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25.03.2025 - Plus/4 game 'Binary Sudoku' released - free for download
Binary Sudoku is a logic puzzle game, where three of the same color tiles next to each other are not allowed. Each row and column contains and equal number of colors. Each row and column must be unique. Also runs on 16K.

25.03.2025 - Plus/4 game 'Gravity Boy' released - free for download
Gravity Boy is a unique flip-screen action game, made by LBM for the Commodore Plus/4 game development competition - 2024/2025. After a crash, you have to fix the space station. You can use only the Gravity Control (R) machine, which can change the gravity to any direction.

25.03.2025 - C64 Weekly #27 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

24.03.2025 - Amiga game 'Rex and the Galactic Plague' - huge demo update for download
'Rex and the Galactic Plague' is a vertical shooter for the Commodore Amiga, that started off life as a SEUCK game back in 1993 but has been brought to life again thanks to the fantastic Scorpion Engine. The demo, which is available for download, gives you a chance the play the first two levels. Escape the Omar Foundation with the vaccine and survive a desperate dash through space!

23.03.2025 - 'Kung Fu Flash' Firmware v1.53 released
'Kung Fu Flash' is a cartridge for the Commodore 64 by Kim Jorgensen that packs a punch. It can emulate different cartridge types, load PRG files and use D64 disk images. Just place your desired CRT, PRG or D64 files on a FAT formatted microSD card and use the built-in launcher to execute them. New in Update 1.53: - Support Ross cartridge.

23.03.2025 - C64 Quickload Episode #03 - Latest News & Releases for Commodore 64 - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
The C64 Quickload is your concise guide to the latest news and releases for your Commodore 64 delivered in a quick format magazine style presentation.

23.03.2025 - C64 game 'Invasion Anarchy' released - free for download
'Invasion Anarchy' is a classic arcade shooter inspired by Invader Fall on the VIC-20. Made by Chris Page. It's an Invasion, and you're the only one who can stop it - prevent the aliens from reaching the bottom of the screen and capturing your fighter, as it's the only one you have.

20.03.2025 - Amiga New Wave #4 (Bomb Jack - Beer Edition & Elevator Action) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Reviews of 2 modern Amiga game releases with "Bomb Jack - Beer Edition" & "Elevator Action".

19.03.2025 - Chaotic Commodore 16 Repair - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is trying to fix a really badly broken Commodore 16, taking numerous wrong turns along the way.

18.03.2025 - Amiga port of 'Phantasy Star 2' in the making - demo for download
Phantasy Star II is a science fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesi in 1989. Now there is WIP for porting it to Amiga by using Scorpion Engine. Currently it's for Amiga 1200 only, but the aim is to make the full game running on Amiga 500. You can get the game in current state as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.03.2025 - C64 game 'Neptune's Caverns - Enhanced' released
'Neptune's Caverns - Enhanced' is an undersea text adventure game. You have found the magic plug that belongs at the bottom of the sea, and your quest is to put it back before the waters all drain away. This is an improvement on a BASIC text adventure that was an example game from the book "Creating a Database Adventure Game" by Steve Rodgers and Marcus Milton (1985). Check the docs on the disk for more info on the improvements. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

17.03.2025 - Amiga game 'BDTZ' - new demo version available
'BDTZ' is WIP shooter game for classic Amiga (needs 1 MB Ram), where you have to take down zombies. Now there is a new demo for download with three selectable levels each related to a different week of the game. New intro, improved graphics, introduced female zombie figure, new sound effects, minor bugs fixed.

17.03.2025 - C64 Weekly #26 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

16.03.2025 - Amiga: From AlgoMusic to AI - A Little Musical Journey - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In this video we're going to explore the Amiga program AlgoMusic, written by Thomas Schürger in 1995, that could automatically generate pseudo-random songs automatically and we follow his later work to include SoundHelix. After that, we take a quick look at "state of the art" AI generated computer music, and wow, things sure have moved on.

15.03.2025 - Video: Wardner - Amiga AGA/OCS (WIP March 2025)
This video shows footage of the current work in progress on bringing 'Wardner', a side-scrolling platform arcade game developed by Toaplan and published in arcades worldwide by Taito in 1987, to the humble Amiga platform. Work started just 1 month ago and there is already a lot of level 1 to see.