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Farewell Patrick!
Author: Zeldin - written on 31.12.2014
My "Highscore" TV Show Story
Author: Zeldin - written on 19.12.2013
25 Years Cascade
Author: Zeldin - written on 25.07.2013
Happy birthday!!! Cascade was found in April 1988 (read trivia for more info) and so this makes it a fourth of a century old. We planned to celebrate this with a little, sweet demo. It would have contained the graphics you see on the right (more info about it here). But we sadly failed, due to time intensive real life things. We already missed the 20 years celebration demo and together with lots of other failed projects, all the unfinished parts, routines, graphics and stuff are slowly filling more an more disks in our boxes. Anyway... we are still around, and one day we will even manage to pull out a demo again, I am sure. In the meantime you might enjoy the shown no-border graphic, made for the jubilee.
Now a short message to all current or former Cascade members: Wherever you are, to which coast of life you got drifted, I want to send you my warm hearted greetings and all my love. Feel honoured, that you have been (or still are) part of a project, that was started as a simple hobby of some young lads - unprofessional, non-commercial, not lifestyle driven and not guided by any political or industrial elites - and still it exists after 25 years! I feel very proud of that and so should you!
Commodore 64: 8 Bit Legend
Author: Zeldin - written on 19.09.2012
The Stuff Is Out There
Author: Zeldin - written on 06.11.2010
I hate moving...
Author: Zeldin - written on 20.05.2009
New Cascade Website finished
Author: Zeldin - written on 05.10.2008
Commodore News
...freshly fished out of the net...
08.07.2025 - Truchet Tiles in PETSCII: Commodore 64 - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Robin has been re-reading the 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 book thanks to a suggestion from Mr. Doornbos, and this time paid more attention to the section on Truchet tiling. He wondered if it would be possible to implement these on the Commodore 64 and when he realized PETSCII essentially incorporates the original Truchet tiles, he went ahead and coded the original 30 tile patterns described in the 1704 memoir by French Domican priest Sébastien Truchet (Father Sébastian) entitled "Mémoire sur les combinaisons". We examine the 30 patterns as implemented in C64 assembly language; full code walkthrough coming in a future video.
Robin has been re-reading the 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 book thanks to a suggestion from Mr. Doornbos, and this time paid more attention to the section on Truchet tiling. He wondered if it would be possible to implement these on the Commodore 64 and when he realized PETSCII essentially incorporates the original Truchet tiles, he went ahead and coded the original 30 tile patterns described in the 1704 memoir by French Domican priest Sébastien Truchet (Father Sébastian) entitled "Mémoire sur les combinaisons". We examine the 30 patterns as implemented in C64 assembly language; full code walkthrough coming in a future video.
08.07.2025 - Amiga game 'ZorkLand' - Demo version for download
ZorkLand is a classic-style arcade shooter developed for the Amiga (minimum 1MB Chip RAM and 14 MHz CPU). Originally created in 2013, this project has been revived and polished in 2025 to finally see the light. Built to harness the unique power of the Extra Half-Brite (EHB) mode, ZorkLand pushes the Amiga to display up to 64 colors simultaneously - a visual treat for retro fans. You can get the demo version as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.
ZorkLand is a classic-style arcade shooter developed for the Amiga (minimum 1MB Chip RAM and 14 MHz CPU). Originally created in 2013, this project has been revived and polished in 2025 to finally see the light. Built to harness the unique power of the Extra Half-Brite (EHB) mode, ZorkLand pushes the Amiga to display up to 64 colors simultaneously - a visual treat for retro fans. You can get the demo version as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.
07.07.2025 - C64 Weekly #39 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.
06.07.2025 - Chat64 Instant Chatroom Cartridge (for C64, Atari & Speccy!) - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is testing the Chat64 cartridge which gives you a plug & play instant chatroom on your vintage home computer.
Jan is testing the Chat64 cartridge which gives you a plug & play instant chatroom on your vintage home computer.
06.07.2025 - Gotek + Original Floppy Drive at the SAME TIME! - video by 'RobSmithDev'
Continuing with my Amiga 600, first in this video Rob shows you how he finally got the RGB2HDMI audio mod board working, it's actually quite simple. Then, he is going to install one of his favourite upgrades as he likes to keep a real floppy drive in his machine but like the convienence of a Gotek, so, in this video he will install the Amiga 600 GoDRIvE.
Continuing with my Amiga 600, first in this video Rob shows you how he finally got the RGB2HDMI audio mod board working, it's actually quite simple. Then, he is going to install one of his favourite upgrades as he likes to keep a real floppy drive in his machine but like the convienence of a Gotek, so, in this video he will install the Amiga 600 GoDRIvE.
05.07.2025 - Amiga game 'Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja' released
'Bad Dudes' is a side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up developed and released by Data East as an arcade video game in 1988 and there was work going on in porting it to Amiga (AGA). Now the game got released and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
'Bad Dudes' is a side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up developed and released by Data East as an arcade video game in 1988 and there was work going on in porting it to Amiga (AGA). Now the game got released and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
05.07.2025 - Gameplay of New Amiga Games from June 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore Amiga released in June 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.
Presentation of new games for the Commodore Amiga released in June 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.
04.07.2025 - Video: 'Leisure Suit Larry 1' for C64 - Trailer 1
A few scenes from Leisure Suit Larry for the Commodore 64, which is currently under development.
A few scenes from Leisure Suit Larry for the Commodore 64, which is currently under development.
04.07.2025 - C64 game 'Herra 47: Midsummer Festival' released
Like its predecessor. 'Herra47: Midsummer Festival' is an adventure game for C64 that is obviously a homage to Al Lowe's 1980s hit Leisure Suit Larry, and in which you control the movements with the joystick in Port 2 and by entering commands into a text parser. This time: Herra 47, a man recently facing the harsh reality of unemployment, finds himself in a predicament. The annual Midsummer Festival is fast approaching. You can get the game as digital download for la fair price to support the developer.
Like its predecessor. 'Herra47: Midsummer Festival' is an adventure game for C64 that is obviously a homage to Al Lowe's 1980s hit Leisure Suit Larry, and in which you control the movements with the joystick in Port 2 and by entering commands into a text parser. This time: Herra 47, a man recently facing the harsh reality of unemployment, finds himself in a predicament. The annual Midsummer Festival is fast approaching. You can get the game as digital download for la fair price to support the developer.
03.07.2025 - Video: Quasimodo's Halloween Horror (C64) Preview 4 - Weapons and Gravestomping..
Another small update with some discussion on the additions in the last few weeks. Weapons have been added for Quasimodo now that the game has been turned into a Run N Gun. There's also some discussion on a new feature for Quasimodo: the ability to stomp on headstones to summon enemies. These enemies will be seen in another Preview video.
Another small update with some discussion on the additions in the last few weeks. Weapons have been added for Quasimodo now that the game has been turned into a Run N Gun. There's also some discussion on a new feature for Quasimodo: the ability to stomp on headstones to summon enemies. These enemies will be seen in another Preview video.
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