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02.09.2025 - Video: Echo Fighter WIP v0.8 - Amiga Game Development - A500 - Early test footage #8
More early test footage of a Shoot'em'up game that is in the making for Amiga OCS/ECS.

01.09.2025 - H.E.R.O. is Back (Commodore 64) Review - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this new 2025 Remix of the original H.E.R.O. game by Activision now featuring 20 all NEW levels by LC Games.

31.08.2025 - Amiga game 'The Gate' - Playable Demo has landed
'The Gate' is an adventure game in development, which is heavily inspired by 'Impossible MIssion' and 'Project Firestart', offering very big map, challenging puzzles, hackable terminals, dynamic dialogs, great story and a hero eqquipped with a gun as main weapon and several secondary equippable tools. The time has finally come and you can download a package with the playable demo!

31.08.2025 - Video: US Championship V'ball WIP Amiga AGA conversion (2)
U.S. Championship V'Ball, also known simply as V'Ball, is a 1988 beach volleyball sports game released for the arcades by Technōs Japan Corporation. Now there is work in progress for a port to Amiga by jotd666, who already delivered a lot of great arcade ports like Track'N'Field, Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja, Gyruss and more. Current status: Demo is running pretty well. Random has been fixed which explains that the opponents miss the spike, but it avoids issues with ball display that isn't fixed yet. Game A.I. is otherwise OK.

30.08.2025 - Gameplay of New C64 Games from August 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in August 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

28.08.2025 - C64 game 'Absolute Trash' released - free for download
Absolute Trash is a card game for the Commodore 64, based on the real card game, Trash or Garbage, written in BASIC. This game is a submission for the Retro Programmers Inside (RPI) and Phaze101 Card Game Jam. The idea of the game is to complete your bank of cards, Ace to 10, before the computer. With the exception of playing wild card Jacks, this game is mostly based on the luck of the card shuffle.

27.08.2025 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 August 2025 update
2025 is going past in a flash as we enter into August, and GTW64 is continuing to evolve and grow too. This month they have added 9 updates and 6 new entries, including the great looking Indy 3 adventure game homebrew that sadly was cancelled, an early development of Skateball and lots more.

26.08.2025 - Converting C64 Turbo Macro Pro Source Code to A Plain Ol' Text File - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Viewer Matt Kasdorf asks if a plain text file version of the Truchet source code is available. The answer is no. But, Robin will show everyone how to convert Turbo Macro Pro source code, step-by-pedantic-step, into a regular text file you can use on your new-fangled computer. Join him for this ultra-rare Emulated Episode, where we not only flagrantly use VICE, but some of its little-known command line utilities, c1541 and petcat. They're handy!

26.08.2025 - Amiga game 'Ecliptic' - August 2025 Update - new demo version released
Ecliptic is a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing for the Commodore Amiga in the making. Here is another update to it with a new level to play through. On deck five, your robots must deal with another team sent to recover the ship. You can get the game in current state as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

25.08.2025 - C64 Weekly #44 (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.

24.08.2025 - Video: US Championship V'ball WIP Amiga AGA conversion (1)
U.S. Championship V'Ball, also known simply as V'Ball, is a 1988 beach volleyball sports game released for the arcades by Technōs Japan Corporation. Now there is work in progress for a port to Amiga by jotd666, who already delivered a lot of great arcade ports like Track'N'Field, Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja, Gyruss and more. Current status: it is running at least, there are still a lot of issues but it is already looking good.

24.08.2025 - Amiga game 'AmiKlotski' released
'AmiKlotski' is a puzzle game for Amiga, referring to the Klotski game for Windows 3.x by ZH Computer from 1991. Move the blue block to the goal area to complete levels. The challenge is that you have to move other blocks in order to reach the goal area. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

22.08.2025 - Video: C64 WIP project Ronny Rollback - parallax & panel update (aug 25-2)
Ronny Rollback is a planned remake / reboot of Rolling Ronny, a jump'n'run game by Starbyte Software from 1991. Basically the concept is back on the drawing board and being developed from scratch. At the moment, it's impossible to estimate how long it will take, but this video gives an idea of where the journey is headed.

21.08.2025 - 'The Librarian 3' - game for C16 / Plus/4 released - free for download
So soon after the second part, another welcome surprise: RoePipi is back with The Librarian 3! The game series is now a trilogy, and the third chapter takes an unexpected dark turn. It's night time, and Zombies are attacking your little sanctuary of books, ready to devour the written word. The game is a third-person flip-screen shooter rendered in PETSCII graphics...

20.08.2025 - 'Svellas' - game for C16 / Plus/4 and C64 released - free for download
'Svellas' is another arcade maze game written by the well known Japanese developer Inufuto. The game was not only released for the mentioned Commodore computers, but also for over 50 other 8-bit systems. Collect all the stars on each level to progress. The twist this time is that you can use "lifts" to move around between different sections of the maze. Avoid the ghosts. The link above is for the C16, whilst the C64 version can be downloaded under link above or alternatively here.