Commodore Free Magazine, Issue 93 - Part 4

[Stephen Walsh]

tool are:

Main editor: sequencer, patterns, instruments, and step and FLO programs.
Jam mode: mono, poly or layered. Selection of instruments, song, octave
or song speed and a diskette menu.

csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146689/virtuoso-0.98.d64


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VCHAR64 V0.0.12
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Ricardo has developed a character editor with the following features:
Import, export, rotate, invert, clear, shift to left, right, up and down.
Changes in this recent version include: Improvements for Koala import and
VICE snapshot import support.

Win32 Download (github)
Win32 Download (csdb)

Mac OSX Download (github)
Mac OSX Download (csdb)


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MUSIC STUDIO 2.2.0.2
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Music Studio 2.2 is a Windows-based SID music creator software. For an
accurate C64 sound, it utilises the newest RESID-FP emulation available,
both old (6581) and new (8580) SID chips. MS2 is capable of creating 1x
speed tunes and alternate many SID chip parameters directly with various
commands. Classic and new C64 sounds can be created with envelope
parameters that can be set up in few simple steps.

www.wellytop.com/MusicStudio2.2.7z


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CRX RACE
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Released by: Delysid

A car race game based on the Honda CRX car. I am unsure of the
instructions as I only read English and Google Translate didn't help much.

Website
www.c64-wiki.de/index.php/CRX_Race

YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCMeTeA8T6k


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STACK UP
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Released by: Delysid

An interestingly titled game, the object of this game (played with the
joystick) is to click the fire button to stop the left to right scrolling
block and stack them one on the other. It's more just a case of clicking
the joystick button at the right time.

The game reached 10 in the Mixed Competition at BCC Party #10

berlinc64club.de/events/bcc10-party/csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146459/
STACKUP.D64


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DRESS UP!
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Released by: Steveboy

Written in BASIC, the program is like the old fuzzy felt kits you used to
buy where you get a model and dress it in various clothing options. Quite
a clever idea for the computer.

csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146374/DRESS+UP+BASIC.d64


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SNAKE
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Released by: Bytebreaker

Needing no introduction, this is a snake game. Eat the dots, you get
bigger and try not to crash into yourself or the screen edges. It's a
simple version with crude graphics, although the game plays very well. The
text in the game seem to be in German though (I think).

csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146342/vsnakefinal.prg


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JSSID-0.9.1
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Released by: Hermit

jsSID by Hermit - a JavaScript SID emulator and player for the Web Audio
API

(It doesn't need Flash-player or Java-VM, it's pure JavaScript.)

Web Audio API is supported (and contained) by browsers (according to
Wikipedia) since these versions: Firefox 23, Chrome 10, Opera 15, Safari
6, M$ Edge 12,

Chrome for Android 28, Mobile Safari 6 (restricted), Mobile Firefox 23,
Tizen

Website
hermit.sidrip.com/jsSID.html

Download
hermit.sidrip.com/software/jsSID-0.9.1.zip


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MULTIPAINT
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Released by: Dr. TerrorZ

Runnable on MacOS, Linux, and Windows as 64- or 32-bit applications, this
very competent paint package has been updated.

Multipaint allows you to draw pictures with the colour limitations of some
typical 8bit Computer platforms. The display formats supported are
Commodore 64 high resolution, Commodore 64 multicolour, ZX Spectrum, and
MSX 1.

Meant to encourage a way of creating 8bit pixel images in direct dialogue
with the colour limitations of the target platform. 8-bit visuals are
often defined by a presence of a colour grid which is coarser than the
actual pixel resolution, which is quite low to begin with. Working with
and around these limits often means trying out a variety of approaches as
you go along.

Website
multipaint.kameli.net/

Application Download
multipaint.kameli.net/multipaint.zip


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SPACEMAN SPLORF: PLANET OF DOOM
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Released by: Pond, SDW Developments

A game using the joystick in a sort of keep-it-up way, you have to apply
the correct lift by hitting the fire button to keep your spaceman up in the
air. Too much lift you hit the screen and die, not enough and you sink in
the goo or gloop. Also, you need to avoid the asteroids or rocks that
float over this scrolling screen. Very smooth and some great
tension-inducing music.

Download
pondsoft.uk/files/Spaceman_Splorf_Planet_of_Doom.d64

Manual
csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146282/Spaceman_Splorf_Planet_of_Doom.txt


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KORMI A TETőN [HUNGARIAN]
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Released by: Steveboy

I have no idea what this game is. The game is in the Hungarian language
and played with the joystick. It's some sort of text adventure and that's
about all I know!

csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146242/KORMI+A+TETON.d64


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HESSIAN
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Released by: Covert Bitops

Take the role of Kim, a low-clearance security guard working a permanent
night shift at the Throne Group Science Complex. One night she wakes up
inside a cargo container converted to an improvised emergency operating
room. All she remembers are multiple unknown hostiles firing at the staff,
heavy rounds hammering into her chest and everything going black, then
finally the shouted words filtering into her consciousness: "Massive
trauma.. Need artificial circulation.. Prepare the nanobot injection
now!"

cadaver.homeftp.net/games/hessian.zip


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JANI 2 [SEUCK]
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Released by: Oliver Orosz

Nice little SEUCK game with great graphics. Very playable, although it
could do with a makeover in the sounds department. Doesn't seem to suffer
as many of the SEUCK games do from the strange glitches, this seems really
smooth and well thought out.

Download
csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146083/JANI2.d64
csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146096/JANI2.exo.prg

Seems to be a follow up of the game JANI that is similar although with
different colour and back drop

csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/144844/JANI.d64
csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/144846/JANI.prg

Youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH5SP5FmypM


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1541 DIAGNOSTIC CARTRIDGE V1.0
[RAM VERSION]
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Released by: Hokuto Force

This is the information from his website blog.worldofjani.com/ Click the
Commodore link on the right for more information.

It would appear this tool was designed to fit on a cartridge to test floppy
disk drives, as loading from disk on a fault drive can prove frustrating!

This is why I created a 1541 Diagnostic Cartridge.

The website says: --

"The challenge was to get all these tools to fit into an 8K cart. I wanted
to keep the hardware simple and a 16K cart would have overwritten the BASIC
interpreter."

The tools are optimized to be as small as possible.

csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146028/1541-DIAGNOSTIC-CARTRIDGE-V-1.0-RAM-.D64


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SDI 2.1.7 CHEAT SHEET
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Released by: Psylicium

Just a set of keyboard shortcuts and hints for using SDI more commonly
known as Sid Does IT and the application is available fr