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5-Jan-2019
Computronic magazine
Added 15 new programs: Josef in den Katakomben (86-07), Joy-test (86-07), Hot Food (86-09), Men Rescue (86-09), Soundprogramm (86-09), Castle Dracula (86-11), UFO Destroyer (86-11), Cosmic Bouncer (87-01), Cave Rider (87-01), Biathlon (87-03), Space Laboratory (87-03), Titan (87-05), Race-Driver (87-07), Saigon (87-09), Coconuts (87-11) - Submitted by Tokra.
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as two D64 files.
Your Computer magazine
Added 9 new programs: Laser (84-05), Back-up (84-05), The Guardian (84-06), Things to do With Your VIC (84-06), Light Cycles (84-06), Jet Man (84-07), 3D Effect (84-07), Robot Attack (84-09), Vic Elevators (84-11).
Converted 4 multi-part programs into T64 format: Multi-colour Vic Graphics (83-01), Sounds Familiar (83-01), Play That Boogie (83-03), Voices of the Vic (83-05).
2-Feb-2019
Adventure game solutions
Added solutions/walkthroughs for 6 text adventure games: A Fairy Tale Adventure (Computer Gamer, 86-01), Kidnapped (Computer Gamer, 85-05), Red Alert (Computer Gamer, 85-06), The Buried Citadel (Games Computing, 85-03), The Revenge of the Toothless Vampire (Games Computing, 85-03), The Holy Grail (Games Computing, 84-01).
Computer Gamer magazine
Added 12 new programs: Into Games Pt1 (85-04), Into Games Pt2 (85-05), Kidnapped (85-05), Into Games Pt3 (85-06), Red Alert (85-06), Into Games Pt4 (85-07), Into Games Pt5 (85-08), Into Games Pt6 (85-09), Hell House (85-09), Into Games Pt7 (85-10), Into Games Pt8 (85-11), A Fairy Tale Adventure (86-01).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Games Computing magazine
Added 7 new programs: Minefield (84-01), The Holy Grail (84-01), Westminster (84-01), Kubert (84-10), The Revenge of the Toothless Vampire (85-03), The Buried Citadel (85-03), Girders (85-03).
Personal Computer News magazine
Updated the D64 file for this magazine (corrected the date for issue 1).
2-Mar-2019
The Penguin Book of VIC 20 Games
Tidied up the filenames for this book, to add memory expansion info etc.
The Rainbow Book of BASIC Programs
Converted 1 multi-part programs into T64 format: Sum Trouble.
Tidied up the filenames for this book.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
The VIC-20 Experience
Added 32 new programs: Recipe Book, Shopping List, Phone Book, Kitchen Metrics, Budget Helper, Learning the States, Learning the Capitals, Math Quizzer, Divisors, Trig Helper, Primes, Spelling Practice, Foreign Language Study, Graph Plotter, Death Hunt, Guided Missile Commander, Music Machine, Tank Command, Memory Master, Pick a Number, Doodle, Appointment Scheduler, Bar Graph, Cash Flow, Interest Rate, Checkbook, Inventory, Character Creater, Sequential File Reader, Menu Ideas, Alarm Clock, File Restorer.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
VIC Games
Fixed typing mistakes in 4 programs: Define Keys, Rubik's Cube, Sketching 1, Racer.
Converted 3 multi-part programs into T64 format: Spacewar, Tinymon, Racer.
Tidied up the filenames for this book, to add memory expansion info etc.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
16-Mar-2019
Adventure game solutions
Added solutions/walkthroughs for 1 text adventure games: Space Ranger (Bits & Bytes, 85-08).
Bits & Bytes magazine
Added 23 new programs: Fun Sounds and White Noise (82-10), The Sound of Music (83-02), Builder (83-03), A Graphic Game (83-04), Using the Internal Clock (83-10), Programs That Write Themselves (83-10), POKEing Around (83-11), Musical VICs (83-12), Print At Routine (84-02), Alien Attack (84-03), Machine Code Saver (84-04), Character Generator (84-06), Auto Screen RAM Selection (84-07), VIC Writer (84-09), Lineblaster (84-09), Postage Finder (84-10), Space War (84-12), Signwriter (85-03), Decimal Converter (85-05), Space Ranger (85-08), Line Graph (85-09), Death Mission (85-12), Walking the Dog (87-04).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Updated the following pages, to tidy up the filenames etc.
