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Yawthrust has released a PC game AUG 05 2003
SIDplayer available for the Catweasel MK3 AUG 22 2003 14:26
C64 - Nostalgie aus Bits und Bytes AUG 24 2003 11:53
Commodore 65 for sale AUG 26 2003 14:00
Nexus 6581 - II (EP) AUG 26 2003 18:02

MacGyver

[1] : 01. Aug 2003 11:28

Fixed the link on the programming compo so it’s... erm, actually a link. =-)

T.M.R

[2] : 01. Aug 2003 16:12

WTF is new and rewamped in this logo, this is the same old commodore mark with blue changed to white and a skewed/embossed rectangle under it.
CreaMD, me just curious, will you change that C= logo on top to the new one?

Someone please ask these irontulip guys to pay for demos and the scene will have a pump up, guaranteed!

Jackson #4/Jacksons Five

[3] : 01. Aug 2003 16:42

They contacted some fan sites as you can read in their article. ;-) C64.sk is not a C64-fan-site ;-) It’s serious news portal about C64 scene ;-). But seriously... I don’t know if I’ll use them or not. Now my mind is full of North Party 8 in Warszaw ;-).

CreaMD

[4] : 01. Aug 2003 17:39

screw that new logo i say.... it has R.E.T.R.O. written all over it no? argls

gpz

[5] : 02. Aug 2003 00:46

bah, they killed the blue/red in it, looks like a lousy rip-off. me not want any retro-shiit

slator

[6] : 02. Aug 2003 16:36

AUA! well, expected no other kind of reactions (:

retr-No-Pi

[7] : 03. Aug 2003 23:45

CreaMD, not 21, but 19 tunes took part in NP8 msx compo - you left too early to know that two more tunes couldn’t be run and therefore got disqualified.

SBoy

[8] : 04. Aug 2003 00:09

Aha.. so egzekwo = sharing? okay thanx for info

CreAMD

[9] : 04. Aug 2003 00:17

Yes, it’s "ex aequo"... :)

SBoy

[10] : 04. Aug 2003 00:31

ah... I thought it was a nickname ;-)

CreaMD

[11] : 04. Aug 2003 08:37

wasn’t he in taboo or something?

Tired judge

[12] : 04. Aug 2003 14:09

...so we get a new Commodore 64 logo in embossed italics, lacking the classic easily, recognizable color scheme and sporing a useless dark blue backdropped background... is everybody supposed to drop the classic logo in favour of this new one and if so, will they supply decent file formats to fit the logo into page designs that are not based on white backgrounds, and are there any license agreements involved when using this new logo?

se7en

[13] : 04. Aug 2003 14:52

Good points. I was thinking about it and still didn’t decide. I would probably rather keep original logo. As far as those white backgrounds are concerned, I’ve cut out just the logo and uploaded it as PNG with alpha-channel transparency. It is here: http://www.c64.sk/files/newc64logo1.png and here http://www.c64.sk/files/newc64logo2.png They can be put into e.g. photoshop and shadow or any other style can be added.

Crea

[14] : 04. Aug 2003 14:55

I don’t suppose anyone is going to use them until Ironstone stops talking about their plans and starts to realise them. All that "logo showcased on number of enthusiast sites" sounds IMO like PR talk.

CreaMD

[15] : 04. Aug 2003 23:21

who needs official websites anyway, the net is nothing more than corruption.. warez, porn etc.. what they need to do is find a legitimate reason for people to keep up their usage while making a profit. Since that is what it is all about..

fade

[16] : 05. Aug 2003 00:12

..no good deed goes unpunished... you’ll probably be the first one to be sued for mutilating the new and improved C64 logo =)

se7en

[17] : 05. Aug 2003 08:05

I can’t see why you keep talking about this shit. It’s completely uninteresting and has no effect on the scene whatsoever.

puterman

[18] : 05. Aug 2003 19:52

Moved ~Spacetanks~ to betanews. Not a C64 release.

CreaMD

[19] : 05. Aug 2003 19:53

I should have rather delete it. don’t you think?

CreaMD

[20] : 05. Aug 2003 20:59

Yes ;)

Richard

[21] : 06. Aug 2003 08:28

Updated the North Party stuff. Added sidtune pack. Enjoy.

CreaMD

[22] : 06. Aug 2003 09:51

Added Pentel Paint into NP8 releases - news post.

CreaMD

[23] : 06. Aug 2003 11:44

Deleted two silly spam messages by Yawthrust. Sorry, but this is a -C64- newssite you know ;-P
Also removed their link upon their request.

MacGyver

[24] : 06. Aug 2003 21:53

Added a new site to Partners button. 8-bitdesigns.com which replaced the wire.c64.org which is inactive for more than one and half year now.

CreaMD

[25] : 07. Aug 2003 14:43

Hi guys.
Can you recommend me some good looking and very playable Tron clones for C64? I’ve and urgent need for some titles and URLs!

