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Everything C64 :verified:<p>🕹️ C64 High-Score Challenge for September 2025: Silk Worm (The Sales Curve, 1989) <a href="https://discord.gg/rH7BcFWBpW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discord.gg/rH7BcFWBpW</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a></p>
The Gib :startrek:<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Sapevatelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sapevatelo</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://diggita.com/c/computer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>computer</span></a></span></p><p>Regalo di fratelloh:</p>
Etienne le Marchand (Steve J)<p><strong>Oh....</strong></p> <p><a href="https://my-place.social/display/e599373b-3368-b4aa-95c4-326161868534" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">my-place.social/display/e59937</span><span class="invisible">3b-3368-b4aa-95c4-326161868534</span></a></p>
dwardoric<p>Wie kann ein Ultimate64 als SID-Player über Netzwerk genutzt werden? Natürlich mit einem Amiga! <br>😅</p><p>amiga-news.de - Fernsteuerung eines Ultimate 64: u64SidPlayer und u64ctl<br><a href="https://amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2025-08-00125-DE.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2025-</span><span class="invisible">08-00125-DE.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Ultimate64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ultimate64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SID</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>Thinking about my future setup with the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> Ultimate...</p><p>Interesting to note that that the aspect ratio for a square-pixeled <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> display would be 1.6, rather than 1.333 (4:3) or 1.777 (16:9).</p><p>That means that a 1720x1080 display would be a 1:1 pixel representation of the c64 display (scaled 5.375 times) with only 100 pixel wide letterboxes on each side (while a 1600x1000 display within a 1920x1080 picture could achieve a pixel-perfect 5x integer scaling)</p><pre><code>$ qalc &gt; 320/200 320 / 200 = 8/5 = 1 + 3/5 = 1.6 &gt; 4/3 4 / 3 = 1 + 1/3 ≈ 1.333333333 &gt; 1920/1080 1920 / 1080 = 16/9 = 1 + 7/9 ≈ 1.777777778 &gt; 1080*1.6 1080 × 1.6 = 1728 &gt; 1720/320 1720 / 320 = 43/8 = 5 + 3/8 = 5.375 &gt; 320*5 320 × 5 = 1600 &gt; 200*5 200 × 5 = 1000 &gt; </code></pre>
SID Music Bot<p>Insomina by Thomas Detert</p><p>./Detert_Thomas/Insomina.sid<br>Title: Insomina<br>Author: Thomas Detert<br> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a><br> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>The Queramin is a QWERTY Theremin with a C-64 Heart <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/08/30/the-queramin-is-a-qwerty-theremin-with-a-c-64-heart/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/08/30/the-qu</span><span class="invisible">eramin-is-a-qwerty-theremin-with-a-c-64-heart/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/MusicalHacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicalHacks</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/theremin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theremin</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Queramin is a QWERTY Theremin with a C-64 Heart - While we have nothing against other 1980s 8-bit machines, the Commodore 64 has alw... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/08/30/the-queramin-is-a-qwerty-theremin-with-a-c-64-heart/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/08/30/the-qu</span><span class="invisible">eramin-is-a-qwerty-theremin-with-a-c-64-heart/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/musicalhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musicalhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/theremin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theremin</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a></p>
Rod Hull - www.tfw8b.com<p>Rod Hull Replays: Pharaoh's Curse - Commodore 64 - Loaded via an new thing <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MicroSD2IEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroSD2IEC</span></a>&amp;FastLoadCart<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lkRA9NuuOQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=6lkRA9NuuOQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a></p>
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Tom 🐲🇩🇪:verified_paw:<p>There will be a demoscene panel at EF this year for the first time!<br>It will be similar to the one at NFC, but we will have twice the amount of time :)<br>And yes we will have a working amiga this time ;)</p><p><a href="https://www.eurofurence.org/EF29/schedule/events/2924.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurofurence.org/EF29/schedule/</span><span class="invisible">events/2924.en.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://meow.social/tags/furry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>furry</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/eurofurence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eurofurence</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/eurofurence29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eurofurence29</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/EF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EF</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/EF29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EF29</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/Eurofurence2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eurofurence2025</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/ef2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ef2025</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amiga</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/amiga500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amiga500</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/64k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>64k</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/computerart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerart</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/PixelArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PixelArt</span></a></p>
Bernie<p>Can I port C64 Commando music to arcade hardware?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyzM-H286U" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ewyzM-H286U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/sid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/arcade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arcade</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Commodore manía<p>Knight Lore (Commodore 64) <a href="https://pulsayjuega.es/2025/08/30/knight-lore-version-commodore-64/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pulsayjuega.es/2025/08/30/knig</span><span class="invisible">ht-lore-version-commodore-64/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> En 1984, Ultimate Play The Game lanzó Knight Lore para ZX Spectrum, y nada volvió a ser igual. Lo que parecía otro juego de aventuras protagonizado por Sabreman se convirtió en un punto de inflexión técnico y artístico. ¿La razón? El motor Filmation, una maravilla de programación que simulaba entornos tridimensionales en perspectiva isométrica, algo impensable en los microordenadores...</p>
root42<p>Saturday morning disk copying session!<br>A friend asked for some C64 disks. Nothing easier than that!<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Commodore manía<p>Pentagram (Commodore 64) <a href="https://pulsayjuega.es/2025/08/30/pentagram-version-commodore-64/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pulsayjuega.es/2025/08/30/pent</span><span class="invisible">agram-version-commodore-64/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> En 1986, Ultimate Play The Game , los genios detrás de&nbsp;Knight Lore&nbsp;y&nbsp;Alien 8,&nbsp;lanzaron&nbsp;Pentagram, el último capítulo de la saga de Sabreman bajo el motor Filmation. Y vaya forma de cerrar una era.<br>En&nbsp;Pentagram, Sabreman regresa convertido en mago, explorando un bosque encantado en busca del mítico pentagrama perdido. El juego conserva la icónica perspectiva isométrica de sus predecesore...</p>
Everything C64 :verified:<p>C64emu first public release <a href="https://c64emu.blogspot.com/?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">c64emu.blogspot.com/?m=1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emulation</span></a></p>
root42<p>For today’s session of Bureaucracy we had to swap C64s. This gentle old breadbin would crash all the time when the REU was plugged in. My guess is a dirty cartridge port. We switched to a C64C and could play just fine. <br>This machine here was extremely destroyed. <br>The repair was documented in this video:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ha_-5OGONC0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ha_-5OGONC0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a></p>
root42<p>New toy by lft:</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=LNGH_I8hkXM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=LNGH_I8hkXM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mos6581" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mos6581</span></a></p>
64'er Magazin<p>Charakter-Designer | 64'er Magazin<br><a href="https://www.64er-magazin.de/SH8504/charakter_designer.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">64er-magazin.de/SH8504/charakt</span><span class="invisible">er_designer.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/64er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>64er</span></a><br>Mit diesem Programm passen Sie komfortabel alle darstellbaren Bildschirmzeichen Ihren eigenen Vorstellungen an.</p>
C64.CH<p>Chillin' by Padua, released on November 23rd, 2024. Check it out @ <a href="https://c64.ch/productions/12432/Chillin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">c64.ch/productions/12432/Chill</span><span class="invisible">in</span></a> <br>/ c64.ch - <a href="https://mas.to/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a><br><a href="https://c64.ch/guestbook" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">c64.ch/guestbook</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://c64.ch/scenenews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">c64.ch/scenenews/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://c64.ch/sitenews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">c64.ch/sitenews/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://c64.ch/productions/demos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">c64.ch/productions/demos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>