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24.10.2025 - C64 game 'Dr. Hell Invasion' released
'Dr. Hell Invasion' is an arcade action game for C64, where you must control Koji Kabuto as the Photonic Laboratory is invaded by Dr. Hell and his henchmen: Baron Ashura, the Headless Count, and their troops of Tetsukamen and Iron Masks. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

24.10.2025 - THEA1200 - Announcement
The Legendary ’90s Amiga Home Computer is Back. Available for Pre-order 10 November 2025 under https://retrogames.biz/links/thea1200. Step into a time when floppy disks ruled, pixels popped and imagination had no limits. THEA1200 brings back the spirit of the early ’90s as an astonishingly accurate, full-sized recreation of one of the most loved home computers of its era, beautifully reimagined with HDMI and USB connectivity for a modern age. Features: a full size working keyboard, 25 classic carousel games, four save-slots per game, play the games you own via USB-stick, integrated workbench desktop, multi-region HDMI video and classic mouse and game controller.

24.10.2025 - Video: Hyper Runner Limited Playthrough
Hyper Runner is a futuristic Outrun-style game for the Amiga with AGA chipsets, which is in the making for quite a while. This video shows a demo of Hyper Runner, playing through the first two stages and almost finishing the third.

23.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Freak Out' released as Boxed Version
The classic Breakout game is back - with a twist! Clear all blocks across 100 levels solo or in two-player co-op mode, and don’t freak out by the various enemies. Explore the old factory and uncover its dark secret! Spend your hard-earned points between levels in the shop to unlock helpful bonuses. And if you still want more, use the convenient and intuitive Construction Set to create your own levels. For CDTV, CD³², and OCS/ECS Amigas with Kickstart 1.3 or higher - No AGA needed! The game comes on Compact Disc (compatible with CDTV, CD³², and Amigas with CD drive), inclduding a 20-page manual in Englisch and German, a A3 poster, 1 “Freak-Out” sticker and 2 glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls.

23.10.2025 - C64 game 'HipoFruta' released
'HipoFruta' is a platform game for C64 in which you play as a friendly hippopotamus and try to overcome all kinds of obstacles. Hipofruta features 20 levels, each filled with colorful jungle environments and dangerous enemies, extra life hearts, levers to open doors, and much more for our grape-eating hero. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

23.10.2025 - 'Sperrbildschirm' - game for 8-bit Commodore machines released as free download
'Sperrbildschirm' is a puzzle game for Commodore PET, C64, C128, and Plus4 as well as C16.. Can you crack the code? A strange new machine has arrived. Its glowing screen stays hidden behind mysterious barriers: shifting patterns, secret numbers, and even phantom fingerprints. Only the sharpest minds will discover how to break through.

23.10.2025 - C64 game 'The Last Pumpkin' released
'The Last Pumpkin' is a little action game with breakout elements. After Santa failed to save the last snowball the world went into extreme drought and now the following fall only one pumpkin remains.....the last pumpkin! You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

22.10.2025 - Protovision Shop: Pre-Order THEC64 Black Mini with Legendary Protovision Games
Experience the next evolution of retro gaming with THEC64 Black Mini Limited Edition - a striking new edition of the beloved mini console, now in elegant black and packed with an expanded library of game titles. For the first time, this edition proudly features a collection of acclaimed Protovision titles, including Sam’s Journey, A Pig Quest, Metal Warrior Ultra and Yeti Mountain - modern masterpieces that showcase just how far the C64 scene has come. Whether you’re reliving 8-bit adventures or discovering them anew, the Black Mini brings together timeless nostalgia and today’s creative brilliance. Pre-order now to secure your piece of Commodore history before it’s gone!

21.10.2025 - Amiga game 'GhostLight' released
'GhostLight' is a proof of concept and tutorial maze game for any 1MB Amiga, made in AMOS. Full Source code is included and explained in a separate video. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

20.10.2025 - C64 Weekly #52 (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.

20.10.2025 - C64 game 'Nikolav The Vampire' - Demo version released
'Nikolav The Vampire' is a WIP platform game for C64. Now a demo version was released at Flashparty 2025 and got 2nd at Game Dev Indie Category. If you want, you can drop some coins when downloading (name your own price) to support the developer.

20.10.2025 - 'Video Chess' for C64 and VIC-20 released - free for download
Video Chess is a chess game for the Atari VCS (renamed Atari 2600 in 1982) programmed by Larry Wagner and Bob Whitehead and released by Atari in 1979. Now this game got ported to VIC 20 and C64. You can get the VIC-20 version here.

20.10.2025 - Video: Bonkers C64 - WIP Preview
This video shows a preview of the game Bonkers. It is a 20 flick-screens style platformer for the Commodore 64. It’s still a WIP, so there are still glitches, rough edges and slowdowns.

19.10.2025 - GhostLight - Lets Build an AMOS Game - video by 'RobSmithDev'
Well, it's getting close to Halloween and following what's kind of becoming a tradition on Rob's channel he is going to make another game in AMOS on the Amiga! This is a very simple concept, but there are a few interesting complexities, such as automatic/procedural maze generation using the reverse backtracking algorithm. Then there's creating a display where the edges of what you can see fade to black while moving around. A lot of fun and less than 700 lines of code!

18.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Mutant Monty' - Demo version released
'Mutant Monty' is a WIP Amiga conversion of the the old 8-bit Amstrad / C64 classic using Scorpion Engine. Now a playable 5-level demo was released as free digital fownload. It should run on any Amiga with at least 1MB of RAM.