Jailbird

[26] : 07. Aug 2003 16:37

The new prices at the Protovision-site are a bit harsh, arent they ? A PS/2 Keyboard Adaptor for 525Euro ? hm, I will stick to my 128 keyboard anyways :-D

SlAtOr

[27] : 07. Aug 2003 18:37

No, not 525 Euro indeed :-D It costs 55 Euro (including shipping) actually. At the GO64 Shop, you pay 60 Euro plus shipping. Build a cheaper PS/2 Keyboard Adaptor ;-)
The other PTV-prices are not "new" at all.

MacGyver

[28] : 07. Aug 2003 20:15

@ Slator: Sorry, first I didn’t get the 525 Euro were actually our mistake. It is fixed now. Many thanks for the hint!

MacGyver

[29] : 08. Aug 2003 14:00

Jailbird: best ones i can think of are Centric and Raster Runner - any good?

T.M.R

[30] : 08. Aug 2003 15:29

tmr: thanx! and i remember a double density tron clone as well, rebel racers or something like that. anyone here has a copy of that game by any chance?

jailbird

[31] : 08. Aug 2003 20:00

Jailbird: go to http://www.c64.com and search for "corx".

SBoy

[32] : 08. Aug 2003 20:52

TMR, SBoy: a lot of thanx! great!

jailbird

[33] : 08. Aug 2003 21:11

I would have suggested Centric and Rebel Racers aswell. A fine version of Centric (by FairLight) is on CSDb.
Anyway, such kind of requests would maybe better fit in the CSDb Request Forum.

MacGyver

[34] : 09. Aug 2003 05:00

Yea right, oops and sorry guys. Actually now as I think back to the moment of writing that post, can’t really remember why I asked for the games here and not on CSDb. Seems that’s one of those things that makes you go "hmmm"...
Too tired, too stupid, too stoned, or all that at once, might be the case.

Yeah yeah, I know, I’ll rather wake my rubberdollie now and fuck her up to tiny pieces! GEEZ, off.

jerkbird

[35] : 09. Aug 2003 21:32

Corx racers was one cool game by O.Stiller/MDG. I have to admit :) Which reminds me, where is he now?

Richard

[36] : 09. Aug 2003 23:35

Arsembly results. oldschool gfx not listed yet, but it’s probably won by mermaid or electric. http://asm03.assembly.org/News/Compos/

jailbird

[37] : 10. Aug 2003 12:13

quick results from primary star: reyn won the music compo, genius/paradize won the gfx compo and the dreams won the demo compo. Overall quality of the productions was rather low, apart from the music imho, some very nice tunes there (even though my favourite by Abaddon (I think) didn’t even finish in the top 3 - that should teach me not to vote!). Nice party though, much better than excepted

Tdj

[38] : 10. Aug 2003 15:57

Almost guessed right. I wonder why were Mermaid and Phase1 disqualified...

Jailbird

[39] : 10. Aug 2003 16:02

I just realised that the ass03 wares are avaiable from ftp.scene.org, someone please include it to the news entry
ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/parties/2003/assembly03/oldskool/

Jailbird

[40] : 10. Aug 2003 17:47

We’ll compile C64 only stuff to 1 pack soonish. I hope ;-)

CreaMD

[41] : 12. Aug 2003 00:39

Re-edited the entry about the new AFL demo (transfered URLs to hyperlinks and added the info that it was released at the Danish Gold Autumn Party 2003).
Wonder why we couldn’t read about this party here before it took place...?

MacGyver

[42] : 12. Aug 2003 00:49

Coz it was Elite party, maybe? ;-) Btw.I’ve spotted the invitation either somewhere at Radwar discussion board long time ago if or in that Flash demo released months ago, if I remember right.

CreaMD

[43] : 12. Aug 2003 01:28

Yo people! Here we are at the SAMAR MEETING 2003. At Ramos’es home there are MacArthur, Phobos, Asterion, Ivan and DJ Gruby! We greet you all! At the moment we’re planning to run PC demos on the emulator on C64 named "PC Shit v2.00 Beta", cause already we’ve seen Atari demos. Send.

MacArthur/Samar

[44] : 12. Aug 2003 01:52

yo macartur your rule my world. what are you actually talking about?

jailbird/booze design

[45] : 12. Aug 2003 08:07

MacArthur/Samar: spank your monkey, brush your teeth and go to bed. With DJ Gruby for example.

mielone

[46] : 12. Aug 2003 11:58

Yeah, Samar is now in the underwear business! Check www.samar.com, PROOF! Ha!

Steppe

[47] : 12. Aug 2003 12:31

What do you mean, man? We’re at the very cool meeting in Ramos’es home.

Mac

[48] : 12. Aug 2003 12:32

Hi Jailbird!

Cac

[49] : 12. Aug 2003 13:18

Could it be that the afl-d64 file has got some troubles ??? 2 parts are not working (at least for me) transfer error ?

