# Commodore 64 Tape Info Central

In this page you will find technical information about Commodore 64 tapes and loaders.

- The Commodore 64 Tape Transfer FAQ
- The Commodore 64 Tape Knowledge Base
- Info on some loaders:
  - Kernel ROM Loader by Richard Storer, Ben Castricum and Tomaz Kac
  - Standard Turbo Tape by Sami Silaste and Andreas Matthies
  - Invade-a-Load/180 Loader by Ben Castricum
  - 720 Loader by Ben Castricum
  - Ace of Aces Loader by Ben Castricum
  - Players Loader by Ben Castricum
  - NovaLoad by Tomaz Kac and Markus Brenner
  - Ocean/Imagine Loader by Ben Castricum and Markus Brenner
  - Mastertronic Loader by Markus Brenner and Tomaz Kac
  - Kettle Loader by Markus Brenner
  - Rainbird Loader by Markus Brenner
  - Zoids Loader by Markus Brenner
  - Zzap! Megatape by Fabrizio Gennari
  - Supertape (Input64 Diskmagazine) by Andreas Matthies
  - Audiogenic/Special Agent loader by Fabrizio Gennari
  - Double Dragon loader by Fabrizio Gennari
  - Snakeload by Luigi Di Fraia
  - Mikro-Gen by Netraider
  - Gremlin loader by Luigi Di Fraia
  - Pavloda (Penetrator version) by Fabrizio Gennari
  - Activision loader by Luigi Di Fraia
  - Palace loader by Fabrizio Gennari
  - New Ocean tape by Luigi Di Fraia
  - Binary Design (Hi-Tec and Virgin versions) by Luigi Di Fraia
  - Gremlin's Fastload by Luigi Di Fraia
  - Tengen/Domark/Imageworks by Luigi Di Fraia
  - Empire loader by Fabrizio Gennari
  - Enigma Variations by Netraider
  - Expert cartridge loader by Fabrizio Gennari
  - Action Replay cartidge loader by Fabrizio Gennari
  - CRL loader by Fabrizio Gennari
  Note: when lengths are given in clock cycles (in a PAL C64, the clocks ticks at 985248 cycles/sec), they refer to full wave lengths (from a trigger to the next one). When lengths are given in T-states (3.5 million T-states are 1 second), they refer to pulse lengths: a wave is made up of a negative pulse and a positive one, so a wave is twice as long as a pulse. To convert from T-states to clock cycles, multiply by 0.563.

  If you want to make suggestions, or have something you want to be added to this page, participate in the tape loaders forum!

  A lot of info available from here has been gathered from many sources on the 'Net, especially the file 64LOADER.TXT included in Tomaz Kac's 64utils. All the authors have been credited. However, if one author does not accept this, and wants its material to be removed from here, just write the maintainer.

  This page is maintained by Fabrizio Gennari