This is the virtual home of the C64/Amiga scene group CASCADE.

06.06.2020 - Making a C64/C65 compatible computer - Fixing some floppy bugs
New entry in the developer blog: "Among everything else, we have been looking at some bugs with teh MEGA65's internal floppy controller. It was working most of the time, but would hang in various situations. The first problem was that it would hang during loading files a long way from the directory track. I was worried at first, that it was some problem with the MFM decoding not being good enough..."

06.06.2020 - Update for 'ZK64' available
'ZK64' is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128,Commodore 64, VIC 20 and Atari 2600. 'Z64K' should run on any platform with an updated java runtime environment installed. Latest updates: - Fixed bug that caused cartridges with relocatable IO to disconnect if being swapped to a lower IO range. (DIGIMAX, Swiftlink and PIA) - Display correct file size in disk preview for files greater than 255 blocks - Option for8 bit userport DAC

06.06.2020 - C64 game 'Dragonaker' (SEUCK) released
'Dragonaker', is a mix between a ship shooter, in the purest classic style and one in the first person, similar to games like Combat school and its shooting range in which we will control our dragon and his sights to advance. The developers have defined it as “Fire and fly” style.

05.06.2020 - New footage of a WIP C64 in the style of Pirates!
Carl-Henrik Skarstedt, the maker of 'Space Mogul' is currently working on a 512k cartridge game, which looks a lot like an open world, strategic simulation in the style of Pirates. A lot of progress made for entering ports and towns, including compression and an image conversion tool. Next up will be player animations in towns and starting to think about how to put in NPCs and setting up the inventory screen. Also some organization for the dialog interactions.

05.06.2020 - Commodore Amiga 4000 Trash to Treasure (Pt1) - Meet the A4000 - new video from 'RetroManCave'
Video description by 'RetroManCave': It's time to give some TLC to another old Micro in a Trash to Treasure series and this time I'm lucky enough to have an Amiga 4000. It doesn't look to be in too bad condition but we can still make it a whole lot better and use the opportunity to learn all about it along the way, so join me in a new T2T series. This is the Commodore Amiga 4000.

05.06.2020 - 'The Forever Extending Hungry Snake' - new C64 game for free
This is a brand new fast-paced hi score attack game created on theC64 full size computer, with aid of a collection of Public Domain tools from back in the 1980s-1990's. The game also comes with all of the game data and also source code so you are welcome to explore the project on your computer and try to make better or your own versions of this game. (Providing that if this whole source is used or modified, the game is released for free).

04.06.2020 - 'Demomaker - The Amiga years' - new crowdfunding campaign book
This book describes the history of the best demos made on Amiga as well as the history of the most emblematic and best known groups of the demomaker scene. Discover numerous pictures of demos through more than 450 pages as well as contributions of "sceners". This book is the first volume covering the years 1984 to 1993 with about 90 demos amongst the most famous and popular ones.

02.06.2020 - GTW book pre-orders now open!
Giving an illustrated snapshot of a wide range of unreleased games from 1975 to 2015, 'The Games That Weren’t' book includes titles across a variety of arcade, home computer, console, handheld and mobile platforms spread across 644 pages. Pre-orders the Games That Weren’t book are now open.

02.06.2020 - New update on the ThED project
As you know 'Drygol' from retrohax.net is working on the ThED project - a MOS TED replacement. So far the R+D part is stated to be above 97% and the project is moving to the prototyping phase. But there are lots more info about the ongoing work, so better click on the link above...

01.06.2020 - C64 game 'Storm Chase' released at itch.io
'Storm Chase' is a simple quality little dodge 'em game in which you are a fearless storm chaser. It was written as a covered feature for Scene World issue #30. The game has been made as a little programming challenge on theC64 full size, combined with a disk image full of public domain utilities. It can be downloaded for free.

01.06.2020 - Video shows preview of WIP of C64 game 'Space Walkers'
Mark Heslop is currently developing a Commodore 64 retro space shoot-em-sideways game with a few twists, fully written in 6510 assembler. SID support is from Kamil Wolnikowski and graphics from Rob Smith. In this video, Mark shows the latest progress in development.

01.06.2020 - Protovision Shop - Lockdown Special: All downloads discounted!
Are you stuck at home and getting somewhat bored? Then you need C64 games quickly. Protovision brings you the lockdown special: 10% off all downloads - for the whole month of June!

01.06.2020 - Video Toaster Adventures: Setup and Tutorial - Episode 67 of '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast it's the start on a NewTek Video Toaster Tutorial series. We learn a bit about the Video Toasters history and how to set it up, and play with some fun effects and dabble in Toasterpaint and the Character Generator.

31.05.2020 - 'Knoix' for C64 - Breakout game in under 512 bytes
Created by Thundax/Xenon, who did this very small 505 Bytes version of a very old and common game just for fun, as he stated. The angle of the shot even depends on the spot you hit the ball.

31.05.2020 - Coffee with the devs! - 'Unknown Realm' Questions and Answers
After the overlong awaited 'Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous', an 8-bit RPG for C64 (and PC), which was financed with a Kickstarter campaign already in December 2016, caused a lot of controversy due to it's delay, the developers Laura and Bruce from 'Stirring Dragon' decided to make a live video Q&A for their backers. And if you are, like I am, you should watch it.

Axis/Cascade is no more. We are all still shaken by the unexpected death of our friend and group mate Patrick aka Axis/Cascade. We wanted to express our sorrow, so I coded a little intro, which you can find in the C64 demo section of this page. The following text is a rough excerpt taken from the scroller:

Dear Patrick, may this be the condolence from the the group that was co-founded by you long time ago. We want to give you our last salute. I (Zeldin) know how much you were breathing the spirit of the scene. That's why I thought a goodbye demo would have made you happy. You and me exchanged lots of mails about how much we both enjoyed the good ol' days and of course: how much we miss them... It was this tie that emotionally connected us for over 15 years. Thanks for all your help in supporting the group and your indefatigable endeavour in spreading our name. Your tattoos were legendary! Thanks for your work on fb and youtube. Your channels were appreciated by a lot of people. Thanks for being such a good chap. You'll be sorely missed!!!

Mach's gut, Patrick... den Adler im Herzen, sge4ever!