English.SCACOM issue 4 (October 2008 )))

Issue 4 www.scacom.de.vu October 2008

SCACOM Disk: Gold Quest 4

Interview with Michael Krämer

Interview with Bender

Commodores Patents

Games Convention 2008

Best C64 Games List

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Prologue .

English SCACOM issue 4 comes with a Imprint special version of the game “Gold Quest 4” and lot of interesting articles! English SCACOM is a free download- able PDF magazine.It’s scheduled every 3 months. A lot of news from the last three month and two interviews are included in this issue. You You can publish the magazine on your can also have a look at the Retro-corner on homepage without changes and link to www.scacom.de.vu only. the Games Convention 2008. Also included is a very interesting article about patents from Each author has Copyright of articles Commodore as well as the last part of our published in the magazine. Don’t use “C64 game list”. Try our word search, look at without permission of the author! the comic and find the solution of our game The best way to help would be if you show! write some articles for us.

Please send suggestions, corrections Sad news: This is the last issue of English or complaints via e-mail. SCACOM because of the fact that it’s a lot of work. Thanks to all fans and people supported Editoral staff: our project! Stefan Egger Joel Reisinger Write an E-mail to Michael Kronsteiner [email protected]. Contact: [email protected] www.scacom.de.vu Thanks to… Camailleon Christophe Kohler Christian Rehberg Content Michael Krämer Telespielator Picture of the month……………………… 4 News………………………………………… 6 Interview with Bender……………………. 9 Who can help? Background picture………………………. 12 Everybody! Please send your text to me with Interview with Michael Krämer ………… 13 your computer story or pictures! SCACOM Disk……………………………... 15 Bobble Bubble…………………………….. 16 What articles are in the SCACOM- Games Convention 2008………………… 17 magazine? Commodore Patents……………………... 19 There are Tutorials, stories about experiences The Innovative Museum…………………. 21 with Commodore computer, Interviews, Back- Feedback…………………………………… 22 ground pictures and other interesting stuff in Baracudas story…………………………... 23 our English SCACOM magazine. Best C64 Games List…..…………...... 24 Disk-cover for „Gold Quest 4“…………. 27 I hope you like our homepage and the Word search……………………………….. 28 magazine! Have fun! Comic / Game Show…….……………….. 29 10 reasons / Some final pictures……..... 30

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English.SCACOM issueNumber 4 (October of the 2008 )))month A C64 Gold Edition was available at eBay. It costs 3343,33 Euro.

Book of the month

Brian bagnallinterviewd Jack Tramiel in the new book: “On the Edge - The Commodore Story” will be available in Februar 2009.

Hardware of the month

The seller of a rare - Module of the never- released CDTV CR got 3,83 Euro for it.

Picture of the month

A young Commodore fan: The boy plays “Giana Sis- ters” installed with WHD load on an A1200.

The picture was shot on the “Commodore Meeting” in Vienna in 2008.

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News

WHD load Sub Hunter The developers want the There are new and improved You can now pre-order the speed of the version 0.70 or a WHD slaves available for game called "Sub Hunter" by little faster. download! Richard Bayliss! For £ 3.99 you get 25 underwater levels http://pspuae.condor.serverpr www.whdload.de on cassette and a beautifully o3.com/ designed cover. Available in 1541U October 2008. Super Methan Brothers PSP A second and third batch of There is a new PSP adapta- the 1541U is in production. If tion of the classic plat- you pay +40 Euros you can form game by Apache Soft- get a unit with Ethernet con- ware. nection. Also there is a new Firmware-Update (v1.1.) available.

www.1541ultimate.net

www.binaryzone.org/retrostor C64 .prg Generator e/index.php?main_page=prod The game will only work on With this program you can uct_info&cPath=82&products custom PSP 3.XX and 4.XX write a BASIC program under _id=430 firmwares. windows-environment! Addi- Copy the folder with the game tional features: Natami files to ms:/PSP/GAME (or The developments on NatAmi ms:/PSP/GAMEXXX where • Program import (.prg, .T64 are finished to produce the XXX is your custom firm- or .D64) first prototype. The Amiga ware's version). • Sprite editor clone is a not cycle-exact re- • Character Editor implementation of the Amiga DOWNLOAD • Binary import/export custom chips. It is compatible http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/bi • Code formating with AGA and even has an n/SMB_PSP.rar improved chipset called Su- www.ajordison.co.uk/index.ht perAGA iGame ml The MUI-based user interface www.natami.net for WHD-Load Games is VICE for Amiga available in new version 1.5. The emulator simulates some PSP-UAE 0.72 VICE Commodore 8-bit sys- The new UAE version 0.72 for • genres are now in an tems. The new version 2.0 is PSP systems fixes some external file available for AmigaOS bugs such as the centering of • "Never played” list 3.x/4.0, AROS (x86, PPC, the image in 4:3 mode. It also • Improved function x86-64) and MorphOS avail- seeks no crashes when you "Show / Hide hidden able. press the home button. If slaves" 1.3 is not found, the • Filter also works with www.viceteam.org/amigaos.ht emulator will search for the genres ml next higher version and will • Select the added writ- use them. ing to disc

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Commodore T-Shirts Space Invaders ble to use 4 or 6 buttons Sega Commodore Gaming now The game with the space game pads on the C64. sells Commodore T-Shirts. battles celebrates his 30th SNES and PC controllers birthday. Happy birthday! should also be supported.

