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22.12.2025 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 Christmas update 2025
GTW64 ends the year with a nice set of new releases and recoveries. Besides 5 new entries and 20 updates, that were added, you can download the following stuff: complete version of ‘Sooty and Sweep 2’ – full games recovered (two versions!). ‘Thomas the Tank Engine 2: The Race’ - full game recovered. ‘Paddle Mania’ – Playable advanced preview recovered. ‘Rooster Booster’ – What became ‘Bombo’, special prototype recovered. ‘Spindizzy’ prototype – recovery of a very early prototype. ‘Kick Off 2’ prototype – very early look at Anco’s football game. ‘Cyborg Mission’ – complete Hungarian SEUCK effort recovered.

18.12.2025 - Top 10 Commodore 64 Released Games 2025 - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Yearly round-up from 'BastichB 64K' with his highest-rated new C64 game releases for the year 2025. All links to the top 10 games downloads in the video description.

17.12.2025 - 'Carcer' - game for C64 and Plus/4 released
'Carcer' is a puzzle game by Haplo (maker of 'Shift', 'Tenebra', ''Ooze: The Escape' and 'Caim'), where your goal is to escape the dungeons, but there's a catch... each step you take, you need to drop a coin behind you. You can't move with zero coins but you can always go back and pick up the coins you have dropped. You can get the game, which is also available for 8-bit Ataris, as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

17.12.2025 - C64 game 'Memory Invaders' released
'Memory Invaders' is a memory game for C64 in a aliens' flavour. Planet Earth is under attack. The mind blowers aliens are trying to erase every knowledge in order to set the world on a primitive state. You are a mega memory man with the psychic power of interact with aliens' minds. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

16.12.2025 - Commodore 64 Ultimate - video by 'Nostalgia Nerd'
Well folks, it's here, The brand new Commodore 64 Ultimate, or C64U as it's known. Bursting out of the newly formed Commodore International, this reinvigorated C64 has some serious tricks. Let's take a look, in this C64 Ultimate Review.

16.12.2025 - Video: Impossible Mission 3 for C64 - work in progress (8)
More footage for Impossible Mission 3, which is currently in development for C64 by Icon64, showing latest work in progress...

13.12.2025 - C64 game 'Santa’s Workout 5' released
Santa’s Workout 5 is a puzzle game, containing 24 levels in total, with one objective: hop off the platforms and close them. When a level is successfully completed, you get a level code for the next level. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

13.12.2025 - Amiga game 'Mutant Monty' - V1.0 released
'Mutant Monty' is an Amiga conversion of the the old 8-bit Amstrad / C64 classic using Scorpion Engine. Now a playable 5-level demo was released as free digital fownload. It should run on any Amiga with at least 1MB of RAM. You can get the game as free digital download.

13.12.2025 - C64 game 'My Day on the Highway' - preview / tech demo released for download
'My Day on the Highway' is a fantastic looking car racing game, that already attracted many people, when footage was shown on YouTube. Sadly the developer couldn't really evolve this project into the fun little game, he decided to release it in its final form. This cartridge contains two tech demos: The first version is powered by a bespoke sprite multiplexer and the player sprite can be steered with joystick. The second version shows a different render effect of the cars, the scenery and the road stripes.

13.12.2025 - Protovision Shop: Yeti Mountain - Physical Cartridge Edition Now Available
The expedition is officially underway. Yeti Mountain has arrived in a physical cartridge release, bringing this icy Commodore 64 adventure to life in true collector style. Yeti Mountain is a mixed genre game with RPG, platform action and of course ski elements and has become a true masterpiece.

12.12.2025 - Protovision Shop: Back in Stock - Popular Items Available Again
Protovision is happy to announce that several sought-after products have been restocked and are now available again: - Freespin (boxed version) - Experience the demo Freespin by Reflex (and future 1541tro demos) running directly from a 1541 disk drive without a C64. - BMC64 - Together with a raspberry pi a compact and powerful C64 emulation solution - perfect for modern setups. - COMAL 80 - The classic COMAL programming language package is once more ready to order. - dubCRT (still on sale!) - Popular CRT music art project remains discounted - grab it while the price offer lasts! - 541 Diagnostic Cart - A must-have tool for testing and maintaining your 1541 drives. - 1571 RAMBOard - Upgrade your 1571 drive with expanded RAM for improved performance. - 64 Doctor - Your reliable diagnostic companion for troubleshooting C64 hardware issues.

11.12.2025 - Commodore 64 Quickload: Episode #10 - Previews, Releases and News! - 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.

08.12.2025 - Video: Impossible Mission 3 for C64 - work in progress (7)
More footage for Impossible Mission 3, which is currently in development for C64 by Icon64, with some jumping n dodging stunts. There are also some short clips showing the use of weapons, 3d lift effect and some new speech.

08.12.2025 - I Built a Commodore 64 Laptop That Never Existed - The Portable 64 - video by 'Kevin Noki'
Kevin is building his own custom Commodore 64 laptop something Commodore never actually made. Designed and built entirely from scratch, he is calling it the Portable 64.

08.12.2025 - Tales of a Dungeon Basher #7 (Questron 1 & 2 /Commodore 64) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
The 7th episode in this RPG series chronicling classic 8 & 16-Bit RPG's. This episode features the RPG's "Questron 1 & 2" published by SSI in 1984 and 1988 on the Commodore 64.