Today's batch of videos from the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026!

Rifkin, C64 Ultimate, and C64OS - CLASS 2026
https://youtu.be/XsXulVLJ_go

Stern, Word Perfect, and Amiga - CLASS 2026
https://youtu.be/Y7o7hArCaWE

          One more video to post,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

    Some more videos uploaded for your viewing pleasure!

Rubin and Doodle for C64 - CLASS 2026
https://youtu.be/nqR9lWPsvMA

Programming Amiga games, GlowPoint and RebelStar 2 - CLASS 2026
https://youtu.be/MWXsYp4k1UE

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

    The first CLASS 2026 videos have been posted!  See

Pocek and C64 replacement - CLASS 2026
https://youtu.be/HrN78J_PT0s

Rivera and TeensyROM NFC - CLASS 2026
https://youtu.be/R00xQVbMQbc

Goedeken and C128 game Busted Boulders - CLASS 2026
https://youtu.be/b52qgeBsCRE

          More videos to come!
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

    And my photos of the event are at

http://blog.retro-link.com/2026/04/more-photos-from-commodore-los-angeles.html

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

P.S. Check out the photos of the 80-column C128 game, Busted Boulders.

    The first photos from CLASS 2026 have been posted!

http://blog.retro-link.com/2026/04/first-photos-from-commodore-los-angeles.html

Stay tuned for more photos and also video.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados, from warm California!

    In just one week, we will have the seventh, annual Commodore Los Angeles Super Show!  CLASS 2026 is coming to the Burbank VFW hall at 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd. in downtown Burbank, California.  Our two-day event is packed with Commodore and Amiga computers and packed with special presentations from our guest speakers.  Have a look at

https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=class:presentations_guests

We're still rounding up more freebies, door prizes, and raffle prizes!  So, our prize webpage will continue to get updated.

    To defer the cost of the room, admission to the show is $25 cash, check, or Paypal, and that's whether you come for one day or both days.

    Remember to check out our CLASS commercial 2026 found at

https://youtu.be/uEQj5Aglnx4

    Come to CLASS and commiserate with fellow Commodorians/Amigans, play around with computers, listen to the presentations, and ask questions!

        You'll have a grand time,
        Robert Bernardo
        organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
        http://www.portcommodore.com/class

I bought the C64 version of this game but now have discovered that there is a relatively new C128 version!  Both C64 and C128 versions of H.E.R.O. Is Back can be downloaded at

https://lowcarb.itch.io/hero-is-back-c64

In the comments on that page, the program's creator gives a few more details about the C128 version.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Programmer Richard Goedeken is set to show off his new C128 game at the April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026!  He says that the secret, unnamed game is "using the high resolution video port to display 640x480 in 16 colors, VGA resolution!"  He also says, "The game almost certainly won't be finished by CLASS but it's playable even now and it's fun."

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Are you part of the GEOS community on Facebook?  They have lots of info and help.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

The commercial for the April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 has gone live!  
To see it, go to

https://youtu.be/uEQj5Aglnx4

Think of it as a continuation of the CLASS 2025 commercial found at 
https://youtu.be/ElhM3M4-lqk



Truly,
Robert Bernardo
organizer – Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
http://www.portcommodore.com/class

P.S. My thanks to the preview audiences at the Sacramento Amiga Computer Club, the Southern California Commodore & 
Amiga Network, and the Fresno Commodore User Group.  

P.P.S. My thanks to the actors who put up with my pickiness and with the multiple takes!

     To see photos and a video link of the event, go to

http://blog.retro-link.com/2026/03/commodore-amiga-at-fresno-state-science.html

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
          April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

https://csm.fresnostate.edu/events/science-carnivale-2026.html

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Greetings, everyone!
      I just got confirmation of this yesterday.  Our hands-on exhibit has been approved for the Feb. 28 Science Carnivale at California State University Fresno, College of Science and Mathematics.  We will be displaying Commodore, Amiga, and other computers at our table, Classic Fresno Area Computers! (CFAC!).
      Here are the facts:

Date: February 28, 2026

Time: 12 noon to 2:30 pm

Location: Science II Courtyard (northern end of California State University campus at the Science II buildings, N. Barstow and E. Maple Aves., Fresno, California, USA)

    Though it's not a lengthy event, we'll squeeze as many computers as we can at our table - C128, Ultimate 64, classic Amiga, AmigaOne A1222+, and others (Tandy, Atari).
    If you are in the Fresno area, come and visit the Science Carnivale.  Admission and parking is free.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Quote from: Hydrophilic on February 09, 2026, 02:01 PMAs far as I can tell MetaBASIC-128 just adds debugging features.  Based on description -- no download found to try.