VICE v2.0 C64 Emulator CCS v3.6 The Commodore emulator The popular C64 emulator is VICE in version 2.0 is avail- published with some im- able. It contains emulators for provements. C64, C128, VC20, PET / CBM and the C264er series. http://www.computerbrains.co A new feature let us copy text m/ccs64/ from the VICE window. All www.commodoregaming.com new features: Commodore Free issue 22 http://www.viceteam.org/plain/ Issue 22 of Commodore Free On the Edge: new book NEWS is available. You can downlo- The second, expanded edi- ad it in html, pdf, txt 40 co- tion of On the Edge includes Download: lumn and seq file format. information from marketing http://www.viceteam.org guru Kit Spencer, chip de- www.commodorefree.com signer Bill Mensch and Com- VICE for iPhone modore Cofounder Manfred Now also VICE is also avail- : new Core Kapp. Also CEO and Presi- able for the Apple iPhone. It’s A new update fixes some ex- dent Jack Tramiel was inter- easy to write on the virtual isting errors and now offers views from Brian Bagnall! keyboard because of the built the opportunity to write your in touchscreen. But it’s hard highscores onto ADF files! to play, because the phone has no keys. As with the PSP Update: Amiga Forever you have to hack the firmware An update for the Emulattions to start the emulator. package introduces a new format. Besides ADF and XS 1541 adapter other well-known file exten- The famous cables of the sions there is now also the X1541 series are a bridge new .Rp2 (retro Platform between IEC interface at the player) format. The justifica- Commodore computer and tion for the introduction is that WinUAE 1.5.2 the printer port on the PC. But games with multiple disks are Since 1.5.1 had a bug version modern PCs don’t have such easier to start. 1.5.2 is available! There are a printer port. The XS-1541 some small improvements adapter now uses either the 10 years amiga-news! and an experimental support serial port or a USB port. In amiga-news had it’s 10th for OpenAL sound. Also you addition you can use normal birthday! Congratulations can save your ROM paths in Commodore IEC bus as well from us! a file. as the IEEE standard found on the PET / CBM series of www.amiga-news.de C64-Forever announced computers. Cloanto – known from Amiga Cannon Folder: new Levels Forever – announced a soft- Projekt 64JPX 72 level in 24 new missions ware-package for C64-fans. The "Joy Port Extender" are available for the shooter www.c64forever.com called project makes it possi- Cannon Fodder. The level

aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Page - 7 -aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa English.SCACOM issue 4 (October 2008 ))) design as well as some sprite regions. An NTSC version graphics changed. You can Indivison AGA follows later. install the game with WHD The new Flickerfixer is avail- load. able for 129 Euro. It’s only 1) Extract the. Zip file into the compatible with the Amiga Root (sd0: \) directory. www.ppa.pl/cannonfodder 1200. A later version will be 2) put the SD card in the compatible with A4000 and 1541U Wireless: RForce CD32. The Flicker fixer works 3) Turn on the C64/C128 RForce is an adaptor that without drivers, and can dis- computer. transmits the signals of two play all Workbench modes in joysticks wirelessly. The piece VGA signals (only A2024 The C128D tested from us of hardware designed by monitor driver is not sop- booted in BASIC v7.0. The joca-tech will have low power ported). Colors are 100% the update has still worked be- consumption (about 35 hours same on VGA displays and cause it is done internally in of play). It is compatible with with 24 bit you get the full the 1541U. It is a very safe many home computers that color depth of AGA. The process. But if something use the standard 9-pin con- product is based on FPGA goes wrong, we are not liable nector. The response time is and can be updated thrue for damages. very good; a distance of 5 software. meters is not a problem, ac- What has improved? cording to the developers. www.jschoenfeld.com/news/n • Improved 6502 emulation There are different versions ews130.htm • The loading of Action re- abailable: a complete set will plays will now work better. cost around 70 euros. CloneA • IEC pins of 8 mA to 16 mA Finally there's some informa- respectively, which emit www.joca-tech.de tion on the Amiga clone of the problem in 1541-II individual computer. In No- should be fixed .. New Commodore Laptop vemvber or December, the • REU emulation has been Commodore announces a technical data should be greatly improved new small and mobile laptop. completed and published. • Minor swie the command For about 370 Euro you will Production and sales are "CD /" in the software IEC get a laptop with 10-inch dis- planned for Q3/2009. The mode play, a 1.6 GHz VIA C7-M video output of Clone-A is processor, WLAN, 1 GB of based on Indivision AGA, but What has been added? RAM and a 80 GB hard drive. it is not identical. • Retro Replay emulation The name of the new hard- • Super Snapshot V5 emu- ware is UMMD (ultra mobile C64 Radio lation, with 32K of RAM media device) 8010 / F. Radio 6581 plays SID tunes, • Swap reset / freeze func- C64 remixes and live shows. tion buttons

• Hiding files, with '. " launch www.Radio6581.com

300 articles in C64wiki 1541U Update The first 300 articles: The Since Friday the 18th July the time to do that was exactly 1 first update to the 1541U is year, 10 month and 24 days. available!

