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28.11.2025 - New C64 Games from November 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in November 2025, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

28.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Arpegio' released
'Arpegio' is a simple shoot'em'up game for Amiga (AGA and OSC) that was made for AmiGameJam 2025 in Scorpoin Engine. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

27.11.2025 - Sherwood for the Commodore 64 - Great new 2025 C64 release - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Game showcase of Sherwood for the Commodore 64 (C64). Expected release date is 1 December 2025.

26.11.2025 - Plus/4 emulator YAPE 1.2.7 released
YAPE is a decent no-nonsense Plus/4 emulator thats being developed for 10+ years. It is available in Windows as well as multiplatform editions. Another batch of bugs have been fixed and some new functionality was added, too. Here are the details: - new 64-bit 'Developer' build with trace window instead of the old 32-bit one, - more informative trace window, - new asynchronous keyboard input mode (positional mapping) as a fallback for DirectInput, - added option to turn off legacy (old MMSYSTEM based) joystick support, - improved TV vertical retrace emulation, - proper CRC checksum for 1581 disk headers (drive ROM no more patched), - better aspect ratio with multiline menu bars, - SID card detection via paddle port, - saving to video without sound now works, - IEC folder directory bugfix, - tape play & stop button sense regressions, - odd tape load error caused by long pulses

26.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Santastic' released - free for download
Santastic is a platformer game for Amiga, where the players assume the role of Santa Claus, whose mission is to deliver presents to children awaiting gifts in various regions of a snowy landscape. Each level presents unique challenges, hazards, and pportunities for discovery.

25.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Wings of Fear' - full game released
'Wings of Fear' (V2) is a shoot'em'up for Amiga (AGA), made with Scorpion Engine, where you control a Sopwith Camel double Decker on a secret mission to find a hidden german base during WW1. Features: 6 main Levels including 2 bombing missions, 6 bonus Levels, 5 Bosses, 5 different locations, 5 tunes, 78 colours, 3 different pickups. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

25.11.2025 - 'Capture C16' - game for C16 / Plus/4 released - free for download
'Capture C16' is a challenging puzzle, and difficult to beat when one plays against the computer. The game was originally written in Dartmouth BASIC in 1976 for mainframe and teletype terminal, and appeared in People's Computers magazine in the July/August 1977 issue. This new C16 version is based on a PET version from Oglesby's 1980 book "PET Games and Recreations". It has added color and sound, and it's converted for C16 PETSCII characters and video RAM.

24.11.2025 - C64 Weekly #56 (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.

23.11.2025 - Viewer sent me a broken C64 board - Can I fix it? - video by ' Sayaka's Digital Attic'
Sayaka recently got a Commodore 64 from a subscriber and it arrived already opened and poorly repaired. The board is actually broken, with missing PCB sections, lifted traces, bad solder joints and a badly reinstalled 6526!

22.11.2025 - I made a new VIC-20 Game - Quarx! - video by 'The 8-Bit Guy'
Over the years 'The 8-Bit Guy' has developed a number of  games starting back in 2017 with Planet X2 for the Commodore 64, in 2018 with Planet X3 for MS-DOS and then in 2020 the first PETSCII Robots game for the PET. Now he has decided to give it a try with a new game project on the VIC-20.

21.11.2025 - C64 game 'Lunadia' released - free for download
'Lunadia' is a single screen action game created with Garry Kitchen's GameMaker (published by Activision in 1985). You are a lunar researcher. You now find yourself on a planet whose moon, called "Lunadia," has collided with an asteroid and collapsed. There is little time left to escape the disaster, but even less time to recover your research.

21.11.2025 - Byte Sized Retro #11 : Featuring 40 Commodore 64 Games - video by 'BastichB 64K'
A compilation of 40 random Commodore 64 games both new releases and classics.

17.11.2025 - Video: Impossible Mission 3 for C64 - work in progress (6)
More footage for Impossible Mission 3, which is currently in development for C64 by Icon64, presenting a few of the samples.

16.11.2025 - Tested: 4 Real Amiga Sound Samplers… and ONE Potential Rip-Off!!! - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In the previous video we had a go at building a sound sampler featured in CU Amiga. In this video we're going to take a look at four commercial sound samplers from back in the day and see which one is best. Then, we'll pull them apart and see how they work...

15.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Street of Rage' - Demo veraion released
Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and released by Sega for the Sega Genesis in the early 1990. This freshly released WIP conversion for Amiga 1200 is a proof of concept case study, made with Scorpion Engine, featuring basic player movement, simple collisions, first stage background. You can get the v0.1 demo version of game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer and to motivate him to continue development.