Heh, there is the type-in listing from Compute!'s Gazette at

https://archive.org/details/1987-02-computegazette/page/102/mode/2up



Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Ah-ha!  By looking at https://telarity.com/~dan/cbm/languages.html , I also see MetaBASIC-128 and VDC BASIC, both for the C128.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Quote from: RobertB on January 21, 2026, 06:18 PMI have the older Stupid PET Tricks adapter, but I didn't know about the Zimmers' list of PET joystick games.

And I just downloaded the Stupid PET Tricks Easter Pack of joystick games at

https://milasoft64.itch.io/stupid-pet-tricks-easter-fun-pack

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

    The first ever demo competition for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show is happening!  Commodore and Amiga democoders, get your programming skills up and running for the categories of

Graphics
Music
Intros
Demos

For more description on the categories and all the rules and submission details of the CLASS democompo, go to

https://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13274

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
          http://www.portcommodore.com/class

In the January 2026 issue of the new Compute!'s Gazette magazine, Automatic Proofreader v3.0 was released as a type-in program.  Consisting of about 60 lines in BASIC 2.0, v3.0 "is a universal tool, intelligently detecting whether you are typing on a Commodore 64, VIC-20, C128, or Plus/4.  It seamlessly hooks into the operating system to provide real-time checksums for every line of BASIC you enter, using a version of the tried-and-true algorithm from the February 1986 version."

Automatic Proofreader will now be able to help those programmers who are typing in the Commodore type-in listings from the magazine.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Quote from: Blacklord on January 20, 2026, 06:25 AM...found on zimmers.net (https://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/pet/games/english/joy/index.html).

The Coyote Electronics pin configuration is also called "PET User port adapter" in the VICE emulator, so it is expected to be wide spread. Space Invader + is the completed pin configuration of the previously mentioned games and can also be found on the "stupid PET tricks" adapter.

I have the older Stupid PET Tricks adapter, but I didn't know about the Zimmers' list of PET joystick games.

Thanks!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Quote from: Hydrophilic on January 17, 2026, 01:51 PM

• BASIC 7.80 (graphics from BASIC now operate on 80-column)

On a side note, the January 2026 of the new Compute!'s Gazette magazine has a review and comparison of several BASIC enhancements for the C64.

Hmm, how many were there for the C128? 
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

That's right the websites for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 and for the Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2026 are now active! The sites have the exhibits, presenters, and prizes set for the shows. Stay tuned for further updates on the April 25-26 CLASS 2026 and the June 20-21 PaCommEx 2026. See CLASS 2026 at

http://www.portcommodore.com/class

and PaCommEx 2026 at

http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

If you want to exhibit, present, or sell/trade items at the shows, contact me at

rbernardo(at)iglou.com

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
organizer – Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, Pacific Commodore Expo NW

    The Swedish Commodore Club (SCK) had its annual show on September 5-7.  Check out the Commodore and Amiga computers and presentations in the following videos:

Walk-through of SCK Commodoreträffen 2025

https://youtu.be/ez2adY07r68

Anemo - SCK Commodoreträffen 2025

https://youtu.be/V4b1fdu7Ado

Mical - SCK Commodoreträffen 2025

https://youtu.be/Eqo36s4tndU

          Pictures to come,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

    Check out the photos and short video of the Commodore and Amiga computers at the HCC Commodore Show (Netherlands Commodore Show) that was held at the end of August.

Photos at

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/10/photos-from-hcc-commodore-show-in.html

Video at

https://youtu.be/WX3MZYDcpWY

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Jeff Flitton is working on designing a mechanical keyboard for the C128 and C128D.  See

https://codeberg.org/jflitton/the-c128-keyboard-project

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Oh, a new game release for the C128!  It's Stunt Car Racer 128, a port of the original SCR.  You can download it at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=257046

And videos of its gameplay are at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTMKlGbLkk

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXfyBjkwwBc

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan