• C64 Specifications

    Posted on February 15th, 2010 admin No comments
    Commodore 64

    Commodore 64

    Released: August 1982.

    Sales: about 17 mil. /best selling single computer ever!/

    Discontinued: April 1994.

    CPU: MOS Technology 6510 /clock: 0.985 MHz PAL or 1.023 NTSC version/

    RAM: 64 Kb

    ROM: 20 Kb

    Sound: MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID /3 Synthesized Channels with own programmable ADSR envelope; 4 waveforms: Triangle, Sawtooth, Pulse, Noise; 8 octaves; Programmable filter: low pass, high pass, band pass, notch; Oscillator synchronisation; Ring modulation;/

    Video: MOS Technology 6567/8562 (NTSC) or 6569/8565 (PAL) VIC-II / 40×25 text mode, chars 8×8 or 4×8 in multicolor mode, 256 predefined chars; Bitmap mode 320×200 or 160×200 in multicolor mode; 8 hardware sprites 24×21 or 12×21 in multicolor mode; Smooth scrolling, raster interupts/

    Input and Ouput: two 6526 /16 bit parallel i/o; 8 bit serial i/o; Time of day clock; 16 bit cascadable timers/

    Ports:

    • Cartridge expansion slot
    • RF modulator output
    • Audio and Video output /8 pin DIN/
    • Serial bus /6 pin DIN/
    • Tape interface
    • User port
    • 2x Joystick ports
  • Ripp Disk #3

    Posted on January 31st, 2010 admin No comments

    Released on January, 24. 2010.

    Ripp Disk #3 screenshot

    Ripp Disk #3 screenshot

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  • GR9 Strike Force from Cosine

    Posted on September 17th, 2009 admin No comments

    New shoot’em up game from T.M.R.

    Screenshoot:
    gr9-strike-force

    More info and download: Here

  • New games from DATA-LAND

    Posted on August 6th, 2009 admin No comments

    C64 game scene is still live, and these three games which come from DATA-LAND  prove that.

    • Rendezvous im Weltraum
    • Find Another Way… With You!
    • Missile Alert

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  • XSidPlay 2.0.3 Released!

    Posted on March 1st, 2009 admin No comments

    After some times the new version of XSidplay is ready.Xsidplay plays Sid file in both Linux and Windows, using QT3 library.

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  • [TimeWarp] 80′s C64 “Hello World!”

    Posted on February 27th, 2009 admin No comments

    When you beggining with learning new programming lanuage, first, very explanatory example is “Hello World!”. In this article we will see how first steps are maked in Commodore’s 64 BASIC. So, back in ’80s. First day in front of C=64.

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  • The Commodore 64 era

    Posted on February 26th, 2009 admin No comments

    When we look today at Commodore 64 characteristics, 1MHz clock doesn’t seems impresive, 320×200 16 colors graphics isn’t Read the rest of this entry »

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