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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.

11.02.2026 - C64 Weekly #62 (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.

11.02.2026 - Video: Ghosts'N'Goblins Amiga AGA WIP level 3
Finally the 8-way scrolling bugs are fixed. Here's an almost full run of the level. There's also new footage showing level 6 of this WIP game.

10.02.2026 - C64 game 'Dominion' released - free for download
'Dominion' is a turn-based strategy game whose goal is gaining control over territories of a map. During your turn you will able to perform as many actions as you want as long as you have the required resources to complete them, before passing the turn to the next player. Collect as many as you can of them because most of the actions you can perform in the game have a cost to pay in resources. The goal of the game is to claim 51% of the territories on the map: the first player to do so will win the game.

09.02.2026 - Amiga game 'The Reckoning' released - free for download
This game needs Scala Player (or Scala) to play, which is NOT freely redistributable and therefor NOT included. 'The Reckoning' is the thrilling conclusion to the Death Angel saga, a classic point-and-click adventure in the tradition of Sierra's Police Quest series. You play as Detective Sonny Bonds, partnered with a new officer from Sacramento named John Miller, but something about him doesn't add up. Over four tense days, you'll investigate crimes, gather evidence, and uncover a conspiracy that leads back to your deadliest enemy: Jesse Bains, the Death Angel. Trust no one.

09.02.2026 - C64 game 'Spider Maze 2' released - free for download
'Spider Maze 2' is the fun sequel to its cute arcade predecessor, which was first launched in 2018. Unlike the original, this sequel is more presentable, colourful contains 16 levels of arcade style gameplay and is very challenging as you progress through the game.

08.02.2026 - C64 game 'Marshi 'N Phoebe' released - free for download
Join Marshi and Phoebe, two adventurous guinea pigs with a taste for fruit and danger in this puzzle-platformer adapted from the original Donut 80 game. Explore a series of themed levels including the countryside, a sci-fi laboratory, rugged mountain passes, deep mines, and even a fully armed pirate ship.

08.02.2026 - C64 game 'The Last Pumpkin' released - free for download
In this frantic arcade game, one player controls a plucky pumpkin while the other takes charge of a fearless cat. Your mission is to gather bones and sweets while dodging bats, ghosts, and all manner of castle-dwelling nasties.

07.02.2026 - WIP Amiga game 'Double Baboon Ninja' - demo level for download
'Double Baboon Ninja' is WIP arcade game for Amiga (AGA). Baboon City sleeps beneath its neon glow… Until an alien invasion turns its citizens into mindless blobs. Hope remains. Two warriors emerge from the shadows. The Double Baboon Ninja strike back. The offered download contains the first level. Boss fight is work in progress.

06.02.2026 - C64 game 'Amirun and the Alien Beersuckers' released
'Amirun and the alien beerscuckers' is a take on a "Pooyan" clone, more specifically inspired by "Pigs from Space" (1984), which was itself a clone of Pooyan. At the same time it is the successor to 'Beer Rescue'. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.02.2026 - Vault of Seraphim (Commodore 64) Review- video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this new Commodore 64 release called 'Vault of Seraphim', a retro styled platform exploration game exclusive to the C64, which you can obtain here.

06.02.2026 - Amiga game 'Facemash' released - free for download
Facemash is a little puzzle game. You're a happy smiley trying to mash angry smileys in a grid. Every move shifts all the angry smileys simultaneously, so you need to think several steps ahead.