi conversion (how did we miss this, when the 2nd part was listed?). Two lesser known Doky demos: Video Demo and Musics of Demos. (Were these really made 21 years ago? My, we're getting old.)

Head on over to the New Stuff page to see what's up, you may find something you haven't seen before. Big thanks to Luca for digging most of these up and doing the quiet administrative work. Be sure to keep checking your old disks and tapes for more lost treasures!
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2011 - Year Of The Bunny
Posted by Csabo on 2011-02-14
Bunny-2011According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2011 is the year of the Rabbit. To celebrate it, Litwr released a small demo, featuring a cute bunny. The original image was drawn by an amateur girl artist. IstvanV's p4fliconv was used for the conversion. Check it out!

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone :-)
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4 New TLT Digis Arrive
Posted by Csabo on 2011-02-10
Cool-Tiesto-MixA little late, but 4 TLT digi demos from 2010 finally made their way to Plus/4 World. Hifi continues the tradition of releasing digi demos, here they are in order: Cool-Tiesto-Mix, Retro-Snap, Rockon T-Rex and Sargazsiguli. Check them out! Thanks to Skoro and Chronos for supplying us with these warez!
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Old Hungarian Stuff Found
Posted by Luca on 2011-02-04
Rajztabla 3We at Plus/4 World are traditionally eager for discovering obscure commercial software, hence we feel happy when someone spots out old tapes in order to bring 'em back. This is Lacus' time to recover both sides of Szuperturbo, an Hungarian compilation of two tape turbos: Dataturbo*15 and 15-Turbo Plus/4. He has also found Rajztábla 3, a joystick driven bitmap drawing tool written in BASIC, previously known by all of us simply as "Rajztábla". Do earlier versions exist too? Only time will tell, but since we have so clever software archaeologists like Lacus, we await future updates about this tool.
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Exomizer 2.0 Final
Posted by Csabo on 2011-01-31
We're a bit late reporting this, but here it is just in case. Exomizer, the popular cross-platform cruncher has reached a "final" release this month. The latest beta was release about two and a half years ago. Exomizer has been used in many of the recently released Plus/4 productions, so coders will want to update their copy.

Big cheers to Magnus Lind, the author, for this fantastically useful utility!
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Happy New Year - Hires Color 5
Posted by Csabo on 2011-01-03
Hires Color 5Erich/Unlimited official kicks off the 2011 Plus/4 release list with Hires Color 5. Hires Color is a series of picture shows with one release each year. You'll find 32 images on the two disk-sides, all images are using the hi-res graphics mode. The picture show uses the Magica driver.

Let's hope that 2011 will be another game, demo and contest filled blast for the Commodore Plus/4. We'd like to see many more cool release on our platform!
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Club Info 120 Arrives
Posted by Csabo on 2010-12-04
Club Info 120Erich/Unlimited starts off the new releases in December with the latest issue of Club Info. Side A is filled with various German-language articles. There are tips and tricks, game descriptions, a user's guide to 3D Construction Kit etc. Side B has recently released stuff as well as some new releases: Maths Battle, Hman +4 and Thunderbird Digi among others. Check it out!
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"Adventures in Time" published by Psytronik
Posted by Luca on 2010-11-21
Some months have passed since the freeware release of Adventures in Time, and now it's the turn of the announced commercial release.

Adventures in Time has just been released by Psytronik in both Premium and Budget disk editions, respectively priced £8,99 and £4,99.
The Psytronik re-release contains some slight changes and fixes:
- a little unremarkable fix about raster when the player "falls" into another room;
- the Psytronik logo, it flips in the title screen and it's been shown in the intro too;
- some little gfx elements added in the very first rooms;
- a pause/quit feature (on key ESC).

Buy now your copy of Adventures in Time on Binary Zone Store page!

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Come To Busodore!
Posted by Csabo on 2010-11-17
BusodoreWe're here to announce a new 8-bit demoparty: Busodore! The party is organized by Csio/Monarchy, and it will take place in Mohács, Hungary (the hometown of Muffbusters!). The date for the party is the first weekend of March: 2011/03/05-06. There's not a lot of details at the moment since the page is up to confirm if there is interest. We certainly hope there is, so sign up now if you think you can make it!
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Monarchy Rulez - Pimp My Part!
Posted by Csabo on 2010-11-04
Everyone's "favourite" demogroup from Hungary (Monarchy) has just launched their new website! It's available in Hungarian and another language closely resembling English (German translation is promised to be in the works). You can find out everything you wanted to know (and things you didn't want to know) about all members of the group.

More good news: they have just launched a new compo called Pimp My Part. You are given an unfinished demopart by Derrick, your task - should you choose to accept it - is to pimp it up. This new entry will self desctruct in... Wait, never mind that. Sounds like a fun project, here's to hoping we'll see lots of entries!
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Perfect Visions 2
Posted by Csabo on 2010-10-22
Perfect Visions 2The Hungarian freax continue to dominate the demoscene with new releases! Ati is here to kick off the weekend with a brand new demo: Perfect Visions 2! In our count, it's the 12th demo released this year. It's the follow up to 2004's Perfect Visions. The author packed 3 demoparts into 64K once again, and this time there's a TED tune accompanying the visuals.

Download it, dim the lights, break out some popcorn and enjoy! Big respects to Ati for and to everyone else: don't forget to vote!
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Club Info 119
Posted by Csabo on 2010-10-17
Club Info 119The October issue of the bi-monthly German disk-mag is here: Erich/Unlimited just send us Club Info 119. Dig up those dictionaries and start translating (well, unless you speak German that is :-)).

Side A is filled with articles and Side B contains new and recently released goodies. Here's a quick rundown: PI-RECHTECKMETHODE / PI-ARCHIMEDES / PI-MONTE CARLO (three utilities for calculating the value of Pi), LA FOSSA DEI SERPENTI (missing software from the italian "Papersoft" 19/1985), SATELLITE LANDER (a game from Australia), HURKLE (converted from the PET by Erich) and I. U. ERMITTELT (a text-quiz from Lukian). Check out this fresh release and enjoy!
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"Uwol: Quest for Money" for Commodore 16!
Posted by Luca on 2010-10-15
UwolThe point here is: when you begin, you can't stop it! Kichy did it again!

The guy's on fire, you can see it crystal clear, the guy's totally on fire. And what did he take to all of us this time? Yes, another unexpected wonder: under the usual label Assassins, Kichy has converted the classic platform game originally coded on ZX Spectrum by The Mojon Twins, called Uwol: Quest for Money.
Jump run and pick coins into the creepy rooms of a doomed pyramid, avoid the foes and the seeking ghost, fight against time and falldowns, choose your own route into the pyramid. You'll be free once you get outside with 256 or more coins, or you'll be forced to walk around forever!

Kichy's Uwol conversion falls into the preexisting releases for Commodore 64 and SEGA Genesis, but it's more than a simple conversion: the game has been squeezed into one single file, being playable on Commodore 16/116/Plus4 (less than 15K!), regardless the original game's size. It has been a big work of choices, cutoffs, recoding and redrawing. But he got success at last: Uwol is officially a C16 release, as it perfectly works on every 264 series machine! This is a result to celebrate, and there's no better way to do that than with a wonderful original intro jingle conversion performed by Csabo/LOD, powered with TED+digi in order to rock the drums more!

Download Uwol, both on disk and tape!
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YAPE 1.0 Arrives
Posted by Csabo on 2010-09-13
Today we're celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the massively popular Commodore Plus/4 Emulator: YAPE. Read Gaia's words (shamelessly lifted from the YAPE homepage):
Exactly 10 years has passed since the first public alpha (or rather: WIP) of YAPE saw the light of day. It is just as unbelievable as it can get... sheesh. It started off as an attempt at a more intelligent disassembler when I realized how much fun it really is to learn the hardware AND C++ programming at the same time while dealing with my all time favourite hobby. I thought this anniversary would be also a nice opportunity to abandon the rather clumsy versioning I have been following in the past. Anyway I have not got much time to make a long rant here, so you will be spared :-)

The main changes in the aptly named - 10 years old - 1.0 compared to 0.86 are as follows:
  • 32-bit and automatic bitdepth option in fullscreen mode (8 bit full screen mode might be slow under newer Windoze's)
  • copy & paste to/from the clipboard now respects upper/lower case mode
  • partially implemented 48 bps mode of the T6721A speech LSI
  • G64 image support is no longer read only (yay, at last)
  • reading from open address space
  • plenty of bugfixes (drive, TED, autostart, monitor etc.)
Of course 1.0 not to mean Yape is ready and will be abandoned. A piece of software never really is. Head on over to the downloads section while it's still warm.
Cheers to Gaia for his awesome work, we all benefit from it. If you've been wondering how you could repay all the enjoyment you've got for free... Look no further than the "Donate!" button on the left side on the YAPE Homepage!
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Botticelli Bilderdisk 35
Posted by Csabo on 2010-09-06
Botticelli Bilderdisk 35September is here, and off to a good start in the world of Plus/4: Erich/Unlimited just released Botticelli Bilderdisk 35. The new addition to this series continues the usual way: you get to enjoy two disk sides worth of converted multicolor pictures, using the Magica driver. Check it out and enjoy!
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Are You A Maze Maniac?
Posted by Luca on 2010-08-22
MaziacsThe noble art of converting games from other machines comes again in the year 2010 with its spotless aura of approval.

This time it's because of Kichy/ASN, which has considered as very addictive and fun Maziacs, an old (1983!) ZX Spectrum game with its relative incarnations on Commodore 64 and MSX too. You play the role of a brave treasure hunter in search of the treasure box buried somewhere in a randomly generated maze teemed with horrible monsters which unfortunately have humans in their dietrician's prescription. Leashed prisoners will help you about the best path to walk to, and there's food too in order to set up your energy. Swords can be picked up in order to be sure to overcome a fighting monster, but remember: you can handle either the sword or the treasure box at one time! The challenge is: take the treasure back in the minimum number of moves, and you'll be awarded by score.

Download Maziacs now, and try to master the advanced levels. Once more time: simpler plays better!
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Two New Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2010-08-21
QuiwiTerra NovaWe're going to switch gears for a moment: let's take a break from all the new releases and go back to our cover collection. Our mailbox received two unexpected but very welcome gifts from two German Plus/4 fans. Let's see what we got:

First up, Deacon has in his collection a copy of Quiwi, specifically the tape version we've been looking for. The blue style Kingsoft cover is now up (along with a photo of the tape). Second, Stefan (stnow) noticed that our Terra Nova page was still asking for a full size cover. This is an excellent Plus/4 game, and it definitely deserves the original artwork to be shown in it's full glory. Thanks to Stefan, this is now done. Check it out and enjoy!

Big thanks once again for the covers, guys! Our calling still stands: be sure to send us any new/missing Plus/4 related material.
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Let's Club The Info Like 118 Times!
Posted by Csabo on 2010-08-05
Club Info 118That headline took care of all my urges of being silly, so let's get down to the serious business of what's new in the World of Commodore Plus/4. Hailing from Germany, Erich/Unlimited is here with the latest issue of the longest-running diskmag on our platform: Club Info. Issue 118 doesn't stray far from the usual pattern: side a is filled (German language) articles, while side b sports new and recently released goodies. Among these are: Kalah, Number Inversion, Solitario and Rechnerei 004. Check out this fresh release and enjoy!
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Methabolix's Secret Weapons
Posted by Luca on 2010-07-29
Metapharstic 96Summer's cleanout for everyone!
After the Scorpions and Gentlemen's lost gems, it's Methabolix turn. Unreal has decided to spit out several uncompleted stuff which has been left asleep into his disks. The bigger one this time is Metapharstic 96, the unfinished trackmo which seems to be nothing less than a sort of early version of the most famous Metapharstic 80%. Moreover, he also has found 2 different alternative intros for that trackmo: Metapharstic Alternative Intro V2 and Metapharstic Alternative Intro V4!

And from the game side, here come two game previews which have never been finished.
Ice-Age looks like a first engine for a classic arcade adventure game. A legend says that Logical Game has been coded by Beast in one single night, and it appears to be 80% ready! 5 levels ready, it stucks at game over screen and misses several refinements, but the rest is ok and ready to go.

Last but not least, Methapage 01 would have been the first issue of the one and only Methabolix's disk magazine, after the Terror News handover, but at that time it looked like a no future enterprise.

Stay tuned, 'coz this seems to be a first strike only, with more to come!
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Achievement Unlocked: SCN News 100%
Posted by Csabo on 2010-07-26
SCN News 26The Arok party is over, so we're back to the usual routine of scene hibernation working hard. Anyway, today Ati is here with two gifts. After wrestling with his tape device, he eventually managed what no-one could before: a working backup of SCN News 26 and Lunacy 3. This makes the former mag complete (after all this time)! It seems we're still missing the 8th part of the latter, though it's also possible that number 8 was simply skipped. Nevertheless, enjoy these two, and then go back to working hard on those new Plus/4 games/demos/utilities!
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Árok Party #12: Afterparty
Posted by Luca on 2010-07-19
Sabrina Digi 2010Csio confirmed his promise!
After few hours only from the party release, which was marked as "80%", he did the final version of Sabrina Digi 2010, much clean and with a feature which allows you to stop plasma and listen to better digi sound!
Don't miss it!
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Árok Party #12: Our Results
Posted by Luca on 2010-07-18
Oldschool 2Árok Party 2010 is over, and all the dices have just been thrown: the Plus/4 has been involved in two entries, both in the 8bit Demo Competition. Unreal competed in the Graphics Compo too, but with a C64 picture.

Oldschool 2 by Skoro/ASN won the 8bit Demo Compo: several FLD/FPD/FPP effects, FLI plasmas, an original view on line morphing, big fast Kefrens, great graphics and SID music persuaded the jury. We're so proud because of this, our big congrats to Skoro and his co-workers, that's a stunning piece of code!

The 2nd ranked in the 8bit Demo Compo is another cute Plus/4 entry. Sabrina Digi 2010 80%, is a little cooperation digi demo, visuals by Csio/MHY and digi tune by Luca/FIRE. Tagged as "80%", Csio has promised to achieve a full version improving sound and cleaning up the whole stuff, in the very next days.
You can read the complete results on the official Árok site, where you'll find several links to party pictures album (don't miss'em!). Waiting for loooong reports from attendands to read about who/what/where directly from the party core!Sabrina Digi 2010 80%

Congratulations again to all the developers, organizers, attendands which have shown once again their passion, stealing time to work family childrens and real life in general, and in particular to the Commodore Plus/4 scene guys which have demonstrated once again how cool they are. Looking forward to... Árok Party 2011, the 13th edition!
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Arok Demoscene Party 2010 - Hungary
Posted by Chronos on 2010-06-28
As you probably know, the biggest hungarian 8 bit demoscene meeting is almost here! You can check everything at the party's homepage
Arok Homepage. More important for us, that TLC is going to the party and offers fast,live Commodore Plus4 service, 8501 replaces, and other ways to bring your old commie to life again (Please contact him in the forum before the partydate about details!) You can expect some fresh new Commodore Plus4 releases as it rumoured..

This year there will be a live concert by the SIDRIP ALLIANCE (formed by c64 musicians), and last but not least the organizers offers veeery loud SID music for all your ears... Be there!

Date: 16-18th July, 2010
Place: Gym of Primary School at Ajka-Ajkarendek / Hungary

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Adventure Games Continue To Be Unsolved
Posted by Csabo on 2010-06-27
A little while ago last year I mentioned the date June 27 in a news post. Does anyone remember that? No? Even so, I feel compelled to post a little follow up.

Today all adventure games would be solved - if each day just one person added one solution. We did make some progress (most notably almost all Hungarian games are now solved), but there's more to be done. So be sure to contribute - or ask someone if you'd like to but can't or don't know how. And keep solving those adventures!
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New Old Demos
Posted by Csabo on 2010-06-19
Xmas 1994Ati found some old Gentlemen releases lying around and sent it to us. That means you get not one, not three and a half, not five million, but SEVEN new old demos to check out! Some of them appear to be unreleased ones. Here's the list: Game Pic's 1, Logo Stretcher, Messages Digi, Scroll Demo (GS), Soho Party, Visions Digi, Xmas 1994.

Rounding off the list is one that I bumped into in the disk archives: Heyy Guys by Sensor/NST was previously missing. Just goes to show you: keep your eyes open and don't stop digging for old treasure!
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AustroSimple
Posted by Csabo on 2010-06-08
Shortly after the news of AustroSpeed being decompiled comes something even more exciting. MikeZ has figured out pretty much all the mysteries of the Austro protection. Intrigued? Read on!

The original Austro had a copy protection "dongle" that plugged into the user port. As soon as the first menu appeared and the user selected drive configurations, Austro did a GOSUB to a dongle reading routine. It PEEKed at FD1X, looking for the bit setting of the dongle. If it was not found, then the first Austro menu repeated forever.

RAVEN created the wedge to insert a JMP $0353 in the Austro run-time interpreter (RTI) in the place where above PEEK is done. This way he could emulate the correct dongle setting and the program would advance to the second menu. This worked, but the approach is flawed. Austro copies its own run-time into whatever C/PRG it compiles. Thus every compiled program carried that JMP $0353 code!

Here's where SVS' wedger comes in. It adds the code to the compiled programs so that when they do jump to $0353, there's valid code there. Until now, it's been said that this wedger is not always necessary, but no one knew why...

The reason that the wedge is only necessary sometimes in a C/PRG is because the said jump is in the PEEK execution. If you
don't use PEEK, then you shouldn't need the wedge! So far no other places have been found, likely this is the only one.

MikeZ continues:

"Now, I was able to see all this because I have my decompiled austroBASIC to look at. RAVEN must have somehow decompiled the dongle GOSUB in order to create the wedge. But I don't think he ever saw what I will now tell. If he did see it, why bother with the wedge?

I studied the dongle GOSUB further and I discovered that the decomp prg I used could not decomp the first byte of the dongle GOSUB. It REM'd it so the decompilation would continue.

The mysterious byte is $3A, which is a legal P-Code that has no BASIC keyword/token equivalent. It has an executable location in the Austro RTI, and its function is basically the same as "NOP" in ML. It came to me to just substitute the P-Code "1D" - RETURN - for the "3A". This immediately bypassed the dongle check!

No need for the crack wedge, no need for the corrupted RTI within every C/PRG produced all these years. I removed the JMP $0353 from the RTI and at Austro P-Code location $4EE0 replaced "3A" with "1D" and we now have a clean and free and compiled AUSTROSIMPLE!"


Well, there you have it. If you're itching to give this a try, just head on to the Austrospeed Compiler page to find the download. Keep in mind that this is in Beta stage. It would be helpful if others could test this as well, so give it a try. Kudos to MikeZ for this amazing discovery!
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Club Info 117
Posted by Csabo on 2010-06-03
Club Info 117The third Club Info issue of 2010 is here to quench your thirst of summer releases! Erich/Ultd packed the two disk sides with a lot of goodies: the German language articles have reviews and tips for some of the latest games (e.g. Adventures in Time and Olticrun), jokes and a lot of other information. Side B has some new stuff: Dir-Druck 2spalt, Potenzrechner, Supermind (a previously missing game), Tower of Evil +4, Tuerme Von Pompeji and others. Fire up that old Plus/4 (or an emulator) and dig in!
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AustroSpeed Fully Decompiled!
Posted by Csabo on 2010-05-15
AustroSpeed CompilerMikeZ sent us word that AustroSpeed Compiler has been decompiled to a fully working pure BASIC version. The purpose is to provide a source file for anyone who wants to change how AustroSpeed works. He hopes that someone will take advantage of what he has done to make the Plus/4 AustroSpeed version much better than it currently is.

The new ZIP file can be found on the program's detail page, replacing the previous "extra" package. Also included is an Excel file containing MikeZ's P-code listing, and an important readme file (be sure to check it out). Kudos to MikeZ for his excellent work, enjoy!
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A New PETSCII Arcade Adventure!
Posted by RoePipi on 2010-05-01
OlticrunOut- no. It's Olticrun. Oltik (because his name ends in a "k") hops into his "agent-style" little red car and drives off to uncover the "suspicious material at a nearby factory" case. The game is for the Commodore 16, but it has more (6 static and 3 types of scrolling) levels, dialogue, explosions, some extra graphics, and it can be played with re-definable keys or with a single joystick, without the need to reach for the keyboard. It's a tribute to Oltic. But what does it do with the original game?
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J!
Posted by Luca on 2010-04-23
Adventures In Time JJumping has never been harder, dodging has never been harder too. We need a better device!

That's because, by popular demand, Adventures In Time is now upgraded to J! Save the whole universe using your joystick now!
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New Game Released: Adventures In Time!
Posted by Luca on 2010-04-22
Adventures In TimeThe dice has been thrown, but the world doesn't know it...yet!
A disastrous distortion in the time flow needs to be ignited only, the infernal machine awaits for you, a curious yellow snorkel-shaking bouncy thing, during your free walk in the woods. And it has got its bet back, you pushed that damn button!
Will you pass out like a nerdy crybaby, or will you push till becoming a real hero?

After the weird retina-striking advertising performed with the release of Time Travel Slideshow, Kichy of Assassins is very proud to present this little cute undemanding platform game: Adventures In Time! Luca/FIRE helped him here and there, with some animated characters and an intense usage of TED sound.
Get your dangerous trip into several evocative rooms, dodging nasty foes, avoiding lava water and acid pits, and jumping on the right walls to reach the machine and stop it. Improve your skills, reaching higher levels in your time traveller's ranking, try it better and better!
Assassins leave the challenge to you right now!
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YAPE Gets Watchpoints
Posted by Csabo on 2010-04-15
Gaia has just released an updated version of YAPE, the popular Commodore Plus/4 emulator. Version 0.86 has two big improvements. First, users can now set watchpoints (read, write, execute) in the built-in emulator monitor. This feature will no doubt be very popular among those who still hack the Plussy and its software. Second, there have been many improvements made to how full screen mode works. Get all the details and the download link from the official YAPE homepage!
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Blazin' Balls - Trailblazer Reborn for new Generation on Xbox 360!
Posted by MIK on 2010-04-10
Blazin' BallsAlong Time Ago on a Commodore not so far way...

Shaun Southern's classic Trailblazer, one of the most loved games and the biggest surprise of it's time fell out of the sky from no where Christmas 1986. It made our jaws hit the floor because for the first time we had something very unique and special on a machine you would of thought it impossible. Indeed we are talking about the most colourful, breakneck speed of chess board tiled flooring game since Sega gave birth to Space Harrier the arcades!

Trailblazer was here to test our 8bit reflexes to the limit and the fan's flocked in their 1000's to play it, (on a C64 maybe) but it's one title that has stayed in our hearts for as long as we can count the grey hairs on our head! One such Plus/4 enthusiast DrMistry of Mstar Games has set about making his very own version for XBOX 360 called Blazin' Balls. Once again the Cosmic Causeway is in play as well as the endless chasms of doom and all the colour floor tiles you know and love, but this time things have been taken up a gear with DrMistry adding his own spice to the mix. For the first time you now have coins to collect along the way adding to the challenge for those high score freaks among you! There is also a new ball bounce mechanics in play allowing you to jump higher if you have the skills to pull them off and new to the game is an earthquake like tile which shakes the screen and the floor starts to shrink before your very eyes!! Just like the original this is pure arcade gaming heaven and for only 80mps from the Xbox 360 marketplace this is like taking candy away from a babies hand at that crazy price! Two years in the making and a brand new machine with HDTV 720p support to play it on! What are you waiting for... The original Custom Sound track??? Make your own. :)

In the mean time head on over to the official Xbox 360 Marketplace to find out more. Link: Blazin' Balls
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Myth Beats Politics
Posted by Luca on 2010-04-09
BusopunchBeing a citizen too, a scener has to raise his voice, debating his own views in the public and social matter, be a participating element in his nation's politics.

On the occasion of the first election turn in Hungary (will be held in April 11), Monarchy (who else?) takes its position, releasing Busopunch, a little placid stand-taking production, which explains the group's point of view about the weakness that many people noticed around this event. The matter has been afforded...with a taste of local folklore, as you can see.

Thanks Csio, your faith in politics will be very appreciated ;)
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SVS Ultimate Map Updated To Version 1.6
Posted by SVS on 2010-04-08
SVS has released the new version of main Plus/4 software info source: Ultimate map. A lot of little improvements and bugfixings.
You can download it from here.
(Ultimate Map has been downloaded 1570 times till current date!)

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Conan Comics Preview
Posted by Csabo on 2010-04-08
Conan Comics PreviewHot on the tails of the update from SVS, MMS is back again with another picture show. Conan Comics Preview features the late John Buscema's artwork, it's a part of Conan: The Garden Of Death And Life. Love it? Hate it? Let your opinions be heard, the author would be happy to receive any feedback. Enjoy!
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Happy Easter From Team Unlimited: Club Info 116
Posted by Csabo on 2010-04-04
Club Info 116Erich/Ultd is sending a "Happy Easter" to all Plus/4 fans with their new release: Issue 116 of Club Info is here. Non-german speakers can flip to side b of the disk to find - among other things - the following: Stonloader, Schnueffler, Slot 16, Fiammiferi (German), and a new version of Zagan Warrior (Ultd). Enjoy!
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Hires Color 4
Posted by Csabo on 2010-03-07
Hires Color 4The first news of the month comes once again from Erich: he just released the 4th installment of the Hires Color series. The two disk sides contain a total of 32 converted high resolution images, using the Magica viewer. Check it out!
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Club Info 115 Arrives
Posted by Csabo on 2010-02-13
Club Info 115Erich/Ultd just released the latest issue of Club Info, the long-running German language diskmag. The regulars will know the routine, but we'll still mention it: side a is packed with German language articles, while side b has assorted software. The new releases from side b are: Cross-Reference, Rechnerei 003, Firefox (Basic) and Nim/C. Check it out!
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3 New Digi Demos From TLT
Posted by Csabo on 2010-02-10
Happy New Year 2010Tron Lamer Team is back to doing what they do best: releasing digi demos. They released 3 new ones for you listenning pleasure. The first is Happy New Year 2010 (we're a bit late with that one). The other two are Nik Kershaw and Supermax. Check them out and enjoy!
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Commodore Free 36 Now Online
Posted by Csabo on 2010-02-03
As the news title says, the latest issue of Commodore Free is now online! Download it today, there are a few interesting things for the Plus/4 enthusiast: an interview with Mike Dailly, a C16 programming article and mentions of the recently released RoePipi games.
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SVS-Calc Goes To 1.5
Posted by Luca on 2010-01-18
SVS-Calc 1.5...And in the beginning of year 2010, the best 8bit spreadsheet tool ever gets higher!
Yes, the author, SVS/FIRE, decided to improve his best piece of code, unleashing the serious nature of Plus/4, and now we have SVS-Calc V1.5!

Apart of tons of needed bugfixes, there are several new features to discover:
- complete scientific notation is now allowed in any cell with auto-reduced notation;
- grid can be reduced in order to have full view of your sheet;
- formulas can now use external values stored on disk;
- paste special;
- emulators' synchronized digital clock with alarm;
- and much more! (...even an Easter egg!)
Look at the Youtube Ad to get a picture of what you can expect from it.
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First Release Of 2010!
Posted by Csabo on 2010-01-05
HN2010YCLitwr is here to surprise all of you with a little demonstration of the graphics capabilities of the Plus/4:
Happy New Year!

I have to humbly present my first and probably the last demo: HN2010YC. The presented dot drawing subroutine is about 5-6 times faster than BASIC PAINT and maybe several hundreds times faster than BASIC DRAW for single dots. Excuse me absence of sound and other effects. This demo is still raw but if I begin to polish it then it would be probably never released.
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New VICE Version Released
Posted by Csabo on 2009-12-29
We're a few days behind announcing the new version of VICE, the multi-platform, multi-computer emulator. This version finally brings some improvements to the Plus/4 emulation:
  • Added Digibooster SID Cart add-on emulation.
  • Added SID Cart joystick port emulation.
  • Fixed bug in tape recording.
  • Improved graphics handling.

That last line is the most promising. After running some quick tests, indeed there are some noticeable improvements. Demoparts that contain FLI effects seem more stable, and Sinx+Siny is partially working. Unfortunately even though those particular pieces of software look better, they are still not properly emulated. For our scene, this leaves VICE behind Plus4Emu and YAPE. Still, we send our thanks to the VICE team and hope for better Plus/4 emulation in the future!
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Merry Christmas To All From MMS!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-12-22
MMS Xmas 2009MMS released a new demo in time for the holidays: a little greeting to everyone on the scene. I'd like to join in and say Happy Holidays to all! Check out MMS Xmas 2009 and enjoy!
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A Few Hungarian Programs
Posted by Csabo on 2009-12-21
BetüpókerWe have updates for you about 3 Hungarian programs for the Commodore 16. Lacus recently got his hands on two tapes (via Vatera.hu, a Hungarian auction site) and he's sharing his new treasures with us. First we now have Betüpóker, a previously missing game. Second, we now have an alternate cassette cover for Karakter-szerkesztő. Finally, RoePipi found a game called Kisvasút, which was a type-in, but the source is currently not known. Check them out!
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New Picture Show From MMS
Posted by Csabo on 2009-12-16
Iron MaidenMMS recently released a new Iron Maiden themed picture show: Iron Maiden. (Sorry for the delay in announcing this release!) Check out two disk-sides worth of FLI, HFLI and IHFLI pictures. The author sends special thanks to István Varga for his fantastic converter program. He also recommends using the fastest emulation mode (if you're viewing it on an emulator), since each picture is 170 blocks. Enjoy!
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'Tis the season to be gaming... Fingers Malone Remake
Posted by Chicken on 2009-12-15
Fingers Malone RemakeHomeGnome announced in the forum yesterday that his Fingers Malone remake (which was in the news before while still in development) has reached v1.0 status.
For those who have followed the work in progress this might not come as much of a surprise but the finished game is a nice one indeed. Invite Blinky, Sparky, Thingy and Wotsit for a round of nostalgia with a fresh new look. Download is available here.

Update:
HomeGnome already released a new version which is a bit easier and also features an additional music. Download for that version is available here.
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Club Info 114
Posted by Csabo on 2009-12-10
Club Info 114The latest issue of Club Info is here! Erich/Unlimited packed two disks sides full of German articles and new or recent releases. On side B you will find: Weihnacht, Merge (Einf), Disketten Pruefer by Lukian, Triple Play - a game from Australia, Toss and Indiana Jones Demo - converted by Erich. Download it and check it out!
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Service Communication
Posted by Luca on 2009-12-02
At the moment, the forum (including news comments feature) seems to be out of action, and Csabo is on vacation.
We will wait for him, then everything will get well, of course. Be patient, in the meantime use PMs intensively ;)

Update: The forum is working again, sorry for the downtime.
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New Slideshow From Assassins
Posted by Luca on 2009-12-01
Time Travel SlideshowOne of the best graphicians around in the Plus/4 scene, is back with a little cute slideshow demo.
Kichy of Assassins is back on the keys, to unveil and let us ponder on a hard concept: the notion of Time, a theoretical construct which has been closely studied by philosophers of all ages.
Time Travel Slideshow pictures collection represents his own 8bit view about the argument, in order to take a look at it carefully in any aspect. Let's look carefully, then.
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Our Brand New Plus/4 Archive
Posted by Luca on 2009-11-24
Othersi.deIt was the year 1994: everything had born with the Delta System's FTP repository, which had shown it was possible to store swap and spread Plus/4 stuff via Internet. That repository had been enlarged, becoming the Rulez.org Plus/4 Archive, fulcrum for any user. Unfortunately the historical Hungarian archive can be updated no more, and it rested frozen since March 2008.

These days we've put online the 3rd incarnation, and thanks to Chicken which has made it possible by offering his own free FTP space!
Othersi.de is now our main reference Internet archive, continued exactly from where Rulez.org has stopped, and it's right now the largest existent 264 software archive in the whole WWW, from where you can easily pick up all the Plus/4 related demos, games, documents, tools and magazines.
As for the past Rulez.org era, Luca will keep it updated, reporting all the changes and variations into the appropriate .txt files you can find in the upper folder.

So, welcome Othersi.de! Ready to start again!
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Botticelli Bilderdisk 34
Posted by Csabo on 2009-11-21
Botticelli Bilderdisk 34Erich/Unlimited is keeping the scene alive during these release-starved days: he just released Botticelli Bilderdisk 34. Check out this picture show of two disk sides, containing 32 multicolor pictures using the Magica driver.
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Novotrade Promotional Material
Posted by Csabo on 2009-11-17
Lacus once again found something interesting: we have added the releavant page scans of a promotional material booklet from Novotrade. Simply titled "Ajánlat" (Offerings), it lists all their releases for Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4 and a few other insignificant platforms no-one could possibly be interested in. Unfortunately the listings only include the program names and suggested retail price, the product codes aren't there. Still, at least the archive hunters will know what is still missing, what to look for.

Lacus also managed to create a working TAP file for Hidra. From that we were able to create a proper PRG crack which works on a regular Commodore 16, replacing the previous broken program file. Enjoy!
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New Version Of Thrust!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2009-11-13
ThrustWe have some great new contributions to the site, from none other than Matt Young, who coded the C16 port of the classic Thrust!

Apparently Thrust was originally released with a bug in the scrolling, and although Matt was able to fix it, this version never saw the light of day...until now! Having transferred his original code off his 5.25" disks, he has released a revised version of Thrust, which not only has greatly improved scrolling, but also includes built-in cheats for infinite lives and fuel, as well as invulnerability and a level select!

And if that's not enough, he has also released the game's source code as well!

Both downloads are on the Thrust page. Many thanks to Matt for all this stuff, enjoy!
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New Uploads
Posted by Csabo on 2009-11-12
We have to additions to the database this time: Rüdiger scanned the 8-page German booklet that accompanies Two To One by Kingsoft. As far as we know, sadly this game was the last commercial release by a large software company for the Commodore Plus/4. The sign of the times also shows on the booklet: the instructions list the Plus/4, but also Amiga and even IBM PC. Another interesting fact about this game is that since it came on the market so late, it wasn't very well known, and some members of the Hungarian demogroup EVS actually converted from C64 what is essentially the same game: Magnet-X.

Second, Lacus found another Hungarian educational program: Teljes Hasonulás. We have the two part TAP file, no cover as of yet. It's unlikely that any more youngsters will actually learn from this oldie, but it does present the subject matter (grammar in this case) in a playful, colorful way with some background music. Big thanks for these guys!
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New Cover Scan And TAP Files!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-11-07
MozgasLacus is back again with a few rare goodies straight outta Hungary. First we have Mozgás (Motion), an educational program package in 5 chapters. It teaches areas such as speed, average speed, relativity of movement, free fall and vibrations. This product bears the code "ED 74", one more missing piece found! The second interesting addition is the original TAP file for A hős lovag (The Heroic Knight), an adventure game. With this file, the archive for that game is finally complete. By the way, it's from Brazil, who is thanked on the loading screen of the game. Finally we have one more new addition: Fizikai Mérések (Physics Measurements). We've known about this release for a long time, since it was added to the database back in 2004, but we now have a TAP file for it. (Still no cover, but it's a start!)

Big thanks to Lacus for these! Be sure to be on the lookout for old treasures: our archive is still not complete!
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New Fingers Malone Remake In The Works!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-11-02
Fingers Malone RemakeHomeGnome sent us word that he is working on a new Fingers Malone remake for the PC. You can follow the development process here (in Hungarian). From the preview images it looks pretty neat! The current development plans show playable levels by the end of this month.

This brings up an interesting question: does anyone know if the author should ask permission from anyone before releasing this game? If so, should it be the author (Doug Turner, who posted on our forum before), or the company who released the game? Talk it out on the forum!
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New Cover Scan
Posted by Csabo on 2009-10-28
Logikai ÁramkörökWe haven't had new cover scans added in a while. To remedy this situation, Lacus sent us a little surprise: Logikai Áramkörök (Logic Circuits) is another missing piece of our puzzle. We mentioned before that while we pretty much have all the Mastertronic releases and other English software houses covered, things is far from complete on the Hungarian side.

This particular educational program, which explains the various logic gates, bears the production code of "ED 70". At this moment we don't even have the full list of releases yet, but this is a good step in the right direction! Big thanks to Lacus and Brazil himself (the orignal author), who got their hands on a copy of this tape!
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Plus4IDE Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-10-22
Plus4IDE, the Integrated Development Environment for coding on for the Plussy was updated to version 1.64. The update itself is bugfixes and cosmetic improvements. However, for the first time ever, I got code contributed for a project, from gerliczer. This is much appreciated and a welcome turn of events! Also thanks to MikeZ for pointing out some problems with the documentation. (Good to know people actually read it :-))

If you use Plus4IDE, you may want to updated. Don't forget that all my utilities are released with full source code, so feel free to look into and tinker with them. Even if you're not a programmer, bug reports, requests or any other kind of feedback is appreciated.
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Hand-drawn Mercenary Maps and Revamped Solutions Page
Posted by Csabo on 2009-10-16
Roepipi scanned two ancient treasures: hand-drawn maps for Mercenary - Escape From Targ. These are quite detailed and are in color, marked up in Hungarian. Check them out, and browse the game's detail pages for a bit - it's the perfect example of how much information we have on some releases.

Allow me to use this newspost to bring the revamped Solutions page to your attention. Here you will be able to find the solution for every Commodore 16 or Commodore Plus/4 adventure game. Khm. Eventually. As of this writing, we have 254 unsolved or partially solved games. If only one person adds only one solution per day, we'll have this project wrapped up by June 27, 2010 (mark your calendars!). Enjoy!
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New Releases From RoePipi!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-10-10
New Releases From RoePipiRoePipi surprised us with two brand new Commodore Plus/4 game releases: Foxish and Maze of Mazes. Both are nicely polished and definitely worth a look. The author even provided us with nice write-ups of each game:

Foxish: a real-time hunting action/rhythm game written in BASIC 3.5
  • runs on systems with at least 32k RAM
  • real-time hunting action: seek and chase preys, bring them to your grateful fox family
  • virtual 3D scrolling system
  • enormous terrain to explore
  • transient time system, lighting and fog effects, breath-taking landscape
  • 30 minutes guaranteed gameplay
  • intimate music scores (can be turned off)
  • immensely sweet and unique graphics
  • hidden extras

This is what would have been said about Foxish in 1987:
"In PipiSoft's new game - Foxish - you play the head of a fox family as he goes hunting into the night. He must search for a prey, get as close as possible, hunt them down via a rhythm game and take them back into the foxhole.

In the main menu you can view the hungry fox family, set the volume level (so there's no need to fumble with the volume knob on your television set), and select one of two possible fur colors (orange or red, probably the writer of the program could not decide between them). The "EMULATOR SPEED" option allows the entire game to be slowed down, however, we could not find a practical use for this option.

The game features a total of four different music pieces - which is not bad if we take the fact that this is a BASIC program into consideration - however, the final piece that can be heard when the player wins is less than enjoyable.

Due to the circumstances of the game's production - which is revealed at the end of the game - the player cannot die, and the members of the fox family won't go hungry. Instead, after an apology from the protagonists the same level can be replayed. Out only enemy (well, besides all the animals that constantly attempt to escape us), is time itself, whose passing is indicated by the slowly spanning Moon at the top of the screen. With dawn the hunters arrive as well and we must quickly return home.

If, however, our task is well done, the fox hole will be slowly filled up with little foxes."


Maze of Mazes:
  • runs on 32k and 64k systems
  • play the mazes or build your own!
  • 38 built-in maps of mazeness
  • 4-way infinite scrolling mazes
  • stairways and goal objects
  • full-blown maze editor
  • random mazes for the lazy ones
  • build hundreds of mazes up to the free RAM!
  • create art with just typing!
  • custom colors, walls and floors for every map!
  • customizable title and ending screen
  • 3 different sounds with adjustable volume!


Besides these new ones, we've noticed that RoePipi's homepage contains a few more games that we did not list before, so be sure to check out: Pipi's Stuffs, Üzlet Egy Tyúkért, Pipitrain and Madarak Bolygója.
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Club Info 113
Posted by Csabo on 2009-10-08
Club Info 113Erich/Unlimited released Issue 113 of the German diskmag Club Info. Side A has the articles, while the other side contains some new programs: Purete 9 & 10 (plans in Page Setter format for a Joystick/Paddle), Brick Buster (a good game from Australia), Battleship Game (converted from the PET by Erich himself) and End-Raterei (from Lukian).

On a somewhat related note, Jakec sent us a little BASIC utility: Művelet Tervez­ő Segédprogram. It performs some very specific calculations, might come in handy it's what you need.


AustroSpeed Decompiled!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-10-05
The AustroSpeed Compiler is an excellent piece of software: it's a 2-pass BASIC compiler that turns your BASIC programs into P-Code. We here at Plus/4 World concentrate a lot on games and demos, so why should we still care about BASIC? I think it's one of those things that need to be understood well to be appreciated: could YOU code all floating point operations, string functions and array handling in machine code? That barely scratches the surface of what kind of heavy lifting BASIC does.

The AustroSpeed Compiler is a bit of a mystery. There is no known source code for it and there are no known +4 decompilers. We're happy to announce that a successful decompilation has been done by MikeZ! He managed this with a modified C64 Austro-Blitz decompiler. During that process it was learned that AustroSpeed +4 was itself compiled by Blitz, and it was written entirely in BASIC V2.0. The decomp consists of a machine language file and a BASIC file. (It won't run as a BASIC program without some modification, because it was coded to run compiled, and some things just aren't where they should be in the BASIC version.)

This, along the nearly complete reverse engineering of the P-Code format is provided for those who wish to look inside of AustroSpeed +4 and perhaps want to modify and recompile it. This effort also provides an excellent insight to the nature and syntax of P-Code, and to the structure of a compiled program. You can read more and find the download link on the AustroSpeed Compiler page.


YAPE 0.84
Posted by Luca on 2009-10-03
Now the summer hiatus is over, a small update to Yape is ready.
Mainly tape related fixes/features but let us not forget the simple external assembler that is now added to the monitor and is available via the A (or .) command, just like for the good ole TEDMON. It could still be improved but for now it'll suffice I guess. It also supports illegal opcodes, of course.

But here's the full log of what's been changed:
. implemented a simple assembler in the external monitor (yay, at last!)
. tape head adjust dialog for wave samples
. optionally invert tape sample input signal (soundcards may invert the phase while recording WAV's)
. tape fast forward and rewind in 15 sec steps
. TAP's with non-native encoding now supported (C64, VIC20 frequencies)
. bugfixes (sound, tape)

Let's run to the Yape's page, then grab the appropriate build, or be there directly:


Conversions are back: Container!
Posted by Luca on 2009-09-29
ContainerConverting games from C64 can be considered a real art form, and the Plus/4 has an ancient tradition about that.

Hence, here comes Chronos, who decided to seriously pass thru the gates of crossassemblers'coding with a first-step attempt (supported by Csio too!), which includes both intro and conversion, a burnout beginning! Released under the Absence And Wilds label, Container is a C64 entry for the Minigame Compo edition 2009. Originally coded by Charles Grey aka Iceout/Avatar, it gives you smart'n'cute action in 1 Kilobyte only, plus an extended instructions'textfile and with original logos included too.


Mychess 2.0 TAP Version Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-09-19
Mychess 2.0 loading from tapeAt long last, Gaia has created a C16 encoded TAP file for Mychess 2.0. This is the original tape release, as mustered by Master Crown and Master Pigmy themselves. Gaia was able to retrieve this almost lost file from a cassette, originally copied in 1988 for an uncle :-) A great find indeed, worth checking out!


Never type 'google' into Google!
Posted by Luca on 2009-09-15
The IT CrowdHi there, buddies! Here's Luca/FIRE from Italy! How's going?

Autumn is coming, and we all know that when leaves begin to fall down, that's the best time to stay at home and code! During this summer, in the interstitial times swimming in the Mediterranean, tripping in Northern Europe and relaxing nighttime at the Senese thermal baths, I wasted further time watching TV series, and I simply loved The IT Crowd!
But I spent my time also playing with cute Plus/4 tools, especially the beloved Csabo's Wave Converter, a terribily funny toy!

From the merging of those two, here comes a little digi demo: The IT Crowd! Just to: celebrate this adorable british stuff; to put some code altogether and see it works; to induce all of you in producing and releasing everything you want, despite quality perfection parties or whatever else!

Oh, and remember: never type 'google' into Google!


Club Info 112
Posted by Csabo on 2009-09-09
Club Info 112A little later than usual, Erich has finished the latest issue of the German diskmag: Club Info 112 is here! Side B has new programs: Divis N-Stellen and Dez/Hex/Bin-Wand from Lukian, Weltzeit, Pick up, Mind-Master, and a game from Australia called Rock Alley. Check it out and enjoy!


Árok Party #11
Posted by Chronos on 2009-08-24
BeachThis year's coolest 8 bit Hungarian scene event is over now - yes I'm talking about Arok - and we're proud again because Ati submitted a marvelous picture to the graphics competition that has reached the 5th place. Good work and keep up with new stuff!

You can check everything in one pack at the party's homepage at
Arok Homepage


Zauberland Maps And Solutions
Posted by Csabo on 2009-08-22
Zauberland IIChicken dug up a few old pages: he sent us maps/solutions for the two German language adventure games he converted and debugged: Zauberland and Zauberland II (Land of Magic). These are from 1997! You can find them on our Solutions page - which is currently being revamped. You can already see the language of each game marked, as well as which games do not yet have a solution. If you like this genre, help us find a solution for every adventure on the Commodore 16 and Commodore Plus/4!


Johnson's Point Of View
Posted by Luca on 2009-08-17
Turn on your Commodore Plus/4. Ok now press F1, then Return. Yes, that's the 3-Plus-1, you're right: both beauty and beast depending by who was talking in that certain time.

And, to say, what about a bit of truth from the man who created it?
On the screen where you read "3-PLUS-1", below you can see a name, David W. Johnson.
And on the 24th of July, David W. Johnson wrote to Mike Dailly, giving his own point of view, the missing piece of the puzzle that you can't find on the big books or the famous sites.

What do you think about reading the letter?


C16/Plus4 Game Quiz 02
Posted by Csabo on 2009-08-08
How well do you know the classic C16 and Plus/4 games? Very well, you say? How about their music? Now you can put your knowledge to the test with our C16/Plus4 Game Quiz 02. You'll have to identify 20 well know games just by listening to short clips from their music.

What are you waiting for? Pump up the volume on your speakers and get started now!


Plus4IDE Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2009-07-08
A new version of Plus4IDE, the Commodore Plus/4 Integrated Development Environment was released today. Big thanks to gerliczer for his feature requests and beta testing. Here's what's new:
  • Better documentation (see help menu)
  • Re-definable shortcut keys
  • Window position and normal/maximized status is remembered between sessions
  • CTRL+TAB allows cycling between tabs
  • Any editor window can be closed (not just the last one :-))
  • Comment/uncomment code block works more intuitively
The source code is also released, feel free to make or request changes. Enjoy!


SVS-Calc 1.0 released!
Posted by Luca on 2009-06-25
SVS-Calc 1.0The best way to celebrate a new summer (northern hemisphere, guys!): a long awaited release which let us to put our tongues out at Micro$oft Excel, and use the Plus/4 rather.

SVS finally released the final version of SVS-Calc 1.0, your ultimate spreadsheet-ing weapon to calculate, compute, elaborate, graphically show everything you need to! All of this and more, can be easily performed thanks to a very intuitive interface, in order to immediately ignite your job in a very little time. Included in the .zip pack, you will also find a brief but quite complete manual, in which all the features have been schematically exposed, your straight guide to the program.

Bill Gate$, your empire of obscure domination ends here today, SVS-Calc 1.0 has just arrived in the city!


GfxEdit Updated (V0.64)
Posted by Csabo on 2009-06-04
The cross-platform graphics editor Csabo's Gfx Edit has been updated to version 0.64. Once again thanks to Ati for his feature requests, feedback and testing. Here's the short list of changes:
  • Preview window added next to the color palette
  • Screen update optimization for faster performance
  • PRG file import and export works better, saves extra color information like Multi-Botticelli
  • A few minor bugfixes
If you're planning on drawing Plus/4 logos or pictures on your PC, head to the Tools page to download it. Enjoy!


Club Info Issue 111
Posted by Csabo on 2009-06-02
Club Info 111Erich/Unlimited has just finished putting the final touches on the latest issue of the German disk-mag: Club Info. Issue 111 is available for your downloading pleasure! Side A is filled with German language articles. Be sure to check the B side of the disk for some new stuff: 4 utilities from Lukian, Mozzie Zapper (a game from Australia), Flipper/Bas and Demo Pack 2 (converted by Erich). Enjoy!


YAPE 0.83! Get it double!
Posted by Luca on 2009-05-23
Here comes a major release for YAPE, which raises up to version 0.83 just today.

One thing you'll notice immediately: two YAPE.EXE files in the usual .zipped pack! The added one is compiled in order to run even on WIN98/NT, a feature YAPE had lost because of some compiler's troubles. No probs by now!

Other addons and fixes in this version are: you can choose by yourself if you dare to have F12 key as immediate quit; SID card DigiBlaster (8bit DAC) support has been now fully added; occasional GCR data corruption problem has been fixed.

Of course, run to get it from the usual place:


limiTED2: results out!
Posted by Luca on 2009-04-26
...and judgement day has come, in the very end!

limiTED2 is over! Congratulations to all the participants, the voters, the supporters in general! Hail to the winners, you coded astonishing stuff, for real!
This year, the quality of the single releases was dangerously high, making the challenge very bloody: category compos won for a single point, overtaking at any new votesheet and so on!
Enter the official page in order to see the final ranking, or download the charts in .XLS format, or better download the .D64 image with all the entries and a fresh restro to show the results.

Time to vote on the usual archives now, let's go!


D64 Recall - Bushrat Round 2
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-22
Just a quite note that 11 more ZIP files have been added to D64 Recall - Bushrat Edition. This is 60 MB more stuff of what Jim has uploaded for us, now public for everyone to grab. Some files may contain duplicates, so sorting is up to you. Nevertheless there's lots of good stuff to be found so dig in!


YAPE 0.82 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-21
Gaia updated his popular Commodore Plus/4 emulator, YAPE to version 0.82. According to the change log, quite a few bugs have been fixed. You may also get an up to 30% performance increase due to profile guided optimization.

It's worth pointing out that this version can now correctly emulate Sinx+siny, the recently released limiTED2 entry, which contains an unusual and previously unknown TED effect. Download it from the usual place, enjoy!


Two New Italian Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-19
GunslingerPanchoBitGlamour found two more missing pieces of the puzzle - the puzzle being the complete collection of all commercial Commodore 16 and Plus/4 games ever released! Both are Italian re-releases of classic games. The first one is Gunslinger, which already had an interesting cover, the German Waffenslinger release. This time we've added "Out Of Law", which is the Visiogame release. The second cover scan is for Pancho, and the re-release is from Armati. Glad to have these in the collection. Enjoy!


limiTED2 Compo Enters Voting Phase
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-19
The scene is abuzz with the new releases, but an official summary and announcement is due.

Phase one of the compo ends and we're very happy with the participation and the quality of the entries! The final tally is five 128 byte entries, five 512 byte entries and six 1K ones. You can now download the 16 fantastic mini demos that the contestants lovingly crafted for your enjoyment. So watch them, enjoy them, think about them, and eventually rank them. You get a whole week to cast your vote, the voting deadline is April 25, 2009.

You can find the download pack and the voting links on the official page.


Club Info 110 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-09
Club Info 110Erich/Unlimited is here with Issue 110 of Club Info. The German language two-side diskmag is chock full of articles and recent/new programs. The new releases you will find on the B side: Temp. Umrechner, Pegboard, and two images in PageSetter format.

Erich also sent us the new part of his Hires Color series. Hires Color 3 has 16 hires pictures on each side. Most of them very professionally done, they illustrate well how to use the limited color space of the hires graphics format of the Commodore Plus/4. Enjoy!


D64 Recall - Bushrat Edition
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-08
In 2001 we gave you the original D64 Recall, in 2002 we followed it up with D64 Recall TomHX Edition. This year we present you with D64 Recall - Bushrat Edition! Hurry on to download 60 MB worth of files, archived for the ages by Jim Hehl. There's also a handy (albeit large) text file that contains the full index of all disk images, it can be used for text searching.

Inside there's a lot of treasures to be found - the especially relevant parts are probably the "Graphics Viewers" archives. We need to sort of quite a few of this stuff still, any efforts in this would be appreciated. Well, better late than never :-) Enjoy!


Our limiTED2 Time Is Up!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-04
Not! Here is the official announcement: due to popular demand the deadline of the currently ongoing limiTED2 democompo has been extended by two weeks, to 2009 April 18. This means you have fourteen more days to sit down and write some interesting and/or pretty demos in only 128/512/1024 bytes. This is the definitive final deadline, so hopefully this will help you get motivated.

Big thanks to the authors of the currently submitted 9 entries for taking the time and participating! Keep an eye on the official page for further updates.


Papersoft Magazine Scans Added
Posted by Csabo on 2009-04-03
It's not often that we get Italian magazine scans, so it may interest you that 7 issues of Paper Soft have been added. Paper Soft was a weekly review magazine published by J. Soft since June 1984. The format was small (A5 size) and it cost 1000 Liras. It published source listings for Apple ][, TI-99/4A, Sinclair Spectrum, C64, VIC20 and later the C=16. Check it out!

Also remember to send us your old magazine scans for our every growing Publications section.


Commodore Free 28 Online
Posted by Csabo on 2009-03-31
The latest issue of Commodore Free (a free to download magazine dedicated to Commodore computers) is now online. Among other articles, this issue has a reader-submitted C16/Plus4 program called AATimer. Another thing that may interest Plus/4 sceners is the mention of a revolutionary music player on the C64 (conversion, anyone?). The magazine is available in multiple formats (txt, PDF, etc). Worth checking out, thanks for RobertB for the heads up.


GfxEdit Updated (V0.63)
Posted by Csabo on 2009-03-31
Csabo's Gfx Edit, the cross-platform graphics editor has been updated to V0.63. If you are planning on drawing images or logos for the Plus/4, give it a try. Thanks to Ati for his feedback! Here's what's new:
  • Copy/paste will honor the current drawing mode
  • Bugfix: for some grids, pixels on right/bottom were cut off
  • Bugfix: the Toggle Drawing mode menu item was not working
  • Bugfix: saving color maps for odd sizes produced invalid ASM
This program and other alternative ones can be found on the Tools page. Enjoy!


New Cover Artwork Found
Posted by Csabo on 2009-02-22
Keresd A GyémántotLacus got his hands on a rare treasure, found on Vatera (the Hungarian eBay). He's now the only scene member own a copy of Keresd A Gyémántot (Find The Diamond), a commercial game from Hungary. Luckily, we can all share the cover scan and the TAP image which he submitted to our database. A few words about the game: it's a less than excellent Boulderdash clone. The game play unfortunately has some major issues: the character cannot hold boulders on its head, and the level does not restart after you die. This causes even the first level to be difficult to complete. In other news, I found a ZIP file from Lacus, which contained the PRG file for Pattinka, among others. These will be uploaded in the coming days. Big thanks for this scan, and be sure to keep your eye on those long lost programs popping up on auction sites!


BitGlamour!
Posted by Csabo on 2009-02-21
BitGlamourSurprise! A new demo called BitGlamour has popped up unexpectedly through a message on our forum. It's a welcome surprise to be sure. The intro features four smooth scrollers and all the nearly 121 colors of our beloved machine. It runs on a C16 and it's even (gasp!) NTSC compatible. To quote the author:
This demo (intro) represents my personal tribute to the memory of Commodore 16. It has been developed in Assembler many years ago and required a whole week of intense work and dedication. I hope it will be appreciated...
Well, it's simple, it's pretty, I like it! :-)


Monarchy Gets Two New Members
Posted by Csabo on 2009-02-19
In demoscene news, we're happy to report that two new members have joined Monarchy. Elkmoose (AKA TMB) who hails from Vienna is an artist and Frog (AKA ex-BSS/ex-GOTU) from Hungary will be doing code and some graphics as well. We've added photos of the guys so be sure to check out the Faces of the Scene gallery. This fresh demogroup has been recently getting active under Csio's leadership, and we can only hope that they are busy putting together some quality productions for the Commodore Plus/4 that will amaze us all. Go MHY!


New Adventures
Posted by Csabo on 2009-02-18
Paul's 4K AdventureTwo new adventure games by Dunric have been added today: Vampyre Cross and Paul's 4K Adventure. They are BASIC games, converted from their C64 counterparts and made to work on the Plus/4. Vampyre Cross has some RPG elements while the 4K one is a traditional adventure.

Also over at commodore16.com new pictures from the January 2009 Commodore Computer Club meeting are up. Among others, indi, Chris and Patrick were there. Some captions would be nice, but as they say more info is coming soon. Still worth checking out!


Map That Booty
Posted by Csabo on 2009-02-12
BootySay hello to Atisoft, our newest member, who sent us a new entry for our maps collection. It's for the old C16 classic, Booty. In the game you control Jim the Cabin Boy, your task is to collect all the booty from the ship's 20 holds. Each room has 3 doors leading to another location, this is where the maps comes in handy. After collecting 160 pieces of treasure, you have 45 seconds to locate a bronze key. We haven't been able to find it so far though!

This could be one of the games that bring back those fond memories of the good old days. If the words "slow paced" come to your mind when you think of Booty, perhaps you should check out the newly added uber-cheat that actually speeds up the player! Thanks to Attila for this map, enjoy!


Club Info 109 Hits The Streets
Posted by Csabo on 2009-02-09
Club Info 109The newest issue of the long-running German diskmag Club Info is here! Erich/Ultd packed two disk sides full of articles and also some newly released software. Among these are: Demon Caverns (a game from Australia), Muehle/Lukian (a game from Lukian, AKA. Wolfgang Wiegmund from Germany), Slot! (a game converter from the PET by Erich) and Hardcopyroutine (which -- as the name suggests -- prints pictures). Check it out!


Pixel Dreams From Ati
Posted by Csabo on 2009-01-31
Pixel DreamsWe close the first month of 2009 with a bit of good news: there's a new release on the Plussy! Fresh off the desk of Ati comes Pixel Dreams. It's a minimalistic picture show with two hand-pixelled pictures. In the author's words: "I know it's nothing big, but the piccies were fun to draw". Who knows, maybe this will get others coding? Cheers to Ati for actually doing something!


YAPE Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2009-01-19
One day late, but we're here to announce some juicy official news: YAPE has been updated to version 0.81. It's mostly bugfixes, but there's two interesting things: there's a native 64 bit version, and the open source SDL version has been updated as well. Cheers to Gaia for finding the time next to daddy-duties to do this update! For details and download head on to...


New Stuff From Rüdiger And Erich
Posted by Csabo on 2009-01-13
Botticelli Bilderdisk 33We break the continued lack of news items with this important bulletin: new stuff has been added to our database. First up, Rüdiger collected a few interesting program files: Ace 2, TAP file for Gamebusters release (which does not have copy protection), European Games, D64 file of the original disk version, Diamond Mine II D64 file, and last but not least both missing TAP files for Micro Text and Micro Text 2.0. The first official release of 2009 comes from Germany, created by Erich: Botticelli Bilderdisk 33 is another 2 disk-sided picture show containing 32 images. Big thanks for these to both guys! Enjoy!


GfxEdit Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2008-12-20
Recently during the TJ5 Graphics Compo, the need for a image editing utility for the PC came up once again. There are a few available, and I have one as well called Csabo's Gfx Edit. I started this project back in 2002 and made public last year, but didn't really announce it. Someone from the community just noticed it hidden away on the tools page and commented that if we run a Plus/4 portal, releases like this should be announced. That's probably true, it's just that I'm a bit uneasy about writing my about my own stuff.

A quick background about the project: I used this utility to draw all the graphics for my games and demos, so it had a limited feature set that's slanted towards being a programmer's utility. The latest version adds a few things that have been requested by Ati, Exin and Sandro (C64). Hopefully with these changes it's on its way to being a more well rounded graphics program. The new default drawing mode not only draws the given pixels but also sets the colors. (There are also two more drawing modes.) I took the time to write a hopefully decent help file for it, maybe it will actually help someone, so be sure to read it.

As with everything I release, the source code is also available. Comments or feature requests would be appreciated. Enjoy!


Der R.I.P.
Posted by Csabo on 2008-12-19
Der R.I.P.Derrick is here with a new release, but this time it's not a very happy occasion. The author's namesake was Inspector Derrick in the television drama Derrick, portrayed by Horst Tappert, who recently passed away. The demo pays respects to the actor.


Club Info 108 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2008-12-01
Club Info 108Like clockwork, Erich/Unlimited has released the new issue of Club Info. The German language articles cover a lot of stuff, fox example latest scene updates and review/solution Mystery Fun House. Side B has new and recent software (e.g. Mind, Band of Brothers, etc). Check it out! Respects to Erich for his continued work!


Otto Von Habsburg Is On Your Screen!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-11-17
OVH is our kingThe headline is true, that is, if you actually you're watching the newly released demo. Yes, there's a new demo for you to watch! Hearing that phrase should send the hardcore scene members into extasy, for the rest of you, here are the details. This demo was apparently submitted to Arok 10 Demo Compo and it came in 4th. You can now enjoy the final release version! It's made by a new group called Monarchy. Their name referens to the Austro-Hungarian Empire aka the Dual Monarchy, with Csio being from Hungary and Derrick being from Austria. Never mind all that, the point is you have fantastic effects, transitions and SID-only music waiting for you.

Even though Csio came through and released this demo after 15 votes were cast on the TJ5 gfx compo, if you haven't done so, please go ahead and vote.


Updates and Voting
Posted by Csabo on 2008-11-09
Here's a quick rundown on today's updates: with the addition of parts 22 and 25, the Botticelli Bilderdisk series is now complete! Rüdiger found a new lost game on his HJD games disk that may be worth checking out: it's HJD-Memory.

There are two current events that need your votes. The time to get active is now, show your support for the scene! All it takes is a few clicks!

Vote on the TJ5 compo submitted pictures

Vote for the best Commodore innovations of the past year


Minus4j Goes 1.4!
Posted by Luca on 2008-11-08
Mike Dailly finally improved his Java emulator, to spread the maximum pleasure in game emulation here at Plus/4 World!

What's new, cool, improved in Minus4j V1.4? Let's see:
- Updated rendering engine ported from Minus4w, should handle more cases.
- Updated CPU processing ported from Minus4w. More games should run.
- Fix a crash in the CPU processing
- Changed the colours to what Yape uses (much nicer)
- Added FLASH attribute, so things now...flash. (Manic Miner keys, Monty pick-ups etc.)
- Fixed the rendering frameskip - it was always skipping at least 1 frame *idiot*
- Fixed the overflow flag (V) on the ADC instruction. Mercenary now works!
- Added the new "joy" paramater
- Fixed commando - added several undocumented NOP codes.
- SOME vertical scrolling games work.

It seems to be enough to play almost everything online directly! Now this lil'monster misses only the speech...next! A pretty cool example? Run to Mike's blog in order to play XeO3 on your browser!
While waiting, let's get it: Minus4j!


Massive Publications Update
Posted by Csabo on 2008-11-06
Cover ImageToday we had a massive publications update, courtesy of Chris. Each publication can now have download links, just like software. So you may want to take a look at C16 Plus/4 Reference Book, The Commodore Plus/4 Book and Beginner's Micro Guides: Commodore 16. Plus we have all issues of the H&D C16 Plus4 Handbooks!

Did you know that:
- We now have over 270 publications in our database?
- Publications can have downloads (for offline viewing), and scanned pages (for quick online reading) and HTML pages (for searching)?
- Publications are linked to programs and vica-versa? The classic C16 game Big Mac would be the perfect example: you'll find all the known links to books and magazines, maybe a few you didn't know about.
- The publications section (like the rest of the site!) is open to anyone who wants to contribute!

Big thanks to Chris for these! Enjoy!


Traffic Jam 5 Graphics Compo!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-11-02
Traffic Jam 5 Graphics CompoFresh out of the disk drive of Chronos/ACW, the official disk for the Traffic Jam 5 Graphics Compo is here! The voting deadline is the end of this month (2008-11-30). The voting will take place on the ACW homepage here: http://absenceandwilds.extra.hu/?q=node/24, just as soon as the voting page is ready. For now, be sure to download the disk and check out all the 13 submitted entries and the note file. Cheers to Chronos and the ACW team, plus all the people who took the time to create an entry!


Botticelli Bilderdisk Seven To Fourteen
Posted by Csabo on 2008-11-01
Botticelli Bilderdisk 11Erich/Unlimited has completed the creation of D64 images for 8 more parts from the Botticelli Bilderdisk series. For those who haven't seen one yet, it's a picture show containing converted and ripped multicolor pictures using the Magica picture viewer. This latest addition makes the collection almost complete! With 16 pictures per disk side on 8 disks with both sides full, we have a total of 256 new pictures to check out. Enjoy!


SVS Ultimate Map Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2008-10-23
PreviewSVS has just released the new version (1.5) of his Ultimate Map. (As per his suggestion, we dropped the word "ROM" from the name as it deals with many other areas as well.) This file is an excellent guide to the inner workings of the C16/Plus4, you'll find many hardcore details not available anywhere else. A few new topics: solving RS232 bugs, latest into on the "@S bug", secret characters on OS96 charset. Cheers to SVS for his work! Download it and enjoy!


New Game Release: Trans Logic 2
Posted by Csabo on 2008-10-22
Trans Logic 2Skoro/Assassins (who is one of the most active coders on the scene) completed his new project, a game called Trans Logic 2. As the number two in the title indicates, it is indeed a sequel to Trans Logic. The object of the game is to slide rows and columns of colorful stones on the left side of the screen, and complete each level by matching the pattern on the right side. The game only runs on PAL machines, but it will run on an unexpanded C16. Cheers to Skoro for providing us with new stuff and releasing this game.


Botticelli Bilderdisks Zero To Six
Posted by Csabo on 2008-10-19
Botticelli Bilderdisk 00You may have visited a few programs in our database that are part of a series. One of the series is Botticelli Bilderdisk. While we do have many parts of it (31 and 32 are releases of this year so you may be familiar with it), it's not complete. We asked our active German scener friend Erich of Unlimited about the missing parts. He's been hard at work making D64 images of these so that our archive can offer it to everyone. The series apparently starts at part zero, and we've just added parts zero to six. Check 'em out!


Hires Color 2 Picture Show Released
Posted by Csabo on 2008-10-09
Hires Color 2Here's a belated note about the release of Hires Color 2. It's new picture show by Erich of Unlimited, using the Magica picture viewer. It occupies two disk sides, contains 32 images and it's the second in series. Check it out!


Club Info 107 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2008-10-05
Club Info 107Erich/Unlimited has just sent us the very latest release of the German diskmag Club Info. Issue 107 contains the usual side of articles (news, software reviews and tips, hardware, etc). The flipside has recently released programs and also some new stuff: Alligator Swamp, Pundit, Wuerfel Reaktion and White Barrows. Cheers to Erich for this new release and his continued hard work!


The Official (Re)Opening Of Plus/4 World!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-09-26
Our previous host, emucamp.com is unfortunately gone forever. Let us take this opportunity to thank the good folks at ztnet.com for their generosity, we appreciated having a good home.

However, it's now time to move on. In a truly incredible move, Mike has come to the rescue and offered to give us a new home! It's very cool to finally have our own domain name :-) And (obviously) here it is: you are on Plus4World.com! Also big thanks to everyone who offered their help with finding a permanent hosting solution for us.

Obviously things are still not 100% (there's tons of stuff to upload), and we might have minor glitches here and there. If you find problems, report them, or better yet, volunteer and try to help out. If you like this place (and from the incoming emails it appears there are many of you who do), be sure to thank Mike. Cheers!


Exomizer Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2008-09-10
After more than a year, the popular cross-platform cruncher Exomizer has been updated to version 2.0 Beta 7. While there appear to be no must-haves in the latest release, it's downloading due to the 6502 bugfixes. There full list of fixes and new features can be found on the homepage below. Check it out and use it! Don't forget to report any issues to the author.


Harry Gfx Box 7 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2008-09-08
Harry Gfx Box 7Two hard working guys bring us a pleasant surprise: Harry Gfx Box 7 is here! According to our count, it's the 44th release of the year, and (obviously) the 7th of the series. It's more than a simple graphics box: with different effects appearing between the images, it's a nice file demo. There are 4 pictures in total, the last one being UFO, which was also entered into the gfx compo at Arok 10.

Respects to Skoro and Harry! Enjoy the demo and don't forget to vote!


C64.rulez.org Is Up!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-09-07
After a lengthy downtime, it appears that the largest FTP site of Plus/4 software, c64.rulez.org is back up. Lion explains:
Soci ran it at his workplace lately, when he was in Dubai. Then he moved back to Hungary (same company), and the foreign department simply removed the server. So he gave me a backup to put online temporarily. That's the story in short. :-)
Respects to the site maintainers. We can only hope it stays up. Let the downloading begin!


Club Info 106 Is Released
Posted by Csabo on 2008-08-29
Club Info 106Erich of Unlimited is here once again like clockwork, bringing us the latest release of Club Info. Issue 106 follows the established format: side A contains the usual collection of German language articles, while the other side is packed full of recently released or new goodies. These include:

- Print Z from Werner Bertholdt. It brings listings from Austrospeed compiled programs on the printer,

-Taktics, a Tic-Tac-Toe variant from Australia,

-Demo Pack 1, a new conversion by Erich, which is a collection of JSL files.

Also new from Erich is Botticelli Bilderdisk 32. Check it out! Respects to Erich for his continued work.


More Arok 10 Releases
Posted by Csabo on 2008-08-27
The Arok 10 party was so cool it's worth bringing up again. So here's quick note to let you know that the full D64 image containing all party releases, plus bonus party pictures and a short party report has been uploaded: Plus4 Arok 10. Csio has provided us with the original release of Young Superhero (as the party release did not contain the credits). Enjoy!


Arok 2008 Releases!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-08-25
Arok 10 has just ended, and we can rejoice in the abundance of new Plus/4 releases from the party. The "big winner" from our scene was Skoro/ASN this time around, whose new C16 demo Monitor reached 3rd place in the demo compo. In the graphics compo, there were some very pleasant surprises: UFO by Harry and Mazda MX by MMS. Respects to the guys for representing our scene with quality gfx! ACW keeps their claim of the most active team with no less than 3 new releases: an intro called Hauslich (the title is their answer to Háziasan) and two graphics: Plussycat by Jedi and Rosalia by Chronos. Congratulations to Jedi for his 4th place in the graphics compo!

Check out the party pics courtesy of Chronos here.


1K Mini Boulderdash Converted
Posted by Luca on 2008-06-29
1K-Mini-BdashWhat? The whole classic Boulderdash in one single kilobyte? Hey, it looks like an absolute world record, a real winner!
And that was the story so far: 1K-Mini-Bdash has won the 2nd "C64 1K Game Compo" held by Forum64.de. And it really deserves the ranking: S.E.S. of Genesis Project crew managed to squeeze the famous crystals'n'boulders game under 1024 bytes of pure playability, joystick control included!

Hence, Gaia wasted a bit of his spare time in order to convert 1K-Mini-Bdash to Plus/4. The result is longer than 1024 bytes, due to the direct porting, but you can spend your time, download the source file and enjoy the challenge of cutting down the executable to achieve the 1K target on Plus/4 too.
Ready to pick the gauntlet up?


XeO3 Test Demo V2!
Posted by Luca on 2008-06-20
XeO3 Test Demo V2After a week of discussions, hints, chitchatting about both minimal dedicated trimmings and shmups guidelines in general, here comes a slightly improved version of the test demo: it's V2!

Now the game is much easier, due to several changes in the main variables, and a different animation makes you spot out which is the most tough baddie to shot down. Falling coins pop up higher and stay on the screen for a longer time, they increase your coinbar a lot much than before, and following baddies in the same wave won't overlap their trajectory immediately because now they drift with the scrolling.

Now you can really understand how much risky you can push your sideral wandering, because a friction sound fx alarms you when you touch even baddies and walls. Drawing priority on screen has been changed in player's shot/enemy bullets, resulting in a much cleaner output. Paths and bullets now continue to move when the player dies, and the panel are recharged, not simply cleared.
Several minor and undetectable fixes have been done too.

Once another, play it deeper and let us know your feelings about it!


Lone News 20
Posted by Luca on 2008-06-17
20! The 20th issue of Lone News is out!

Luca/FIRE interviews Csio/ACW, read the mirrored side of the interview just appeared on Traffic Jam 5 in Hungarian language!

This time the main subject is the TED tune composing using crossassemblers, a new trend lately invigorated thank to several new productions. So, it's time to turn our heads around and have a look. For the very first time, the mag is on .D64 image, in order to include several example tunes from various editors, and you can also examine the source codes offered by Csabo and Degauss.

And again, the full report of the most important news in the last months, and upset charts because of the new stuff.


XeO3 Test Demo!
Posted by Luca on 2008-06-13
XeO3 Test DemoKick here, hit there, go left, run right, do it do it do it, and in the very end a very important day finally comes. Today is Friday 13 June 2008, and today the XeO3 Test Demo finally has seen the light!

Download the pack right now, and you will able to play a complete test level, in order to have a look to the basics of gameplay: even though raw yet, and with advanceable plain shot only, you're gonna fight against hordes of baddies in order to clean up the scene, collect coins to keep your weapon up, and reach the end of the level.
This Alpha1 release also includes the level script in order to allow you to modify the game, editing and creating from scratch your own attack waves. To perform this, have a look to the simple Script we used, otherwise read more about it on the XeO3's Wiki.

Play it deeply, feel free to edit it, then spend a couple of minutes in order to write back to Mike and Luca (please check addresses before) about your criticisms, proposals, appreciations or disgust!


BSS: A Comeback!
Posted by Luca on 2008-06-06
Multigraph Sprite DemoTry asking me what is it that I really love?
Nonono, I'm serious, try asking me. One of the possible answers would be: "Love to see people who coded on Plus/4 in the golden era having comebacks".
And now it's Béla "BSS" Berencsi's turn to power on once again his own dusty "blackbox©", and rediscover the pleasure of 8bit coding, even though 14 years passed since the last time.

He said that only a few releases remained, from a bigger production of various stuff: the lonely issue 1 of Digiface magazine, and one part of GOTU Mega 2 appearing on side 2. But now, here comes this pretty neat little intro, to warm up his old TED, even though it has been developed on YAPE (later, tested on real iron too): Multigraph Sprite Demo arrived here through Chronos and Csio's hands.
Download it right now!


Ssshhh... Club-Info 105...Is...Out...
Posted by Luca on 2008-06-04
Club Info 105Ssshhhh! Don't wake up the sleeping scene...
Have to be quiet, and with my most delicate whispering I wanna...announce...that Club Info 105 is out since the 1st day of the month: Erich/ULTD did it again, full of interesting text, game solutions and a programs selection on the back side, where you can find Quintet, for example... A bonus double sided disk full of pictures, Botticelli Extra 3, is provided too...
But please, please, be quite and have a soft step, cause Club Info 104 hadn't been included in the news when it popped up, to respect this shrine of silence and past childish memories. Now I dare to tell ya this, next time who knows...ssssshh...


We Are Family - The 2nd Coming!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-05-16
We Are Family - The 2nd Coming!It's all over the forum and email lists already, but this project is front-page news material. Lacoste has officially announced that We Are Family - Then 2nd Coming is released! It's just like the first one, but with fresher productions and even audio commentary! The cover artwork is already online, and it will be soon available for download (the delay is due to the uploading taking a long time). Kudos to Lacoste and everyone else involved for their hard work! Head on over to the ACW site and check it out!


New Maps Added
Posted by Csabo on 2008-05-15
Invincible MapOur maps page now sports 67 maps for your viewing enjoyment! A large chunk of the new maps came from Reuben Cornwall, who has recently contributed a lot new ones to our collection. Some of them are: Split Personalities, Blagger and the all 5 parts of Magician's Curse. I've also created a new one for Invincible. This platformer is tough to play through, but it does have give the player a small reward when completed. With the map and the recently added cheats, anyone should be able to complete it. Thanks to Reuben for the maps, enjoy!


Dömötör!!
Posted by Luca on 2008-05-15
Oh my gosh! No, no, no!
Csio has received a sort of ultimate toy from a confused Santa Claus! Poor baby, he will be tickled and tortured continuously, and he will be forced to learn 6502 assembly coding, and all the rest!
Please, let's hire an hero and send it to Mohács, in order to save the veeeery young Dömötör from the demanding love of his own dad!

Gratulálok Attila, hold out lil' Dömötör!


Traffic Jam 5!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-05-15
Traffic Jam 5Today's sudden outbreak of news items continues with a new release announcement! There's really nothing quite like loading up a never before seen program for the first time... After taking a slight 13 year break, ACW released the new issue of their magazine, Traffic Jam 5. It's a quality production featuring all new code from Csio and dazzling gfx from Chronos. The articles are in Hungarian, among other things they include and interview with Gaia, reviews of recently released stuff, and an interesting questionnaire filled out by various members of the scene. There's also a new compo announcement! (We're hoping to see an English version of this either on official ACW site or here on our friendly forums.) Side B contains the 3 entries submitted to the TJ4 compo, and 5 bonus pictures. Kudos to ACW for this release, enjoy!


New Coverscan - Marsall
Posted by Csabo on 2008-05-06
MarsallJust a quick note: Bear(tm) got his hands on an original C16/Plus4 tape that was missing from our collection and kindly scanned it. Novotrade was the largest commercial distributor of C16/Plus4 software, and now we the cover artwork for one of their releases, Marsall, which bears the product code of ED 38. One more piece of the puzzle, but there's still plenty missing. Thanks for the scan to Bear(tm)!


7 New TAP Files!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-05-04
IdőlabirintusLacus returns with a database-expanding update of 7 new original TAP files. As most of his submissions, this too consists of Hungarian releases. Let's see that list then: Bombázó Visszavág, Hungaroring, Időlabirintus, Olivér Otthona, Rabló-Rulett, Ürtojások and Vipera. Two things worth noting: according to this TAP file, the original Hungaroring game is the Hungarian, not the more common English translation. The second is the highlight of this pack: Időlabirintus, which is a fun (but inaccessible-to-most-since-it's-in-a foreign-language) game. There does exist a crack of it that contains the initial loading graphic, but the TAP file is the ultimate. Thanks for these to our supplier Lacus, enjoy!


New release 3.1 of BalSys
Posted by SVS on 2008-04-11
Bal-sys V3.1Yes the SVS' BalSys environment and its language arrived to a new version.

This release 3.1 has many important improvements against previous 3.0 one, published one year ago.
Main news:
- Background processing is now complete, being working even while system is waiting for an input. This allows full availability for alarm systems and correct clock/timings;
-2 new commands introduced: .FND (searches inside program source/object) and .SCD (Self Configuring Data view);
- New features on editor, added a flashing cursor, automatic allignment to side of current statement line, different background colors to different line--types, etc.;
- Found and fixed some bugs (like the evaneshent "Non-numerical data");
- Many commands have now an automatic operands' coherency check;
- Registers' watching is able to work even if memory is set less than 64 bytes;
- Revised and expanded window help (now 259 records REL!), and manual;
- Many more...


Download your copy of the D64 image with inside some demo BAL programs, from: here (courtesy of cbm264.com).

SVS wants to thank all the people who sent (and will send) feedbacks or encouragements to continue this project.


Hungaroring and Rabló-Rulett cover scans
Posted by Csabo on 2008-04-08
HungaroringRabló-RulettOver 20 years ago, at the time of their release, Hungaroring and Rabló-Rulett counted as top-of-the-line commercial games on the Hungarian market. They both feature large, colorful graphics, easy controls and most importantly, engaging game play. Whether they stood the test of time, and are still worth playing is up to you to decide: fire up your favorite emulator and enjoy some nostalgic retro-gaming.

At any rate, being commercial games, they also featured cover artwork. Unfortunately our history has been such that the Hungarian commercial games always lagged behind the ones from the English and German markets. However, thanks to Lacus, we now have nice full-size cover scans for these two games for your viewing enjoyment. Big thanks to Lacus for these!


"Easter-hello": Crypt's Back Again on Festivities
Posted by Luca on 2008-03-29
Easter-helloHappy Easter from Crypt!

Yeah, ok, I know it's a bit too late, but it has need a bit of additional working and debugging on real iron...but in the end here it is!
Easter-hello is another little and pretty nice sign of friendship from nukem, with graphics by DFlame and a cool dedicated SID tunes composed by A-Man/XEN. In this way, Crypt's ppl talks to the scene, and announce a bigger production in the close future.

We all got another direct lesson about scene's activity and communication with coyness from nukem, maybe one day we'll absorb it ;)


Paddles Via Userport
Posted by Luca on 2008-03-16
PIC16F818Chizman keeps himself active on the Plus/4 scene, and he restated this, releasing a new hardware toy.

Upgrade your blackbox in order to connect a couple of VIC20/C64 paddles via userport! Chizman offers to you the complete service, with schematics, pictures, adc as .hex file, and example video.

Moreover, you can directly test your paddles gameplay with Paddle Shooter, a little paddles driven shoot'em'up game for two players. A second version of this game, included in the package too, has keyboard commands


Two Fresh TLT's Digis in 2008
Posted by Luca on 2008-03-02
Led ZeppelinOk ok mmm...let me take in count:
in the first two months of this year we've got: two cool newcomers in the demoscene, a new issue of a monumental diskmag, improved emulations and converters, a rare gem found, fixings, papers and babies too.

Something's missing? Only one: the traditional TLT's supply of digi demos!
But wait a moment, the postman left an envelope in my mailbox...and here they are!
Hifi releases two brand new digi demos in February 2008, they're C'Est La Vie and Led Zeppelin, proving to the scene that TLT keep it on.
Thanks István!


Threeve 100%!
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-29
ThreeveI love this first Plus/4 Bauknecht's prod so much, and it surely deserves a call more.

Yes, the short (but painful, argh!) delay time is now finished: the final, 100% working kicking and complete version of Threeve demo is out, and you will enjoy it so much. It's improved in the general design, has a cleaner plasma and Sire's tune kicks aaaarses!

Visit the BKN's official homepage to know more about these damn cool german sceners and their memorable productions. They also recorded a video of the demo, and in a very short time, we'll enjoy the TED tune as a standalone prg.
Run and vote for it!


Spring's Inkling at Oxyron Party 2008
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-27
One Spotted LadybirdOxyron Party means not only 8bit demos competition, but 8bit graphics competition too!

Let's examine the graphics entered at the party, and a Plus/4 one pops out: Chronos takes ACW's tag to Flensburg, joining the 8bit graphics compo with One Spotted Ladybird. His entry has been ranked 9th.

Good job, Tamás, glad to see you again working in MCM too! We're looking forward for more from you!


Plus/4 Winners at Oxyron Party 2008!
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-24
HáziasanYes, yes, yes! It begins to look like an INCREDIBLE 2008!

Oxyron Party 2008 have been held in Flensburg, northern Germany: music, fun, beer, friendship and all the rest, plus several multiplatform competitions.
The 8bit competition involved 12 great demos, and 2 of those were for our beloved black box. Once again, the Plus/4 productions have been ranked in the higher places, we're starting to get used to this, hope the trend will continue then!

ThreeveWho did arrive in the 2nd place, behind a winning DTV production? Yes, you got it because he has a habit about higher compo's rankings: fighting against his life and his job, Degauss/TEK had success in presenting a little but technically innovative dentro, called Háziasan.
He captivated the audience's eyes, senses and hearts with a FAST interference effect, and an innovative dance of zoom4bobs! Congratulation for the nth time pal, you rocked and rocked again!

Hey wait, wait a moment, who are they? They arrived 3rd and this is they very first code effort on Plus/4! Ah..ah...ah ok understood! They were cool just before, because they are Bauknecht!
Bauknecht take in the Plus/4 scene a wind of change, because of the very original design, a mitteleuropean style with soft colours and isometric elements. The transitions are typical of a PC demo, revealing their origin. But let's see the code: great! In their very first appearance, they aimed to very tough targets, with brilliant results. Useless to talk about any single effect, let's watch it directly!
The best news: they announce a Plus/4 line, and now we have to retain drool now. Welcome in the Plus/4 scene, Mad Sire and Decca, you've come in taking a very big present for all of us!


"Club Info 103" Out Now
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-13
Club Info 103The adventures continues!
As previously announced right here by its own author Erich, Club Info 103 has been released. Yes, you're right: this is the first issue in 2008, how many shall we see this year? Well, we dunno that, but we can bet on a new year full of infos, news, games, demos, utilities, documents, articles and humor, all this signed by Unlimited!

The new release features a new game from Peter Bergen, a disklist printer utility called Diskanalyse, Breakout 3.1/C a very little BASIC breakout, a brand new MCM pictures collection (Botticelli Bilderdisk 31), and several other little presents for you.


Disfunctional Attitudes!
Posted by Csabo on 2008-02-11
Disfunctional AttitudesCanadian Society Autonom Basic Overflow brings you news of a fresh release: Disfunctional Attitudes from ACW is here! (To get the reference, be sure to watch the demo all the way through!) It's a trackmo coded by Csio, released separately because of the "anti-sidcard" rules of the Oxyron party. At any rate, faithful followers of the demo scene will be happy to watch another quality production. Enjoy!


BusoMan!!
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-05
Busoman Party DemoWha...what the heck is this, now?
Ewww...a party call, an invintro? No no, maybe it could be a joke demo, a fake demo...a fLake demo! And what's a BusoMan? A hungarian yeti? A demoparty animal?

Oh well, we don't care. Strange, weird or not, this is disconcerting, funny, unpretentious, and most of all this is not vapourware! Hence, we like it.
Thanks ACW for this BusoMan Party Demo, this is like a far echo of something incoming in the near future.


"Tablets Of Hippocrates" Original Solution Sheet
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-03
Tablets of Hippocrates Solution SheetA solution sheet from arises from the dust of time.

Simon Fawkes, the man behind Fawkes Computing, has offered a rare addon to complete our Tablets of Hippocrates page: once back in the UK, he kindly scanned the original solution sheet for this little genuine adventure game, and sent it to us.

Thank you Simon, finally the adventurers with a lack of greek culture background will enjoy your game from the beginning till the end!


SCACOM-Aktuell: The 264 Series Issue Is Out!
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-02
SCACOM-Aktuell issue 4The February issue of the German retro magazine SCACOM-Aktuell has been just released.
The whole issue is dedicated to the big 264 Commodore's family machines, trying to merge together even the early days and what is glueing the current scene right now.
The main editor Stefan Egger gives voice to the most important active German sceners: Christian Kohlis aka C16chris tells us all his opinions about the C=264 series; Carsten Hüne aka Sidius narrates about his personal oldens with C16; Markus Hohnemann aka nukem is our interviewed VIP, being just returned in the scene porting Crypt into the Plus/4 scene.

Download the magazine with three desktop themes as bonus, to have a glance of the whole stuff. And absolutely don't miss it if you read German language!


His Best Release Ever
Posted by Luca on 2008-02-01
Bence, 4.7 Kg, 2007.01.30



Congratulations to Gaia and kisses to the young mommy!


Fixed Versions of Programs
Posted by Csabo on 2008-01-22
There's still life out there: say hello to our newest member: .mad.. He has taken the time to fix up some of the broken software in the archive, and so far has submitted the following: Jerry's Quest, Alien Overrun, Caverns in Mountain, Sárkányölő and 3-D Sakk. He's working on a Plus4/C16 GameBase, and also mentioned this link Plus4 DemoBase by Sjakie43 @ RapidShare. Rüdiger also submitted a fixed game, it's Domingo. Thanks guys, cheers!


Buckaroo Banzai Plus/4 found!
Posted by Luca on 2008-01-19
Buckaroo Banzai Plus/4Another mystery in the Commodore Plus/4 software's dark history has been finally unveiled!
Buckaroo Banzai Plus4, one of the Scott Adams classic adventures lied here all this years, on the B-side of its C64 version, released by Adventure International, and nothing let anybody imagine it was right there.

After the retrieval of The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle +4, Gaia and Csabo spent some time to investigate several similar titles, till someone found a little evidence in this adventure game, as weird text that appears when you try to load C64 version on a Plus/4 emulator.
The search for that B-side has been really hard, but Luca's luck allows him to meet Jerry Kurtz on a dedicated forum. Jerry has been involved in the abitious C64 Preservation Project, just providing a backup and various material of this game. Moreover, he's been so kind to give us both sides'.g64 and .d64 disk images, covers, manual and diskette picture.
Thanks to Jerry, one of the most hidden gems ever has been found, sincere thanks bud!

Another has fallen, go for the next one!


YAPE 0.79 is out now!
Posted by Luca on 2008-01-18
YAPE 0.79Even more stable, more friendly, more complete and so close to the original machine!
YAPE 0.79 looks just the opposite of your 3-years-long partner, and this latest version fixes several bugs and includes support for true interlace graphic modes. Chronos also contributed with more new icons.

In this way, Gaia releases a reliable version, in order to put YAPE's project aside for a while, and to dedicate time, mind, heart and nights (haha!) for his brand new really big project, which will start in about one week.
Congratulations Attila, from all the scene! Hey do you know that nothing is better than demo coding, nighttime, when you can sleep no more? ;)


TEK picks up the 256bytes gauntlet
Posted by Luca on 2008-01-13
Die Geschwister Von Herrn Magister Hamm Nen Twister Im KanisterYear 2008 looks like being born under a very good star!
Just after the unexpected demo released by nukem, now it's Degauss'time to enter the new year's coding time.

Exactly the 1st of January, a little C64 256 bytes demo started a kind of funny wild compo about twisters. Many improved efforts has followed, and we al know that a big slice of Degauss reputation is composed by twisters: could he deny himself into the gauntlet?
Die Geschwister Von Herrn Magister Hamm Nen Twister Im Kanister popped out because of all this, and it's a 256bytes wonder!

Hey sleepers!
A simple but lovely demo, or a 256bytes demo that takes you a couple of hours to optimize it. Do you see how little you need to feel yourself a real scener into a real scene? Move your butt, it's not going to destroy your family's peace! ;)
For example: can you do better in the same memory?


Enter the Crypt!
Posted by Luca on 2008-01-12
Happy 2008Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please! The new year starts with a welcome newcomer and a further welcome old pal's return on the scene!

The formerly C64 group Crypt jumps into the Plus/4 scene with this first release, to bid a Happy 2008 to all of us. Graphics by DFlame and JSL and code by...
Hey look there! He's nukem, and he's kicking again on the good old black box. Yes, Marcus is here again after 14 years since the last "from scratch" release, and he promises that this is a first warning only: Crypt has started its Plus/4 releases line.

Happy 2008 comes exactly now, in the time when the scene looks so asleep, zombie-ish and resilient to any initiative or compo; in the time when anybody aspires to release only the "demo-of-a-lifetime" in dozen years, while standing in his turtle shell....
...in order to remember to all of us how much our scene would need pretty simple neat releases like this.

Welcome Crypt, welcome back nukem!


Club-Info 102!
Posted by Luca on 2007-12-14
Club Info 102Erich/ULTD has just released the issue 102 of Club-Info disk magazine, raising significantly the overall quantity of releases in 2007. Once again: news, contacts, humor, demos, utilities and games in one big two sided pack.

Unwrapping this new present: Dawn Of The Dead, the brand new translation from JSL's classic PETSCII demos; 3 Mal 16, a very good version of the famous game from Peter Bergen; Bjack Las Vegas, Loan Analyser, Script + V2.1.

At last, a new line of picture collection disks: Hires Color 1, first release of a new branch of hires graphic two sided releases.


Minus4 V2.6 and SNasm V1.7 released!
Posted by Luca on 2007-11-28
Minus4 2.6 showing current XeO3 profile Minus4 reveals the pulsating heart of C16/Plus4 software!
Mike has updated Minus4 and included some advanced development features.
A much improved debugger with better disassembly viewing (complete with symbols) and breakpoint control. Along with this is a new sophisticated realtime profiler which allows you to get detailed read/write/execute information all in realtime.

Along with this is a new version of the SNasm assembler, which will output the needed symbol information for the new Minus4 debugger, along with that is some new support for a few of the better undocumented opcodes.


New Covers and Program Files!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2007-11-25
C16/C116 Programmsammlung A long time coming, but finally some new stuff has arrived.

First up is Money Decisions: Loan Analysis, which now has TAP and PRG files. Next is C16/C116 Programmsammlung, which has the cover and TAP files uploaded, as well as database entries for its individual programs. There also a TAP file and the cassette cover for C16/C116/Plus4 Textmanager, as well as new covers for Cutthroats, Psychedelia and Spy vs Spy, which also now has instructions. Enjoy!


Minigame compo 2007
Posted by Gaia on 2007-11-23
Hurry up everyone and head on over to the official Minigame 2007 homepage. As a pleasant surprise, we have an unexpected plus/4 entry, so this is actually one another good reason to check out the contenders and vote.

The plus/4 entry is a machine code game with PETSCII graphics, made by Reinhard Kratzberg from Germany and is called Star Cruiser. The original announcement was made on his weblog here and the game itself is submitted in the 4kb category. Although it's been available for a while now, you can still check it out if you want and show your support for our platform by voting on this game!



PRG launcher released
Posted by Gaia on 2007-10-24
Our own ern0 has released an emulator tool that allows one to use several Commodore machine emulators at the same time. You can associate this tool with the PRG extension and by clicking on a PRG file it will load, the start address gets autodetected and the control of the program is passed to the appropriate emulator (so for example C64 emulator for the $0801 address and $1001 for the plus/4). Now I just wonder what to do with the VIC-20 programs :-)

Link: http://linkbroker.hu/commodore_prg_launcher


Two New Top Lists
Posted by Luca on 2007-10-17
At last, we split the Demos Top List.
As requested by several people, we've preferred to have different charts by specific memory categories. Top List page shows now a couple of brand new columns: Top 50 16K Demos and Top 50 1K Demos.

"Top 50 16K Demos" will support our specific demo type which has born in the inner core of the Plus/4 scene, up to receive the Pouët's probate. We all know, 264 series machines mostly existed in 16K and 64K version, hence a 16K demo intends to show to the audience all the power of a C16/C116 monster.
After the release of classy specimens like 8SoB, Ikaruga, TED Storm, we need a dedicated list, in order to endorse the newborn 16K genre.

"Top 50 1K Demos" list considers all the pieces of minimalist art, from 64 to 1024 bytes large. Astounding stuff like Roeddelroemp, 6fx, Your daily 128 byte intro and Digi 64 are included. At the moment, it includes 64/128/1024 bytes stuff, new subcategories can be quickly added if needed.

Both lists are brand new, and it would be a great effort of collective involvement if you all will spend very few minutes in order to enjoy these little great demos again, then put down some votes and allow the needing ones to enter the main charts.


Club-Info 101 is out!
Posted by Luca on 2007-10-11
Club Info 101And now, get ready toward a new goal! And we have to consider this issue 101 as the very first step.

Club-Info is now the one-and-only 3-digit magazine in the Plus/4 scene, and its editor Erich looks like unstoppable: even in this issue, you'll open the box to find out news, hints, solutions, demos, utilities and games.
On the side B, you can find various stuff and little hidden gems like Reverse 2007, or Cross.


Plus/4 YouTube Video Coverage HQ
Posted by Luca on 2007-10-06
"Ooooww I love vintage computers, and I really would be pleasured by watching all the cool demos coded on your beloved pruss..plaess...how did you call it? Ah yes, Plus/4, you said Plus/4... Yeah but where I can download the stuff? Oh what's this weird .D64 file format? Hey why does the emulator stop to load? Ouch can't listen to the music? Oh no, what's the problem now with t.."

Pissed of your lazy spoiled pampered double click addicted pseudo-nerd mate? Set him free from a good 89% big slice of his own brain, and tell him: "Simply press play, ok? Easy enough to ya?". Yes, we've found a convenient place for the Commodore Plus/4 YouTube Video Coverage Playlist.

You can contribute too, with your Plus/4 videos, subscribing the Plus/4 Group at YouTube's.
A special greeting goes to IstvanV, who sent in the longest demos.


The Big Wave
Posted by Luca on 2007-10-05
Pot DesignerIt had been a very hard work, but the uploading phase is finished, finally!

DGS offered his large archive of Plus/4 stuff, full of Hungarian releases, lost gems and educational programs. The bunch was extremely fat, over 300 titles! That's why we're still working around them: we need to import several others of the whole wave, enter data and pictures for all the entries, searching for clones and existent entries.
So keep your eyes on the New Stuff during these days, you'll discover more about your beloved blackbox!


AstrapedeExploring around the shores of Chris'big homepage, I spotted out some hidden gems, which have been easily included in the Wave: a Jim Butterfield version of the old classic Colossal Cave, Adventure Plus4; three little but extremely rare games published by Astralog, called Astrapede, Atom Man and Jetpack Jack; Conqueror, a converted lil'Risiko game.
But the real jewel in the whole collection is the disk containing both Pattern Designer and Pot Designer. With the latter, you can draw your pot's profile, and draw several 3D views for it, including a primitive shadowed rendering. You can also literally paste all around your vase your pattern wallpaper built with the former editor.


"In Memoriam" of the whole past...
Posted by Luca on 2007-09-18
In Memoriam (ASN)...to point toward a bright new future in the scene!

Skoro/ASN wants to celebrate 2007, releasing a onefile demo which ultimately improves and consolidates all his recent productions'effects, like setting a milestone in the ground where to start again for a new era of the Plus/4 demoscene. Some great graphic elements drawn by Kichy and some 8 years old logos by Luca make frame for this new great coding effort from the Assassins'leader.

It's time to change in order to keep it unchanged!


New release of 'Forever?' emulator
Posted by SVS on 2007-09-02
Forever? Plus4 emulator
During summer holiday Litwr has released another updating of his famous solid emulator totally coded in machine language.
With this version, 'Forever?' is able:
- to access any type of file from D64 images, including the REL files too.
- to be invoked with advanced command line parameters.

You can download it from here

Long live and prosper Vladimir!


Club Info 100!
Posted by Luca on 2007-08-30
Club Info 100And the time has come: 100 issues of Club Info. I would mean: the very first 100 issues ;)

Erich/Unlimited has taken the most lasting disk magazine beyond the two digits limit, and he decided to celebrate this memorable goal doubling the offer: longer text and 2 disks full of the usual choice of fresh stuff around the scene.
A great intro coded by Csabo/LOD remarks the milestone, with a fantastic TED tune playing while running.

Happy 100 issues anniversary Club Info! Next goal ahead!


New Game Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-08-18
Get ItSkoro/Assassins is back once again with a new action game, simply titled: Get It. Your task is the usual: guide your character through 50 levels, avoiding all the baddies. You receive level-codes after successfully completing every fifth level. These will allow you to start the game from the given level once you restart. The author also added a built-in trainer mode for those who find it too hard. So what are you waiting for, get it now (pun intended).

Two more recent releases: Relocator V1.6 is also from Skoro/Asn, and Chronos/ACW released a one-file version of Prince of Persia. Enjoy!


plus4emu 1.2.1 is out!
Posted by Chicken on 2007-08-14
IstvanV released the latest version of his Emulator a couple of days ago. As he stated in the forum already "this release mainly focuses on improving the TED emulation". Additionally, it includes a few minor bug fixes. But even if "there is not much visible difference" you should give it a try.

You can find packages for 32 bit Windows, 32 and 64 bit Linux and the source code here

Don't forget to visit the forum (no registration required) and participate in the discussion about plus4emu. Feedback is always welcome and IstvanV would be happy to hear about your suggestions for features and improvements.


News From West!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-08-11
Prince of PersiaGuys From West are back... sorta :-) Regular readers of the forums may remember that there was some talk around getting our hands on an archived copy of the famed Prince of Persia game. The legendary DOS game running on the Plus/4? Could it be true? Apparently it is! The guys found the latest development copy of the game and decided to release it to the public. It's definitely worth checking out! Too bad it never got completed. We also have a new group photo of GFW. Thanks for this stuff to Tesh and Tmfs!


New Hungarian Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-08-07
ParkettaPlatinaDGS sent us two rare Hungarian covers for our collection. The first one is Parketta, a newly added logical game. The second is for Platina, an action+puzzle game that deserves your attention if you haven't played with it yet. Big thanks for these, enjoy!


Eagle by Jedi!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-08-06
Eagle2007 continues to be a very exciting year for our scene. Today we have another fresh release for you: Eagle/Jedi! His second publicly released graphics, it's also an MCFLI picture. (To the best of our knowledge, this is also only the second hand pixelled picture using this video mode.) It was submitted to Assembly 2007 Summer Oldskool Graphics Competition, where it (once again!) took a respectable 4th place. Big congratulations and thanks to Jedi for representing our scene with another fine release!


Absence And Wilds Join Forces!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-08-01
ACWIt's very rare for a new group to pop up on our scene, but today that's the case. The remaining members of Absence and Wilds have joined forces, and are proud to announce their new group: ACW. The merger makes sense, since the 5 guys have been already collaborating on various projects in the past two years. We're anxious to see the first production to be released under the new group - could it be the upcoming game, Bomberman +4?

Visit their new homepage: absenceandwilds.extra.hu/. Further reading (in Hungarian): scene.hu


Enter the Church Of Death!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-07-21
Church Of DeathThere's a new adventure game available from Chris Snowden called Church Of Death! The stories takes you to - guess! - the Church Of Death, which has been taken over by evil vampires. So grab your backpack and get ready for a real adventure! Besides being able to download it, you can also purchase the game for the mere sum of £1.99 from Cronosoft. It will be a nice part of anyone's collection of cassettes :-) Check it out and enjoy!


Savage Island Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-07-18
Savage Island Part TwoSavage Island Part OneSavage Island Part One and Part Two is a two-part adventure from the Scott Adams adventure series. Sidius took the time to scan the full size covers which has now been added to our database. Savage Island +4 was also released today. Big thanks to Sidius for the scans, enjoy!


Musketeer!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-07-17
MusketeerHot on the trails of Shade, we have the second new production uploaded from Arok #9. This is a debut release is from a "new guy": say hello to Jedi. Musketeer is an MCFLI picture that was submitted to the graphics compo and reached a respectable 4th place out of 9 entries. It warrants a new category, which will hopefully grow in the future. Enjoy!


Shade Demo!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-07-15
ShadeThe moment you've been waiting for has arrived: the much anticipated and amazing Shade demo, winner of Arok 9 is here! It's nothing like you've ever seen, so download and watch it now. Congratulations to the authors for representing the Plus/4 with such a quality production!


Rare Unreleased Game Found!
Posted by Luca on 2007-07-13
Nike HawkWondering in my bathtub while having a relaxing bath, I remembered an old issue of Zzap! Italia, around year 1987, in which a letter had been published about a C16 game project. This is page 12 taken from Zzap! Italia magazine issue 11, published in April 1987. They received a letter (that one in the bottom right corner) and a tape from two young C16 fanatics. Briefly, Marco Ricci and Carlo Alberto Bentivoglio (graphician and coder, respectively) sent'em a copy of a finished C16 game, called Nike Hawk. That was the one and only hint about it: no news from any of the most known C16 dedicated software houses.

CABpaint 4Leaving the bathtub, I had few neat sentences in my mind: 20 years passed; Internet's great, we've so many search engines around. Why not give it a try? I tried and I succeeded, finding Carlo Alberto Bentivoglio! He preserved his work, and has been so kind and polite to send the original master tape of Nike Hawk in a couple of days only!

So, here's the hidden gem, released after 21 years, run to get Nike Hawk back to work! Soon, an interview and more about it, on Lone News!

By the same author, as found on the game's master tape too, a weird bonus item. It's a picture drawing tool written in BASIC with several features, named CABpaint 4. Enjoy!


Tron Lamer Team. alive and kickin' + a little surprise
Posted by Luca on 2007-07-03
Sargarozsa2007 is now very close to a definitive consecration as golden year for the Plus/4 scene!
Here's the Hifi turn now, with a freshen storm of a new digi demo, plus six more, never released before.

So, grab the Tron Lamer Team's stuff that has just been released: Plussyworld 2007, Bailando Amigos, Lady Fantasy, Lucifer, Sargarozsa, Sarkany, Sunshine.

The Gyöngyös Plus/4 central HQ is still at work, as you can see!


Boeing 727 simulatorHey, what's this!?
I was just typing these news, and I saw that Ulrich Hecht, the misterious guy who entered silently the scene with AMC and Centripod conversions, has just converted another game.

A little BASIC C64 game, to be precise: Boeing 727 simulator!


YAPE 0.75 released
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2007-06-30
Gaia's YAPE emulator has another update, here are the changes:
  • support for custom drive ROM images
  • added parallelized 1541 drive emulation (both types)
  • optional breakpoint opcode ($F2)
  • /BREAK command line parameter now accepts hexadecimal addresses (0xADDE)
  • true drive emulation and high accuracy mode are now the default
  • couple of bugfixes (custom joystick keys etc.)

Grab it at the YAPE Homepage.


Various Scene News
Posted by Csabo on 2007-06-30
I uploaded my set of SceneCon 2007 photos for your enjoyment to the Features section. Two new utilities have been added to the Tools section that some may hopefully find useful: CSW Viewer and Csabo's TAP Cleaner. Finally, an interesting tidbit: Mac came forward and claimed authorship over an old joke demo called Spermetro. Who knows, perhaps some day we will find out the real identity of Korak :-)


C16doc.de updated
Posted by Gaia on 2007-06-29
Almost as a follow-up response to the sad news of the removal of the C16.de forums, and after a long hiatus Mr. Museum has updated the official Club-Info website. The site has been given all the missing Club-Info releases and also several hundred (!) other mags. Check it out if you speak German or plan to learn it, there can't be any better motivation.

Thanks to Forum64.de for the news.

Link: http://www.c16doc.de


The Forum of C16.de was switched off!
Posted by Sidius on 2007-06-26
One of the first german internet pages, which dealt exclusively with the C16/+4, was finally taken from the net on 2007-06-21: The Forum of www.c16.de !

Tranlated quotation:
"For want of words we have also stop the forum now. There are still enough other forums with Commodore-material, where you can make a find absolutely.....etc."

Of course this is a great pity ones, but in the end the forum was not very well visited...but the main side C16.de is still active !


Plus/4 blitzkrieg at SceneCON party!
Posted by Luca on 2007-06-18
Adventures in MonoNotizen aus der ProvinzWe turned the 8bit demo competition at SceneCON 2007 party into a Plus/4 power show! Absence, TEK and FIRE demos have been the compo entries, three pieces of true art, hard coding and polished design. Read the final ranking on Pouët!
Luca performed his best code ever, moving masked softsprites here and there and around ichthyic themed graphic art in his own onefiler called Thalassa.
Csio and Chronos played hard with vidcordered stuff in their Adventures in Mono, filling up the screen with full motion effects. ThalassaUnfortunately at the moment, the demo runs on YAPE only and can't be spreaded yet, as a virtually working one, in order to prevent misunderstanding and lack of consistency. Don't worry, the working version will see the light in few days, and first choice sceners like Crown, Pigmy and Gaia are just helping our dynamic duo to achieve that!
And the winner is: Degauss! Yes, Ingo won again, and he really deserves it! Notizen aus der Provinz shocked the audience, showing high-pro effects which can be exclusively performed on our beloved Plus/4 only: a new revolutionary graphics format, a stunning floormapper, giant lightsourced vectorcubes, a very smooth fence effect, a colorful double tunnel. Plus/4 at its best!

Do you wanna see some famous faces at the party? Chronos, as official scene's photographer, takes to you a bunch of funny pictures of the long night in Budapest, here!

Update: the party version of Adventures in Mono is now here to be downloaded, watched, enjoyed!
Update: more photos here, here and here.
Update: the final version of Adventures in Mono has been released some dozens hours after the party! Delete the party version, now you have the real one and only, with a bonus picture!


99 Releases of Club Info on the Wall...
Posted by Csabo on 2007-06-06
Club Info 9999 releases of Club Info...
Take one down and pass it around,
98 bottles of Club Info on the wall!

OK, enough with the singing already, even though the occasion of a new software release on our beloved platform certainly deserves it. Erich/Unlimited brings you issue 99 of Club Info. The two disks sides are packed with German language articles and other goodies as usual. The exclusive new releases included are: Multiple Regression + from Werner Bertholdt, Determinator from Ludwig Weinzierl, Joystick Tester, Clouds by Peter Bergen, plus 1520 plotter programs, A Match and Raptor which are Erich's conversions. Check 'em out! The countdown has begun for the 100th release...


Cuthbert Enters The Tombs Of Doom In Full Glory!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-06-02
Cuthbert Enters the Tombs of DoomRegular visitors have no doubt read this forum thread regarding the additional game materials for the old Microdeal Commodore 16 game from the Cuthbert series. You can now view this release in it's fully glory: we have the full size cover scans, a lot of additional game materials (postcard, club card, "key"), and the 16 page instructional booklet. This latter one really does a good job of "selling" the game. Check it out, it's retrogaming goodness! Big thanks to Sidius for sending this in!


Various Additions
Posted by Csabo on 2007-05-15
Commodore ClubJust a few additions to the database today: we've added photo's of Tremby to our faces of the scene gallery (he's number 115). It appears that our humble webpage was featured in a magazine in Holland: Commodore Club December 2006 issue. Big thanks to Patrick for the scan! Last but not least Lacus received and scanned the 26 page manual for Botticelli! It's in Hungarian, but very nice nevertheless. Thanks guys!


Two New Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2007-05-09
Savage Island Part OneJet Set WillyRüdiger recently got his hands on a rare release: it's Savage Island Part One, the Adventure International (U.K.) release. It features different artwork than the Tynesoft release. Despite what the cover says, it not only contains the C16 text only version, but also the Plus/4 version of the game as well. The second cover we added today came from C16 Chris, it knocks one more off of our wanted list: it's the disk cover of Jet Set Willy. What's unique to this one is that the disk contains a second game (Rig Attack), which can be seen on the disk label, but it's not mentioned on the cover itself. Thanks for the scans guys!


Yape 0.74 is released
Posted by Gaia on 2007-05-08
Yape has received another update, a couple of folks will probably be happy with the reconfigurable joystick control keys, while others may get their kicks by the possibility to add breakpoints on startup. For the full story, hit the homepage below.

Link: Yape homepage


Paprita Is Back!
Posted by Chicken on 2007-05-05
Paprita 4After twelve years of absence from the world of disk mags, Absence revitalized Paprita. The magazine for scene subculture is back with its fourth issue.
Check out Paprita 4!



New Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2007-04-30
BotticelliBASIC-KursRüdiger sent in new covers: the cassette release of BASIC-Kurs, and an alternative scan for Mercenary Kompendium-Ausgabe. Lacus - our frequent supplier of Hungarian stuff - sent in a few program files (see New Uploads for the list). He also got his hands on a true treasure: feast your eyes on the cover artwork of Botticelli! The back cover has some nice info: the list of authors (György Szöllösi may be a familiar name), and it also displays the official description of the program - some might say it's a little boastful perhaps, others might think it's well deserved. Thanks for these guys!


[limiTED] Voting Phase Begins!
Posted by Luca on 2007-04-22
[limiTED] demo compoJeez guys, you all made my day: 26 entries overall! 26 little gems, born from the flames of your passion, and the knowledge of your beloved blackbox! Here at Plus/4Word we're so proud because of your quick feedback, we liked every single production, every effort has been fully appreciated.
Hey but... Oh my, this is a competition after all, and a competition needs a winner; and a winner needs a ranking; and a ranking needs votes. Ah, votes, at last!

Give 10 to your favourites! Bury the worst ones with 1! Be ruthless but fair! Try to win in the Guess Who's inoculated competition, performing your most terrible spectacles. Write your personal comments for any entry, glorify the best, insult those which you dislike! You can vote until Saturday 28 April 2007 23:59. I'm just waiting for votesheets, come on!


New adventure game released!
Posted by Gaia on 2007-04-13
Dark MansionChris, the founder of commodore16.com has just finished his first game for the Plus/4. It's a trial & error text adventure called Dark Mansion. The goal is to break into the mansion, steal the treasure and escape with your life. The game is programmed using the Adventure Building System by Rachy, which is very flexible adventure programming language. The source code would also be released soonish. Find out more about the proggie on the website of Chris.

Link: Dark Mansion announcement on commodore16.com


A new version of Plus4IDE has been released
Posted by Gaia on 2007-04-12
I have just noticed that Csabo's excellent Plus4IDE has received an update, so if you're into cross-platform development (which you should), head on over to the dedicated page and download it immediately. I have no idea yet what's been updated but we can nag him on the forum for that.

Link: The Plus4IDE


More Database Additions
Posted by Csabo on 2007-04-12
Al Ladro!Knobelspass IC16 Chris sent us 5 new covers scans for a previously unlisted software company. They are from Cassetta Games, who re-released commercial software in Italy. The 5 covers are for: Al Ladro!, Bombolo, Grattacieli, Missione Spaziale and Wild Western. Program files and TAP files are to follow.

Sidius also contributed new stuff: Knobelspass I from CBM Germany now has its cover scan, plus the two previously missing games from the compilation. He also sent us the long-titled How To Program Your Commodore 16, this one's from CBM Aus.

Finally some updates to the SCN News saga: we worked out the problem with issue 4 (see forum thread) and Moldi found SCN News 17. Only one is missing, the hunt is on! Thanks for all you guys for helping our archive grow.


YAPE 0.73 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-04-10
Members of our little community will probably be happy to know that this month brings another update to the popular Commodore Plus/4 emulator: YAPE. Gaia has been busy fixing it up so that the few remaining problematic programs are emulated better than ever. To find out what's new in this mostly bugfix release and for the download, hit the YAPE homepage. Cheers to Gaia for his continued development!


Lots of Missing Mags Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-04-10
Lamer News #006Moldi dug up a whole bunch of missing magazines for us. We now have the complete set for Infó (7 issues added), Lamer News (2 issues added) and Scanners (8 issues added). We also received several missing SCN News issues, leaving only 17 and 26 missing. Issue 4 was sent in by several scene members, but it's the same file we already had on rulez.org, which is unfortunately broken. Perhaps a working version of this issue never existed?

Info perhaps deserves a special mention: this mag was relatively unknown in the scene, and it's not the usual scene format, but true to its title it does have lots of useful and interesting information. Should provide a good read to anyone wanting to reminisce about old times. It's in Hungarian though.

Big thanks for Moldi and Chronos, who also sent in some of these mags at the same time.


Terror News: Series Complete!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-04-06
Terror News 17TPSH and Moldi both sent us the last missing issue of Terror News: Terror News 17! Fire it up if you're so inclined (and speak Hungarian) to read some old news. Big thanks to both guys, a remember to check your disks for more missing programs. (Most notable in the mags category are SCN News, Scanners and Infó.)


Happy Easter...tro!
Posted by Luca on 2007-04-05
Happy Easter to all of us!

Aaaawww, don't bother! I know it's too soon to say that. But there's a good occasion to bringing forward our wishes. CSIO (code) and Chronos (gfx) of Absence come back to give us a present: Surpriseastro!

The little sweet bunny wishes a fantastic Easter for all of us, signed Absence. Download it and vote for that cute jumpe-y pet!


Club Info 98 and Other Mags
Posted by Csabo on 2007-04-03
Erich/Ultd just sent us the new issue of Club Info: Club Info 98 is here! Check it out for 2 disk sides packed full of German articles, plus recent and new releases. Our frequent calls for missing software also got answered. It's a coincidence, but we also received a few more programs, all of them happen to be mags. Ati got us a good, working copy of Lunacy 6, and Unreal found two more missing issues of Terror News: 10 and 18. (This almost completes the series: now only 17 is missing.) Thanks for the stuff guys, enjoy!


[limiTED] Online Demo Compo Starts Now!
Posted by Luca on 2007-03-29
It takes off, and now you have no excuses left!
Yes, this is the right time, and the right place too: show to all of us who really "is right in the tight"!

[limiTED] compo is the very first Commodore Plus/4 online demo challenge ever, featuring three differently memory sized battlefields: 64 bytes, 128 bytes and 1024 bytes demo categories. This is the kind of gauntlet that hardcore coders can't refuse to raise up.
We don't care if you're a beast of Plus/4 mythology, a bold newcomer from other scenes or a tiny BASIC addicted: read the rules, code at your best, upload here your precious little gem, vote, eventually win. In a word: have fun!


Lone News 19
Posted by Luca on 2007-03-24
Ok, I know, I know that: I'm late!
I'm terribly late, to be precise I'm out of three months since I announced Lone News 19. But you see, now it's out! And it contains a cool interview with TBH (aka nukem!), a party report from "Arok 8", and (to call back your forgiveness to me) a fresh party report from "15 Years Oxyron Party", written by the democompo winner Degauss/TEK.
Hey you! Discover your new +4 passion and begin to code again, we'd just begun to dominate the 8bit scene, you see! And how we did it? Read Lone News 19 right now and you'll know all!
Service alert: the 2nd magazine's tune is dedicated to Crown.


Forever Update
Posted by Csabo on 2007-03-22
Litwr sent us word that he updated his Forever Plus/4 Emulator. We missed an official announcement for the previous update, so here's what's (relatively new) in the latest version:
  • improved datasette emulation, added direct TAP format support
  • fixed some disk drive and IEC emulation errors (thanks to SVS of Fire)
  • command line parameter support, e.g. autoload PRG files (requested by Ninja / The Dreams)
  • provided proper emulation of the bit 1 of the TED $1e register, and other minor bugfixes.

The author also mentioned that while Forever is only second to YAPE in terms of TED accuracy emulation, it has the best debugger. Thanks for Litwr for his continued work on this cool emulator!


Risen From The Wwwoblivion
Posted by Luca on 2007-03-17
Attack Of The Mutant CamelsAttack Of The Mutant Camels IntroThe story so far. Some days ago, Luca/FIRE had found two hidden gems in a blog maintained by a german guy: a simple shmup and a Minter's milestone, both converted on Plus/4 from the original C64 source code. Few features should be fixed yet, hence he retouched the Hecht's conversions, fixed them, coded a nice intro, finally released.
The whole bunches of source codes, original conversions and fixed ones, are now available here and here.

De Luxe CavesCentripodGaia spotted another unreleased Plus/4 converted game: De Luxe Caves.
It's a (badly made) porting of Boulderdash with edited levels by Marek Roth (a well known Boulderdash addicted since years), opening with a cool intro, and featuring SIDcard support.

Somewhere, the sands of Internet hide under precious items right now...


Exacting Demo Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-03-16
Exacting DemoAfter battling with GUI4CBM4WIN and cables, TPSH managed to copy his megademo called: Exacting Demo. The odd title was chosen for a very reason: this demo is the follow up to Unassuming Demo, whose title is transliterated from "Igénytelen Demo" (roughly meaning "Demo of low quality"). So the Hungarian title is the opposite: "Igényes Demo" (roughly meaning "Demo of high quality"). It's a nice production featuring several pieces of digitalized punk music. The demo is one of the rare ones that occupy two full disk sides - full meaning 40 tracks in this case, versus the normal 35 tracks used on 5 1/4 disks. We're very happy to have this long-lost demo in our archives at last. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it. And remember to search your old disks, and keep looking for hidden treasures like these!


Beta Version of New Emulator is Available
Posted by Csabo on 2007-03-15
IstvanV released a new beta version of his emulator, available at at SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ep128emu/.

