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11.04.2025 - Video: 'Burger Time' - WIP Amiga port
Very early footage of completely broken game but with proper graphics & colors. Code has been converted from original 6502 assembly to 68000.

11.04.2025 - Optimizing 1979's Manbiki Shounen: Shoplifting Boy for Commodore PET - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Today we look at how Robin went about optimizing the BASIC code written way back in 1979 by Hiroshi Suzuki in Japan for his ground-breaking Commodore PET 2001 game called Manbiki Shounen, aka Shoplifting Boy. We'll go step by step through all the changes from the original, and learn quite a bit about how the gameplay was implemented in this possibly first-ever stealth video game. After going through the code, we'll quickly adapt the code to run on a Commodore 64 and take advantage of the Faster 64 variable profiler to add an extra layer of optimizing.

10.04.2025 - Video: Wings of Fear - WIP Amiga game
This video shows some footage of 'Wings of Fear', a Shoot'em'up for Amiga made with Scorpion Engine. According to the developer a complete demo of the game is almost ready.

09.04.2025 - C64 Weekly #29 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description

08.04.2025 - Plus/4 game 'City Grill' released - free for download
In 'City Grill', another entry for the Commodore Plus/4 game development competition - 2024/2025, you assemble hamburgers or combos as quickly as possible. You can see the order on the right, and you must assemble it piece-by-piece by pressing the button for the correct ingredients.

07.04.2025 - Tales of a Dungeon Basher #6 (Sentinel Worlds 1 : Future Magic /Commodore 64) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
The 6th episode in this RPG series chronicling classic 8 & 16-Bit RPG's. This episode features "Sentinel Worlds 1 : Future Magic" published by Electronic Arts in 1989 on the Commodore 64.

06.04.2025 - Plus/4 game 'TileSlip' released - free for download
TileSlip is a logic game originally for DOS in 1995. Players must slide colored stones on a 16x16 board to match a target shape, navigating around immovable walls.18 puzzles are waiting for you! The game displays the shortest possible solution while allowing players to explore their own. The intro features a charming rendition of Yann Tiersen’s "Comptine d'un autre été".

06.04.2025 - 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' for Amiga AGA - v0.98 demo update for download released
There is a small demo available of the great arcade classic Ghosts'n'Goblins, ported to the Commodore Amiga (AGA) with the Scorpion Engine. This demo still includes only the 1st level of the game but v0.98 update includes a huge list of improvements.

06.04.2025 - C64 game 'Repetition' released - free for download
'Repetition' is a light and sound hi score challenge, written specially for the Simon Game Basic Jam, organized by Retro Programmers Inside and Phaze 101. This game is a BASIC programmed production, with some additional machine code enhancements, such as use of interrupts, fast screen display, etc and of course some awesome spaced out disco music on the title screen.

06.04.2025 - Video: Echo Fighter WIP v0.003 - Amiga Game Development - A500 - Early test footage #3
This is early test footage of a Shoot'em'up game that is in the making for Amiga OCS/ECS. New in this release: multiple Wave and Path types supported, multiple Enemy types supported, enemy bullets, weapon upgrades supported, hardware sprites used for score and power ups.

05.04.2025 - Video: Hyper Runner Route 4D Outpost 76
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 more footage of the work in progress.

05.04.2025 - C64 game 'Zookeeper 2' released
Zookeeper 2 is a game where you have to match two or more same animals to collect them and clear puzzles. When a level is successfully completed, you get a level code for the next level. The game contains 30 levels in total. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

04.04.2025 - Plus/4 game 'Rush!' released - free for download
'Rush!' by AnyStone! is a tower defense game for the Commodore Plus/4 and presumably the first one for the system. It was made for for theCommodore Plus/4 game development competition - 2024/2025. It's a real time strategy game, where you must defend your kingdom from trolls, orcs and cyclopes by placing towers and upgrading them. Hordes of enemies are trying to get through your defences, if three of them make it, you fail. Earn stars for each successfully completed level, and use the stars to purchase further upgrades.

04.04.2025 - Gameplay of New Amiga Games from March 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore Amiga released in March 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

01.04.2025 - C64 game 'Memo64' released
Memo64 is a simple yet engaging game inspired by the classic memory game Simon, written in Basic V2.0 for the glorious Commodore 64. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.