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20.10.2026 - Steel Ranger 2 (Commodore 64) Review + Developer Interview - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this new C64 game 'Steel Ranger 2 ' a new game by Covert Bitops and published by Protovision + full developer interview with creator Lasse Oorni.

20.10.2026 - C64 game 'Väinämöinen' released
'Väinämöinen' is an open world RPG with fighting, trading and mystical quests in the Kalevala world. You are Väinämöinen and you start the game at the age of 18. You get older but also more experienced the more you play. There is a lot of quests but your main mission is to find the meaning of life. Finding it needs you to travel through many villages, fortresses, ocean with islands and three lands (Svealand, Finn, Rus). Your age, experience level, transport type and wounds affect your daily travelling distance and combat strenght and defence. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

20.10.2026 - C64 game 'Brightmoor' released
'Brightmoor' is an Ultima-style adventure for the C64, written in 6502 assembly on the engine of GloomKeep II. One hero, one moor, a long walk.The dawn bell has not rung in years. Six towns, six Gloomholds, one Hollow King. Bring back the sun. Brightmoor is 64 by 64 tiles of woods, hills, fens, mere and cinders. The six regions and their towns are fixed; the wilderness, the roads and where the Gloomholds stand are new every game. Each region lies under its hold's dusk — less sight, darker colours, harder beasts — until the lord below it falls and the daylight comes back. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.

20.10.2026 - C64 game 'The Mystery of Silver Mountain' released - free for download
This two-disc C64 game is a tribute to The Mystery of Silver Mountain, Usborne’s 1984 BASIC text-adventure masterpiece. The original game came as a source-code listing in a beautifully illustrated book, and it helped inspire my lifelong love of text adventures. This remake includes expanded text and new graphics, to help more players discover the original adventure.

20.10.2026 - Amiga game ''Snake's Snack'' released
'Snake's Snack' is a retro game developed in AMOS Professional by Alberto "BCO" Sgaggero for the legendary Commodore Amiga 500. Guide your snake to eat the apples that keep appearing throughout the match: every apple boosts your score and grows your tail. Watch the edges of the screen: the playfield wraps around, but the arena's walls show no mercy: touch one and it's instant game over.You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer. It is also available for C64 and VIC-20.

19.10.2026 - C64 game 'Nebula Vultures' released
'Nebula Vultures' is a third-person rail shooter homage to the legendary Afterburner for C64. The vulture fleet has struck the outer rim. Take off from 7 Towers Base and fly through seven worlds - night valley, red desert, frozen world, nebula, ocean, factory and the dead nebula - shoot down wave after wave, and face a different boss at the end of every world, up to the Leader of the Vultures himself. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

19.10.2026 - VIC-20 ports of 'Heroes of Karn' and 'Empire of Karn' released - free for download
The Heroes of Karn is a 1983 adventure game written by Ian Gray. It was released by Interceptor Micros for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. The player must rescue four heroes who have been magically imprisoned, and thus save the land of Karn from dominion by evil creatures. The heroes are Beren the swordsman, Istar the wizard, Haldir the Elf-lord and Khadim the dwarf. Its sequel 'Empire of Karn' was solely released for the C64. Now both games were ported to VIC-20 (+35k).

19.10.2026 - C64 game 'Happy Camper' released
'Happy Camper' is a campsite logic puzzle for the C64, based on the original game by Professor Puzzle Ltd.. Place each two-square campervan so the row and column clues add up, no two vans touch - even diagonally - and every van is paired with exactly one fire. Choose a level and put your deduction skills to work. You can mark tiles as you puzzle out the campsite, then place campervans when you’re ready. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.10.2026 - C64 game 'Miami 84' released - free for download
'Miami 84' is an open-city action game for the C64. Drive through Miami, make money, raid cartel hideouts and follow Jack through a fourteen-chapter crime story where your choices lead to five possible endings. Or ignore the story entirely and play the city in SANDBOX mode.

18.10.2026 - C64 Weekly #91 (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.

18.10.2026 - C64 game 'Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle' released - free for download
'Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle', also known as simply Bugs Bunny, is a 1989 action-puzzle video game developed by Kemco for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, that was now ported to C64 by MilaSoft. Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam have captured Honey Bunny and hidden her deep inside the Crazy Castle. Collect the carrots, outsmart the rascals and find your way through 60 tricky stages.

17.10.2026 - C64 game 'Sugar Byte' released
'Sugar Byte' is puzzle game where you swap two sweets, line up three, and watch the board go pop. Line up four and you get a striped candy that wipes out a whole row. Make an L and you get a wrapped candy that blows up everything around it. Line up five and you get the colour bomb - swap it with any candy and every candy of that colour on the board disappears at once. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

17.10.2026 - VIC-20 port of 'Commando' released - free for download
Commando, the famous run and gun video game developed and published by Capcom in 1985 for arcades, that was ported to many systems, now also gets a version for VIC-20 (+35K extra RAM, disk drive or D64 reader). Even the arcade level, that was missing in the original C64 version was added.

17.10.2026 - VIC-20 port of 'Purple Turtles' released - free for download
'Purple Turtles' is a classic skill-based game for the C64, released in 1983 by publisher Quicksilva, which was ported to VIC-20 (PAL ONLY) + 35 extra RAM. The player controls a small character and must cross a pond to collect falling fruit (such as apples or bananas) for a hungry owl on the other side.

16.10.2026 - C64 game 'Obsidian Sky' released
'Obsidian Sky' is a vertical shoot 'em up for the C64 with 7 stages, 7 giant bosses and a weapon system. Clear the Obsidian Sky of the dark fleet. Fly over an asteroid field, a space station, an alien mothership, a nebula, a gas giant and a war zone, down to the edge of a black hole, and bring down the giant boss waiting at the end of each stage. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.