Compute!'s Gazette Magazine

COMPUTE!’s Ultimate Challenge

Do you have the vision to push the Commodore 64 beyond its limits?

COMPUTE! is thrilled to announce the Ultimate Challenge, a programming contest for developers ready to harness the enhanced power of the Commodore 64 Ultimate!

We’re calling all coders to create the next generation of games, utilities, and applications that could only exist on the C64U. The prizes are as legendary as the machine: 1st place takes home a brand new C64U Founders Edition, 2nd place wins a C64U Starlight, and 3rd place receives a C64U Basic Beige.

All three winners will also get a one-year subscription to COMPUTE!’s Gazette Magazine and a publishing deal for physical AND digital editions of their software!

To get an early jump on the challenge, send an “Intent to Participate” email with a brief software pitch to: info@computesgazette.com with the subject “Ultimate Challenge.”

More details are on the way – stay tuned!

Additional Resources

A very special thanks to Xander Mol for sharing these resources

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3 responses to “COMPUTE!’s Ultimate Challenge”

  1. Joshua Couture
    Joshua Couture

    I recently got the collectible first issue digital and physical version and I am glad that the digital versions will be password free since I was confused when I got the digital version and it was locked. Also will you accept entries that are programmed on say a Mac or a Spectrum Next as long as they can run on a C64 Ultimate? I hope the contest gets lots of entries and lots of great games, systems and accessories.

  2. Xander Mol
    Xander Mol

    And there is of course Gideon Zweijtzers GitHub as well with the source for the Command Interface:

    Header file for the Command interface:

    https://github.com/GideonZ/1541ultimate/blob/master/software/io/command_interface/command_intf.h

    Header file for the Control target:

    https://github.com/GideonZ/1541ultimate/blob/master/software/io/command_interface/control_target.h

    Header file for the SoftIEC target:

    https://github.com/GideonZ/1541ultimate/blob/master/software/io/command_interface/softiec_target.h

    Header file for the Network target:

    https://github.com/GideonZ/1541ultimate/blob/9be4339e19996249f33efed0fcd340b3fac0b2b3/software/io/network/network_target.h

  3. Xander Mol
    Xander Mol

    Example of the Audio interface, including source code:
    https://csdb.dk/release/?id=131522

    Documentation of audio interface:
    https://github.com/GideonZ/1541ultimate/blob/e2186a7a04fdc2f38dd79ab631b3ed2b4dbfe701/doc/ultimate_audio_v0.2.pdf

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