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01.06.2026 - Amiga game 'The City of Gold - Part 1' released
'The City of Gold - Part 1' is an RPG adventure from Per Holmström (Grottkräl), author of the award winning adventure Drakborgen The Secret of Ath Ungol for Dragonbane amongst other things. The game follows the player seeking the City of Gold! Searching for adventure in a fantasy setting. It uses a modern playstyle, in a retro game engine. The City of Gold is currently available for AMIGA and HTML (modern computers). You can get the game as digital download for a fair price (name your own price) to support the developer.

01.06.2026 - C64 game 'Cocytus Ruins' released - free for download
'Cocytus Ruins: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh' is a role-playing and dungeon crawler roguelike game, developed natively for C64. You will venture into the dark and shifting Cyclopean Ruins, a cursed place where cultists and ancient abominations guard secrets that humanity should have forgotten.

01.06.2026 - Amiga game 'OuT.Rex' released
'OuT.Rex' is a small retro game and a personal reinterpretation of the Chrome Dino game, mixed with a strong dose of inspiration from the classic SEGA arcade masterpiece OutRun. This time, the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex is no longer running through a lonely desert: now he drives a sporty convertible along a nostalgic seaside road filled with palm trees, seagulls, and old-school arcade vibes. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

31.05.2026 - PaulaNET - WIFI Adapter for Your Floppy Amiga Drive Port - video by 'RobSmithDev'
Recently you saw Rob experimenting with playing audio from the Floppy drive port and he promised that new knowledge would be put to good use. In this video introduce PaulaNET, a WIFI network adapter for the Amiga that connects via the floppy drive connector, and as such shares all the benefits like DMA transfer. Lets explore this together.

30.05.2026 - No riser needed: More fixes for the battery damaged Amiga 3000 - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Adrian is finally making some progress fixing the battery damaged Amiga 3000, and that makes him very happy. He is grateful for everyone who has been helping with this repair.

30.05.2026 - Was Commodore's Magic Desk the first vapourware? Let's build one and find out what made it special! - video from 'The Retro Shack'
PCBWay have printed me these Magic Desk boards for the Commodore 64 - and also some really rather lovely cases. Let's build it and discuss why Magic Desk just might have been the first real vapourware product!

29.05.2026 - New C64 games May 2026 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in May 2026, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

29.05.2026 - C64 Weekly #74 (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.

27.05.2026 - VIC-20 game 'Walk 500 Miles' released - free for download
'Walk 500 Miles' is a is an original adventure game for the unexpanded VIC-20 with one-button combat that rewards good timing. Would you walk 500 miles to rescue a princess? Slay a dragon? Return a library book? Look, the reason's not important, ok? The point is ... you must walk 500 miles. Along the way, you'll fight monsters, level up your skills, and find sanctuary in friendly towns.

26.05.2026 - Joan of Arc C64 Showcase - More Griffonsoft Goodness! - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video showcase of the upcoming Commodore 64 (C64) game - Joan of Arc: Deus Contra Machinam. To be released by Psytronik Software in the second half of 2026.

26.05.2026 - Making The 8-Bit Guy's "Random Maze" Even Faste - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
David Murray, The 8-Bit Guy, made a video about his new take on the "10 PRINT" random maze program for the Commodore 64. It prints the maze very fast indeed, and he made reference to previous attempts and showed how his is faster. We'll take a look at ‪The8BitGuy‬'s code, clarify a few things about the comparison, and see if we can further improve on his interesting idea.

26.05.2026 - Commodore PET game 'Pengy' released - free for download
'Pengy' for Commodore PET is an adaptation of a 1992 PC shareware title and takes some inspiration from the classic arcade game Pengo, which was published by SEGA in 1982. You play as Pengy, and your goal is to align the three diamond blocks either horizontally or vertically in order to advance to the next level. Of course, angry walruses stand in your way, but you can crush them by sliding ice blocks across the playfield.

25.05.2026 - C64 game 'TantooMan Volume 02' released
'TantooMan' is a logic puzzle game where you have to trace your way through different maces with rising difficulties while facing a tight speed limit. Tantooman Vol.02 continues with 40 new levels starting with level 41. In Vol.02, the gameplay and rules of the game remain the same.You can get the game as digital download for a fair price (name your own price) to support the developer.

24.05.2026 - Multi platform adventure game 'The House On The Other Side Of The Storm' released and free for download
'The House On The Other Side Of The Storm' is a text-based horror and fantasy adventure for 8-bit computers, developed using the DAAD parser in 2019. Besides a version for C64 there are also versions for Amstrad, Spectrum, MSX and PC-DOS. The game is also available in SPanish language.

24.05.2026 - C64 game 'Galaxo Blast' released - free for download
'Galaxo Blast' was originally an example coding tutorial game which was made for part 3 of Lemon 64's "Fun and Games Programming in Assembly.". The game was inspired by a classic type-in game, Astro Panic. It features features 8 intense levels of arcade blasting action, quite addictive game play for a simple looking game., colourful parallax scrolling starfield,custom made in game sound effects, colourful presentable title screen, cool title music, complete source code and data files (Requires Turbo Macro Pro V1.2 and a RAM expansion of 516K or higher.)