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26.12.2023 - 'Digital Talk' #114 released
The german C64 disk magazine Digital Talk issue 114 was just recently released and can be downloaded for free as digital disk image.

26.12.2023 - Plus/4 game demo 'Gem Family' released - free for download
Gem Family is a little demo game and a first try in coding an "emotion based" game, but not developed too far and stopped due to asm limits.

26.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Deck the Drones (V0.3)' released
'Deck the Drones' is a platform game where you must retrieve the stolen Christmas gifts from mysteriously-reprogrammed delivery drones. It's still in very early stages of development but you can already download a playable demo as digital download and if you want to support the developer you can drop some coins (name your own price).

25.12.2023 - Top 10 Commodore 64 2023 Released Games - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Here' BastichB's favorite 10 C64 games for 2023. These are simply the ones he enjoyed the most and whatever you consider the best is perfectly fine with the world.

24.12.2023 - C64 game 'A China Miner Christmas' released
In 'A China Miner Christmas' by Arlasoft, Miner Wally (I see what they did there...) returns in this Christmas-themed revamp of the infamously difficult C64 single-screen platformer from 1984. But a bit of snow and a Santa costume isn't the only thing that's changed, Wally has now developed his athletic abilities beyond recognition to give you the player a fighting chance of actually completing a level and hopefully having a lot more fun along the way... You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

24.12.2023 - C64 game 'Binary Battle' released
Binary Battle is a novel take on the dungeon crawler genre. It was inspired by GEOS and the PC game Folder Dungeon. You can get the game as digital download (including user manual in English and Spanish) for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

24.12.2023 - C64 game 'Delve Deeper' released
Delve Deeper is a heretical roguelike dungeon crawler for the C64, that you can get as digital download for a little money(name your own price) to support the developer. It features: - Exciting old-school 8-bit gameplay and hires graphics. - Randomly selected rooms: no run is like the next. - Selectable depth. - 3 defficulty levels. - More than 20 different enemies. - Multiple boss monsters. - Mini quests, shops, and helpers. - Event rooms. - New Game plus features with increased difficulty. - More than 120 sprites!

24.12.2023 - High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) #80 released
Exciting news! The High Voltage SID Collection just hit a record of 58,150 SID files in this latest update. Dive into the nostalgia and celebrate the festive season with the timeless tunes of the C64 SID chip. Explore the new release and keep the SID spirit alive!

23.12.2023 - 'Terryble Knight' for Amiga AGA - WIP game demo for download
'Terryble Knight is an action and platform game where you control a Knight against Zombies. It is a demo project for the Redpill Amiga game creator and this is the first version, which you can download here.

23.12.2023 - C64 port of 'Valkyr' released - free for download
This is a C64 conversion of an old well-known MSX game originally scheduled in 1985 by Colin Dooley for the British company Gremlin Graphics. The goal is to destroy the alien bugs and collect the energy capsules to fill the bar we have at the bottom of the screen.

23.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Castlevania AGA' - December update released - free for download
A remake of the 1987 original but with visuals inspired by Castlevania Chronicles and other non-8 bit titles in the series. The goal was to provide a playable and pure version of the original Castlevania but with an Amiga flavor. The new update adds stages 16 to 18, now featuring the iconic fight against Dracula, the final boss, in the clock tower. Pressing F6 key during gameplay skips to world 6.

23.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Super Delivery Boy - The Holiday Shift ' released
It's Holiday Season again and when it comes to deliver presents for good, Santa disappears like snow under the sun, so all the hard work is on the poor Super Delivery Boy. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

23.12.2023 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 Christmas update 2023
This update includes some very special prototypes from the disks of the late Archer Maclean, who sadly passed away last December. Furthermore covered: - Traffic Signs title recovered. - 3 K-Tek full games preserved. - Four Hungarian games saved. - Polar Bear in Space prototypes. - 6 new entries added plus 20 entries updated

23.12.2023 - 'Evening Star Enhanced' - C64 redux game released - free for download
'Evening Star' is a vector graphics train simulation game that was published by Hewson Consultants in 1987 for C64 and other 8-bit systems as sequel to the game 'Southern Belle'. This new enhanced version by Grue od Beyond Force offers, besides small touches and polish, a bunch of speed enhancements: - C128 2Mhz mode in the borders. - REU support for Gfx Buffer and copying it to the bitmap. - speed code for places it needs to be. - Pixel plotting integrated into line drawing routine. - Game math speed improvements. - Smoke drawing routine rework. - overhauled 3D engine and objects into a more optimized form.

23.12.2023 - Video: What's on the dev pad? - Quasimodo's Christmas Caper R4 - Part 1
Welcome to the first part of a new feature called What's on the dev pad?. Part 1 looks at the first game from rwx designs called Quasimodo's Christmas Caper for C64, which is being updated for Release 4.