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24.05.2025 - Book release: 3 Easy Pieces - Learn to write Videogames with ugBASIC
Hold on to this book and embark on a journey into the (retro)programming of three simple video games, three "easy pieces", which will help you become familiar with some basic concepts, to apply them to computers with limited resources. The book is aimed at novice programmers, with a minimum of programming experience and use of 8-bit computers from the 80s, of course including the C64, and makes use of the ugBASIC language to implement what is explained at a theoretical level throughout the book. You can get the book as digital download for little money to support the developer.

23.05.2025 - WOW! That's What I Call Shoot 'Em Ups for C64 - free for download
This explosive compilation features 10 full enhanced C64 SEUCK games from the master of the blaster, Alf Yngve! Alf has used every trick in the book to bring you the ultimate in exciting shoot 'em up action. The compilation features a mix of vertical and sideways scrolling shoot 'em ups. There's also cleverly designed games that allow you to control two players on a split screen playfield at the same time!

23.05.2025 - Bubble Ghost Remake vs Bubble Ghost C64 vs Bubble Ghost Amiga - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video game showcase of Bubble Ghost Remake for the PC. In this video we compare it against Bubble Ghost for the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga.

23.05.2025 - Fake Commodore 64 Programming Books BUSTED! - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Robin discovers a new (in 2023) book titled "Beginner's Guide to Coding With Commodore 64" and then discovers 4 more 2023 books about C64 programming and buys them all and it isn't at all suspicious. After a close examination it is determined that these are actually pirated and AI-generated scam books being sold through Amazon. The original source book, Richard Stals' "Beginner's Step-By-Step THEC64 Computer Coding Course" is then examined and Robin tries to get some of his money back.

23.05.2025 - Video: Coming soon to your Amiga - 'Gemdalus'
Gemdalus is an immediately accessible arcade game for Amiga (AGA) which challenges the player to pick up all the gems scattered about procedurally-generated mazes.

23.05.2025 - C64 game 'Space Fight' released
Space Fight! is a 2v2 4 player game for the Commodore 64 using the Protovision adapter. It also supports 3 players with the SNES Adapter in a 2v1 game. The purpose of Space Fight! is to achieve a higher score than the opposing team. You can do this directly by shooting players or you can shoot asteroids and change their trajectory into the enemy team causing them to lose points for collision deaths. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

23.05.2025 - C64 Weekly #34 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

22.05.2025 - Amiga game 'Mundialito' - new version released
'Mundialito' is a football game for Amiga. It offers tournament mode where 10 national teams face each other in no-holds-barred challenges. Corners, free kicks, tackles, penalties. Now a new version was released with more gameplay, power ups, one on one challenges, more speed.You can get the game as digital download for a fair price (name your own price) to support the developer.

22.05.2025 - C64 game 'Orbix' - update V1.01 offers C128 support
Orbix is a puzzle game, that was released for C64 in 2024. Now a version update has been released where C128 turbo mode support was added, that will double speed of gameplay on C128 and makes it much smoother. Better deletion handling for eliminated orbz was also added. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

22.05.2025 - Video: Quasimodo's Halloween Horror (C64) Preview 3 with commentary
Preview 3 of Quasimodo's Halloween Horror. Notable changes from the last preview, are to move the HUD to the bottom of the screen. At the top things opened up for Quasimodo to jump high up into the night sky. Added a spooky moon for effect. The game now has an added flick-screen element and showcases some animated lava/firepits which will be one of the avoidable hazzards in the game.

21.05.2025 - 'Mazy 2' - game for C64 and C16 / Plus/4 released - free for download
'Mazy 2' is an arcade maze game written by the well known Japanese developer Inufuto. Collect knives, kill foes and reach the exit. The Plus/4 version can also be downloaded under link above or alternatively here.

20.05.2025 - Video: Gyruss Amiga port - footage #2
Early footage of WIP Amiga game port of Gyruss, the famous shoot 'em up arcade video game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto,which was released by Konami in 1983. The game is now playable. No sounds, still a few sprite shift bugs but overall a good rendition.

19.05.2025 - Byte Sized Retro Compilation : Featuring 500 Commodore 64 Games - video by 'BastichB 64K'
A compilation of 500 random Commodore 64 games both new releases and classics.

18.05.2025 - Amiga game 'NeonWorld' released - free for download
'NeonWorld' is a small shoot-em-up project for the Commodore Amiga, which was WIP for quite a while. Now it reached the final state, according to it's developer. The game should run on any PAL-Amiga with at least 1 MB RAM (emulated or real hardware). Full source code can be found here.

17.05.2025 - Video: Echo Fighter WIP v0.006 - Amiga Game Development - A500 - Early test footage #6
More early test footage of a Shoot'em'up game that is in the making for Amiga OCS/ECS. New in this release: - A500 optimisations. - Added scaling "Wave" and "Get Ready" text to the start of the level. - Added some inertia to the ship movement. - Enemy patterns can now repeat until all enemies in the wave are destroyed before the next wave is started. - Levels can now be defined through data. - Synchronised palette changes so there shouldn't be any nasty screen tearing anymore when the background colours flash.