To upgrade to version 1.1 you www.c64-wiki.com have to download a .zip file from the homepage of 1541U. www.commodorecorp.com The update is only for PAL

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Interview with Bender Stefan Egger (translatated by Camailleon)

We talk to Christian Re- computer was a Sinclair “first time“. To play Space hberg (“Bender”) who has Spectrum + which I had Invaders for the first time on a the German website bought from a colleague at TV screen, was really great. www.classiccomputer.de school. But the story is now Unfortunately, the Interface 2, Homepage well-known. which I owned at that time, is very rare and hard to find. If Helllo Bender, please intro- I read on your homepage anyone wants to get rid of it, I duce yourself! that you got back your will instantly be ready to pro- My name is Christian Re- “first one”. Please tell us vide money or other actions. hberg, I live in Dortmund and how you made this and I collect old computers. Was what it means to you! What computers did you that all? I got the computer from own after the Sinclair Spec- HOL2001 in exchange for trum? Why “Bender“? I suppose some VCS cartridges and After the Sinclair I had a C 64 because of the TV series... money. Unfortunately the C from Media Markt for 279 Yes, because of the robot Sinclari turned out to be bro- DM. Then after a few years from Futurama. ken after sending. In case you ther was a PC20 III at a time should read this, Holger, I when everybody already had How did you get to the Fo- hope your cartridges break a 286 or a 386SX. The PC 20 rum64? When did you enter too (which usually happens then disappeared quickly and it for the first time? quickly and these are then an ASI 386 SX 20 appeared I entered the Forum64 via brought along to the next soon. This one had cost a lot internet (silly question), it was party ☺), joking aside, I am of chips and was soon up- first in 2003. So soon kind of really grateful to him. I put it graded with Soundblaster and a 5 th anniversary. Except for into my small shelve, so I can CD ROM. Then came a some wimps and the con men always see it. Sounds silly, TEMA TC (Brinkmann own from the forum I quite like it. but this was a very special label) 486 DX 33 and the fol- But most of the idiots are gone as fast as they ap- peared. It is the same as in real life.

When and how did you have the first contact with computers? The first contact was at school, there were two rooms, one was full of CPC 6128s and one full of C 64s. Unfor- tunately the room with the C 64s was always closed be- cause some people had a lot of fun destroying them and they also sometimes shut down while in running state. Therefore my first computer was the CPC, my first own

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Which computers do you use today? Most of the time I use a PC, be it at home or at work. SAP doesn’t run on a C 64 and my boss aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Page - 10 -aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa English.SCACOM issue 4 (October 2008 ))) puts up a weird look, when I so it was also necessary to do and all the info. But as it is want to plug it in there. Oth- a step there. But only the sometimes, you always find erweise the choice kind of double and threefolds disap- something to improve. I didn’t changes, but the C 64 is peared, every computer is still like the photos and the infos ready-for-use most of the there at least once. Moreover were rather unemotional. I time. Then I use also an I gave my word of honour that wanted to do that better. And Amiga or alternatively a the donations to the museum I managed it, as some people Schneider CPC or a MSX or will not be sold. This was also told me. sometimes an Atari XL or a a reason for why I didn’t ac- ST. I simply use what I am in cept an AS400 and a very old You once wanted to create the mood for. Olivetti calculating machine a C 64 page with tipps and as a donation. They probably hardware etc. Then the pro- What computers and game would have exceeded the ject died. Why? consoles do you own to- dimensions. Yes, the C64 World. It’s a day? pity, but I couldn’t bring up the Take a look at my page and Family? How ist he little power to take care of this pro- you know what I own. With kid? ject alone. Sounds silly, but consoles I am a grad Super Sonny is fit, he is alive and until something like that is put Nintendo Fan. This console kicking. He is also already up in all its diversity, that is a ist just fantastic, uncompli- very good at using com- lot of work. And also the other cated and great concerning puters. He is a sunshine. page fun and entertainment. Also I www.classiccomputer.de like the PS2, the old X-Box needs caring. But maybe the has ist charm, same as the Do you catch yourself fill- project will rise again. The Dreamcast. I also own other ing the cellar with com- thought is good, a conversion consoles as Jaguar and Sat- puters again? would be possible in another urn, but rather more for col- Unfortunately, yes. I just can’t shape as well. There are so lection reasons. help it. Every C 64 on the many good ideas and tipps boot sale is taken home, my which simply get lost in the I know you had a very big old connections still supply Forum64 or are asked for collection! Why is it all me with lots of hardware. And again and again. So I wanted gone now? I rather make sure it gets to create a kind of collecting It got out of hands. And be- back to the cycle, before it point. There is the C64 cause of the fact that I don’t might go into the trash bin. Wikipedia, but I don’t think really need about 60 C 64 much of it. It is a good over- and as many floppies, the We had a 264 special edi- view for people who know the whole stuff went to Magde- tion about the C16 and scene and know the estab- burg and a big part to Italy. Plus/4… What do you think lished terms. But the average The rare parts and donations about these computers? fool and ebay C 64 buyer is stayed with me. If you now Ugh…shake. Next question. absolutely overwhelmed. It ask yourself, what the things should get a memorial for do in Italy, they are used in a You have very good home- everything that makes the C retro amusement arcade. A page! Why did you make it? 64. But it is put on hold for great thing which I was happy With Microsoft Frontpage ☺ now… to support. There will be a big But actually I could blame report about this soon. I am in Christian Zahn for it. After my You have a cooperation contact with a rather known first steps on the Internet, I with C64 online page! Until writer, who likes picking up found his page and I was fas- now I haven’t noticed it – such topics. Furthermore my cinated for days. Such a great what exactly is it? family is also to be “blamed“, thing, to look at everything aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Page - 11 -aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa English.SCACOM issue 4 (October 2008 )))

