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01.08.2026 - C64 Weekly #81 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Weekly updates from the Commodore 64 Scene Including new music, demos and games. Links to all shown content in the video description.

01.08.2026 - New C64 games July 2026 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in July 2026, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

31.07.2026 - C64 game 'Scrapyard' released
'Scrapyard' is an arcade maze shooter for C64. You are Kryten 2000, a sanitation droid on a magnetic sorting floor where broken military drones and dead factory bots get dumped. Their logic has rotted. Nothing down here is fighting you in particular - it is fighting whatever it was built to eat. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

31.07.2026 - Video: Doom for C64 - demo video
This video shows 'Doom' for C64. The project is still work in progress. Sky, shotgun polish, better lighting, temp logo. E1M1 through E1M8 are in. There is also a second video showing more footage.

30.07.2026 - C64 game 'Nibbit' released - free for download
'Nibbit' is a fun little game, closely based on the original Nibbler arcade game (Rock-Ola) in terms of graphics and level design.

29.07.2026 - C64 game 'Rasterjack' released
Rasterjack is a poker roguelike for the C64, where you build a scoring machine out of five cards and a rack of jokers. Rasterjack is fast-paced. Jokers and poker hands are how you win - there's no deck building. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

29.07.2026 - C64 game 'Snake Temple' released
'Snake Temple' is yet another roguelike dungeon crawler game for C64. Explore a maze filled with snakes to find the treasure. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

27.07.2026 - Commodore PET and C64 game 'Tunnel Tumbler' released
'Tunnel Tumbler' is a maze video game in the style of the 1982 arcade Dig Dug by Namco for the Commodore PET (32k PET - 2001, 3032, 4032, 8032) and C64. You are the Garden Guardian, a fiercely territorial mole digging deep beneath the soil. An infestation of ravenous Borer Beetles and acid-spitting Bombardiers has invaded your underground home. Grab your trusty pneumatic dart-pump, carve out your tunnels, and defend your territory! You can get the game as digital download for little money to support the developer.

26.07.2026 - C64 Quickload Episode #12 - Mid 2026 Games Round Up! - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Episode 12 of the C64 Quickload series takes a look back at a large collection of games released during the first half of 2026.

25.07.2026 - C64 Weekly #80 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Weekly updates from the Commodore 64 Scene Including new music, demos and games. Links to all shown content in the video description.

25.07.2026 - C64 game 'Skittles' released - free for download
Welcome to Skittles, a classical single player chessboard puzzle game. You have just one pawn, move it to capture all other pawns on the board. Start by choosing the pawn type: you can be a tower, a bishop or a knight. The game is easy if you are a bishop or a tower, being a knight is much harder. There're 8 easy levels and 8 hard ones, you must complete all of them. Higher levels, either easy or hard, have more pawns and get more complicated. There is one king at each level, this is the last pawn you have to capture. Don't waste your moves, they're limited. Try to capture pawns at every step.

24.07.2026 - Protovision Shop: OVP64 Over Voltage Protector
The OVP64 Over Voltage Protector is now available at Protovision, sporting a brand new compact inline design. It uses ultra-fast MOSFET technology to continuously monitor the power supply between your PSU and your C64, instantly cutting the connection the moment a voltage spike is detected. Original C64 power supplies are notorious for failing with age and pushing voltages beyond the safe 5.40V threshold - potentially causing irreparable damage to sensitive ICs. A red warning LED lets you know when the OVP64 has stepped in to protect your machine.

23.07.2026 - C64 game 'Thin Ice' released
'Thin Ice' is a frantic arcade cube 'em up from Thalamus for the C64, that refers to Pengo, the 1982 maze video game developed by Coreland and published by Sega for arcades. Deep below Camp Nice 'n' Icy, the endless ice caverns of Freezia stretch for hundreds of miles in every direction. These caverns are home to Binky the Ice Dragon, a friendly creature whose clan have lived in peace for generations... You can as digital download for little money to support the developer. A physical version of Thin Ice is coming soon! Click here to visit the Thalamus online store.

23.07.2026 - C64 game 'Mazes of Malice' - V1.0 released
'Mazes of Malice' is a graphical, realtime, roguelike stealth action game for the C64. You have somehow found yourself in the Mazes of Malice. It's a dank dungeon, a maze of rooms. There are rats and bats all over. Everywhere you look, there are wooden barrels. In the corner, you spot an old wooden chest. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

22.07.2026 - Protovision Shop: Tapecart microSD Card Reader
The Tapecart microSD Card Reader is now available for the first time in the Protovision Shop - this new, high-quality version brings a very compact design and is arguably the fastest way to load software from a microSD card on your C64. Housed in a durable injection-molded case, it loads .TCRT and .PRG files at ultra-high speeds with no extra hardware needed. Just plug it into the cassette port and go. Skip fumbling with tiny screens or physical buttons - navigate your entire library effortlessly using the intuitive built-in on-screen browser.