Major Milestones in HVSC History
| Date | Event | Comment
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| 1990 Aug 21 | 100 Most Remembered C64 Game Tunes(Amiga demo) |
First known SID emulation on another platform |
| 1994 | Sidplay for DOS | First known SID emulation on the PC platform |
| 1994 Dec 29 | NemeSIDs | First known attempt to bring organization to a personal SID collection |
| 1996 July 12 | HVSC 1.0 | Published with 4079 SID files |
| 1997 Jan 11 | HVSC Update #2 | Linux support is added |
| 1997 Apr 27 | HVSC Update #4 | 5000+ SID files |
| 1997 Jun 14 | HVSC Update #5 | SID Tune Information List (STIL) is first published |
| 1997 Sep 9 | HVSC Update #6 | The collection switches from MS-DOS 8.3 to long filenames |
| 1997 Nov 5 | HVSC Update #7 | The collection switches from .DAT extension to .SID |
| 1998 May 17 | HVSC Update #11 | The Shark resigns as admin, and Waz becomes administrator |
| 1998 Aug | The Big SID Hunt begins
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| 1999 Feb 28 | HVSC Update #15 | 10,000+ SID files |
| 1999 May 15 | HVSC Update #16 | VARIOUS folder is reorganized into subdirs (A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z) |
| 2000 | Top 100 SIDslist is published |
Based on a public voting |
| 2001 Apr 4 | HVSC Update #25
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15,000+ SID files |
| 2002 Aug 17 | HVSC Update #32 | Fully C64 compatible PSIDv2NG file format is introduced |
| 2002 Dec 21 | HVSC Update #34 | RSID (RealSID) file format is introduced;
Warren resigns as admin and Jan Diabelez Arnt Harries takes over; 20,000+ SID files |
| 2003 Dec 19 | HVSC Update #37 | Jan resigns as admin, Stephan Schmid and Peter Sandén take over |
| 2004 Feb 21 | HVSC Update #38 | 25,000+ SID files |
| 2005 Jan 28 | HVSC Update #41 | Starting with this update HVSC bundles a C64 intro with the update (the practice ended with Update #44) |
| 2005 Jun 9 | HVSC Update #42 | HVSC drops the semantic versioning - the collection becomes just HVSC Version 42with this update; 30,000+ SID files |
| 2006 Apr 17 | HVSC Update #45 | Jan joins up with Stephan and Peter as a third admin |
| 2007 Jan 21 | HVSC Update #46 | The collection removes the VARIOUS directory and introduces the new MUSICIANS directory;
10 Years HVSCC64 demo |
| 2008 Mar 9 | HVSC Update #48 | 35,000+ SID files |
| 2009 May 1 | HVSC Update #50 | Stephan and Peter step down as admins, Jan is joined by iAN CooG as new admin |
| 2010 Jun 25 | HVSC Update #53 | Jan resigns as admin and iAN CooG becomes the sole admin |
| 2011 Jun 25 | HVSC Update #55 | 40,000+ SID files |
| 2016 July 12 | HVSC Update #65 | 20 Years HVSCC64 demo |
| 2017 Dec 23 | HVSC Update #68 | 50,000+ SID files |
| 2021 Jul 12 | HVSC Update #75 | 25th anniversary update |
HVSC's Growth Over the Years
Below is a simple graph that shows how the number of SID files in HVSC has grown over the years. Each dot represents an HVSC release. It's interesting to note on this graph how frequently the updates were coming up until about 2004, and how closely the twice-a-year update schedule has been followed since 2010.
What this graph also shows is that the number of new SID tunes still being steadily produced by the scene nearly 30 years after the Commodore 64 ceased production is absolutely remarkable!