Slator

[50] : 12. Aug 2003 15:09

Slutha: my CCS64 spermulator sez everything is fine.
All parts work, although I didn’t tried them on the real thing yet. Right away!

Jumbodick/Booze

[51] : 12. Aug 2003 16:06

afl-d64 from c64.ch didn’t work for me. i got a working one from pouet .net (not from direct dl link but from jailbird’s commented link)

nightlord

[52] : 14. Aug 2003 07:58

"And Robert Bernardo?s photos haven?t been developed yet..." The stalker scene is waiting impatiently.

puterman

[53] : 14. Aug 2003 08:33

Still much better that bringing C64 to mainstream... and "new" C64 logos unveiled...

CreaMD

[54] : 14. Aug 2003 09:24

Added a third photo of Seth Sternberger and Jeri Ellsworth to the "First CGE photos" news.

MacGyver

[55] : 14. Aug 2003 18:09

Those pictures are pure porn

Tdj

[56] : 14. Aug 2003 18:19

Next time be careful with your judgings. You can be pretty sure the pics-htirate increased at least about 200% after your statement ;-)

CreaMD

[57] : 14. Aug 2003 19:53

c64.rulez.org is up again. you can reach http://mags.c64.org

junkbird

[58] : 14. Aug 2003 23:49

someone please tell me who is wearing the hawaiian shirt and tight green pants :)

flade

[59] : 14. Aug 2003 23:59

peter pan, or robin hood?

[60] : 15. Aug 2003 01:33

Mad: There indeed were -5- C64 related events last weekend: Primary Star 2003, Assembly 2003, Danish Gold Autumn 2003 Party, ?rok Party 5 and Classic Gaming Expo 2K3. Life should be a party! ;-)

MacGyver

[61] : 15. Aug 2003 09:25

But why also Arok party wasn’t in our partyscope? Seems like we should add possibility to open-add party...

CreaMD

[62] : 15. Aug 2003 09:31

So many parties and so few demos...

iopop

[63] : 15. Aug 2003 11:16

@ CreaMD: Well, I heard about Arok party and asked Poison / Singular if it should be announced here, but he said it was a really low number visited meeting, and he didn’t want to advert it too much (maybe because there wasn’t THAT much space for more visitors).

MacGyver

[64] : 15. Aug 2003 13:47

Hey, big kisses to Jazzcat for creating that wonderful magsite! You da man, jazz!

Mike Nomad

[65] : 15. Aug 2003 20:01

MagerValp’s C-VOTE system kicked ass at LCP! And, believe it or not, it was cracked by evil crackers only seconds after the instructions were loaded onto the projector screen... ;-}

Trident

[66] : 16. Aug 2003 00:38

crack ass not softwarez

big al

[67] : 16. Aug 2003 00:39

oops i mean crack ironstone not ass

big al

[68] : 17. Aug 2003 15:35

crack is bad mkay?

gpz

[69] : 19. Aug 2003 20:51

Added the next Commodore Show to the partyscope.

MacGyver

[70] : 20. Aug 2003 12:30

bcn party’11 in spain 31.10-2.11.2003 http://www.bcnparty.org/

slator

[71] : 20. Aug 2003 15:21

Thanks Slator, added bcnparty’11 to the partyscope.
If anyone finds more C64-related events not included in our partyscope yet, please drop me a mail.

MacGyver

[72] : 25. Aug 2003 14:11

Moved "SIDplayer available for the Catweasel MK3" and "C64 - Nostalgie aus Bits und Bytes" to the Beta-News.

MacGyver

[73] : 25. Aug 2003 18:45

Quick edit to the Nostalgia news to fix the URL (check the games, worth a download! =-)

T.M.R

[74] : 25. Aug 2003 23:58

The place of the Classic-Computing 2003 changed - it’s now in Eberstadt instead of M?ckm?hl. Fixed that in the partyscope. Check their homepage for details (German only).

MacGyver

[75] : 26. Aug 2003 14:08

"Commodore 65 for sale" moved to the Beta-News.

MacGyver

[76] : 27. Aug 2003 21:07

"Nexus 6581 - II (EP)" moved to Beta-News.

MacGyver

[77] : 28. Aug 2003 18:00

Isn’t it time the latest downloads section on C64.SK been updated?

Richard

[78] : 29. Aug 2003 22:59

Guys could you post Breakpoint 2004 in your partyscopy? I realise it’s still pretty far away, but maybe this way people have plenty of time to prepare ;-) It’s going to be at Easter 2003, which would by April 9th to 12th, IIRC.

anonym/padua

[79] : 29. Aug 2003 23:00

PS: The URL is http://breakpoint.untergrund.net/

anonym/padua

[80] : 29. Aug 2003 23:38

itym easter 2004 :-)

trident

[81] : 30. Aug 2003 13:58

Added Breakpoint to partyscope.

CreaMD

[82] : 30. Aug 2003 16:27

Okay, updated downloads and added new Cosine pretties...