Tuesday,29th,May,2001
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Lone News 13 is out!!
The world's best Plus/4 Disk Mag filled with the latest news,reviews and much more
from the Plus4 scene is here. Lone News is also accompanyed with some more amazing SID tunes in which I
was delighted to hear Luca's own Last Ninja 2 remix has been added, "All composed on Plus/4" :-)
Go grab it now! Dont forget to send Luca your Votes, Cheers.
Rare Requests!!
These most wanted games
have been sent in by Luca/FIRE, many thanks! Check
out the Message Board for
the full story where you can find some info on how to play these games!
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The Official Plus4 News Site, "Reminder"
If you have'nt bookmarked this site then do it now! All the latest Plus/4 news from around the net will be
found here and they have some VERY HOT news you wont want to miss about Xe03! Sure I took over while
Mike was busy, but to make the Official Plus4 News Site work I'm gona stop adding other related news here
(unless you request it). Dont forget you can still submit news to me or any of the other news posters to
be added. Anyways you best nip over quick smart :-)
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Wednesday,23rd,May,2001
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Rug Rider.d64
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A Rare Release From the USA!!!
In the
days of old US Gold presented us with what was ment to be the best from the USA and to be honest not much
came out over here (snif). I have no idea of what other hidden talent was released in the U.S that did'nt make
it here so now's the time to take a looks :-)
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Out of the blue Fred Phillips got in contact and said
"I have a game called Rug Rider from Tri-Micro, they made the built in software for the Plus/4 and offered a
Plus/4 newsletter, games, book,ect for the machine from 85-89 here in the states". WOW! Very intresting indeed.
Rug Rider is a Plus/4 or 64k only game. You play the part as the carpet riding dude collecting keys
and magic bombs on your quest to kill some fat guy. Sound simple? Wait till you've had a go. Mastering the carpet
is'nt as easy as picking out an area to play on the map :-). To run Rug Rider load and run the file "BOOT"
eg.( DLOAD"BOOT" ) and enjoy this cool game from the USA! Also as a bonus the C64 version comes on the
same disk :-)
A BIG thanks to Fred for sending in this neat game for all to see. Cheers!!
Work in Progress: "Your Commodore Scan Archive"
Another 7 pages from issue "January 1987" are now online.
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Tuesday,22nd,May,2001
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View C16 Homepage in English!
Head on over to the C16 Homepage and at the top of the page your see the UK flag. Hit the flag and enjoy!
Thanks to the C16 Team Hoppy and Webspezi for the news.
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Monday,21st,May,2001
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The Official Plus4 News Site Updated BIG TIME!!
Over the last couple of weeks Mike Dailly's been busy sorting out a new sever and this time with no band width
restictions! Mike's always dreamed off uploading alot of plussy stuff and now's the time :-) He has also gone
out to town and setup the site so the regulars can post news when it happens! So feel free to send in any news
you may have to be posted for all to see, we wana know! For starters Mike's uploaded the official commodore
hardware docs for both Plus/4 and C16! Head on over for the full story now:
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Sunday,20th,May,2001
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Click the Man's Coat and catch up on Jeff Minter's Online Diary!
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Back In Time!!
I
guess your wondering what the Hellgate is going on? Well last Wednesday was the night of
the biggest gathering of C64 Star's since the release of the compilation games pack! Yes, we are
talking about Back In Time Live
held at Birmingham's new DNA night club (16th may 2001). I'm a nut on C64 and SID music even with my
full time lov to the Plussy. So this event I could not miss!!! There's alot of cool releated news and info
online now about the event which you can catch up on, (Links Below). Now for the C16/Plus4 releated news
;-)
Respects To The Man's Coat!!
I
cought sight of Jeff Minter the dude who gave us the smash hit Void Runner! At the time he was being hogged
by his C64 fans and standing there with no beer!! That had to be fixed quick smart and soon I was chatting
to Jeff and I ask him why was Void Runner so cool on the C16. He said "Void Runner was made for the C16", at
the time this was a machine with more colours then the rainbow :-) I later got onto saying about my hubble site
and even made a note of it for Jeff seeing as the beer was coming in fast (Just incase he forgot). I had to tell
Jeff that Void Runner was'nt available on the site "yak". Jeff replyed "Baaaaaaah! I give you permission to add my
games to your site!". I was gob smacked and like a lost sheep I ended up following Jeff most of the night. I'm not
going to go deep into the story of the coat, but I had so much repsects for Jeff and his sacred llama coat I
wanted to have it for keeps sakes! I offered him some big money for it as I thought Jeff would'nt let it go with
out a fight. To my amazement Jeff said "Anyone willing to offer money for my coat can have it for Free!!
And there I was like a school kid going mental wearing what can only be called THE MAN's COAT! Even my good
freinds Navvie, Cmj and Lee gave big respects to the man's coat! It was unreal and even now we are still buzzing
about the whole thing. The coat is so sacred I had to emailed Jeff for some forgive-ness as I am not worthy to own
The Man's Coat, but Jeff said "Enjoy, a good llama coat is indeed a wonderfull thing". And damm right it is!
Many Thanks Jeff. Above you can catch up on Jeff Minter's Online Dairy by clicking on the coat banner. Your even see
the Man's Coat of Tour!
Back In Time Links:
Here are some Links to check out on the nights happenings and still even now new stuff is coming online about the night, so
keep a look out on many a C64 site!
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C64 Audio: The main event was the release of the cool BACK IN TIME 3 CD!
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Back In Time Live: Head Office, Home to the
event of the year and all thanks the Chris Abbott (A Mighty Cheers!!!)