Changes since the last alpha snapshot include the addition of 1541 emulation, a Windows installer, even more accurate TED emulation, and the keyboard layout has been made more consistent with other emulators. The code is available under the GPL license, which means that anyone can use any part of it, but only as long as the project is also open source and has a GPL license and the copyright notices are preserved.
If anyone is interested, they can join the development or subscribe to the new mailing lists at http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=128766.


New Member Photos
Posted by Csabo on 2007-03-14
Just a quick note to let you guys know that we recently added a few more photos of the following scene members: CSM, Jakec, Niks, Ratt, The Elder and TPSH. Check out the Faces of the Scene page, which now has a 113 photos!


YAPE 0.72 out!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2007-03-13
Barely a month after the last release, Gaia's YAPE emulator has been updated again.
Changes this time:
  • another new emulation level (VHA, very high accuracy)
  • started implementing exact video shift register emulation in VHA mode
  • improved PAL-NTSC switch artifacts
  • oversampling now also for the SID card
  • selectable sound replay frequency
  • more fullscreen mode options
  • added support for test mode
  • bug in the FIR filter fixed
  • TED border flipflop check was 1 cycle off


The new VICE is out now!
Posted by Sidius on 2007-03-10
Today, a new version of the VICE-Emulator is on the net: Version 1.21!

And now, VICE (Plus/4) supports the SID-Card and sound recording. This release also fixed some minor TED graphics bugs.

Take a look at http://www.viceteam.org/


A Few New Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-28
Mercenary Kompendium-AusgabeWe close this month with another set of newly added cover scans. Haegar sent us the disk cover for Mercenary Kompendium-Ausgabe, which is the German release of the two Mercenary games bundled together. The manual is also included (it's in German, obviously). Plus we have two more scans from Rüdiger: Sun Star apparently has a German cover as well. He also managed to get his hands on a rare copy of Superbase +4, and sent us the missing box back cover. And that's pretty much it for February 2007. Thanks for the scans, guys!


A genuine Commodore tape recovered!
Posted by Gaia on 2007-02-25
BASIC introduktie cursusWe have just added a real curio to our vast collection. It is a genuine Commodore release from 1984, albeit not of the much better known UK or US divisions but that of Commodore Nederland, the Dutch daughter company of Commodore. It's a whole tape with 7 BASIC programs accompanied by cover scans.

Most C16 and Plus/4 machines came prepackaged with those well-known 'Introduction to BASIC' tapes and this very tape accompanied the (very few) C16's sold across The Netherlands. It is however not a translation of the UK or the US version, but a genuine program developed by Softworld BV, a Dutch company and it will teach you BASIC in - well, Dutch - layman's terms.

While probably not many of you do speak Dutch, it is still interesting to get hold of a genuine Commodore product after so many years. Fun thing is that even the Dutch spelling has changed since then so instead of "introduktie" one should write "introductie" nowadays. Anyway, it is amazing that we are still able to recover such gems.

Grab a dictionary here and get crackin'!


Dr. Death/TEK won at 15 Years Oxyron Party!
Posted by Luca on 2007-02-25
Zenith Of PubertyVeni Vidi Vici!
"Veni" here at Flensburg to attend to the 15 Years Oxyron Party. "Vidi" my wonderful Zenith Of Puberty onefiler demo running on the big screen. "Vici" against all the other prods running the demo compo!
Since tonight, there are several new items in the Ingo's loft: a "Freax" art album, a Competition Pro joystick and a Catweasel MKIV. And watch the result: he deserves all those prices and more!

After Arok, another C64 party has been forced to appreciate a great Plus/4 production. Which will be the next one to fall under the power of the Blackbox?


Cover Scans From Crown
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-21
BongoMyriadSpace EscortCrown submitted another batch for our cover collection. We now have full size scans for two space-themed Commodore 16 games from Atlantis Software Ltd: Myriad and Space Escort. Bongo received some attention lately (have you heard the music from the alternative version yet?), and here comes some more: check out the full size scans for the Anco release. Crown also submitted the missing back cover scans for the other releases - and there's a few: the Anco release from the UK, the original Kingsoft cassette release, the "Bongo Construction Set" release and the disk cover. This game definitely deserves a lot of attention, it's a true masterpiece from Udo Gertz. He squeezed nice graphics with large characters, fast-paced but most importantly fun game play into the 16K. Oh yeah, and a complete editor too. Anyone able to put out a game of this quality should be proud. Thanks to Crown for these scans!


Disk Cover and Tynesoft Promo
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-20
Tynesoft AdWe've recently added the original disk image for the Kingsoft compilation Plus-Paket II. This reminded Haegar that he had a disk version laying around somewhere... So he dug it up, scanned it, and now it's forever part of our cover collection. Another very interesting item that showed up in our mailbox is from Sidius. It's a rare two page poster from Tynesoft Computer Software. Check it out, the ad listings are a delight, and there are a few curiosities, for example, have you heard of "Commonwealth Games"? Read through to find out more. Thanks for these scans guys!


More Covers and Solutions!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2007-02-19
Mercenary - Flucht aus TargToday we have a new batch of stuff, courtesy of EinPlus4User.
Fisrt up is a solution for the German version of Ghost Town. Not just any solution though, but in fact the original Kingsoft solution, which was supplied on request by Kingsoft. There are a few oddities with this solution: the game is named 'The Lost Town' and some of the room diagrams are somewhat inaccurate, nevertheless this is a welcome addition to the site.

In addition, we some German language material for the Mercenary series. First is Mercenary - Flucht aus Targ, which now has the long-awaited cassette cover and instructions. And last is Mercenary Kompendium-Ausgabe, which now has the (very wide) instruction card included with the cassette package. Thanks again to EinPlus4User for these scans!


Soft, Playsoft and Number Builder
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-15
RafflesZodiacGaze upon these fresh cover scans that have just been added to our magnificent collection! Sidius sent us two rare Italian ones: the first one is Raffles. Besides the original Tynesoft release and the Soft re-release, this game was apparently also re-released by Playsoft. (The artwork is curious, it doesn't seem to have much to do with the actual game.) The other one is Zodiac, a re-release of Zodiac. For those who don't remember, this one is a typical maze game, with a huge play area to explore (creating maps, anyone?).

Number BuilderLast but not least we have nice full size cover scans of Number Builder - the single release, courtesy of Crown. Number Builder is an nicely done education math game. It's one of the few official releases that actually require 64K, so it won't run on a base Commodore 16. This completes the series for the 10 tapes that were distributed with the Commodore Plus/4 Plus Pack: see all the thumbnails here. Big thanks for these scans!


3 Italian Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-14
OlympiaRamboStop Mat / Golf ManiaCrown keeps us busy with another supply of cover scans of Italian Commodore 16 games. We have two more from Visiogame. Rambo (or Rambo16 on the title screen) is another original game from them, written by Paolo Aimetti. (We already know this game as Vietnam). Olimpya is a hack of Daley Thompson's. Unfortunately Crown's copy of this tape was such bad quality that he hasn't been able to make TAP images for it. The same thing is the case for our last cover scan: Stop Mat / Golf Mania, a compilation tape from Mantra. The second game is a hack of Crazy Golf, the first one we do not know at this point (could not be loaded). If anyone has these, and can make TAP images for them, please send them in. In the meantime enjoy the new cover artworks!


Maps and TAPs!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2007-02-12
Plus-Paket IIQuite a lot of new stuff today, starting with a new map, this time for Megabolts! We also finally have the back cover scan for this game with the instructions on it. Next up is a bunch of TAP files, courtesy of Rüdiger. First up is an alternative TAP file for Bongo, with a Kingsoft loading screen. Next is a TAP for Kingsoft Sport Show. There are also TAP files for several previously missing utilities from Robtek, namely King Size Daten Bank, King Size Turbo Calc and King Size Turbo Text! And if all that wasn't enough, we also have two new Kingsoft G64 disk images, again from Rüdiger. These are for Emerald Mine and the compilation Plus-Paket II. Enjoy!


YAPE 0.71 is Out!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-10
YAPE, the popular Commodore Plus/4 emulator just got its first update of the year. Here's the list of changes:
  • Advanced settings dialog window
  • Forced UpdateOverlay call introduced in 0.70 is now optional
  • Optionally allow only one instance of the emulator to run
  • Two older tweaks (load vector patch and 1541 loader hack) are incorporated
  • At long last: command line options
  • '/DISK#:image' for attaching an image to drive {8,9,10,11} at startup
  • '/TAPE:image' for attaching a TAP/WAV image on startup
  • '/TYPE:text' for typing 'text' on startup
  • '/NOSTART' will suppress autostart
  • And a couple of TED bug fixes.
Grab if from the usual place. Cheers to Gaia for his continued work!


New Visiogame Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-07
Mr BigPuppy'sSmall JonesWell, it wouldn't have been very honest to title this news item "New games!", even though that's an eye catching title. We do have some new games though, sort of. Crown sent us today's update, which consists of three Visiogame cover scans and TAP + program files. At the mention of this company most scene members would immediately think "unauthorized re-releases". Sure enough, they did put out a lot of commercial games under change titles, but it looks like they did in face release some original Commodore 16 games as well. First up is Mr Big, which happens to be a re-release of Tutti Frutti (to make things worse, they messed up the well known catchy game tune). Puppy's and Small Jones on the other hand appear to be originals, programmed by one Paolo Aimetti. Puppy's may look familiar: this has actually been ripped off by another Italian software house, Edizioni Fermont, and released on Go Games 15 under the name Britt. Oh the irony! :-) Big thanks to Crown for these rare scans and quality TAP images.


New Cover Scans - Hungarian Releases
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-06
BetűrömiGépi Kód OktatóEz a Plus/4We have some new cover scans for you courtesy of Bear(tm) (who sent us such rare ones in the past as Időlabirintus, etc). Let's run down the list: Betűrömi is a game, Gépi Kód Oktató is an assembly language tutor, and finally Ez a Plus/4 is a compilation package. We're still on the lookout for the TAP images for these, and we're hoping to get more info on the compilation (as far as contents). Meanwhile collectors can be happy for the new scans. Big thanks for these, enjoy!


New Exomizer beta is out!
Posted by Gaia on 2007-02-03
We are a tad (TED? :-) ) bit late with this but Magnus Lind has recently released a new version of Exomizer. Exomizer is an excellent cross cruncher that targets 6502 based 8-bit computers, in particular the 8-bit home computers from Commodore including the 264 family of course, otherwise we wouldn't post this piece of news, would we? Changes since the 2.0 beta 5 release:

* Bugfix: sfx -t 128 placed decrunch table at $0334, not at $0b00 where it is supposed to be.
* Bugfix: sfx -t 128 was unable to bank RAM/ROM properly.
* Bugfix: Now works when compiled in a setting where unspecified char types are unsigned.
* Added experimental Oric 1 target to the sfx command. (not properly tested, comments are welcome)

For more info and download see the Exomizer web site at http://hem.bredband.net/magli143/exo/


Club Info 97 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-02-01
Club Info 97We start off this month with a brand new release from Erich/Unlimited: the fresh new issue of the German diskmag Club Info is here. Let's see what goodness was squeezed into the 664*2 blocks: Side A is full of articles, including several adventure game solutions. Side B contains games, utilities and demos, some older and some new releases. These include Car Duel (a small game), Kalender (a collection of date utilities) and Sudoku V2, which is the updated version of the previously released Sudoku program. It guarantees to solve all valid Sudokus!

Find Another Way AgainFind Another Way Again is the big surprise: it's a brand new maze/platformer game by Data-Land/Unlimited. Your task is to guide Hirnbert, the hero from the top entrance to the bottom exit through walls and ladders. Of course, there are enemy guards (last name Iller, first initial K) abound. The game description promises that the baddies are controlled by an AI, e.g. they only follow you as long as you are in plain sight, making it possible to seek cover and hide.

Check out all this new stuff! Cheers to the developers for writing these programs and to Erich for Club Info itself!


8 Shades Of Black Cover Artwork!
Posted by Csabo on 2007-01-30
Our collection of cover scans usually contains covers for commercial works. However, we have a few "home-made" disk covers as well, as these were (are?) an important part of scene-life. On that note, check out the scan Chronos has just sent in for 8 Shades Of Black. It features his artwork (see Manga Wall in the demo), and autographs of all Plus/4 scener attendees at the party. Thanks for this scan!


Year 2007 begins for Tron Lamer Team
Posted by Luca on 2007-01-29
No 2007 without brand new TLT stuff!
Hifi really knows the genre of new year's greetings I like, something that can run on a Plus/4, of course. So, here come 4 new digis, celebrating the 70's rock band T-rex: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Oh, and what do you think about a big bouncing scrolltext with greetings to all the sceners? Bue'K 2007!


Four Italian Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2007-01-25
Super BurgerByte Games 27OlympiadAirwolfMore scans are coming your way: all of them are for Commodore 16 games that were re-released with different cover artwork in Italy. First up is Airwolf (Playsoft release) and Olympiad (Soft release), courtesy of SVS. (No, really? Yes, really!) C16 Chris sent in the other two: Byte Games 27, which is a compilation tape with 7 C16 games on the B side, and Super Burger, another hack of Pizza Pete. Check 'em out and enjoy!


More Cover Scans
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2007-01-24
Go Games 21Byte Games 10Today brings some more new cover scans and downloads. First we have the Italian compilations Byte Games 10 and Go Games 21, both of which contain a number of 'altered' commercial games. Both compilations and their individual games are up for download now. Other new uploads today include an alternative box scan for the recently added The Action Pack. This box is named 'C-Strike Pack', yet has the same games, same product code and barcode number. Next up is Indoor Sports, which now has a TAP file up for download. Finally, there's some new material for Superfile 16. Firstly, there's a new cover scan, with the name 'Superfile 16 Plus4', plus a new TAP file of the tape in this package, and scans of the accompanying instruction leaflet. Enjoy!


New Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2007-01-23
Ace +4Junior Maths Part 2We uploaded a some new cover scans for your viewing pleasure! One of the greatest flight simulators on our machine, ACE +4, now has a full size front cover scan, thanks to Ein_Plus4_User. He also sent us the scans for the instruction leaflet that comes with BASIC-Kurs, the tape that came bundled with the German Plus/4's. The third new addition today is Junior Maths Part 2 - it's a rare one from Tynesoft Computer Software. The cover scan is courtesy of C16 Chris - all we need now is the program files for this release. Enjoy!


The Action Pack
Posted by Csabo on 2007-01-21
The Action PackCheck out this newly added commercial release, called The Action Pack. It's a special gift pack from Paxman Promotions, containing 6 Commodore 16 games on one tape. The cover scan is courtesy of Rüdiger. Also keep an eye on a lot of new cover scans from Luca's collection, appearing in the NewStuff section. Enjoy!


Plus4 Ultimate-Map updated
Posted by SVS on 2007-01-17
Ultimate Plus4 MapPlus/4 utility guru SVS is proud to announce the release of the Ultimate Plus4 Map V1.4.
Main news of this release:
* Added info from Jim's zero-page list;
* Completed adding of MikeD's ROM list;
* New folder with a multi-function table (ASCII / PETASCII / ScreenCodes / PrinterCodes / Dec-Hex converts)
* All new addresses of V364 speech memory /routines.
* Many other improvements and fixes.


Paint System V1.2 and 200 Publications
Posted by Csabo on 2007-01-16
With the recent addition of the German magazine issue Commodore Welt 3/88 (Commodore World), we have reached 200 publications in our database. This issue contains the listing of Tcm+4's Paint System V1.2 - and we have the 7 scanned pages! The author, who is our newest member, just sent us a bug-fixed version of this drawing utility, so be sure to download the latest one from our servers.

This issue is only the first one but hopefully not the last. A quick search reveals that we already list many type-in programs from this magazine, we're just waiting for a kind soul who has actual information on in to come and share it with the rest of the Plus/4 World. Enjoy!


2006 - The Year In Review
Posted by Csabo on 2006-12-31
It's the last day of the year once again, and so comes our traditional year end review. Let's see what happened in the last 365 days in the world of the Plus/4.

In the Emulator arena YAPE continues to dominate, with six new updates it is now up to version 0.70. Forever was also updated twice: for the DOS platform it's simple the best. VICE is also still being updated, no big improvements on the Plus/4 front though. Emulation of machine has also extended to a few more platforms: Gaia released Pocket Commodore Plus/4 for the PocketPC, and YAPE was ported to the PSP.

Our collection grows, we're still adding cover scans and information. There were no big changes or newcomers in terms of websites this year, other than stuff for XeO3. This leads us into...

Software. Looking at the statistics is somewhat promising, we had 45 releases (up by two from last year, yay!). No new big-scale games just yet, but XeO3 and Bomberman previews were in the news (which one of you said vaporware?). We also had a few older games found/released and a few basic games off the Club Info disks. In the world of diskmags, Club Info, Lone News and Lamer News are still kicking. On the forefront of utilities is SVS, who just put out version 3.0 of Bal-Sys. Finally we have demos: there was 8 Shades Of Black, the C16 trackmo, an excellent community effort, something for us to be proud of. Monopsy 2, Oldschool, TED Storm and Roeddelroemp also amazed us and broke into our Top List.

Thanks to everyone in the community for the coding, the collecting, the feedback, just being here and keeping the Plus/4 alive. All the best for 2007!


BalSys new release 3.0
Posted by SVS on 2006-12-29
A new powerful release of Bal-Sys have just arrived from SVS, with a lot of improvements and new features. Go to here to download your copy!

Main news of release 3.0:
- Massive data commands (sampler till 1450 Hz, automatic graphic generator, fast data statistics, etc.)
- Online Helper (contextual or on-demand) by a large RELative file; overlayed help window; opportunity to maintain the help window while coding (all the screen objects are automatically scaled)
- System memory is expanded to 8192 (double than previous one)
- New commands and improvements of already existing ones
- System can be loaded from any device unit (for example drive #9)
- A new independent background line (the 4th!)
- Updated and revised manual
- A demo and sampler BAL programs to try
- ... and much, much more!


By SVS of [FIRE] Italian crew.


Club Info 96 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-12-07
Club Info 96Erich of Unlimited sent us the new Club Info: the German language diskmag for the Commodore Plus/4. Side A is for the articles, while the other has some new stuff: recently released demos, a few utils and even new games. One of the games is Kristall, which looks pretty interesting. Check it out and enjoy!


Yape/SDL ported to the PSP!
Posted by Gaia on 2006-12-02
Good news for PSP (Playstation Portable) owners. A guy called ZX81 has recently ported Yape's older SDL version to the Sony PSP. For the announcement head on over to the homepage at http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity. There's also an ongoing discussion on the forum here.

Note that although this is a very old version it should work fine with most of the games nevertheless.


Two recovered pieces of software by Dr. Death
Posted by Luca on 2006-11-30
Columns (TEK)TEKblahThe call is still the same: let's clear out the chest of our past memories! And Dr. Death/TEK did it too, rooting out a couple of forgotten codes.
The first one is TEKblah, a simple but cute onefiler demo that hadn't got the luck to be included in Brainwash megademo. The other retrieval is Columns (TEK), the well known classic game in a new coloured and neat appearance. Both with original TED sound tunes, composed by Elvis.


3 New Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2006-11-28
PunchyRug RiderSplit PersonalitiesSidius sent us three new cover scans for the collection. They are pretty rare ones! First up is: Punchy. This one probably raises a few eyebrows - this game was thought to be released only on The Commodore 16 Showcase. We do have a cover scan though for a German release. Next up is the box of Rug Rider from Tri-Micro. Finally we have Split Personalities, another rare, but fun game from Domark - probably their only release ever. Check them out! Respects to Sidius.


New Megademo Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-11-19
OldschoolWhat a glorious day: out of nowhere comes the Assassin crew, dropping nothing less than a full megademo on our unsuspecting demoscene. Skoro crunched 12 parts (and a notefile) onto one diskside and called it Oldschool. As the name suggests, it's the traditional press-space-to-load-the-next-part format. There are some very nice effects and beautiful graphics waiting for you, so download it now, and immerse yourself in that fuzzy feeling of watching a new production. The music requires SID card. Enjoy!


Commodore Demoscene DVDs Released
Posted by Csabo on 2006-11-16
Now that both the Plus/4 and 64 DVDs are sold out, Lacoste/Wilds released them for download for free. The DVD downloads are generously hosted by scene.org. You can grab the high-resolution covers from our site, e.g. to print your own DVD covers. Enjoy, and cheers to Lacoste for his work!

We Are Family: (Commodore Plus/4 Demoscene DVD) Download DVD, Download Covers

Meet The Family: (Commodore 64 Demoscene DVD) Download DVD, Download Covers


Galerie Unlimited 4
Posted by Csabo on 2006-11-12
Galerie Unlimited 4Erich sent us another morsel of news, satisfying the hunger of the release-hungry demo-lovers. Data-Land created a new picture collection, called Galerie Unlimited 4. It's the 4th in this series (duh), featuring ripped and converted pictures, using the Magica driver. Check it out!


Bomberman: 2' Alpha Stage video
Posted by Luca on 2006-11-05
Hey hey hey! It seems that we are very close to a final release, for this one, that appears to become one of the best ever.
No code, graphics or music had been stolen from other systems: Bomberman boasts neat code that moves up to 4 players with smart AI, original arcade-ish graphics and, last but not least, a secret musician!

You can follow the final steps of this cool project on the official Absence+Wilds homepage.


YAPE 0.69 Out!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-10-30
Fresh off the compiler, Gaia just released the new version of the popular Commodore Plus/4 emulator, YAPE. This latest one is mostly a bugfix release, taking care of a several problems. Improved stability and usability for free - this is a must download as usual. For a full list of issues, head on over to the YAPE homepage.


New Kingsoft and Anco Scans and TAPs
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-10-28
Turbo PlusMicro DateiMicro KalkSome new cover scans for some Kingsoft and Anco utilities, starting with Micro Kalk, which now has the full cover and instructions (in German), as well as a TAP image. Next is Micro Datei, which also has the cover and instructions, as well as a TAP image of version 1.1 of this utility. Next is Turbo Tape, which also has instructions and a TAP image, as we as an alternative front cover. The last is the Anco release of the Turbo Plus cartridge, for which we have the front cover and instructions. Enjoy!


New Box Scans!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-10-22
Financial AdvisorMicro IllustratorLogoSome new box scans today, all from Commodore utilities. First up is Financial Advisor, followed by Micro Illustrator (along with a download of the original disk image that also works on the C64) and finally Logo. There's also a download of the Logo Utilities Disk available (found on the main Logo page), which contains useful Logo procedures and demonstration programs. Take a look!


Beta5 for Exomixer 2.0
Posted by Luca on 2006-10-09
Time to update your prefer 6502 machines cross cruncher: Exomizer 2.0 reaches its beta5 incarnation, that brings forward crunching support as main improvement, beside several bugfixes.
We never will thank too much its father Magnus Lind for this pretty handy code.


Copy-REL v2
Posted by SVS on 2006-10-09
CopyRel V2dA new version of Copy-REL was released by SVS/FIRE. The lone known utility able to copy/move a RELative file, with current version is even able to modify the record lenght.

As usual the download of this routine is available from Emucamp and from Cbm264 (zipped) sites.

Info and features can be found here.


Club-Info 95 released!
Posted by Luca on 2006-10-09
O-oh, look at my mailbox,there's a postal envelope in it. Hey a disk inside! And in the disk...the latest issue of Club Info!
Erich/Unlimited sent me issue 95, with its load of helpful text and all the newer software from the German side. Take a look in the New Stuff area to spot all the fresh programs.

Keep going, Erich, the 100 issues goal is very close now!


First XeO3 demo available now!
Posted by Luca on 2006-09-29
XeO3 Demo 1: the teaserAfter 6 slow and alternate years, you're now able to see the whole stuff moving!
Mike Dailly, and Luca are proud to show you the very first XeO3 demo, that would be the symbolic gates introducing the whole project into an advanced phase.

We strongly suggest you to try it on the original hardware, for a better output in both visual and music. If you're not able to run the demo on the real Plus/4, you need to set this minimum configuration on latest version of YAPE emulator:
- 64Kbytes, any machine;
- SIDcard emulation at $FD40, new chip 8580, TEDclock.

Hey pals, by now don't miss a couple of weekly peeps into our two blogs, where you can read about the project's global evolution, and about the in-depth project's coding issues.
And now, you can't miss to write your opinion. We're ready to standoff, don't be delicate, we are tough enough.


Two Cover Scans From Soft
Posted by Csabo on 2006-09-27
Lawn TennisRafflesWe didn't have any new coverscans in a while, so it's time for some fresh stuff. C16 Chris sent us two more rare covers. These are once again Italian re-release covers from Soft, the originals are from Tynesoft. They are for Lawn Tennis (Tennis) and Raffles. Check them out and enjoy!


Forever Plus/4 Emulator Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-09-24
Litwr sent us word that he updated his excellent Forever Plus/4 Emulator, it's now version 1.34. He made big advances in terms of accuracy. In his own words: "It can run all programs except those with turbo-loaders and with super-tricky ones like 42/50/52-chars screen". While turbo loaders are common, the second category means only a handful of software.

Please note that this software now has a new host, so follow the new link and update your bookmarks. Cheers to Litwr for keeping the Russian Plussy front alive!



Dynablasta Preview!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-09-12
DynaBlasta PreviewCsio sent us the weirdest release announcement ever. It looks like the folks at Absence are gearing up to crunch out a new game(?), called DynaBlasta. You can find out more details (or not) by watching "Hakker i Krakker Stories", a short film (13MB avi file). Head on over to krakkerihakker.uw.hu. (This program contains coarse language. Viewer discretion is advised.)


Yape V0.68 is out!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-09-10
Gaia did it again! The newest YAPE literally speaks: it has true Toshiba 6721 speech LSI emulation (that was built into the V364, the Plussy's big brother). This opens up a lot of possibilities - when YAPE introduced SID emulation, a lot of the demos started using the SID (usually exclusively), even though a lot of sceners don't have SID cards. Does this mean speech or V364 specific demos will start turning up? Only time will tell.

Also from the same author, Pocket Commodore plus/4 has been updated to version 1.1 Cheers to Gaia for his continued groundbreaking work!


Let's poking around your pocket...
Posted by Luca on 2006-09-07
Total LethargyOur campaign continues: get your floppies out from the dusty corner, and bravely begin hunting for lost software! Chronos did it, and spotted a whole forgotten one side demo: Total Lethargy.
Into the same diskside, other gems were hidden: Muffpacker 2 is an improved version of a well know packer, now with NTSC boost option; Teknointro is a quickly coded disk intro, lost someday somewhere, and now bobbed up; finally, we have issue one of Paprita magazine, that wedges in to complete the series.
Poking around your pockets to spot forgotten stuff, is a healthy sport, preserve you mind against getting old, and makes you happy all the day. Do it!


VICE 1.20 released
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-09-04
A few days late with this news, but VICE (Versatile Commodore 8-bit emulator) has been updated to 1.20. This new version brings some updates to the Plus/4 emulation with support added for the 256K Csory expansion, and 256K, 1024K and 4096K Hannes expansions. For downloads and more information, head over to the VICE website.


VolksFORTH reaches version 3.80.1
Posted by Luca on 2006-08-19
VolksFORTHVolksFORTH is a 16bit Forth System produced by the german Forth Gesellschaft e.V., that has become a multiplatform project including C16/Plus4 machines. On the official page, you'll able to get anything you could need to manage with it: cross/target-compiler, multitasker, decompiler, assembler, disassembler and full sourcecode.

The people who coded it, just wrote that the're still on the keys in order to finish Version 3.90. We're looking forward for it then.


8 Shades of Black - the official release!
Posted by Luca on 2006-08-19
8 Shades of BlackLook at the thumbnail on the right: don't you see that something has been added to the blisterpack, uh?
After two weeks and half since the party version had been released, it's time to have the official one! That's 8 Shades of Black as we'd originally pictured in our minds, with one part more (by Murphy, with gfx by Beast), and some minor fixes. And, well, I have to admit that all this delay can be considered as "well spent", because the additional part is another killer one!

We have only begun to win, that's simply a starting point!


Two Rare Coverscans from Mosh!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-16
Starter ChessThermo Nuclear War GamesMosh sent us two new coverscans for our collection. Gameworx Software (later renamed Softgold) out of Melbourne released 8 adventure games. We now have the first cover scan for this series: it's for Thermo Nuclear War Games. The cover itself doesn't bear any platform markings (more than likely they re-used them for the C64 release as well), the C=16 sticker is on the outside of the clam shell case. Only 7 more to go!

The second cover is another rare one; and a bit of a surprise - at least for the hardcore collectors who keep up with the releases. Starter Chess, the classic C=16 chess game was previously thought to be released only as part of the well known Commodore 16 Showcase collection. This new cover hover disproves that theory: it was released as an individual release after all, by Commodore Australia. Will wonders never cease? Check out these covers, big thanks to Mosh!


5 New Italian Re-release Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-08
Petals Of DoomTycoon TexC16 Chris sent us more Italian release cover scans. They come from Armati and Top30. The new scans are: Centipede (Spectipede), Petals Of Doom, Skramble, Tycoon Tex and finally a compilation tape: Zap-em Supergran. These are nice additions to our ever growing collection of scans, big thanks to C16 Chris for them!


More Faces Of The Scene (Again)!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-06
We've added 3 more portaits to the Faces of the Scene gallery. Larry/WLS, the first coder to display a picture on the sideborder, OLS a graphician from GS and Britelite. This brings the total number of portraits to 107. Thanks for Lacoste for hunting these down!


Two Coverscans From Sidius!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-06
Sidius found two more Italian re-release compilations. These come from Savage Software: Stellar Wars / Berks LM and Scacchi / Black Jack. According to their product codes, these are numbers 004 and 010 respectively. This also gives us a hint, that there's probably more unknown tapes to be found out there, even besides the few that we know that existed but don't have. Each tape includes two games and we've also added the program downloads for all 4 programs. Thanks to Sidius for these! Enjoy!


New Graphics Box Release!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-05
Harry Gfx Box 6The GOTU team, one of the last remaining demogroups on our scene was sadly absent from 8 Shades Of Black. However, they have now returned with their first release of the year: Harry Gfx Box 6! This latest piece in the Harry Gfx Box series has 5 full size hand-pixelled multicolor pictures waiting for you. Check it out! Cheers to the remaining active people, let's see more releases!


7 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-04
C16 Chris contributed 7 new cover scans for our collections. These are relatively rare, Italian re-releases. They are: Cuthbert Enters The Tombs, Boxing, Kung Fu, Major Blinck, Olympiad, Rescue From Zylon and Zap-em. The companies responsible for these are Armati, Mr. Soft and Top30. Enjoy!


More Faces Of The Scene!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-03
We now have 104 pictures in the Faces of the Scene gallery. Recently added were Cooler and Oby, from the Hungarian demogroup Wilds (thanks to Lacoste for the pics). We also dug up a picture of Elf/PTA from the rulez party image archive. If you visit the Members listing page, there's a new column indicating if the member already has a picture or not. Enjoy!


Club Info 94 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-03
Erich/Unlimited sent us the latest issue of Club Info: issue 94 is here. The German diskmag is full of new articles as usual, while side B has goodies. Among them are Sudoku, the first and (so far) only Sudoku solver on Plus/4, it's actually quite impressive. There's also Anaconda, another one of those PETSCII movie demos, an interesting watch. Check out the rest in the New Stuff section.


The Face of Degauss
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-02
Degauss (AKA. Dr. Death, THE coder from Germany) has made it to our Faces of the Scene album! We now have quite a crowd, his portait being number 101 in the list. Go there and check it all out: for those who are really a part of this community, it's nice to put a face to a name.

Also head on over to ftp://c64.rulez.org/pub/plus4/Parties/ for all the Arok #8 photos you can handle! And if you haven't done it already, send your photo in, so that we can add it.


A Few Oldies From Csio
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-02
Csio dug up a few missing demos from his disks and sent it our way. Check out Brutyo, Fascinating, Matrix Digibox and Sure Shot. A few of these were created under the fake handle Derrick (which is also Csio). It's always nice to get lost pieces of work - the collection grows, steadily as ever. Enjoy!


8 Shades Of Black Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-08-01
The moment you've been waiting for has arrived: 8 Shades Of Black (8SoB) is available for download. This is the "party version", containing everything there is except Murphy's part.

So how can we describe this production? I think "demo of the year" is a fair statement. There are 10 polished amazing parts waiting for you, full of TED music and beautiful colors, yes, even using all 8 shades of black that our machine can offer. The partselector and presentation is very unique and funny: each part is a pill, curing some form of sickness. See it for yourself, this demo is not to be missed! Enjoy!


More Releases from Arok #8!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-07-31
Surprise, surprise, it's not 8SoB yet. Quite unexpectedly two more awesome demos where released at the Arok #8 party. The first one is a 1K demo, the first its category on Plus/4. It's called Roeddelroemp, and it comes from Dr. Death of TEK. One look will tell you that this is very cool stuff to be pulled out from just 1024 bytes, and the party crowd agreed: this demo won the 1K compo! The second demo is Monopsy 2, a follow up to 2003's Monopsy. It's authentic DCD code with Luca graphics: a superb entry into the filedemo category. Watch it and be amazed: yes, our computer can do this! This demo won the 2nd place in the demo competition. The winner was 8SoB, which you'll have to wait for just a bit more. Congratulations for both authors for their achievement!


First New Release from Arok #8!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-07-30
Chronos beat everyone to it: the first release from Arok #8 is here. It's called Snake Attack, it's a converted game from Absence. They also have a new minisite, visit it for the first round of Arok #8 photos.

As a sidenote, we've also received 5 digidemos from TLT a few days back, all 2006 releases. In the excitement of finishing 8 Shades of Black, we forgot to mention this newsbit on the front page. Enjoy!


YAPE 0.67 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-07-10
The popular Commodore Plus/4 Emulator, YAPE, is now up to version 0.67. The latest release contains bugfixes and better emulator, you can read more on the homepage. For those who are wondering what programs actually do show a noticeable difference in emulation, check out the classic demo A Trip by SCF. The fourth part contains the very first FLI effect on this platform, and YAPE is now the first (and only) emulator that can correctly emulate this part. Cheers to Gaia for his continued hard work!


New Unlimited Picturedisk Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-07-10
Data-Land of Unlimited released a new picturedisk called Galerie Unlimited 3. This release is from May, it just made it to us courtesy of Erich. The two sides are packed with a total number of 32 pictures. They are mostly from other Commodore Plus/4 Demos, drawn by MMS, Luca, Omega, Jimy, Shadow and Unreal. The program uses the classic Magica driver. Check it out and enjoy!


Artifex Update in Progress
Posted by Csabo on 2006-07-02
Artifex ScreenshotP. Zsolt, the author of Artifex gave us an update on the a promising Plus/4 emulator. He's been on hiatus since the last update from 2002. Artifex was rewritten from scratch, and he's been working on the updated version for over a year now. The Plus/4 World exclusive screenshot (on the right, click for full size image) gives us a few clues on what's going on: there's apparently PAL emulation (a very popular feature in other emus as well), and it's based on SDL. What that means is there will be a Linux and even an OS/X port. While there's no release date set ("when it's done"), we've heard that it can already handle demos like Heartfixer, and it's currently being tested with Litwr's Test Suite. Let's hope 2006 will see a new release, and we wish best of luck with the development!


Retro Fusion C16/Plus4 Article
Posted by Csabo on 2006-06-28
Retro Fusion is a new retro-gaming magazine from the UK, dedicated to bring back the best memories of your childhood. The second issue of the commercial mag has just hit the shelves, and it contains a 4 page article on our beloved machine by Chris. To see a sneak peek and read more click here (commodore16.com). The price is not terribly expensive, only 3 GBP plus shipping and handing (international orders available). Check it out!


TSDump V1.0
Posted by Csabo on 2006-06-26
Gaia released a small tool called TSDump. This utility is for trackmos: for any given D64 file, it reads the BAM and dumps out the track and sector information and name of PRG files. The output then can be included into an assembler. He also hinted about more upcoming pieces of code, keep an eye open for that in the near future.


Unlimited Releases a New Pictureshow!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-06-17
Erich the foreman of the German group Unlimited released a new pictureshow called Botticelli Picturedisk 28. Erich writes:
Between the Club Infos I sometimes make some pictures, hires or multicolor. To fill the disk I convert pictures from Koala (C64) and other picture formats (like Amicapaint from the C64) etc. Most of them get some work done to make them look better (colors and such). [...] You can also use our new "General View" utility to view them!
So check out the new pics, and if you haven't seen the group's recently released General View imageviewer, download it now, you'll like it! Cheers to Erich for helping the scene stay alive!


Lost Programs Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-06-14
Murphy found some long-lost golden-oldies. Game Pic's 2 and Info to RTL are two rare demos from GS, Tiger's Utility 92 is a utility collection. Most importantly, he also found Cinemaster V1.0, a masterpiece of coding from TCFS. The article covering this program (also written by the author) was the very last Plus/4 thing ever published in the Hungarian magazine Commodore Világ. Thanks to Murphy, check it out!


A New Coverscan Uploaded
Posted by Csabo on 2006-06-13
Chris sent us a new coverscan for King Size Volume 1 & Volume 2, aka. King Size 100 Games. This compilation published by Robtek contains 100 games (obviously), written in Basic. He also sent us a ZIP containing most games, original TAP files to follow later on. Thanks to Chris, check it out and enjoy.


Test Suite for Commodore +4 Emulators
Posted by Csabo on 2006-06-09
Litwr has released a new software converted from C64: Test Suite. It's a programmer's tool that checks the compatibility of Commodore Plus/4 Emulators. It's been reportedly helpful in the development (and bugfixing) of YAPE. Litwr also sent us a couple of more downloads which have been linked from his site, but apparently not available for anyone outside the .ru domain. These are Tapecopy and Epson driver. Check them out if you are interested.


Club Info 93 out now!!
Posted by Luca on 2006-06-03
The pathological missing of new software we're stand in this period, has to surrender because a brand new issue of the long running german diskmagazine has been released. Thanks Erich for Club Info 93!

The main present of this issue is General View V1.1, a cute refined graphic utility, capable to read almost all the Plus/4 bitmap formats. That's a great effort by Data-land!
When the scene becomes feeble, Unlimited battens down the hatches!


Oldies from Murphy
Posted by Csabo on 2006-05-29
Murphy writes: "I managed to find some stuff that hasn't made it to Plus/4 World yet, I thought I'd share it with everyone. Logomaker +40/Murphy is a heavily extended version of Mucsi's original. It has Multi-Botticelli export, compress to charset, bit-changer, shift, invert, etc. It's the opposite of another tool of mine, Logo Depacker. [...] Back in the day, I made a little selection of C64 logos, added my sprite converted and that's how I spread this stuff."

You can now grab this compilation as well as the individual utilities: Logo Pack N Tools. Enjoy.


Even More Oldies Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-04-28
After seeing his own old game in the last news item, DCD also dug up about 10 pieces of missing/newly found pieces of software. Among them is Double Link, a tetris-like game, which was his very first machine-language production. Another interesting game is Szökés (Escape). With the addition of New$Reel #11, there is now only one issue missing! Take a look at our New Stuff section for the rest, and remember to keep an eye out for those missing software.


More Old Stuff Dug Up!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-04-26
Lacoste answered our call and dug into his disk archive. Out came 7 newly found oldies! Most interesting is probably Lettertile, a Mah-jongg style game from DCD. This is a never before seen Plus/4 game for most of us, and it looks like a fun play! We also have Log-X, which may be the only work of EVS member Flavour. The rest are Hungarian diskmags: IMBK News #06 completes the series. New$Reel gets issues 09, 21 and 23, leaving only a few missing. Dig in if you are interested, cheers to Lacoste!


Another Lost Demo Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-04-25
Murphy sent a belated birthday gift to Plus/4 World: My First Demo! It's his first production ever (done before joining GS), and considered that it's a first release it's a great effort. The demo features four parts, three with digiconverters. Check it out!

And remember, keep digging through your old disks/tapes, you never know when you may find some missing software!


A unique find!
Posted by Gaia on 2006-04-22
While browsing through the C64 Gamebase I have come across an unbelievable gem, that has probably never been seen before. The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle is not a new piece of software: we have had a text-only C16 version and also a converted C64 version with hi-res pictures in it. What probably went unknown is the fact that Adventure International US used to have a dedicated plus/4 version of this game with different, multi-coloured graphics, on the same disk as the C64 version. Was it ever released commercially? We may never know. Adventure International went bankrupt in as early as 1985 meaning that a whole lot of software titles were not even being released anymore. There are a couple of other C64 titles using this engine that probably have a plus/4 version: Buckaroo Banzai and Questprobe 2. If anyone has a C64 original of these do not hesitate to check out the B side of those disks.

Anyway, go grab The sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle +4 while it's fresh and have a look for yourself.


New Demo Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-04-22
Cosine released TED Storm, a new music-box demo featuring 4-mat's TED player and not less than 7 tunes. What's even better, the player's source and complete documentation was also released! All this in 16K. For more details go to the Cosine website.


Four years Plus/4 World
Posted by Gaia on 2006-04-19
PLUS/4 WORLD
Today we are celebrating the 4th anniversary of the grand opening of Commodore plus/4 World. Many thanks to Csabo and Lando for their hard work on the site and of course to all our most dedicated, relentless contributors: C16Chris, Crown, Luca, Plus4Vampyre, SVS, Sidius, Ulysses777 to name just a few. Thanks to all who made Plus/4 World what it is now: a real cornerstone of plus/4 history. As we have digged deeper and deeper in the past, let's not forget that there is a future and it's up to us to make it a reality. Thumbs up and Happy Birthday Plus/4 World! Keep the scene alive!


Plus/4 presences at BreakPoint'06.
Posted by Luca on 2006-04-17
Once again the big german event BreakPoint has been a theatre of arts, coding skills, friendship and beer.
A Plus/4 drop in this Amiga/PC/C64 ocean had been poured by Exin. He found a free Plus/4 to use, a running copy of Multi Botticelli, and a ton of passion.
He has taken part in the "Theme Graphics" compo with his work, ranking 9 over 11. You can grab it here, from various sources.
Congratulations Exin, and thanks for supporting our beloved machine!


Club Info 92 is here!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-04-15
Marking only the 6th release of the year, Unlimited released Club Info 92. Erich once again packed two disksides with German articles and new + new-ish software releases. Grab the download and enjoy!


Plus/4 Emulator for the Pocket PC released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-04-14
Gaia's Pocket Commodore Plus 4, an officially licensed Commodore product is available now! It has very good game compatibility. It's available as a free download to try, and at 24.95 USD is inexpensive. For those who dreamed of pulling out their Pocket PC on the bus/subway and firing up their favorite game... That dream is now true! Check it out and enjoy!


New Covers And A Wanted Game Found!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-04-13
A nice update today...we have two updated full size covers of the educational titles Pixie Pack and Hide and Seek, a new cover for Reading Professor, and at long last...a TAP file for Super Gran The Adventure! Yes, this elusive adventure game is finally available, check it out and enjoy!


Jet Set Willy II Tips And Map
Posted by Csabo on 2006-04-11
Rüdiger scanned two pages from the February 1987 issue of Commodore User magazine. It contains useful tips and a map of each one of the 4 levels of Jet Set Willy II. Check it out and enjoy!


Three New Hungarian Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-03-23
Bear(tm) sent us a few more cover scans of Hungarian releases. That part of the collection is slowly but surely growing, and we could not be happier for that. Let's see then: Időlabirintus is the first one, a classic fun-to-play game (if you speak Hungarian that is). What's interesting about the cover is that the back lists 3 and the side lists 4 developers (vs. the two that are actually listed in the game). We also have two more programs that are tape utilities: Szuperturbo and Headjust. Big thanks for these, enjoy!


Two new games!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-03-18
We have two new additions to the database. The first one marks very rare occasion: Chris found a previously unknown commercial game called Mushroom Mania. Check out his site for the cover scan. The second is a scene release (which are also way too rare nowadays). Simple Puzzle Game comes from Optika/Aliens. Check them out and enjoy!


7 Mastertronic Covers!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-03-15
Today's update brings 7 new full size covers for the following Mastertronic games: Gunlaw, Kikstart, Molecule Man, On Cue, Spore, Squirm and finally Starforce Nova. With these additions, all the Mastertronic games now have full size covers! Enjoy!


YAPE v0.65 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-03-12
Gaia released the new version of YAPE today. So why should you download it, you ask? Well, besides the many bugs fixed, there's now Symbolic Keymapping implemented. This basically allows you to map the emulated Plus/4 keyboard to your own PC's keyboard layout, disregarding the input locale used. To read more and grab your copy, head on over to the homepage.


C16 and Plus/4 Service Manuals Online!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-03-09
At last, we now have the full official Commodore service manuals for both the Commodore 16 and Commodore Plus/4 available for download from the Publications section. These service manuals contain detailed schematics, layout diagrams, part numbers, IC information and troubleshooting guides for both machines, very useful for anyone attempting to repair their C16 or Plus/4.

Head over to the Publications section now and take a look!


Aliens return with Lamer News 10!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-02-23
The hungarian demogroup Aliens returns to the scene after a more than a decade. A new issue of their mag, Lamer News #10 has just been released. Aliens frontman Optika writes:
"This year I found a Plus/4 emulator, and I got nostalgic. The magazine is the usual Aliens quality :-(, but at least the code is my own from the first byte to the last one. [...] It's mostly a test program for my cruncher. It works! It's a true Huffman based cruncher, in assembly! [...] Aliens is hatching again, if I could only find the other members!"
It's nice to see old faces once again. Check the new stuff out and enjoy!


More Type-ins
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-02-08
Some more type-ins today, from various issues of Commodore Computing International magazine. They are Ice Hockey; Knight Tour, where you guide a single knight chess piece onto every space on the board; Land It, where you fly a bathtub-like ship down to earth and then underground; and Megamind another Mastermind-type game which also runs on the C64. Enjoy!


Forever gets an update
Posted by Gaia on 2006-02-07
The pioneer of all plus/4 emulators, from our own Litwr has received an update recently. This brings this DOS based emulator up to version 1.32. If you are after a very fast emulator that is running smoothly even on a Pentium 100, Forever could be yours. It is now also paring up nicely with Yape in supporting FLI modes and other advanced TED techniques. For users that do not have DOS on their machines anymore, there's also a self-booting CD image with FreeDOS and the emulator itself, so Win2000/XP users are also able to give it a try.

Link: http://litwr.boom.ru/p4_download.html


To the third digit!
Posted by Luca on 2006-02-04
February takes to you the 91st issue of the German speaking disk magazine Club-Info.
This is the first step toward the ambitious "issue 100" goal, that will become a sort of world record, other nearby scenes included! However, at the moment, we simply have to enjoy the two sides filled with articles (in German), and a few new Unlimited stuff.
Go breaking the third digit wall, Erich!


Some New Type-in Games!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-01-29
The book Using the Commodore 16 by Peter Gerrard contains a number of game listings, and now they are typed-in and ready for download. So, we have the following: Android Nim, an old classic converted from the PET version; Arrow C16, which is based on the Arrow game of the same name; Minefield C16, Moving Maze, Super Mind, Trap C16, Trapper, Wizzo and finally Castle Adventure C16, a fairly playable text adventure game. Enjoy!


Basic Reducer 2 Uploaded
Posted by Csabo on 2006-01-28
As SVS/FIRE promised on the forum, he dug up an old but useful utility. Check out Basic Reducer 2, which is an English translation of an Italian utility. It reduces a basic program by concatenating multiple basic lines into one (as long as they are not referenced by GOTOs, etc). The end result is a shorter basic program. It doesn't renumber them though, so AFTER reducing it's advisable to issue a RENUMBER 0,1 command. Thanks to SVS for this!


Plus/4 World now has RSS!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-01-23
We're hip! And to prove it, we've added RSS to Plus/4 World. Firefox and Opera users can enjoy it immediately (thanks to built in RSS support). If anyone out there is still brave enough to risk using IE, they can just use their RSS reader of choice (they really should Browse Happy instead). Enjoy!


Two Classic German C16 Games!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-01-23
We've uploaded two previously unreleased games from M. Hanoldt. Spunza is a unique idea: find the dots by listenning to the sounds. Merk-As is a memory-game for up to four players, with customizable number of cards. These games are nicely developed (we've seen even commercial releases with weren't as playable), so they are a nice addition to the archive. Thanks to the author for these! Remember, if you have any old disks laying around at home, dig them up, you might find some unexpected treasure.


New Homepages!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-01-20
Following on the heels of the XeO3 WIP Weblog, two more of our members have put up new homepages. C16 Chris has uploaded almost all of his cover collection to his new site at c16chris.de. (More covers coming soon.) Ati has moved his homepage to ati-home.tar.hu. He has screenshots and descriptions of his productions, including a work-in-progress game, that looks quite promising. Nice to see a little growth in terms of places to visit... Check them out!


XeO3 WIP Weblog!
Posted by Luca on 2006-01-15
The most assiduous forum users probably just know that Mike Dailly is back, taking with him some useful spare time. Especially, XeO3 project found a new life during these last days.
Due to the first results achieved with actual code implementation, the whole project is undergoing important changes and decisive choices. In this scenario, there's no need in having an homepage full of unused graphics music gameplay and so on.
For all this, we launched a simple but nice XeO3 Work In Progress Weblog. Come back periodically to read it, and you'll know everything about day-by-day improvements related to our project.

The XeO3 WIP Weblog is just waiting for your comments!


Two New Covers and a Replacement!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2006-01-15
Some new covers: first we have a full size replacement cover for Salvage, as well as a TAP file for this game. Next we have two new covers: the UK release cover for World Cup Carnival, and finally, the Supersoft release cover for Music Master, as well as the original G64 disk image and the full English manual! Enjoy!


Lone News 18 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-01-05
Luca/Fire beats everyone to the punch with the first release of 2006! The 18th issue of Lone News is here, with fresh toplist and news. There's also an interview with Graffiti, some CD4 memories, and a most interesting article regarding some unreleased Methabolix stuff... Download and read the mag to find out more!


An Interview with Bil Herd!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-01-03
This is a truly remarkable moment: one of the fathers (or gods) of the Plus/4 speaks out. Bil Herd gave an email interview to Gaia. Read his answers to not less than 32 questions. Fascinating stuff, and an absolute must read for everyone who is interested in the Commodore 264 series.


A surprising deathblow to 2005: Lunar Blitz and Reaxion!
Posted by Luca on 2006-01-02
Just while Csabo was writing the year's review, T.M.R released two long awaited classy games: Lunar Blitz and Reaxion!
Smart gameplay, pretty nice graphics and great usage of TEDsound by 4-Mat (aka Matt Simmonds) and Sean Connolly, in these fresh Cosine newcomers on C16/+4!
Both games will be also available in old fashioned disk/tape formats at Cronosoft.
Run to get them: Jason's waiting for feedbacks!


We Are Family - 2nd Edition!
Posted by Csabo on 2006-01-02
We Are FamilyWe are happy to report that the first demoscene DVD has sold out. The 50 (minus one) copies of the DVD went to:
- Hungary (32)
- Finnland (10)
- Italy (3)
- Germany (2)
- England (1)
- Canada (1)

Lacoste/Wilds is now offering the second edition, with a new cover design and same content. The price has also been lowered, so if you haven't gotten yours yet, the time to order is now! Check out our new We Are Family feature page for more details.


2005 - The Year In Review
Posted by Csabo on 2005-12-31
3... 2... 1... And that was 2005, previously known as the future. The occasion of another whole year passing is significant enough for us to pause a little, and think about what kind of year it has been.

Emulation is a very important aspect of the current Plus/4 life. On Windows platform, YAPE is the de-facto standard. Cheers to Gaia for his continued work on this free emulator, which is now up to version 0.64. Minus4j and Forever Plus/4 Emulator also got updated. VICE is still being worked on, but there's very little Plus/4 specific improvements.

There were no significant changes in terms of websites, the current "players" are still there and continue to evolve. (Although some were forced to changed address.) On our end we've officially opened the Plus/4 Encyclopedia, an effort to gather all Plus/4 specific knowledge to a free, open and accessible place. It's difficult to rate it either as a success or a failure, let's just say it's still there and has potential to become something great.

Our collection is still growing, we've passed 5250 pieces of software. We're thankful for everyone who sends us covers and TAP images, but C16 Chris deserves a special thanks. He basically flooded us with so much content, that processing and uploading everything will take well into the new year.

There's still new software being released. Chaos was this year's Questionmark (down to the fact that they both have ambiguous names), a breakthrough trackmo taking the top spot on the Top List. There's one effect in particular that's worth mentioning, a long-time dream of coders everywhere: displaying graphic on (or "removing") the side border. The scene also produced Crackers Demo 4, the participation and the quality are something to be proud of. Cheers to Luca for his great effort to bring CD4 together. Skoro deserves special kudos for being one of the most prolific coders this year. Lone News and Club Info were the two diskmags still being produced. Finally the recent release of Storm +4 V1.1 marks the only significant game release this year, and the return of Kichy. Last minute update: T.M.R has just released two new games! Check out Lunar Blitz and Reaxion!

We wish everyone a happy, successful, productive new year! Keep the Plus/4 alive!


Storm +4!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-12-25
Open up one more box this morning. We have an unexpected but most welcome gift from Kichy/Asn: a brand new game release called Storm +4. Yes, it's the Storm game, but it uses all capabilities of the Plussy. Kichy writes: "[...] Around '90 I used to love playing this game on the C64. However, I only had money to purchase a +4, so I bought one, and I couldn't even get the C16 version. So at the beginning of this December I thought we really should have a full value game with large map and nicer colors. [...]" What an excellent though! What's even better is that he made his thought a reality, and the end result is a downloadable game for you. Respects to Kichy!


New Domain for the C16 German Homepage!
Posted by MIK on 2005-12-22
As you can guess from the above news header the Domain of Germany's C16 Homepage has now been updated just in time for xmas! The name of this great site is still named C16.de and will continue to go by this name for the foreseeable future, its just an address change.

The new address is now http://c16.c64games.de. The webmaster Thorsten said "unfortuneatly the C16 Domain was closed by the DENIC because my internet-provider made a very big mistake so I can not get the c16.de domain back. I have configured a subdomain on my c64games site.....".

Anyways, its great to see you guys back in business and many thanks for the news Thorsten.



Zortek and the Microchips
Posted by Csabo on 2005-12-20
More than a year after adding this title to the database, we're finally getting our hand on it. Thanks to Chris from www.commodore16.com, we have the D64 image and the cover scans for Zortek and the Microchips. There's also a photo of the badge that came with this educational/game package. Check it out and enjoy!


Starburst!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-12-10
Thanks to C16 Chris, we have full cover scans for Tony Takoushi game Starburst. No stars bursting, just some ball bouncing here. Well, we're talking 1986 after all. This game definitely ranks high on the weird-o-meter. However, with the help of the full instructions, those who wish to complete the game are now better armed. Whether it's actually possible to complete the game (or it just loops) still remains to be seen. Thanks to C16 Chris once again, enjoy!


More Classic Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2005-12-10
C16 Chris sent us full-size cover scans for a few more games. Tutti Frutti and Storm are both classic releases from Mastertronic for the Commodore 16. The quality and playability of these games is quite good, and now we have the cover art to match it. We also have one more small addition: an alternative back cover for Street Olympics. This one has the instructions written on it in 4 more languages. Thanks for these!


More Firebird International Instructions!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-12-04
C16 Chris sent us two more sets of cover scans. Shark Attack (or just Shark) and the wonderful Thrust are both Firebird releases. We now have the full size cover scans for both (for Shark it's actually an alternative one), plus the 4 sided international instructions (covering 6 languages) as well. Enjoy!


Club Info 90 is here!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-12-03
The German disk-mag Club-Info continues with issue 90. As usual, the two sides are filled with articles (in german), some recently released demos, and a few new Unlimited releases. Check it out if you're interested. Respects to Erich for keeping it going!


MicroCompiler converted to English
Posted by SVS on 2005-12-01
SVS promptly converted this piece of software to English. You can download it from the cbm264 site (kindly hosted by JamesC).
By the way a brief (but clear) manual was created, from a collaboration between SVS and C16 Chris, it is available here.

Everyone should try out the Micro-Basic-Compiler, it seems to be a great SW for our machine. Its ability to generate pure M.L. code is a feature that's better than the good AustroSpeed (which produces executable P-code programs). Its commands may seem too few, but really they should not be considered commands, but rather macros of a clever assembler.


Another M&T Release
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-29
C16 Chris sent us the works for C16/C116/Plus4 Text-Manager. This is another M&T utility (like C16/C116/Plus4 Micro-BASIC-Compiler from a while back), and as the name suggests it's a word processor. Looks like a fairly competent one at that. We have the high-quality full size cover scans and the 16 page software manual as well. Check it out and enjoy! Thanks to C16 Chris once again.


Book Covers and an Invitation
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-27
Ron van Schaik was kind enough to send us a nice set of book covers that we were missing from our site. Among others, we now have The Commodore C16/Plus4 Companion, The Commodore Plus 4 Book, Het grote floppy-boek, Werken met de Commodore Disk Drive and Commodore C16 Book 1: Starting Basic. Visit our Publications section: it's the most comprehensive one on the internet for C16 & Plus/4 related books and magazines. We've also made some navigational improvements, e.g. books that were translated to other languages will now have a link to the translations (example: the The Commodore 16 Games Book now links to its Italian counterpart.) This section (as the rest of the site) also still needs volunteer work, so if you want to help out, here's your chance. Got more books, magazines, or cover scans for existing listing? Send them in!

Ron would also like to invite ANY commodore user to their Commodore Show on December 17th. He said there are already 3 C16/Plus4 owners that will be attending. If you can, then come, you are officially invited! Click the link below and scroll down for English.


Two Video Cover Replacements
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-26
From the never ending C16 Chris collection we've uploaded two more cover scans. They are classic Mastertronic Commodore 16 games: Video Meanies and Video Poker. Enjoy!


Mike Dailly Launches New Version of Minus4j!
Posted by MIK on 2005-11-23
Minus4j (1.3) is out! Minus4j (1.3) is out! Should I say that again? Yes, it's true and it's only just gone live now for your downloading pleasure!
MikeD says there's a readme explaining the new parameters etc. for this new version, so I won't go into detail with those for now, but thought I'd share a quick snip of what Mike had to say,

"I got fed up of seeing Minus4j pages where the FPS was way too high, even when using a sleep of 30! So I've changed it so that it's now tied to a frame rate, which means things run at the right speed. I've also added a scaling screen, so you can double or treble (if you like) the screen area on your web pages (720x480 is *2) which makes things easier to see."

Remember folks before you go rushing off this is a web browser based Java Plus4 emulator, but saying that it's free for all and if you fancy having a play or creating your own archive of C16/Plus4 wonders for anyone to enjoy while on the web then Minus4J is a great tool indeed!
Cheers Mike and best wishes buddy!



New Compilation Cover Scan
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-22
C16 Chris sent us a full size cover for Super Hits From Microdeal. This 6 game compilation tape includes all three Cuthbert games (Cuthbert in the Cooler, Cuthbert in Space, Cuthbert Enters the Tombs of Doom), two adventures (Castle Dracula (Adventure 5), Ultimate (Adventure 4)) and Arena 3000. We also have the 6 page accompanying booklet online. It's worth a look, the writeup of Cuthbert Enters the Tombs of Doom is especially notable. It's possibly the same as the game's cover scan, but that's still missing (hint, hint, collectors!). Thanks to C16 Chris once again!


German Basic-Compiler
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-21
C16 Chris sent us a complete package for C16/C116/Plus4 Micro-Basic-Compiler. We have a D64 image, full size disk cover scans and a 16 page user's guide for it (in German). This utility is for programmers, check it out if that kind of thing tickles your fancy. Thanks to C16 Chris for this!