I didn’t notice that much of it Nothing where you express Background either, it kind of fell asleep your emotions and communi- from my side. I will contact cate your fun is superfluous. pictures Thomas again, a very nice And one notices this clearly in Stefan Egger contemporary, who I was al- this magazine, it is created lowed to welcome on the with a lot of love and one I’ve created some special DoReCo. It is great but unfor- cannot deny that you have background pictures with a tunately the forum is rather the right touch for it. It is okay, program called “MicroStation” inactive. But the choice of the that you express your opinion from Bentley. It’s software for domain might by wrong, un- that you make your own rendering and often used by der a COM address most of magazine and you go through architects. I learned to use the people assume an Eng- with this thing. There is al- this program in school. lish or a commercial page. ways a hassle, be it a new And it is none of both. And issue, a new website or a new There are two Background the colours in the default set- hairdo. And when you look at picture included with this tings are rather daunting and the people who make a fuss magazine. The first picture too dark. But this is his thing. about you and your website shows an Amiga A1011 disk Let’s see what the time or trash-talk, these are always drive. The second picture brings, in any case the coop- the same. Enviers are always shows a Commodore 1571. eration will be pushed and there. Nothing bad can be They have a resolution of advanced. found about your magazine. 1280x960 pixels in JPG for- mat. You are part of the CeviAk- What wishes or projects do tuell. What do you do you have for the future? there? Why and since when To extend the cooperation do you do that? with C64-Online, to get a SX Every now and then I write 64 again (one of the biggest down my small mental black- mistake to give it away), outs and send them to Boris, maybe to realise the C64 who then really prints them World, to find a C 65 on a (and oh wonder I sometimes boot sale, to find a C 64 Gold get some feedback). at the roadside, there are so many things. But the private How did you get the idea things preside over these and for the 2 floppies in the are more probable to reach. Download further background hobby room, which I really And the first things are now pictures in our gallery at like? moving and a new car. www.scacom.de.vu: Sometimes I think in our cel- lar there is something in the Thank you fort he interview. air which kind of confuses Is there anything you want me, then you hear some flop- to get rid of? pies talk. But else I feel fine. Ah, leave me alone…….. ☺

What do you think of this (SCACOM) magazine? Was it a good or a redundant idea? Where do you think is the difference to existing magazines?

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Interview with Michael Krämer Stefan Egger (translatated by Camailleon)

