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20.07.2026 - Protovision Shop: 4 Player Adapter – finally back in stock
The popular 4 Player Adapter is back and available again! Professionally manufactured by individual Computers, this interface adds two extra joystick ports to your C64 or C128 via the User Port - enabling up to four players to game together with real joysticks on one computer. You can build it yourself using our building instructions, or simply use it ready-to-play. If you want to adapt or create a game for the 4 Player Interface, our source code example shows how easy it is to implement.

20.07.2026 - Video: Vale of the Lost Goddess for C64 - work in progress (2)
More footage of 'Vale of the Lost Goddess', a coming new game from Icon64. Current status: Still a long way to go but the development is getting there.

20.07.2026 - Protovision Shop: TFC3+, Andy’s Utility Cartridge 150101, and 1541 Diagnostic Cartridge are back
Three of the most popular utility cartridges for the C64 are finally back in the Protovision shop: the enhanced TFC3+ with SD2IEC compatibility and extra tools, Andy’s Utility Cartridge 150101 with over 10 utilities plus bonus programs, and the 1541 Diagnostic Cartridge for convenient testing of your disk drives.

20.07.2026 - C64 game 'Dune 2 - The C64 Demake - Arok Edition' released - free for download
'Dune 2 - The C64 Demake - Arok Edition' is a WIP C64 port of 'Dune II – Battle for Arrakis', a real-time strategy game by Westwood Studios, released for Amiga in 1992. This demake version was exclusively released on Arok Party 2026 and features: 64 units, buildings, any number of units on screen, multicolor graphics, 4 direction scrolling battlefield, build bases, produce units, enemy AI that manages its own economy, builds and produces units, defends its base, counter-attacks when provoked and shows no mercy.

19.07.2026 - 'PETSCII Dungeons & Droids' - game for C64 and Plus/4 released
'PETSCII Dungeons & Droids' is a tactical roguelike deck-building card battler for C64 and Plus/4. You wake up at the bottom of a dark labyrinth crawling with malfunctioning machines. Your only weapons? A deck of cards and a handful of dice with opinions of their own. Engage in tactical card battles, steal unique abilities (Widgets) from defeated droids, and bolt them onto your own kit to escape. But beware - luck plays a big part, and sometimes the dice have completely different plans for you. You can get the C64 version of the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer. The Plus/4 port is available for download here.

18.07.2026 - C64 game 'OGOL' released
'OGOL' is a short side-scroller C64 game made for the Árok party 2026. You wake up in the middle of a strange world, guided by a voice in your head. There is a sword stuck in the ground near you. You feel like you should remember why you are here, but it remains a mystery. Grab the sword and go, before it's too late!the game eatures smooth scrolling, fluid animations, sword throwing combat, sound effects, WASD/Space and joystick controls and PAL and NTSC support. You can get the game as digital download for a small price (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.07.2026 - C64 game 'The Last Relic' - demo version released
The Last Relic' is a WIP action adventure for C64. The world ended. Your wife's hydroponics bunker needs a controller to keep the crops alive — and the only machine that can run it is the last working Commodore 64 in the wasteland. You're the Hunter. Go find it. The demo version offers full Level 1: desert wasteland, tutorial, first quest chain. Fight scorpions and cockroaches, find the battery, power up the teleport. HUD with quest objectives, score, weapons and ammo. You can get the demo version of the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

17.07.2026 - C64 game 'Golems Cipher' released
'Golems Cipher' is a strategy game for C64 where you have to find three digits to unlock a door. Decipher the runes on the floor do - and each one will tell you exactly one true thing before it crumbles to nothing. The sum of the digits. Whether the first is odd. Which of them is largest. Nine runes. Nine truths. Three digits. You will not get them all. You can get the game as digital download for a small price to support the developer.

17.07.2026 - C64 game 'WaiterWaiter!' released - free for download
'WaiterWaiter!' is a simple high score chaser game, where the aim is to keep the Turkey from hitting the floor - a life is lost if it does - and kick as many rats as you can. To advance each level you’ll need to kick several green rats and guide the turkey through the oven or freezer doors.

17.07.2026 - C64 Weekly #79 (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.

16.07.2026 - C64 game 'TULT 64' released - free for download
'TULT 64' is a free puzzle game for the Commodore 64 that involves sliding blocks together so that all their colored sides match and their movement tallies are set to zero. The game features 60 stages (the 19 original stages plus 41 new ones), stage code and continue system, unlimited undo function, built-in tutorial, digitized speech samples from the original game and PAL and NTSC compatibility.

13.07.2026 - Rust 'n Steel Reboot (Commodore 64) Review - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this 2026 released C64 game 'Rust 'n Steel Reboot' by Marcus Wagner. Buy the digital version here.

13.07.2026 - 'Castle Smash' game for C64 and PET released
'Castle Smash' is new interpretation of Warlords, the 1981 action video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the arcades. It's a classic four-castle showdown. Demolish everyone else's. Four warlords, one screen. Any mix of human and computer players - grab three friends for full four-player keyboard chaos, plug joysticks into both ports, or go solo against three cunning drones. Runs on any C64 (PAL or NTSC) and PET 3032/4032 or 8032 models. You can get the game as digital download for little money to support the developer.

10.07.2026 - 'The Secret of Barron Wood' - adventure for C64 and Amiga released - free for download
'The Secret of Barron Wood' is a supernatural short story in the form of a text adventure. Venture into the deep wood and explore its darkest recesses, where a century-old secret awaits your discovery. This game is made with DAAD and was designed to have a retro feel, harking back to the heyday of adventuring in the 1980s. Besides a version for C64 and Amiga, there are also versions for Amstrad, Atari ST, Spectrum, MSX and PC-DOS.

08.07.2026 - KICKMAN C64 Mysteries: Authorship, Versions, Bugs & Fix - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
The Commodore 64 version of the Bally-Midway arcade game Kick-Man has a number of mysteries. Who programmed the C64 version? Why are there two very different versions of the game, and what platforms were they intended for? And why does the game play "blazing fast" on some Commodore 64s? We attempt to answer all these questions, as well as give more history about this somewhat infamous game in the popular "clowns popping balloons" genre of video games.