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06.11.2025 - Rogueish (Commodore 64) Review - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this 2025 new dungeon crawler called "Rogueish" from Syntax Error Software on the Commodore 64.

06.11.2025 - Video: Quasimodo's Halloween Horror (C64) Preview 4e - New firepit animation effect..
Welcome to Preview 4e of Quasimodo's Halloween Horror. A minor update with some discussion on a new firepit effect which will now feature in the game. This effect only uses 9 characters, the skull featured in the screen will either be the end of level boss screen, or a bonus screen of some description. No decision has been made so far. The game is still in development for a 2026 release all being well.

05.11.2025 - 'Stunt Car Racer 128' released - free for download
'Stunt Car Racer 128' is an adaptation of the original C64 version of Stunt Car Racer to run natively on the C128. The code was modified to take advantage of the extra RAM, the MMU and the faster clock rate in the border area to push the frame rate as far as possible on a stock machine. The end result is roughly 50% faster than the C64 version. Notably, the C128 made the following optimisations possible: uncompressing the LUT used for arctan calculations, switching to a table based fast multiplication routine, unrolling the screen clearing logic and using the MMU for better throughput. Besides that minor visual bugs are also fixed and also, the menu system was modified to squeeze in some additional features.

03.11.2025 - Book Review | Making Games For The Commodore 64 in Assembly Language - video by 'GRay Defender'
A quick look at the "Making Games For The Commodore 64 in Assembly Language" book by Bård Baadstø Ildgruben.

03.11.2025 - C64 Weekly #54 (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.

02.11.2025 - 'Megapaint' - a new C64 painting tool released as free download
Megapaint is a Pc tool for Commodore 64 artitsts who wants to create koala pictures. With Megapaint you have 16 pages to paint with. You can use these for animations, or a page or two of brushes you like (you have plenty, treat yourself ). You can paint with either a rectangle, a circle, or a brush you made yourself. To load up a picture you are working with, just drop a koala (.KLA file) or a 320x200 .PNG file onto the running app.

31.10.2025 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 October 2025 update
Only a smaller update this month, with a new entry on a cancelled Rocky Memphis game and then updates on 5 pre-existing entries in the archive: 1944, Cyberworm, Eelona - The Warrior Princess, Hill 19, Money Minefield.

31.10.2025 - C64 game 'Boom Special Edition' released
Boom Special Edition is a remastered, enhanced version of BOOM - a 1993 homage to Katakis. It nearly fell into oblivion - through a twist of bad luck, it almost got crossed out of history. The delta between the original and this new edition is a true game changer: Up to 50 times faster loading thanks to cartridge adaptation, and three new difficulty levels. Now, everyone can make BOOM match their personal skill. Find out if you got what it takes. The game is available as boxed Collector's Edition featuring: cartridge, cardboard box, microSD card (including Easyflash image and bonus material), 20-page DIN A5 manual (English), Secret Service Report, DIN A3 poster and stickers.

31.10.2025 - BOOM Special Edition - Obscure C64 Shooter Resurrected - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video showcase of the Commodore 64 game BOOM Special Edition.

31.10.2025 - C64 game 'P.T.' released
'P.T.' (aka Playable Teaser) is one of the most discussed games ever made. It was a 2014 interactive teaser for the video game Silent Hills, a cancelled instalment in the Silent Hill series. You have woken up in room that leads to a strange corridor, which continuously loops and changes itself. Can you piece together the dark past of this place? The C64 version of P.T. was heavily inspired by the Gameboy Colour version and was made by Haplo (maker of 'Shift', 'Tenebra', ''Ooze: The Escape' and 'Caim'). You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

30.10.2025 - Plus/4 game 'Geography Europe' released - free for download
In 'Geography Europe', a new Plus/4 game written completely in machine language, you fly a helicopter over a map of Europe and have to find cities before the timer runs out. The game is similar to an older Commodore 64 game by Radarsoft.

30.10.2025 - New C64 Games from October 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in October 2025, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

27.10.2025 - Video: Escape From PETSCII Castle - A First-Person Shooter for Commodore C64 - Preview 3
Preview (v0.75) of the upcoming first-person shooter Commodore 64 game - Escape From PETSCII Castle. An 8-bit ray casting engine with walls, doors, hidden passages, weapons, ammo, keys and gold. Multiple levels of mayhem! Blocky enemies are now active. Next steps include improved enemies, better sound and more levels.

27.10.2025 - C64 Weekly #53 (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.

24.10.2025 - C64 game 'Dr. Hell Invasion' released
'Dr. Hell Invasion' is an arcade action game for C64, where you must control Koji Kabuto as the Photonic Laboratory is invaded by Dr. Hell and his henchmen: Baron Ashura, the Headless Count, and their troops of Tetsukamen and Iron Masks. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.