We made an interview with I’ve heard that you make Which computers did you Michael Krämer, a member movies and/or rework them. own after that? of the Cevi Aktuell editorial Tell us something about the Later an Amiga 500 and a staff. film-making side of you! 486 with 50MHz were added. That’s right. I both film and And then bit by bit PCs which Hello Michael Krämer (of rework and of course I have were a bit better ;). the Cevi Aktuell editorial my finger in image editing. staff, a German C64 maga- Acually it all began with two zine in PDF format), please friends and me filming short What classic computers or introduce yourself and your clips with a digicam (max. 30 game consoles do you own hobbies in detail! seconds). Later we switched nowadays? Alright… *laughs* ...as you to a real camera. I still own about eight or nine already know, my name is That way even bigger and C64 (different models, could Michael Krämer but I am also more senseless films evolved. also be more :) ), three C16, known under the alias Then it came over us to syn- one C128, two Amiga 500, 8R0TK4$T3N (or short: Broti). chronise something. So we one , one IBM PC At least I hope that :) ; I am created parodies of „Lord of 300XL, one C-286-LT, one 21 years old and live in Moers the Rings“ and „Matrix“. In Atari VCS 2600, four Game which lies at the wonderful 2005 there was a film compe- Boys (ok, it is a handheld, but Niederrhein. tition (I forgot by whom) and still somewhat “retro” ;) ) and My hobbies are of course there we made our first seri- a Poppy 9012 television classic computers as well as ous movie of about 45 min- game. non-technical things as mak- utes for our school. Mean- ing music or playing while the film-making is lim- chess/XiangQi. I am also a ited to home of parties What is this Poppy 9012 big friend of DVDs and I or- and such things. Although I television game that you ganise film nights with friends still have a screenplay for a mentioned? regularly or I am out and silent movie in my drawer. But The Poppy 9012 television about somewhere with people if and when I will put it into game is a TV game from I know. action is still written in the 1977 (I don’t know anything stars. about the manufacturer). It is a pong clone with 6 integrated What do you do along with games. These are: tennis, your hobbies? When and how was your hockey, squash, handball, Next to my hobbies I am first contact with com- skeet shooting and battue. amongst others working for puters? Which was the first You either play with paddles the Digital Talk, Cevi-Aktuell one you had at home? or as the case may be with and Protovision. Additionally I The first time I could know the the gun. have my finger in the pie of promise of a computer I was different other projects (not 4 years old, when my father C64 oriented). brought home a C64 with a Which of those is your fa- 1541 and a green mono- vourite system and why? chrome monitor. My favourite system is and will always be the C64, be- cause I grew up with it. You are kind of attached to it like aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Page - 13 -aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa English.SCACOM issue 4 (October 2008 ))) to your first pet or cuddle which had been issued re- What do you think about animal. cently at that time. And so the the final GQ4? Compare it Cevi Aktuell was born. to older Gold Quest games! Well... Gold Quest 4 definitely Why are you more a Com- joins the same scale of addic- modore fan? What is fasci- The magazine only contains tion as the first three parts of nating about the C64 and topics on the C64. Why is the tetralogy. In comparison co.? that? What brought you to to older parts a lot has hap- On the C64 I was always fas- that? Isn’t it hard to fill the pened concerning the graph- cinated by the ingenious and magazine? ics and the level design. I also unique sound and it still does Now then, as the name al- think that the difficulty level today. I also loved how much ready implies, it revolves compared to GQ3 is a bit eas- you could get out of this box, around the C64. At the time ier. despite of its limits. when the Cevi-Aktuell evolved, there was no mere C64 magazine, which was for How did you like working in What are your top 5 of free. Of course it is hard to fill the team? Do you often test Amiga and C64 favourites? a magazine, you probably games? On the Amiga this would be also know that. The teamwork was fabulous. (without any order): The Se- It was a great team. I already cret of Monkey Island, It came worked on several games from the desert, Lionheart, What exactly is your job? myself together with a friend Turrican 3 and Indiana Jones May tasks comprise the typi- and also tested them. and the fate of Atlantis (if you cal editorial work, which is played it, you know what it looking for topics, translating means to play a disc jockey sources if necessary, etc. With issue 7 we celebrate *laughs*) Furthermore I also take care one year of the SCACOM- of our web site. I took over Aktuell. What do you think C64 (same here, no order): this task from the start, as of our “new” magazine? Archon 2, Turrican, Super Boris has a little less knowl- What would you change Nibbly, The Great Gianna edge in HTML than me. and what do you like best? Sisters and Mrs. Pac-Man I think the magazine has an enjoyable variety in the differ- You worked amongst oth- ent systems. A change which You are co-founder of the ers with me on Gold Quest probably some people would Cevi Aktuell (next to Boris 4 by Thorsten Schreck. like to have is the reduction of Kretzinger). Tell us about What did you do? What was errors. the birth of the “Cevi“! the biggest bug you found? Well... *thinks* it started, Well, I played the game to- when I had a letter from Boris gether with others and re- Do you think this magazine Kretzinger in my mailbox, in ported bugs. I would say, the was mainly a good or a April 2005. Inside was a greatest bug was probably needless idea? Where do folded piece of paper with one the highscore error in the 2- you see the difference to and a half pages of text, in player mode, where all the other existing magazines as which Boris asked, if I would collected points were as- e.g. Lotek? like to support this project. I cribed to the 2nd player. I think the magazine was a agreed of course, as I already good idea. After all it already knew Boris from our work on differs to Lotek in the publica- the Digital Talk, so I wrote a tion frequency. Also one can report about the MMC64, aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Page - 14 -aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa English.SCACOM issue 4 (October 2008 ))) find topics in your mag, which cannot be found in the Lotek. SCACOM-Disk Stefan Egger