New Software, Cover Scans and an Ad
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-19
Check out the new stuff send in by Ulysses777! Company Pac 123 is a complete business accounting system. Does that sound funny? It probably wasn't in 1984. Nevertheless it's part of the collection now, complete with cover scans and a disk image. Next we have Micro Base from Kingsoft/Anco, it's yet another database system. Finally we have a cool advertisement for the Commodore Plus/4. "...And all of that is yours for just £299.99!" Well, we do know that the Plus/4 IS worth it, but the ad is a must see :-) Excellent stuff, big thanks to Ulysses777 once again! Enjoy!


Exomizer 2.0 Beta 3 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-14
Magnus Lind, the author of the best cross-platform cruncher Exomizer has sent us word that there's a new public beta released. The last stable version was 1.x series, and this is a big step up from that. Selected items from the new features list:
  • Totally rewitten handling of the sfx decruncher.
  • Several different decrunch effects.
  • Complete user control over memory and irq config.
  • Can start basic programs properly with built in trampoline by using the command 'sfx basic'
  • The decruncher code is assembled on the fly for maximum flexibility by an embedded assembler.
  • Will adapt the decruncher to include only features used by the compressed stream to keep the size down.
  • Can generate relocated sfx targets without basic line.
  • Has a literal sequence escape mechanism that detects and handles sequences of uncrunchable data properly.
Those of you who actually get the above list a correct to go "impressive" (hint: most of this translates into even better compression than before). It is a crime to compress anything on a Plus/4 but this. Grab the beta now and use it! The author welcomes any feedback. Enjoy!


New Cover!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-14
Just one... But it's rare, and as unbelievable as it sounds it's new. Looks like Sidius found a copy of Super Gran The Adventure... Will there be a program file coming soon? We'll see. Thanks Sidius!


New version of MNIB available
Posted by Gaia on 2005-11-08
Peter Rittwage has taken over development of the excellent MNIB tool (originally from Markus Brenner) with which one can dump and archive original copy protected disks with a parallelized Commodore 1541 drive. The new release is able to copy virtually any protected disk. So fire up your parallel 1541 everyone and begin dumping those Kingsoft disks :-)

Link: MNIB Development at the C64 Preservation Project page


Tynesoft C16 Plus/4 Club!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-05
C16 Chris sent us a new publication: Tynesoft C16 Plus4 Club! This booklet didn't fit into any of the 4 existing publication categories, so it is now the first one in a new category: Promotional Materials. Looking through the 18 pages is fun, it's nice to see our collection... But wait a minute! What's that on Page 12? Super Gran The Adventure? That's right folks. Well, this missing (and therefore most wanted) piece of software is also mentioned on the back cover of Super Gran. Maybe no-one ever bought a copy? Anyway, thanks to C16 Chris for this. Enjoy!


Ultimate Plus4 Map V1.3!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-11-03
Ultimate Plus4 MapPlus/4 utility guru SVS is proud to announce the release of the Ultimate Plus4 Map V1.3. The most notable new feature is "RAM Map", which has valuable information consolidated from many resources, including the official Plus/4 Programmers Guide. There's also lots of new documentation about the I/O and banking, plus tons of other minor improvements. This handy XLS file (which is now also available as HTML) is a must have for anyone who is still hacking the C16 or Plus/4. Download it now! Cheers to SVS for maintaining this!


Invasion of the Hungarian Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-30

We are proud to announce that we've added no less than 28 scans for 17 Hungarian releases. A nice fellow by the name of Bear(TM) (but not the Plus/4 scener Bear) sent us the first four: Almatúra (Apple Tour), Forth+, Kőműves Kelemen (Kelemen the Bricklayer) and an alternative scan for Légicsata (Air Battle). The rest are from Crown: Bölcsek Köve (Stone of Sages), Flipper, Godzilla, Kincsvadász (Treasure Hunter), Perspektíva (Perspective), Sielő (Skier), Turbo 16, Ürpók (Space spider). Plus there are 5 more from Crown, each one of these also has an original TAP file: Amőba (Amoeba), Észvesztő Utvesztő (Mindboggling Maze), Európa (Europe), Rázós út (Shaky Road). And last but not least Elvarázsolt Kastély (Enchanted Castle), which is a nice - if not hard to learn - platformer. If you've never played this one, don't let the weird language scare you away, you don't need it to run and jump, grab flashing objects and avoid anything that moves in this old-school game. Big thanks for the guys for this stuff!



Retro Gamer Returns!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2005-10-28
Today it has been announced that Retro Gamer, which closed down a month ago, has been purchased by newcomer Imagine Publishing from the administrators of the defunct Live Publishing. The magazine is to have a completely new design, and will have a new editorial team, made up from former GamesTM and Zzap64/Crash staff members, but will still receive contributions from the former RG freelancers.

Retro Gamer will again be a monthly publication, and the issue numbering will continue from where the old RG left off, starting at issue 19. The first issue is due to be released on December 8th!

Links:
Sale announcement on the Live Publishing site
Imagine Publishing
Imagine Publishing press release


Cove Mover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-27
or More Cover Scans rather, again from C16 Chris. This time it's 3 more Mastertronic games: Rockman, Return of Rockman and Prospector Pete. These are full size scans, and there are even some alternative back covers. Thanks for these!


More Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-23
C16 Chris sent in these: full size scan for Mr. Puniverse, full size scan for POD (Proof of Destruction). These are of course classic C16 Mastertronic games. As a new feature for the site, when you click on Mr. Puniverse (or any other game for that matter), now you can see a list of derived software (if there are any). Mr. Puniverse was popular among level editors, so there's quite a few. Also 4 pages of international instructions for the Firebird game Runner. Thanks for these!


A New Compilation And A Manual
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-20
More cool stuff from C16 Chris, this time a rare Italian compilation called Computer Games E Utilities N.9. It contains some original games and utilities, these have also been added to the database with downloads. We now also have the German language manual for Tynesoft's Music Synthesiser. Enjoy!


3 More Cover Replacements
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-19
C16 Chris sent in some more classic Mastertronic game cover scans. We now have full size replacements for Master Chess, Megabolts and Xadium. Thanks to him! There will be more to come.


More Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-18
C16 Chris sent us these: Maniax tape cover and instructions. This is actually a very nicely written game (like some of the other Jörg Dierks games), check it out if you don't know it, plus make sure to vote. We also uploaded the Karate King disk cover, front and back. Stay tuned for more!


Some new covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-17
The massive amount of covers from C16 Chris are slowly making their way to the site. Today we've added a full size replacement cover for Mastertronic's Kane. The only other new set today is for Into The Deep, another Firebird release that now has the 4 page instructions from the international release. Enjoy, there will be more to come.


Club Info 89!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-15
Erich/Unlimited released Club Info 89. It's the usual two sided German diskmag. Check out side B for a few new releases, such as the ASCII-movie/demo Godzilla Demo. Thanks to Luca for supplying this!


New Demo Release!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-12
Skoro of Assassins just released Graphics Show. This two part demo features some nice converted pictures (22 small ones in the second part) and SID-only music. The intro graphics was converted by Kichy. The demo marks the 26th release this year, 6th for the author. This should be enough to feed the hunger of the demo-starved masses... Check it out and don't forget to vote! Thanks to TLC for supplying us this hot piece of warez.


New Cover Scans & TAP Images!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-10-09
October is here, and so is our first update of the month. We've added 3 new Italian Visiogame releases today: Chess (Visiogame), Crazy Brush and Horror House. They are slightly modified versions of Starter Chess, Wacky Painter and Dork's Dilemma respectively. Each one comes with a nice front/back scan and original TAP image. Plus we've added the international instructions for the cool old C16 game Harvey Headbanger. Enjoy!


3 New Covers And 2 TAP images!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-28
Isn't that the same title as yesterday? Be that as it may, once again we have two covers + TAP images from Crown: Berks (Go-Go Games) is from Go-Go Games and Caves of Mars is from Visiogame. They are Italian releases - obviously modified from the originals, but interesting pieces to have in our collection. One cover from C16 Chris: Formula 1 Simulator now has a full size scan for the C=16 labelled cover as well. Enjoy!


3 New Covers And 2 TAP Images!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-27
Here comes some new stuff from Crown: two Visiogame releases. This company appears to be yet another Italian one who released hacked games. Aeroblitz and Axxon are actually Italian versions of Blitz 16 and Raider. They have cool covers nevertheless... Both are complete with TAP images. We've also managed to squeeze in one more C16 Chris cover into today's update: Fingers Malone now has a full size scan. Enjoy!


2 Mastertronic Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-26
The daily updates continue with just 2 covers for today. C16 Chris sent in a ton of full size replacements, these are from that list. Big Mac is done, and even has an alternative back cover, plus we have Finders Keepers. Enjoy, there's more to come!


3 New Kingsoft Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-25
Sidius sent us covers for three Kingsoft releases, 10 scans in total. Micro Text and Micro Text 2.0 now have all their covers, and they are HUGE! All we need now are the actual program files. We also have the Turbo Tape cover scan. This happens to be yet another unimaginatively named program, so there's some confusion around multiple programs with the same name. Sidius also sent us the original German TAP images for Mercenary - Flucht Aus Targ and Mercenary - Die Zweite Stadt. Cool stuff, enjoy!


4 Rare Ones!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-24
We have 4 more rare coverscans from Plus4Vampyre. First up is an odd one: a white cover version of Baby Berks. It appears to have handwritten text on it, but looks like a legitimate release nevertheless. Next up we have a beautiful scan for Fantastic Four, the German language version. We even received the G64 image for this game, but unfortunately it does not load with YAPE or VICE. Next we have the second compilation release from OziSoft: Petals of Doom Galaxions. Finally another very nice one: Wu Lung disk cover (6 scans!). This bi-lingual cover has English and German instructions for this very nicely done and somewhat underappreciated game from CSJ. Big thanks for these, enjoy!


5 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-23
We're pleased to bring you some new cover scans! Yesterday we've added Adress C16, we now have the cover scan for it, courtesy of Plus4Vampyre. He has also sent us a much-looked-after Audiogenic release of 3D Glooper. Next up are the C16 Chris scans: Bandits at Zero (full size scan), Flight Path 737 (an alternative cover) and finally Star Commander. This last one is the third and (for now) final release from Tequila Sunrise, hailing from Belgium. It's nice to know how widespread the C16/Plus4 was! Thanks guys for these!


New TAP images!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-22
Rüdiger sent us 6 more original TAP files. Adress C16 was a previously missing one, knocks off one from our Missing Software list. We also have Classic Adventure from Melbourne House, Datafile +4 (that's a new one, more info is needed), Way of the Exploding Fist (3rd TAP image already, this one is from Five Star Games 3), Syndrome Compilation and finally US Drag Racing (the original Tynesoft version). New covers from C16 Chris: Booty has the international cover with instructions, and full size scan for Hektik. Thanks guys!


New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-21
More covers from C16 Chris: an alternative cover for Gremlins, an Italian re-release cover for Steve Davis Snooker. Byte Games 6 has also been added, hopefully we will get more info on this later. Last but not least we have I Giochi Di Societa, an Editoriale Video (and somewhat shady) release from Italy. It's a game compilation with quite a few originals (check the New Stuff page to see these games) and even a hacked chess (Scacchi). Check it out and enjoy!


New Stuff!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-19
Let's get this week started with some new stuff. To be a bit more descriptive, we've added 3 new cover scans from C16 Chris: ACE +4 Disk Cover, Galaxy (A Kingsoft release cover with different labels), and an alternative scan for Canoe Slalom. We also have some new TAP images from Rüdiger: Savage Island Part 2, the C=16 text only version (finally!). This is the only playable one, as the Plus/4 version is not only badly converted as the first part of the game, but also completely bugged. Finally we have the 4 TAP files for Commodore's Typing Professor. Cool stuff, check it out! Thanks guys!


11 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-16
From the (seemingly never-ending) C16 Chris collection... We've added 11 new cover scans covering 4 games. Las Vegas now has the large box cover scan. Manic Miner received a lot of stuff: full size original, an alternative cover (with different C16 label), a Jackson release and German instructions. We also have Petch released by Tequila Sunrise and finally a nice Italian re-release cover from Soft for Rig Attack. Thanks to C16 Chris once again. Enjoy!


New Cover Added
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-15
C16 Chris sent in a newly found old-release: Syndrome Compilation from Jaysoft. The tape contains three basic games: Syndrome (Game), Tank Block and Blast It. (Not to be confused with the Syndrome megademo.) The cover touts "smooth action with colorful graphics" - well, we've heard that one before... Take a look and judge it for yourself. We've probably seen worse. Nevertheless it's a cool addition to our ever growing collection. Enjoy!


Pigmy Releases Digi Mixing Player!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-13
Pigmy (re)released Digi Mixing Player. It's that mysterious one that was discussed here on our forum. This player mixes three channels of digital samples realtime. The playback is at 13,800 Khz (which is very fast!), using the traditional 13 value digi table (that's about 3.5 bits). Even though there's no interface, we have instructions on what files to load to actually hear something. Also note that as of this time, DMP does not yet work in YAPE, but it does in VICE. Cheers to Pigmy for making this public!


More New Stuff!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-11
We're closing this week with yet another update. Rüdiger's datasette must be smoking, because he sent us a boatload of TAP files. Here we go: Battle Star (original TAP image with a very cool loading screen), Blaze, Way of the Exploding Fist (the Melbourne House release), Gremlins, Leapin Louie (the original, not te novaload version), Operation Hawaii, The Chip Factory. Finally there's something new, yes, once again, we bring you a piece of software that you haven't seen before. It's Tynesoft's Music Synthesiser. We've had the cover with the cute kids, but now we have the software as well. At a first glance it looks like a very impressive tracker, with ADSR, glissandro, vibrato, tremolo controls and more. (All we need now are some decent instructions.) It's definitely worth a look, check it out. Plus we just couldn't resist to add one more cover from C16 Chris, it's for Deutscher Zeichensatz (Plus/4), a utility from Kingsoft. Since it's a commercial release, it brings the total covers to 571, we're at 75%. Thanks guys!


New Cover Scans from A-Z!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-10
More covers from C16 Chris. We have a better coverscan for Surround Balance Tricky Dices, which we have renamed from Data Media Collection 2 to be more consistent with the UserSoft releases. V is for Vox, which now has an alternative tape cover, W is for Winter Events, we have a new disk cover with a special sticker (announcing what awards Udo won). Z is for Zap-em, we have a new Italian re-release cover. The last one is a new release. Okay, old release, never before seen at least. 2005 September, and we're still finding these? It comes on Andromeda Meteo 16, a two-program compilation from Mantra. The cover scan for this release actually comes from Crown. Both guys sent it in, but his was better quality. He is also the kind soul who created the original TAP file for these two. Andromedia is a gross hack of Stellar Wars, but Meteo 16 is new, apparently some kind of meteorological software (in Italian). What do you mean this is not news? You read it on the forum days ago? Eh, just go and download it. Thanks guys!


New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-08
From the C16 Chris collection, we have 5 covers for 3 games today. Bongo now has a disk cover (the 4th one for this somewhat underrated but nevertheless brilliant game). Death Race 16 now has an alternative cover, this one has a Commodore 16 (only) label. Finally we have an Italian re-release Blame, which is really Blaze, the old shooter originally from Romik Software. Enjoy!


New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-03
Today is the first installment of the many, many covers sent in by C16 Chris. 8 coverscans have been added, covering three games: 3D Time Trek (a release by Tequila Sunrise software), plus two alternative covers for Apollo Mission and the classic Patrick Strassen game Autobahn. Check them out! Thanks to C16 Chris for these, stay tuned for more to come.


Expectation 2 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-09-02
We have a new demo for the Plus/4! Skoro of Assassins has just released the follow-up to 2003's Expectation. Two years after the 16K demo comes the new installment: Expectation 2. This release is the 25th this year. Nice visuals are waiting for you, the music unfortunately is SID only. Cheers to Skoro for keeping it going. Download it now!


Emulator Updates!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-26
Gaia released YAPE 0.63! This release brings you some things that are simply amazing: Commodore V364 emulation (yes, it speaks!), read only support for D81 files, and a lot more cool things. Go to YAPE Homepage to read the rest and grab the download.

Litwr has also released a new version of his emulator. Forever Plus/4 Emulator is now up to version 1.31. Go to Litwr's Plus/4 Downloads to grab the new version. Cheers to the emulator developers!


New Release!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-24
We have some news from The Big Corporation, better known as TBC. When was their last release? 1993? That's been 12 years, hasn't it? That's why it's even more of a good news that Siz has just released an updated version of Zak Wizzard (version 2.1)! This version now works on 1551 drives as well. It's a well made piece of software with built in help and many feature. Check it out for some Zak Listenning fun!


New Covers and TAPs!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-20
Ulysses777 brings you this week's fine additions, and they are rare ones indeed. First up we have Cuthbert in the Cooler, the weakest in the Cuthbert series perhaps. The cover will tell you the 'story', so the game might make a bit more sense. Or not. Neverthe less it's cool to have the cover! Next up we have Kaktus, an Audiogenic release. The third one is another sought-after cover: Sir Knight, from Tynesoft. In fact, this was the last missing Tynesoft cover, their release are now complete. To celebrate the addition of the cover, we've made some cheats for this game. Was there anyone who even got past the first screen? Well, maybe, but with lots of practice, and I'd bet money that no-one ever completed the 14(!) screens. Cool cover though. Finally we have World Series Baseball, this time with the Plus/4 version's cover. And oh yeah, for all four games we also have the original TAP images as well! Very nice stuff, enjoy.


TAP files from Rüdiger
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-14
Rüdiger is helping out collection grow big time. Today we've uploaded new original TAP images for: Data Media Collection 1, Lottosysteme, Jump Jet, Fighting Warrior. We also have the Plus/4 version of Out on a limb, taken from the 6 of the Best compilation. Finally we have two TAPs for the classic Ghost Town, both are the German language release, but one is a rare C16 only TAP image. Great stuff, enjoy!


Crackers Demo 4 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-10
The definitive release of 2005, Crackers Demo 4 has just been released! The demo was first released on the Arok7 party, this is the final version. Parts were contributed by many sceners. Go download it now!


Club Info 88 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-08
Erich/Unlimited keeps this German-language magazine going with the latest issue, Club Info 88. We also have two Bushrat card games added courtesy of The +4 King: Slide Poker and Rotato Poker. Check them out!


Arok7 Photos from ATI
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-07
We have received the first pictures from the Arok7 party courtesy of Ati. Click here to view them. Also Click here to view bubis's photos on his blog. We have the first demo released from the party: We are the cure. This demo is also a part of the co-operation demo, but was entered at the party as an individual entry.


...and do not forget
Posted by Luca on 2005-08-02
the return of the great Jim Hehl in the forum :)


In the community
Posted by Csabo on 2005-08-01
Here are some bits of news about our scene members. The +4 King is back! Check out his new recently added photo, featuring his amazing car (F.A.B.1) in the background. Also say hello to Plasma, who just stumbled upon our site recently. Welcome back guys! We send cheers to Csio, who is getting married this month. Check his pictures section for a photo of his new family. Congratulations to him! Last but not least we now also have a piccy of Chris, the commodore16.com webmaster. This brings the total number of pictures in the Faces of the Scene gallery to 96.


New Emulator Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-07-24
no$c64 is here! Hmm, that sound like C64 stuff, so why would we be interested? Well, the author, Matrin Korth has actually added C16/Plus4 emulation into it as well. The name might also imply that the emu does not handle strings. This is not the case, it refers to no (real-world) dollars, as in free (which is nothing new to our community, as we've always been lucky enough to have our share of freeware emus). Quickstart guide for the impatient: download the Windows version and run the EXE. Press F11, select Plus/4 in the CBM Version, click OK, then press F9. Voila, the ever so familiar screen is up and running. While the emulation is not too accurate just yet, the emu itself seems to have huge amounts of debugging functions. It also appears to be closed source, but the authors site has lots of valueable docs on it. We'll be very interested in seeing how far this new project will go.


Mr. Chip and The Mad
Posted by Csabo on 2005-07-24
Umm... What does Mr. Chip and The Mad have in common? Not much, they just got new stuff added in the same news item. Right. Now that we've cleared that one up, we're proud to present three original Tape Images of these games: Formula 1 Simulator, Olympic Skier, and Pacmania. We've had TAPs of these before, but the new ones courtesy of Rüdiger have the original loading screens (and no turbo). Now onto the second half: did you ever wonder what the author of such brilliant games as Digital Ball or The Invincible looked like? Rachy took some photos at fYaNICA #12 (it's an Amiga party apparently), and snapped a shot of The Mad himself. Cool stuff, enjoy!


Big Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-07-04
Who's ready for a big update? (cue crickets chirping) Anywho, we've got some very nice new stuff for you. Rüdiger finally got around to create some TAP files. We've had the covers for these release for a long time, now we can all see what the actual programs are. 4 new CSJ releases have been added: Datei C16, Text C16, Utility C16 and Vokabel C16. (All german language C16 programs.) Ulysses777 also prepared some downloadables. We have the Bombjack II TAP image. Next up is one of the Mysterious Adventures: Perseus and Andromeda, full size cover scan and TAP image. Finally a most interesting release: Snooker & Pool from Gremlin Graphics. I can hear you all jumping up and shouting: "What? Haven't played that one! Did the year 2005 really bring us a new previously unseen sports simulation?" Well, don't get too excited. If you take a look, no doubt you'll find an uncanny resemblance to another snooker package (cough Classic Snooker cough). Well, that's it this time. Thanks guys for the new stuff, enjoy!


Club Info 87 is here!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-06-05
Like clockwork, Erich/Unlimited released the fresh issue of Club Info: Club Info 87 is here. Two disk sides of Plus/4 goodness await all those who speak German (well, to be absolutely correct it's also waiting for those of us who don't). There's a new converted PETSCII movie demo on it as well called Visitors 3. Respects to Luca for supplying this. Enjoy!


More Flowers Have Arrived!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-05-30
Screenshot from Flowers 2Ati is celebrating the one year and one month anniversary of the release of Flowers with... Flowers 2! Will this be a yearly tradition? Only time will tell, but we sure wouldn't mind. This brand new demo features more original DFLI images for your viewing pleasure. There's a nice soundtrack from SLD as well. Download it now! Respects to Gentlemen Software for this fresh release.


New Covers and Tape Images
Posted by Csabo on 2005-05-28
What do you mean the site is dead? You're reading this, aren't you? Now that we've cleared that up, let's see what the good folks have sent in to our ever-growing archive. Ulysses777 gave us issues 3,4,5 and 6 of C16 Plus4 Computing, complete with cover scans and tape images. These four new tape based magazines each each contain about 8-9 games, so download 'em and have fun. He also scanned a full size version of Ghosts 'N Goblins, the original Elite release. Next up we have three T64 images submitted by Ein Plus4 User. He gave us both sides of Basic-Kurs, and something else, which most of us have probably not yet seen: the german version of Mercenary: Mercenary - Flucht aus targ. This meant that we broken the original one record into two, since the german version is obviously a separate release. Not only the text has been translated, but also the keyboard controls. We're not sure about the cover scans at this point, with the Compendium Edition all the covers for this game are a bit jumbled up. Thanks guys for this excellent stuff, enjoy!


New Tap Images!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-05-09
Crown took the time to preserve 8 more games for our collection. These now have their original TAP files added: Control Command, Lazer 900, Operation Red Moon, Pancho, Pfad im Dschungel, Starlite 1, Ten Little Indians, The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle. This knocks off quite a few from our wanted list. Big thanks for these! Enjoy!


New Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2005-04-29
Six new cover scans have been added to our collection today. Rüdiger sent us 4 German releases from Quellesoft, these are German packed Tynesoft games. They are Abschiessen (Shoot it), Aufwärts zur Rettung (Climb it), Pillenschlucken (Munch it) and Sprungbereit (Hoppit). Crown also sent us some new stuff: Speed King and Tube Runner now have high-quality full size scans. Thanks guys!


Commodore Plus/4 Demo Collection DVD
Posted by Csabo on 2005-04-26
Exciting news! Lacoste/WLS sent us word that the very first Commodore Plus/4 DVD Compilation is ready! This DVD contains over two hours of some of the best Plus/4 demos. There's also a slideshow showcasing the works of the graphic artists of the Plus/4 scene. A must have for every Plus/4 fan. The price is only 5 euros + S&H. To view the details and send an order, click here!


YAPE 0.62 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-04-21
The latest YAPE has arrived! On a related note, happy belated birthday to Plus/4 World (3 years old!) and Gaia. There are lots of new exciting features added this time, a very cool one is the ability to record videos (AVIs) and sound straight from YAPE. Also, the fantastic sideborder removal effect in Chaos is now emulated. For those who can afford it, and think it's worth it, there's now a donate button on the download page. I did - for the years I've used this emulator it was a very cool and useful tool, it's sure worth a couple of bucks. Cheers to Gaia for our scene's pride and joy!


New Magazines!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-04-18
Just who is the best coder on Plus/4? I know that's the first and foremost question on everyone's mind. Well, now you can find out, just read the latest release of Lone News: 17. This issue (which is also the first one being NTSC compatible) is also packed with interviews and other stuff, and features a more readable font by popular request. Disagree with the chart results? Well, maybe next time you'll fill out a votesheet on time! Club Info 86 is also out, like clockwork, still only in German though. Finally we're glad to announce that X-Bázis has been found (by non other than the original author). Thanks for the cool stuff guys!


BalSys updated (release 2.1)
Posted by SVS on 2005-04-15
It's time of a new release of Bal-Sys from SVS. Even if the release is only 2.1 against previous 2.0 there are many improvements and new features. Go to here to download your copy!

Contents of the download:
- D64 image with complete BalSys
- Lot of ready-to-use and sample BAL programs
- Complete manual in word-format (with special sections both for newbie and expert users)
- Self-displaying info files in Future-writer-2 format
- New icons
- ... and much, much more!


By SVS of [FIRE] italian crew.


LoneNews Editor Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-04-13
Our most-enthusiastic hardcode scener, Luca/FIRE has surprised us with a new release: LoneNews Editor is here. This nicely done utility let's you... well, as the name suggests edit LoneNews, or any other text. Features built in help, SID or TED music, but it's also worth pointing out that this program is NTSC compatible!

We'd like to use this opportunity to urge everyone to send in their votesheets! Come on, it only takes a few minutes. Even if you're not a "scener", you must have some favourites... The more votes, the better. Keep in mind that even partial votesheets are accepted and appreciated. The newest issue of the mag is apparently 90% ready, all it's waiting for is your votes. Don't delay, contribute to the scene and Keep the Plus/4 Alive!


New Demo Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-04-12
Following Killer Demo and 20 Years +4, Skoro&Kichy released Killer 2! Check out this new demo featuring SID only music and a few cool effects. Guaranteed to give you that good old-school demoscene feel for 10 minutes! Cheers to the guys for still producing new stuff. And it does not stop here: we also have Skoro's Music Box 3+ which fixes some bugs in the original, and a few long-lost (well, not exactly lost) Hungarian adventures added today. Among them is X-Bázis+, a modified version of the original release (which is still 'lost'). Remember to send in any missing stuff you find on your old disks and tapes.


Photos of online users
Posted by SVS on 2005-04-07
Csabo has added to the forum page the option to see the online users as their photos, instead of their nicknames. This brillant feature allows you to instantly understand if one of your friends is (or has been) on line, without to read the name-lists.
Try this, simply by setting your page as follows:
- Aspect
- Options
- Checkbox on "Show visitors photos (if available)"

all is done! :)

By this occasion all the users that have


New Scans Uploaded
Posted by Csabo on 2005-04-06
After a long pause we're here to bring you some cool new scans. Sidius has sent in full size cover scans of Manic Death Chase, Monty on the Run and the somewhat underrated platformer Robo Knight. We also have some magazine covers: Rüdiger scanned two more 64er covers, 64er Sonderheft 3 and 64er Sonderheft 8 feature the C16 and the Plus/4 in their full glory. Check them out! Thanks guys for the submissions.


4 New Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2005-03-21
Sidius scanned a few more covers for us in their full-size glory. The replacements are: Apollo Mission, Berks 3, Booty and Guzzler. Check out the fine artwork for these old classic Commodore 16 games. Thanks to Sidius for the submission.


New YAPE Release!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-03-10
After a five month pause, the latest version of YAPE was released today! As usual, it's a worthwhile download, bringing you more accurate emulation and more options. Most notable is the addition of a drive-related hack: pressing CTRL+ALT+X in YAPE activates a workaround that will let you load any demo that uses Coby Loader 8.0. With this, even more demos are now working on this most amazing emulator. Another big improvement: the sideborder removal in the new Chaos trackmo actually works! Cheers to Gaia! Rush to download your copy:


MConv v1.6 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-03-08
TLC brings you a new version of his freq converter: MConv v1.6 is here. This is quite simply the best freq converter for the Plus/4 in existence. It's small, fast, accurate and pretty advanced. (For those who don't know: a freq converter is a piece of code that converts SID musics so that they play on the TED - on they fly.) Recently there was some talk on the Hungarian forums regarding converters and TED vs SID in demos. Well, this is definitely a valid choice for anyone still writing demos. Read the documentation and download it now! Respects to TLC for releasing this.


New Demo Release!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-03-06
It's a well-known fact that prolific Plus/4 coder Skoro has an "all-work, no-bs" attitude, and here comes once again to prove that with a new demo release. 20 Years +4 has arrived from Assassins, featuring graphics from Kichy. This is the second demo (following +4 Forever/TLT) that celebrates the 20th birthday of our beloved machine. In style and execution it can be compared to Genetic Faulty, and this one-file(!) piece of code also pushes the limits of what you can do in only 64K. There are at least 13 different effects to watch with many variations (depending on how you look at it, you can count it even more). But it's not about sheer numbers, it's a quality, well executed production, and there's no mistaking the fact that this is polished work. Download and enjoy it. Big respects to Skoro and Kichy!


4 New TLT Demos!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-03-01
Straight outta Gyöngyös, Hungary comes the new 4-pack: Jimmy Eat World 1 & 2, Plussy Girls Guys, Tron 2 Game PC Muzax. Let the digi music play! Cheers to Tron Lamer Team and Luca for supplying the demos.


New Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2005-03-01
Check out these new full-size cover scans: Skyhawk from Crown. This cover was also sent in by Sidius, who scanned Kung-Fu Kid. A new original TAP file has also been added: this time it's for Project Nova. Thanks guys!


It's Chaos Over Here!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-02-28
Drop everything and download Chaos! No, not Chaos the old game... The demo! No, not Chaos the old demo from Kruss... The new Chaos trackmo from Absence+Wilds! I'd rather not give away the surprises in this demo, but it has a few official firsts. This production has been in the works for 10 years. The quality though is very, very high, this is the kind of stuff that should be flooding the Plus/4 demoscene. Ah, just stop reading and go download.


AustroSpeed translated to English
Posted by SVS on 2005-02-27
A second release in a few days by SVS for you. The great program AustroSpeed is now in English, and with some colors too! Download it from cbm264 site (D64 image). The internal menus have been rewritten to better explain the hilevel capabilities of AustroSpeed compiler.


BalSys 2.0a manual released
Posted by SVS on 2005-02-25
The manual for BalSys 2.0a by SVS is ready to be downloaded from cbm264 site (now 5.7 Mb unzipped). It has been totally rewritten and language-corrected. Enjoy the numerous tables, schemes and examples! It includes chapters for both newbies and expert users.


Two New Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2005-02-24
Two new scans were added to the database: The Wizard of Akyrz full-size scan from Crown. We are still looking for the TAP image for this old Commodore 16 adventure game. Rüdiger scanned the cover of 64er Sonderheft 14. Check them out. There's more to stuff come (slowly), so keep the faith and stay tuned.


Some News
Posted by Csabo on 2005-02-18
Litwr, a true Plus/4 enthusiast wrote an interesting and important article about the C16/Plus4 Character Generator and Unicode. Download it here in PDF format (109 KB). Read it! For feedback, get in touch with the author or discuss on our forums. In other news Kichy, one of the few active scene members remaining, sent us a picture to the Faces of the Scene gallery. He is once again a member of ASN, and there's rumors of a demo made by Skoro with Kichy's graphics, for the 20th birthday of the Plus/4. We're hoping to see it soon. Alos there's a new cover scan uploaded for One Man and His Droid, courtesy of Crown.


New DFLI intro from Cosine
Posted by Gaia on 2005-02-01
Somewhat unexpectedly, the originally C64-er, now 8-bit multiplatform British demogroup Cosine has released a marvelous new intro, called Radiant. This release is marking the debut of the refurbished Cosine headquarters. You may remember, Cosine's equally excellent quality Ikaruga demo has won the 1st prize in the 16kb compo on the 4ever03 party in 2003. To date, Radiant is the first and only demo for the 264 family with hand drawn DFLI mode graphics. Hopefully this cool intro will give some inspiration to the other sceners, as well. Do not hesitate, head on over to the Cosine website to grab your copy now!


VICE 1.16 is out
Posted by Gaia on 2005-01-30
VICE, the Versatile Commodore Emulator has received an update today. Among the most notable changes for our platform are the improved TAP support and tape motor emulation. This version is also able to handle real serial devices connected with the cbm4win/cbm4linux drivers. For a more detailed list of changes and the downloads, head on over to the VICE headquarters.


WANTED: Shaun Southern!!
Posted by MIK on 2005-01-17
Are you Shaun Southern, are you a friend of Shaun, are you from another computer system scene and can help spread the word that Shaun Southern is a wanted man? If so then you might be the person who can help!!

Andrew Fisher a writer for the magazine RETRO GAMER - Retro Game.net is working on an article about Shaun Southern and would love to track him down for a chat so one of our Heroes can be added into the on-going bible of all things computery, our golden years as it were - RETRO GAMER! This may not happen if the Retro Gamer team can't get in contact so please if you can help in any way by letting either Andrew or Shaun know that would be great!

Maybe I should of followed up my leads back in 2000 when I got in contact with Magnetic Fields. The anonymous reply did know Shaun and offered me this image below. I'm kicking my self now because Shaun was most loved by all us C16/Plus4 gamers and you know how much he supported our system...
I can only hope Andrew gets in touch. Cheers!



BalSys Version 2.0 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-01-12
After only few months SVS returns with a major update of the new O.S. for Plus/4. Go to here to download your copy!

For those who are lucky enough to have a broanband connection, there's even a video (Mpg) presenting some features of this improved piece.

Some updated features/news:
- Faster, easier, and nicer :)
- Full support for 1581 drives (subdir management / navigation)
- Best debugging tools
- Icons signalling status'
- New pseudo commands
- Automatic saving routine
- Selfconfigure system (frees the user to configure the system)
- Better and expanded debug tools
- Full control on Labels table
- Autoalign on right address
- Some bugs fixings
- Rewritten manual with clear examples, tables and lists
- ... and many, many others!


By SVS of [FIRE] Italian crew.


C16.DE shut its doors
Posted by Gaia on 2005-01-10
It seems that the new year is not starting very well. After being updated less and less frequently, the best German C16/+4 site www.c16.de has been shut down. Although the short message states it being "temporary", who could possibly hope for a happy ending when the site had been sort of having its swan song in 2004 already. If some of our readers happens to have a follow-up, please refer to the forum.


New TAP files!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-01-04
Rüdiger created TAP images of a few multi-loader games. We have World Cup Carnival, with all the fancy stuff in front of the good ol' original. This is actually for two tape sides. We also have the only Epyx release, Championship Wrestling. Once you consider this multi-loader where you have to rewind each time you choose a wrestler, you can appreciate how cool the crack is. Nevertheless, the original tape images found a good home in our archive.

Rüdiger has one more surprise for you all: check out ACE +4, apparently there's a little-known built in cheat in this amazing game. Big thanks to Rüdiger for this cool stuff!


P4PC FLI Converter by Larry!
Posted by Csabo on 2005-01-03
Larry/WLS just released his P4PC FLI Converter! Yes, it's the magical tool that created the pictures in the Drea-M-time series. It's a java program, and everything you need is included in the package. (I took the liberty of translating the included documents to English.) Time to start producing some high quality images! Will this give our demoscene that much needed kick? Remember to give credit, where it's due. Big cheers to Larry for this amazing utility!


Club Info 84
Posted by Csabo on 2005-01-01
Let's get the new year started nice and early. We have a leftover release from 2004: it's Club Info 84, the December issue of the German diskmag. Time to get those dictionaries out (or use this one), and start translating. Big thanks to Erich for the mag and to Luca for supplying it.


2004 - The Year in Review
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-31
Can you believe another year has gone by already? As the old saying goes, time flies. And now it's time for our yearly summary of the happenings of the Plus/4 World.

The emulation scene is still dominated by YAPE. VICE and Forever were also updated. We really can't complain in this department: cheers to all the emu writers and keep up the good work.

Websites come and go. 2004 saw the introduction of the official Fire website and www.commodore16.com, which we are grateful for - the more the merrier. On the European side, this have been declining though, the GOTU homepage has been down for ages, and www.c16doc.de appears to be abandonded.

The cover and software archive is doing well, we hit 5000 programs and collected tons of nice and rare stuff along the way. These type of news items dominated the year; big thanks to everyone once again who took the time and contributed. Also big thanks to the map-makers, we had quite a few added in the past 12 months.

Software. On one hand, it's quite amazing that there are still people who actually develop for the Plus/4... is what a non-scener would say. What we say however is: more, more, more! So let's have a little rundown on what came out in 2004.
  • The prolific TLT team continues to pour out digi demos. We saw 3 stunning picture shows from Larry. ATI has surprised us with two demos this year and Skoro released Killer demo. That wraps it up for the demoscene, big respects to all democoders.
  • In magazines, we have three remaining survivors: Club Info, Lone News and Mini News. Cheers to all the editors, remember, there are still people out there always waiting for the new issues.
  • BalSys from SVS was this years big release in utilities. It's a solid, well-done program, but in all honesty it didn't seem to have found a real user base.
  • In games we had Quadrillion, (Some would say game of the year!) which did very well in the 2004 MiniGame compo taking second place! We also had a number of C64 adventures converted this year.

That's something, isn't it? There's still life. But there's a decline. The total number of releases is down from last year's 67 to 49. Although last year we had the compo, which seemed to be a good thing; we should probably have more compos.

That wraps it up. The Plus/4 World crew wishes a very successful and peaceful new year to everyone!


Perfect Visions!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-26
In an unexpected move, ATI released a brand new demo on the Plus/4. Perfect Visions follows his traditions: it's a demo with exactly three parts :-) You can enjoy some very nice effects and listen to SLD's SID only remix of a Jam and Spoon song. We apologize for the delay - as you can see from the actual release, this should have been here pre-Christmas. Well, it's definitely not too late. Big respects to Ati!


Codemasters celebrate 18th birthday of BMX Simulator!!
Posted by MIK on 2004-12-18
BMX Simulator Maybe a tad late but news of this has just landed in my mail box from Codemasters them selfs via a Christmas news letter. Here's what they had to say, "Released to mark Codemasters' 18th birthday back in September, get your hands on a downloadable copy of BMX Simulator, Codemasters' first ever game, published in 1986!". Checking out the provided link it is how ever the PC version running in at 1.60mb and by the looks of things uploaded 17th September 2004. I've yet to take a copy but can tell one and all now that you will have to be a member aka signed up with Codemasters to do so!

Also in the mail was word of Treasure Island Dizzy. Although not a genuine offical release on Plus/4 you know some of the best Dizzy games did land on our system thanks to none other TGMS. So with that in mind we'd like to feel we are part of this unique moment. Once again Codies had this to say, "As a Christmas treat we thought we would revive a classic Codemasters game, Treasure Island Dizzy. The Dizzy adventure is now available for you to play online.". By the looks of things this download is related to the CCS-C64 emulator and rolls in at 2.7mb? Ok enough said. As you can see offical freebies are up for grabs and the only way to get them are to hit the offical links which makes a change. ;-)

Dont forget you will have to be a member of the Codemasters homepage to take advantage of these give-aways. If not, then in the mean time you are more than welcome to head on over direct to thier info pages using the links below:

Relive the 80s classic game of: BMX Simulator.
Relive the 80s classic game of: Treasure Island Dizzy.


New Release Alert!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-13
You hear those loud sirens and claxons? No? Don't have much of an imagination then, I suppose. We've sounded those just in case someone is missing the fact that there are new releases to be checked out. We've got a little care package from Luca, who got it from István Sánta, better known as HIFI/TLT. We have a tape version of Bloby SID Cheat, and two older (previously missing) proggies: rock out to the sounds of Boing Boom Tschak while watching the demo Machinehead and listen to Sid Inside 2. The new stuff is: Omega 04, this omega is not the well know gfx-man from EVS, but the Hungarian band. Finally we have New Year 2005, an early new years greeting from the ever-so-productive TLT team. Cheers to the heroes of Plus/4, and may they never stop coding!


7 Cover Replacements
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-12
Crown continues to scan his software collection, so that we can enjoy full-size, high-quality covers for our beloved C16 games. Today we've uploaded these Baby Berks, Death Race 16, Green Beret, Gwnn, Lawn Tennis and Major Blink. That makes six, the 7th one is for Jet Set Willy, the back cover which was previously missing is now there. Our stats show that we are almost at 76% completed. Remember to perform a search for the term WANTED: Cover to see if you have anything YOU could contribute. Big thanks to Crown once again. Enjoy!


New Storm Map!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-11
We (the members of the Plus/4 community) know right away that this news item has nothing to do with weather - what's new is a game map for Storm. It's our 11th new map this year, this one's courtesy of Litwr. It's a touched up scan, which contains ALL the rooms of the original ones - even the ones that simply don't exist in the C16 version. For those who want to sit down and play through this unique game, finding Corinne will be much easier with the aid of this map. Big thanks to Vladimir for this. Enjoy!


Super Happy Databases!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-07
Superbase +4Superfile 16We have two new cover scans for you today. They are Superbase +4 and Superfile 16, two database programs. (So you see, they are super, they are databases, and when asked they won't tell you that they are unhappy, so there.) Superbase +4 still needs an original version, and the cover is courtesy of Rüdiger. The second one already has a tape image, and it's from Lando's collection. Both of them would need some kind of description of features, feel free to add them if you have the time (and the editing rights). Also Csabo converted 7 adventure games, find them under New Uploads. Enjoy!


New Cover Scans Uploaded
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-06
IFR (Flight Simulator)SkrambleGuess how many new cover scans we've added today... If you guessed two billion, then you are way off, and you should probably lay off the funny stuff. About six is more like it, for 4 games, starting with IFR (Flight Simulator). It's a rare and pretty much generally unheard of flight simulator for the C16, published by Academy Software. While not much can be said about the graphics, the controls and the actual simulation seem to be pretty complex and therefore more on the authentic side. Never fear, it comes with a 20 page manual. We also have some covers for Stud Poker and Stud Poker/Stud Jack. Finally there's the curious pink(!) Skramble cover. Well that about covers it, this stuff was kindly contributed by Plus4Vampyre. Enjoy!


Cover Scans and a Map!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-12-04
GalaxyJack AttackTom ThumbQuizmixWorld CupBeach Head

December is here. We start off this month with yet another addition of cover scans. Plus4Vampyre sent us the following ones: Baby Berks (an alternative cover with H.E.X. sticker), Galaxy (German Kingsoft release), Jack Attack (US release), LG-Simulator, Quizmix and finally another Tom Thumb cover scan, a relatively rare one which does not have VC-20 on it. Sidius also sent us a few nice ones: full size World Cup replacement, Beach Head (Americana release) and an alternative Petch cover. Last but not least - as the title of this news item says - we have a new map, also from Sidius: it's for Commando. Thanks for the goodies, guys! Enjoy.


CBM4WIN!
Posted by Gaia on 2004-11-30
Pause for a historical moment: at last Windows NT4/2000/XP have taken their seat in the theatre of operating systems that are capable of using a genuine Commodore serial drive. After cbm4linux having been available for some time already, Spiro Trikaliotis has taken up the challenge to write a kernel level driver for the parallel port and at the same time, convert the complete cbm4linux package to the Windows platform.

The recommended transfer cables for use in CBM4WIN are the XA1541 and XM1541 multitask enhanced cables.

Important though that one must read the instructions and follow the installation steps dutifully to make sure not to screw up anything. Note, that although this package has already been tested by a couple of people, it is still not matured as the version number also suggests it. Don't be surprised thus, it may happen that your computer ends up with a BSOD.

There's a lot you can do with this package from transfering single files, complete disks, reading drive memory and issuing IEC commands. Developers can use the included opencbm library to add support for Commodore drives in their Windows programs. Kudos to Spiro for his excellent work!



New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-29
DizasterBlasterBlazePlus4Vampyre is here with some important new covers. (We consider them important, because they have been missing for a long time.) Check out DizasterBlaster, Don Paint / Surround and Blaze. Blaze is the second (and final) Romik game to get its cover - however it's nothing more than a C64 cover with a C16/Plus4 sticker on it. Finally we have added Joe and the Seriff and Operation Thunderstorm, there two have got to be some of the cheapest looking covers out there, nevertheless, it's good to have them. There's lots more to come. So many covers, so little time. Big thanks for these, enjoy!


New Stuff Alert!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-28
Killer DemoDemo lovers rejoice: a brand-new release is here. Killer Demo comes from Skoro/Assassins with Kichy graphics and SID-music. It's a single file demo with four parts, including a 320*800 picture! Make sure you have 10-15 free minutes free, then sit back and enjoy the ride... Respects to Skoro and his crew for being a doer, not just a talker. Remember to Keep The Plus/4 Alive!


Ultimate ROM Map Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-24
Ultimate ROM MapSVS just released an updated version (V1.2) of his Ultimate ROM Map, the must-have list for any programmer and hacker. Here's what's new and improved:
  • Clearer and more detailed descriptions of math routines
  • All Kernal routines now have complete info about parameters, flags, registers usage and outputs
  • More info added to lots of existing lines
  • A few more new lines added
  • New folder with I/O tables (ST flags, Devices IDs, Kernal errors)
  • ... and many other smaller fixes and improvements.

SVS sends big thanks to everyone who has contributed to the list. Remember, this project is still open for improvement, so send your requests, ideas and any info to the author. And Keep the Plus/4 Alive!


New Stuff From Sidius!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-23
DemolitionSidius sent us a little carepackage stuffed with goodies. It's been all uploaded and added to our database for everyone enjoy. Let's have a little rundown on what's new: cover scans of Compute Mit 1988 (issues 2, 5-8). Demolition Kingsoft Cassette cover scan. Two promo items: The Hulk, World Cup Carnival. Finally there's Pensoft C16, which is the software pack released with Optelpen 16 - a lightpen from Germany. Thanks to Sidius for these, enjoy!


5000!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-21
Break out the champagne, it's five-to-da-thousand, baby! Okay, fine, it's unlikely that anyone will actually celebrate the fact that the database now contains over 5,000 programs, but since you are reading this, you're probably somewhat interested, so take notice. The last push came from a CD Jim Hehl sent me a long time ago, apologies for the huge delay, but better late than never. Once again there are many cool programs (games, demos and utilities) for you to browse through, including long-lost TCFS games, and such classics as Demo of '88/TTL (true retro feel!). Thanks to everyone who contributed for their hard work, and keep it going!


Ghosts 'n' Goblins Nailed on the Head!!
Posted by MIK on 2004-11-21
One of the most unusual games of the past was this, Ghosts 'n' Goblins. It was one game that so many of us believed could not be completed, so many of us got stuck on level 2 faced with 'the' Cyclops from hell. We knew the tape was all but run out and with the C16's limited memory we also knew the actual game had come to a sorry ending at this very point but we still never knew the true story.... Did the good Knight Arthur save his Princess?

The blue print to that very question has been beautifully turned into a map by none other Sidius, who took up the challenge of finding out the truth once and for all this week! Although his map is truly superb you may not like what you see. We've been in the dark for so long that seeing the light may make your worst nightmares may come true. Indeed this is not for the faint hearted!! ;-)

Many thanks to Sidus once again and for supporting our unique map archive with another cherished map!!

Step this way with caution: Ghosts 'n' Goblins Map.


New Programs Added
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-20
Big thanks to Lacus, who sent us a boatload (okay, not boat... folderload?) of previously unlisted programs. It took 4 days to sort through and upload, check the New Uploads page. Many of them are from the Hungarian scene, but there's some good stuff in there for you to check out (and for the editors to go through in detail). With these ~70 programs, we are very near to the big 5. Again thanks for these, and remember: check those old disks and tapes, you never know what you might find.


It's all done!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-14
HerculesThe HulkThe collection is complete, we have everything. Wait a minute, that's not quite true. It's a good thing then that people like Ulysses777 still take the time to scan or digitize stuff and send it in. Here's what his latest pack included: Hercules cover scan, The Hulk USA disk release box cover (finally!) along with an original G64 file and World Cup II cover scan. This last one is just a World Cup re-release. The list doesn't stop: we have the Splitz TAP file, plus the free audio soundtrack from H.E.X. that comes with the tape. (Check out the page for the original MP3 and a shorter - but still enjoyable - version for modem users.) We also have 4 TAP files for Easy Match/Easy Count: two tapes, two sides per tape. So maybe it's not ALL done, but we're one step closer. Thanks to Ulysses777 for these!


Snooker & Pool?
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-10
Snooker And PoolWell it certainly looks like it! This previously unknown title is getting some attention. We've recently received an email from Sidius. He found an advertisement in an old Compute Mit magazine, listing this game for 9,90 DM, published by Gremlin. He even created a possible cover - by modifying the C64 cover. (The game apparently got published on the C64 as well.) Well, we can do even better, since meanwhile Rüdiger sent us an original cover! Check it out, it's complete with huge instructions in multiple languages. Thanks guys for hunting this title down. We'll see what happens once we find a program file, and we'll keep you posted.


Feindfahrt and Kroesus
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-09
Two original D64 files were uploaded today, Feindfahrt and Kroesus. Both are german disk-based games by R. Lindenschmidt. They are equipped with software copy protection, you must press a specific letter to bypass it. For the second one, we don't yet have a cracked version: if anyone has the time, go for it! Otherwise you could simply work on the codes-list, we already have a partial list compiled and posted. With YAPE, saving/reloading snapshots is a snap, and you only have 26 letters to try per combination... (The game asks to press a letter or number, but so far they are all letters.) Thanks to Plus4Vampyre for these!


New Covers Added
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-09
Jump JetXcellor8Project NovaWe're back in business... This time Crown sent us some high-quality coverscans. We have an alternative cover for Jump Jet, followed by a replacement cover for Xcellor8. Finally we have Project Nova, complete with English and German instructions. Thanks for these!


Quadrillion comes 2nd!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2004-11-03
The results of the 2004 Minigame compo have finally been released, and Quadrillion, Csabo's excellent adaptation of Crillion, came in an amazing 2nd place out of 42 games in the 4K category! And judging by the comments (with particular praise for the great use of the Plus/4's colour), the game was very well received by all those who played it. And if that wasn't enough, the C64 entry Little Sara Sister (also 4K), with graphics and a great tune by Luca, came 3rd!. Big congrats to Csabo and Luca for doing our scene proud! :)


The Commodore 16 Games Book
Posted by Csabo on 2004-11-03
Today brings us a big update - the addition of The Commodore 16 Games Book. Not only Ulysses777 scanned the covers, but he also took the time to type-in all 24 programs published in this book. It breaks down to 22 games and two utilities, and that's a lot of neat stuff for you to go through. The games include the elusive Marie Celeste adventure, hardcore adventure fans will be happy to see this game - which we knew about, but did not have - finally in our database. One of the two utilities is Sequential Circuit, a music editor by David Whittaker. Big thanks to Ulysses777 for his effort!


Compute Mit Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-25
Sidius scanned and submitted the covers of his Compute Mit magazine collection. With a few excetions, it's complete up to the end of 1987. Visit the Publications page to view these and much more. The page itself has also been updated, the navigation is now better: you can filter by language and/or by publication type, and list them with or without thumbnails. (E.g. here are the German Plus/4 magazines.) It's very cool to go through these covers... You'll see the ACE cover proudly displayed on the 4/87 issue. Or did you know, that even demoscene veteran Fusion wrote a game that was published in this magazine? (Yup, it's Creature Castle.) Or you can find out what the origin of King of Kings is - it was published in the 12/86 issue. For those of you who ever wondered why that game is the first one in the database (by ID, that is), or why Lavina is the first member. Well, years ago when this guy created a little MS Access database - which eventually turned into Plus/4 World - and started typing some stuff, he decided that King of Kings was a cool game and Lavina was a cool friend. Well now you know! Anyhow, big thanks to Sidius for his scans and collecting all the info for these magazines. Enjoy!


New YAPE Version Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-24
Exactly one month has passed since the last YAPE update, and the a new version is here again. For the first time, V0.60 is capable of emulating both NTSC and PAL machines! With this cool feature, you can now listen to digi players like the one in the first part of Digital Brainstorm: these were designed for PAL machines, but switch to NTSC mode to achieve faster playback speeds. (What a sentence there.) Anyway, musics such as that one will now sound very authentic. The update also promises more bugfixes, so downloading is a MUST for every Plus/4 fan.


100 Publications
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-17
Our Publications section has reached 100 listings. The last ones added were German books. We now have all German book cover scans and most of the info, thanks to Sidius. He has also sent us the covers for the Compute Mit series, coming soon. The New Uploads page now includes recently added publications, so you can see what's being added.


2004 Minigame Compo Votepack Released
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-10
The 2004 Minigame Compo Votepack is now available. Those who voted already can now finalize and submit their votes. (Votes must be submitted, or else they will not count.) If you haven't voted yet, it's now the perfect time. You can still do it until the voting deadline, November 1st. It's worth it, there are some really cool games to be checked out.


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Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-07
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New Forever And A Map!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-06
Forever Plus/4 Emulator has been updated to version 1.28. Besides bug-fixes, this version also adds preliminary disk support, which means more D64 files will now work. The author, Litwr has also scanned a real curiosity of an item: it's a map of Saboteur!, which appears in a Polish(!) computer mag called "Komputer". Very nice indeed! Thanks for these!


New Club Info Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-05
Club Info 83The october issue of the longest running diskmag, Club Info 83 is here! (German speaking folks are in luck.) Besides the articles, the B side contains utils and games, including the recently converted Dark Planet +4. Cheers to Erich/ULTD for his work and to Luca for supplying the warez!


8 New Games From Australia!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-04
Ninja ScreenshotA very friendly fellow - hailing from the home of the Wiggles, sunny Australia - gave us a nice gift. Archived from some old C16 tapes, he sent us 8 new TAP files. They are all multi-loader adventure games by Gameworx Software. Alien and Thermonuclear Wargames were already listed, and we had them as (what turned out to be) hacks. King Solomon's Mines was also listed, but it was missing. However, Bastow Manor, Mad Mummy, Ninja, Murder on the Waterfront and Skull Island are all brand new! The games feature colorful ASCII graphics, and should provide weeks of fun for anyone who still wants to play adventures on their C=16 or Plus/4. Be warned, the files are in WAV format, so each download is around 500Kb. We don't (yet) have cover scans for these games, but they are thought to be individual Melbourne House releases. Hopefully they will turn up, or someone can provide more info about the origins of these. Enjoy!


Exomizer Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-03
Good news: something good just got better. The something in this case happens to be the insanely popular cross-platform cruncher Exomizer. The author has just released version 1.1.5, which promises even faster crunch times and better compression. Visit the homepage for more details and the download.


New Hungarian Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-10-02
Music-16Magyar ABCIt can't be October already, can it? Well, we'd better start off this month then. Here come a few new covers from Lacus, all Hungarian ones: Karakter-szerkesztő, Magyar ABC, Music-16, Számépítő, Szerpentin and Térbeli Amőba. Szerpentin is the first release that happens to have more than one cover scan: the one we added is an alternative release. This brings up the collection to 77.8% complete. Thanks to Lacus, and keep hunting for those missing ones!


YAPE Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-26
Version 0.59 of YAPE has been released yesterday. Among other improvements and fixes the biggest new thing is the possibility to emulate 4 disk drives. To check it out and download it, head on over to the YAPE homage. In related news, VICE has also been updated, it is now version 1.15. This was last month, but we missed it. The only new improvement in Plus/4 emulation is the newly added cartridge support. Also, the DOS based emulator Forever has been updated about the same day. It seems as if FLI support was shaping up in this pioneering emulator, at last one of the files included in the package suggests this.


New Covers and Tape Files
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-26
MenekülésMesél az erdőLacus sent us lots more stuff from the Hungarian side of things. Here's what we managed to add today: Bemutató Programcsomag now has individual tape files for all 10 programs on it (note that the first one must always be loaded before the others). Plus we've got two rare covers: Menekülés and Mesél az erdő. Thanks for these, and stay tuned for more.


2 Compilation Tapes!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-25
Go Games 26We've added Go Games 26, containing 7 Italian hacked games. It's good to have these so for the sake of completing the collection, but all the games are same as the originals. Software Club 16 however has 4 new programs on it, 3 games and one utility. Each file has a TAP, and we have the manual scanned as well. All of this is from Crown, big thanks to him for his contribution. Enjoy!


3 More Covers and TAP files!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-24
BombázóLézer-HarcVeremCrown is also active once again, sending us missing stuff for the archive. The three programs to receive their cover scans and TAP files are: Verem (cool tetris-clone), Lézer-Harc and Bombázó. This last one is newly added, and as the name suggests(?!) it's yet another bomber clone. Thanks to Crown for these. Enjoy!


3 More TAPs!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-23
Three more TAP files were uploaded today to the archive, sent in by TLC. The first two are accompany the recently added covers for Sakk Kezdőknek and Szociometria. The third one is TLC's own MegaCopy V1.1, a very competent tape turbo + filecopy. Recommended! Thanks for these, and stay tuned for more.


4 New Hungarian TAP files
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-22
In the coming days, we will be adding a lot more programs and cover scans from the Hungarian side of things. This is the first installment, courtesy of Lacus. We have now TAP files for Menekülés, Mesél az Erdő (cool platformer, worth checking out!), Számépítő and Térbeli Amőba. There's a lot more stuff on the way so stay tuned!


Quadrillion Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-20
The first Plus/4 specific entry has been entered into the 2004 MiniGame compo. It's a new game that will put you reflexes to the test. Quadrillion has easy-to-learn gameplay and 20 levels. The full source code is also released, anyone who is interested in seeing what it takes to create a full-blown game can check it out. This is the 34th new release for 2004, and it contains a level created by Lando, who is celebrating his birthday today. Happy Birthday Lando!

The author would like to thank everyone for their support here on the forum and in personal messages. Now there's one more thing you can do for a fellow Plus/4'er: visit the MiniGame compo website and vote for this game as you see it fit. Keep the Plus/4 Alive!


Two Italian Publications Added
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-19
Luca scanned some of his stuff too, and we are proud to list the first Italian book in our database: Machine Language for C16. Another new publication added is the booklet for the Music Master compilation, published by Jackson. All 16 pages are scanned and can be found here. Thanks to Luca for these!


Tons of New Programs!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-19
Over 100 new programs have been added to the database. Head on over to the New Uploads list to see what we have been missing. (And of course this is another good addition to the Missing Info page.) We are up to ~4750 programs, and well on our way to 5000... Cheers to Luca for collecting and uploading these!


3 New Game Maps!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-16
Game Maps are truly works of art, created by Plus/4 enthusiasts. They give you a full size view of the games, like you've never seen before. We don't receive one of these every day - probably because they take so much time to create. We are therefore extremely proud to present not one, not two, not three, I mean yes, three brand new maps for your viewing pleasure. Created by Ulysses777, they are for Icicle Works, Molecula Man and Exorcist. They have to be seen to be believed, check them out, it's a lot of fun. Many thanks to Ulysses once again.


Go Games 15
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-15
We have just added a new compilation tape to our database. It is Go Games 15 - an italian compilation, and some (or perhaps all?) of the games are hacked versions of other commercial software. (We don't judge though, we just dutifully document the past.) The 7 games on it are Zombi, Snorky, Firefox, Britt, Asterocks, Brainstorm! and Dragon's Castle. Some of the games are marked Editions Fermont. Now, where have we heard that name before?... We have also added the TAP file for Mathematik Teil 1 (a working one finally!). All these are courtesy of Crown. Enjoy!