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Keep it Retro: Big news from Navvie and cmj the guys I went
with and Jeff Minter's comments about his Coat! (The COAT!!)
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Peek 'N' Poke: Lee's still on a
high about B.I.T. Check out his cool news! (Respects to Lee and Debbie)
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Def Guide to ZZAP!: Iain and Mort's homage to scanning
(Class night boys!)
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Lemon64: The local hang out for many a C64 fan! (THX Kim)
Last of all I shared an amazing evening with all which will not be forgotten! Massive respects to Chris Abbott,
Jeff Minter, David Whittaker, Martin Galway, Rob Hubbard, Navvie, Cmj, Lee, Debbie, Ian, Mort and all dudes that hit the DNA!
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Saturday,19th,May,2001
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3 More TAP Images!!
C16 Homepage have added Oblido, Slippery Sid and Pogo Pete. The first 2 have covers and intructions and Pogo Pete
will soon have the cover as soon as I fire up my scanner. The intructions for Pogo Pete have both English and German
;-)
Thanks to the C16 Team Hoppy and Webspezi for the news.
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Friday,18th,May,2001
Wednesday,16th,May,2001
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Work in Progress "Your Commodore Scan Archive"
I
have'nt been able to get all the nice C16/Plus4 related items done from issue "January 1987",
but most of it is up in order of how it is presented in the mag. There are 17 pages online
right now and some good reading to be had.
C16 Homepage Updated!!
Wow! 3 tap's are up for grabs which are Scooby Doo, Sqij and the much wanted Bridgehead C16! Again
supported with intsructions and covers. I'm heading over now, a much wanted tap!
Many Thanks Thorsten!
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Saturday,12th,May,2001
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German Magazine Scans!!
C16 Homepage have added a load of magazine scans. The mags are'nt complete, but its fantastic to
see any info on the machines from a different part of the world. All text is in German, but there
are some great piccys to see. They even have a full colour advertisement from Kingsoft!! You can
find the magazines by clicking on the menu's
C16-Inside/Berichte/Zeitschriften.
Thorsten
tells me a big thanks goes to TST-Mike for the scans. Thanks to Thorsten for the news.
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Wednesday,9th,May,2001
Wednesday,9th,May,2001
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98 D64 Images up for grabs!!
On the D64 Recall page I've added disk numbers 051-100. Once again packed full with the Plus/4's
sceners work!!
Just a small reminder to those of you that may not know? The Plus/4 D64 images can be viewed with
some neat tools on both Amiga and PC. Here's just a couple to point you in the right direction:
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C16 Homepage, More TAP's Online!
Thorsten has added Way of the Exploding Fist, Rescue from Zylon and Leaper all with info and covers. For
those of you keen to see the covers, Exploding Fist is a must for all you Mastertonic fans as this is the
only one I have'nt added to my archive out of all the Mastertronic games ever released! Once again
may thanks to Thorsten.
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Tuesday,8th,May,2001
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C16 Homepage large TAP uploads!
Over the weekend Thorsten added Mail Trail, Lunar Docking, Space Fiends and a rare title
called Leapin Louie! All have covers and english instructions. Head on over and check out
the latest offerings now!
Thanks to Thorsten for the news.
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Sunday,6th,May,2001
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C16 Homepage updated with Kingsoft PaintBox!
Thorsten has been working hard on his site once again and updated the whole of his "C16 Inside Section".
At the same time they have added PaintBox with instuctions included! Ok's the info is in German, but
there is a tool online that will translate German to English!!
BabelFish is great for
copying and pasting text for translation and can even translate whole pages (Frames not supported).
As ever head on over now to check out the full update! Thanks to Thorsten for the news.
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Thursday,3rd,May,2001
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C16 Homepage updated!
They have now uploaded the neat KINGSOFT PLUS-PAKET 16. This was a compilation of 4 great games.
Included are Grandmaster, Tom, Galaxy and Ghost Town. They have also added the covers along with
instuctions (German only). The covers are worth checking out as they also have adverts of other
KINGSOFT games! One game shown is called Quiwi, a title I have never seen before :-)
Thanks to Thorsten for the news.
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Thursday,3rd,May,2001
Wednesday,2nd,May,2001
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Xeo3 The Ultimate Plus/4 Shoot'em'up!!
Fellow Plus/4'ers if there's one page you must visit this is it!! A landmark Plus/4 Shoot'em'up is under construction
and is the brain child of both Mike Dailly and Luca Carrafiello (aka Luca/Fire). They have set up a dedicated homepage
for Xeo3 covering lots of cool info and progress as this game evolves. This is one of the hottest Plus/4 projects
seen in a long time! Best of luck guys!!
Thanks to Luca for the news.
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Tuesday,1st,May,2001
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Kingsoft's Tapes Special!
C16 Homepage have just uploaded a collection of 4 sports simulations that came on the German Kingsoft release
"Sport-Show". The four games are Canoe Slalom, Europen Cup, Thai Boxing and Kingsoft Tennis.
Now, this
was a cool surprise for me to see as the English version released by Anco of this very compilation was called
"Sport 4". One major differnece was we had Speed Boat Grand Prix insted of Kingsoft Tennis! Wow :-)
Thorsten has done a great job and added the cover and info at the same time.
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Also, Rare Software Update over at C16 Homepage!
C16 Homepage have just added some tape files released by the company Markt and Technik. These contain 2
games (Hamurabi and Galgenraten Teil) and 2 applications (P++Z and Funktionsplotter). You can find these
under their "Spezial Tapes" section. Also thanks to Thomas Heger for sending in infomation about Tom16 and
Varmit.
Thanks to Thorsten for the news.
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