We had/have a 264s special In this issue there is a spe- Side B: edition about the C16 and cial SCACOM Disk about Also there comes a "Gold Plus/4… What do you think “Gold Quest 4”. Articles Quest 4 BETA" in the about these computers? and interview about the SCACOM version. You can (How did you like this edi- game in last issue play exclusively all four level tion?) in its first Beta-stage. Explore I think that also 264s have In this issue there is a C64- all the mistakes and be a Be- their charme (otherwise I disk included. There are two ta-tester. wouldn’t have a C16 standing D64 images for two sides of around here). the disk. Everybody can start

the game with an Emulator We hope you enjoy this spe-

like WinVICE or CCS64 be- cial SCACOM disk on emula- What desires or projects do cause no Copyrighted files tor or your real C64! you have for the future? are needed. My biggest wish is, that you still hear something about the Side A: At the end of this issue there C64 in 25 years. On this image there is a spe- is a spezial 5,25” Cover for I am still working on some cial version of Gold Quest 4 Nhyaaaa! 11. So your projects. Amongst others included. This is a special SCACOM Disk is protected. there is supposed to evolve a SCACOM version of the film synchro and I will busily game with a lot of changes to Also there is a sticker for the go on composing my music other version. The changes in Diskette: project. detail:

• different music

• 2 player mode Do you want to get rid of • different title screen something else? I thank you for the honour the • Highscore Saver get interviewed. This doesn’t happen every day *grin*.

Else I would like to say hello to everyone who knows me and I wish you good luck with your project!

Thank you very much, we will take your advice to heart an try to minimise mistakes!

Links: www.cevi-aktuell.de.vu

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Bubble Bobble Source: www.c64-wiki.com

Description You and optionally one of • By collecting the umbrella your friends play Bub and you can skip 3 or even 7 Bob, two brontosaurs.By spit- levels ting bubbles you can trap • Some levels require to your enemies into them.The jump higher than normal. next step is to touch or jump In multiplayer mode, one on these bubbles to make player has to spit bubbles them burst. When all mons- while the other player ters are defeated, you can go jumps on them (jump on on to the next level.After a the bubble and then certain amount of time, a dircelty on the higher spot special enemy called "Baron or else the bubble will Blubba" appears, if not all the burst).This is more difficult other enemys are already in singeplayer mode. catched.Be aware of him. Cheats Controls To challenge other enemies who shoot fire balls, • Joystick left/right: mo- Name ve left or right press the following Bobble Bubble keys when the title • Joystick oben: jump screen appears: [S] Developer Stephen Ruddy • Joystick oben+rechts: [U] [P] [O] [R] [com- jump to the right Company Software Creations / Firebird modore key]. If the • Joystick oben+links: side of the screen Publisher Firebird jump to the left turns red for a short Musician Peter Clarke • Button: spit bubbles period of time, start HVSC-File /Clarke_Peter/Bubble_Bobble. the game. sid Design There´s a trainer A 2D-screen per level with version of the game Release 1987 tiny sprites and a background on Remember (Re- Plattform Amiga, Apple II, Arcade, Atari tune.Almost equivalent to the lease 161). It in- ST, C64, Game Boy, Game same named arcade classic. cludes different train- Boy Advance, Game Gear, ing modes. MSX, NES, PC-DOS, Play- Hints station, Saturn • If collected E,X,T,E,N,D, Genre you skip the level and get Arcade, Platformer an extra live Gamemode 1 - 2 Multiplayer • Extra lives reaching Operation 30.000 - 100.000 - 400.000 - 1.000.000 and Media 2.000.000 points • When both players take a Language English power up the same time, Information Sequel: Rainbow Islands both get its powers

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Games Convention 2008 Stefan Egger

At the Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig/Germany there were also old com- puters! You could try arcade- machines as well as a lot of- popular old consoles and computer systems. Of course, all historical relevant com- puter platforms and exots like the Vectrex of 1982.

It was very interesting be- cause a lot of young people were playing with old com- puters. But no matter whether you're young or old, everyone had fun. The number of visi- tors was significant.

Here are a few impressions and photos:

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Commodores Patents Stefan Egger

A little insight into the pat- data. Access between system ents of Commodore and components is accomplished Amiga. via the bus architecture on a priority queue basis. Chip Jay G. Miner has a patent count and chip area is mini- called "video game and per- mized.“ sonal computer" submitted. Further information: There are detailed descrip- tions, technical drawings and Patent number: 4777621 other complicated technical Filing date: Jul 19, 1985 component descriptions, Issue date: Oct 11, 1988 which I will not argue. Inventors: Jay G. Miner, Jo- seph C. Decuir, Ronald H. Here is a patent which should protect the case designs for a Nicholson Assignees: Commodore- Commodore printer. The pat- Even the Amiga menu system Amiga, Inc. ent had a period of 14 is patented (Jul 18, 1986) Primary Examiner: John G. years… Mills Filing date : Apr 4, 1983 A short summery: Issue date : Nov 26, 1985 „A video game home com- puter is implemented in NMOS (n type metal oxide semiconductor) technology with plural microprocessors. Centralized bus architecture and direct memory access (DMA) techniques are em- ployed. A video display gen- In Figure 3, the exact menu erator provides color signal structure in Figure 4 the entire outputs to drive a commercial surface. television receiver display. This display generator re- ceives inputs from both mi- croprocessors and obtains data directly from memory. A bit map of display information is kept in memory, wherein bits of information in memory image the precise screen dis- Even the cartridge casing of play for each instance in time. the C64 was patented. A bit map manipulator circuit Manufacturers also discov- performs, under microproces- Filing date : Apr 4, 1983 ered the Commodore com- sor direction, logic function Issue date : Aug 27, 1985 puters. There is a patent on a manipulation of the bit map piano keyboard for the C64… aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Page - 19 -aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa English.SCACOM issue 4 (October 2008 )))

that he appeared only in Ja- pan. Here's a page of the patent with different views of this rare Computers:

… and an information termi- nal that uses the Amiga tech- nology (Amiga in red circle):

And an old Commodore typewriter of 1968:

CD32 game console: Patent number : D356835 Here are a few more patents Filing date : Jul 23, 1993 where cases as drawings can Issue date : Mar 28, 1995: be seen! Commodore CBM 610: Patent number : D277755 Filing date : Aug 27, 1982 Issue date : Feb 26, 1985 I hope that this little insight into the patent world suc- ceeded. Other patents of Commodore or other compa- nies can link in their search.

Here is the CBM 720, de- Even the VC10/Max Machine signed by Porsche: / Ultimax called computer, Patent number : D277755 Source and further patent which appeared in Japan, Filing date : Aug 27, 1982 search: was established on Aug 27, Issue date : Feb 26, 1985 www.google.com/patents 1982 as a patent. It is thought

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The Innovative Museum Stefan Egger

Why I‘ve made it My project and stickers (from Original I had a good idea for a mod- The project’s name is “THE Hardware) ern museum and I collect INNOVATIV MUSEUM”. I’ve - Difficult rendering because Commodore Computers. But chosen this name because of the Lighting and the Glass it’s very sad that there are it’s a totally new concept and - RPC People (free or demo very few museums that focus all displayed items are very content) and one RPC Plant on Computer History. detailed and accurately be- for more realism cause I own Commodore ac- - Doors for changing the The idea cessory (each displayed item Items or repair the mecha- Museums should be more was time-consuming with up nism to lower the showcase attractive to disabled people to hours of work). Because of and children.There are a lot of these details it takes effect You can check yourself the museums in the whole world very real. exactness of the models if but very few of them are It is one room to show the you search the web for pic- really modern or are adapted concept - in a museum there tures of Commodore Hard- to the needs of the disabled. I could be more similar rooms ware! think that there should be no put together or other dis- steps and big places that played items. It’s a very safe The objects people with wheelchairs can place for the displayed ob- Commodore: access it easily. Also there jects and it’s also imaginable 1541 white should be modern information to have different temperature 1541 brown touch screens. So the user for objects and the rest of the 1541-II can easily access a lot of in- room (for preservation pur- 1571 formation in several different poses). 3 Datasetts languages, pictures and even C64 DTV 3D models! The museum can The details Diskettes 5.25" easily update the information, - Big room with a tinted windo 2 Mousepads with no costs and low effort. w for sunlight For handicapped people and - Touch-Screens with pictures Amiga: also for children (e.g. school of the displayed items (pic- Competition Pro Joystick classes) there are extra tures are rendered in Micro- Mouse screens and with switches Station as well as composed Commodore-Quartett you can lower the showcase. in other graphic-programs). (SCACOM) - Modern showcases with A 1011 With Bentley’s MicroStation lighting (lowered on side of A 1411 you can see the room before the Amiga) Diskettes 3.5" it has been built. Therefore - Logos of the Computer-firms 2 Mousepads little problems can be solved for more oversight beforehand and the desires of - Seven old advertising be- Link: the orderer can be considered hind picture frames (glass http://scacom.kilu.de/museum during the design process. So with little holders) .html I designed all those things in - 19 Original Displayed items real size. This workflow can (11 different shapes) help to decrease the cost and - All models accurate and with it’s very fast. scans or photos of all Logos

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Feedback

Apach e2k As good as the 2 nd issue. Thumbs up!

Richard/TND I'm reading the Nyaaaah! arti- cle. The interview with Thor- sten and also Baracuda's ar- ticles were great. Good read. I enjoyed it! My guess is that the sprite for C64 is from Chuckie Egg. Am I right?

Sledgie Hi Stefan,

is nice to read my german interview with you in english. Many thanks to Cami for the translation.

StarLab Loved it!!

Especially enjoyed the article on Bill Gates.

I made mention of it on a webmaster forum with a link to your site. Not sure if that will do anything for the popu- larity of the Magazine, but it will give you a strong backlink to your site, if nothing else.

I will check out the older is- sues shortly.

Thanks...