50 Outstanding Programs for the VIC 20
Personal Computer Games (also added a D64 file)
Personal Computer News
Sixty Programs for the VIC 20
VIC Innovative Computing
Volcanic Games For Your VIC 20
Write Your Own Adventure Programs (also added a D64 file)
Your 64 (also added a D64 file)
Zap! Pow! Boom! Arcade Games for the VIC 20 (UK)
Zap! Pow! Boom! Arcade Games for the VIC-20 (US)
30-Mar-2019
Compute!'s Third Book of VIC
Fixed typing mistakes in 1 program: Junk Blaster.
Games For Your VIC20
Fixed typing mistakes in 1 program: Vogon. (Also updated the D64 file for this book.)
VIC Games
Fixed typing mistakes in 1 program: Leap Frog. (Also updated the D64 file for this book.)
Your Computer magazine
Added 12 new programs: Moon Land (84-05), Lander (85-02), Utilities (85-03), Compactor (85-04), Autodata 2 (85-04), Self-Modify (85-05), Tank Battle (85-05), Utility (85-06), Teeth Eater (85-07), Gardener (85-08), Easy Key (85-08), Turboload (85-11).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as four D64 files.
Updated the following pages, to tidy up the filenames etc.
Compute!'s First Book of VIC (also added a D64 file)
Compute!'s Second Book of VIC (also added a D64 file)
Compute!'s Third Book of VIC (also added a D64 file)
Compute!'s First Book of VIC Games
Compute!'s Second Book of VIC Games
Compute!'s VIC-20 Collection (also added two D64 files)
Games For Your VIC20
More than 32 Basic Programs for the VIC 20 Computer
Personal Computing on the Vic-20 (also added a D64 file)
Pixel
13-Apr-2019
Computer & Video Games magazine
Converted 1 multipart program into T64 format: Planet Lander (85-02). Also updated the D64 files for this magazine.
Getting Ahead Space Adventures for the VIC 20
Added 6 new programs: Moonshuttle, Meteor Shower, Protector, Alien Attack, Red Alert, Invasion.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Mastering the VIC-20 (Jones et al)
Added 1 new program: Starship - Submitted by John Longworth.
Nuggets newsletter
Converted 2 multipart programs into T64 format: Data Files Ideas (83-01), Datawriter V2 (83-04).
Updated the following pages, to tidy up the filenames etc.
Big K
Computer & Video Games
Nuggets
27-Apr-2019
Mastering the VIC-20 (Jones et al)
Added 27 new programs: Bit Patterns, Minisyn, Shuffles, Test Card Display, Pontoon, Play UFO Tune, Asdic, Control Room Hit, Decimal to Hex, Renumber, Upside Down, Graphics Demo, Sine Curve, Hi-Res, Data Files on Tape, SEQ Files, Lo-Dump, Printer Dot Addressing, Pictures, Light Pen Demo, 10-Second Counter, Teststop Wedge, Teststop Loader, Tinycopy, Copy, Plotsub, Hi-Res Draw.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Your Commodore magazine
Converted 15 multipart programs into T64 format: Castle Siege (84-07), Track King (84-10), Ladder Maze (84-10), Vic Games Programming 1 (84-10), Vic Games Programming 2 (84-11), Vic Games Programming 3 (84-12), Vic Games Programming 4 (85-01), Vic Games Programming 5 (85-02), Minefield (85-03), Conflict (85-04), Reliable Routines 1 (85-05), Hi-Res Vic (85-07), Death Maze (85-08), Chip Chat 1 (86-06), Chip Chat 2 (86-07).
Tidied up the filenames for this magazine, to add memory expansion info etc.
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
11-May-2019
Commodore Horizons magazine
Fixed typing mistakes in 1 program: Space Mines (84-12), the sound effects now work on the bonus screen.
Converted 11 multipart programs into T64 format: Sounds (84-04), Feenix (84-07), Inserts (84-07), Medians+ (84-07), Fruits (84-08), Mission X (84-09), Bongo Maniac (84-10), 1520 Data (84-11), Pulling the Switch on Vic Joysticks (84-12), Space Mines (84-12), The Vic 20's Mind at Work (85-03).
Tidied up the filenames for this magazine, to add memory expansion info etc.
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Computer & Video Games magazine
Updated 1 program: Hero (85-03). Converted this game into D64 format, the second part now auto-loads properly.
K-Power magazine
Added 15 new programs: Whiz Kids (84-02), Mysterious Message (84-02), Comedy Debut (84-03), Output Subroutine (84-04), Kissing Robot (84-05), Logical Fruit (84-05), Energy Probe (84-06), Bouncing Ball (84-07), Computer Blues (84-07), Stars and Stripes (84-07), Dead Ringer (84-09), Super Sounds! (84-09), Amazing Drumulator (84-11), Encoder/Decoder (84-11), Musical Stings (84-11).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
25-May-2019
Commodore User magazine
Fixed typing mistakes in 1 program: Scrap Yard (84-06).
