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20.02.2026 - C64 game '4Goal' released
Get ready to relive the golden age of football simulators! '4Goal' brings high-speed arcade action directly to your C64. Inspired by legends like Sensible Soccer and Kick Off, this is a game where joystick mastery separates the champions from the amateurs. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

20.02.2026 - C64 game 'Oil Panic' released - free for download
'Oil Panic' is a faithful C64 tribute to the dual-screen LCD classics. Step into the shoes of the hardest-working Service Attendant in the 8-bit world. Your mission is simple: Catch the oil. Fill the drum. Don't soak the customers.

19.02.2026 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 January 2026 update
After a busy 2025, GTW64 begins with their first Commodore 64 update of the year with a set of new entries (Donald Duck’s Bakery, Gulliver’s Travels, Wind in the Willows) and 5 updates to pre-existing ones (Football Manager 97, Infiltrator 3, Rebelstar 2, Skateball, The Blob).

19.02.2026 - WIP Amiga game 'Cyber Blast-X' - demo version released
Step into the trans-dimensional Labyrinth of 'Cyber Blast-X', a lost Amiga shareware game reborn for a new generation. Originally crafted around the year 2000, this sci-fi action puzzler mixes Hired Guns-style strategy with Space Hulk tension. Battle through massive levels filled with monsters, where you can demolish walls, walk through them, and teleport to distant locations. Solve, shoot, and survive as you uncover multiple ways to complete each mission. Optimized for the Amiga 500 with 1MB chip + 512k fast and beyond. You can get the demo version as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.02.2026 - Golden Years : Featuring Software Projects (1983-88 / Commodore 64) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
This 4th episode of the series "Golden Years" dedicated to highlighting the short lived software companies of the early C64 gaming scene . This episode features the UK company Software Projects.

16.02.2026 - C64 game 'Tashi Delek' released
'Tashi Delek' (tibetan for greeting) is a 10 level arcade platformer, that tells the story of a tibetan monk in search of enlightment. Bit by bit and Level by level the lama unlocks the secrets of the ancient lamas (monks) und learns new skills such as using prayerwheels to replenish karma or uses karma to leap longer distances. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

16.02.2026 - WIP Amiga game 'Echodrome' - V0.7 Alpha released
Echodrome is an arcade shooter game for the Amiga (OCS/ECS or better and 1MB (512k Chip-Ram) required). This game is being made for AmiGameJam 2025 on not finished yet so it is still a work in progress and there will be new updates in the coming weeks. You can get the demo version as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

15.02.2026 - WIP Amiga game 'Project Horizon' - demo version released
'Project Horizon' is an 8-way scrolling top down shooter sci-fi game for Amiga (ECS or AGA - HDD and 2.0Mb Chip-Ram required), which is currently in development. The player is a NASA astronaut on the Moon (1977 - alternate timeline) who is find himself in a war situation. You can get the demo version as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

14.02.2026 - Amiga game 'Cake Rush' released
'Cake Rush' is a high-speed arcade game for AGA Amiga, where you'll need to be fast to keep the customers satisfied. Try and survive 4 days of gruelling baking in our state of the art kitchen, with the latest fast bake cake ovens and cupcake delivery appliances. Collect cakes one at a time or stack them together for bigger bonus, and deliver to the waiting customers. Speed makes a happy customer and a bigger tip! You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

14.02.2026 - Amiga 3000T Restoration Part 3: Board Repairs & Smoke Test - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is repairing traces and vias and then finally testing the Amiga 3000T board for the first time.

14.02.2026 - Amiga game 'XZAP' released
'XZAP' is a shoot'em'up game, originally made by Mark Wirt and released by Commodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd. in 1984 for Commodore 16 and Plus/4, which now got ported to Amiga. You are a lone XZAPPER, last survivor of an advanced civilization. Many centuries ago, your planet was besieged by alien hordes. Now only You remain. Your objective is to destroy all the aliens on each level, and so progress through 140 different levels. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

12.02.2026 - C64 game 'Bricks 'n Balls' released - free for download
'Bricks 'n Balls' is a new breakout clone for C64. Story: Your trusty flash drive that holds all of your favorite retro games has gone bad. You played them so much that memory cells became weak. You can recover them via quantum entaglement with C64 RAM, using the C64 as a kind of magnifying glass into flash memory. All you need to do is to bump all bad memory cells to erase their content.

12.02.2026 - VIC-20 port of 'Pang' released - free for download
Pang, originally released in Japan as Pomping World and known in North America as Buster Bros., is a 1989 action game co-produced by Mitchell Corporation and Capcom for arcades, where you have to destroy bouncing bubbles to clear levels on your journey to Easter Island. This port is for VIC-20 PAL/NTSC +35k.

12.02.2026 - WIP Amiga game 'Glowpoint' - Version 0.6.5 released and free for download
'Glowpoint' is an interpretation of the arcade game Flash point for your Amiga. This interesting variation of Tetris focus on destroy the glow points present in the stage using Tetris dynamic so to proceed to the next level, emphasizing to do this in the shortest time possible. Base requirements: Any Amiga 68000+ with 1 mb of memory (512kb chip)

11.02.2026 - Sorting out and testing my broken Commodore floppy drives (Enhancer 2000, 1541C, 1550) - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
This video goes off the rails when Adrian just has one random issue after another when he's just trying to test some floppy drives. In the end he discovers one cool feature about the Enhancer 2000 floppy drive.