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Here you will find the latest news about the hands down best 8-Bit home computer of all time: The famous Commodore 64, aka C64, aka breadbin. This ticker contains news about new game and hardware releases, latest video and podcast uploads, trivia and product information. All freshly fished from the web. RSS feed available!

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24.11.2025 - C64 Weekly #56 (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.

23.11.2025 - Viewer sent me a broken C64 board - Can I fix it? - video by ' Sayaka's Digital Attic'
Sayaka recently got a Commodore 64 from a subscriber and it arrived already opened and poorly repaired. The board is actually broken, with missing PCB sections, lifted traces, bad solder joints and a badly reinstalled 6526!

22.11.2025 - I made a new VIC-20 Game - Quarx! - video by 'The 8-Bit Guy'
Over the years 'The 8-Bit Guy' has developed a number of  games starting back in 2017 with Planet X2 for the Commodore 64, in 2018 with Planet X3 for MS-DOS and then in 2020 the first PETSCII Robots game for the PET. Now he has decided to give it a try with a new game project on the VIC-20.

21.11.2025 - C64 game 'Lunadia' released - free for download
'Lunadia' is a single screen action game created with Garry Kitchen's GameMaker (published by Activision in 1985). You are a lunar researcher. You now find yourself on a planet whose moon, called "Lunadia," has collided with an asteroid and collapsed. There is little time left to escape the disaster, but even less time to recover your research.

21.11.2025 - Byte Sized Retro #11 : Featuring 40 Commodore 64 Games - video by 'BastichB 64K'
A compilation of 40 random Commodore 64 games both new releases and classics.

17.11.2025 - Video: Impossible Mission 3 for C64 - work in progress (6)
More footage for Impossible Mission 3, which is currently in development for C64 by Icon64, presenting a few of the samples.

14.11.2025 - C64 game 'Deathflood - Curse of Oak Island' released - free for download
'Deathflood - Curse of Oak Island' is an action game full of treasures, puzzles, and traps an the successor of 'Deathflood' from Windigo Games (also known for 'Devolution', 'The Tribe' and ' Battle for Cronos'). Watch your steps while you have to deal with dangerous creatures and evil villains. Escape the deadly flood and collect as much gold as you can carry! You can download a digital version of the game and a manual for free. The game is published as a boxed version by Komoda & Amiga plus magazine. The box contains a printed manual and other extras.

13.11.2025 - Commodore 64 Quickload: Episode #09 - Deathflood 2, Point Blank preview & more! - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
The C64 Quickload is your concise guide to the latest news and releases for your Commodore 64 delivered in a quick format magazine style presentation.

12.11.2025 - C64 Weekly #55 (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.

11.11.2025 - C64 game 'Sherwood' - Collector's Edition coming soon
Sherwood is the second release from Griffonsoft - the team behind the 2025 smash hit C64 release Musketeer, and features the same fantastic attention to detail that was lavished on Musketeer, but with twice the number of screens to explore, and exciting new gameplay mechanics! The Sherwood Collector's Edition is presented in a glossy collector's box with full colour glossy artwork on all sides. The Collector's Edition is available in 3 formats - C64 tape, disk & cartridge. The box contains a full colour illustrated instruction manual and glossy A4 art card.

11.11.2025 - Video: Impossible Mission 3 for C64 - work in progress (5)
More footage for Impossible Mission 3, which is currently in development for C64 by Icon64, showing how the devs are coming along with - still lots to fixes and tweaks to do, though.

10.11.2025 - Boom Special Edition (Commodore 64) Review - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this upcoming 2025 December release of "Boom Special Edition", an enhanced update of the early '90s shoot 'em up on the Commodore 64.

09.11.2025 - Amiga game 'The Holy Cube Deluxe' released - free for download
'The Holy Cube Deluxe' is a one button action puzzler. It was first released for C64 in 2023, the game got now ported to Amiga, where the endless game was 'transfered' into a level based game.

09.11.2025 - C64 game 'El Chef' - demo version released for download
In this delirious platformer, you control The Chef, a friendly cook with a big mustache and a fiery temper. Your mission: collect all the bags of flour and magic eggs before you burn the cake!

07.11.2025 - C64 game 'Zezito in the Glittering Caves' released
'Zezito in the Glittering Caves' is a single-screen arcade platformer for C64. Zezito must restore the glittering caves to their former glory! The nasty spiked snails with their poisonous slime have discolored the floor of the caves. Help zezito get the bucket and paint roller and restore the floor to its colorful original state. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.