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02.02.2026 - C64 game 'Mission: Cleanup' released
'Mission Cleanup' for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and C64 is a retro-inspired action-puzzle game. You take control of an autonomous cleanup robot on a hazardous mission to decontaminate the planet. Use strategy and precision to clean radioactive spills, avoid threats, and restore order in a post-disaster world. Power up your systems, dodge enemies, and prove that even a small robot can make a big difference. You can get the game as digital download for little money to support the developer.

31.01.2026 - The previous owner tried and failed to fix this C64: Can I fix it? - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Here's a sad C64 motherboard as seen on a recent Turbo Mail Call episode. Someone had previously damaged this motherboard by yanking out three chips. This sent the previous owner on a journey trying to fix this board, which resulted in almost all of the chips being socketed and swapped out. Nothing worked, so can Adrian get it working?

31.01.2026 - Commodore 1984 Movie Poster Calendar + My Top 12 - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
In 1984, Commodore Computers (Canada) released a Movie Poster Calendar, a collection of 12 posters from upcoming films. The calendar was sold throughout Commodore's distribution network nation-wide, and proceeds went to support two charities that benefit children. In addition to looking through the calendar and the 12 movies included, we learn a bit about Commodore Canada's president, Arthur E. Goodall, a VIC-ATHON fundraiser he ran, Robin's 12 favourite movies of 1984, and some kind of relevant 8-bit reference in most all of those movies. Happy New Year!

30.01.2026 - Video: Snowy vs The Killer Penguins (C64) - Preview 2 (with commentary)...
A very quick look at the penguins which are now walking around. This game is based on an old 1985 game called Mr.Frosty and the Killer Penguins. No timescales for the completion of the project, but from early work there's a lot of potential for a new game.

30.01.2026 - C64 game 'BitGang' released - free for download
'BitGang' is an extended remake of the excellent Bitgram iPhone game by French studio 1button. In this game, you put tetris like pieces that can't rotate on a playboard. There are two different colors and you can only put a piece on it's opposite color. When you drop a piece on the board, you get a new one of the other color and you earn one point. Game stops when you can't put anymore piece on the board, so there is a minimum of strategy to be used. As re-making the original game for the C64 was not fun enough the developers also added an "extended" mode, where you have more different boards, more pieces and also a change of board and pieces from time to time when your reach 10 or 50 points increments.

30.01.2026 - New C64 Games from January 2026 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in January 2026, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

28.01.2026 - Video: Snowy vs The Killer Penguins (C64) - Preview 1 (with commentary)...
A first look and discussion on a new game idea project, based on an old 1985 game called Mr.Frosty and the Killer Penguins. The developer takes a look at the original, share his thoughts on it and looks at how it can be improved for a modern remake on the C64. No timescales for the completion of the project, but from early work there's a lot of potential for a new game.

28.01.2026 - Quarx (Commodore 64) Review - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this 2026 released new C64 game 'Quarx' by the 8-Bit Guy David Murray.

27.01.2026 - Video: Ghosts'n'Goblins AGA Amiga remake WIP
Start of level 1. The rest also works besides the water jump. The scrolling to the left is not 100%, and the frog colors are off. The 6809 to 68000 transcoding technique that was used allows to get all levels working at once, no need to painstakingly placing enemies, recreating what has already been done perfectly moons ago. There's also some footage showing a short part of the cave level, with exclusive IM76 level 3 tune rendition.

26.01.2026 - C64 game 'Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave' released
'Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave' brings the legendary fan-made arcade hack Lost Cave from 2012 to the C64, featuring 100 brand-new levels originally designed by TAITO as extra content for the console versions - now carefully adapted for Commodore’s beloved 8-bit machine. Built upon the technical foundations of Bubble Bobble Remastered, this project represents its natural evolution and completion. Thanks to extensive reverse engineering and custom tools developed internally, it finally became possible to recreate Lost Cave on C64 with a level of accuracy and respect that was previously unattainable. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

26.01.2026 - Bubble Bobble : Lost Cave (Commodore 64) Review + Developer Interview - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this 2026 released game by Dave's Retro Forge, that is an arcade conversion of 'Bubble Bobble : Lost Cave' to the Commodore 64

26.01.2026 - Commodore SFD-1001 Disk Drive! (Sort of...) - video by '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on The ChickenHead Chronicles Doug is investigating a rather weird SFD-1001 Commodore Disk Drive he found. What's inside this frankenstein beast?

24.01.2026 - This Commodore 1541 hides a terrible secret… can we fix it? - video by 'retrobits'
Is there finally a way to save a Newtronics 1541 with a dead read/write head? Let’s find out!

24.01.2026 - Enhanced Sierra On-Line games for Amiga - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Enhanced versions of Police Quest 3, Space Quest 4 and Kings Quest 5 for the Commodore Amiga, released in January 2026. These games have full long intros, so please remember that the video has timestamps for the intro and gameplay, and the download links for the games are in the video description.

24.01.2026 - C64 game 'Rise of Babylon' released - free for download
In Rise of Babylon by Windigo Games (also known for 'Deathflood, 'Devolution', 'The Tribe' and ' Battle for Cronos'), your goal is to achieve the greatest possible population growth in the city of Babylon during your reign. Since space and time are limited, skillful city planning is essential. As king, you will also have to make important decisions. Events and dangerous neighbors will complicate your task. A physical version of the game will later be published by the magazine Komoda & Amiga plus.