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25.09.2026 - C64 game 'Tablut' released.
'Tablut' is a traditional Scandinavian and Saami board game from the tafl family, the same family as Hnefatafl which was played by the Vikings over 1000 years ago. It was written down by Carl Linnaeus in 1732 and is the version of the game for which we have the most complete historical rules. A king and eight defenders face sixteen attackers on a 9x9 board. You can get the game as digital download for little money to support the developer.

25.09.2026 - C64 game 'Buckshot Roulette' released - free for download
'Buckshot Roulette' for C64 is a free fan-made port of Mike Klubnika’s Buckshot Roulette, published with his permission. You and the Dealer share one shotgun. Before every load you are told how many shells are live and how many are blanks, but not the order they go in. On your turn you shoot the Dealer, or you shoot yourself and bet on a blank. Your life is a row of charges on the machine next to you, and when they run out, the game is over.

24.09.2026 - C64 game 'Gravity Snake' - Wastelands level pack released
This bonus level pack is a new dangerous territory that has been added to Gravity Snake, the snake puzzler game from June 2026. Welcome to the Wastelands - a toxic, abandoned land filled with mud, poisonous waste, garbage and, of course, plenty of deadly traps. If you've already played the original 20 levels - and the previous bonus pack - it's time to see if you can survive the Wastelands too. You can get them as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

24.09.2026 - C64 game 'Binky: Frozen in Time' released
'Binky: Frozen in Time' is a brand new arcade platformer up for the C64 from the team that brought you beloved retro classics such as Bounder, Re-Bounder, Bulldog, Future Knight, and Thin Ice. The gameplay in Binky: Frozen in Time is refreshingly simple: walk across every freezable platform in the level to activate the exit portal, then dash through it before time runs out. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

23.09.2026 - C64 game 'Baby Escapes from Mushroom Manor' - preview version released
'Baby Escapes from Mushroom Manor' is a WIP platform-puzzle-adventure for the C64 in the vein of Dizzy, Seymour, or Murray Mouse. Guide Baby on his adventures through mushroom manor. Your goal is to find the car, fill it up with fuel, and burn rubber out of here. But, in this house, nothing is ever straightforward. There are puzzles to solve and enemies to face, in the form of moths, dogs and endangered condors. On top of all that, you're going to need some cash for your new life so see if you can collect all 30 coins too. You can get the game in its current state as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

23.09.2026 - C64 game 'Giraffatitan' released - free for download
'Giraffatitan' is a one-button endless runner for the Commodore 64. Keep walking as long as you can. Lower your head to eat the plants in your path, but choose your moments wisely: every bow strains your neck, and a strained neck recovers only slowly.

23.09.2026 - Protovision Shop: Mini Tapuino is back
The Mini Tapuino, the compact hardware-level Datasette emulator for the Commodore 64, is back in stock. Just plug it into your C64’s tape port and load or save.TAP files directly from a microSD card – the built-in LCD display keeps everything right in view. Fully assembled and tested, ready to go.

23.09.2026 - C64 Weekly #88 (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.

22.09.2026 - C64 game 'Tricky Tetris' released
'Tricky Tetris' is a Tetris game that plays tricks on you. It has everything you would expect from Tetris: falling pieces, levels, hold, line clearing, high scores and increasingly fast gameplay. But there is one important difference: the game occasionally plays tricks on you. Your controls may suddenly change, the entire playfield can flip upside down, rotate sideways or even appear as a diamond. Sometimes gravity simply becomes much faster. Survive the chaos and you are rewarded: all points are worth 5× while a prank is active. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

22.09.2026 - C64 game 'Fablephobia: The Borrowed Morning' released
'Fablephobia: The Borrowed Morning' is a short graphic adventure for the Commodore 64. Explore a strange sleeping house as Alice follows traces of Pippa through mirrors, forgotten rooms and a moonlit well. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

21.09.2026 - Lucrum Sanguinis - The Quaestor's Legacy (Commodore 64) Review - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for the new 2026 released Commodore 64 game 'Lucrum Sanguinis' by Ichiro Ota, a tradition Infocom styled text adventure game set in London, England in circa 1870.

19.09.2026 - C64 game 'Joan of Arc' released
'Joan of Arc' is the new action-adventure for the C64 from the creators of Sherwood and the third release in GriffonSofts superb 'DataSoft' game tribute collection. This time you have to help Arc-Welder Joan to smash the rogue AI using her controllable ARC welder! Features superbly animated main character, ultra-responsive controls, intricately detailed backgrounds, controllable ARC weapon, over 30 detailed screens to explore, clever puzzles to solve and a deluxe download bundle includes the full C64 game, soundtrack, .pdf manual with comic story, artwork + printable disk sleeve & label! You can get the game as digital download for alittle money to support the developer, but i's also available as beautifully presented physical editions exclusively from the official Psytronik Software Online Store.

19.09.2026 - Joan of Arc : Deus Contra Machinam (Commodore 64) Review + Developer Interviews - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this new C64 game 'Joan of Arc' a new game by the team at Griffonsoft + full developer interviews with Ola Zandelin and Dennis Gustafsson.

18.09.2026 - C64 game 'Nyx and the Scrolls' released
'Nyx and the Scrolls' is an arcade cave-runner for the C64 where the cave sets the pace and every scroll you take makes it faster. You are Nyx, a scroll hunter on a flying carpet with a lamp held out in front of you, riding a cave that scrolls past on its own. The old scrolls drift in the dark. So do the bats. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.09.2026 - C64 game 'Yell at Clouds' released
'Yell at Clouds' is a single-screen arcade platformer for the C64 with thirteen levels, a forum reviewer who rates you after every single one, and a meteor at the end of it. Grumps, forum trolls and unpluggers come at you across a single screen. You are a small white cloud with a bubble machine. Blow a bubble around a man, then touch it and pop him — before he shakes it off and comes back red and faster. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.