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18.06.2025 - C64 game 'The Catacombs of Cherubim' released
The Catacombs of Cherubim is an underground jump & run like 'Spelunker', the famous platform game published by Broderbund in 1983. Have fun in exploring four huge cave systems. You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.06.2025 - Video: Space Patrol - New Amiga Game 2025
'Space Patrol ' is more than just a retro throwback; it’s a celebration of what made classic games great, reimagined for a new generation of Amiga fans. Whether you’re a veteran of the golden age of gaming or a newcomer drawn by the allure of pixel art and laser battles, this is a journey across the stars you won’t want to miss. Space Patrol proves that the Commodore Amiga still has new frontiers to explore—and Jojo073 is the perfect pilot for the mission

17.06.2025 - Hardware Computer Flash Cards - Quiz Game by Edu-Cards - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
In 1983 the company Edu-Cards released a deck of educational flash cards to help learn the names of different parts of computer hardware. Join Robin as he takes a look through them and tries to play along, showing how little he really knows about computers, especially hard drives. And of course there's some time spent pointing out typos and being pedantic about words and definitions, with a few laughs along the way.

16.06.2025 - C64 Weekly #37 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

11.06.2025 - Amiga game 'Robot Jet Action 2' - demo version released
Robot Jet Action 2 is the official sequel to the beloved C64 game - now making its debut on the Commodore Amiga! This is first tech demo of RJA2. Now there is a demo version gives you a first look at the new and enhanced gameplay, first look at pixel art, and retro charm of the next Robot Jet adventure. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

09.06.2025 - C64 Weekly #36 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

08.06.2025 - Video: Echo Fighter WIP v0.7 - Amiga Game Development - A500 - Early test footage #7
More early test footage of a Shoot'em'up game that is in the making for Amiga OCS/ECS.

08.06.2025 - Programming Up my Latest Amiga-Powered Invention/Game! - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In the last video Rob showed the initial hardware build of a crazy whack-a-mole floppy disk style game. In this video, we'll wire everything up, write the code for the THREE Arduinos contained inside, and finally create the AMOS powered Amiga game that will actually run this madness!

08.06.2025 - Video: Quasimodo's Halloween Horror (C64) Preview 3b - Ghost Busting..
A very brief update - but with a small dilema, should this game turn into a Run and Gun? It may just work. There's quite a bit of reworking of the main Quasimodo sprite, but instead of having throwing object animation frames (as originally intended), he can now shoot, which is a lot easier to animate.

07.06.2025 - C64 game 'Zzapped in the Butt - Special Edition' released - free for download
Zzapped in the Butt is a simple shoot ‘em up for 1 player only. The object of the game is to defend the ground defences/buildings from being destroyed by aliens. This special editions is a recoded version of Zzapped in the Butt DX from 2020, written exclusively for issue 26 of Zzap! 64 Micro Action magazine's digital covermount.

07.06.2025 - I tried to save this rare floppy drive (Commodore 1551) - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
The Commodore 1551 might look like a humble disk drive but it's actually a somewhat rare peripheral sporting a full 8-bit computer using obscure Commodore chips. This one is broken so let's try to fix it.

07.06.2025 - Video: Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo for C64/C128 - Demo 2 free for download
In this video you can find some updates on the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo game that RetroGL (Gianluca Alberico) is creating for C64/C128 platforms using his RetroFighter engine. This adaptation of SSF2T for CBM platforms is based on the GameBoy Advance version called SSF2T Revival, but obviously my version will have something different. The game is planned to be executed on a 1Mbyte EasyFlash or Kung Fu Flash cartridge. You can download and and test the game for free with the link in the video description.

07.06.2025 - SNK vs CAPCOM Stronger Edition for C64/C128 - New demo free for download
In this video you can find a link to another version of the game SNK vs CAPCOM. It's SNK vs CAPCOM - Stronger Edition, with 16 additional fighters add to the roster, for a total of 32 fighters to play with. Currently it's an alpha release: only one backdrop and few things are left, but the game is almost there. Some few changes to standard edition gameplay are present in this update too. You can download and and test it for free with the links in the video description.

06.06.2025 - The story of how Boulder Dash was created
If you were even remotely interested in computer games back in the eighties, chances are pretty small that you’ve never at least heard of Boulder Dash. This arcade style game became an instant success when it first released in 1984 for several 8-Bit systems including the C64, and thousands of players all over the world became hooked on its smart combination of action and puzzle solving.

06.06.2025 - Top 5 Commodore 64 Breakout Games - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Here's the favorite 5 C64 Breakout games from 'BastichB 64K'. Not the best of all time just simply the ones he enjoyed the most + 4 honorable mentions.