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12.06.2026 - C64 game 'Duckling Rescue' released
Duckling Rescue is a cosy platformer for the C64, designed with young and cosy gamers in mind. You play a courageous duck, on a mission to find each duckling and bring them home. Features: a whole island to explore made up of 10 screens, strawberries to collect and ducklings to rescue, patrolling enemies, music inspired by a classic nursery rhyme. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

12.06.2026 - Steel Ranger 2 (C64) - So much Metroidvania goodness! - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video showcase of the game Steel Ranger 2 for the Commodore 64. To be released via Protovision Games in the second half of 2026. For more information about Steel Ranger 2, click here.

12.06.2026 - Donut 80 Commodore 64 : Special + Developer Interview - video by 'BastichB 64K'
A look at 5 Commodore 64 games converted from web based originals by Griffonsofts Ola Zandelin + a full interview with the man himself.

11.06.2026 - C64 game 'Broken Altars' released
'Broken Altars' is a new isometric action/strategy puzzler by Dr. Mortal Wombat (maker of e.g. Trenchangle, Terminal Walker, Soiled Iron, Roguebot, Minotrace, Ball and Chain, Gates of the Ancient). You play archeologist Fumbling Fred, who is equipped with a basic pickaxe to collect gold and altar pieces. You can acquire additional tools buying from a shop in between excavation campaigns. Once you buy the ancient papyri showing the layout of the altar to rebuild, you can try to piece the collected fragments back together to advance to the next. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to show your appreciation.

09.06.2026 - 'Eclipse' - game for C64, C128, Amiga, Plus/4 and Mega65 (and even more systems) released
'Eclipse' is is an adaptation of the Italian adventure Morgan Tyler: Eclypse by Bonaventura Di Bello. It was originally written using The Quill and Illustrator and published by Edizioni Hobby S.r.l. on the cover tape of Epic 3000, no. 7, December 1986 for the ZX Spectrum. It was later published on the cover tape of Explorer, no. 7, May 1987 for the Commodore 64 and MSX. It has now been translated to English and rewritten for a modern audience with the original author's permission. This new version includes many enhancements that weren't in the original. Type ABOUT in the game for further info.

08.06.2026 - Lost C64 games and protos – May 2026 - GTW64 May 2026 update
Almost half way through the year already, and GTW64 has more Commodore 64 goodness for you, with 4 brand-new entries added to the site (Dungeons and Magic, The Sanctuary, Thunder Light, Trap Mission), and 22 existing entries updated. Some new recoveries coming very soon, so watch this space! Little bit late with May due to a holiday, so GTW64 will be back again in less than a month with June’s update.

08.06.2026 - C64 Weekly #75 (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.

06.06.2026 - C64 game 'Petal Panic' - preview free for download
'Petal Panic' is a WIP platofrmer for C64 that mixes tight arcade action with frantic flora-growing mechanics. The world has gotten weird, and only one gardener is equipped to clean it up. Play as Petal Pete and navigate through multi-stage worlds, outsmart bizarre enemies, and face off against screen-filling bosses by planting seeds, sprouting platforms, and fighting back with the power of nature. Remember the golden rule: Plant fast! Fight weird! Petal Panic is currently under development. A playable preview containing three worlds is now free for download.

04.06.2026 - C64 game 'Captain Victor Stormbeard And The Undead Treasure' - demo version released
'Capitan Victor Stormbeard and the Undead Treasure' demo version is a playable preview of an upcoming C64 platform adventure. This demo contains the complete first level of the game, featuring 21 interconnected screens to explore, enemies to defeat, secrets to discover, and treasures to collect. You can get the game in its current state as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

03.06.2026 - Infocom SPECIAL : Top 10 (Commodore 64) Text Adventures Games - video by 'BastichB 64K'
This video showcases BastichB's Top 10 favourite Infocom Text adventure games on the Commodore 64. If this videos does well more deep dives into the rest of the Infocom back catalogue will be made.

01.06.2026 - C64 game 'Cocytus Ruins' released - free for download
'Cocytus Ruins: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh' is a role-playing and dungeon crawler roguelike game, developed natively for C64. You will venture into the dark and shifting Cyclopean Ruins, a cursed place where cultists and ancient abominations guard secrets that humanity should have forgotten.

30.05.2026 - Was Commodore's Magic Desk the first vapourware? Let's build one and find out what made it special! - video from 'The Retro Shack'
PCBWay have printed me these Magic Desk boards for the Commodore 64 - and also some really rather lovely cases. Let's build it and discuss why Magic Desk just might have been the first real vapourware product!

29.05.2026 - New C64 games May 2026 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in May 2026, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

29.05.2026 - C64 Weekly #74 (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.

26.05.2026 - Joan of Arc C64 Showcase - More Griffonsoft Goodness! - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video showcase of the upcoming Commodore 64 (C64) game - Joan of Arc: Deus Contra Machinam. To be released by Psytronik Software in the second half of 2026.