http://www.c64forever.com News and updates from C64Forever.com. en-us C64 28 Aug 2010 02:30:00 UT 60 http://www.c64forever.com/download/ 28 Aug 2010 02:30:00 UT fbaf7f22-b24b-11df-b4f7-0050c2490000 A new "Black" wallpaper style is now available for download. http://www.c64forever.com 06 Aug 2010 23:30:00 UT 637b6f7d-a276-11df-9ac0-0050c2490000 C64 Forever 2010.1.5.0 released. Fixes three crash conditions reported by users via WinQual submissions. Fixes bug that could lead to duplicate entries in a content list. Improves handling of RP9 files generated by third-party tools such as Simon Mathiassen's RP9 Editor. Uses new image resize algorithms for better quality preview thumbnails. http://www.c64forever.com 31 Jul 2010 08:00:00 UT 98e7886c-9c7a-11df-8590-0050c2490000 C64 Forever 2010.1.3.0 released. Includes performance and usability enhancements (mostly for power users working with thousands of content files). http://www.c64forever.com/download/ 13 Jul 2010 21:00:00 UT 75308b5d-8ec6-11df-b13f-0050c2490000 C64 Forever 2010.1.0.0 released. Includes improved caching (when working with large or numerous files), improved screen capture (saves as PNG instead of BMP) and autoresize on thumbnail drag-and-drop. Also features numerous other refinements and enhancements. http://www.c64forever.com/download/ 14 May 2010 16:00:00 UT 3b4fa439-5c95-11df-b179-0050c2490000 C64 Forever 2010.0.0.0 released. This remains a free update to 2009 versions. Includes new user interface features (disk change, etc.) and support for new Open RP9 format. Individual VICE modules can now be invoked via Tools/Launch Plugin. http://www.c64forever.com 07 May 2010 13:30:00 UT 0eef2033-58f4-11df-9e17-0050c2490000 C64 Forever 2009.2.1.0 released. This is a free update to all 2009 versions. Solves some minor issues (automatic repair of deleted directories, broken drag and drop of PDF files into RP9, not all updates showing under Check for Updates, etc.) and introduces support for future RP9 file variants. Includes new Software Director. http://www.c64forever.com 20 Nov 2009 23:50:00 UT d7d2c207-d5f3-11de-b1c5-0050c2490000 A free update to C64 Forever 2009.1.0.0 was released today. New features include Export to Device functionality in RP9 Manager and Now Playing data for use by Skype, Messenger, Twitter and similar plugins. Also added a button to add disk and tape images in the manual configuration dialog (drag-and-drop was and remains possible). Includes new Software Director. http://www.c64forever.com/download/ 06 Oct 2009 18:30:00 UT If you are as passionate about the Commodore 64 as we are, you might enjoy the original C64 Forever wallpapers, now available in four styles: "Ready", "64K", "Daisy" and "Rainbow". http://www.c64forever.com 24 Sep 2009 23:20:00 UT A free update to C64 Forever 2009.0.7.0 was released today. This version incorporates generic code for the detection and correction of access privilege issues. http://www.c64forever.com 23 Sep 2009 21:30:00 UT A free update to C64 Forever 2009.0.6.0 was released today. This version improves detection of full-screen mode problems, adds a logging option to all emulation guests, and improves cache behavior and performance on non-NTFS file systems. http://www.c64forever.com 2 Sep 2009 08:00:00 UT A free update to C64 Forever 2009.0.5.0 was released today. This version passed the official "Compatible with Windows 7" logo test, and also addresses a few minor bugs. http://www.c64forever.com 15 Aug 2009 08:10:00 UT A free update to C64 Forever 2009.0.4.0 was released today. New features include a Rescan command in RP9 Manager, support for Windows 7 "Recent" jump lists, and improved handling of future updates. Updated Tip of the Day content, now also with mouse wheel navigation. An error condition that could involve the disk change commit was also resolved. Before selecting Check for Updates make sure that Software Director is up to date (self-updates are notified via a balloon, or may be checked in the Windows Control Panel). The new version of C64 Forever is now also available as a free feature-limited Express Edition. http://www.c64forever.com 30 May 2009 16:30:00 UT C64 Forever and c64forever.com are being officially released today. The new site also features an HD video of this week's live event, and a new release of VICE (with source code) by Cloanto's RetroPlatform Team. http://www.retroplatform.com/live/ 20 May 2009 04:00:00 UT You are welcome to join the next live video streaming and chat meetup on Sunday, May 24. The session is set to begin at 17:00 UTC (10 AM San Francisco, 1 PM New York, 6 PM London, 7 PM Berlin). http://dl.cloanto.net/pub/retroplatform/sourcecode/20090331vice-2.1-cloanto1.zip 31 Mar 2009 23:59:00 UT Final source code of VICE 2.1.cloanto-1 (based on official VICE 2.1) as used in C64 Forever is available. See the ChangeLog file in the archive for a detailed list of new features compared to VICE 2.1. Please note that although, like previous revisions, it has been shared for review, this is not an official build released by the Vice Team. We hope that the two efforts can merge soon, maybe with a little bit of help. http://dl.cloanto.net/pub/retroplatform/sourcecode/20090327vice-2-1-1-rp.zip 27 Mar 2009 22:56:00 UT Test source code of VICE 2.1.1 with RetroPlatform extensions as used in C64 Forever is available. See the ChangeLog file in the archive for a detailed list of new features compared to VICE 2.1. Please note that although, like previous revisions, it has been shared for review, this is not an official build released by the Vice Team. http://dl.cloanto.net/pub/retroplatform/sourcecode/20090122vice-2-1-rp.zip 09 Feb 2009 23:00:00 UT For the technically minded, test source code of VICE 2.1 with RetroPlatform extensions as used in C64 Forever is available. New features compared to VICE 2.1: added RetroPlatform support; added fullscreen multi-monitor support; improved enumeration of full-screen modes (the screen no longer flickers when VICE is launched); improved full-screen switching in Windows Vista (Aero is no longer disabled when switching to full screen); fixed a bug which prevented the use of the F10 and Alt keys in the joystick keysets; added "Log" resource (0/1, default=1) to enable/disable logging; fixed an issue with log files (when a non-default Logfile was specified on the command line, the default log file was created in the program path anyway); fixed memory leaks when using the -autostart option, when closing the Attach Disk Image dialog, when exiting xcbm2.exe and when closing the Video Settings dialog. http://facebook.com/c64forever 09 Jan 2009 23:59:00 UT A short video of the C64 Forever beta from the Lisbon meetup is now available on the C64 Forever page on Facebook. http://tinyurl.com/aflisbon 02 Jan 2009 06:12:00 UT C64 Forever, inclusive of 100+ games, 100+ demoscene productions, and additional 8-bit configurations, is to be previewed at the Lisbon meetup this Sunday. http://facebook.com/c64forever 31 Dec 2008 01:30:00 UT We are organizing a meetup in Lisbon on Sunday, January 4th, 2009, to meet C64 and Amiga friends in person. If you are interested in joining, or have suggestions, please follow the event link on Facebook.