Idea and pictures © Stefan Egger

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Baracudas story Baracuda

Baracuda talks about the Our 2 previews V1+V2 looks Date: Emsdetten Party in Ger- a bit different to the Final Ver- 7 - 8 October 1995 many (7th to 8 th October sion. 1995) Place: The PC lamers from the Emsdetten neighborhood there were the Germany The Emsdetten Party 1995 loosers of the day, hehe… should be a Big Event but Event Types: Glare had a handicap at that I spread the SDS Tools - a Copy Party, Demo Party, time. Toolcollection done by myself Meeting, Standalone Compo only with Tools by Smash So he cancelled the planed Designs Coders (DCP, AEG, Attendants : (6) competitions with other BAD, Titan) done on: Ace, AEG, Baracuda, Glare, groups. 28.06.1995 with an infonote Nasty Boy, Tale about. We in Smash Designs and Productions released outside some other guys thought that I helped Glare & Tale to type compos: it was no matter not to visit the English text for their mags Basic Demo by Smash De- him at home after he left the (DA CAPO and a mental mag signs (One-File Demo) hospital. can't remember the name yet..) So we drove at a weekend to Abo ut SCACOM So AEG helped them to code his house by car. the Intro and Main Stuff. After a while we reached English SCACOM sup- Won't forget our fans on that Emsdetten. ported the C64-Wiki evening, hehe.. (www.c64-wiki.com ). Have

Emsdetten is a scene-city... a look at our C64-wiki page DA CAPO is still in my Disk- Szeners know what i mean. :) where you can read some box and no one saw this of our articles and inter- mag.. ? Can't believe that but We arrive at the evening and views from SCACOM: it seems true.. after we had some fun in the car together. Asking people http://www.c64- Sources: and some cows if they could wiki.com/index.php/SCAC tell us the right way to glares OM Text by Baracuda/SMASH- house ? .. ;) DS/BLAZON/CRYPT/THE Our magazines’ homepage STOCK Too bad that AEG couldn't www.english-scacom.de.vu mess with other releases will remain online for the Party Reports: and other groups at that time. next time. But there will be @Glare's Place (the can- no further Updates. celled Party) But our Flatline.PRV we re- leased rocks the masses.. Again: Thanks to all fans Organizers: and supportes! Glare

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Best C64 Game List - Part 2 Christophe Kohler Here is the second and last part of the best C64 Games that were ported from other Systems!

After some research (and help from the guys of lemon64, thanks), here is THE BEST C64 GAMES LIST. This is the first part of it (part two will be in the next issue).

Ghost'n'Goblins (Arcade)

Green Beret (Arcade)

H.E.R.O. (Atari 1984)

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Jump man (Atari)

Matrix (VC 20)

Mercenary (Atari)

Montezuma's Revenge (Atari)

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MULE (Atari)

Rally Speedway (Atari) Spelunker (Atari)

Spy vs Spy serie (Atari)

Wizard of Wor (Arcade)

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Disk-cover for „Gold Quest 4“

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Word search

In the puzzle there are 14 words on the topic of "C64 games" hidden

Arkanoid

Defender

Elite

Frogger

Gaunlet

Giana

Jumpman

Katakis

Krakout

Pacman

Paradroid

Pirates

Pitfall

Pitstop

Soccermaster

Speedball

Turrican

Uridium

Wonderboy

Zynaps

Right there are all words that are hidden in the letter soup above.

The words can be hidden in direc- tions, (vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and in two possible reading directions). It is recom- mended print this page!

In the next issue there is the solu- tion of the puzzle!

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Comic

We got ne articles from our read- ers …

Game Show

From which games are those graphics? Solution in next issue!

C64 Amiga

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10 reasons…

… to own a Amiga: … to own a Commodore 64: 1) Because they were ahead of the time: 4096 1) Because is a solution for all the Colors since 1985 problems 2) If you can simply turn off the computer 2) Because he is not the best, the 3) Because you can run the best demos from the fastest and most beautiful computer scene but the only one with a "heart" 4) Because even after over 20 years old games 3) Because of the blinking cursor and can be funny the friendly “Ready” 5) Because today you can start all your favorite 4) Because there are a lot of texts about games withWHDLoad quickly from hard disk! him in our favorite magazines ... 6) From Original A500 up to the professional 5) Because you never can play all the A4000T - an Amiga is always fun! games. There are simply too many! 7.) Minimig: Portable and small Amiga 6.) 1541 Ultimate - Good hardware for 8) Because there will be more new WHD load good computers! slaves 7.) Netracer - Network games on the 9) USB on Amiga: Not all things will work but it is C64! still cool! 8) Very robust 10) Because all Amiga computer have a nice 9) Lot of Multiplayer-games: Who is the design “Decathlon” Champion? 10.) 22 million people can not be wrong!

So me final pictures

Commodore was a Technology-company. Are you keeping up with Commodore? That was really true what the advertising In addition to a song and the poster abo- promises. Topics such as the PC division, ve, there are also embarrassing TV com- Multimedia CDTV console, UNIX on the mercials: A3000 and the Commodore logo are repre- There you can see that all Commodore sented as buildings. That looks cool! owners greet themselves with a stupid gesture.

Quelle (beide Bilder): www.commodorebillboard.de

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