2 Hungarian Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-14
SzociometriaSakk KezdőknekPlus/4 World is proud to present two more cover scans, this time for Hungarian releases. We don't get one of these every day. Sakk Kezdőknek (Starter Chess) is the first one, the second is Szociometria (Sociometrics). They are from TLC, who just recently got himself a scanner. Good move! We have also added Mini News 01. Anyone who remembers the last one knows that was #10. But it's no mistake this is #1, not #11. We were infact missing this piece of software. So the good folks at Plus/4 World contacted the original author, Skoro. He let us know that he has it, but he doesn't have any equipment to transfer files to the PC. TLC came to the rescue: Skoro mailed a disk to him and he did the transfer, and it is now part of the archive forever. Many thanks to both guys. Enjoy!


11 Kingsoft Disk Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-13
ManiaxKingsoft Soft 80Markus Gans scanned not less than 11 Kingsoft disks for us! This is quite the collection, and here they are: Demolition, Fire-Galaxy, Fortress Underground (alternate cover), Grafik Designer, Music Master, Paintbox, Sextett, Sommer Olympiade and Winter Olympiade. Two more left: Maniax and Soft 80, for these two programs his covers are the first, increasing our statistics to 77.68% complete. He also sent in the front and back covers of Das Grosse C-16 Buch (The Big C-16 Book), also by Kingsoft. Many thanks for these! Enjoy.


Covers and TAP Files!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-12
Crown brings us this weekends goodies... Let's get started with the covers: we have Berks, Commando (Elite Release), Deutsch Teil 1 and Deutsch Teil 2, Football Manager (more on this one later), Harvey Headbanger, Liberator, Mathematik Teil 1, Minipedes (alternative cover), Out on a limb, Xargon Wars (alternative cover). The one for Football Manager could be the original cover, as it offers an entry form to some trip. On our existing cover this label, and the message in the corner is covered with a company logo... I guess someone won that trip already! Anyway, it's not over yet, because we've also added 4 non-turbo loading TAP files: Chicago, Commando, Steinzeit and Varmit. Many thanks to Crown once again. And that's all folks for today.


3 More Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-12
Mercenary Kompendium...have been added, courtesy of Sidius. We have the Melbourne House release of Way of the Exploding Fist. If one reads the comments on the back side of this cover, it sounds like they are talking about a different game entirely. And they are, as the little note says: comments are for the C64 version. Anyhow, we also have the German disk version of Hollywood Poker, and Mercenary Kompendium (it's just so cool the way they spell that with a K) - German tape version scans. Cool stuff, thanks to Sidius for these! Also visit the Faces of the Scene gallery to see Graffiti's portait, which has just been added, thanks Luca!


3 Covers Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-08
Arthur NoidWorld Series BaseballKing Size Turbo AccountsAnother day, another set of covers. There are still some folks out there who think that's good news, right? Crown sent us full size replacement covers for the Shaun Southern classic Arthur Noid and World Series Baseball. He also scanned the cover for a newly added program: King Size Turbo Accounts from Robtek. This one now has a TAP and PRG file for you to download as well. Many thanks! Stay tuned for more.


4 Razorsoft/Paxman Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-07
Mail TrailMega ZapRaiderSea Strike
We have complete coverscans for 4 more games, courtesy of Plus4Vampyre. Mail Trail, Mega Zap, Raider and Sea Strike are budget titles from Razorsoft. They each have an original cover, which - one has to admit - are pretty cheap looking. However, Paxman has re-released them all with fancy cover artworks... Well there you go, enjoy!


6 More Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-07
Turf-FormTyping ProfessorPlus4Vampyre's latest cover scans have finally all made it to the site. Without further ado, here are the final ones: Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Icicle Works (Single Release), Turf-Form, Typing Professor, What's Next - Letters And Numbers and Word Perfect. This last one is newly added, we don't have anything else other than the cover, so program files or any info would be appreciated. Enjoy!


YAPE V0.58 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2004-09-04
Today Gaia released the latest upgrade for YAPE. The homepage mentions only a modest short list of improvements, but rest assured, this version fixes many smaller things as well which are probably not worth mentioning. However, you will definitely benefit from added stability. The option to select fullscreen resolution is also great, and it will finally enable some of us to run YAPE in fullscreen mode (since some lame monitors or videocards just don't support 400x300, the old default). Cheers to Gaia for his continued hard work, and go download the latest version now!


More Cover Scans...
Posted by Csabo on 2004-08-31
Money Decisions: InvestmentsMoney Decisions: Loan AnalysisBalance Tricky DicesWorking our way through Plus4Vampyre's cover scans, the following ones have been uploaded today: Balance Tricky Dices, 4 in 1 Hit Pak (Best of Elite Vol1 Alternative cover), Bmx Racers (Alternative cover with different corner text), Data Media Collection 1 (Aka. Golf Bowlling, UserSoft release). Also two CBM US box scans: Money Decisions: Investments and Money Decisions: Loan Analysis. The last one is Physics 'O'/'A' Level, Tynesoft release. Enjoy!


New Games Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-08-30
Pasta BlastaFric Check-upPlus4Vampyre sent us a big pack of covers. The pack proved to be too much for one upload, so we started with the very rare stuff. Pasta Blasta is a previously unknown C16 game. It's amazing that we are still finding these... Fric Check-up is another newly added release, it's an Italian compilation tape. Finally we have also added his full size cover scans for Mindbenders, plus the games from this title. More stuff to come so stay tuned. Also Seas of Blood was converted along with the rest of the Mt. Valley adventures.


Home Office Cover + Manual
Posted by Csabo on 2004-08-23
Home OfficeWe have just recently added this title (Home Office). Rüdiger sent us an alternative cover for it. The complete manual (12 pages + cover) has also been uploaded. This one was scanned and sent in by both Rüdiger and Ulysses777 pretty much at the same time... It allowed us to pick the best scanned pages from each set. Thank you guys both! Enjoy.


New adventure conversion from Csabo
Posted by Gaia on 2004-08-21
Finally it seems that the new releases start sailing in! This time Csabo has taken upon the challenge to convert another classic adventure from the C64. Voodoo Castle has not been completely unknown for us, since we have already had a commercially released C16 only version for our platform. What we missed was a 64 kb version with all the graphics that would not fit in the limited memory of a C16. So if you prefer playing adventures with scenery graphics then is Voodoo Castle +4 definitely your thing. Thanks to Csabo for his hard work and keep up!


Drea-M-time XXXII!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-08-16
Picture!Plus/4 World proudly presents the third installment of the Drea-M-time series: Drea-M-time XXXII! This picture show coded by Larry once again contains astonishing quality images. Download your copy immediately, and be prepared to pick your jaws up from the floor.


Mega Update from Crown!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-08-13
Easy Match/Easy CountLetter Match - More or LessSuper SpellStarter Productivity SoftwareExorcist

Here are the latest items Crown contributed to our archive. Commodore box coverscans for Easy Match/Easy Count, Letter Match - More or Less, Super Spell and Starter Productivity Software. For this last one, he also scanned the 25 page manual, plus we have all the 5 utilities added. In other words, that's the complete package. The same thing goes for Experiences in Software: we had the cover scans, but 14 page manual is new, and so are the 14 programs (each with TAP file). There's more: we have a high quality cover scan for Exorcist (the single release), and he created two TAP files for Classic Snooker (one is for the C16, the other is the enhanced Plus/4 version). Excellent stuff, thanks to Crown!


Retro Games World - THE LIVE RETRO EVENTS PORTAL!
Posted by MIK on 2004-08-09

THE LIVE RETRO EVENTS PORTAL

Retro Games World is a new project thought up by a few of the live events organisers including Chris Abbott and Mark from Retro Vision. It is basically a one stop portal of infomation about all the live events going on. The idea can be furthered to include advertising from games companies etc...

They hope this becomes a useful page and with a little help in spreading the word it will become a worthy page indeed. Any help you can give in order to make the site known, gathering event info etc will be apprecieated. So without delay head on over by clicking the link below and check out whats going down now!


Two new TLT releases!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-08-07
Luca sent in two 2004 releases by Tron Lamer Team. They are - as some of you have no doubt guessed - digi demos. The first one is +4 Forever, a demo celebrating the 20th birthday of the Plussy. The second one is Delta 2004. "Delta" (in this case) is a scientific TV programme in Hungary, the demo plays its theme music.

After a slow start, it looks like this year will be productive after all. At the moment according to our count we are up to 21 new releases this year. Keep 'em coming!


Club Info 80, 81 and 82!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-08-06
Club Info 82We have just received three issues of Club Info, including the fresh August 2004 edition. German speakers are in luck, 6 disksides of Plus/4 related stuff to read through and play with. Thanks to Luca for supplying them!


Two New Programs!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-26
Home OfficeBiology 'O' LevelAnother rare moment: two previously unlisted programs have been added to the database, thanks to Ulysses777. The first one is Biology 'O' Level from Paxman Promotions, this is the fourth and final piece from their educational series. As the name suggests... it's biology. The second one is even more interesting: Home Office is an Audiogenic release, developed by Navajo Software. It is a productivity "suite", with a database and a word processor. Remember, it's from 1985. Both programs are complete with TAP and PRG files and cover scans. Very nice additions, many thanks to Ulysses777! Enjoy.


Uno, Due, Tre More Scans From Italy
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-16
VorksSpace WarsSerpent 16Continuing the Italian Cover Craze, we have three more new ones to present today. The first two comes from Sidius. Serpent 16 is apparently a never before seen commercial release, a Nibbly-like snake game written in basic. Space Wars is next up, it's the Italian release of Stellar Wars - from Sound Acustic Design. This company is the second from Italy that has been added to the database, besides Armati of course. It seems that SAD was more careful to change the names of their releases from the original - could that have been because they did not pay royalties to the original creators? Well, perhaps we will never know. Anyway, our business is preserving, and these covers are just as much a part of the C16/Plus4 history as anything else. The last cover comes from Luca Maestro, and it's called Vorks. As it was discussed on the forum, it's actually Berks. Thanks for these covers, guys!


Tons of Italian Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-15
Beach HeadCalcioCommandoEnigmaGullwing FalconKikstartPole Position
From Sidius comes a set of cover scans which are most definitely rare. They are Italian re-releases of C16 classics, 13 scans in all. Without further ado, let's see what we have: Beach Head, Calcio (World Cup), Commando, Enigma, Gullwing Falcon, Kikstart, Pole Position (Formula 1 Simulator), Raccolta C16 (Favourite 4), Scooby Doo, Space 2, (Daley Thompson's) Star Events, The Magicans (Magician's Curse) and XCellor8. Enjoy!
Raccolta C16Scooby DooSpace 2Star EventsThe MagicansXCellor8


Club Info 79 is here!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-14
Club Info 79The first issue in 2004 of the longest running diskmag has arrived. It's a bit late; the mags usually come out every two months, and by now we should have them up to 81. Unlimited's Club Info download page hasn't been updated for a while, they don't even seem to have 79 up yet. This is a good excuse for us to introduce our new page which we created for the Plus/4 magazines: Magazines Page. It's still under construction, but it works.


Three More New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-12
Vegas JackpotSpectipedeSpidermanWe are finishing up Ulysses777's cover pack from last week. Once again we have a Questprobe release box cover, this time it's for Spiderman (which is making a killing in the box office nowadays). We also have two more high-quality replacements for Mastertronic classics: Spectipede and Vegas Jackpot. Enjoy!


BalSys development system released
Posted by SVS on 2004-07-11
A great release for both coders and users: BalSys v. 1.2 is out! Not a program, nor a game: a new improved Development System for Plus/4.

As written in LoneNews #16 issue, we went beyond a new frontier of the black box:
- more than 100 commands for BAL language (plus hi-level non standard ones)
- pseudo commands in direct mode
- 34 different error detections
- 3 different IRQ lines
- 3 types Alarm ability
- Breakpoints
- StepRun mode
- Debug monitor
- 2 display panels
- Console signal lights
- Preferences file
- Disks or tape devices
- Realtime clock
- Realtime signal monitoring ability
- ... and much more!


All-in-one package: Write/Debug/Run environments for programs written in expanded :) B.A.L. language.
By SVS of [FIRE] italian crew.
Download your copy, together with large manual and example BAL programs from here.


Three New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-08
Formula 1 SimulatorBMX RacersThe Incredible HulkUlysses777 scanned some cool covers for us once again. The first three of a sixpack made their way online today. We have the Questprobe release box cover for The Incredible Hulk. We also have two high-quality replacements for two Mastertronic classix: BMX Racers and Formula 1 Simulator. More is coming, so stay tuned! Many thanks to Ulysses once again.


LoneNews #16 is out!
Posted by Luca on 2004-07-06
A new issue of LoneNews is ready to be read people! This well known mag edited by Luca of [FIRE] italian crew supplies you with a ton of reviews, interviews, info, news, charts, and more about the Plus4 scene. Download your copy now from here.


Retro Remakes Compo 2004
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-02
This is a bit off topic, but still interesting. We all love those remakes, right? This year remakes.org once again is holding a competition, where the goal is to create remakes of old classics. So this is our call to all of those who know how to program the PC to create a new, updated version of a C16 or Plus/4 game! There are some very cool prizes to be won. The compo ends Sept 30. To learn more, head on over to remakes.org.


Rare Atomic Mission Cover Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-07-02
Atomic Mission Australian ReleaseAbout three months ago we mentioned Atomic Mission here. It's the last piece of the Scott Adams cartridge trio that needs it's Australian Release cover. Sidius is once again the one to find us a cover scan. Unfortunately it's partially blocked and not the best quality, but the collector in all of us can rejoice to have it. At least it is now 100% confirmed to exist, all you hunters can look for it. Many thanks to Sidius!


New adventure games for the C-64/C-128/Plus 4/C-16!
Posted by MIK on 2004-06-29
Paul's Commodore Adventures page contains adventure games he has written on the Commodore 64, 128, Plus/4, C16, and VIC-20 (8-bit) computers. All are in the public domain, and are free to download and play. Current games available for our system include Orathan, Esotera - The Stones of Esotera, Sea Hunter, Merlin's Quest, Westfront to Apse II, Westfront 64/+4 and Wizard Castle.

You know where to find them! Hit the link below and head on over to Paul's page for the full story. Many thanks to Paul for this news.


A new plus/4 emulator for Linux
Posted by Gaia on 2004-06-22
Linux users be in awe, there is a new plus/4 emulator on the horizon. Its author is István Varga and it is downloadable from http://www.sharemation.com/IstvanV/plus4-1.1.tar.gz. (it does not have a dedicated webpage). You shall need SDL and the ALSA library to be able to compile it. Although the emulation is yet quite rudimentary, it is always nice to see some competition. I have succesfully compiled the source for Windows (albeit, without sound), so if there is some demand, the EXE will be put up for grabs and more people can play around with it. It comes with source, so anyone may feel free to improve it.


New Stuff From Kichy!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-20
We're received a nice letter from Kichy. He dug up some old disks and shared the treasures found on them with us. Visit the New Uploads page to see the list of the more than 30 programs added. Among the more interesting ones are Dynamoid Original and the previously unreleased intros for Time Cristal: Time Cristal Intro 1 and Time Cristal Intro 2. (If anyone doesn't know the story, just ask Luca ;-) He said that nowadays he is still at least a bit active on the scene, creating graphics for Skoro's games and demos. Many thanks to Kichy for the stuff. Keep the scene alive!


Mini News 10 Arrives!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-20
Mini News 10Finally, another new release this year: the 10th issue of Mini News is here. If you don't speak Hungarian, you are not completely out of luck. Sure, you will miss the actual magazine text, but it's still worth checking out for the cool digi (or SID) music. Another reason is that the magazine has changed to a new format. Many thanks to Lavina for supplying us the program and Skoro for creating it! Keep the scene alive!


More Covers From Sidius!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-19
SpidermanWinter OlympicsWinter OlympicsWinter Olympics
We're finishing up with the latest cover pack from Sidius. We now have the Americana Release of Spid-rman cover scanned. The second game to receive its cover is Winter Olympics. And not just one, but three in fact. There's the Tynesoft release, a Playsoft release (Italian!) and the German Tynesoft release: Olympische Winterspiele. Nice ones, check them out! Many thanks to Sidius for these!


Covers From Sidius!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-15
Control CommandStarlite 1Xargon's RevengeOur good friend Sidius hailing from Berlin Germany sent us another pack of cover scans, and they're slowly being added to the site. Today we've added a nice replacement for Control Command from Paxman, Starlite 1 from YES! Software and the alternative cover for Xargon's Revenge from Gremlin Graphics. Enjoy and stay tuned for more to come!


The Collection Keeps Growing!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-14
ACERafflesWe have managed to add a few more items to our ever-growing collection. From Crown we have a full ACE 2 cover replacement, and the Gamebusters release covers for ACE. This latter one completes the series, we now have the Gamebusters covers for all three ACE games. This very same cover was also sent in by Sidius (almost at the same time), many thanks to both of you! The first cover added from Sidius' pack is the long-awaited Raffles from Tynesoft. Finally we've uploaded the original TAP for Music-16, this one is courtesy of Gaia. Enjoy!


New Covers From Crown!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-13
High-Screen-CADPlus-Paket 16Winter EventsCrown sent us this weeks supply of covers. The first one added was High-Screen-CAD, along with the D64 file. This is a German graphic utility, showing a more serious side of our beloved computer. However, we are still looking for documentation for this title. We have also added an alternative cover for Plus-Paket 16, and the German disc cover of Winter Events, labelled Winter Olympiade of course. Many thanks to Crown for these! Stay tuned for more covers to come.


Commodore16.com Competition News!!
Posted by MIK on 2004-06-11
Commodore16.com proudly presents the first competition on the website. The prizes are software based on the C16/+4 format and have been kindly donated by UKRetro.co.uk, thier brilliant sponsor. The competition will be in the format of ten questions based on the system and will run for a month. The first prize is a amazing collection of brand new (never used) C16/+4 games, second prize is a £20 voucher redeemable at UKretro.co.uk and the third prize is a £10 voucher also redeemable at UKretro.co.uk.

To have a chance to win this wonderful collection of games and vouchers head on over to Commodore16.com and join in the fun. No other website is offering the chance to win anything like this, no strings just a great opportunity to win our loved childhood games.



New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-09
Ulysses777 sent us a new pack of goodies, and now they have finally found their way to the site. We have some new or replaced covers: C16 Super Games 1 (Alternative cover), Footballer of the Year (Gremlin Release Cover), Hustler and finally Skramble (two different versions!). We also have new TAP files: Footballer of the Year (the C16 version), Hustler (recorded with Novaload), Leapin Louie, Starburst and Superman. Many thanks to Ulysses! Enjoy!
C16 Super Games 1Footballer of the YearHustlerSkrambleSkramble


4 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-06-09
Rüdiger sent us 4 new rare covers. First up is a previously unknown compilation release from Anco, called 6 of the Best. The other three are german utilities: CSJ Turbo Tape, Datei C16 and Lottosysteme. The quality of the covers is not the best, but it's still good to have them in the collection. Thanks to Rüdiger for these! Enjoy!
6 of the BestCSJ Turbo TapeDatei C16Lottosysteme


"The most amazing game you will see on the C16"
Posted by MIK on 2004-06-04
Those were the very words that Probe Software used to promote Defence 16 way back in 1985! Yes, it's Advertisement time where the once loved companys of yesteryear showed off thier goods in full colour glory. We have a handfull on offer, some will shock, some will amaze and some you won't believe!

First up is the advert for ACE, a unique one this which puts the C16 on the map showing off that the migthy C16 version was the very start of better things to come for all systems that later graced this beautiful game!

We also have adverts for Defence 16 as already said, Golf 16k with its almost copyrighted to George Lucas (Starwars) C3PO head look alike and Steve Davis Snooker.

And we will leave you with 2 adverts from Anirog. Now these go back a bit! The first one is one of the earliest adverts we could get our hands on for Tom Thumb being available for our beloved machine! We are talking mail order only at this time and to our surprise one game is being displayed which is not even listed in the datebase! The second advert shows some of the best offerings of the day in which most were ported from the C64. Little did we know these guys would turn into ANCO, but thats another story for another day.


Patrick Strassen: The Authors Original Game Stories!!
Posted by MIK on 2004-06-01
Classic news put back into the spotlight!

Patrick Strassen and with many thanks sent in some time ago scanned copies of his original game information notes he sent to Gremlin Graphics in 1986 along with production artwork for Xcellor8! These beauties along with other titles have been tucked away from our viewing pleasure on the old done and dusted version of the site and without delay it was time to put things right! For newcomers these are a must see as they tell a story of how Gremlin Graphics and Mastertronic changed the game stories forever!
Page: Xcellor8


Also as above, we have the notes for Power Ball. Mastertronic once again changed Patrick's original story!

And last of all we have the notes for GWNN, (GAME WITH NO NAME) also from Mastertronic and we still haven't found out Patrick's cheat mode password that was not only added to this game but all his releases! Adding to GWNN which completes the story is the real name behind the game itself! Go check it out now!!
Page: GWNN


Exomizer Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-05-29
Magnus Lind brings us version 1.1.4 of Exomizer, the best cross-platform cruncher. New things in this release:
  • Normal decruncher source improved, now 11 bytes shorter and somewhat faster. (Hooray!)
  • A contrib directory, for now containing the assembler source of a 4k-demo exodecruncher by Ninja (C64 guy!). This is for the c64 but contains many tricks to reduce its size that can be useful for the c16/+4 as well.
  • Auto mode for -l flag. This will automatically calculate and use the highest possible load address of the crunched file that won't corrupt in-memory decrunching.


Ultimate Airwolf Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-05-29
Airwolf 16 - Elite CoverAirwolf 16 - Alternative CoverAirwolf 16 - Encore Box CoverWe now have all the Airwolf 16 cover scans you could ever ask for, thanks to Ulysses777. He sent in a replacement scan for the original release, and an alternative version of that as well (which does not have the "Crash Smash" logo on it). He also scanned the rare Encore box release, front and back. The artwork is similar to the other ones, but this one has the newer, bigger Encore logo on it. This stuff is just the beginning of a larger pack he sent in, so stay tuned!


Did we forget to mention that?
Posted by Luca on 2004-05-20
Colours 4bit by ChizmanHey hey hey! We're talking about another 2004 marked Plus/4 release, what the hell! Chizman has merged a couple things we love, Bonanza Banzai & our preferred blackbox, into this '80ish digi demo. Download it here right now, I say!


The Third "Y" Game!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-05-17
That headline probably needs a bit of an explanation. Even though our huge software archive is nearing 4400 titles, you simply could not find games under the letter Y. Well, besides the commercial classic Yie Ar Kung-Fu and the freeware Yazzi. Now however, Yttrium joins this list as the third "Y" game. The author of the game is unknown german programmer, perhaps someone out there knows?

Yttrium is the name of a metallic atom (atomic number 39), and the game does involve atoms as well. Your task on each level is to depress all red buttons, then find and recharge the atom. While you do this, you must avoid touching the electrons, which are running around. After recharging however, you MUST touch one (your color will change to purple), and then escape the level through the purple gate.

The controls are bit too sensitive, and the graphics is mediocre - but fits the mood very well. There are 10 increasingly difficult levels waiting for you to explore, after which you can see a small endsequence, which is a big plus. Well, there you have it, if you are into C16 & Plus/4 games and have some free time, check out Yttrium today.


YAPE 0.57 is Out!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-05-16
We all know that as soon as you read that headline, you will be heading on over to the YAPE Downloads page without delay. Cheer up everyone, we can all be grateful that this already superb emulator is still getting better! To sum it up quickly, the new improvements are SID emulation and fixes/improvements to the YAPE monitor. Respects to Gaia!


Roll Cover and New Programs
Posted by Csabo on 2004-05-16
RollIt's very rare that we receive a Hungarian cover scan, but today we add one courtesy of Lacus. Check out Roll, which is a pretty cool logical game, now complete with scans and TAP file. Lacus also went through some tape archives and sent us a whole bunch of new (old!) programs, head to New Uploads to see them. Many thanks!


New Covers and TAP files!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-05-09
Crown sent us some new additions to our Commodore 16 & Plus/4 Software Archive. The following new covers and cover replacements have been added: 3D Glopper, Airwolf 16 (Encore Re-release), Cops N' Robbers, Joe Blade 2, Mount Vesuvius and Splitz. We also have some new and improved TAP files: Airwolf 16, Minipedes, Mount Vesuvius, Terra Nova and Thai Boxing. Many thanks to Crown for these!


Oldschool Gaming - New games review site!!
Posted by MIK on 2004-05-07
Except that this time it's for more than just one format; two-man reviews of recent and current games for the Plus/4, C64, Oric, Spectrum and more as well as links to developer resources and general articles about game development, news of new releases for the classic machines, a forum to discuss programming, design and ideas and as much more as we can come up with! Many thanks to T.M.R for this news!


The Flowers Have Arrived!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-29
Flowers Demo ScreenshotPlus/4 World is proud to present this very hot (0-day) warez for your demoviewing pleasure: Flowers by Ati/GS! The demo displays two beautiful pictures taken by the author with a FUJI S5000 camera, using the MultiColour FLI mode. Check it out! Many thanks to Ati for this new release!


*** www.commodore16.com ***
Posted by MIK on 2004-04-27
Ladies and Gentleman roll up, roll up! The offical grand opening of www.commodore16.com has just started! Chris who managed to snap up the domain www.commodore16.com has been true to his word and launched an all new C16/Plus4 related web site for your viewing pleasure!

The full story and more as to why Chris has dedicated his awesome URL to our beloved platform will all become clear once you head on over and with respect its great to see such a URL being put to good use! So what are you wainting for? Hit the link below and bookmark it now!


New Covers and TAPs from Crown!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-26
Crown continues to contribute with excellent items to our collection. Let's see what today's new pack brings: Bomb Jack: full Encore release cover and TAP files for both sides. Diamond Mine, Droid One: cover scans and TAP files. Fortress Underground: Cassette covers and TAP file which for the first time, a is non-crack version of this game. The Way of the Tiger: full Gremlin release cover replacement. Das Rätsel der 7. Kolonie: TAP file has been added. Many thanks for these!
Bomb JackDiamond MineDroid OneFortress UndergroundThe Way of the Tiger


Tom Thumb Editor!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-24
Now this one is truly a total shocker: there is actually a Tom Thumb Editor in existence! And not a bad one either, plus it even runs on a C16! Visit this site c16.xw.hu to find an English language homepage about the C16, some tools, and yeah, two previously unknown programs. Well Tom fanatics, this is what you have been waiting for! Let's see who can make a new pyramid for Tom fans to explore. Big thanks to Crown for finding this treasure!


2 Rare Ones from ebay!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-23
MindbendersIcicle Works (Single Release)Before the next set of new stuff makes its way online, we'd like to bring these two covers to your attention: Mindbenders and Icicle Works, both hunted down on ebay actions. Obviously they are not the best quality, but they will have to do until someone finds a better cover scan. The Icicle Works (Single Release) cover is especially interesting (and obviously rare) - even the old veterans have NOT seen this cover artwork, as most people have the Bundle Release (no graphics). The single release of the game also has the C64 version on it (hence the label "Multi Soft"), just like Locomotion. The cover is now added to the CBM page, and the only one left missing is Number Builder. Thanks to James C and Crown for these!


New Stuff From Crown!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-20
Graphics DesignerIt's been a while since Crown sent us some stuff, but better late than never, so here it is. Let's start with Graphics Designer - as it turns out, this was actually a commercial release. Kingsoft sold it in Germany under the name Grafik Designer. We now have the covers (translators needed!) and the TAP file. Next up is Legende Im Eis, we have the front + back covers and the TAP file for this one as well. The final two items are full-size cover scan replacements for Ikari Warriors and Tomcat. Thanks to Crown for these!


Big Mac for Windows v0.10
Posted by MIK on 2004-04-20
BB Software has just released a 2 level demo of his Big Mac remake which now runs under windows! The full game is promised to be released some time in the future so until then head on over to BB Software's homepage and check it out now while its still hot!


3 New Unlimited Releases!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-20
We have just received word of 3 new software released by Erich/Unlimited, all of them are converted C=64 basic progams. Ninja 2 and Resident Evil are ASCII movies, fun to watch. (Warning: these programs contain images of violence and coarse language. Viewer and parental discretion is advised.) The third one is a game called Wurf 1K. These new proggies raise the number of releases this year to a whopping 8.


New Stuff From Sidius!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-19
PhantomThe Way Of The TigerTrojan Light PenSidius brings you some new and updated covers. First up we have a nice scan of Phantom by Tynesoft. Next up is the Kixx re-release cover for The Way Of The Tiger. This is the second C16/Plus4 game we found from the Kixx label. We're closing up with an alternative cover of the Trojan Light Pen package. Thanks for the stuff, enjoy!


A Few Rare Demos
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-18
Good new demo-lovers: Plus/4 World is once again the first to bring you some old Plus/4 demos that were forgotten - until now. They are courtesy of Ati/GS: Back To Life, Digital Disc, Digital Sides, Famous Demo and Qtopia. But the real rarity is the debut demo from Gentlemen Software: First Demo (GS). Cool stuff! Remember to search through those old discs, you never know what you might find!


Two More From Ulysses777!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-17
Soccer BossTower of EvilWe have two new covers and TAP files for you, coming straight from our good friend Ulysses777. Tower of Evil now has a TAP file which is the C16 & Plus/4 version, plus a cover replacement for the Alternative Software release. (This game has a lot of covers, as it was re-released twice.) Our second item is Soccer Boss, we have new cover scans and the TAP file for this game. The cover scan is for the Alternative Software release, just like the one we already had on our site, but strangely the cover artwork is different. Many thanks to Ulysses777 for these (and sorry for the delay). Enjoy!


4 Rare Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-17
Jerusalem (Adventure 2)Ultimate (Adventure 4)Rüdiger dug up some more suprising rare covers for us. We have two Microdeal cover scans added today, Jerusalem (Adventure 2) and Ultimate (Adventure 4). This finally completes the Microdeal Adventure Series - unless there is a 6th one out there that we don't know about. Anyway, moving on to Operation Hawaii, a German adventure game. Haven't even heard of that one, eh? It's time to look it up then! One cool thing about those German games is that they always mention the C=116 on the covers. Finally, and probably the most interesting piece is Masterbase covers. Instead of going into details, just go and take a look. Many thanks to Rüdiger for these rare ones! Enjoy!


Drea-M-time Reloaded!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-16
That's right, Larry/WLS follows up with another picture pack. These five piccies have been apparently converted with version 2.4 of his converter, and (if possible) they look even better than the previous ones. What can we say about this release? No demo, but the image quality is simply mindblowing. So check out Drea-M-time Reloaded!


Tom Thumb goes Techno crazy!
Posted by MIK on 2004-04-13
Once again Tom Thumb's classic tune is the subject of another remix and this time he's gone Techno crazy! This remix uses the essence of the Tom Thumb theme tune to bring you a Robert Miles (Children) style track with a hint of Udo's Ghost Town slapped in for good measure.

A part of the Ghost Town's tune was hidden in Tom Thumb itself, if you remember you could stand on stairs and the like where a little ditto tune would start playing and in the right place would play part of the Ghost Town theme. Bringing this into play its amazing how much of Udo's musical work has been squeezed out which suits this track style so well. Anyways enough of the chit chat, strap on your dancing shoes and grab a copy of Tom Thumb Techno (mp3 format) now and hear it for yourselfs!

Download: Tom Thumb Techno.mp3 3.1 MB


An Easter Surprise From Larry/WLS
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-13
Drea-M-time 2004 is here from Larry/WLS! It's not quite a demo, but rather a collection of standalone images converted with the author's new FLI converter (version 2.1). However, the color definition (okay, here it comes, watch out now, we will say this publicly) puts the C64 to shame. Check it out, it's your Plus/4 nearly at it best - at least in the graphics department.


New Stuff From Ulysses777
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-08
Ace +4PheenixHere is your daily cover scan + TAP file fix from our good friend Ulysses777! First up we have a new cover for Ace +4, this one is the Gamebusters release. (Some of you may recall this company's name popping up when we added an Ace 2 cover from them.) Next we finally have a nice cover for Alien Attack. We move onto Pheenix, and this one is also brand new never before seen, plus we have the TAP file as well. Space 2 is next, we have a new front/back cover, and this one does not have the German instructions added like the one we already had. Last but not least here is the original version of Torpedo Run. We can now see how the game looked before "JopaSoft" cracked it... Cool stuff, and there is more to come so stay tuned!


Rare Pirate Adventure Cover Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-07
Pirate AdventureYes, we have major backlog with the already submitted covers (we thank you for your patience), but this one cover just HAD to be added. For one it was easy to add and it relates to some recent news. Anywho, Sidius strikes back with the Australian(!) release cover of Pirate Adventure! Hmm, is there a pattern to this? :-) We might as well mark Atomic Mission with "Australian Release cover wanted", since that one is the third of the trio of Scott Adams adventure cartridges. At any rate, it is nice to see this previously unknown one being added. Many thanks to Sidius!


Invaders by Livewire!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-06
Invaders (Livewire)Allright, another cool new one! Ulysses777 sent in a new pack of stuff, and this is the first item (the rest to be add later). It is once again a never-before-seen game, called Invaders by Livewire. Yes, the name tells all, but don't dismiss it too quickly. It is actually very nicely done (even the tape loader is cool), an enjoyable game. Wooh baby, where have you been hiding all this time? Check it out, we have the works (cover, tap file, etc). Many thanks to Ulysses for this discovery!


Astronomy 1 from SVS
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-05
We are pleased to announce that April will NOT be another month to pass without any new releases for the Plus/4. SVS of FIRE is here to save the day with Astronomy 1. It's an English translated + improved version of Astronomia 2, an older release. As you can expect from him, it's well done and high quality. Check it out!

Main new features info and a more explaination of program could be found on Cbm264 site: http://www.cbm264.com/svs/svsindex.html


MasterBase and MiDos added!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-05
I came across this one disk among the hundreds of Plus/4 floppies collecting dust on my shelf. One side has Masterbase and the other has MiDos on it. I had them for more than a decade, and knowing that we've been collectively working on this database for about 5 years, I thought they must already be online. Wrong! Neither have been mentioned... Well, I quickly backed them up (amazingly the disks were still good), and now here they are. Both are German language utilities, pretty cool ones at that. Original documentation and covers would be cool!

Let our call be heard once again: Plus/4'ers of the world, it is your sacred duty to check your disk archives, and backup ANY and ALL old software before they are forgotten or lost!


Rare Strange Odyssey Cover Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-05
Strange Odyssey Australian ReleaseIt's always such a surprising (but good) feeling to find a little part of the Commodore histrory that was previously unknown. These programs and pictures won't mean much (if anything) to others, only the real Plus/4 fanatic is happy to see them. Well, we're a site for Plus/4 fanatics, aren't we? Good. So without further ado, go and check out this Australian release cover of Strange Odyssey, with totally different artwork from the other two covers. One must be real lucky to have this in their collection. Big thanks to James C for hunting the cover down and Kirk (the owner of the image) for giving us permission to use it. Cheers!


New Emulator Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-04-01
Good news emulation fans! What some of you have already heard is true: the good people behind YAPE, VICE and ARTIFEX have joined forces and created the ultimate Plus/4 emulator: YICEFEX is here! After what reportedly been months of development, the existing codebase libraries have been merged into one. It's a glorious day for us indeed: in one package you get the accuracy of YAPE, speed of VICE and the advanced debugging features of ARTIFEX. We have tested it with all the "heavyweight" demos (which are known of their complex CPU and TED usage), and if there are any bugs, we have yet to find it. What, are you still reading this? Head on over and download your copy today!
Link: YICEFEX


(Another April Fools joke )


Kikstart 2 - One of the last Mastertronic games have been found!
Posted by MIK on 2004-04-01
Sidius has found the Ultimate collectors game on eBay.de - Kikstart 2! Kikstart 2 was released back in 1987 and as you may know this was towards the end of Mastertonics awesome line up of games they released for the C16/Plus4.

As stated over at The Mastertronic Web site in a special report Kikstart 2 for C16/Plus4 was produced but only a limited amount was created after the master tape/copying hardware became faulty. It took a number of weeks to repair and within that time many more C64, Spectrum and Amstrad games were waiting to be pressed. Sadley Kickstart 2 for C16/Plus4 was put on the bottom of the pile because of the time lost with such demand for the other systems. Kikstart 2 for C16/Plus4 never made its way back into production because at the time the commercial profit that could of been made from our machine was all but gone.

For now Sidius has been most kind and has uploaded the cover for your viewing pleasure! PRG, D64 and TAPE images are to follow. We will let you know as soon as that happens! Many thanks to Sidius for hunting this one down!



(This was an April Fools joke, of course )


New Stuff From Plus4Vampyre!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-03-28
Utility C16Vokabel C16We're closing this week with yet another pack of goodies from Plus4Vampyre. The following cover scans have been added today: Letter Sequences - Long and Short from CBM U.S., Mercenary Compendium Edition (German covers plus box scans), and two utilities from CSJ: Utility C16 and Vokabel C16. Besides the covers, we also have some new programs to download for you: Gärtner, Safari and Steinzeit from Stone-Castle finally made their way to the archive. Finally we'd like to bring your attention to this newly added German adventure: Verschwundene Juwelen (The Lost Jewels). Thanks to Oliver for these! Enjoy!


7 More Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-03-26
Experiences In SoftwareScript/PlusPlus4Vampyre continues to send in those rare cover scans that we just could not find anywhere else. Good for us! Let's see what today's addition brings to our collection: Power Pack (Anco) (tape release scans), Brian Clough's Football Fortunes, Castle Dracula (Adventure 5) from Microdeal, Cave Fighter (Blue Ribbon Release), Experiences in Software (a newly added compilation package from CBM U.S.) and Script/Plus (European Release). Quite a list, huh? They are worth checking out.

We also have two additions from Rüdiger: The cover scan for Five Star Games III (a 5+2 game compilation tape), plus a new entry to our publications list: C16 Machine Language for the Absolute Beginnger. This one is from Melbourne House.

Many thanks to Plus4Vampyre and Rüdiger for these (and sorry about the mix-up)!


YAPE 0.56 is out!
Posted by Ulysses777 on 2004-03-16
Gaia's Commodore Plus/4 emulator has been updated once again, mostly a bugfix release. In Gaia's own words on the YAPE Homepage:

"This 0.56 version fixes a couple of bugs and glitches that were making their way to the previous release, and introduces an option to select either the Windows messaging or DirectInput for keyboard and joystick emulation. Latter is cycle exact but for compatibility with older computers an input method with the trusty old Windows Message Queue is also available."

Get your copy now!


Disk Based Text Adventure Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-03-12
Zork IIIZork IISuspendedStarcrossSidius sent us four text adventure box scans, plus some original game supplement scans for these classic disk based text adventures: Zork II and Zork III (which completes the Zork series), Starcross and Suspended. Beautiful stuff, check it out! Many thanks to Sidius for these.


Replacement Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-03-11
Crown submitted full size replacement cover scans for these games: Bombjack II, Bubble Trouble, C16 Compilation, Dizzy Dice, Fighting Warrior and Frenesis. Many thanks!


YAPE v0.55 is out!!
Posted by MIK on 2004-03-08
In the words of our good friend BB Software "The best Commodore Plus/4 emulator was updated with some nice things", and that she has! Lets take a peek at the new:

  • cycle based TED and SID sound
  • WaveMapper sound option
  • cycle based keyboard & joystick emulation (via DirectInput)
  • improved a few SID waveforms (noise, triangle)
  • tweaked clocking of the 1541, even more disk turbos work
  • enhanced the autostart feature
  • bitmap fetch reload fixed


Unfortunately the update that was currently in development for PC joystick emulation to the new DirectInput interface has missed this version, but fear not as Gaia hopes to fixup a release sometime in the near future! As always head on over to the homepage and grab your nows. Cheers to BB Software for this news and many thanks once again Gaia for your continued support into YAPE!


Plus4Lst Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-03-05
Those of us who still hack games have most likely already used István Bozsik's great tool, Plus4Lst. (You may know him as the author of Hexaéder.) With this utility, you can turn a regular C16/Plus4 basic program into HTML listing, with all the GOTO etc statements turned into hyperlinks.

While playing around with text adventures, it occurred to me, that it would be great to be able to generate lowercase listing. I fired off an email to the author about this idea, and today I have received the reply: an updated version of Plus4Lst (Version 1.2), which has this new feature built-in! Now that's what I call good customer service! :-) What this means is that uppercase words will be printed like "Object" instead of "[BJECT" (where [ is shift+O). Very useful, check it out! Big thanks to István for this!


Awesome Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-03-05
Leapin LouiePottitWow, this stuff will blow your mind! Rüdiger sent in a whole bunch of covers, among them a few which were most-wanted. Let's start with two (previously unlisted) compilations: Best of Elite Vol 2. and C16 Greatest Hits. We have two Kingsoft releases: Crillion and Karting Grand Prix. The next two are from Audiogenic: Leapin' Louie and Grand Master. We have the cover for Liberator Space Fiends, which was the original The Magnificent Seven release of these two games. Space Fiends was re-released by Alternative Software as Fiends, we have this cover as well. Finally we have one of my personal favourites, and a very rare item: Pottit. This may be one of the two softwares ever releases by Romik. Enjoy!


4 Brand New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-03-03
C16 Super Games 2JoeyPetchBomb JackThe covers are still pouring in! This time we're happy to announce 4 more from Sidius. We now have the original Elite release cover scan for Bomb Jack. Also added are Petch, Joey from Blue Ribbon and an italian cover, C16 Super Games 2. Excellent stuff, many thanks!


5 Cover Scans From Crown!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-28
Super GranCrown brings up a new pack of high quality cover scans for the site. First up we have two replacements Auf Wiedersehen Monty and Panic Penguin. Thai Boxing now also has the definitive covers: front/back in high quality, separate UK and German releases. The others are brand new: we now have a Catacombs cover and for the first time an original TAP. This (unlike the cracked version) lets you select which character you want to play. And last but not least we have the scans and the TAP file for Super Gran. Thanks to Crown for these! Enjoy!


The First Releases Arrive!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-28
The wait is finally over, the first brand new pieces of software finally made their way to Plus/4 World. Cool Pod and Summerjam are two digi demos by Hifi/TLT (who else?). They sample music from P.O.D. and The Underdog Project, respectively. This is hopefully the first in the long line of new demos, games and utilities that are to come this year. Cheers to TLT for keeping the scene alive!


Retro Gamer Issue Two - Out Now!!
Posted by MIK on 2004-02-28
Retro Gamer It's not every day you find a magazine that contains pure retro gaming content and it's here were Retro Gamer aims to be the UK's first regular gaming title dedicated to vintage video games. I first found out about this new magazine last month. Being a printer I learned that a printing company called Polestar Colchester had won a 40,000 print run of Retro Gamer, that being issue 1 at the time. From what I can tell issue one was deep with Sepcturm and Mastertronic related features and knowing it was a 40,000 run the chances of finding it would be impossible sadly. :-(

Anyways, I have issue 2 here in my hands and it looks very cool indeed. As you expect it covers all kinds of machines and if they can they share the same topics with all the platforms that were graced with the same software such as starting out collecting with a title we all know as Manic Miner along with its follow ups. Here they list the selling price for no less than 14 machines! Manic Miner for C16/Plus4 came in at £3-£5 which is fair I would say. Issue 2 has a big section devoted to Commodore and yes even the C16/C116 and Plus4 made its way in the mag! Not too much was said but enough to keep you happy with machine comments for C16, "With 16k of RAM, it is remarkable that this machine survived" and for the Plus4, "The Plus/4 was a modest success, even with a little dedicated software base". Those were the last liners but at least they never put us down as so many have done in the past due to ignornace of not knowing anything about our system at all. They even have a fun and intresting wirte up about, "Eight shades of black". 127 or 128 colours?

Last of all I found that these nice people also added a Commodore Web Resourse page with 3 links on offer for our system with those being, www.plus4.org, www.xeo3.com and lastly our good selfs here at Plus4 World. So if you've landed here because of Retro Gamer then a warm welcome to you!

I just might have to subscribe and keep a close eye on any other C16/Plus4 installments. If you fancy grabbing a copy for yourselves then head on over to www.livepublishing.co.uk and pop your name down for one.


3 More Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-26
Power Pack (Audiogenic)Two To OneEuropean GamesWe've got a nice surprise in the mail from Rüdiger. He wanted to know if we would be interested in a few of his scans to add to our collection. We all know the answer to that! :-) Let's see the new goodies: first up is European Games Disc Cover from Tynesoft. One thing to note about this is that the cover artwork is almost identical to the cassette version, except the athlete's right arm is down instead of up. Could there be a deeper meaning to this? While you all come up with your own conspiration theories, let's continue the list. Next up is Two To One from Kingsoft. We believe this to be the last commercial game released in the golden days. Last but not least, we have a new cover scans for a previously unlisted Audiogenic compilation release: Power Pack. Very cool new stuff! Many thanks to our new cover-supplier for these! Enjoy!


German Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-22
Text C16SteinzeitSidius - hailing from Berlin - sent us todays new cover scans. First up is Stone-Castle release #5: Steinzeit (that means Stone Age). He also sent us perfect quality replacements for Safari and Gärtner.

Some of you may have noticed that Vokabel C16, a previously unknown piece of software was added not too long ago. (All we have currently is a poor quality scan, which was hunted down on ebay by Crown, btw.) While we still don't know much about this particular release, Sidius did send us yet another new coverscan: Text C16. Can a software title be any more generic? Anywho, Text C16 is apparently a powerful word-processor for the good old Commdore 16, released by CSJ - Computersoft Jonigk, and produced by RushWare. The design on these two cover scans are almost identical, so Vokabel C16 could be a CSJ or a RushWare release. Of course it would be good to have the actual programs as well, not to mention all the Stone-Castle games. Thanks to Sidius for this cool stuff! Enjoy!


New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-21
Fire-GalaxyWater Grand PrixKillapedeOur cover scan collection of commercial C16 & Plus/4 software is growing by the minute, and the race is on to grab those hard-to-find covers. This time Crown brought us a pack of covers, among them a few firsts. We now have Fire-Galaxy from Kingsoft and Water Grand Prix from Tynesoft, both complete with TAP files. We also have the first release cover of Killapede from Players. As we have seen with Auriga, they had two different cassette cover artworks for some releases, and now Killapede is one of those. Perhaps there were more? Crown also send us a full size cover scan of Space Pilot, and separate TAP files for the game and Winter Demo.

Finally we have the scan of Compute Mit Sonderheft, which was a special edition tape released with this German language magazine. Hopefully more info on this (and progam files) will follow. Thanks to Crown for this excellent stuff!


Mega Mercenary Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-19
Mercenary Compendium EditionMercenary - Escape From TargThe Second CityWe now have all the Mercenary material you could ever hope for! Ulysses777 sent us these goodies. Let's see then: a replacement cover for both Mercenary games (Mercenary and The Second City). For the original Mercenary, we have an alternative cover as well, which (as the label says) had both the C64 and Plus/4 version on it. Last but not least comes the box covers of a previously unlisted release: Mercenary Compendium Edition. This compilation has both games, plus the Targ Survival Kit and a novelette called "Interlude on Targ". These latter two were added to the Publications section, which is now fully linked (back/forth) to corresponding related software. Very cool stuff, many thanks to Ulysses777 for these!


Forever Emulator v1.24 is out
Posted by Gaia on 2004-02-18
The first ever Commodore plus/4 emulator for DOS has seen another update recently. Visit the website for your copy and the source code, although the download does not seem to work at the time of this writing. It is basically a bugfix release with one new feature, a hardware reset. Many thanks to Litwr for keeping up the good work!


Tomb Of Tarrabash Revealed!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-13
Tomb Of TarrabashThis unique release from Audiogenic was one of the elusive ones, we just could not get our hands on an original copy. Well, the wait is over: Ulysses777 brings you the cover scans and TAP files for Tomb Of Tarrabash! This cool platformer may be a little hard to get into, but it's definitely a game that can keep you occupied. If you haven't been in the tomb yet, this is the time to check it out... We have also added the TAP file for Solo. Enjoy!


2 Covers From SVS!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-12
Script/PlusCalc/PlusThat's right, the utility guru himself actually took time away from coding his utilities to scan the covers of two... utilities. (What, did you really expect game covers?) We now have the Italian cover for Script/Plus, along with an advertisement page, and also the cover for Calc/Plus. Jim Hehl's Calc/Plus documentation is also on-line. If you haven't played with this yet, now is the time to check out what these can do. Thanks for the scans, enjoy!


FIRE homepage online now!
Posted by Luca on 2004-02-11
Last week a cruel flu had stopped me, and I was forced to rest in my room. Hence, catching the bouncing ball, I designed a commemorative homepage dedicated to crew of mine. After so many years spent in the Plus/4 scene, FIRE surely deserves a site containing all the stuff released under its label. There will be a new URL under the plus4.net hierarchy for it soon, you'll know when it will happen; while waiting, lemme know if you like it or not. Now enjoy!


Two More New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-11
WitnessC16 Star Games ClassicsPlus4Vampyre scanned two more covers for us. The first one is C16 Star Games Classics, which is yet another repackaged compilation tape stuffed with classic C16 Gremlin Graphics games. The second is a scan of Witness, an Infocom text adventure. He also sent us the D64 image for this game as well. Excellent stuff! Enjoy!


The Stone Castle 4!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-10
ChicagoDiggerGärtnerSafariPlus4Vampyre brings us the covers for the famous "Stone Castle 4"! These four German games actually have product codes as 1,2,3 and 4. Let's see them: Chicago, Digger, Gärtner and Safari. Now all we need are the actual games! Many thanks for these!


Full Size Cover Scan Replacements!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-09
Crown re-scanned several covers for the site, so that now we can enjoy the full size versions, plus the back covers. Today we added 3D Quasars, Dingbat, Way of the Exploding Fist, Loco-Coco and Yie Ar Kung-Fu. The last new cover is for Cyborg, this game now also has a TAP file as well. Many thanks for these! Enjoy!


New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-05
Deutsch Teil 2Deutsch Teil 1Bridgehead C16GremlinsSidius, whose picture recently got added to the Faces of the Scene gallery, sent us some new coverscans for the site. Let's start with Gremlins - this scan is for the cover of the original tex-only release of course. We now also have the Kingsoft release of Bridgehead, apparently their tape contained BOTH the Plus/4 and the C16 version. Finally we have the covers for two Stone Castle releases: Deutsch Teil 1 and 2. Many thanks for these!


Covers And TAPs
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-03
Lunar DockingRig AttackOlympiadZap-emThis month starts with a nice pack of goodies from Ulysses777. He is hard at work to complete the TAP collection, and today we have added the original TAP files for Can of Worms, Daley Thompson's Star Events, Jail Break and Indoor Soccer (Plus/4 Version!). We also have 4 improved covers AND original TAP files for 4 more Tynesoft games: Lunar Docking, Rig Attack, Olympiad and Zap-em. Very nice stuff, check it out! Many thanks to Ulysses777 for these!


Tons of TAPs!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-02-03
Today's second update comes from Crown, whose datasette must be burning after transferring this many programs from tape. Let's start with Math Games and Word Problems: we have added not less than 8 TAP files, one for each game that's on this compilation release. Next we have the TAP for Panik!, this time the version that works both on the C16 & Plus/4. We also have a new Paintbox TAP file: this actually contains a demo picture after the program! See the details page for loading instuctions on that. Finally we have Music Master's TAP file for the first time, but even this one comes with an added bonus, there's a demotune recorded after the program. Load it (instructions are on the details page once again), it's nice to listen to. Many thanks to Crown for these!


Lemuria + One Cover!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-31
LemuriaPower PackHave you ever played Lemuria on your C16 or Plus/4? Most likely not, as it is a rare German text adventure that was just sent in by Plus4Vampyre. We have the cover scans and the D64 image for this game (as it is disk-based). It's not the traditional adventure, the 'map' seems to be randomly generated every time you run the game. Grab that German dictionary and check it out anyway. The other new cover is for Anco Power Pack which is something rare to say the least as the UK company have shipped thier own label into Germany. They crammed no less than 10 games into this compilation. We have the disk cover scanned. With these additions we close the first month of 2004 at 73% cover completion, the highest so far.


New VICE Version Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-30
Version 1.4 of the Versatile Commodore Emulator has been released today. Unfortunately there were no changes in the Plus/4 emulation, but audio and video can be saved into AVI files. Head on over to viceteam.org to download your updated copy.


Mini News 09 Added
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-28
We've just got this Skoro release in the mail. However, before you let out that sigh of relief that it's the new year's first release, look again: it's from last december (containing holiday and new year's greetings). While it's good to read this (for Hungarian speakers at least), the thought in the back of our minds that this month will pass without a single new Plus/4 release is not a pleasant one. Come on scene, do something!


3 More New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-26
Math Games and Word ProblemsMusic MasterTurbo PlusThis time we're adding Crown's cover scan to our collection. He has three new ones for us, starting with Math Games and Word Problems. This release also has its instructions booklet scanned. The other two covers are Kingsoft releases: Music Master and Turbo Plus. Beware, these scans are very large! Many thanks for these!


More TAP files and Cover scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-22
King Size Turbo TapeRobcom Alignment SystemUlysses777 continues to send us more great stuff, here's what today's addition brings us: Original TAP files for Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, Purple Turtles, Autobahn and Dark Tower. The last two are C16 only tapes. For Hulk, he has also scanned the HUGE! cover instructions, beware, this single image is 280KB.

Two more tape-related programs have been added as well: King Size Turbo Tape, a tape turbo, and Robcom Alignment System. Both are from Robtek. The second utility is yet another tape head adjustment package, complete with instructions in 4 languages. As the double covers show, the company's name was Robcom originally, before they changed it to Robtek. Thanks to Ulysses for these! Enjoy!


Souvenir from Szeged
Posted by Luca on 2004-01-19
SzegedBetter latter than never! Here you can find some photos taken during the nice weekend at Szeged (4ever03 rules!), most of them taken walking in the city. I hope these pictures will push you to join us (maybe!) at the 4ever04!


5 Rare Scans from Plus4Vampyre!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-19
Zone ControlCentral CommandRaiderTwin Kingdom ValleyRobin To The Rescue/Monkey Magic

Yes, that's right, let's get this week started with pretty coverscans of oldie-but-goldie Commodore 16 games. We have two brand new scans for Zone Control and Central Command, these are from Paxman Promotions. They are consistent with the other Paxman release "quality": the Zone Control tape apparently has a "Zonal Control" label, and Central Command is Control Command on the cover.

Next up is a Reelax release of Raider. Yup, that's the third cover for the game... We also have a very rare "staircase artwork" cover for Twin Kingdom Valley. On other platforms the two different cover artworks were known to exist for this game, but this is the first time we see it for the C16. Finally another rare compilation tape from Ozisoft: Robin To The Rescue/Monkey Magic. It has those two (in)famous games on it... Very cool stuff, thanks to Plus4Vampyre once again!


Read about 4ever03...in English!
Posted by Luca on 2004-01-17
Lunacy 9Read the party emotions from the organizers directly! Thanks to Lavina's translation, Ninja/GS released the english translated version of Lunacy 9! You can't miss it, otherwise...get outta here!


2 Very Rare Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-15
Tom Thumb - Kingsoft ReleaseMonkey Magic - Micro Design ReleaseSidius is on a roll! The second pack from him this week may be small, but they are interesting nevertheless. We have the German language Kingsoft release of Tom Thumb! The game is labelled simply Tom, and as the cover sticker states, this release had the C16, C64 and VIC-20 games on it! We're very happy to finally see this cover in the collection. The second scan is for Monkey Magic. We have already discussed the fact that some Solar Software releases (maybe all?) have alternative covers, and this is such a cover too. What makes it interesting, is the label: Micro Design. The style, layout and even the company address confirms that this is infact Solar Software. Perhaps it was their re-release label? Hard to tell from just one cover. The more we dig the more we find... Thanks to Sidius for these!


8 New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-13
Sidius surprised us with 8 more very cool and sought after covers. Well, that's definitely a pleasant surprise :-) First we have two Tynesoft covers: Battle Star and Music Synthesiser. (Note that on the latter cover they have three different variations on the name of this program... Which we are missing, by the way.) Jetbrix was the final missing piece from the Gremlin Graphics cover collection, and we now have it! The Anirog cover collection is also complete, with the addition of the last two covers: Las Vegas and Minipedes! Nice going, but we have more. Two Kingsoft compilation releases were also added: Plus-Paket II and Kingsoft Sport Show. And finally we have the cover scan for World Cup Carnival. It's big and beautiful, chock-full of official football logos and emblems: the whole cover screams: buy me. Which was of course necessary, because as we know, behind all the fancy stuff it's just the same old World Cup. Many thanks to Sidius for these scans!
Battle StarMusic SynthesiserJetbrixLas VegasMinipedesPlus-Paket IIKingsoft Sport ShowWorld Cup Carnival


RAP4 is Here!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-12
This will blow your mind... Ulysses777 found an old commercial software from 1988 called RAP4 - The Remote Audio Processor. It's a full blown sampler, sample editor, sequencer and music synth. The interface is point-and-click, complete with pull down menus and dialog boxes. We also have the 70-odd page manual fully scanned available here. RAP4 can grab samples from the datasette or an interface referred to as 'TTL4 Interface'. Ulysses777 has kindly created a schematic drawing of this as well. The software even has a basic extension, so that you can use your samples or tunes created with the editor in basic. We'd like to strees that this is an extremely rare find. All we can say is: Wow!... Definitely check it out, there's a lot to play around with here.


YAPE 0.54 is Here!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-09
Gaia has released a new version of his Commodore Plus/4 Emulator, YAPE. This release brings some very important additions to the emulation:
  • true disk rotation emulation
  • full write support in CPU level 1541 and 1551 drive emulation
  • TED and SID sound now selectable at the same time

This means that disk-based games that save information (like Bard's Tale III) now really do work, not just run. What are you waiting for? Go download it now!


C16 Showcase Booklet Scanned
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-07
Gaia scanned the instructions booklet that came with The Commodore 16 Showcase. All 8 pages can be viewed in our Publications Section here. The links between hardware bundles and software are now completely in place, so the above mentioned tape (or games like Exorcist) will have a link to the hardware bundles in which they appeared. Thanks to Gaia for the scan!


Ultimate ROM Map Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-05
SVS of Fire released version 1.1 of his Ultimate Rom Map. About 40 new addresses were added, most importantly addresses related to the 1551, cartridge, and I/O. The new ZIP file is 72.7 Kb. As usual, if you have any comments or ideas, email the author. Go download this great tool right now!


9 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-05
Emerald MineEmerald Mine IIKarate KingPfad Im DschungelDas Rätsel Der 7. KolonieOperation Red MoonFlight Path 737The Chip FactoryFlight Zero-One-Five
OMG! Plus4Vampyre amazed us with another huge cover scan pack with many rare and long awaited items. We have 5 new Kingsoft covers: Emerald Mine, Emerald Mine II, Karate King, Pfad Im Dschungel and Das Rätsel Der 7. Kolonie. Keep in mind, that we are actually missing the games Emerald Mine and Pfad Im Dschungel. Next we have Operation Red Moon from Yes! Software, which would have been their last missing cover. But as we found out, Starlite 1 is also a commercial release from them, and we don't have that cover yet, so the search is back on. We finally have Flight Path 737 from Anirog. Two more rare ones left: Audiogenic's The Chip Factory and Flight Simulator Zero 15, which is actually a re-release of Flight Zero-One-Five. Many thanks to Plus4Vampyre for these outstanding covers!