Converted 16 multipart programs into T64 format: Controlling a Joystick the Easy Way (83-10), Resistance Escape (83-11), Build a Potentiometer Joystick (83-12), Orchard (84-01), More Complex Sound on the Vic (84-02), Beekeeper (84-03), Alpha Sort (84-05), Scrap Yard (84-06), Three Scrolls for the Vic (84-10), Two Routines for the Vic (84-11), Beeglebug (85-01), Dracula (85-01), Minefield (85-05), Dam Defender (85-09), Secret Service Pt1 (86-01), Secret Service Pt2 (86-02).
Tidied up the filenames for this magazine, to add memory expansion info etc.
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as two D64 files.
VIC 20: 50 Easy-to-Run Computer Games
Added 50 new programs: Coin Toss, The 500, The Great Duck Race, Battleship, Fortune-Teller, Hurray Beethoven!, Splat, Cows and Bulls, Countdown, Word Builder, Golf, Copycat, Bird Watching, Blue and Red, Gorp Words, Mississippi, Hole Digging Contest, Diamond, The Backward Test, Nim, Darts, Pyramids, Risk, Home Run, Fan Tan, Moving Target, Keyboard, Stop, Programmer, Rock Scissors Paper, Around the Clock, Maze, Shooting Gallery, Magic Square, Quarterback, Math Whiz, Decoding, Race Car, Sort, Fingerquick, Computer Brain, Intercept, Concentration, Pickle, Line Checkers, Birthday, The Run, Gobbler, Flash, Tree Climb.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Your 64 magazine
Fixed typing mistakes in 1 program: Maze (84-04), the graphics & ending now work properly - Submitted by David Simpson.
Also updated the D64 file for this magazine.
8-Jun-2019
The VIC 20 Games Book
Added 21 new programs: Black Hole, Tight-rope, Magic Jigsaw, Cops and Robbers, Mind Over Electrons, Nimble Thimble, Sand Castle, Bombing Run, Breakaway, Snipers, Nine Men Morris, Ball Maze, Singalong, Pintable, Rail Runner, Computer Clues, Spellbound, Minefield, Vibrations, Poker-Face, Snorkel.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Vic Computing magazine
Tidied up the filenames for this magazine, to add memory expansion info etc.
Also updated the D64 files for this magazine.
22-Jun-2019
Personal Computing Today magazine
Added 17 new programs: Breakout (82-08), Making Better Use of Colour (82-08), Solitaire Maze (82-08), VIC 20 Function Keys (82-11), Shaping Up Graphically (82-11), One-Touch Entry (83-02), Billiards (83-03), Yhatzi (83-03), The Citadel (83-08), OXO (83-11), Maze Games Explored (84-02), High Score War (84-05), VIC20 Basics (84-09), VIC20 Basics (84-10), Double Height Characters (84-11), Space Mines (84-11), VIC20 Basics (85-02).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
6-Jul-2019
Arcade Games For Your VIC20
Added 20 new programs: Galaxy Robbers, Yackman, Manoeuvre, Surface Lander, Freighter Patrol, Bricklayer, Leaper, Encircle, Fantasy Pinball, Barrel Jumper, Bullet Heads, City Terror, Sub Attack, Speed Racer, Vad, Moon Lander, Tick, Speedy Boulders, Nuclear Attack.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
20-Jul-2019
Adventure game solutions
Added solutions/walkthroughs for 1 text adventure game: Agent (VIC Games).
VIC Games (Bergin)
Added 19 new programs: Golf, Air Attack, Snake, Punter, Car Dodge, Defense, Tape Search, Code Creator, Grobbitt, Responses, Block Graph, Dot Muncher, Firing Tank, Two Large, Agent, Raider, Gamble, Invaders, Tinymon.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Added a Links section to the website.
3-Aug-2019
Commodore User magazine
Added 2 new programs: Function Keys (83-10), Screen Coordinates (83-10). Also updated the D64 files for this magazine.
Games For Your VIC20
Added pictures of the British and Italian book covers. The British cover is now used on the book index page.
Home Computing Weekly magazine
Added 1 new program: Shrink (84-02-28).
VIC-20 Mind Stretchers
Added 30 new programs: Bomber, Bars and Boxes, Rhino, Target, Alien Attack, Life, Hammurabi, Cat and Mouse, Mastermind, Mole, Breakout, Munchers, Paddle, Zombies, Rebound, Slalom, Submarine, Connect 4, Bouncy, Stepping Stones, Dumper, Life-Game, Awari, Snake, Cards, Donkey, Print At, Function Keys, Instant Data, Shrink.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Volcanic Games For Your VIC 20
Added a picture of the American book cover (Cosmic Games for the Commodore VIC 20).
