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10.10.2026 - C64 game 'Runner A.P.E.R' released
'Runner A.P.E.R' is an arcade game for C64. It's 6:47 a.m. in Kiato. Your uncle Babis, the finest souvlaki man in Piraeus, has just called you in a total panic. You run along the tracks with the jar in your pocket. You jump the buffer stops. You climb onto the roofs of trains that, strangely, run perfectly on time for everyone except you. You grab coins for the ticket you never had time to buy. The ticket inspector has been chasing you since Loutraki. So has the goat. If you don't make it, Babis will season the skewers with supermarket oregano. In Piraeus, that is never forgiven. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

10.10.2026 - C64 game 'Egg Pet 64' released
Remember those egg-shaped keychain pets from the 90s? 'Egg Pet 64' brings the feeling back to the C64. On screen is a pink egg-shaped handheld with a grey dot-matrix LCD. Your pet lives on that little screen, drawn in chunky black pixels just like the real thing. Hatch an egg, raise your pet from baby to child to adult, and keep it happy for as long as you can. Neglect it, and it won't be around for long. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.

10.10.2026 - C64 game 'Daybreak GP' released
'Daybreak GP' is a Formula 1 endurance racer for the Commodore 64, inspired by classic Enduro. Every in-game day you have to overtake a set number of rival cars before the sun comes up again. Miss the quota and your race is over. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

10.10.2026 - 'Paradroid' for Plus/4 released - free for download
This faithful Plus/4 conversion of the C64 classic, originally created by Andrew Braybrook, which combines C and Assembly coding knowledge with the AI assistance, has been pushed to the max, in order to convert a cornerstone of the C64 library. Eight ships, each with 20 decks, to be cleaned out from the gone-mad droids, a fast logic game to relay between their circuits, a variegated ranking system to climb up, a fast paced action overall... all the features seem to be perfectly ported on the Plus/4. The real visible compromise (but ultimately, not excessively disruptive) is the format clash of the sprites – which must be multicolor – on the original hires background. Paradroid on Plus/4 surprisingly retains all the dynamism of the original on the C64, moving so many things on the screen with extreme fluidity.

10.10.2026 - C64 Weekly #90 (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.

09.10.2026 - C64 game 'Mappy' released
'Mappy' is the C64 port of the 1983 platform video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. Mappy, a police mouse, is tasked with recovering stolen items from a mansion that serves as a hideout for a gang of thieving cats. This is an unofficial fan port, made for fun and given away for free. It is not for sale, but you can get the game as digital download while donating some bucks (name your own price) to support the developer.

09.10.2026 - 'Buckshot Roulette' - port for Plus/4 released
'Buckshot Roulette' is a tabletop horror game created by Mike Klubnika. It's an attempts to re-design the infamous game of Russian Roulette, replacing the traditional revolver with a proper 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. The game takes place at the top of an underground nightclub, where the metal railings tremble to the pulse of long lost drum machines. A crooked AI dealer is waiting for you. Will you meet them? Ko-Ko has been fascinated both by the simple, yet tricky, mechanics of the game's design, and by the adult oriented theme creating such a sordid atmosphere around it. hence, he managed an initial C64 version of it, before getting seized by the siren's songs of his ancient love: the Plus/4

07.10.2026 - C64 game 'U-Boat Raider' released
In 'U-Boat Raider' you take command of a World War II U-boat in the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic. Patrol for merchant convoys, line up your targets through the periscope, and launch torpedoes before their escorts close in. Every attack carries a risk. Destroyers hunt you with sonar and depth charges, battleships return fire, and hidden mines threaten your route to resupply. Choose your targets, aim carefully, and know when to dive. Featuring classic C64 graphics, SID sound effects, and joystick controls, U-Boat Raider challenges you to sink 550,000 GRT of enemy shipping and return from patrol.

06.10.2026 - C64 game 'Gate Game' released
'Gate Game' is a logic puzzler for C64. Switch gates to control the flow of electricity. You can get them as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.10.2026 - 'Tricky Tetris' - game for C64 and Plus/4 released
Tricky Tetris is a complete Tetris game for the Commodore 64 / Plus/4 and Ultimate 64, created by Zsolt Tarczali in 2026. It has everything you would expect from Tetris: falling pieces, levels, hold, line clearing, high scores and increasingly fast gameplay. But there is one important difference: the game occasionally plays tricks on you. You can get them as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.10.2026 - Protovision Shop: Galencia is back
The acclaimed Galaga-inspired C64 action shooter Galencia by Jason Aldred is fully back in stock – including the disk version! All boxed editions are packed with a 16-page full-color manual, a glass-surface coaster, a small metal bee, and a sticker. If you want the ultimate package, grab one of the special editions bundling the cartridge with the disk – plus a space amulet to keep your luck up in the later levels. All editions are PAL and NTSC compatible and include digital images of the tape and disk versions.

06.10.2026 - C64 game 'Loukoumas' released
'Loukoumas' is a new platformer for C64, about a plump, overweight European Shorthair with short legs, enormous eyes and an unappeasable love of cured meats that has been woken by a rumble in his own stomach. You can get them as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

05.10.2026 - Plus/4 game 'Skool Daze' released - free for download
'Skool Daze' was a major classic on the ZX Spectrum and C64, and the school mischief simulator has finally arrived on the Plus/4 as well. Step back into school as Eric, a mischievous pupil with a catapult and a report card that needs fixing! Attend lessons, dodge angry teachers, uncover the safe combination, and cause plenty of classroom chaos along the way. This Commodore Plus/4 adaptation brings Skool Daze to life with refreshed graphics, new music, and lively sound effects. Can you outsmart the staff before the punishment lines pile up?

05.10.2026 - C64 game 'Necrosis' released
'Necrosis' is a new platformer for the C64. It started on the night shift at St. Jude's Infirmary. By midnight, the wards were full of the dead - and the dead were hungry. You wake alone on a gurney. Three people are still alive somewhere in the dark: a nurse on the wards, a priest who went down into the catacombs, and a nun ringing the chapel bell in Blackmoor Cemetery. Fight, run and climb your way out through the infirmary, the undercroft and the graveyard. Save who you can. Do not get bitten. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain to support the developer.

05.10.2026 - C64 game 'FablePhobia: The Wrong Map' released
'FablePhobia: The Wrong Map' is a short story-driven C64 adventure and the third part, set in the strange world of Fablephobia, It is focused on atmosphere, dialogue and simple choices. Alice and Pippa find an old map. They don't know where it came from or what it is trying to show them. As new places begin to appear on it, they decide to follow them and see where the map leads. Their journey takes them through several unusual places, with strange encounters, odd situations and a few decisions along the way. You can get them as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.