8 New Adventure TAP files!
Posted by Csabo on 2004-01-04
We are happy to announce that the new year starts with a very nice surprise: 8 TAP files from various adventures (finally) made their way to us. The bombshell: Voodoo Castle and Buckaroo Banzai actually do exists and were commercially published on our little platform! These two are part of the Scott Adams Adventures, and came on the Scott Adams Scoops compilation. The other two games on the tape are Pirate Adventure C16 and Strange Odyssey C16. We had to open separate records for these, since they are a different implementation as their cartridge counterparts. (The easiest way to tell them apart is the black vs. white screen background color.)

Mosh has also sent us the 4 more TAP files from the Mysterious Adventures series. These are the original, C16 text only versions. Escape From Pulsar 7 and The Time Machine are available as TAP or PRG for the first time anywhere! The other two TAPs are forWaxworks and Feasibility Experiment. Many thanks to Mosh for these!


2003 - The Year in Review
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-31
Face it, 2003 is gone. I'm not sure if this counts as a yearly tradition yet, but for the second time I will look back at the past year and offer my thoughts on a few topics.

The news in the real world was full of hard times (to put it nicely), but to our pleasure the World of the Commodore Plus/4 was much more peaceful and productive.

Let's start with emulators. Unfortunately few of us have the pleasure of being able to actually fire up the old black box nowadays, but most of us are in daily contact with PCs. Emulators help us keep in touch with the plussy. Minus4 is unfortunately no longer developed, but we saw its source code released. Flamingo and CP4 have their source code available as well. The Forever emulator had a few updates this year. VICE became a very viable emulator for the Plus/4. The need for Plus/4 support in VICE was first requested by MagerValp in 1996, and the issue popped up again in 1998. It came after such a long wait, but better late than never. We'll be keeping an eye on it for sure. However, there is no denying that this year was the year of YAPE. It went from version 0.42 to version 0.53, and there's a huge jump in the quality of emulation. We know from many people that YAPE played a big part in them getting interested in the Plus/4 once again. Which brings us to the next topic.

The Scene. This year was the year of scene revival! Our scene members attended many parties (SceneCon, Function03, etc). We even had a Plus/4 party: 4ever03; which had to be the peak of this year. At the party, Lavina's C16 democompo became reality, with many quality productions. Lots of programmers and groups from all over the world came together and once again coded on the Plussy. Old scene members found their way back to our community including Udo Gertz for a brief moment, old friends are in touch. Several new cross-platform utilities were written. That old "buzz" is back, the scene is alive, such as it is.

Our little home, Plus/4 World keeps growing. Another 1200 programs got added to our ever-growing software database. The number of messages posted on our forum this year increased by a thousand. The number of cover scans went from 150 to a whopping 800. That's five times as much! We really got into collecting scans this year, didn't we? Our menu bar gained 6 more entries, most notably the Publications and Hardware sections. But probably most important of all, we count at least 60 new releases this year, versus 42 for last year.

It has been a good year for us. What more can we ask for? For all the people who helped us in so many ways: Thank you. We sincerely wish all of you a successful and happy 2004!


New Scans and TAPs from Ulysses
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-30
Four Great Games Vol. 3Voidrunner + HellgateTwo days to go till 2004! We will finish this year's long line of updates with a pack from Ulysses777. First up is Volume 3 of Four Great Games. This (previously unknown) compilation has Ack Ack Attack, Battle Star, Future Shock and Lunar Docking on it. Besides the cover scan we now have the TAP files for each of these games. (Note that we are still looking for the individual release covers of Battle Star and Ack Ack Attack, if anyone has these, please send it to us!) We have another compilation added today: it's Voidrunner + Hellgate, two Jeff Minter games on one tape. Next up is the original U S Gold release cover scans for Beach Head. The Death River cover scan has been replaced with a full size one, plus the TAP file is there as well. Finally there are two more new TAPs available for your downloading pleasure: Golden Baton and Cuthbert in Space. Many thanks for these to Ulysses!


New Coverscans Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-29
3 Konami Coin-op HitsBounder and Planet SearchKing SizeThis Monday starts the last week of the year. Hopefully some of us are on holidays, while others are still at work... Crown didn't rest though, as he sent us another pack of goodies. We now have the cover scan for Bounder and Planet Search, and also the TAP files for each game. It seems that Gremlin only ever released these games on this compilation, so we marked the individual games "As Compilation". (This means that they will not be counted in the statistics as missing covers.) For our Gremlin collection, this leaves only the Jetbrix cover missing...

Also new is a full scan of 3 Konami Coin-op Hits. Just like the counterpart with 4 games, the full name of this release is on the side cover. Finally we have received the cassette cover of King Size from Robtek. Many thanks for these scans to Crown. Enjoy!


New Rare Oldie Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-22
Junior MathsPlus/4 World takes pride in being the home of all Plus/4 related stuff: we're building THE definitive software database, for example. So it's always a rare moment when we find something that was never even mentioned on our site (nor anywhere else on the net, at least not in this context) - and yet, it's a commercial release. All right, without further ado here it is: Junior Maths from Tynesoft. It's (of course) a maths educational title, indended for 5-11 year olds. While it's not like most of us will spend much time playing with it, it's still good to have it in the collection. So there, enjoy!


4 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-20
Chopper WarSteve Davis SnookerSaboteur!Tower of EvilWhat, news update on a Saturday? Well, it's the season for giving, so we took the time... Plus Crown did it once again, adding four more beautiful cover scans to our collection. Let's see them: Chopper War from Illusion Software, Steve Davis Snooker full-size replacement, a Saboteur! release from Durell which has the C16 and Plus/4 version on it, and finally another alternative cover for Tower of Evil. Check 'em out and enjoy!


3 Classic Commodore 16 Game Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-19
GalaxionsTwin Kingdom ValleyVoxCrown shares his recently acquired treasures with us. We start off with a rare cover scan from Solar Software. Wait, didn't we have all of those already? It seems that we did not, as this rare Galaxions cover shows. We have established before that this company had released two different packaging styles. Some of the covers have "Rounded Corners", with the logo at the bottom; while others have a distinct style with "Dithered Graphics" - the first release version, with logo on the top (and many of those have the "100% Machine Code" text on them too). To sort all of this out, we added a little table to the Solar Software page - maybe in time we will find more alternative covers. Crown also scanned a full sized replacement cover for Twin Kingdom Valley. Last but not least he sent in the Vox cover.

On top of all this, the three games now have their TAP files as well. For VOX, there are actually two different ones: one has a yellow loading screen and one is purple. They came from two tapes, and while the game is essentially the same, it's interesting to see this difference.


More Covers And TAPs!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-18
Baby BerksHyperforceDiagonSteve Davis Snooker
Ulysses777 sent in another nice pack of cover scans and TAP files. First off we finally cleared up the mystery about that 'alternative berks cover': It's infact a cover of Baby Berks, even though the cover artwork simply says "Berks". This confusion is even noted in Zzap C16 on page 3. Next up we have some long awaited covers: Hyperforce and Diagon. Both games now have their TAP files as well. The fourth new cover added today is for Steve Davis Snooker, it's the Blue Ribbon release cover. Finally there are two more original TAPs: Shoot It and Golf 16K. Many thanks to Ulysses for these!


3 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-17
Zork IAn Introduction To Basic Part 1Pogo PeteOnly two weeks left from this year, but we're still going strong. Today's addition brings cover scans and photos for three more games. Plus4Vampyre has sent in the German release cover for Pogo Pete. This cover is yellow (versus the English release, which was white). Sidius sent in two things: one is the Italian version cover for An Introduction To Basic Part 1 (titled Introduzione Al Basic). The other is for the classic text adventure Zork I: we have box front and back photos, plus a scan of the map that was distributed with the game. Many thanks for these guys! Enjoy!


Ghost Town DX release 1
Posted by MIK on 2003-12-16
Ghost Town DXBB Software has just released a preview version of his forthcoming remake of another outstanding game from Udo Gertz! It's called Ghost Town DX (GTDX), and it's the remake of the classic Ghost Town!

At the moment the game is around 40% complete, but this gives you a unique chance to see whats going on. As of yet sound and gamepad support have yet to be added so play takes place with arrow keys and space for action with ALT+X for Quit. Hit the link below and grab yours now!


More Rare Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-15
Have you ever played Waffenslinger on your commodore? Well, maybe you have, you just didn't know it! Waffenslinger is infact the German release name for Gunslinger.

Plus4Vampyre has sent in a very cool cover scan pack which includes such rarities as that one. Let's see them in alphabetical order: first we have Die Seefahrt (Seafaring) disk cover and instructions. Next is 5 Computer Hits, which is the first, not the fifth in this series from Beau Jolly. We have the Americana release of The Incredible Hulk, it's the C16 text only version. Olympische Winterspiele - that's actually the German release name for Winter Olympics from Tynesoft. We also have the disk cover scans for Quiwi. And last but not least is Waffenslinger. So start slinging your waffen (or linging your waffens), and enjoy these cool covers! Respects to Plus4Vampyre!

Die SeefahrtComputer HitsThe Incredible HulkWinter OlympicsGunslinger


New THRUST Remake!
Posted by Noro on 2003-12-12
THRUSTFans of one of the greatest multi-platform classics THRUST should head over to Thrust 2K3, a brand new remake of the game. It has cool graphics and many new levels, but it requires a fast PC and it's a 27MB download. Be warned: This one is damn hard to play!


4 Hungarian Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-11
SoliterTorpedo/UnisoftTanyertoronyViperaCrown is back with not less than four cover scans and TAP files for a few rare Hungarian release programs. Three of these are from the "other" Hungarian software distributor, Apisz. Soliter is a logical board game. Torpedó is yet another battleships game implementation, and Vipera is an arcade game. The last addition today is for Tányértorony, an interesting brainteaser type game. Many thanks for these. Enjoy!


Three Terrific T Tovers Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-10
Tablets of HippocratesTen Little IndiansTimeslipMaybe it's just a coincidence, that all three covers scans added today are for games that begin with the letter T. Or is it?... Anyhow, Stephen Mansell sent in the alternative cover for the great C16 classic Timeslip. Very nice cover artwork, definitely 'louder' than the English Software release cover, worth checking out. Next we have a somewhat weatherbeaten cover for Ten Little Indians, but we all know about the quality of Paxman Promitions covers. Finally we see the cover scan for Tablets of Hippocrates, a rare - and strangely tape only - adventure game. These last two covers are from Lando's collection. That's all the news for today, thanks for these covers guys!


3 New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-09
PanchoSupermanPaintboxToday we bring you a little mix of covers from different people. First up is Pancho, and older (but fun to play) CBM game. This nice cover was sent in by Sidius. Pancho is a Q-bert style 3D jumping game, and its probably the best one in this genre. Colorful graphics, cute tune, but most importantly good playability.

Next we have the Superman game cover scans from Lando. From looking at this game it's hard to believe it's actually a commercial release. It definitely does not bring justice to such a cool cartoon character. Still it's good to have the cover in our collection.

Finally we have the Audiogenic release of Paintbox added to our site from Ulysses777. The software is the same as the Kingsoft German release, but the TAP file is recorded with a faster turbo. Plus it's good to have the instructions in English.

Many thanks for these contributions! Enjoy!


New Stuff Arrives!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-08
C16 Plus4 Computing Issue #2Ulysses777 sent in yet another pack of cool goodies... The first addition is the second issue of C16 Plus4 Computing Issue. The editorial is definitely an interesting read. Next we have the original TAP and cover scans for a not-so-well-known CRL game called Sun Star. Up until now all we had was the TTL crack of this game, which contains the title picture, the game and an intro all wrapped into one (making his version C16 incompatible). This is the first time we see the original. We also have the cover scan for Games Designer and the full Instructions Manual that came with it. Finally we have the TAP files for Panik! and World Series Baseball. The first one is a C16 only version. Many thanks to Ulysses for these!


SCART cables for C16 and Plus/4!
Posted by MIK on 2003-12-07
SCART CABLES FOR CBMThis could be a god send for those of you screaming for a better picture on your new age TV sets! Jonathan Hayward based in the UK creates and sell scart cables for all your classic Commodore machines from Plus/4 to C64 and a host of other machines from his website.

Jonathan has been supplying them all over Europe, they are popular with gamers who are fed up of spending ages fiddling with tuning modern TVs into getting a picture from 15-20 year old hardware. Check out his homepage and take a look for your selfs!



3 New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-05
Purple TurtlesLocomotionIan Botham's Test MatchYou don't have to wait any longer, straight from Lando's collection to Plus/4 World: the new covers are here. Even though these are old classic C16 titles, their coverscans have yet to appear anywhere on the net. First up is Ian Botham's Test Match from Tynesoft. The other two games are CBM releases: Locomotion (with HUGE instruction sheets) and Purple Turtles. Our cover count is now up to 417. Enjoy!


Club Info 78 is Here!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-03
The mother of all diskmags continues it's unparalelled run: the 78th issue of the German Club Info is here. The usual articles talk about all the latest stuff (like the all-important release of Questionmark). There is also a complete description of Hyper Sports Plus. The B side has some new(ish) games like Orthopede. Download it now!


Rare New Stuff
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-02
Blockbusters Extra Questions DatabaseBlockbusters GoldrunSystem-8Okay, show of hands... Who's interested in a never-before seen commercial release on our platform? How about three? Those of you who actually raised their hands get some extra points for the spirit, but here they are anyway.

We cannot stress it enough how rare it is to get our hands on a commercially released program on for this machine that was not even listed or mention anywhere before. And now, thanks to Ulysses777 we get three... We start with System-8, a football pools forecaster for UK football pools, released by Blue Ribbon. The other two releases come from Macsen software: Blockbusters Goldrun is a stand alone game similar to the original, and we also have the Blockbusters Extra Questions Database (now there's a long name). This latter one is sort of an expansion pack for Blockbusters. All three releases are complete with nice coverscans and TAP files. Check it out, and respects to Ulysses!


Treasure Island Single Release Cover!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-12-01
Treasure IslandTreasure Island... Now there's another MAJOR classic Commodore Plus/4 game. Regardless of what one may think about today's gaming standards, this title is very well made, and has every ingredient to make a memorable classic. Nice colorful graphics, memorable music (in fact, the poor two channel square-wave sound is expertly used to create the sound of a harmonica/accordion, which fits the mood perfectly), but most of all, fun gameplay. With practice, you can find the path all the way to the treasure, and then get chased back to your ship by Long John Silver... Well, thanks to Gaia we now have the single release cover scan for this game. Check it out! This makes our CBM cover collection 8 out of 10.


Lone News 15: party report issue!
Posted by Luca on 2003-11-29
ln15Did you miss the 4ever03 party in Szeged? Gain much much much more anger reading about people and facts involved: paprika fishes, astonishing previews, neoromanic monuments, sidcard projects, demo compo charts, hungarian pizzas... All this and more in the 15th issue of Lone News! Miss it at your own risk!


Fire Ant Single Cover!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-27
Fire AntSidius contributed to our CBM collection with the single release cover of Fire Ant. What a nice classic game, much talked about, especially when people are mentioning their first memories with computer games. The cover artwork is very nice, and we are indeed happy to have this in our collection. We now have single cover versions of 7 out of the 10 tapes. We may be soon getting the one for Treasure Island, but that still leaves Icicle Works (of all games!) and Number Builder. Thanks to Sidius!


New Covers and TAPs
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-25
Trojan Light PenSandcastles and ParamathsMayhemUlysses777 brings us this week's first update. We now have the wholewave TAP of Enigma, TAP files for Munch It and Climb It (for each there is a C16 only version), a turbo loader TAP for ACE 16. We have some new covers as well. First up is a single box release of C16 Classics I. That's right - it seems that besides the cool two tape release, Gremlin also had this one, all 4 games on one tape. We have the single release cover for Mayhem (which still leaves a few missing from our CBM collection). Next up is the cover (and TAPs) for Sandcastles and Paramaths, a compilation tape. Finally we have the box scans, TAP files and instruction scans for Trojan Light Pen. Excellet stuff, respects to Ulysses!


A Few Leftover Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-19
Today three cover scans were added to our collection. These were submitted quite a while ago, but they just "slipped through the cracks". Anyway, you can now enjoy the covers for 4 in 1 Hit Pak (from Lando), Plus-Paket 16 (from Mermaid) and the cartridge box cover for Viduzzles (from Ulysses777). Thanks guys!

4 in 1 Hit PakPlus-Paket 16Viduzzles


Cover Scans from Ulysses
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-13
Ulysses777 is here again with his new pack of expertly scanned covers! We start off with the box scans of C16 Tutor, the keyboard tutorial cartridge. Next we have Auriga cover. "Wait a minute, didn't we just add that yesterday?" - you may be asking. If you're not asking that then start paying attention! We did in fact add one Auriga cover, but this one is different, actually an earlier release. Why are there two different covers - that's a mystery. Next we have four new covers for CBM released games, but this time for the single releases. The games are Crazy Golf, Harbour Attack, Number Chaser and Space Sweep/Invaders. The trend seems to be that each of the 10 tapes released with the Commodore Plus/4 Bundle had a bundle cover (the plain one) and a single release cover for the shops. This stuff is so cool, that we compiled a little list of these covers and added it to the CBM page, check it out here. So we are still looking for 5 more of these single release covers (there's one for Fire Ant, but it's bad quality) - provided that they exists... Many thanks to Ulysses for his continued support of our site!

C16 TutorAurigaCrazy GolfHarbour AttackNumber ChaserSpace Sweep/Invaders


YAPE 0.53 is here!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-13
YAPE running New FLIFaster, better, more accurate. It's hard to believe that the new release of our beloved Commodore Plus/4 Emulator for the PC achieved all of those. True PAL Emulation is here, a much asked-for feature. Now you can enjoy demos like QuestionMark in all their glory. On the speed-front, the new YAPE no longer renders skipped frames, which means switching to a lower FPS will give an even bigger performance increase on older computers. Plus tons of bugfixes and neat little additions as usual... It's time to visit:


Crown's Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-12
Good news, cover-lovers: you have 7 more beautiful covers for those classic Commodore 16 programs that you can admire. Crown sent in a very cool scan pack for the following games: 3D Time Trek, Auriga, Ghost Town(!), Star Commander, Tom Thumb(!) and Triple Decker 7. This last came with 5 additional pages with multi-language instructions, available here. The 7th cover is for the Paintbox graphics-utility from Kingsoft. Check 'em out and enjoy!

Besides the covers, our friend also created some TAPs for Sports 4, Star Commander and Triple Decker 7. Many thanks to Crown for these!



Mermaid's Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-11
Mega ZapRaiderFootball ManagerThis time it's the multi-talented Mermaid sent us some covers. Let's get right into it: We have Razorsoft's Mega Zap and Raider covers. For Raider, it's an alternative cover, as we have another one as well. The third one we added today is the original release cover for Football Manager. There are a few more she sent, but they will take a while to be properly cut up and stuff, so this is just for starters! Many thanks to Mermaid for the covers.


PixelShop V1.01 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-10
The new version of PixelShop is here. The biggest addition to this cross-platform graphics package is the support for the FLI graphic mode. Unfortunately the old read-me file is gone, and all we get is a link to AbcuG's website, which at the moment appears to be empty (hopefully it will be online soon). Graphicians, grab your mouse (or keyboard) and let's see some nice FLI pictures! Cheers AbcuG!


Two Hungarian Game Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-10
Who's that angry man with the knife? Well, we have received a very rare cover scan! It's for the Hungarian game The Invincible (A Legyőzhetetlen). Written by The Mad, you know it uses his trademark extended border. The game itself is a platformer: you have to make up the word Invincible by finding each of the letters (in order!) and breaking them up in a knock-out style sub game. Anyway, it's one of those covers that we though we'd never see again... But Pavel came to the rescue. We also added a very high quality replacement for the Legicsata cover, courtesy of Lacus. Thanks, guys!


New Kingsoft Cover
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-08
Legende Im Eis Cover scanOur database now correctly lists Legende Im Eis (Legend at Ice) as a commercial Kingsoft release from 1986. We have found an original copy of this game, hence the new cover scan. It's the usual plain-blue-Kingsoft-style. The game itself is German language graphical adventure written in Basic. Having a rainy afternoon this weekend? Then it's time to grab your German dictionary (or use this one), and let the adventuring begin! Many thanks to Crown for supplying the game information and the cover.


PixelShop 1.0 Released
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-05
Head on over to AbcuG's new homepage at abcug.freeweb.hu. The previous cool, unique, platform-related name (Plus4Shop) got changed to a generic one which gets you 10,000 Google hits (PixelShop). Nevertheless, it's good to see this project released, so all the graphicians can get working!


Zoom4Gr Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-05
Zoom4Gr ExampleProgrammers, listen up! Papa bubis has released Zoom4Gr, a package supporting the Zoom4 graphic mode. (Call it QFLI - Quadruple line FLI - if you like.) Let's you color each pixel at 80*50 resolution. A very cool example effect is included. Most importantly the source is included as well, ready for you to explore it or use it in your own demos. Cheers bubis!


New SIDCard in the Works!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-11-05
Good news everyone! Mr. Museum has sent us word that there is a new - and yet to be named - SIDcard currently in development as of 2003 November. The status of the card: it actually works! :-) (Although not perfectly.) The card is being developed by C16DOC/Unlimited (the brother of Mr. Museum). The final revision will be put directly on the TED Chip, as it's a internal card. That's all the info we know so far, and it sounds very promising!


New Covers Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-30
Ulysses777 is hard at work once again to finish the gaps in our ever-growing cover collection. Let's see what today's addition brought us: Arrow of Death 1 (the C16 version of course) cover + TAP, alternate cover for Gridtrap + TAP, plus the covers of Bridgehead 16, Tazz, Hoppit, Invasion 2000 AD, Zip, Gullwing Falcon (alternate). Finally he also submitted the covers for Scooby Doo, both Elite and Encore versions. This particular one was sent in by a few other folks as well, but his was the best quality.

With Invasion 2000 AD added, the only Solar Software cover left would be Tank Attack, but Gaia sent in his scan of that one too, making this series complete. Woo-hoo! Good work everyone, and respects to Ulysses for yet another amazing cover pack.


QuestionMark Blasts Onto The Scene!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-29
Better late than never: here's the official newsbit about what everyone already knows. BSZ of NST released a brand new demo called Questionmark (which happens to be the exact same name of a Ceekay release).

Hard to find the words to describe it, just take a look. A true demo scener will know that the code that sits behind this magnificent production is nothing short of phenomenal. The author is a master of fast-loaders. It is so very rare to get something this beautiful and this polished on our platform. How some people decided to vote 8's and 9's on this is beyond me.

Congratulations and thanks to BSZ for creating a demo that will be always remembered.


Orthopede Comes 17th
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-28
Well, that news heading already gave away pretty much everything there is to say! Orthopede (that name still cracks me up) came in 17th out of 63 games on the 2003 Minigame compo. It received some very nice comments. Unfortunately 1 and 4 kilobyte entries were all mixed together. When excluding those 4kb games Orthopede scores on the 4th place in the 1kb field. And while it was somehow forgotten a little, we had another contender from our Scene: Luca has made the music (on a plus/4 with a SID card actually) for the 4kb Arkanoid clone that ended up on the 6th place. Many of the reviewers cheered hearing this great tune from Luca. We can all feel good that our platform and scene was represented. Congrats to Gaia and Luca!


Lots Of New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-24
Ulysses777 did it again! Without further ado, let's get right to the point: Azimuth Head Alignment Tape covers + TAP, C16 Super Games 1 an Italian Compilation release cover, Flight Zero-One-Five TAP (finally!), Commodore 16 Games Pack I and Commodore 16 Games Pack II all TAPs - both sides, plus all individual programs and covers for the second (whew!), Diamond Mine II covers plus TAPs, including a special Plus/4 Only TAP, Astro Plumber cover and TAP. That sure was one long sentence.

Finally we have a real gem: C16 Plus4 Computing, a tape based magazine from Argus Press Software, full of goodies. Could be the very first mag ever. At this point we don't know whether this was accompanied by a paper version or not. Many thanks to Ulysses for all this cool stuff! Enjoy!



Ghost Town DX Latest Screens!
Posted by MIK on 2003-10-23
Udo Gertz Ghost Town like you've never seen before is heading to a PC near you! BB Software has revealed some awesome images of his work so far and there is word that the game may change for the better with new ideas being added for good measure!

Looking at the graphics you can only say WOW! This does look like it will turn out as one hell of a remake indeed and we can't wait to see the finished game in action! Hit the link below and take a peek:



Manic Miner saved with NovaLoad???
Posted by MIK on 2003-10-23
Yes it's true! The Blue or rather Black screen of death that Manic Miner suffered with having being save with no Turbo Loader is no more! Little did I know and I'm sure many of you out there that Manic Miner was re-released by Beau Jolly Limited as part of their Five Star Games 2 compilation and the good chaps at Beau Jolly didn't waste any time and resaved the game with NovaLoad.

They didn't do half the job either as they also added in the control screen which was also present on the original. We owe a big many thanks to Crown for hunting this one down and above all for creating this TAP image for all to enjoy! Many thanks once again for opening up this long lost secret!


Plus/4 and YAPE on Television!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-22
Charlie and Abcug on TV Talking about the Plus/4Yup! This clip will blow your mind! ...Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the world lies a small unregarded country... Hungary it is! Anyways, abcug and Mr. Károly Balogh went down to a cable TV station (called FixTV). They have a retro section in which every week a new machine is presented. Our felllows did a little show about the Plus/4 and YAPE. The damn thing is in Hungarian, but you gotta watch it anyways... They used Pigmy's Megaload and show Heartfixer as THE demo for the plussy. (Quite fitting, too.)

Funny stuff that got lost in the translation: they didn't know Gaia's name. It's Attila Grósz, damnit! Second, they said: "We have a central database with all softwares and stuff, it's plus4.emucamp.hu (sic)". Later they correctly show the address (free advertising for us!) as plus4.emucamp.com. But the emphasis is on WE. Brings a tear to the eye, to feel this much embraced. All right, enough of this, just go and watch! (Many thanks to Jedi for hosting the video.)



New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-21
We're back in the old routine, adding new covers to the database. Crown has purchased a lot of tapes off of ebay, and thanks to him, these cool cover scans are now available to everyone. The new ones are: Commodore 16 Games Pack I, Classic Adventure, Enigma, Five Star Games II, Jet Set Willy, League Challenge, Pogo Pete. Finally there's this rare orange weirdness: Lone Survivor/Wacky Painter, which is apparently a two game compilation from Tynesoft. These were all on our WANTED list.

We also have some new TAPs: Canoe Slalom (the first working copy!), Enigma, Jet Set Willy (the Plus/4 version), Lone Survivor, Wacky Painter.



Jedi's 11
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-20
One of our new members, Jedi, submitted a nice pack of old classic games. All 11 of them are now on the New Uploads page. From the feedback that has been coming in right after they went online, it seems that they brought back lots of memories for some of the folks... Indeed, some of them are those games that most of us played back in the day, and then forgot. It's surprising that they only just made their way to the archive - but nevertheless, it's good to have them. Some of the cool games are Slirp, Rambo-C16, Nasa Simulator. There are even some utilities like Super Peek and Type-A-Tune. Many thanks to Jedi! Enjoy!


From DCD's Archives...
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-16
This time it's DCD (AKA Genius) the one that dusted off those old disks... He has sent in a nice big bunch of programs - many of his own - that we did not have in the database and were not available on the internet. Now they are. Let's see what we have: an interesting (but Hungarian language) magazine called Info (we have issues 5 and 9), and possibly Skoro's first demo, one called To Be 15. We even have a new one from the GOTU Team called Amiga! Yes! Ok!. Cool stuff, good to have. For the complete list, head on over to New Uploads. Many thanks to DCD for these!


New Map Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-13
BB Software is definitely active in Plus/4 related areas! Not only he's working on Game Remakes, and he has just sent in a map as well! Head on over to the Maps section, or directly to the game, which is the old Tony Kelly classic: Big Mac. Thanks for the map to Roland!


New YAPE Rocks!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-09
Don't have to hold your breath any longer, the new YAPE is here! Version 0.52 makes it THE Plus/4 emulator. All the improvements delivered a DEVASTATING blow to those few games and demos left, which still refused to run on any emulator... Yes, the Holy Grail of Classic Plus/4 Demos: Infinity and +4 Mania Forever now run (which means it's screenshot time)! The added G64 support means our only G64 game runs as well (which is of course Raetsel). The scroll-bug has been fixed, which means all those vertical scrollers like Legionnaire and XCellor8 can be enjoyed in their full glory.

To top it all off, the new YAPE is actually faster! On a Pentium II 350 Mhz, it runs at almost 200%, which means it should perform well on almost any machine. Are you still reading this? Go and download now, this is historical!


Rare Stuff Coming At You!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-08
Well, we are glad to see that the folks on the scene are digging in their software archives. Even though we have just recently surpassed 4000 programs listed, more stuff keeps coming in. As it should! Let's start with the contribution of a new member, Suto: Extended Screen and Vages Basic utilities, the much-sought-after Newton Almája game, Magyarország which was the last missing piece in the Geography Educational Series, Monszun, Spedy V2 (a rare tape turbo) and a special version of Tape Messias. Now on to the rest: Lacus sent in a rare game called Bip-bip (from the makers of Bigyulabolt). Lavina actually found the demo Genesis, which deals with the Book of Genesis. Finally Litwr found and submitted a German translated version of Super Cobra. Thanks to everyone for these, and keep 'em coming!


Mail Madness! Party 6 Invitation!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-08
Mail Madness InvitroPardey people, listen up! Check out the new invitro from Mr. Museum of Unlimited: Mail Madness Party 6 Invitation! This party will be held in Germany in December. If you want to get in touch with the German scene, start making plans today! Visit Mr. Museum's website for more info (altough it seems to be in Germany only for the moment).


New Plus/4 Release!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-07
Gentlemen Software released Lunacy 9 (hun)! Where is Lunacy 7 or 8, you ask? Well, we all definitely have lots of digging to do in our archives to get all these (and the other lost pieces of software) out, but trust us, it existed. It's a Magazine/Demo type thing, and this latest issue has a party report from the 4ever03 party! At the moment it's only in Hungarian, but the authors has promised to release an English version very soon!

Edit: This just in! Only a few short hours after mentioning the lost Lunacy 7, Ati has found it and sent it in! Thanks!

We are always happy to see new software for the Plussy. Keep the scene alive!


C16 Classics Series Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-07
We are proud to present you these beautiful covers of the C16 Classics Series! Three compilation tapes, each containing... Well, C16 classics (d'oh!). They are definitely rare and have some interesting facts about them. The first part, C16 Classics I is one of the few compilations that actually came on two tapes. When you placed them next to each other, you could see the full cover artwork. This was probably too expensive, so the other parts of this series came on single tapes. C16 Classics II had yet another 4 games on it. So did the last part, C16 Classics III, however, this was released under the Star Games label rather than Gremlin Graphics. The back cover of this tape has that infamous ad about Avenger, claiming that it exists for the C16...

Thanks to a new feature on our site, all compilation tapes are now linked to the single release (and vica-versa).

These beauties came from our main scan suppliers, Ulysses and Lando. This addition to the ever growing cover collection finally pushed the stats over 66%, which means we have 2/3 of all the covers out there.


New Hungarian TAPs and Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-06
bszggg, a newly registered member, sent us some rare items from his collection. We now have TAPs and cover scans for Bigyulabolt, Szerpentin and TV Játék. He also provided some great replacement scans for the old classics Battle and BMX Simulator. Plus one more TAP: Turbo Former, which is a rare tape turbo. Many thanks to bszggg! Enjoy!


New Club-Info is out
Posted by Gaia on 2003-10-05
The news is just in from Mr-Museum: the latest edition (#77) of this German Commodore plus/4 disk-mag Club-Info has been released yesterday. Get your copy from the Club-Info website. Also available are some old magazines: Odds&Sodds, Pluvi Hardware and all issues of Tapemags Hacker and User. By browsing through the latest Club-Info I have come across the URL of Solder's website, and it seems to be full with plus/4 goodies, just check the link to the left.


Huge Cover Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-03
Crown has added some nice new covers to our collection. The list is quite long, so let's get started with the new ones first: the original Magnificent Seven release cover of Indoor Soccer. Original Elite release of Frank Bruno's Boxing. We now have 3 covers for this one: the original, the encore re-release and the special edition cover. A cover for Basic-Kurs and the Kingsoft game Quiwi.

He has also added some full size, high-quality replacements: Street Olympics, Strip Poker and Cave Fighter. Enjoy!


Plus4Shop First Preview!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-10-01
Plus4ShopAbcuG (AKA St. GLS) has sent in the first public version of his upcoming crossplatform graphics editor called Plus4Shop. It supports the basic graphics modes of the C16,C116 and Plus4: hi-res and multicolor (maybe FLI support will be included later). It can edit a bitmap which is 6 screens in size in any alignment. It has .PRG support so that the saved bitmap can be loaded directly to YAPE. Version 1.0 is coming up within a month, depending on how much time the author has.


New Remakes Page
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-30
There has been enough of these to justify a new page... Remakes! Cool rewrites of old classics. If you love some of the old C16 Plus4 classic games, and wonder how they would look if they were written today... Then this page is for you. Check out our new Remakes page, listing many of the already available games. Even Kichy's lost Rescue From Zylon remake has made it to the list, his website is gone, but the file is now also on our servers. The remakes are cross linked with their creators and the original software.

Taking a look at the list will confirm that Tom Thumb is the #1 game on our platform of all time! It has inspired a record 3 remakes already.

If you know of any more remakes of our games, don't hesitate to post it on the forums. Enjoy!


Plus/4 Entry in 2003 MiniGame Compo!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-29
A new game release has arrived (brace yourselves): Orthopede is here. It's Gaia's submission for the 2003 MiniGame Compo, and it's the only game out of the 57 that represents our platform. Once you finished laughing your arse off about the name, check it out: you will find a centipede clone squeezed into 1024 bytes.

It's the perfect opportunity for all those folks who were shooting their mouth off about community this-and-that. A fellow Plus4'er needs your votes. Last year Csabo submitted 4 games to this compo, only to receive virtually no votes from anyone on the scene (*), even though the scores were so close that only one additional vote would have meant being in the first three. Hopefully history won't repeat itself. Just go and vote.

(*) Except SVS, whose votes were unfortunately lost.


Dateimanager Added
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-26
Only one new TAP + cover this time, but it's a nice one. Dateimanager is a german language database program for the C16. It was published by a german company that still exists, let's hope they don't mind us putting it up on the web. This was submitted by Crown, many thanks to him.


VICE 1.13 released!
Posted by MIK on 2003-09-26
A new version of the Versatile Commodore Emulator has been released today. Plus/4 emulation was officially added in the previous release and now it was time for improvements. The most important changes from the official release notes are the following:
General
  • Added new Scale2x render.
  • Fixed NMI line emulation bug.

PLUS4 changes
  • Many TED fixes (clocking, sound, palette, etc.).
  • User port parallel cable.

The official website has also been updated, but you can aswell head straight here to grab your copy!


2 News Tape Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-22
Lazer 900 - Commodore 16 gameBaby Berks - Commodore 16 gameFrom Lando's collection, we have added these two new covers. Lazer 900 is an old shoot 'em up from Yes! Software. Baby Berks is the 4th Berks game, the one that's not part of the Berks Trilogy. With this addition we have all the Berks covers though! Enjoy!


Educational Tapes 'O' Level
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-22
Ulysses777 recently won a bid on ebay. These three rare tapes are educational programs from Paxman Promotions. They are Chemistry 'O' Level, Mathematics 'O' Level and Physics 'O'/'A' Level. The covers mention a 4th piece in the series, which would be Biology - perhaps someone will find this one as well. Each program has TAP files and cover scans - two for Physics. Many thanks to Ulysses for sharing this with Plus/4 World!


Truly Rare Treasure Found!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-19
The Real Stunt Experts is a new game for most of us in the sense that we have never seen it before. It's hard to find the words to describe the feeling that a true C16/Plus4 fan feels, when playing this game for the first time.

The cover tells us the same old sad story: the wonderful C64 version got cut down, as the C16 version only has one event. Still it's iteresting to play, and it you've played all the other thousands of games already, it's a must. It's a unique action game: you play the role of a stuntman. Instead of lives, you have cash in the bank and insurance to pay for every stunt attempt. You have 8 levels to go through, before the game will tell you... Well, you'll just have to find out for yourself what happens, when you finally complete that very last stunt.

Everything is there: TAP, program file, covers, map, cheats. Many thanks to Gaia for contributing the game and the cover scans. Enjoy!


4 Compilation Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-18
Ah, the good ol' days, when you could buy 10 games on one tape... These compilations definitely packed value. We have some beautiful cover scans added today for Computer Hits 3 and Computer Hits 4 from Beau Jolly. We also have the covers and instructions (huge!) for Omnibus and Omnibus II, which are from Star Games. What is Star Games you ask? It's Gremlin Graphics' software label. The bottom line is: 4 covers down, 200 to go... Enjoy!


YAPE 0.51 Hits The Streets!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-18
Or the web, at least. The list of things fixed in this very latest version is quite long. However, at least one thing is definitely worth mentioning: all timer based defenders now work! This means that some programs that could not be opened with anything are now ready for you to play with on your PC. Another world first! Some examples: Lavina's Robo mutant or TLC's excellent Outrun (you really have to listen to that one). Plus the "sparkle" on the border makes the feel so much more authentic - sometimes very little things mean a lot. Head on over to YAPE homepage and grab your copy.


Hyper Sports Plus Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-17
Have you ever played "Triple Jump" or "Long Horse" sporting events on your C16 or Plus/4? Well, now you can with Hyper Sports Plus. The original game contained 6 events, but it had two major drawbacks: the events loaded slowly, and you could only play them in sequence. That is you had to be able to qualify each event before moving on. This made the learning curve extremely steep, and we doubt that many players actually were able to see all the events. This new version aims to help that. An additional menu has been added, which let's the players select the starting event. You can also get back to the main menu by pressing ESC. This is a tribute to the original: now everyone can see what is hidden in this rare game. Enjoy!


Slippery Sid And Tycoon Tex!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-16
We are going to be adding quite a few new covers to the site, so be prepared... To kick-off this cover marathon, we're going to start with Slippery Sid and Tycoon Tex. Slippery Sid is an old-old basic commercial game from Citisoft, and our friend Tex is the title character of that Gremlin Graphics classic. Both covers are from Lando's endless collection. This means we have all the covers for the Micro Projects titles!

Another new (and rare) cover came from Crown: it's for 4 Konami Coin-Op Hits. Very similar to the other one on the site, but this one has 4 games on it, not three. The one in addition is Green Beret. Also from Crown we have a Power ball cover replacement, a Pizza Pete replacement, plus a temporary black and white scan of Invasion 2000 AD. This leaves only Tank Attack from Solar Software without a cover - does anyone have this? It seems that even our cover gurus don't own an original of that game, so let our cry be carried over the world: We want Tank Attack cover!

Thanks for these covers and stay tuned for more!


Couple of Rare Ones
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-15
If you check out the New Uploads section, you will find quite a few rare scene-produced titles that have just been added to the database. These came from the dusty disk archives of Gaia, Crown, Lacus and Csabo. The most notable addition is the fully working version of Bigyulabolt (now there's a tongue-twister), that we know lots of people were looking for. Another interesting one is Save New York, which was coded by Mucsi - quite a long time ago, indeed! Cool to see that the person who came to develop titles like Extasy, or created the very first FLI effect on the Plus/4 started with this one... Or check out this old one from Pigmy: Musics of Games. Also worth mentioning is the recent addition of very cool but very rare game from MC called Hydroines.

Thanks for these rare ones folks!


David Whittaker confirmed being author of Space Sweep!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-14
David Whittaker - Master of AudioAt last nights Back in Time 4 (LiVE concert of C64 remixed music) I caught up with David Whittaker once again for a brief moment! Before I could even ask the question he said that after Back in Time 3 he went home and hunted down his long lost game which he had forgot about! As I expected it was indeed Space Sweep. David also added it took less than a week to create.

Attila may be pleased to learn that he used Yape to confirm his finding. He soon got hold of a Plus4 which died on him within days, but he is currently in the middle of getting hold of another! It's amazing to hear David has a soft spot for the plussy and more amazing to learn that he was the dude behind this very game! After doing so much on the C64 side we have at last something to shout about and if your a C64 fan and love David Whittaker then here's one title that maybe missing from your collection! Many thanks David for putting a face to this game. Cheers!! :-)


D64 Recall - The Original Games!!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-11
With the winter months heading our way we thought we'd give you something to dig your teeth into! As with our other collection of D64 images we offered, this time it's the Original Games. This archive contains commercial released games, many we already have, but what is unique here is that these are cracks which have never been leaked onto the net before! They also contain stuff not found in our database as of yet so there is much to enjoy here! Once again we owe many thanks to Mike Dailly for sending these goodies our way, but with that in mind we owe a great deal of thanks to Marco Polo - SYN (Synergy) because he is the dude swapper of the Plus/4 scene who not only has all these images on floopy back at his parents home, but copied every single one to PC and what you see here is part of that collection! Enjoy Marco Polo's awesome Games backup!

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b0a-bb.zip
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c0-cc.zip
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d0-dd.zip
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g0-ii.zip
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p1-uu.zip
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BBSoftware's Tom Thumb v0.01 for PC!!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-10

Let us take you back to May 2002 when we told you about BBsoftware's release of Big Mac for PC. It was around this time Roland K of BBsoftware was working on another remake project of Tom Thumb. Although we got to see screen shots of his work we couldn't at the time download his version because he was changing web hosts. As time passed it skipped our memories until now! Roland got in touch regarding Plus4 World today which in turn reminded us of his remake and YES this time it's up for grabs!!

Being version 0.01 this is more a preview of his Tom Thumb. The preview will take you upto the first door which lets you have a good look at whats going on and there is also some funky SID type music being played along side. We can only hope Roland will return to his Tom Thumb, but for now head on over to BBsoftware's homepage and grabs yours!




PS. I've just received an email from Roland and he says work continues on his Tom Thumb! The hardest part is creating Udo's single enormous level to 16bit. He has also added new music and the graphics are forever changing! We wish you the very best and look forward to seeing your Tom Thumb adventure in the near future Roland. Cheers! :-)


4ever03 Party Pictures from Lavina!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-09
Visit the Features section to see 43 pictures taken by Lavina on the 4ever03 party, complete with thumbnails and comments. He has also taken sereval portraits of sceners, which have been added to the Faces of the Scene gallery. The new ones are: DCD, Fred, Impy, Moldi, Stinky, TGMS and two more recent photos for Ninja and Nukeman. Thanks for the pictures! Enjoy!


New Covers and TAPs!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-09
Ulysses777 dug up quite a few more tapes from his amazing collection, and took his time to create some high-quality scans and perfect TAP images. Let's see what's new: Cover and TAP for Arena 3000, cover for Leaper, TAP files for Loco coco (one from each side of the tape). Also new are the Four Great Games and Four Great Games Vol. 2, two compilation tapes released under the MicroValue label. Not only we have the covers, but all the individual TAP files for 4 games on each compilation! That's a lot of new stuff for you to check out and enjoy. Many thanks to Ulysses777 once again for his contribution!


4ever03 Party Report
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-08
Check out the Features section for MC's party report, available in English and Hungarian! Maugli's party photos are here, a lot of fun to view, but the size (29MB) prohibits us from copying them all to Plus4 World. Also check out DCD's pictures here.

The new demos released at the party are now being added to the database. Congratulations to the winners: T.M.R. and the Cosine team (C64) won the 16K Democompo with their demo Ikaruga. bubis won the 128 byte democompo with his Raindrops entry, part of Your daily 128 byte intro.


Minus4 Source Released!
Posted by MIK on 2003-09-05
Ever wanted to know how a Plus/4 emulator looks like inside? Or to learn more of the inner life of the Plussy? You now have the chance, as Mike Dailly released the source of his great emulator Minus4w. Go to the Minus 4 Homepage and download your copy!

Here is Mike's original release note posted on www.plus4.com:
Okay, I've decided to release this now... I'm not gonna be changing it any, so I thought it was as good a time as any. So head on over to my minus4 site and download it if your so inclined... Enjoy!


4ever03 Party!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-04
4ever03 will be a huge C16 & Plus/4 party happening this Saturday in Szeged, Hungary! The party will be the final chapter of the long avaited 16K DemoCompo. All of the entered new C16 demos and 128-byte micro-demos will be officially released. Since it's a competition, there must be voting. Those of you who can't attend can still participate by voting online. Visit edc.freeweb.hu and see the "voting" section for further instructions. Online voting opens September 5th at 17:00 CET, and closes September 7th at 00:00 CET. This means you have 31 hours to cast your votes. If you're going to attend the party at Saturday, please DO NOT download and check the nominations, because you're ruining fun!

Some people that will be attending the party (in random order): Luca of FIRE, Nukeman (!!), Gaia, TCFS, St. GLS, Ninja, Lavina, Harry & Paul of GOTU, ATI, DCD of WLS, Impy of UTG, Murphy of Exceed, Coyote and TLC of CNS, Enigma, Fred, Jimy, Maugli, MC of EDC, Stinky and BSZ of NST, Rachy, Crafty of HFX, some Amiga & C64 sceners and other various visitors.


Mega Cover Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-03
We have quite a few covers that were sent in but haven't made it to the site yet. So we're getting to work on them... now. Let's start off with three covers from Christian Kohlrautz. He has sent in Berks, Fortress Underground and Sextett, a newly added Kingsoft compilation, with not less than six games on it. The Berks cover makes the Berks series almost complete, we are still missing the covers for Baby Berks - does anyone have it?

Next up we have some cool ones from Snoopy. Bongo gets yet another cover - this one claims to be Bongo Construction Set. According to the different covers, there must be an official version of Bongo out there that does not contain the editor, right? If anyone has this, please send it in! We have a full back & front replacement for Roller Kong and Triple Decker 5. Finally he has sent in the Thai Boxing cover scan as well.

We close up with 4 new ones from Ulysses777. He scanned Favourite 4 and Football Manager both complete with instructions. He also scanned the instructions of ACE +4. It's a beautiful cover, and to do it justice, here is the HUGE version. Finally we have the A.C.E. cover and original TAP file as well!

Thanks for all of you for this cool stuff!


Two Special Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-02
Scott Adams ScoppsThe Shoppekeeper of Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe has generously allowed us to use scans from his amazing vault. We have received two specials scans from him. First up we have Scott Adams Scoops, a very rare compilation release. This confirms that two more games from the Scott Adams Adventure series did in fact exist on the C16. These are Voodoo Castle and Buckaroo Banzai. We don't have them yet, but it's something for the true collectors out there to look for. The second cover is a big and beautiful replacement scan for The Time Machine.

With these additions, we now have just over 60% of the covers or all commercial releases.

Many thanks to the Shoppekeeper, and visit his cool site if you are interested in trading some original games.


Two Scans from Sidius
Posted by Csabo on 2003-09-02
Bongo (German Release)Can of Worms CompilationSidius sent in two more rare scans to add to our collection. One of them is the german release cover of the great Udo Gertz classic Bongo. From the side cover, you find out that you are Bongo, the supermouse... The rest is too german for most of us. The cover artwork is quite different from the Anco release though, and we are happy to have this scan as well. The other cover is for Can of Worms which - as it turns out is a commercial release (the database is slowly getting better and better). It's the 4th game we know of from Livewire Software, and it's a 6 game compilation. As the side cover says: "And now for something completely different". Unfortunately no Monty Python stuff on the tape, but six fun smaller games nevertheless. Thanks to Sidius for the scans! Enjoy!


Feast your eyes on these beauties!!
Posted by MIK on 2003-08-31
We will use every word in the book if we have to just to exspess how awesome the cover collection is becoming! Yes indeed the covers universe is never ending and once again we take a look at the stars of old! We have new and replaced covers with instructions to match all waiting to be found! Steer your telescopes towards: Mission Mars, Moon Buggy, Space Freeks, Timeslip and Xargon Wars, but don't be fooled by all these intergalatic games as we have a host of covers which are more down to earth with titles such as: Wimbledon, Sports 4, Knock Out, Quick Draw, The Boss and a rare cover of Who Dare Wins 2 released by Alternative Software Limited!

Last of all we have finally got hold of the Triple Decker 6 cover thanks to none other Julian Jones the author of Panzer Duel where we have also shared this very cover with his game, (see why on the Panzer Duel page). Enjoy!


Lando's Time Machine? :-)
Posted by MIK on 2003-08-30
Out Run!This should take you back too 1986 when all things on C16/Plus4 where rocking! Lando has added to his page a neat picture of himself and his son (Daniel) in what can only be called a Time Machine!! Lando and his son are in fact sitting in one of the most loved arcade machines of that time named Out Run. Although these machines are becoming very rare he took this golden opportunity to show his son the real thing. Maybe some day they both will look back at this snap shot (taken in Margate/England) and say "I was there", but some how Lando looks twice the age as when he first jumped on it back in 1986. ;-)


5 New Maps!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-25
Game Maps don't come around that often, since it usually takes a lot of time to create them. Still here they are: five brand new maps. Ulysses777 created two beauties for Rockman and Bmx Racers. The latter one is one of the tallest ones, all five courses are in one image. If you have previously overlooked Rockman, this is the time to check it out: it's more complex than it first looks. Next we have the Battery levels maps created by TCFS. Only the first two levels for now. Finally Csabo made two news maps for Exorcist and Bölcsek Köve. Enjoy!


7 Unique Covers and 1 Replacement!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-23
Auf MontyFuture ShockGunslingerJail BreakJump JetRoom 10TorpedorunIndeed we are taking the cover updates to the extreme, but just to prove that we are still far from having all who can remember some of these forgotten classics? First up is Auf Wiedersehen Monty, not the best offering but a welcome sight by all means! Does anyone have the official Auf Wiedersehen Monty map? Check the reverse for more info! Adding to that we bring you Future Shock, Gunslinger, Jail Break, Jump Jet, the rare Room 10 and Torpedo Run.

Last of all to round up today's instalment we have totally replaced Panik! for much better images! Many thanks to a guy named Stuart for scanning these much wanted covers! Enjoy.


Even More Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-22
If you listen very carefully, you just might be able to hear the Unix servers complaining: "Oh, tell me they are not uploading yet another cover scan!" Well, we sure are, and hopefully you all will be happy to see them! This time start off with 4 more Commodore cartridge box scans. Atomic Mission, Pirate Adventure and Strange Odyssey are from Ulysses777, and Jack Attack is from Attila. These were taken from the international release. Sidius sent in two more rare ones from his own collection, that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet! So feast your eyes on Gullwing Falcon and Heebie Jeebies from Livewire. As an added bonus, you will notice that all these scans are of the highest quality.

With the addition of these, it finally happened: we've reached 300 games that have covers. Check out this little statistics page to follow the climb to 100%...

Many thanks for everyone for these scans, and don't mind the servers, they will get used to it. Just keep 'em coming.



6 Move Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-21
Sidius strikes again! Okay, maybe he didn't strike anything, but he did send us these 6 cool covers which are much appreciated. We have the three famous cartridges: Atomic Mission, Pirate Adventure and Strange Odyssey. (It's good that we now have them separately and also as the Cartridge Triple Pack. Also we have Autobahn and Canoe Slalom (from Tynesoft) and Corman. Many thanks for these nice covers! Enjoy!

Please note that the three cartridge box scans were taken by James C, and they originate from cbm264.com.



Commodore Cover Scans
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-21
Flashy they may not be, but here they are anyway. Due to popular request, we're adding these original Commodore cassette cover scans. May people have already offered to scan and send them, we will use Ulysses777's scans. There's 9 games in total from the 10 that came with the computer, the 10th being Fire Ant (which we already had). Enjoy!



New Exomizer Release!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-21
Magnus, the author of Exomizer has sent us word that there is a new version available. Let's see what's new: there's a -p flag that limits the number of optimization passes and there's a new autodetect sys-address feature for the -s flag.

The flag combination -p1 -m1024 gives a healthy speedup in crunch time at the expense of the ratio. This is particularly useful for people that use Exomizer in make files or build scripts and compiles
a lot of test versions where the speed of the edit/compile/test cycle is more important than the size of the file.

Please also note that his email address and website was changed. Go to the tools section to download your copy!


More More Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-20
This time it was Sidius from Berlin, Germany who sent us a missing cover: Atlantis from Anirog. A very cool classic C16 game indeed, and now we have the cover artwork to go along with it. Many thanks Sidius!

Crown has found a few more covers, which are not the best quality, but definitely welcome additions: Xargon Wars, Winter Olympics and Mt Vesuvius. The last helps out the Tynesoft collection, but it's far from complete. More is need, we say! :-)



More Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-19

Ulysses777 continues to send us amazing stuff from his seemingly endless collection of original C16 game tapes. This time we have some very nice additions as follows: Galaxions and Meteorite from Solar Software, Space Escort from Atlantis Software, Circus and Mansion (Adventure 1). Each of these now have the TAP files plus the covers. Also new is the UXB cover and the Imagine release cover of Yie Ar Kung Fu.

With these additions, the Solar collection is almost complete (only 4 more missing!). The Atlantis Software collection is complete (at least the releases we know of).

The Circus cover is something very interesting, check it out. It claims that it's Mysterious Adventure #7, but everywhere else this is actually known as #6.

Crown managed to get a much better version of Triple Decker 7. Finally Attila sent in the cover for Space 2. That's a whole lot of new stuff for you to enjoy! Many thanks for these cool submissions, guys!



Quiz Results
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-18
What game could this be?Our first C16/Plus4 Game Quiz is now over. Many thanks to everyone who played, we hope you enjoyed it! To find out what the right answers were, and who got the most right, visit the Features Page once again.


5 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-18
Triple Decker 7?!?! That's right!Continuing our quest to collect all covers! Crown found some covers on various ebay auctions. These are now proudly displayed, until someone comes along with a better or bigger scan. First we have Triple Decker 7. So that series is not quite complete, is it? We just assumed it only went up to 5. We also have Alien Attack from Solar Software, this company's scans are slowly growing too. We have Major Blink and Berks 3, and Panik! from Atlantis. (For Atlantis, only Space Escort's cover is missing.) Thanks for these covers, and if you have more, don't hesitate to send them in!


Two TCFS Maps!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-14
TCFS has created two sets of maps for two of his own games: Battery 2 and Hexenkuche. The maps, just like their game counterparts are immensely detailed and beautiful. For Battery 2 there are three maps, one for each level. For Hexenkuche, there's a map for the forest, and two maps for each underground tomb.

If you haven't played these up until now, then now is the time, and these maps should help you along the way. Many thanks to TCFS for creating these maps and the games!


The Other Side Of Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-13
Lucky for us, Spector has fired up his scanner once again. This time he scanned the back covers of the three games he recently scanned the covers for. This means now you can read the original instructions (and plot) of these games: Cuthbert in Space, Gridtrap and Shoot it. Our cover collection now has not less than 375 cover images covering 272 games. Thanks to Spector for the scans. Enjoy!


Updated Utilities!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-12
MC has sent us word that both his utilities have been updated. AP4, his Integrated Development Environment is now up to version 1.1.5. It includes many changes and new features, check out the text file included in the package for all the details. He has also released an improved version of FarD64 plugin (for the Far Manager). This should be able to handle every D64 image, even hacked ones. Thanks for MC for the utils and the news!


Our First C16/Plus4 Game Quiz!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-12
What game could this be?How well do you know your C16/Plus4 games? Are you a true gamer? It's time to put your knowledge to the test! Plus/4 World proudly presents our first Game Quiz!

There are 20 pictures for your to identify. There are no prizes, it's just for fun. Visit the Features page to play.


Tutti Frutti SID!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-07
Waz/Padua (Wazzaw on our forums) has sent us his version of the Tutti Frutti game music for SID! If you have SIDPlug installed, you can listen to the tune when visiting our Tutti Frutti page. (You can grab SIDPlug from here.) If your browser doesn't support SIDPlug, you can also download the SID file and play it on your computer. Thanks Wazzaw!


12 TAP Files And A Funeral (I Mean Soundtrack)
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-07
We've received another gift from our friend Ulysses777. This time he has sent us a total of 12 TAP files. They are Hercules, Ian Botham's Test Match, Netrun 2000, Ninja Master, On Cue (Containing both On Cue Pool and On Cue Snooker) and Punchy + Rolf Harris Picture Builder + Starter Chess from that Commodore demo tape. He also sent us the Berks Trilogy taps, which are also available as separate games: Berks, Major Blink and Berks 3.

About On Cue: as this was really one release, we have combined the previously separate records of On Cue Pool and On Cue Snooker into one. However, this made the downloads links a bit confusing. Therefore we introduced a new feature to the site, which lets us categorize the downloads that belong to one release, so it is clear which file you are downloading. Check out the On Cue page's downloads section to see what we mean. This also means that we have all the Mastertronic covers!

Hercules was another tape which had a free audio soundtrack on it, from H.E.X. (or House Electronic Xperience.) You can listen to it in whole (2.5 MB), or we have a much shorter but still enjoyable version for modem users here (450 KB). This track is a medium tempo, reagge-ish song with female vocals. "Wake up in the mooorning'..."

Many thanks to Ulysses777 for all this cool stuff!!


Tutti Frutti - Music Hearing!
Posted by MIK on 2003-08-07
If you've already seen todays news about Warren Pilkington's (Waz/Padua) Tutti Frutti SID then it's time to hear it all over again on your Plus4 or YAPE using the great music tool called Music Hearing V1.0. By the way this was put together for fun and gives you a chance to try something new if you haven't played with anything other than games like me ;-)

For newcomers here's how (using YAPE):

1. Set YAPE so the Sound settings is "Enable SID card emulation".
2. Load up Music Hearing from the .D64. Press Space to pass the title screen.
3. Once loaded press F3 so you select "SID CARD".
4. Press F1 to get the .D64 directory, press Arrow Up to select Tutti Frutti 64 followed by Return.
5. Now Press Space to Play!


3 New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-06
Cuthbert in SpaceGridtrapShoot itYay! We can all enjoy three more original coverscans of some Commodore 16 games, thanks to Spector! The covers are for Cuthbert in Space from Microdeal, Gridtrap from Livewire Software and Shoot it from Tynesoft. Check them out, and many thanks to Spector!


YAPE V0.50 is out!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-08-06
Good news: Attila Grósz has released the new version of YAPE! Even though there isn't anything groundbreaking in this release, the list of bugfixes and improvements is quite impressive. For example, the bug in saving wholewave TAP files is now fixed! This, and all those improved things make this a must have for all C16/Plus4 enthusiasts. The release also comes with a nice README file, which should be helpful for new users. Cheers to Attila, and visit the YAPE Homepage.


16K Democompo Reminder
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-30
Commodore 16 DemoCompoDon't forget that Lavina's 16K DemoCompo is just one month away! For those who don't know: you have to write a demo that will run on an unexpanded, stock Commodore 16. The entries will be shown at a party, the location is yet to be determined. If you are planning on attending, then this is the time to cast your vote. Besides the 16K democompo, there will also be a 128 byte(!) democompo. The idea is to code a demo in 128 bytes(!). To give you an idea on how small that is, the text of this news entry is about 4 times that much! Should be fun to watch.

Remember, the success of this compo, and the future of the scene depends on how much YOU get involved. So put aside whatever projects you are working on, it's still not to late to create a piece of art and submit it for this compo.

Visit the Gotu Homepage for more details.


Spid-R-man Cover and Manual!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-30
Crown sent us the cover picture and the original manual for the C16 version of Spiderman. It's cool stuff! Among other things, it has descriptions of all those copyrighted charaters The manual explains the basics of adventuring, and has a list of useful words. It also speaks of the planned 12 Questprobes, but as we all know, only the first three were made. Check it out!


8 Covers From Mosh!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-24
MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY! Yes, this is the Monkey Magic Commodore 16 Game CoverMosh has answered our request for the missing covers, and sent us a few that finally close some the series. Triple Decker 4 (and a better quality Triple Decker 2) means that series is complete. We also have the Killapede cover, which means every Players release has one. Hurray!