17-Aug-2019
Adventure game solutions
Added solutions/walkthroughs for 1 text adventure game: Plutonium Terrorists (More Games For Your VIC20).
More Games For Your VIC20
Added 20 new programs: Deathrace 2000, Club Smasher, Poet, Fast Bongo Drums, Superchord, Arpeggio, Payout, Configure, Special Character Definer, Meteor Storm, Plutonium Terrorists, Big Grid, Future Shock, Radiesthesia, Machine Code Joystick Routine, Mirror Mirror, Margor the Cave Beast, Yeti, The Stockbroker Belt, Biorhythms.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
31-Aug-2019
Computer Games magazine
Added 12 new programs: Othello (84-04), Il Gioco Delle Biglie (84-05), Lotta Tra Cellule (84-05), Attentato All'onu (84-06), Chiaroveggenza (84-06), Test di Longevita' (84-06), Lunar Landing (84-06), Buco Nero (84-07), Senza Rete (84-09), Mitragliere di Coda (84-10), Attacco Aereo (84-11), Il Gioco dei Dadi (84-12).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
L'Ordinateur Individuel magazine
Added 15 new programs: Panique au fond des mers (83-05), Les envahisseurs sont de retour (83-06), Vol de l'oiseau (83-06), Haute resolution (83-07), A vous glacer le sang (83-09), Tic tac (83-11), Panique au fond des mers (83-12), Janus (84-12), Taupe secrete (84-12), Generateur de data (85-05), Papier a lettre (85-05), Restore Venitien (85-05), Clavier rapide (85-06), High copy (85-06), Graph-demo (85-07).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
14-Sep-2019
Games Computing magazine
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Home Computing Weekly magazine
Fixed typing mistakes in 2 programs: Star Trek (83-11-29), Crazy Craneman (84-02-28).
Converted all remaining multipart programs into T64 format.
Tidied up the filenames for this magazine, to add memory expansion info etc.
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as three D64 files.
Personal Software magazine
Added 11 new programs: Vic Editor (83-05), Address Book (83-05), Tailoring VIC's Characters (83-05), VIC Blow-Up (83-05), Galaxy Hero (85-05), The Bells! (85-05), Music Aid (85-05), Collision Ahead! (85-05), VIC Enhancers (85-05), Crazy Craneman (85-05), Great Britain (85-05).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Winning Games on the VIC-20
Added 26 new programs: Vicmath, Anagram, Money Mountain, Missile Cavern, City Bomber, Munch Monster, Mine Field, Interceptor, Jumping Jehosophat, Shielder, Crossfire, Space Chase, SGN Demo, Janx Spirits, Cyba City, Bugs, Knight #1, Knight #2, Brix, Slalom, Jump Buggy, Paintbox, Sound Effects, Utilities, M/C Joystick, Handy Hints.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
28-Sep-2019
Adventure game solutions
Added solutions/walkthroughs for 2 text adventure games: Island of Secrets, The Mystery of Silver Mountain.
How to Program Games on the Commodore VIC 20
Added 5 new programs: Our First Game Program, Mine Dodger, Defense Base, Steeplechase, Pidey Power.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Island of Secrets
Added 3 new programs: Island of Secrets (enhanced), Island of Secrets (original), L'Isola dei Segreti.
The Mystery of Silver Mountain
Added 1 new programs: The Mystery of Silver Mountain.
Tilt magazine
Added 7 new programs: Raid sur New-York (84-05), Laser Omega (84-05), Schuss (84-05), Labyrinthe (84-05), Gobbler (84-05), Clowns (85-06), Tour de Hanoi (85-12).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Write Your Own Fantasy Games
Added 1 new programs: Dungeon of Doom (enhanced).
12-Oct-2019
Computer Kontakt magazine
Added 28 new programs: Laufschrift (84-05), Etiketten-Druck (84-05), Buchstaben Schreiben (84-06), Bomb Panic (84-06), Bildschirmverschiebung (84-06), Bomber (84-08), Buchstaben Schreiben (84-08), Super-Listschutz (84-08), Superhirn (84-10), Memory (84-10), Bach Melodie (84-11), Kaputnik (84-11), VIC-Mission IV (84-12), Vokabeltest (84-12), Mampfi (85-01), Screen Scratcher (85-01), Cosmic Arc (85-02), Mars Evacuation (85-02), Nuerburgring (85-03), Snail-Race (85-03), Charlies Farm (85-04), Sonderzeichen Berechner (85-04), Morsen Lernen (85-05), Gallery (85-06), Ex-Basic V1.0 (85-07), Thunderstorm (85-08), Frogger (85-10), Jam (85-11).
