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08.12.2025 - Video: Impossible Mission 3 for C64 - work in progress (7)
More footage for Impossible Mission 3, which is currently in development for C64 by Icon64, with some jumping n dodging stunts. There are also some short clips showing the use of weapons, 3d lift effect and some new speech.

08.12.2025 - I Built a Commodore 64 Laptop That Never Existed - The Portable 64 - video by 'Kevin Noki'
Kevin is building his own custom Commodore 64 laptop something Commodore never actually made. Designed and built entirely from scratch, he is calling it the Portable 64.

08.12.2025 - Tales of a Dungeon Basher #7 (Questron 1 & 2 /Commodore 64) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
The 7th episode in this RPG series chronicling classic 8 & 16-Bit RPG's. This episode features the RPG's "Questron 1 & 2" published by SSI in 1984 and 1988 on the Commodore 64.

07.12.2025 - 'Leisure Suit Larry' for C64 - demo for download
'Leisure Suit Larry' is an official WIP C64 port of Al Lowe's 1987 adventure classic hit by RetroBytes. Announced for 2025, there is now a small demo for download, that takes place exclusively in the bar and, apart from minor changes necessary for the demo, corresponds to the status of the finished game.

06.12.2025 - C64 game 'Oh Mummy' released - free for download
'Oh Mummy' is a maze game, originally made for the ZX Spectrum and other 8-bit machines in 1983 and developed and published by Gem Software. It's gameplay is similar to that of the 1981 arcade video game Amidar. Now 'Oh Mummy' was ported to C64 as a remake.

05.12.2025 - C64 game 'Umi Colors' released
'Umi Colors' is a single screen action. In the game the player has to destroy a horde of aliens of 4 very striking colors by transforming Umi with the corresponding color of each alien or colliding them so that they disappear from the city. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

01.12.2025 - C64 game 'Sherwood' released
Psytronik Software are very pleased to present 'Sherwood', the second release from Griffonsoft - the team behind the 2025 smash hit C64 release 'Musketeer'. Sherwood features the same fantastic attention to detail that was lavished on Musketeer, but with twice the number of screens to explore, and exciting new gameplay mechanics! You can get the game as digital download for bargain to support the developer. The game is also available to order as a limited edition boxed edition exclusively from the official Psytronik Software online store.

01.12.2025 - C64 Weekly #57 (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.

30.11.2025 - Video: Escape From PETSCII Castle - A First-Person Shooter for Commodore C64 - Preview 4
New footage showing the current gameplay of the soon-to-be-released first-person shooter game for the Commodore 64 - Escape From PETSCII Castle. An adaptation of a PET release of the same game, which itself was inspired by Wolfenstein 3D. Current version features: two different enemies (sprites with masking behind walls), items for pick up as you go along - ammo, health, gold, keys and different weapons - knife, pistol, rifle and machine gun (for now graphics from amazing Grey)

29.11.2025 - 'Aztec Challenge Bugfix' for C64 released - free for download
The old classic game Aztec Challenge got an complete overhaul by Grue/Extend/Beyond Force that includes a vast number of fixes and tweaks that make the game much more playable but also some improvements including changes, e.g. you now can choose to play as the heroine, that is also presented on the cover art of the game.

28.11.2025 - New C64 Games from November 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in November 2025, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

27.11.2025 - Sherwood for the Commodore 64 - Great new 2025 C64 release - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Game showcase of Sherwood for the Commodore 64 (C64). Expected release date is 1 December 2025.

24.11.2025 - C64 Weekly #56 (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.

23.11.2025 - Viewer sent me a broken C64 board - Can I fix it? - video by ' Sayaka's Digital Attic'
Sayaka recently got a Commodore 64 from a subscriber and it arrived already opened and poorly repaired. The board is actually broken, with missing PCB sections, lifted traces, bad solder joints and a badly reinstalled 6526!

22.11.2025 - I made a new VIC-20 Game - Quarx! - video by 'The 8-Bit Guy'
Over the years 'The 8-Bit Guy' has developed a number of  games starting back in 2017 with Planet X2 for the Commodore 64, in 2018 with Planet X3 for MS-DOS and then in 2020 the first PETSCII Robots game for the PET. Now he has decided to give it a try with a new game project on the VIC-20.