Defence 16 and Stellar Wars - Blitz (a compilation tape from CBM) are also new.

Finally these are from Solar Software: Suicide Run, Winnie Witch's Superbroom and yes, Monkey Magic. This latter one is an interesing read. "Realistic Sound?" Well, that's a matter of opinion... It also speaks of a Quest 2 coming soon (and according to the cover this IS quest 1) - which was never made. This makes it 9 out of 16 Solar game covers... Many thanks to Mosh for his contribution!


More Covers! (Who Would Have Thought?)
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-23
Cartridge Triple PackAs the rappers would say "And you don't stop..." Well, we didn't. So here are a few more covers for your visual pleasure. We kick off with the original release of Hollywood Poker, coming straight from Master Lando's collection. It's huge and beautiful... Look at those Amiga screens... Khm, anyway, where was I? We've also found an Auriga cover laying around, and with these two added, we have 11 out of the 12 covers of Players games. The last one missing is Killapede - let's hope someone has it.

We have the Bomb Jack cover and the Encore re-release cassette cover for Commando C16. These were kindly donated by Ulysses777. He has also made some pretty good scans (or photos?) of the Cartridge Triple Pack box, another beauty.

Finally check out the alternative cover for Robin to the Rescue. If you count Triple Decker 5, then that's 3 different covers for this one game... Amazing... Or not. Many thanks to everyone who sent in the covers, and keep them coming!


www.monkeyheaven.com
Posted by MIK on 2003-07-23
Monkey Heaven is a tribute site of the cult classic TV series Monkey and they have paid tribute to our now famed C16/Plus4 version of Monkey Magic thanks to Warren Pilkington (wazzaw from our forum)!! He has also cooked up his very own neat set of cheats to help you on your quest and will also be sending a very cool replacement cover for Monkey Magic our way in the very near future! So until then head on over to Monkey Heaven and check their own slice of Monkey Magic Commodore 16/Plus4 style!


Cover Mania Continues!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-22
This time it's Mosh who sent us some rare stuff to fill in the holes in our game cover collection. We have the covers for Flight Zero-One-Five, and original release of Tower of Evil, and the Melbourne House release of Fighting Warrior. Many thanks for these!

We have also added a big batch of not-so-good quality covers. Here they are: Berks, Cuthbert in the Cooler, Harbour Attack, Kingsoft Sport Show, Monkey Magic, Starcross, Suicide Run and Triple Decker 2. These are clearly marked as temporary, and we are hoping that someone will come along and make some REAL scans of these. So please keep the submissions coming!


4 New Classic Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-21
Thanks to the secret tape stash of Ulysses777, our cover collection received these new additions: Danger Zone, Wolf Pack, Xargon's Revenge. Also we have the cover for Triple Decker 3. This particular release series from Alternative Software Limited is slowly filling up too, but we are still missing 2 and 4. Many thanks to Ulysses777 for these high quality scans, and stay tuned as we have a few more covers coming soon.

Danger ZoneWolf PackXargon's RevengeTriple Decker 3


5 New Tape Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-16
Lavina hunted down 5 covers for our collection. While they may not be the best of quality, it's still good to have them, especially with the addition of Quick Draw, which is the first cover we have for the letter Q. If you happen to have larger or better quality versions of these (or other covers we are missing), don't hesitate to send them in!

3D GlooperGremlinsQuick DrawTriple Decker 5Space Freeks


New Game: Fast Food!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-16
New Commodore Plus/4 Game: Fast FoodWe are proud to announce that Skoro of Assassins alias Gábor Varga has created and released a new game for you to play and vote on: Fast Food! It's a maze/action type game, Skoro called it a Nostalgia game. You control a dizzy like character, and you have to find and eat all the food while the baddies try to catch you. This new software of course it is absolutely free of charge! What more could you want? :-) Go and check it out now!


Commodore 16 User Manual (Scan Format)!
Posted by MIK on 2003-07-16
Commodore 16 User ManualThis is a great and unique opportunity for those of you who are in desperate need to catch up on the ins and outs of the beloved Commodore 16! The offical Manual that came with the C16 has been scanned by Mosh (a regular visitor of Plus4 Wolrd) for your viewing pleasure. Every page from this bible is there in its full glory and what must have taken a life time to scan at that!

Although the manual doesn't cover everything, it does offer all the basics and reminders of how to get the best out of your beast. To newcomers and emulation only users this scan archive will be a valuable download indeed. Don't forget that what you learn from this can be used without question on a Commodore Plus/4. Many thanks to Mosh for having the patiences to scan this useful book. Cheers!
Download: C16 User Manual.zip 10Mb


3 More Scener Pictures!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-14
NukemanLavina got us three more pictures for the Faces of the Scene gallery (which now has 69 pictures): Action of GOTU, Brazil and last but not least Nukeman. Nukeman used to be a central member of the scene, good friend to many. He visited Hungary lots of times and even helped out Hungarian scene members by providing them with hardware equipment. Nuke, if you are reading this, please contact us!


(Game) Solutions Section Opens!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-14
As you must have already, we are expanding. Here's something new: a solution, hint sheet and a map for the game Salvage. This stuff belongs to our new section: (Game) Solutions. Here we will collect the hints, maps and complete and partial solutions for all the games - an adventurer's dream! You will notice that to start out we don't have that many, but your submissions should help. There are a few good ones there already, e.g. check out our exclusive solution for the C16 version of Finders Keepers.

We know that there are many other sites that carry solutions for C64 or other versions of our games. However, we don't want to simply just copy/paste their stuff (especially since there sometimes differences between the game versions). But those can give you tips, and help you to write your own solution. Even more important than the solutions are the hint sheets: these can answer those tricky questions, and still lets the player finish the game on his/her own, without spoiling the experience. So if you have any maps, hints or other stuff that belongs here, send it to us! Enjoy.


Forever Plus/4 Emulator V1.19!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-11
What's "Forever" you say? The answer is in this nice letter we received from Litwr. Read on, it's going to be interesting...
I decided to inform you about the new release of my C+4 emulator. In 1997 I stopped the development of my emulator for 3 reasons: (1) I understood that I couldn't achieve 100% performance on my 486DX4-120, (2) I got the VICE emulator from the internet and thought that VICE team will soon :-) create the perfect emulator for any Commodore and for any platform (3) I had too much work.

In 2002 I decided to place all the files for my emulator on the internet and just forget about them. But after that I got a letter from Attila Grósz and soon his great enthusiasm made it impossible for me to abandon my old project.

By 2003 I completely forgot most of the details of my program. I wrote it in a very tricky way, trying to achieve maximum performance. This year during my holidays I spent some time and gave it a more modern look.

I released two files to download, available at http://litwr.boom.ru
p4_119.zip - sources, DOS-executables, documentation, and some extras
cbm264a.zip - boot 3.5" disk image with FreeDOS, PLUS4.EXE, C+4 programs (46 games, 5 demos, 2 cartridges, and 2 other programs), and several appropriate DOS utilities.

I think this release of my emulator has several strong points:
  • it's the fastest
  • it comes with free source code (under GPL)
  • it can use Ad Lib FM sound synthesis which produces better quality non-digital music
  • it's most compatible - it even runs on any Intel 80x86 processor (P200 or faster) based PC with floppy disk drive and standard VGA card.
  • last point shows that my emulator may exists for a relatively long time without maintenance and maintainers (I know several good programs for Linux which disappeared without regular support, situation for Microsoft Windows is well known)
  • for some games (like Xcellor8) it's still the best for emulation of the scrolling effects.


I am going to completely rewrite my TED subroutine which contains some bugs that can't be simply corrected, and if I can find time in the future then I plan to add many other improvements. Also maybe sometime I will port my emulator to Linux (there is only one problem - time).

I'm sending this message to you as to a key figure of the former +4 users world so that you can properly inform others about this event :-). I created my emulator as single user (community of +4 users in Russia was very small even in the late 1980th) for my private use and don't know how to inform others about my results. By the way, I only found out about the wide spread of C+4 in Hungary at the end of the 90s... I bought my computer and programs in 1987 in Poland.

This is the first version of my emulator with a name. It needs one, because now it is not so lonely as it was in 1997... So I called it 'Forever' :-).
Well, now you all know. Even WindowsXP and 2000 users can use the bootdisk he provided to run the emulator - it works! He also requested that we'd mirror the files on his site. So visit the Tools section to download your copy.


4 New Scene Pictures!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-10
We have received some pictures from various guys. TLC sent us a newer picture of Fecoshy of MTV. Ati (not the YAPE author) has taken two photos at a meeting at Budapest a few weeks back, here they are: W-Man and Murphy, W-Man, Murphy, Tiger and Lacoste. Finally through Lavina we've put our hands on a picture of Pigmy maestro himself! Thanks guys for these cool pictures!


YAPE V0.49 Has Arrived!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-10
YAPE running CorruptionThat's right, the fresh new YAPE is here. Several new things and improvements as usual, most notably full 1551 emulation. This means that all those 1551-only Csory adventures are now playable! :-)

Head on over to YAPE Homepage to download your copy! Congratulations to Gaia for creating the Best Plus/4 Emulator.


5 New Educational Taps!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-09
Lacus kindly sent us another big batch of Novotrade TAPs, complete with their covers! These are all in Hungarian, and they were used as educational tools in elementary schools (probably why the cover artwork is plain). This brings up our cover total to 317! Many thanks to Lacus! Here they are:



More SceneCon Party Pictures!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-08
The Trophy for 2nd place on SceneCon Retro CompoWe have received TLC's batch: 28 more pictures from this party... Once again check out our Features section! On the left is the trophy that the creators of Metapharstic received for the 2nd Place of SceneCon Retro Compo. Nice, isn't it? Makes a Plus/4 scener proud :-) Thanks guys for the pictures!

Also check out the official results and download all releases from here: SceneCon 2003


SceneCon Party Pictures!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-07
The Plus/4 Scene at SceneCon 200326 of them! Lavina has taken a whole bunch on the party, and he has sent it to us. To properly display them, we've opened yet another new section here at Plus/4 World, simply called Features. We will use this to publish any stuff, that doesn't fit into any of the already existing pages (articles, galleries, etc).

From these party pics we have gained 5 more additions to the Faces of the Scene gallery: old school graphics artist Jeva of MB, hardware guru BSZ and digi guru Sensor of NST, coder-extraondinaire Murphy of GS. The 5th one is Jimy of EDC, which we got from MC. We now have 64 pictures! Thanks for the stuff guys, and go look at that gallery already so that you can get into that wonderful party-vibe, even if you couldn't attend!


SceneCon Report
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-06
This is MC of EDC reporting events of SceneCon2003.

This party has been held at Salgótarján, northern Hungary between 4th and 6th of July. I got up at 4 o'clock in the morning this Saturday to get the first train to Budapest, where I've met TLC of Coroners to be given a lift to Salgótarján. TLC has been also giving a lift for Coyote and his wife. Salgótarján is something like the end of the world, it is absolutely hard to approach, so it is a lousy location for a party... We were wandering around the small town for a whole hour to find the location Traveling from Budapest to our destination was also funny, because TLC got fined twice in 15 minutes. First for some licenses not being current, second for driving too fast. (The policeman's question to TLC: "Hey Mr. Hársfalvi, have you seen that flash?" became a real adage that day ) 5 minutes later TLC's car lost one of its wheel trims. We were absolutely ROTFL about these unfortunate events. Lavina was already at the partyplace when we have finally arrived around 12 o'clock. Bubis arrived an hour later, then came Murphy. Sadly we didn't manage to finish any kind of release for the compo, but Beast and Lavina saved the day: they were working hard in the previous days, and put together several parts with cool effects. We have accidentally met BSZ & Sensor of NST and the all-famous Jeva at the party!! Both BSZ and Sensor agreed to join the scene revival, so i hope we'll hear about them soon!

Later, during the party Lavina, TLC and bubis were struggling to substitute the TED music in Lavina's trackmo to a SID one. They finally made it, but the music was not really appropriate: slow and short with a long pause at the end. We had other problems, but the demo was finally presented to the audience, and it was a success. Apparently most people were absolutely surprised to see a Commodore Plus/4 up and running Bubis and Murphy presented their cool FLI graphical modes, and the sceners were stoned "Much better than C64" and "F*ck yeah" were typical reactions. At around 4 o'clock in Sunday morning, results were announced. The Beast + Lavina production made the second place in retrodemo category, Csabo's multichannel track got 3rd place!

I send my greetings and congratulations to everyone involved in these activities that finally showed that our little scene is alive once again! Lots of pictures were made, I hope they will be uploaded soon.


Sqij Covers and Soundtrack!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-04
We now have high quality coverscans for this old game: Sqij. As the cover boasts, the original tape actually contained a free audio track from H.E.X., or House Electronic Xperience. Now we can all enjoy (or, at least listen to ) this tune! The full version is not less than 5 minutes long, and it's a 4.5 Mb download, so we've created a shorter version as well, which only plays the first minute and is a bit lower in quality. Still it's only a 535 Kb download which should be easier on modem users, and it will give you the idea.

If you look at those cover scans carefully, it speaks of an upcoming conversion of the C64 game The Equalizer. Never happened, as far as we know it...

Many thanks to Lavina for the scans and the soundtrack!


Sorcerer With Pictures!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-03
The Sorcerer of Claymore CastleWe are happy to announce the arrival of a new conversion for the Plus/4: The Sorcerer of Claymore Castle is here. This is the 13th in the Scott Adams Adventure series. While the game is essentially the same as the commercial C16 text only release: The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle (note the different spellings!), this release was converted from the C64 version and so it has pictures as well. This marks the 17th new release for this year: last year we had 41, and it's already July! So everyone, follow the example and start releasing stuff. Enjoy!


4 New Taps and Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2003-07-02
Thanks to Pigmy and Crown, our collection has received 4 more original Hungarian programs, complete with TAP images and cover scans. They are Angol Teszt, Magyar Abc and Assembler. Finally we have a real gem: Mestopri, a language education tool, which is completely in Russian. Thanks guys!

Angol TesztMagyar ABCAssemblerMestopri


New Adventure Game Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-25
Adventureland +4A freshly converted game is here for your enjoyment... Adventureland +4. It's the first one in Scott Adams' classic adventure series. Converted from the C64 version, this release has pictures to go along with the story. Cool!


A new emulator has been released! - VICE Plus/4
Posted by MIK on 2003-06-15
VICE or Versatile Commodore Emulator has been around for some time and is one of the daddys of 8 bit emulation. As you may have seen it supports a whole range of Commodore 8 bit machines, (C64, C128, VIC20, most PET models and the CBM-II), but as of now and for the first time the team have officially added Commodore Plus/4 support!

Althought it's very early days in the development stage a lot of features are up and running. The core behind this emulator itself can achive a great many things and in time VICE Plus/4 will become a very useful tool to the scene. Already many thousands of users have been enjoying VICE and now with our beloved Plus/4 added all eyes will be looking our way which in turn may help our scene to grow even bigger!

So without delay head on over to the VICE home page for your copy now: http://viceteam.bei.t-online.de/


Exomizer Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-14
The best cross-platform cruncher just got better. Magnus Lind has sent us word that today he has released the V1.1.2 version of Exomizer. This update (among other things) now has a "-n" option, which removes the 'decruncher effect'. Download the update and see the included documentation for more details (and don't forget that it comes with full source!). Thanks Magnus!


6 New TAPs!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-13
LegicsataCrown sent in 6 new TAP images to go along with the covers he scanned. They include the Hungarian user tapes 3+1 Magyarul, Bevezetés a Basic Nyelvbe and Bemutató Programcsomag. We also have three games: Csodálatos Simon, Super Cobra. And finally, as you can see from the screenshot, we also have Légicsata! :-) (This should make some folks very happy!) Thanks, Crown!


New Release From Unlimited!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-12
Vision 2003Mr. Museum of Unlimited has sent us word of their new release, Vision 2003 Pictures! This disk side picture show lets you take a peek into the German Commodore scene: the pictures were taken at Vision 2003 (obviously ;-). Read the included note file to find out more about the pictures. Thanks to Michael for the news!


YAPE V0.48 is Out!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-11
YAPE running Cracker's Demo 2The new YAPE is here! This version emulates our beloved machine even better: almost all FLI effects are perfectly emulated (see the screenshot on the left, the Muffbusters part from Cracker's Demo 2, sadly, their last work on the plussy). But even some of the ClassiX are better: who likes Terra Nova or Paperboy? ;-) So stop reading now and head on over to download your copy!


New Graphics Converter: DFliConv!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-11
bubis has released his DFliConv - Double Line FLI Converter. With this tool, you can convert any JPG or GIF from your PC to a Plus/4 image! Thanks to the FLI effect, this routine can display more colors per character than the regular graphics modes. The bottom line is: it looks amazing, but we'll just let this picture speak a thousand words. (Yes, your C= can really display this.)
SAMPLE


New Skoro Releases!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-11
BarsIt's a beautiful day, and we've received a brand new game for the Commodore Plus/4. Simply titled Bars, from the hands of Skoro of Assassins. It's a nice logical game, a bit like Tetris. High quality work, as always. The new issue of Mini News is also out, this one is Mini News 08. The third diskmag, that's still alive! (The other two are Club Info and Lone News.) It's in Hungarian, so get your dictionaries, Luca ;-) Everyone should check it out though, at least to read the greetings in the scroll!


Mega Cover Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-10
The covers just keep arriving... In fact, some of them were sent in by more than one person (in this case, we kept the one with the best quality). So today brings 32 new covers for 17 different classic games, some of from the stash of Lando himself ;-)

From Lando: Aliens (huge!), Auto Zone, Blockbusters +4, Dark Tower, Dirty Den, Olympic Skier, Pacmania, Survivors, Treasure Hunter, Varmit, Williamsburg Adventure.

From Mosh: Escape From Pulsar 7, Salvage, The Time Machine, The Wizard of Akyrz, Waxworks.

From Ulysses777: Video Classics. We also have a TAP version of this game! He sent in quite a few more covers, but we ran out of time for today. Stay tuned!


Two Classic Games!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-07
Two Classic GamesOne could say that this latest submission from Ulysses777 closes the final chapter of Jet Set Willy. We have the cover of Two Classic Games, a compilation release from MicroValue. MicroValue was apparently a TyneSoft label, although to date this is the only thing from them that we know of. The compilation has Ian Botham's Test Match and Jet Set Willy on it. So along with the cover, our friend submitted a TAP version of the game.

Now even those of us who never owned an original copy can enjoy it to the fullest: Read the back cover for the story, and load the TAP version to play the true original. Thanks Ulysses777, and enjoy!


New Covers From Crown!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-06
VICE guru Crown has taken the time to scan a few tape covers from this collection. These are from the Hungarian side of the C16 / Plus4 releases. Yes, that means Novotrade Magyarország. We have 13 covers out of the 63 releases listed under their name. We've also received a better quality version of Csodalatos Simon and even the back cover of Legicsata. Many thanks! Enjoy!


Ninja is Back!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-05
Ninja is Back...to the scene, and he has released a brand new demo, called Ninja is Back! Marking the 12th release of 2003, this is already the second demo from Gentlemen Software. It's nice to see that people are active again, let's hope that more folks will follow!


Three New Maps!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-05
XCellor8Noro sure hasn't been sleeping, as we've just received another beauty of a map from him. It's for XCellor8, a classic Patrick Strassen game. (For non-native speakers of the English language: if you've ever wondered about the title of this game, it spells out "accelerate".) XCellor8 has very cool futuristic looking cover artwork, and it's one of the few games where the in-game graphics lives up to the cover. Very nice work!

Also a Future Shock and Jet Set Willy map from Csabo. Enjoy!


Future Knight Map!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-04
Future KnightA brand new addition has arrived today to join our collection of game maps. This one is for Future Knight, created by Noro! It's his 14th map.

If you've previously dismissed this game as just another brainless platformer, then you'll be surprised. There's more to this game! It's just that some of the things you're supposed to figure out aren't at all obvious... Please note that the map contains the solution.

Very nice work, Noro! Click here to download the map.


Software Updates
Posted by Csabo on 2003-06-03
István Bozsik sent us and updated version of his tool Plus4Lst. V1.1 adds one very cool feature: all line numbers in GOTO, GOSUB, etc. statements are converted into hyperlinks. This makes debugging basic programs even easier!

TLC has made some minor updates to the documentation of TLCPlay. (Note: There is a demosong created with this player floating around. The demosong uses a 4x player and it sounds, well, just amazing. This release of TLCPlay is 99% identical to the one used in the demosong, so it's the real thing. Look in the source code of DRIVER.ASM and uncomment the commented lines to create your own 4x player.)

Lavina sent in some rarities: Bosszúvágy, Ürkaland and an original copy of Imagine/UTG. Finally we have a picture of Steve from SCN. (Thanks, Unreal!)


Covers From A-Z!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-30
This Friday brings an addition of four more classic game covers. They are: 3D Quasars, Aardvark, Galaxy and Zagan Warrior. Thanks to Lacoste for sending them in! Enjoy.


Let's Hear It!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-29
TLC has released his powerful music player for the TED: TLCPlay. The player is somewhat similar to SIDWinder, at least in the sense that it gives you full control over the TED. While this release is aimed at programmers, everyone should download it to listen to the demosong included (it starts with SYS6144). You'll be surprised to hear what one can achieve with those two square wave channels.

This is not the final version, but it's just in time for the C16 DemoCompo. Feel free to use this player in your games and demos, and send your comments/suggestions to the author.


A New Demo From GS!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-28
Picmover DemoNinja of Gentlemen Software has released a new demo called Picmover! The demo scrolls 8 multicolour bitmaps, which is an equivalent of a 2560 x 200 sized picture. All in 64K! Following the traditions of the scene it's PAL only (but the NTSC folks can still watch in on an emulator). The demoscene is slowly waking up...

Speaking of the scene, here's a picture of Foozy of SCN, the 58th addition to the Faces of the Scene gallery.


All The Firebird Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-28
Our desperate call for covers has once again been answered, this time by Ulysses777. It sure is nice to see which covers are there on the company release lists. So our friend looked at Firebird Software Ltd., saw that 5 were missing, and sent us all 6. What's that? Well, the 6th one was Zolyx, which was not listed under Firebird. The game itself (including the TAP version) has absolutely no marking of any kind to give a clue about the makers, the year, etc. Only someone with a copy of the original could have known this! Well, now it's there, and this means that we have all 13 Firebird covers! Many thanks to Ulysses777 for these. Beautiful, aren't they?

Fury CoverGoldrush CoverNetrun 2000 CoverRunner CoverTorpedo Alley CoverZolyx Cover


Copyparty Produces Rare Stuff!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-27
Global ChaosWe are happy to report that an old-school copyparty had taken place in Debrecen, Hungary. Unreal, Beast and Lavina once again dusted off some old diskettes and transferred some rare stuff to PC. Here are two piccys of the guys (1, 2). First of all we have Global Chaos, a two-disk-sided gem of a megademo, full of amazing effects. This was the sequel to Syndrome, and was originally released at Global Party II back in 1994, but never really spread. Note to the demo: the 5th part is not working, this is how it got released.

We also have a previously unreleased Methabolix production: Plastic Dreams. Finally there's Logo Demo/TDD (different from CSM's Logo Demo). Cool stuff, guys!


5 Classic Game Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-26
"You want more? You got more!" - is what Lavina may have been thinking when he decided to dig up, scan, cut and send us these beautiful classic game covers. Good thinking, buddy. Let's see it then:

We start off with two Firebird releases: Shark Attack and Into the Deep. An interesting fact is that Shark Attack's cover calls the game simply "Shark", while the program itself displays Shark Attack. Also, the side area of these covers lets you follow the order of these Silver Range releases: On Shark Attack, there's only two. By the time they released Into the Deep, there were five.

Then we have Solo from Bug Byte, and Trizons from Bubble Bus. Finally there's Zodiac (Anirog, 1985). Note that the side cover claims the game is joystick only, while the back cover lists the keyboard controls as well.

These are very good quality scans, and definitely some of the nicer covers. To 'celebrate' this, we've added a cool little feature to the site: if you are viewing the release list of a company, you can now see which games have a cover (and click the cover link to actually see it). For an example, check out Mastertronic, the covers are all there! Many thanks to Lavina, and here we go once again: if you have more covers that we are missing, then fire up that scanner and send them in!


Classic Covers
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-25
Dorks Dilemma C16 Game Cover ScanSuspect Cover ScanOn the left you can see two fresh covers for two classic games. Lavina has dug up the cover for Dork's Dilemma. The cassette cover's side has some nice Gremlin Graphics ads on it. Plus it also finally confirms the year for this game - 1985. James C has contributed two covers, one is for Suspect, the other is for Complete Course in Basic Programming.

Also, Attila found an old utility, Sys Cracker. I can almost hear some of you saying: oh yeah, that one. Didn't we already have it? Well, it's nice to have this one in the archives now. We bumped into it (or into the fact that's missing) through the Mail Archive search. If you searched for Sys Cracker previously, you would have gotten nothing - no mention of it anywhere. However, now that the search is extended to the Mail Archive, it popped up in a post (Lacus was looking for it).

Thanks guys and keep it coming!


Unreal Stuff!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-24
Unreal's PortraitUnreal is back! It is a widely accepted opinion that he is one of the very best graphics artists ever to work on the Plus/4. Well, now we have a recent picture of him, and a website link, which is recommended to everyone who wants to see some quality visual imagery.

Unreal's old disks contained some very cool and almost lost stuff, and he is sharing them with us now. First of all, a full working version of the 3-disk wonder Cracker's Demo 3. Yeah! Also the full version of Kryptonite, plus SCN News 6, Scoll Demo II/CSM and Hyperbyte 1/CSM.

Thanks Unreal!


New YAPE Rocks!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-24
Well, it's been a long 11 days, but for those of us who are dying to get our emulator fix, Attila Grosz once again rushes to the rescue with YAPE 0.47. Oh, how I longed for the day when I can run all those belowed disk-based games on my PC. Borrowed Time, Bard's Tale III, Karateka, Tass Times, you name it, it works, baby! There are those who speak and those who act, and thank god this guy delivers...

There is not a shadow of a doubt in my mind, that YAPE is the BEST ANYTHING EVER, but maybe I'm just euphoric. Udo Releases, TCFS is coding Lemminx again, tons of scene members are back, two news items on one day. What's happening around here? Never mind, Battle Chess has just loaded up...


DisAss Re-released
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-23
There seems to be no shortage of programming tools popping up all over the place. I (Csabo) thought I'd join the fun by re-releasing my DisAssembler. I developed and released this tool back in 2000, but it didn't generate much feedback then. I've improved it since then, and it's been a very useful tool to me for debugging Plus/4 applications (I used this to disassemble Oblido to find its bug).

So here is version 1.00 of my tool. I've promised that everything that I do for the scene will come with full source code - and so does this one. It's written in Delphi 5. Learn from it, modify it, rip it apart, I don't care as long as you use it and benefit from it! I'd also be happy to suggestions and comments. Happy DisAssembling!


AP4 V1.0.1!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-22
Today MC has released an improved version of his Plus/4 Development Environment, called AP4 (Assembler Plus 4). This is targeted towards those who want to create programs on our beloved platform once again (or start for the first time) in machine language.

AP4 features a built in assembler. This release now has a single-keypress compile and run feature, making the development process smooth and fast! It runs the compiled programs in YAPE.

Click here for more details and to download your copy!


The Flamingo Flies Again!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-21
Khm, excuse the cheesy headline. After a pause of almost two years, Rachy has released a new version of his Plus/4 Emulator for the Amiga. V1.53 has some bugfixes and improvements, and also faster screen rendering. Grab your copy from Aminet or from Emucamp! It's nice to see some activity among the Amiga emulators. Thanks, Rachy!


New Plus/4 Utility for the PC!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-18
We've received a real surprise from a veteran Plus/4 fanatic, István Bozsik. He's the author of such games as Hexaeder (if you haven't listened to the 8 channel sound in this game, do it now). The new utility is called Plus4Lst, and it's a command line utility for Windows. This tool renders any basic program into an HTML document. It uses a nice and acurate font, too - read the document included with the release for more on that. This is great to publish a basic listing, or to debug/study an older program. Many thanks to István for this! Download it now from here!


YAPE 0.46 is Out!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-13
This version marks a very significant improvement in Plus/4 Emulator history. YAPE now has cycle exact drive CPU emulation! For the first time, you can load and run games like The Goonies, Battery 2, Hollywood Poker Pro, etc! Also some hard-core demos are now running well - and exclusively - on YAPE, such as Silence and Amiga Mania. (Both are real gems, if you haven't seen them, check them out!) Not everything is working, but this is definitely a giant step in the right direction.

For more details and your download head on over to Ati's page. Cheers and kudos to Ati!


Scene News
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-10
Thanks to Lavina, things are stirring up in the Plus/4 scene...

First of all we got in contact with an old Plus/4 freak, Crafty of Hypoflex. He sent us two of his pictures along with his personal info, and promised to send us more of the Hypoflex stuff - all we got from this team at the moment is one lonely demo.

Does anyone think Csavargas a Gombak Birodalmaban is the best game the 7501 ever moved? Well, what if I said that we have tracked down the dude who wrote it? Yes, it's only one person. I know it says copyright (C) Greensoft, but that's no other than András Laczi alias Brazil from Hungary Hungary! This fella has been there from the beginning (remember Hős Lovag by M. Tihor? It says in there thanks to Brazil for the help. Later the two of them developed Idolabirintus). He's going to put an ad about Lavina's C16 retro compo in a Hungarian computer newspaper. We are in the process of getting his permission to PD this game, so eat that Nevertrade. (A cover scan and a TAP file would be nice too.)

Although this is not 100%, but so far the following people said that they will participate in the C16 democompo: Luca, Lavina, bubis, me (Csabo), Maugli, MC, Ati (yes, the Mr. YAPE himself), Steve, Crown. Maybe's: Ninja of GS, TLC, Crafty.

I left the best for the last. TCFS is coding again! You heard that right! Word is that he's developing a new, powerful and flexible sprite routine for the plussy, possibly for a game!

So come on everybody, let's get cracking and start (continue) coding again!


All the Small Things #2
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-07
Just a few newsbits for those interested... We have received a re-release of Imagine/UTG from Lavina. It's not the real version, but rather two parts compiled together by Lavina. It's still worth checking out if you've been craving demos... Load it up on your old friend and watch the show.

An old, but not forgotten utility has resurfaced as well: Char-Editor V1.1 from CSM. This release was under their later group, Anarchy (unlike the first two, which was released by Vortex). The increase of the version number is well deserved: this version can edit charsets several different sizes, all the way up to 5x5.

Plus we have an updated (more recent) picture of Omega. Enjoy!


4 New Classic C16 Game Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-02
We've received four new covers scans for our collection. They are Fire Ant, Indoor Soccer, Triple Decker 1 and finally Frank Bruno's Boxing. This last one is different from the one we already had, it's a special commemorative edition. One more note: while the Fire Ant cover is not much to look at as it's Commodore's plain white design, we've decided to add it to make to collection complete.

Many thanks to Paul for sending us the covers!

For those who are wonder about the jump in the total number of covers (we now have 211), it's because we have switched to counting the total number of cover scans vs. counting the number of games they are for.


Dan and Fireant Pictures
Posted by Csabo on 2003-05-01
We open this month by getting you acquainted with some Plus/4 enthusiasts. These two fellows (Dan and Fireant) were kind enough to send us their pictures for the Faces of the Scene gallery. It has now grown to 54 pictures, which is pretty impressive. Go check it out now. Thanks guys!


Version 0.45 of Yape released!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-04-30
The most notable features are the initial FLI-support (check the database for demos) and a couple of bugfixes among which one is making it possible again to play the Winter Events and Summer Events TAPs. As always, you can read the full story and the download the new version from the author's website and its download page!


All The Small Things
Posted by Csabo on 2003-04-29
We have a few interesting news-bits to report.

Dan from Germany sent us word that you can download all of his releases from www.bo-anerges.de. This includes the FlexGrid intro, which we were missing for a while.

The Best Poetry is yet another rare work of the infamous Korak from Hungary. Those who speak the language should definitely check it out, it's good for a few laughs.

Finally please welcome Fireant (Paul Footman) from England, the newest member of Plus/4 World. He has promised us some additional info on Soccer Boss.


Soccer Boss Cover!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-04-27
Commodore 16 Game Soccer Boss ScreenshotCommodore 16 Game Soccer Boss Cover ScanA new cover scan for this 1987 soccer manager type game is here. Many thanks to Fireant for scanning and contributing this to Plus/4 World! The software details on this title are also complete, year, original price, etc. So check out the Soccer Boss page now!


New Club Info Out
Posted by Csabo on 2003-04-24
Club Info 74 Title GraphicsThe 74th issue of the German diskmag Club Info is here. The release marks the 10th new program for our platform this year. Besides the usual tons of articles, the B side carries lots of new stuff, including the new Heartfixer demo and some newer games.

Also new from Unlimited: all issues of the old diskmag Video Plus/4 are now online at the Unlimited website. Follow this link to check it out - soon to be part of our ever growing database.

Many thanks to Michael (Mr. Museum of ULTD) for the news! Smile


Gotu Homepage Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-04-18
The Gotu HomepageLavina is back to the scene life, and today he has updated the Gotu homepage. Check out the Contest section for an update on the C16 DemoCompo! We also have a deadline in sight, which is September 2003. Will this mark the start of a new era of demos for our beloved platform? Only time will tell... Meanwhile, let the coding begin!


Omega's Pumpkin
Posted by Csabo on 2003-04-07
Pumpkin game screenshotWe have found another old program that no-one seemed to have: it's Pumpkin Plusz (yes with a Z, that's the hungarian spelling). This Hungarian language text adventure is one of the very few games written by Omega. He was the official funnyman of the legendary group EVS, and one of the best graphicians of the Hungarian Plus/4 scene. We have a portrait of Omega, and check out his page for a little gallery featuring some nice logos and images by him.


Plus/4 Emulator v1.16 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-04-02
Lidovski, VladimirSay hello to Vladimir Lidovski (Litwr), the developer of the very first Plus/4 emulator. He has been added to our members database, and he's the first Russian Plus/4 enthusiast among us! Vladimir has made some further improvements on his emu, increasing the version number to 1.16. Download it from his website. He as also sent us a picture for the Faces of the Scene gallery. With some help from Ati, we now have .PRG versions of 4 of his softwares, also available on his site.

Cool stuff, thanks guys!


Zophar's Domain seized by US government
Posted by Gaia on 2003-04-01
We all knew this would happen sooner or later... Zophar's Domain was seized by the U.S. Goverment for violating the Copyright Law. I can't really find words to express my feelings, because I'm stunned for the moment.

(That was of course an April's Fools joke )


Yape 0.44 is out!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-27
Version 0.44 of Yape is released! Among the new things are improved TED sound and some more fixes that brings us another small step closer to the real thing. For the full story and the download hit this link.


"Graphics" Docs Update and Demos
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-26
The documentation for Graphics utility has been updated to V2.1 by SVS. The <-ARC function is now fully documented. He has also translated some BASIC demos enclosed in the package, and written some brief programs to demonstrate the power of this package. Download them all in a ZIP file here.

If you've looked at this utility, you realize that it's really a wonder that this was created. Easy 3D is BASIC on the Plus/4. We hope that the original creator of this package will be found one day. Until then it's just one more of those unanswered questions we've all been searching for...


Ati Improves M.E.S.S.
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-25
Ati has submitted a patch to the code base of MESS emulator. The new code improves the TED emulation of playing digis. It has been accepted and incorporated! (View it here.) We've also heard some rumors that a new YAPE version is going to be out soon with super digi-sound emulation... We'll keep you posted.


Lone News 14 out now!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-24
LoneNews 14 Intro PicLuca released the 14th issue of Lone News +4 diskmagazine.
It contains news, reviews, an interview and the how-I-found-a-gem chapters.

Get it on rulez.org, or from the Lone News Page here at C=+4 World.


New stuff from Skoro/ASN and Tron Lamer Team!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-18
Tron Lamer Team released some fresh digi stuff in order to warm both your TED and your SIDcard.

Skoro of Assassin Crew finally finished his old Memory project. He also released the 2nd half of his big games cheats collection, called Help To Games 2, and a new issue of Mini News is also out. Too bad that this last one is in Hungarian, because it contains some comments regarding the infamous Reddi/SCN story from years ago...

All this and more now in New Uploads link.


Heartfixer Released
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-17
Commodore Plus/4 Demo ScreenshotWell, we're a bit late on reporting this news, but better late than never. Luca and bubis have released their cooperation demo "Heartfixer" (named after Luca's music that's featured in the demo).

There are simply no words to describe this thing, it's one of the best single file demos ever written on Plus/4. The quality of the effects, the style and the execution in this demo is just unparalelled in our scene.

The demo won 1st place in the mixed compo in FOReVER quattro, well deserved. We can only hope to see more productions like this in the future.


A Rare Package Discovered
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-15
Graphics ScreenshotThis newly discovered package will amaze you! (Probably) never before seen by almost anyone... SVS has found this rare gem, an graphics utility package, simply titled "Graphics". The name may not be too imaginative, but it can do wonders!

We don't know at this point who developed this, but some of the basic commands the package implements are in Italian. We are also not sure about the year, SVS says it's 87-88.

Check out the details page for the download, documentation and an image gallery! Two things to remember: all of these images were created with this package with only a few lines of code. Second, the documentation by SVS is still not complete, he is still working on reverse-engineering it. I took the liberty of converting it into HTML though, since some of our visitors can't read the .DOC format.


3 New TAPs up for grabs!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-08
Many thanks goto Ulysses777 for creating and sending in tape images of Gnasher, UXB and Wolf Pack so they could be archived and made available for all to see!

He has also scanned the game covers for UXB and Wolf Pack which will be added to the database in the very near future. At the same time we'll work on getting the instructions added for all 3 so watch this space! As always we are pleased to receive support which in turn makes Plus4 World a bigger and better place for us all. :-) Cheers once again Ulysses777.


PSYCHEDELIA - A Light Synthesiser
Posted by MIK on 2003-03-06
Psychedelia ScreenshotPsychedelia has to be one of the most unique titles ever to land on the C16/Plus4. For the first time you never got the chance to kill anything, there where no goals to reach and you could not lose. So what the hell did we have to do?

Psychedelia was infact a tool or as Jeff Minter said "an entertainment" where you could create your own light show in-time with music. This in itself is a concept that has never changed since that day! Take a look at WinAmp or Media Player, they all have plug-ins and in a similar way all display colourful graphics in-time to music. Of course with the limited spec of computers back then Jeff could only do so much, but what we do have was a remarkable achievement way ahead of its time.

Many thanks go to www.ukretro.co.uk for sending this title our way which in turn has allowed us to add the cover and full instructions for Psychedelia to our database! You may be surprised to find there is a whole range of options to play with and even the facility to record over 5 minutes of joystick inputs to memory! You can find the latest Psychedelic update right here!


Two Covers Added
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-05
Death or Glory Cassette CoverThe Catacombs Cassette CoverToday we've added the cassette covers for The Catacombs and Death or Glory. Two rare Commodore 16 games. Thanks to Hendrixe and Luca for the cover scans! This was long overdue, sorry for the delay guys. Still we are now up to 180 covers!


Various News
Posted by Csabo on 2003-03-03
Death or Glory Game ScreenshotThe extremely rare C16 gem, Death or Glory is here thanks to Luca. Cool eight directional scrolling shooting fun from 1987 by CRL. Download your copy now!

The first official release of 2003 on our platform, Club Info #73 is also here from Unlimited. Download from here. We have also received an email from Mr. Museum/Unlimited. He sent us the current memberlist of their group, which counts 5(!) active members.


Another Novotrade TAP!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-02-17
Kalandozás a Fizikában (Adventures in Physics) is here! Once again out of nowhere we bring you the whole nine yards for this Novotrade release: the TAP file, the PRG version, the cover scan, the cover inlay scan, plus author and price info! This is the second educational title from Novotrade in Physics. Thanks to Lacus for all this!


TrailblazerDC Beta 1 released.
Posted by MIK on 2003-02-16
Reaper2k2 ported this classic over to the Sega Dreamcast and was released FEB 13th, but FEB 14th he decided to quit the Dreamcast scene due to several issues placed upon him by different members of the dcemulation forums. Reaper decided to delete everything he had, including his websites in response to this. All this and more can be found over at: http://www.dcemulation.com/

Hoping no one minds we hold a copy of his release here just for safe keeping, and for those that may not get the chance to see it I've also kept a screen grab for future reference.



Vegas Jackpot C16 or 16k only in TAP format!
Posted by MIK on 2003-02-12
The following below was taken from our Forum posted by Ulysses777:

This is a TAP that I made from my own copy of Vegas Jackpot, which, unlike the one on this site, works only on a standard C16/C116. When run on a Plus4/C16+64K, it suffers the same corrupted graphics problems as Rockman, Tower of Evil etc.

I haven't seen this version available anywhere for download, so I thought someone might be interested in it


All we can say is wow! We are more than pleased to see it which is something unique in itself! If you check out what Csabo has to say as a reply you can find out why and how along with the difference of the Vegas Jackpot TAP I created some time ago! Many thanks to Ulysses for bringing this to our attention!


Out on a Limb.tap ?
Posted by MIK on 2003-02-10
out on a limbToday was meant to be a special day and something that I'd been looking forward to for a very long time. However things have just been turned upside down in world of C16/Plus4 TAP images. I have just found out that a TAP of Out on a Limb has been uploaded to www.funet.fi that is unique to VICE at this time, meaning it will only run using the as yet to be released version of VICE Plus/4.


But for the books, today we have added here at Plus4 World a working version of Out on a Limb that not only works with YAPE, but with Artifex and VICE too!!

So today is indeed a cool day, but in the mean time I'm still left wondering who's right and who's wrong and where are these hidden bugs in the TAP format comming from? In gerneral this isn't an issue at all, but with the problems of 1/2 wav and the very rare Turbos as used by Out on the Limb we can hope we are doing the right thing. Anyways enough of the chit chat because it's time to grab one of the coolest tap images you could ever wish to find and that my friends is waiting for you right HERE!

I would also like to thank Attila for his very kind help in making this TAP available to you, without his support it would not be here now. Cheers buddy! :-)


New Yape, new homepage!!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-02-09
Attila author of Yape has released version 0.43 today! The new version features completely rewritten and enhanced 1551 emulation with more bug fixes along the way although some many not of been noted. But we can tell you that The Catacombs (ADV.) now displays perfect! As always the full story can be found on the Yape homepage.

Please note: Yape is now being servered to you by an all new host so don't forget to make a note of the new address below.

New Yape Homepage Link: http://yape.homeserver.hu


Westfront Correction
Posted by Csabo on 2003-02-07
It looks like we had some confusion about Dunric's game(s): Westfront. It turns out that he has two games that work on the Plus/4: Westfront 64 and Westfront to Apse II. The latter one also works on the C128. The version I uploaded yesterday turned out to be the C64/C128 version, so if you downloaded that please download the correct files again. Visit Dunric's C16 page for more details.


Hidra Cover Added!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-02-07
Cover of HidraThe cover for this Novotrade release game has just been added! It originally sold for 290 HUF (today that's the equivalent of peanuts). It looks like they didn't spend much on the design artwork, since the cassette cover is made up of company logos and a screenshot! Still it's a cool piece to be added to our rapidly growing collection. Not only do we have the cover, but also the cassette inlay (in Hungarian - now all we need is someone to translate it). Thanks to Lacus for this cover!


Merlin's Quest and Westfront +4!!!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-02-06
Merlin's Quest Screenshot (Close-up)Breaking news! I have just received in the mail about an hour ago a package from Dunric (Paul Panks). He was kind enough to send me a copy of his two games: Merlin's Quest and Westfront +4! The first thing I did with them was backed up and uploaded the D64 images. Two brand new adventures for you to play with. (They work on the real machine, but the emulators might have a problem with them.) Check 'em out now!

Big thanks to Dunric for sending me these cool programs!


More New Stuff
Posted by Csabo on 2003-02-05
King Size Daten Bank Cover ImageWe may be running out of ideas for news item titles, but we have lots of cool stuff that has just been added. First up is two new covers from Pawel. King Soft Daten Bank is a German database application. (All we need now is the program itself...) He has also sent us the Kingsoft release cassette cover for Space Pilot. This one too bears the Kingsoft logo, and is complete with German language instructions.

Fizikai Osszefuggesek Cover ImageNext we have our first Novotrade TAPs added (from Lacus of course). Fizikai Összefüggések (Relationships in Physics) was intended for elementary school grades 6-8. We have the .TAP, the prg version, the original cover, the cover inlay and even the original price! This rare proggie originally sold for 398 HUF (Hungarian Forints). With the current rate, that's about 1.7 USD or one pound. Although back in the day, the Forint was stronger... Anyway, where did this info come from? Believe it or not, but Lacus got his hands on an original Novotrade price list! (Coming soon smiley)


RetroChat Forums
Posted by MIK on 2003-02-04
If you are intrested in the wider scene of emulation and retrogaming from the 80's, then head on over to www.retrochat.com which is a forum dedicated to the yesteryear of computing and covers a wide range of machines.

Thanks to the webmaster for this news.


One very rare cover - Out on a Limb!
Posted by MIK on 2003-02-04
Out on a LimbPlus/4 World are proud to present the cover and instructions to one of the best loved games of 1984 Out on a Limb!

Although there are a number of cracks available for this cool game, we are in the meantime working on getting an original TAP image made. The game does however use one of the worst turbos ever created. Being a 3 part multi-loader, we can only hope to pull the impossible off! If that happens you'll be the first to find out here at Plus/4 World, so stay tuned!


2 Awesome Anco Advertisements from 1986!
Posted by MIK on 2003-02-03
These will make your eyes pop! The adverts are just over 16 years old and both are from one of the greatest games ever created for C16/Plus4 which is Winter Events.

You can tell Anco were keen to show this game off as the first of the adverts has 3 screen shots which were beta screens as seen from the Winter Demo and inside cover found on the Anco's release of Space Pilot.

The second of the 2 adverts which was printed 3 months later is more upto date and having the final release version of screen shots, but take a closer look at the Down Hill event! You can only imagine that Udo Gertz was in the final stage of development as the art work for this very advert would of been created the month before this advert would of gone too press, (not forgetting you got the September issue in August). And if I remember correct it was around September 1986 I got my hands of this awesome game


The Catacombs (ADV.) has been made available!
Posted by MIK on 2003-02-02
The CatacombsAfter a number of hours of testing on different machine setups and emulators we finally agreed to release this crack as it is which was created by Floppy Robby! The crack itself is fine, but has been made to work with a machine using 16k of memory. It will run on a machine above 16k so please read there "Description" found on The Catacombs page for the full story.

Users of emualtion may find the game displaying with the wrong character set, (upper and lower case are round the wrong way) and plans to get this small bug fixed with YAPE are already on the cards.

And last of all we would like to thank Marco Polo who has made this game available for downloading even though he may not know it.


Hungarian Covers and Zone Control
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-31
A Hos LovagHere is the next Hungarian cover was sent to us by that Hungarian fellow... It's probably time to introduce him! László Bozsó (or Lacus) has been involved with the Plus/4 since 1986. He has even posted on our forums a few years ago. Well, now he's back with some very cool and rare stuff, that he managed to put his hand on from his old high school (yes, they had plussies in their computer labs!)

The cover for "A Hős Lovag" is extra special since this was the very first Hungarian adventure release ever. Not only we have the cover, but also the cassette inlay which has detailed instructions on how to play the game (it was necessary, since most people who bought the game were not familiar with the adventure genre).

In that post I mentioned he was looking for a few old games. Since then, Plus/4 World has managed to find almost all of those, except Zone Control. Lacus had this one as well, though! We'd like to thank him once again for all these contributions!

In the next few days I will be add more of these covers and programs, so stay tuned.


More New Covers!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-30
Berks TrilogyCruncherThe good stuff just doesn't stop. Pawel Kubacki from Poland was kind enough to scan some of his original covers for us. Visit his polish Plus/4 page here. The newly added covers are: Berks Trilogy from CRL, Cruncher from Solar Software and the Kingsoft release of Legionnaire, complete with german instructions!

Thanks, Pawel!


New Exomizer Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-29
Exomizer v1.1.1 has been released by Magnus Lind. The new version has important things for us C16/Plus4 fans, for example the decrunch effect was invisible in some cases, which has been fixed. Exomizer now also allows "$" prefix for hexadecimal addresses. For more details on the new version and to download your copy, visit the Exomizer Homepage!


New Hungarian Cover(s)!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-28
Egybeirjam? Kulonirjam?This month is turning out to be an amazing one! Out of the blue, we have just received a nice and rare collection of original Hungarian softwares (TAPs, too!), and the original covers. This is an exciting time for those who have been waiting for the Novotrade covers to come in... The first one is a new program that we didn't have in the database called "Egybeírjam? Különírjam?" It's an grammar educational software. (Our first cover for the letter "E".) Check it out!

There is more stuff coming but our free time is limited so stay tuned!


VICE 1.11 is out!
Posted by SVS on 2003-01-27
Version 1.11 of VICE has been released today. Click here to read the list of changes. This version does not have any new feature on C16/Plus4 emulation, but we have our fingers crossed!

Visit the VICE Homepage for downloads.


More covers with full instructions added!
Posted by MIK on 2003-01-25
Hot off the press are Legionnaire, Fighting Warrior and The Way of the Tiger for your viewing pleasure.

It's been a long time coming but the Fighting Warrior cover has completed the C16/Plus4 Mastertronic lineup! Yes, you read correct: we now have them all!


Forum Search feature added
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-24
Our forums are now searchable! This allows us to access the wealth of information that the community has contributed in the past 40 months. This new feature is connected to the regular search form, and any matches from the forum will be displayed as a link. This way the regular search doesn't get cluttered, but you will still get a result even if you search for something like 'Krieg'. It will also be helpful for new visitors: the may find topics that have been asked and answered before.

With the help of this new feature it is now confirmed that Tom Thumb is the most talked-about game of all time! :-)


The FINAL version of Skramble is here!
Posted by MIK on 2003-01-23
Going back to what was said two days ago about how this game didn't make it in TAP format, well that's all changed thanks to Attila whose only had a copy in TAP format hiding on his PC! It's always nice to complete an entry and what a better way to finish off, thanks Attila

Grab yours from the Skramble page now!


3 more covers with full instructions added!
Posted by MIK on 2003-01-22
As you can see from the right we have just added 3D Time Trek, Bridgehead (64k version) and Classic Snooker covers.

Full instructions have been added to all three which is a new trend where we want to add more attention though-out the data base in time. Also 3D Time Trek is the first cover in the 0-9 index!


The definitive version of Skramble is here!
Posted by MIK on 2003-01-21
It's still the same old Skramble we all know and love, but this time we've put the books straight once and for all by bringing the low down and how the game was meant to be seen! Of course this is the original release by Anirog from 1985 (English). Your notice this time the score upon loading is 290 which is true to the master copy on cassette I have here

Sadly this game won't TAP because of the nature of the turbo used, but this is as close as can be. The cover and full instructions are there to be had, so before you all Skramble off for the download remember your be wanting the version here at Emucamp.

Right, I'm off for another bash :-) Enjoy.


5 New Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-20
Niila T. Rautanen was kind enough to let us use his C16 classic covers from his site. These cool scans will fit right in with the rest of our growing collection. Where's the 5th one you ask? Check out ACE 2 for a rare GameBusters casette release cover!

With Joe Blade 2 and Yie Ar Kung Fu added, "E" and "Q" are the only two letters left with no covers. Does anyone have an original Enigma or Quick Draw casette hanging around? ;-) Tack, Niila!


First New Release of 2003!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-13
AdventurelandThe first new program of the year is out! A converted adventure called Adventureland is here (original by Scott A.) It has been sped up with AustroSpeed. The author wishes to remain unnamed for now.

It's a good start, let's hope we will see a nice crop of new releases for 2003!


5 More New Download Sites!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-10
Who knew this many websites carried Commodore 16 and Commodore Plus/4 games? Today we have added not less than 5 new sites to the Plus/4 Internet Archive. As you will notice, that page has received a facelift: the listing is better and the sites have been re-ordered so the more relevant ones are at the top, and the sites that are no longer updated are at the bottom. Visit Ozkan.co.uk, Stephan's Retrocomputing Site, TQ-Gaming, a German site and The Acmenet Commodore Plus/4 Computer Collection. This last one has some very nice pictures including hardware and commercial games.

We have also received three more SVS programs: Visual RAM 1541, Visual SEQ and USR File Read. Check the New Uploads section. Thanks, SVS!


Finders Keepers Map!!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-09
Finders KeepersThis Mastertronic classic from '86 is a well known game. It was the first in the successful Magic Knight series (Knight Tyme, Spellbound and Stormbringer), which was published on Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and C64. Unfortunately it's the only one that was released for the C16. It's no wonder so many people like the: the controls are easy to pick up, the rooms are challenging and the graphics are colorful and cute. Once you get into the trading, however, you realize that this is more than just a platformer.

Csabo has created a detailed map of the game, download it here (107KB). It's invaluable to those who want to finish it. The C64 version has three possible endings. We've only found one so far in the C16 version, the rest probably had to be cut out because of memory. A detailed solution will soon follow. Enjoy!


Anco Advertisement Sheet.
Posted by MIK on 2003-01-07
ANCOAdvertisements related to the C16/Plus4 are slightly rare and something we haven't looked into before. Most if not all were to be found in magazines, but this fine work of art was printed back in 1987 and shipped with Summer Events!

On the face side you were shown images of four classics from Anco and these them self also held the front cover art work to each game. On the back side was black and white text with the quick low down on some of the goodies they had for sell including that all important price tag from the day. As yet we don't have a home for these images so until then you can find them below.

Download scans: Small Front - Small Back - Large Front - Large Back.


New Club Info!
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-06
Club Info 72 is out. The 2002 December issue is now online at C16doc.de, download it from here.


More software
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-04
13 new pieces of software has been added today, including some games, demos and utilities. Check the New Uploads page. There are a few very interesting ones. Talk about ambiguous file names! We have two "Star Copy"s, one 'Star Copy' and a 'Plus4 Star Copy'. Both are tape utilities. The plain Star Copy was written by Istvan Bozsik, the author of Archivum and Hexaeder. It contains a voice sample (the author's own voice), which is played back when the copied programs are loaded from the tape. We have two "Sprite-Converter"s. One is from A-System, the other one is from TCFS (the latter one has a version number added to it). There's even a "new" game called "The Invincible". No, it's not the well-known platformer from The Mad, it's an entirely different German adventure game. Whew!


More Links
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-02
Two more new download sites have been added, raising the total number of links to more than 7000.

The first site is in german, and it has 5 games online zipped, but carries games for other platforms as well.

The second site has more than 100 classic games online, plus 3 'walkthroughs' (maps) taken from Plus/4 World.


Let's get this year started
Posted by Csabo on 2003-01-01
I hope everyone had a nice new years and had some rest, but here we are back to work. Today the game screenshots update has been completed. The pages that use game screenshots (games, covers, tapes, cheats and index) have been updated to use the "ThumbURL" field. While this won't look any better than before, it does mean less load on the server and faster page loading. The Cheats page also has a new design. The forum has been updated: the date columns are wider (wide enough to hold the date without breaking them into more than one line). When viewing topics, notice that the top section is changed: a lot less clutter. We also added about 30 more screenshots (still lots to go) and digged up two new games: Unscramble (the original English version) and a german adventure: Caverns in Mountain.

Lastly there's a new download site added to the database, a polish one. This means more than a hundred more download links (we're almost up to 7000). Enjoy!


2002 - The Year in Review
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-31
2002 is over. For the last news posting this year I thought it would be nice to reflect on what kind of year this has been. So here are some of the things that happened in the last 365 days in the World of the Plus/4.

On the emulator front the coders were quite busy. YAPE went from 0.33 to 0.42. Minus4 went from 2.1 to 2.5. Even the very first emulator (Mr. Lidovski's) got updated to 1.1 (plus the source was released as well). The year brought only one Artifex update back in March. Other than that, we didn't hear much from Zsolt Prievara, leaving the fans of his two excellent emulators a bit disappointed. (We hope that you were just busy, and that you will return!) Christian Nowak has surprised us with PlusIVe for the GP32, plus a port of YAPE.

New stuff on the web. Mike Dailly became the lucky owner of plus4.com. Several new Plus/4 related sites have appeared. James C's site has found it's final home at cbm264.com. The German c16doc.de opened and now carries all German diskmags, including the still running Club Info. Maugli/EDC created a new site for their crew, listing all of their releases. Ati has created a homepage for his stuff as well. And of course Lando's Classix and the Plus/4 Database has merged, more on this later.

New software. 28 brand new releases came out this year. While this may not sound much, it's definitely an increase from the past couple of years. Is the scene really growing? I sure hope so, but only time will tell. Still, respects to all those guys who released something this year. This included: bubis, Erich/Unlimited, Hifi and the TLT gang, James C, Paul Panks (Dunric), Skoro, SVS, and me (Csabo).

The people. So many guys did so many things. Let's see: Lando has done his share of work as usual, scanning tons of covers for the site. Noro has found his way back to the scene, and has given us five cool maps. bubis has been around too. Even though he is coding on the C=64 as a Resource member, he's done some really cool stuff for the plussy. MC/EDC dropped by a few times, and even wrote a D64 utility. That crazy guy from Italy (no other than SVS) hasn't stopped pouring out the cool stuff. His ROM Map and utilities are real gems. Luca has been busy uploading stuff to c64.rulez.org, and even entered a tune for the SID Compo II. James C has gathered lots of interesting stuff, including lots of magazine article scans. The list goes on.

For me, there's a few things too. There was the endless work on this site, when I look at it now, it's hard to believe how far it has come. Written four games for the MiniGame compo, one of them won 4th place. Released the Plus4IDE tool. Hacked a bunch of games to make them work with emulators. The database project keeps growing and changing, the number of programs listed has almost doubled since we've opened Plus/4 World. I'm glad the project is finally public, we're all building this.

It has been a good year. Thanks for everyone who made it happen. Let's hope that we can make 2003 an even better year!


W-Man Picture and Emu News
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-29
W-Man of GSThe Faces of the Scene gallery has just received a new addition, a picture of W-Man of Gentlemen Software. Many thanks to Ati (Attila Cseri) for sending us the picture!

The following news items are a from early December, but still worth mentioning: PlusIVe, a Commodore Plus/4 emulator for the GP32 has been released. MESS has been updated to version 0.62.


UVL Plus/4 World Links!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-29
UVL (Universal Videogame List) is a very ambitious project run by Andrea Doino: it aims to build a database list of all video games on all platforms! This, of course, includes the C=16/Plus4 as well. Users of UVL who search for our games will now receive a platform specific link, which lets them search for a game on Plus/4 World! Cheers Andrea!


Erich/Unlimited Games
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-26
We've dug up five more games from the D64 Recall archive. These are the works of Erich/Unlimited. All of them are C=16 public domain games, written in Basic. Here they are: Abc-Puzzle, Deflection, Hurkel, Petals Around The Rose and Plus 4 Memory. Enjoy!


YAPE 0.42 is out!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-17
Attila writes, this version is basically a bugfix release. It solves a couple of serious problems (and still leaves a lot more untouched) like the now infamous fullscreen crash...

You can catch the full story and of course your copy of the latest release from the official homepage as always. Many thanks to Attila once again for his contined work with Yape. Cheers buddy!


3000 Programs!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-13
It still needs some sorting, but it's official: we have 3000 pieces of Plus/4 software listed! It's hard to believe we came this far. When I joined my site with Lando's I only had around 1600 entries, and now it's almost double that. Special thanks go to everyone who has contributed to this project!


TomHX Disk Archive Uploaded
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-12
The complete TomHX Disk Archive is now online. 281 files, ~29MB stuff. If you find any problems, broken links, etc. let us know on the forum. That's a lot of stuff to dig into. Happy digging!


