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17.10.2026 - Mini Commodore repair-a-thon: Strange things and a little carnage - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Three broken Commodores. It's a common thing, so fix these three machines up and get them ready to be released back into the world!

17.10.2026 - 'Tutankham' for Amiga released
'Tutankham' is a 1982 maze video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. Now it got a port for Amiga (OCS, ECS, and AGA). In this game, the player controls an explorer who is robbing Tutankhamun's tomb. The player will search for precious treasures (maps, lamps, chests of gold & jewels, and, above all, the golden mask of King Tut) and fight off the various creatures that guard the tomb to ultimately find the way through the catacombs. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

17.10.2026 - Amiga game 'Smokin' Colts' released
'Smokin' Colts' is a first-person western shooter for the Amiga 1200/4000. The game is a fully 3D western town on a classic Amiga: a sector/portal engine with sloped floors, two-storey buildings you can walk into, swinging saloon doors, lamp-lit interiors and a 360° sky - all in fixed point on a 68030 without an FPU. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

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 - Amiga game 'Fortuna Core' released - free for download
Fortuna Core by the BlitterForge is a platform shooter action game developed specifically for a standard Amiga 1200 running Kickstart 3.0. Fortuna Core is not intended to be a large or ambitious production, but rather a passion project that combines retro computing, experimentation, modern AI-assisted development, and the joy of creating something new for a legendary platform.

17.10.2026 - 'Mat Mania' for Amiga released
Mat Mania, known in Japan as Exciting Hour: The ProWrestling Network or simply Exciting Hour, is a 1985 wrestling video game developed by Technōs Japan and published by Taito for arcades and is regarded as a spiritual successor to the 1983 arcade game Tag Team Wrestling. This Amiga AGA version requires at least 2MB FastRAM. You can get the game as digital download for little money(name your own price) to support the developer.

17.10.2026 - 'Pole Position' for Amiga released
Pole Position, the 1982 racing video game developed and published by Namco for arcades, was now ported to Amiga (AGA & ECS). Features graphics and sound and high-score system from the arcade game. 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 'Preppie' released - free for download
'Preppie!' is an action video game for Atari 8-bit computers published by Adventure International in 1982. Like Frogger, the player must cross lanes of traffic, then jump between floating objects to reach the other side of a river. This port for VIC-20 needs 35 extra RAM.

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.

17.10.2026 - VIC-20 port of 'Missile Command' released - free for download
'Missile Command' is a 1980 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. This version for VIC-20 (+24K extra RAM, Joystick or Amiga Mouse) is a direct port of the Atari 2600 game.

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.

16.10.2026 - 'Star Force' for Amiga released
'Star Force', released in North America as Mega Force, is a 1984 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Tehkan for arcades. Now it got ported to Amiga (AGA 020 with at least 2mb chip & fast ram). You must pilot a spaceship (Final Star) over series series of islands - drifting in outer-space - shooting enemy spacecraft and ground-based targets. Special symbols appear at regular intervals and can be shot or collected for bonuses. The levels are designated by letters of the Greek alphabet. You can get the game as digital download for little money(name your own price) to support the developer.

16.10.2026 - C64 game 'Dungeon Raider' released - free for download
'Dungeon Raider' is a dungeon crawler for C64. You entered a dungeon seeking fame and fortune exception this dungeon offers neither. Now, its just a scramble to get out alive and there is only one way to do that. Choose between three characters (Barbarian, Wizard or Elf) and fight your way through hordes of creatures that lurk in the dungeons.

15.10.2026 - C64 game 'Arlasoft Soccer' released
'Arlasoft Soccer' is a football game for the C64, inspired by the classic Amiga/PC game Sensible Soccer. Features: Human vs CPU, Human vs Human, CPU vs CPU. Play friendlies or a 16-team cup competition. Extra time and penalty shoot-outs. Pick from 8 skill levels for each team, six preset formations to choose from. Choose from 3, 5, 7 or 10 minute matches. Seven pitch types affecting colour and ball physics. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.