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05.08.2025 - C64 game 'Florida Man Saves The World' released
Aliens have invaded Florida, and your task is to escape their grasp. Control Florida Man to make your way through each level, gather artifacts, and leave together with your pet alligator! Use the alligator to assist Florida Man in escaping aliens, giant pythons, and porta-potties. Find all nine artifacts to unlock the final battle with Zadron the alien boss. Features: 9 Regular Levels, 1 Secret Boss Level, 3 Tiers of difficulty and 4 Endings. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

04.08.2025 - Video: Lock'n'Chase WIP Amiga port - now with sound!
Almost complete now, all screens work including highscore entry.

04.08.2025 - Video: Amiga - Castlevania (AGA , UPDATE JULY ,2025)
Following the Commodore Amiga's 40th anniversary, a big overhaul with features like better color use, AGA gradients, animated backdrops, calibrated jump physics, menu toggle for weapons release method and new music tracks by IM76 and DJ Metune. Some examples are seen in the video link below. You can get the game here for download in its current (as good as completed) state.

04.08.2025 - C64 Weekly #42 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

03.08.2025 - Gameplay of New Amiga Games from July 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore Amiga released in July 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

03.08.2025 - Fixing Fails: The Frustration is Real - video by 'RobSmithDev'
You might have seen Rob's journey with his Amiga 2000 and its various fixes and upgrades. However it started to become more and more unreliable, sometimes not even booting at all. In this video Rob will attempt to find out why, and see if there is any way he can fix it.

03.08.2025 - Out Run Amiga Edition – finally worthy of the name? - video by 'retrobits'
Does this new Out Run deliver? Let’s look at the game, development process, and how the music was made with just 4 channels!

03.08.2025 - Video: Lock'n'Chase Amiga port - WIP
Should run at 50Hz on any Amiga. No sound at the moment. Stay tuned...

02.08.2025 - C64 game 'QUOD INIT EXIT IIo' released
QUOD INIT EXIT IIo is an unconventional platformer characterized by original mechanics, non-linear environments and puzzles. Help Zampo collect them so that witch Cotechina can bring them back to the original state... You can get the game as digital download for la fair price to support the developer.

01.08.2025 - 'The Librarian 2' - game for C16 / Plus/4 released - free for download
She's back: our experienced librarian is still fulfilling the requests of visiting readers by retrieving topic-appropriate books from the shelves. Supporting this work is a lightning-fast computer that offers three tips for each question, pointing to the most likely subject area. There's also a small booklet (a condensed version of the Universal Decimal Classification) listing all major topics in English, in neat order. If you enjoy detailed PETSCII graphics and unique gameplay, The Librarian 2, the successor to the first part published in 2020 is for you!

31.07.2025 - Amiga game 'Rex and the Galactic Plague' - final version released
'Rex and the Galactic Plague'​, a vertical shooter for the Amiga (A1200 - A500 version coming soon), is finally unleashed. After many years - regarding the first attempt was made with SEUCK back in 1993 - the game is finally here and ready for you to play. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

31.07.2025 - C64 game 'H.E.R.O. Is Back' released
'H.E.R.O. Is Back' is a homage to H.E.R.O. from John Van Ryzin, published by Activision in 1984. This version contains completely new levels. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

31.07.2025 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 July 2025 update
The seventh update of the year is a special one, as July featured one of our holy grail titles finally being found with the release of Nigel Mansell World Championship. There were also seven new entries added to the archives, including the full recovery of The Mystic Zone graphic adventure and the sad inclusion of the very promising Moonspire 2. Then to conclude, there are 12 existing entries updated, including confirmation that Runestone was the work of Sensible Software, and that Special Agent 2 sadly was merely vapourware.

31.07.2025 - Video: THEC64 Mini Black Edition - Announcement Trailer
This new Black Edition of the THEC64 Mini has been beautifully reimagined in a bold matte-and-gloss black finish, making it a striking, collectible redesign of the beloved 8-bit machine. Along with the sleek aesthetic, THEC64 Mini - Black Edition arrives with 25 hand-picked pre-installed Neo-Classic retro games, all among the highest rated C64 titles and many of which have been enhanced for this release and are otherwise commercially unavailable.

31.07.2025 - Gameplay of New C64 Games from July 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in July 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.