Crackers' Demo 3!!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-10
Crackers Demo 3In 1992, when the Plus/4 demoscene was alive and well, the third installment of Crackers' Demo was made. A huge collaboration of the scene, the demo takes up three floppy disk sides. Well, you can finally watch this demo again (or for the first time). I, Csabo, have a copy of the demo, but the first two disks are damaged. I still managed extract not less than 19 parts from this cool production. It is now uploaded to EMUCamp in a zip file. I made the parts separately loadable, and they all run surprisingly well on most emulators.

The participants included groups like CNS, DS, EDC, LOD, MTV, SCN and even TEK from Germany. Ah, the good ol' days.


Two New Tools Added
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-09
From TomHX come there two new utilities for the PC. D64Dir is a small but useful utility that lists the contents of D64 files to a readable TXT file. The second, Detoken (written in 1997) converts Commodore Basic V3.5 .PRG files to readable .TXT files. Both tools come with full C++ source code! Go to the Tools Page to check them out!


TomHX Disk Archive!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-05
Tamas Nagy (TomHX)Well, someone did come along and gave us a pretty big gift: a complete disk archive! It comes from a true Plus/4 veteran: Tamás Nagy (AKA TomHX). This old-school programming guru from Hungary has written lots of programs and magazine articles all the way back in the eighties. He has also created numerous hardware extensions. His record has been updated with a picture, email and website addresses (just in case someone wants to drop him a line and thank him ;-).

It will take a while to upload all the stuff, but I'd rather release it as soon as possible, so for now please don't report broken links yet. If something is not there, it's because we didn't have the time. Go check it out now!

I've also added a small link above the logo - please click it and then click the banners to support Plus/4 World (popups!).


Mega Update!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-04
We have completed another mega update! The software library has more than 2700 programs listed and linked. We have more than 6200 working download links - (almost) all files on all download sites have been added! The VICVentures site was also added, and one site which no longer exists was removed. Today we have also added about 25 screenshots for games, still lots to go. Go to the new uploads page to see the nearly 200 new programs added in the last 7 days.

This means soon we will be down to the nitty-gritty: it's difficult to add more new programs, and any new find will be a rare one... Unless someone comes along with a disk archive or a list to help us out


Become A Goonie!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-12-03
Goonies ScreenshotsThe original Goonies game was made in 1985 by Datasoft for the C=64, based on the hit movie with the same title. Mucsi from the Muffbusters converted it to Plus/4. Unfortunately, the game uses a special loader routine that currently does not work on any emulator. Csabo has created a work-around which you can download in a zip file from here at EMUCamp.

It's an interesting platform style game with puzzle elements in it (many of the puzzles recall scenes from the movie). What makes it unique is that you always control two characters. Now you can play this game on YAPE!


Play Battery 2 on YAPE!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-29
This truly amazing Commodore Plus/4 only game is now playable on YAPE! A new, slightly modified version has just been uploaded to EMUCamp thanks to Csabo. Make sure to unzip this file into a separate folder, then run RUN.PRG (obviously). Don't be surprised that the zip file has some very weird filenames, in fact, this is what makes the game work!

This is an extremely cool game by TCFS, and it will provide you with many hours (weeks) of gameplay. Those who would dismiss this as yet another Taskforce like shooter are way off... Just give it a try!

Also we have reached 2600 programs! Yay!


New Oldie Found #1
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-28
Sziget (Island)It was more than 10 long years ago that Bit-ikli has created this basic game. This is the first program that is MY contribution to our Plus/4 software archive. I was so glad when I found this to be something new after looking through *lots* of disks with stuff that we already have. When I think about it, I wonder how many more games/demos/utilities are hiding on so many old disks, just waiting to be found again...

Even though this game is in Hungarian, with the little description I provided (plus a dictionary) anyone could have fun with it. I remember playing this many afternoons back in the day, and it was fun!

Also SVS has submitted two screenshots for his Macro Assembler and SVS-OS.


Last Visited page
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-26
There is yet another new page for you to check out: The Last Visited Page (note: page was removed in 2009). You can use this page to see what everyone else is looking at... A bit similar to MetaSpy. If anyone looks at a software, member, group or a tool, it goes to the first place... :-) While completely useless, this page is fun!

The sidebar here on the index page has been changed to include all these new pages (Team, Editing and Last Visited).


Editing Things
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-25
There is a new page here on Plus/4 World regarding editing: the editing page. This is mainly for those who want to contribute, but everyone else is welcome to read it. There are five sections which are now also editable: Introductions, Descriptions, Instructions, Cheats and Solutions. We are hoping that this will encourage all of you to contribute! Thanks to everyone who has added stuff so far. Questions, comments and ideas are still welcome.


100,000 Hits!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-23
Unbelievable, but true: sometime in the early hours today Plus/4 World has reached One Hundred Thousand hits! Check out the counter at the bottom/left of this page. (And that's only hits to the front page...) Lando and Csabo would like to thank everyone who visit and help us - you make this site a success! Woo-hoo!!


New Stuff
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-22
CoyoteWe now have a picture of Coyote (Béla Králl), a talented graphician from Coroners. That makes it 47 for the Faces of the Scene. Thanks to TLC for the picture.

desertfragmentsAlso added today are two demos from bubis, desert and fragments. They are 2002 releases, and most of you probably haven't seem them. They are full of very cool, high tech stuff never before seen on the Plus/4.

Also head on over to plus4.org for some emulator news.


Play Jerry's Quest on Yape!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-21
Jerry walkingThe Turtle, The Crab and The Earthworm
The Jerry's Quest Page has been updated with some instructions. This game was written by TCFS in 1993. The original .D64 file currently does not work with any emulator.
For those who want to (re)play this game, we have a bit of good news. A new zip file has been uploaded to EmuCamp which contains a version that will work with YAPE. Make sure to unzip this file to a separate folder, then run 'Loader.prg'. Alternatively, you can run 'Game_only.prg' to skip the intro. It's worth checking out.


Help Us Build Plus/4 World!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-20
Today Plus/4 World officially opens for editing... It takes a lot of time and effort to build and maintain the software library, and now you can be a part of it too. By becoming an editor, you gain access to the editing features on this website. These features will allow you to add new softwares or information - instantly! Anyone who is already on the Member Listing (and has an email address entered) can automatically sign up. Just go to the login page, and type in your username (or handle). A newly generated password will be emailed to you. With that password, you can now log on as an editor. It's that simple!

If you are on the member listing but don't have email entered there, or you are not listed as a member at all, you can still sign-up manually by emailing Csabo.

Well, this has been in the works for quite some time now. This whole 'business' is probably not in it's final state yet, but things seem to be working quite well, so why not make it public. What happens from here on will depend on the feedback.


2500 Programs
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-14
Here we grow again. Plus/4 World's software library now contains 2500 pieces of software! That's a sifnificant number, and we definitely have lots more to enter. I (Csabo) would like to say thanks to those who have recently joined up to help with the database (you know who you are). Thanks guys!


Tron Lamer Team Pictures
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-13
Borscrock (BCK)MelaHifiHifi has sent us three pictures for the Faces of the Scene gallery. These are the members of the Tron Lamer Team - Hifi and his two daughters. Hifi, Mela and Borscrock. TLT is still active, they have written tons of digi and SID stuff for the Plus/4. Thanks!


cbm264.com Update!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-11-04
Sunday brought a major update to cbm264.com. JamesC has uploaded 8 more Compute!'s Gazette covers; the disks, box and manual images of "The Complete Course in BASIC Programming"; 8 more Jim Hehl disks; and the program "Money Decisions: Loan Analysis" from the original C16 cassette tape.

On the GEOS side, he is expecting some of the GEOS addons (GeoCalc, GeoFile, etc) to arrive within the next week. Another Commodore fan in the States may have a spare 1551 soon that he would like to purchase so that he may finally get started on the GEOS-Plus/4 project, as he has not located a 6525 nor a Magic Voice in the States to get his 1551 working.


1K MiniGame Sources Released
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-30
You can download the full source codes for Csabo's 1K Adventure, Csabo's 1K Memory, Csabo's 1K Racer and Csabo's 1K Tetris. (Links at the bottom of each page.) They are complete with comments and can be compiled with the Plus4IDE. May be interesting for aspiring programmers. No copyrights, you can do whatever you want with them.


SVS Softwares Uploaded
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-29
SVS has given us yet another present: he sent us more than a dozen of his programs, most of which has never been published on the 'Net. This includes two older games (Helicopter and Nuclear Defense), and lots of utilities.

The addition of these new pieces of software give us the perfect opportunity to unveil yet another new page here on Plus/4 World: New Uploads. This page will always automatically reflect the latest uploaded (or added) softwares. (This is the feature I was referring to in my post.)

Enjoy, I'm almost done anyway.


Software Listings Page Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-28
Over the weekend our Software Listings Page has received a big facelift. The old page was only able to list by category, and jumping between the categories was a bit difficult (as it was mentioned on the forum.)

The new page addresses this problem. Navigating categories is now much easier (e.g. you can get to "Utilities/Programming" in just two clicks.) Besides listing by category, you can now also view the software database by year and by name - two very useful features we hope. The title of the page has also been fixed, so that it tells you what listing you are on (better for bookmarks, etc.)

Enjoy!


Ultimate ROM Map Is Here!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-24
The big day has finally came. SVS has just released his amazing document, the Ultimate ROM Map. At 262Kb (68K zipped) you can tell that someone has put a lot of effort into it - definitely a one-of-a-kind listing of lots of cool Plus/4 stuff. SVS invites everyone to use this resource, and he also asked that if anyone has anything to contribute, the please do so :-)

Also added to the Tools/Documentation list is Mike Dailly's copyrighted ROM Disassembly. Under Programming Mike's new SNasm has been added, bringing the total number of tools up to 25.


New Club Info
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-23
Club info #71 is out! Go download it now from the Club Info Download Page. That makes it 18 brand new releases for 2002.

Also today Plus/4 World has reached 2400 programs.


Plus4 World Mailbag #1
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-21
We have received this nice email from Ninja / The Dreams:

''Hello,

I just happened to find your very nice +4 site. The news stated that you are waiting for a ROM-description by SVS. Well, to shorten this time I wanted to let you know about my coding help-system. :) It is mainly for C64, but I think a number of topics will be useful for +4-coders, too. If you are interested, please have a look at

http://www.the-dreams.de/aay.html

I'd be happy if AAY could also help on the +4-side. 8Bit roxxor! ;)''

It looks very informative, I'm sure some of us can find it useful. Thanks!


Phoenix is Here!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-16
Anyone remembers this oldie-but-goldie? No? Well, now you can check it out anyway. Phoenix (not to be confused with Pheenix) is a shoot 'em up from Bohdan Rau of Braintron software - all the way from Poland. The game itself is not that great, but the title screen has a very nice jazzy tune (which has been ripped out and featured in a few demos). That tune kept coming back to me, but I could not find this game anywhere on the net. So here it is, even though it's a crack.

What's even more interesting than the game itself is where we got it from. We have received a huge D64 collection from an old-school scene member, who shall remain nameless for now. Not less than 301 .D64 images (50MB) full of Plus/4 stuff, including lots of games and demos that are not online anywhere at the moment. We will slowly work through this software library and publish the new stuff here, so stay tuned.


Famous Faces #4
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-15
TLCSkoroTwo more pictures of famous Plus/4 guys have been added to our Faces of the Scene gallery, raising the total number of pictures to 43. This time it's TLC (Levente Hársfalvi) and Skoro (Gábor Varga).

Skoro has been a member of several groups before finally settling down with the Assassins. He has written tons of games (at least 16 by our count), and amazingly, is still active. His latest game was Cross Motor - a 2002 release!

TLC is a "sound-guru", anyone who knows the Plus/4 demo world remembers his amazing high-speed digi players (like the one in his Megademo). One of his best works was his version of the Stormlord-digi (4 channels), which was published in the oh-so-wanted Cracker's Demo III. He is alive and well, but because of work and other real life stuff unfortunately we won't see any Plus/4 releases from him in the near future. Thanks for the pictures, guys!


More Ultimate ROM List News
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-14
Straight from SVS/Fire comes yet another piece of interesting news regarding his upcoming Ultimate ROM List. Apparently he's working on yet another new section. This time it's the graphic-modes of the Plus/4. What we can tell from the screenshots is that it's yet another set of colourful, detailed set of grid. Click the thumbnail for a bigger screenshot to check it out yourself. Thanks SVS!


Exomizer for Plus/4!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-08
"Ask, And Ye Shall Receive"! There is a great cross-platform cruncher for the C=64, called Exomizer. I (Csabo) decided to write to the creator of this software to ask him if he would consider making a C16/Plus4 version. I even offered my help with Plus4 specific memory locations, etc. You can imagine how surprised I was when in his reply he sent me a working beta version! In the past few weeks, the new version has been finalized. The author, Magnus Lind - hailing from Sweden - has just released Version 1.1 of Exomizer, which now includes C16/Plus4 support!

Just how good is this packer, you ask? Just to give you an idea, it compresses Mercenary (which uses the full memory from $1000 to $FCFF) from 59.1Kb to 33.3Kb! (PUCrunch, which is still an excellent packer managed 33.9Kb).

To download the new Exomizer now, go to our Tools page. And to Magnus, we would like to say "Tack, kompis"


Ultimate ROM List Update!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-07
SVS/Fire is still busy working on the Ultimate ROM List. He has currently working on a new section regarding the Plussy's TED chip, complete with color-coded grids. We have our first peek of this groundbreaking document! Click the screenshots on the right for a larger image. Thanks SVS!


cbm264.com Updated!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-10-06
James C has put up some very cool new stuff to his page. First up is the Compute!'s Gazette Plus/4 and C16 disk, volume 1. It covers their software from 1985 and 1986.

Also online are some of Jim Hehl's NTSC-fixed software (mostly patched European games). The games should make anyone with an NTSC Plus/4 only very happy! :-) (Of course the files should be copied off to a disk and enjoyed on the real thing, since emulators presume you're using PAL software.)

Go to www.cbm264.com now!


Coming Soon: Ultimate +4 Rom List!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-29
SVS/Fire sent us word that he is working on a new document: the Ultimate +4 Rom List! This will be an excel file that's already nearing 100Kb. It's goal is to gather all known information about the Commodore 16 and Plus/4's internal ROM routines, and other programming info. SVS said it already covers more than 10 other existing documents do, plus it includes his own discoveries, not published before! We can't wait to get our hands on this one! Good luck SVS, and thanks for the news!


Plus4IDE V1.0 Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-27
A new programming tool is introduced today: The Plus/4 Integrated Developement Environment (IDE). With this software (and a little knowledge of Plus/4 assembly programming) anyone can start developing new programs in the comfort(?) of Windows. Developed by Csabo. What's new in this release?

  • 'Save' function fixed
  • Supports Minus4w, WinEMU or YAPE to run the compiled programs
  • Built in help for opcodes and ted registers

It's a surprisingly small download at 246Kb. The IDE comes with two short demos ready for you to compile (and mess with), just to help people getting started.
Download now!


New Tools Section Opens!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-23
Plus/4 World already covers all the software released for the Commodore 264 family. But what about all the related software for Windows and Amiga? Emulators, compilers, utilities, etc. Our new Tools section is the answer! Designed to be your one-stop solution for all your Plus/4 related software needs.

This page (also) needs your help! If you have ideas about how to make this listing better, have additional information about the tools listed, or want to submit new tools, contact Lando or Csabo!


Compute!'s Gazette Cover Scans!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-21
James C has uploaded not less than 36 scanned magazine covers to his site. These are the issues of Compute!'s Gazette ranging from 1985 - 1989. You can actually see as the magazine switches from "VIC-20 and 64 owners" to "Commodore owner" (which means that the C=16/+4 is covered as well). It looks amazing! Another piece of the Commodre history is now documented.

Check it out now!


Introducing Styles!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-19
Plus/4 World receives the ultimate facelift! Today we're introducing a new feature that has been in the works for more than one month... It's called Styles, and it allows YOU to pick how you want the site to look. Currently there are six styles, including a "Text Only" style which could be useful for browsers that don't have graphic capabilities. What all of this means technically is that (almost) all the content on our pages is now separated from the design.

We may introduce more styles in the future (depending on the feedback). There is also the possibility of you making a style. If anyone is up to the challenge, contact Csabo!

For now, check out these cool new looks for the page and choose whichever you like the best. Just make sure to refresh your browser. Go to the Styles page!


D64 Plugin for Far Manager!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-18
MC has just released a new utility for FAR Manager. For those who don't know, FAR Manager is a shell replacement utility, available from RarLab. With MC's plugin, it is now possible to open up D64 disk images. MC is looking for feedback on this, so if you have any comments, you can email him.

Download from Plus/4 World!


The Face of MC!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-17
MC of EDC has just sent us his picture for the Faces of the Scene gallery, which now contains not less than 41 pictures! MC brought us such outstanding demos as Legend of MC and Fatal Mirror. It seems that when he mentioned on the forum that he looked just like MagerValp, he wasn't kidding :-) Thanks, MC!


4 1Ks for +4!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-16

The 2002 1K Minigame Competition organized by MagerValp has ended today. Out of the 62 entries that made it, 4 were specifically written for the Commodore 16 or Plus/4. Despite all my efforts to get people motivated, I (Csabo) was the only one who took the time to do something. At least our platform was represented, although even the VIC-20 had 6 entries. (Around 10 entries for the Spectrum and 21 for the C=64.)

Adventure is a classic text adventure. Memory test your ability to remember and repeat an increasingly longer sequence of sounds. Racer is a small arcade racing game, and Tetris is yet another implementation of the classic Tetris game.

At any rate, this is a good day for those who care about this machine and want to see new releases for it. Racer is PAL only, the other games run on both PAL & NTSC systems.



New Plus/4 Website!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-10
Maugli of EDC's websiteWell, maybe not that new, but we have just found out about it... The Electronic Disaster Crew (EDC) has a website. It belongs to and is maintained by Maugli (Tibor Neszt). The site has all of their 35 releases ready for download. They are now all linked into our database. And best of all, it's in English. Check it out!


New Adventure Game Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-08
Mark your calendars, today is one of those special days when a new piece of software is released on our beloved platform. From adventure game programmer Paul Panks comes his second C16/Plus4 release this year: Merlin's Quest. Here's what he had to say about the game:
The entire point of the game is to locate the "Orb of Light". [...] I wrote "Merlin's Quest" to prove that a good adventure game could fit into the 12275 bytes of the Commodore 16. [...] If you'd like a copy of my game, please send $5.00 and a SASE to:

Mr. Paul Panks
700 S. Blackbird Roost, Apt. #89
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

The game is Public Domain, so feel free to make copies of it and/or share it with your friends or user groups.
That's good news! It raises the number of this year's releases to 12 (in our count). With all this activity, 2002 is turning out to be a great year for the Plus/4 fans!


Plus/4 World hits 2300!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-06
Here we grow again! That's right our database now contains a little over 2300 programs. Games, utilities, magazines, it's all here. There are (probably) hundreds (if not thousands) of pieces of software missing, still it's a milestone, so we can celebrate a little bit. :-) Thanks to Luca for collecting and uploading these newly added programs to ftp.rulez.org, and to Csabo for adding them to the database.


New Feature at Plus/4 World!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-05
We have added a new feature to our database and website: extra member and group information. This means on the detail pages of people or companies we can have additional infos - such as an introduction, or a "My Story" feature. For groups, take a look at 220 Volt or the Muffbusters. For people, check out Ati or Norbert! If you have any additional information about members, groups or companies, send it to us!

We also have a new poll on-line today. This time we would like to know what kind of floppy you had (if you had one). Vote now!


Yape 0.41 is here!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-05
Today Attila released a new version of Yape. Here's what's new:
  • started implementing a status bar
  • limited speed does not use up 100% CPU anymore
  • improved TED DMA timings
  • largely improved digi sound support
  • digi sound now works on NT/2000/XP
  • forced full speed now mutes sound
  • optimised sound emulation
  • optimised screen rendering a bit
  • fixed file association bug on NT/2000/XP
  • fixed fallback sound mode
  • fixed wraparound of two zero-lap opcodes
Attlia says many thanks to all who contributed by testing the betas. If you think you had problems with the sound he definitely recommends getting this one!



Drool Over Drol!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-04
Drol Running on an Emulator!Drol was yet another cool converted game by Ceekay. This game uses the same IRQ loader as Karateka, which renders it unloadable on any emulator. Csabo however has once again managed to rip data off of the disk image, and we now have a playable single file version!

Did I say playable? Yes, it is! This is a cute, fast paced game full of sprites... The idea is very much like the old classic Atlantis. Download it now!


Karateka Intro!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-09-03
Karateka Running on an Emulator!Have you ever played Karateka? Those who know this excellent game are probably longing for the day when it will be playable on an emulator. It's probably the best conversion from Ceekay who has also brought us such games as Bobby Bearing. Unfortunately - due to the complicated disk loader this game uses - none of the emus can load this game at this time. And since it's a Track/Sector loader, we can't just run the game by loading different files from the directory. Csabo however has developed a special D64 opener tool, which can rip files from D64 images even when they are not linked by the BAM (Block Allocation Map). The result: we now have the actual game intro in a single file which runs on all emulators! This also finally gave us the opportunity to grab a screenshot of this hand-to-hand combat game. Download it from here, and watch this cool film-like intro.


plus4.com News Flash!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-09-01
Could it be that we have finally found a remake greater than the original classic? Well, maybe - but that doesn't stop us from loving it over again! Mike has only just posted the low down to this cool surprise so hit plus4.com now and find out what game has had the PC treatment! Cheers Mike.


Lone News Delayed
Posted by Csabo on 2002-08-30
We have just received word from SVS/Fire, team mate of Luca/Fire about the great diskmag Lone News. It seems that due to unforeseen reasons, Luca won't be able to release the new issue of the magazine anytime soon, but he wanted everyone to know that Lone News is not dead! From the crew here at Plus4World: good luck, Luca, and we are looking forward for that new release whenever it will arrive!


3 New Tapes at c16.de
Posted by Csabo on 2002-08-29
Scooby Doo, Sea Strike and Storm have just been added to www.c16.de. Each with TAP image and full cover scans. Good work Hoppy and Webspezi!


Minus4 to get a major overhaul
Posted by MIK on 2002-08-28
Just caught this news over at plus4.com and it sounds like Mike is busy working on an all new cycle based Plus4 emulator! This will sure bring many more improvements along the way and of course many more of your fav games running even better with the likes of Tom Thumb with any luck!

What's more this should keep us all up-to-date with the change over to M$ XP (if you've done so already) and keep the plussy alive long into the future. Things are looking good indeed :-)

All the best Mike and we look forward to your first release! Cheers.


Two rare games on www.c16.de!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-08-19
Our fellow German Plus/4 freax over at www.c16.de have just uploaded two rare games. Feuerwehr (Fire Department) is a 16K basic game by an unknown german author. Galaxis is written by Joachim Stolte in 1986. It is an english language logical game for the C16, where you have to uncover different space crafts. Download them now!


Club Info #70 is out!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-08-14
Erich/Unlimited has released the 70th issue of the excellent german diskmag: Club Info. The 2002 August issue is spreads over two sides as always. Besides the usual tons of articles (including among others a review of the Hulk Adventure), the magazine also has some goodies on the B side. This makes the new issue a must have for all Plus/4 fans even if you don't speak german.

Download it now!


c64.rulez.org Software Preview!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-08-07
Heading its way soon to c64.rulez.org will be a whole host of goodies from Luca Carrafiello's collection. At the moment Luca's busy sorting and transferring, but in the mean time he's kindly sent in a small collection for you to dig your teeth into!

Online and ready for the downloading are Bards Tale, Bards Tale II, Cross Motor, Help to Games 1 and Music Bag. This also adds another 2 releases for 2002 thanks to Assassins (ASN)! Many thanks to Luca for sending in this great line up of software. Remember to keep an eye open over at c64.rulez.org for any future uploads!


'The Good Old Days' take a peek at the C16/Plus4!
Posted by MIK on 2002-08-06
The team have just finished an all new Commodore 264 Hall of Fame section on their homepage which brings the plussy into the spotlight and rounds up our machines history for any new comers!

At the same time they have reviewed 4 of their fav games and the presentation of these are cool to say the least. You can even add your comments in if you wish and if you like what you see you can help the team exspand their collection by supporting them with your fav games aswell. Take a trip back down memory lane by hitting the link below:



Yape 0.40 Released!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-08-05
Once again Attila Grósz has been tweaking his great Plus4 emu and fixed a number of bugs. Along with that and to celebrate the new .TAP version of Summer Events Attila corrected the raster line registers so the game now displays glitch free which is a most welcome sight for all Summer Events fans! The bug line up's are:
  • enhanced the internal monitor with some more editing functionality
  • tweaked a little on the timers, they seem to behave better now
  • fixed a sound initialisation bug
  • fixed a glitch when writing to the raster line registers
  • fixed a bug with pending IRQs
  • fixed a potential crash in the keyboard handler
  • fixed a crash with very long path names (it'd only crash now if they're very-very long :-) )



Summer Events is here in TAP format!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-08-02
Summer Events the last C16/Plus4 creation by none other Udo Gertz has to be one of the most astounding games ever released and she's here in TAP format!

There isn't much I can really put to words as I'm just so pleased this baby has finally been TAP'd. I never thought the day would come as only yesterday I came close to creating a working sample wav version (46MEG unzipped) just so we could have it, but even that failed to load on the last event, (Wieght Lifting). Anyways if you've been waiting for this to roll off the press your day has at least come! I would also like to dedicate this tap to Attila Grósz because without his hard work on YAPE this tap may never would have seen the light of day, Cheers m8 :-)

Download: Summer Events.tap 1.1meg


www.c16.de Updated
Posted by Csabo on 2002-07-31
Today the great German website, www.c16.de has been updated with a cool new layout. They have also removed the JavaScript from the sidebar navigation (which is a welcome change for those of us without JavaScript enabled browsers). The "English Translation" link has also been replaced with the Google translator, which for some reason doesn't work very well. However, you can still use Altavista to view the page in English. Check it out now!


6502 Assembler Plus/4 - sent in from Jim Hehl
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-29
Jim is almost as big as the Plus/4 itself and when you think he infact comes from the other side of the pond (Alaska/USA) to most of us you would not beleive what this dude was doing in the middle of nowhere! Somehow Jim managed to grab the original backup copy of 6502 Assembler Plus/4 from YORK ELECTRONIC RESEARCH who were based in the UK not so long ago! 1995 to be precise :-)

Jim also added 2 txt files (to be found within the download) which should give you an idea of just how lucky he was to get this and to put you in the picture Jim has sent in a small gallery for you to check out of his home land! Check out his gallery here and grab 6502 Assembler from here. Many thanks Jim!!


New version of Minus4w Out!
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-29
Mike Dailly has just released a minor update to Minus4w which fixes the fullscreen bugs found in his last version. He has also added a new save screenshot to .BMP function. This brings the version number up to V2.3.

Hit www.minus4.com for yours now! Many thanks to Mike for this hot news!


Plus/4 World goes Italian!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-07-24
The Commodore Plus/4 World is now available in Italian, thanks to SVS alias Zenari Valentino! Take a look at the sidebar on the front page, and click the flag to switch the language to Italian! Thanks SVS for the translations, hopefully many Italian Plus/4 fans will enjoy it. We now also have a picture of the "master of utilities" (Thanks again!) This brings up the Faces of the Scene gallery to 38 pictures.


All New Design - Tapes Section Now Open!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-23
If you're one of those original game crazy people and just love to see those raster bars flashing like mad then we have the perfect page for you! Here your get to see all that's on offer in the TAP format and this is a great reference for all those file hungry collectors among you :-) Look for the tapes link above and all will be revealed.

Many thanks to Csabo for pulling all the stops out to create this awesome page! Respects dude :-)


Minus4 V2.2 released
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-21
Mike Dailly has released the new version of his Plus/4 Emulator: Minus 4. Among many things, the new version has better sound emulation and even the capability of recording WAVs from your favourite games.

Download it NOW!



Tom Thumb Remake - Early Preview up for grabs!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-20
Stuart Wilson has released an early beta Demo of his Tom Thumb Remake for PC which you've gota see! It captures the essence of the original and proves the legend can be re-born as we all knew it could!!

And before you head off to grab the Demo, remember to show Stuart your support by sending him feedback, ideas and free beer because the more people that take an intrest in this project then the end result will come sooner than later! In fact if you've got what it takes and can help out even this would be most welcome! Hit the home page HERE and keep an eye open for any development news!


Famous Faces #3
Posted by Csabo on 2002-07-17
Say hello two ATI and Rachy. These two old-school members of the Hungarian scene were kind enough to send us a picture. Both excellent coders, between the two of them, they have contributed over 40 pieces of software. Their cool games and demos will be part of the Plus/4 history forever. Our Faces of the Scene image gallery now boast a total of 37 pictures. Thanks guys!


SVS Disk Explorer 0.91Beta Released!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-07-15
It's not every day that a new software gets released on the Plus/4 platform. That's why we are especially happy to see SVS of Fire's Disk Explorer 0.91Beta. It's available from Commodore Plus/4 and C16 Homepage on the Downloads page.

Version 0.91Beta fixes some bugs when used on an emulator and 1541 disk image, and adds GEOS file information support to the real Plus/4 and disk drive combination. Thanks to James C for this news!

This brings up the number of releases this year to 5. Follow this link to view our software listing by year.


Data Media Collection 1 & 2, plus Konami's Coin-op Hits cover!
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-14
If you've been following the forum you may have seen that our good friend Noro snapped up a couple of rare finds from eBay and with many thanks Noro has sent in his goodies for all to see!

First up are two rare titles from Germany which contain a total of five games. Data Media Collection 1 has Bowling and Golf, where Collection 2 has Balance, Surround and Tricky Dices. All come in PRG format and have their covers to complete the story behind this unseen work!

Last of all and with big respects for doing this, Noro grabbed Konami's Coin-op Hits just so we could have the cover in the database! We can't thank you enough for your support Noro. Many thanks Dude!!


LINUX Format Magazine takes a look at Yape(lin) and Minus4j
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-12
This months LINUX Format (LXF29 July 2002) they have done an emulation 6502 special covering the Commodore Pet, VIC20 and C16/Plus4. There's 4 pages to be had, one of which covers the plussy side. Our own Attila Grósz author of Yape takes the spotlight here with his continuing support for a Linux version of his Win creation. They offer the full low down on how to get Yape(lin) up and running and say they have plenty of commodore goodies on the DVD. A very proud moment for Attila indeed!

Minus4j also gets covered with a quick run down of how it performs under Linux running on Netscape and for good measure they head the punters our way with a screen grab of my Minus4 Online page. Now, I can't take the credit for that because you don't know the full story of me nagging Mike Dailly to iron out a couple of bugs before I made that page, the honour is all yours Mike :-) The magazine will set you back £6.49 for the DVD version, CD is cheaper. At this time we can't offer the pages in scan format because the mag is still in the shops... (maybe next month). Congratulations Attila and Mike, history in the making!!


Three Hungarian Game Covers!!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-07-11
Attila Komlós, a Plus/4 fan has surprised us with three rare tape cover scans of Hungarian games: Rablo Rulett (Bandit Roulette), Csodalatos Simon (Wonderful Simon) and Urpok (Space Spider)! It's great to see these cool covers once though to be lost... They found an excellent home here will be part of our collection now. Along with the Legicsata cover, we now have 4 covers from Novotrade's vast game collection. Urpok is also the first cover for any game with the letter "U". Many thanks to Attila!


My little Back in Time 3 Gallery is here!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-07-03
It's been a while coming, more so because of over doing it and catching a cold (snif). That'll be the fresh air no dought ;-) There was much C16/Plus4 releated fun to be had at the BIG C64 night out which started with Darron Broad, a surprise story from David Whittaker, Jeff Minter (YAK) with a new furry face and not forgetting Hyper Sports C16 is up for grabs thanks to Alex Aris!! Find out what the beer did and didn't do here.


Tri-Micro Newsletters Scans!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-06-30
James C has scanned some of his Tri-Micro / Plus Exchange newsletters. These newsletters cover three years of built-in software tips, software reviews, and discounted software pricing. Hit the homepage for the full story. Many thanks to James for this news.


Rescue from Zylon gets the remake magic for PC!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-06-27
Back in 1985 Gremlin Graphics hit the nail right on the head and released one cool game based on the revolutionary gravity idea set by Thrust. But as we know, Thrust was doing the rounds on everything else other than C16/Plus4 at the time and this couldn't come any sooner! It has to be said that Mark J. Moore made this title his own - Oh yes! Using an airship and having to save a team of geologists looked easy until you learned the underground cave would soon flood with water and aicd rain drops would damage your ship - it's this that made Rescue from Zylon such a classic on our machine!

Now, when Kichy dropped a note about his Zylon Remake in the Forum I couldn't believe my eyes, more so once I downloaded it and started to play! All new amazing looking GFX, groovy music which suits it so well and the same addictive game play from the original. It really is stunning and should not be missed by any retro fan be it C16 or not! Once again this Zylon remake is a phenomenal effort and there is no time to waste, hit the homepage here and grab it now. Many thanks Kichy for this new and wicked remake, Cheers!


26 Covers have been added!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-06-19
The new covers line up is as follows: Airwolf (Original), Apollo Resuce, Circus, Climb It, Cyborg, Death River, Gnasher, Golden Baton, Lawn Tennis, Loco - coco, Lunar Docking, Mail Trial, Manic Death Chase, Munch It,Panic Penguin, Petals of Doom, Pizza Pete, Raider, Rig Attack, Roller Kong, Sea Strike, Skelby, Sqij, World Cup, World Series Baseball and Zap'em.


Graphics Master - A Rare Utilitie from 1985!!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-06-18
This could be the first of it's kind ever to be released on the C16/Plus4 and came from Mr. Chip Software! Created by the same author as the classic game Xadium (Michelangelo), Graphics Master allows the user to re-define the character set of the C16/Plus4. The new GFX may then be saved to tape or disk, as well as offering the usual edit commands, common to many programmes. Graphics Master contains many unique commands including character scrolling, inverting and even the ability to rotate characters.

This gem is available in 2 formats, D64 and TAP. Both contain the full instructions in scan format which to be honest is much needed for such a program to get the max out of it, and the cover is also there to prove this title was released even though the old Magneticfields website only stated it's release for Vic20 and C64. Download Graphics Master from HERE.


Terra Cognita's 100+ screens in one single image!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-06-12
Norbert certainly deserves a pat on the back for this mother of a map which is fantasic and brilliantly presented! Scrolling in at 300 x 1500 my mouse ended up on the floor trying to look at it, but that's the point. Here for the first time we get to see Codemasters neat vertical shooter how it was meant to be seen and very impressive it is. Many thanks Norbert this will come in very handy. Hit the map's section NOW!


Club Info #69 is out!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-06-10
That's right, the 69th issue of this German diskmag has just been uploaded to the net. Besides tons of new articles, the two sided magazine features some games and demos, including an italian hacked version of Monty on the Run. Edited by Erich/Unlimited. It's a rare thing to see new programs being released for the Plus/4. Download it now! Club Info #69


Commodore's own Education Software for Children!
Posted by MIK on 2002-06-05
Available for the first time online are Hide and Seek and Pixie Pack. Both have a series of similar games to test your skills. Pixie Pack consists of 6 PRG files which introduce and reinforce early number concepts in a fun way. Where Hide and Seek consists of 6 TAP files, these games develop and exercise memory skills in an interesting and stimulating way, "so said Commodore". :-)

Mind you we are all getting on a bit now (snif), so don't laugh because these are cool programmes for what age group they are geared towards!! Enjoy.


A Magnetic Greeting
Posted by Csabo on 2002-06-03
The members of the Hungarian group Magnetic Violence were kind enough to send pictures of each one of their members. Check out the Faces of the Scene page, which now has 35 pictures of Plus/4 guys (no girls yet). MTV member Fecoshy is also origanizing a party in Hungary. Check their new site www.clubindex.hu for more details (available from 2002/06/08).


Push your bike to the limits with this awesome map!
Posted by MIK on 2002-05-28
KikstartNorbert Kintzler has made a screen grab deluxe map of one of our all time fav games Kikstart and this baby is a monster! If there was ever a version of Kikstart to be played this was it! As with many of his C64,C16/Plus4 games Shaun Southern always gave us the best offering if he could, now why was that? One things for sure he became one of our heros behind the Mastertronic label and another hero was Patrick Strassen. Norbert also has plans to map every game Pat created, so watch this space! For now check out Norbert's latest masterpiece on the Maps page which was only finished an hour ago! Cheers Norbert.


Covers From Hungary!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-05-27
Legicsata CoverYes, the very first Hungarian Game Cover is finally here! Scanned by Lavina of GOTU. Novotrade has released lots of commercial games in Hungary, so there is still lots of covers and games waiting to be archived. There's 40 games listed just on our site (but there were probably more). Ironically, the cover is for Legicsata, one of the few games that we currently don't have (no download links).

Still, many big thanks go out to Lavina . Hopefully others will follow: if you have any original game covers, get those scanners working and please send them to us!


The Plus/4 Internet Archive
Posted by Csabo on 2002-05-23
Plus/4 WorldA new page is unveiled today, which has been in the works for quite a while now: Download Sites. This page complete with thumbnails lists all sites that have Plus/4 Software on them. Thanks to our web crawler, all of those links are connected to our database. We have just reached 1000 links here at Plus/4 World. c64.rulez.org now has 1600 links, due to Csabo receiving an admin login to this Hungarian site. We have more than 4600 links.

In total, Plus/4 World lists some 2130 programs, out of which more than 2000 actually has at least one download link. The rest? We're hoping someone has it and we can get our hands on them... Especially Cracker's Demo 3: anyone who has a copy please send it to us.

If anyone knows of more sites with Plus/4 software downloadable, just drop us a line.


The Original Bounder and Map up for grabs!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-05-18
When it comes to Bounder under emulation both WinEMU and Yape are the front leaders for vertical scrolling. As you may know, this is one of the hardest tricks to emulate without messing up the majority of software by trying to address the problem direct. Fingers crossed the day will come but even at the stage Patrick Strassen's stunning C16/Plus4 version of Bounder is very playable! And to prove it can be completed under emulation Norbert Kintzler has taken up the task to map the whole game which is a must for the tough journey that awaits! Hit the Maps page for your copy!

For anyone screaming for the original version (how it was meant to be seen) it's up for grabs for the first time right here!


Site Not Available......
Posted by MIK on 2002-05-17
We apologize to any viewers who could not access the site on this day. This was out of our control and at a guess our main provider may of been updating the system as they do from time to time. Regards, Lando and Csabo.


2 New Maps and 2 Covers added!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-05-16
Norbert Kintzler is back in town! The Map Master has just sent in an awesome updated map of Thrust and has also fully exsposed the sister game of this genre Rescue from Zylon! Once again Norbert has done a fantastic job and presented them this time with eye candy titles. Head into the Maps section and take a peek!

We have also added the Rescue from Zylon cover just to round up todays offerening and last of all we wanted to show off a little by adding the RARE, Commodore Plus/4 Mercenary Disk cover!


Old Treasure Found
Posted by Csabo on 2002-05-14
Thanks to Lando, we have yet another nice oldie-but-goldie available online. The Wizard and The Princess from Melbourne House is all they way back from 1985. You can't beat the old-school feeling you get from playing this game - the magic of character based graphics in 16K.

This game is also the 100th Adventure Game on our site! Download it now!


A remake of Big Mac has been released for PC!!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-05-11
Tony Kelly having released the C64 version back in 1985 went back to the drawing board that same year and presented to the C16/Plus4 a unique version of Big Mac with better graphics, sound and edge of the seat game play. It became an instant hit among gaming fans and gained the status of an all time classic on your first go!!

So there is no wonder as to why BB Software has taken the next step to remake this very game for PC. First impressions of the PC version will have you saying WOW and once you're in there is no going back just like the original. How ever you will find it's not 100% perfect, but insted just like the orignial it's an unique version in it's own right! The question is do we want it perfect? The answer is NO! Some changes over the orignial are fire ball timings, full down platform timings, Big Mac's jump is 2 or so pixels more than normal and having only made level 8 at this time your notice that level 7 has had a minor change in design. Having said that it's still Big Mac through and through and an awesome achievement to bring this to the PC. I'm in love! There are 2 things that are missing, 1st is sound and 2nd an oringial PC disk/box cover which it deserves!! Grab it now from the homepage without delay!


The Face of Tube Runner!
Posted by MIK on 2002-05-09
Coming at the very end of the commercial life span of C16/Plus4 gaming this title will always stick in the back of my mind. Not only was I crying out for something new to dig into, but also at how hard this game was! Only making level 2 before giving up which was more to frustation and the feel that one of the best in the business had just released an over priced budget game. Some day I will sit there, shoot the tubes and fully check out this game for what it's got, maybe eat my words... Who knows? :-) Anyways if you missed this title in the flesh then take a look at the neat front cover art work.


Here we grow again!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-05-07
Our own programmer Csabo has finished the Plus/4 World's Web Crawler. This internally used utility crawls most Plus/4 related websites (11 of them at the moment), collects all download links and connects them to our huge, origanized database.

At the moment we have nearly 1950 pieces of software listed, and more than 3300 download links!

Coming soon: a details page listing all 11 sites and statistics. Meanwhile, if you find any broken links, or know any additional sites, drop us a line!


New Demos Section
Posted by Csabo on 2002-05-03
The webmasters of C16.DE have opened up a new section for demos. The german site has been an excellent source of games, and now we can even find some cool demos from the golden days of the Plus/4. For now, only one D64 disk is available with 5 demos. They promised to post more in the following days. Head on over now to check it out!

Link: www.c16.de



Mike Dailly's Minus4 on the Acorn?
Posted by MIK on 2002-05-02
Mike was surprised to learn his own source code (which he forgot he released) has landed on the Acorn!

Now do we all rush out to buy one of these beasts just to see it? I think not, but to anyone that owns one can grab a slice of the action right here. Many thanks to Mike Dailly for this news.


The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle is here!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-04-26
If text adventures are your thing then this should keep the midnight lamp burning for some time! Not only do we have this title for downloading but also it's cover, so grab it quick before Csabo even gets to see it from Here!

I wasn't that nasty to him because I just sent him an original tap image before anyone else gets a lookin ;-)


Plus/4 World is Proud to Present...
Posted by MIK on 2002-04-24
Back in the golden days Udo Gertz made such an impact on the C16/Plus4 community that even now, 16 or so years on he is still the most talked about programmer of all time. So much so that once the TAP format was up and running the first game I tried TAPing was Winter Events. This was a corker of a game to have in tap format with it's multi loading and emulation over load, but it didn't work. In fact it became the perfect image to fine tune emulation itself! With MTAP and YAPE having under gone large updates since that time the day was upon us before we even knew Winter Events.tap would load! If it wasn't for Ati's testing yet again my 2mins sample tap of Winter Events it would still be tucked away in the duff folder! Ati mailed me at once with the awesome news that the sample was now loading in YAPE and could we please have the full version :-) To cut a long story short it took 2 days to get a fully 100% working version and at the same time one of my Winter Events tapes got chewed up :-( But the pay off has come and emulations finest hour is here! Our dream has at last become reality and it's time to share that magic moment of loading the original tape version of Winter Events with-out the real hardware. Udo lives on! Enjoy.

Download: Winter_Events.tap 1meg


Famous Faces 2
Posted by Csabo on 2002-04-23
We now have 31 images in our Faces of the Scene library. Thanks to Tamás Nagy (Fatman) for his pictures. If you take a look at his page, you will see that our Plus/4 World now has a member gallery feature... (You can see him developing Arthur Noid for the PC!)

Our software database has just broken the 1600 barrier! Many thanks to James C for his contributions!

And one more quick side note: all download links have been fixed!


Famous Faces 1
Posted by Csabo on 2002-04-22
We have two more pictures for you. This time it's two old-school guys from the Hungarian Plus/4 scene: SJP and Dale of EVS. Our "Faces of the Scene" page how has not less than 30 pictures of Plus/4 guys!

Check it out now, if you haven't seen it yet!


H and D's C16/Plus4 Handbook Issue1 of 12 Scanned!
Posted by MIK on 2002-04-21
CoverThat's right! RARE and unseen by many, 12 issues, 100% dedicated to C16/Plus4 gaming and full to the brim with Cheats, Pokes, Maps and Reviews. Issue 1 is only a taster of whats to come with a many big thanks to Aaron Gale for letting me borrow his mags! Aaron which you will find out once I get to about issue 5 was the biggest supporter to the mag with his cool Poke's and Cheat's. Aaron was also so good at his fav hobby they started to send him games to train for the coming issues! All that and more coming soon, for now you can grab issue 1 right here. Please note it's a 1.8MB download.


Plus/4 World Grand Opening!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-04-19
Lando and Csabo
are proud to welcome you to

PLUS/4 WORLD


Yes, it's finally here! Our mega C16/Plus4 resource website is finally open! So what do we have to offer? The largest and most comprehensive database of software released for this platform. We have a search engine to help you find what you are looking for. We have original covers and maps to remind you of the golden days, when commercial games were written. We have extensive group and member information about all the good people of the scene. We have news, we have a poll, we have an open forum, all waiting for you!

So come one, come all, use it, talk about it, and
Keep the Plus/4 Scene Alive!

We would also like to take this opportunity to wish
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
to our friend Attila Grosz, the author of YAPE! :-)


Jörg Dierks Paperboy - The Original Cover!
Posted by MIK on 2002-04-14
Adding to yesterdays coin-op conversions Paperboy now comes with it's original double cassette sized cover. The C16/Plus4 version of Paperboy says it all, get the right man on the job and what may of seen as the impossible can happen!

1986 was a fantastic games release year with the best coming from Germany as did Jörg Dierks. Kingsoft and Anco must have been in tears not having the licence to release this masterpiece.


2 Original Arcade Covers Added!
Posted by MIK on 2002-04-13
Ghost'n'Goblins and Ikari Warriors both get the Original Cover treatment. Not only are these covers rare but so were arcade conversions to grace the C16/Plus4. That makes these two something special I'd say :-)

One thing I will point out is, the size difference of the original and re-release covers is correct. You may remember the originals came in large black plastic cases. Bigger was better in the old days and this trend still stayed for years untill the DVD format hit the streets...


The Meanies Got Mapped!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-04-05
Csabo has created yet another cool map for a cool game: Video Meanies by Tony Kelly. This enjoyable classic should bring back old memories for most of us...

The game has 24 rooms, with a VCR in each room. Your task in the game is to turn off all the "videos". Once the task is completed, the game displays a "Well Done" screen, which has a little surprise on it... To see what it is, complete the game, or just take a look at this new map.


Sword of Destiny Cover!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-03-21
The promised Sword of Destiny Tape Cover is here! Another reminder of how things were when software houses published commercial games for the C=16 and Plus/4. Nice artwork. Scanned by Lando, who's a lucky owner of an original copy.

This game now has: full details, the cover, a map and cheats available all in one page! Just an example of what the Plus/4 World's growing database can and will contain!


Help Spiky Find His Way Home!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-03-20
Another surprise from Csabo: a brand new map for Spiky Harold! This cute classic gameplay may be a bit slow, but once you get into it, it's very enjoyable and challenging. Spiky the porcupine can wander around above and below the ground accross 41 screens. Spiky must collect 41 items (one on each screen) and the find his way home! Check out this new map here (147K).


Sword of Destiny Revealed!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-03-18
Check out this brand-spanking-new map from Csabo for the great Micro Projects game: Sword of Destiny! This cool game let's you explore the underworld into 20 levels deep and has an amazing 100 screens!

The original cover artwork of this 1985 oldie-but-goldie game is coming soon...


Artifex Strikes Back!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-03-14
Artifex v0.29 is out! After almost one year of hard work, Zsolt Prievara has released the new version of his great Plus/4 emulator for the PC. Among other things, this releases fixes issues with some opcodes, sound emulation, etc.

Download it on the Artifex Homepage.


Start the Cheatin'!
Posted by Csabo on 2002-03-12
The Cheats Section is now on-line and linked to the Plus/4 World's growing database! Also, the whole page is using the same PHP code, so changing the page colors/design is a breeze and instantaneous!


New Yape Version
Posted by MIK on 2002-03-08
Yape v0.37 was released today. The new version fixes a great deal of issues, to find out more, go to the Yape homepage.


Arthur Noid for the PC!
Posted by MIK on 2002-02-20
Two weeks, 579 cans of Coke and untold cups of coffee later he emerged yelling, "It's finished". These words can be found on the inlay cover but you can guess Shaun Southern did infact say this once he completed the coolest Noid clone for the C16/Plus4 ;-)

Not so long ago FatMan from Diamond Software released a neat level editor for Arthur Noid and the work hasn't stopped there. He's just released a sweet playable demo for the PC which is one of the first Plussy titles to get the PC treatment. Grab the Demo from the link below now!


Darron Broad's map of Mercenary scanned!
Posted by MIK on 2002-02-10
meDarron Broad's map of Mercenary scanned!
(Left) In the mug shot is me holding what can only be one of the rarest map's of Mercenry ever in existence. This infact is a comprehensive toutist-guide to Targ Central City! Issued by the Palyar information committe you can see in full glory all named roads and structures on the planet surface. Just to give you an idea of the actual size I thought I'd pop that one up because the scanned version as you can imagine is a MONSTER.
Last month Darron Broad (Author of Tomcat and Task Force for C16/Plus4) was heading down to my home town (Southampton) to celebrate one of his many birthdays with some friends and said we should meet up! Wow this was brain doing, I mean I was 16 years old at the time when I bought this dudes games and here I was with a chance of meeting the man him self :-) We met up in a local pub in Romsey and before I even had a chance to say "hi" he said "I got something for you take alook" and out came this awesome map!
I was blown away and yet there was even more Mercenry stuff up for grabs (this I'll scan another day). Anyways I asked Darron where on earth did you get all this cool stuff, he said:

When I was about 20/21 (1986/87) I went to a show in London Olympia and there was the Woakes dude, with what looked like his dad on the stall and he was playing the new Atari ST version of Mercenary, and it looked good as the GFX were way smooth, but still wireframe? There I bought the Mercenary add-on hints pack with the maps etc as you have them, plus the Legendary Badge! I do remember tho, that I was not allowed to buy beer because they thought I was underage, haha, and I am sure it was when I was 21 ;-)

I guess your wondering how did I got so lucky. Well Darron has kept all this stuff in his basement for many years and said he couldn't trust him self anymore with them and just to be safe he said I was worthy of taking care of them. hanks dude! At the end of the day Darron wanted to share his maps with us all so we owe him a many big thanks, for now the LARGEST map of them all is here, enjoy :-)



Yape v0.35 has been released!
Posted by MIK on 2002-02-04
Another great release from Ati once again. Check out what he has to say and grab yours all from the homepage now! Many thanks Ati, Cheers dude!


Yape v0.34 is out with the welcome return of SID!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-01-29
Ati's been working way 2 fast for me to keep up with this week. Following his every move with this updated version with SID back in, I can tell you now he's been working around the clock to pull this off, Nuff said! :-)

Don't forget if you're after a quick fix and cant wait to test Yape's SID support out then look no futher than Luca's last 3 Lone News Plus/4 Disk Mags, (issues 11,12 and 13). Many thanks Luca!

So what are you waiting for? The full story and more on the new release of Yape can be found over at the homepage! Cheers Ati :-)
Download: Lone News


Minor release of Minus4 heading your way soon!!
Posted by MIK on 2002-01-22
Mike is working on something very neat and intresting which can also be used with Adam Beraxa's Plus/4 Screen Saver. For the full story and more hit the link below now!


The All New Lemon64 Site has been launched!
Posted by MIK on 2002-01-02
The best C64 site on the web has just got better! Over the last year Kim Lemon has been working like nuts to bring you an easy to use, fast and flexible site that can only be called home to all your C64 gaming needs! Hit the link below and bookmark it now!
Link: Lemon64


Plus/4 World fights back ;-)
Posted by MIK on 2002-01-01
2000 and 2 should bring the best out of C16/Plus4 interests with the long awaited merge of C16/Plus4 ClassiX and Csabo's Plus4 DataBase. Yep it's under way, but as always there is much work to do. Csabo will take the C16/Plus4 web scene into a new light meaning more of everything with his new PHP based site under consruction right now! Along with my help and support it's gonna rock like no other ever created for the 264 series! More on this later in the year.


More P.O.D Please!
Posted by MIK on 2002-01-01
Yes many of you will remember Shaun Southern's classic shooter called Proof of Destruction or P.O.D. Released back in 1986 it was to see a second coming on the Sega's Megadrive console in 1993! As you may know Shaun was working for Magnetic Fields (former Mr Chip Software) and at the start of the 90's he was the brain child behind the all time classic Lotus games from Gremlin Graphics Software (Amiga Versions). Their final and greatest installment was Lotus3 for the Amiga, not only was the game wicked but so was the awesome music! Well as you can guess Lotus3 was ported onto the Sega Megadrive but this time it was called Louts2 because having the orginal Amiga version of Lotus2 named as Lotus Turbo Challenge on MD it did'nt leave the games name many options ;-)

Unless you were a keen Megadrive fan many of you wont know about Lotus2's hidden game of P.O.D! If you waited for the High Scores screens to pop up while the demo was running they almost gave the whole secret away with the wording of "TO PLAY THE HIDDEN GAME ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE THE TOP SECRET PASSWORD POD PLEASE". In short all you have to do is enter your name in as "POD_PLEASE" and start a new game!

Sad as it many seem I cant offer the game as a download because it's copyrighted to Electronic Arts who released the Megadrive version. But saying that it doesn't take long to search for it in Google ;-) So if your after a fresh look at the C16/Plus4 Classic P.O.D then find a copy of Lotus2 for the Megadrive and see what you make of it! I must confess though the original still rulez :-) Oh yeah, before I go into hidding again I'd like to wish you all a Happy New Year!


Adam Beraxa's new release of Plus/4 Saver!
Posted by MIK on 2001-12-16
Wishing everyone a merry and happy Xmas Adam has released V3.2 of his neat Plus/4 Saver. This time .WAV support has been replaced for .MP3 format! Not only is this more usefull for recording Plus4 samples, but you can take things back in time even more by adding your fav hits of the 80's to load of plus/4 images! With the likes of New Order's Blue Monday pumping away the only thing that is missing is your old bedroom and the easy life of being waited on hand and foot ;-) Adam has also added a number of cool effects from page curls to zoom's, what more could you ask for :-) Many thanks to Adam Beraxa yet again. Happy Xmas dude!

Grab the lastest Plus/4 Saver from the page below:


Screen Saver Extras Updated and more!!!
Posted by MIK on 2001-11-01
SVS/Fire has updated his awesome MEGA ASSEMBLER theme into JPEG format and at the same time he has sent in another saver called SVS TOOLS. In short this is a preview which shows many features based on some cool utilities he's working on right now!! SVS TOOLS are soon to be released, but take a close look at what he's got running on Plus/4. Some amazing tools indeed!

Grab the srceen saver extras from the page below:


Plus/4 Saver Version 3 is here!
Posted by MIK on 2001-10-28
Wow! If you haven't downloaded this neat Screen Saver then now is the time!! This version has been updated with the most wanted JPEG and WAV support which in turn will bring your savers ideas to life. What is so cool is you can forget about it ever being there and out of the blue memories of the past come rushing back when the saver kicks in =) Many thanks to Adam Beraxa for his work once again!

Once Adam added sound support to his Plus/4 Saver I couldn't help myself and just had to make up the Terra Nova title screen. Now how do I press the fire button? =)

Grab the latest Plus/4 Saver update from the page below:


An Introduction To Basic - Part 1
Posted by MIK on 2001-10-13
For many Commodore 16 owners out there these programs held on 2 cassettes would have been the very first things you loaded up! As you may or may not know these 2 tapes along with a large manual (almost the size of the C16) made up the C16 Starter Pack. Even 17 years on these programs are still fun and a great reminder of just how much you may of forgotten =) All the programs are in .TAP format and have also been saved as single files.

An Introduction To Basic Part 1
Tape 1.tap 363k
Tape 2.tap 451k



Plus/4 Saver Release 2 is out!
Posted by MIK on 2001-10-04
Release 2 brings the introduction of animations! This in fact is a simple but effective way of being able to show pictures in order. Already built-in the saver has to the most awesome anim of them all which is also great reminder of how it all started on Christmas day!

Many thanks to Adam Beraxa for his work once again and for adding some Plus/4 magic to the Windows Desktop.


C16.de T-Shirt Offer!!
Posted by MIK on 2001-10-04
The team are now making some cool C16 Homepage and www.c64games.de T-Shirt's for all fans alike. Order yours now! Hit the link below to find out more.


Plus/4 Sreen Saver for PC!!
Posted by MIK on 2001-09-26
Adam Beraxa has sent in the first release of his very own dedicated screen saver for Plus4 fans! This has made an excellent addition to the Plus/4 Theme page and with future plans and ideas this could turn into something awesome :-) Check it out now on the page below:


C16.de Updated!!
Posted by MIK on 2001-09-17
The Team have now added last weeks release of WinEMU 0.50 to their site for downloading. You can also find some info about copying D64 files back onto floppys and TAP images back onto real audio cassettes for use on the real machines!

I'd be very intrested to know if anyone does copy any TAP images back onto tape just how they got on. At a guess I would try some of the Mastertroinc games first because these were the easyest and very first games we made into TAP images (those with normal NOVALOAD turbo's). Anyways head on over to their homepage for the full story by clicking the link below:


WinEMU0.50 Released!!
Posted by MIK on 2001-09-12
The last update back in January 2001 was ment to be the final release, and what a surprise it was to read Zsolt has updated it once again! The following improvements have been added:
  • ADC/SBC are fixed and working fine (a lot more games working fine)
  • added 'Font' key on PC Delete key
  • small changes in the Setup program
  • Keyboard bug has been fixed
Many thanks Zsolt for your work once again, it's great to see you back :-)
May I also say, if you haven't seen Tom Thumb running under PC emulation then WinEMU is the must have for your emulation collection. Head on over to the homepage now!


Binar Disassembler for Amiga!!
Posted by MIK on 2001-09-06
Binar can extract source codes from 8bit machine language programs such as C16/Plus4, C64, C128, VIC 20 and more. So if you have an Amiga hop over to Amity and check out this neat tool!
Link: AMITY


Posted by MIK on 2000-08-12Norbert Kintzler has been busy once again with his amazing maps! This time Norbert has sent in Ghost Town complete with step by step walk through which is presented beautifully as one image. There is also a stonking map of Monty on the run. Find them on the Game Maps page!

DrZsolt author of Winemu sent in some info about him self and a neat piccy just to give you an idea about one of worlds leading Plus4 emu coders :-) There's also a cool picture of Shaun Southern, the man behind many a Mr Chip Software game. All found on The Team page.


Posted by MIK on 2000-04-02If you haven't had a look or seen "Minus4 Win" by Mike Dailly check it out now on the PC emu page. Great +4 emulator that runs in a window or full sceen and also has .d64 file support. If THRUST was one of your fav games Minus4 is the only +4 emulator that this game runs best on ! Some of you may know I've just got hold of a XE1541 cable and Drive. :-) I've tested Thrust.prg from my site on the real Machine and the game runs 100% fine :-) I also copyed over my own Tape version of Pin Point to PC and found the joystick problems are still the same with most +4 emu's. It's great to be able to test the games for real which helps me and you to have best there is.A big thanks goes to Zsolt and Michael for support in helping get the 1541 drive running on my PC. Zsolt made the cable for me and this is so COOL :-) Cheers !

Dont forget to keep an eye out on Plus4.org for the latest news and updates in the Plus4 world.

All games have now been sorted and all are now available in the Game Index along with Attila Grosz's 3 best games of the month.

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