All programs from this magazine can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
Computronic magazine
Corrected the page numbers for issue 1. Also updated the D64 file, to put these programs in the correct order.
26-Oct-2019
Adventure game solutions
Added solutions/walkthroughs for 1 text adventure games: The Quest (How to Create Adventure Games).
How to Create Adventure Games
Added 2 new programs: The Quest, Adventure Game Skeleton.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
K-Power Collection
Added 10 new programs: Amazin', Poison Ivy, Word Scramble, Secret Codes, Graphic Fantasy, Water Balloons, The Monster in the Marsh, Team Batting Avegage, The Drawing Program, Music Recorder.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
9-Nov-2019
101 Programming Tips & Tricks For the VIC-20 and Commodore 64
Added 42 new programs: Coin Toss, Traditional Dice Roll, See Two Dice, See Four Dice, Secret Message, Sound Off, R2D2 Sound Effect, Piano, Mystery Clues, Original Hi/Lo Game, Code Groups, 60-Second Timer, Find Highest/Lowest, Sorting Scores, Keeping Game Scores, Batting Average, Computer Rating Service, Box Score, Create a Quiz, Killing Time, Word-Error Trapping, Character Numbers, One-Time Password, Three-Tries Password, Multiple Passwords, Name in a Box, Entering: Letter Stop, Entering: Zero Stop, Super Reverser, Marching Numbers, Super Decision Maker, Sentence Writer, Categorizing, Alphabet Soup, Create a Table, Question & Answer, Gee Whiz I: Smart Adder, Gee Whiz II: Three-Digit Mystery, Gee Whiz III: Yes/No Decision Maker, Gee Whiz IV: First Alphabet Spotter, Gee Whiz V: Second Alphabet Spotter, Gee Whiz VI: Guess The Number.
23-Nov-2019
101 Programming Tips & Tricks For the VIC-20 and Commodore 64
Added 59 new programs: Memory Tester, Number Reverser, Exam Score Sorter, Number-Error Trap, Standard Deviation, Percentages, Logic Functions, Above & Below a Line, Factoring, Which is Smallest?, Which is Largest?, Reciprocals, Dump the Integer, Averages, Mid-Range Number, Rounding Off, Two-Digit Round Off, Percent to Decimal, Every 10th Answer, Random Sampler, Random Numbers: Zero to Nine, Random Numbers: Distribution, Random Numbers: Averages, Random Numbers: Sorting High/Low, Money Grows, Shopper's Friend, Car Payments, To Nearest 95 Cents, To the Nearest Penny, Mark Up, Percentage Off, Dollars & Cents, Wages & Hours, Invoicing, Unit Price, Inventory Counter, Daily Code, Daily Receipts Adder, Advertising Cost-per-Thousand, Advertising Cost-per-Unit, Making Change, Single-Digit Adder, Currency Converter, Fractional Feet, Simulated RPN Calculator, 60-Second Timer (v2), Stopwatch, Shipments, Marketing Performance, Cash Receipts Comparer, Box, Graphic-Screen Familiarization Tour, Graphic-Screen Character Spotter, Dancing Spot, Beautiful Braided Rug, Screen Filler, Snowfall, Making Things Move, Drawing Sketches.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as one D64 file.
7-Dec-2019
Games Computing magazine
Added 7 new programs: Snake Trap (84-01), Towers of Brahma (84-02), Froggy (84-02), Card Crazy (84-02), Final Frontier (84-04), Guided Missile (84-04), Simple Draw (84-04).
Also updated the D64 file for this magazine.
21-Dec-2019
Compute!'s VIC Games for Kids
Added 30 new programs: A-Maze-Ing, Count the Spots, Counting Game, Get the Treasure, Hidden Picture, Matchmaker, Notecrafter, Personal Story, Spelling Bee, Spend Your Allowance, Word Scramble, Alphabet Soup, Lawn Mower, Plan a Menu, Stargazer, State of the Union, Wise Shopper, Element Man, Four by Four, Heavenly Bodies, Mother Earth, Mr President, Movers and Shakers, Skeleton, Unicorn, Asteroid Blast, Black Hole, Earthworms, Ladybug, Build a Quiz.
All programs from this book can now be downloaded as two D64 files.
We have added 598 new programs this year, and ended the year with 2,618 programs in the collection.
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