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20.10.2026 - C64 game 'Väinämöinen' released
'Väinämöinen' is an open world RPG with fighting, trading and mystical quests in the Kalevala world. You are Väinämöinen and you start the game at the age of 18. You get older but also more experienced the more you play. There is a lot of quests but your main mission is to find the meaning of life. Finding it needs you to travel through many villages, fortresses, ocean with islands and three lands (Svealand, Finn, Rus). Your age, experience level, transport type and wounds affect your daily travelling distance and combat strenght and defence. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

20.10.2026 - C64 game 'Brightmoor' released
'Brightmoor' is an Ultima-style adventure for the C64, written in 6502 assembly on the engine of GloomKeep II. One hero, one moor, a long walk.The dawn bell has not rung in years. Six towns, six Gloomholds, one Hollow King. Bring back the sun. Brightmoor is 64 by 64 tiles of woods, hills, fens, mere and cinders. The six regions and their towns are fixed; the wilderness, the roads and where the Gloomholds stand are new every game. Each region lies under its hold's dusk — less sight, darker colours, harder beasts — until the lord below it falls and the daylight comes back. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.

20.10.2026 - C64 game 'The Mystery of Silver Mountain' released - free for download
This two-disc C64 game is a tribute to The Mystery of Silver Mountain, Usborne’s 1984 BASIC text-adventure masterpiece. The original game came as a source-code listing in a beautifully illustrated book, and it helped inspire my lifelong love of text adventures. This remake includes expanded text and new graphics, to help more players discover the original adventure.

20.10.2026 - Amiga game ''Snake's Snack'' released
'Snake's Snack' is a retro game developed in AMOS Professional by Alberto "BCO" Sgaggero for the legendary Commodore Amiga 500. Guide your snake to eat the apples that keep appearing throughout the match: every apple boosts your score and grows your tail. Watch the edges of the screen: the playfield wraps around, but the arena's walls show no mercy: touch one and it's instant game over. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer. It is also available for C64 and VIC-20.

20.10.2026 - New Amiga Kickstarter campaign - 'Eldemar'
Eldemar is a brand-new first-person fantasy RPG for the Amiga 1200, 4000 and CD32, written from scratch in 68k assembly. In development for over a year, it already runs on real hardware — now we want to put it in your hands the way Amiga games deserve: on a CD, in a box, with a printed manual and a map. You can back the project and get a jewel case or in a limited Big Box edition, and help to unlock an original soundtrack by Allister Brimble, four extra levels and full-motion video sequences.

19.10.2026 - C64 game 'Nebula Vultures' released
'Nebula Vultures' is a third-person rail shooter homage to the legendary Afterburner for C64. The vulture fleet has struck the outer rim. Take off from 7 Towers Base and fly through seven worlds - night valley, red desert, frozen world, nebula, ocean, factory and the dead nebula - shoot down wave after wave, and face a different boss at the end of every world, up to the Leader of the Vultures himself. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.

19.10.2026 - Video: Steel Ranger 2 Cave & Tunnel Gameplay preview
'Steel Ranger 2' is the sequel to the side-scrolling action adventure from 2018, inspired by Turrican and Metroid. Take on the role of the commanding Ranger on the scout ship UMS Flail. As the closest ship, the Flail is the best option for a fast response, so you and your team are assigned to land close to one of the fail-deadly defense installations and investigate. Development Status: Physical production started!

19.10.2026 - VIC-20 ports of 'Heroes of Karn' and 'Empire of Karn' released - free for download
The Heroes of Karn is a 1983 adventure game written by Ian Gray. It was released by Interceptor Micros for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. The player must rescue four heroes who have been magically imprisoned, and thus save the land of Karn from dominion by evil creatures. The heroes are Beren the swordsman, Istar the wizard, Haldir the Elf-lord and Khadim the dwarf. Its sequel 'Empire of Karn' was solely released for the C64. Now both games were ported to VIC-20 (+35k).

19.10.2026 - C64 game 'Happy Camper' released
'Happy Camper' is a campsite logic puzzle for the C64, based on the original game by Professor Puzzle Ltd.. Place each two-square campervan so the row and column clues add up, no two vans touch - even diagonally - and every van is paired with exactly one fire. Choose a level and put your deduction skills to work. You can mark tiles as you puzzle out the campsite, then place campervans when you’re ready. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

19.10.2026 - Video: Rolling Thunder Amiga AGA port WIP (2)
Rolling Thunder is a 1986 run and gun video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released by Atari Games in North America. Now developer jotd666, who already delivered a lot of great arcade ports like Commandom, Ghosts'n'Goblins, Track'N'Field, Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja, Gyruss and more, is working on an Amiga port. his is a longer video of this new port demonstrating the first 2 levels (invincible mode).

18.10.2026 - I Found the Strangest Mouse for the Amiga - video by 'RobSmithDev'
Rob often stumbles on strange Amiga devices, but this has to be the weirdest. This device is actually a mouse, and as far as the Amiga knows, it literally is, just a normal mouse. But its not.... its something quite different...

18.10.2026 - C64 game 'Miami 84' released - free for download
'Miami 84' is an open-city action game for the C64. Drive through Miami, make money, raid cartel hideouts and follow Jack through a fourteen-chapter crime story where your choices lead to five possible endings. Or ignore the story entirely and play the city in SANDBOX mode.

18.10.2026 - C64 Weekly #91 (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.

18.10.2026 - C64 game 'Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle' released - free for download
'Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle', also known as simply Bugs Bunny, is a 1989 action-puzzle video game developed by Kemco for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, that was now ported to C64 by MilaSoft. Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam have captured Honey Bunny and hidden her deep inside the Crazy Castle. Collect the carrots, outsmart the rascals and find your way through 60 tricky stages.

17.10.2026 - Mini Commodore repair-a-thon: Strange things and a little carnage - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Three broken Commodores. It's a common thing, so fix these three machines up and get them ready to be released back into the world!