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- Bomb Chase
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- Richard bayliss releases and updated
- Bomb chase
- http://www.redesign.sk/tnd64/games/Bom
- bDChaseDRevival.ziz With updated
- Graphics and music The idea of the
- game is to dash around collecting
- bombs before they explode. A simple
- game but the simple ones are usually
- the most addictive.
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- PRESS PLAY ON TAPE
-
- is proud to announce two upcoming
- concerts in the near future: On
- Saturday april 7th we'll be playing in
- Frankfurt, Germany, at the
- Breakpoint'07 demo event. We have been
- wanting to play in Germany for a long
- time so we are really looking forward
- to this. If you live in Germany don't
- mis it! See the Breakpoint website for
- more info:
- http://breakpoint.untergrund.net/
-
- Press Play on Tape On Saturday May 5th
- we'll be playing another concert in
- Copenhagen at "The Rock". The last
- concert in December went really well
- so The Rock wanted us to come and play
- again :) Hope to see YOU there!
- Tickets are available at
- http://www.billetlugen.dk (search for
- "PRESS PLAY ON TAPE") at 85 DKK + fee.
- At the previous concert the doors
- closed during the evening because the
- place was crammed, so be prepared and
- buy your ticket in advance :) Keep an
- eye on our event page for up-to-date
- info about support band and more:
- http://www.pressplayontape.com/?pid=co
- ncertsDtherock2007
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- ROC=K ON!
-
- PRESS PLAY ON TAPE NEWS
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- Cottonwood BBS
-
- I've been hard at work on adding
- "goodies" to my BBS, which is now
- running on Color 64 software. I have
- added multi-upload capability, 40/80
- column selection for message entry, a
- "one-liner" feature, and best of all,
- some online games! I've added
- Horserace (a "classic" Color 64 game),
- Master's Empire (a very good upgrade
- to the classic Empire game), and Stock
- Market (another great game). Master's
- Empire and Stock Market are both
- multi-player games. Everyone gets to
- take turns while they're signed onto
- the BBS, and over a period of weeks,
- the game progresses until one person
- reaches the pre-set goal and is
- proclaimed the winner. I'll be on the
- lookout for more Color 64 mods to
- improve my setup... I'm always looking
- to improve... :-) Check out what's new
- on Cottonwood BBS today by calling
- (951) 242-3593.
-
- Take care... -Andrew
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- JSIDPlay
-
- "New version of JSIDPlay available" A
- new version of the 100% Java sid
- player is available at www.jac64.com.
- It plays much more sid tunes than
- previous versions since it is based on
- the latest JaC64 version and use Dag
- Lemms sidplay assembly routine. The
- full HVSC library is available to
- listen to!
-
- http://www.jac64.com/sid-music.html
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- The Commodore 64 Games Book
-
- Pre-orders are now open for "The
- Commodore 64 Games Book 1982 - 199x".
- This is the follow-up to the ZX
- Spectrum book released in December
- 2006 by Andrew Rollings. (
- http://zxgoldenyears.com ) Author
- Andrew Fisher will review and describe
- over 200 classic (and not so great)
- Commodore 64 fans, revealing trivia
- about the machine, the programmers and
- the games. There will be a limited
- print run, and pre-ordering will help
- guarantee the book goes to print.
-
- http://c64goldenyears.com
-
- More information later in this issue
- of Commodore Free magazine
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- COMMODORE FREE Programming section
-
- I am pleased to announce that if all
- goes to plan! We should have a
- programming section in the magazine, I
- have asked the writer to produce an
- Introduction to programming. So what's
- new with that there are loads of
- these, Yes dear reader and if you are
- a programming virgin you will realise
- they all start slow then seem to
- gather pace till it's a rush to the
- end and somewhere mid section you seem
- lost! The Commodore Free programming
- guide will walk the user through the
- basics of Coding a game in BASIC using
- Commodore graphics then move to using
- sprites, and sounds, the adding music
- then finally to producing the whole
- game in machine code. I will announce
- more after I have the full ok from the
- writer taking up the challenge. Many
- readers have requested that there be a
- programming section and I hope this
- fills the gap, If you have any
- programming experience or advice
- please share it with other readers.
- Again I would like anyone whatever
- background to submit an article on
- something Commodore related, Thanks to
- all readers who contributed to this
- issue
-
-
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