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03.12.2023 - LOAD"*",9 : Beyond Device 8 - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Lots of Commodore 64 software is hardcoded to only load from device 8, typically a 1541 disk drive, despite Commodore making it very easy for developers to support other device numbers. Join Robin as we take an exploratory survey of many productivity and game software packages to assess their compatibility with drive #9, and see if we can make more of them work with a bit of hacking. We also look at how easy it is to support other drive numbers, and finally try to solve a related mystery about using PEEK(186) as a parameter in a LOAD command. It's fun!

02.12.2023 - 'Tetris Recoded' for C64 released - free for download
Tetris recoded... old look, but new engine! Tetris was originally released on C64 in 1988 by mirrorsoft. Programmed by Phillip Brabbin, especially remembered for the epic 25 minutes sid tune by Wally Beben. In 2023, the game has been adapted for the high score section of the low-cost and fast wifi module wic64 .But the result was unfortunately a rather buggy version, certainly also because the game consists partly of compiled basic, so it was decided to recode it and now it can offer a lot of new features...

02.12.2023 - C64 game 'Behold Blastopia DX - Special Edition' released - free for download
Blastopia is a fast paced horizontal scrolling space shoot 'em up which was originally written in 2018. Later on In 2019, Blastopia DX was developed as part of an entry for RGCDs 16KB Cartridge Compo. To mark the 5th anniversary of Blastopia, a very special edition has been made specially for the Zzap! 64 Micro Action Covermount (Issue 17). It features: - Updated front end presentation with scroll text. - Hi score table and saver. - A set of in game difficulty options. - Eight different horizontal scrolling game worlds. - Eight levels of alien blasting action. - Background animation including star field and deadly lazers. - Upbeat music and sound effects. - Plenty of addictive alien blasting

02.12.2023 - 'The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor' - game for C64, C128, Amiga, Plus/4 and Mega65 (and even more systems) released
The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is an award-winning interactive horror from Stefan Vogt, the acclaimed author of Hibernated and The Curse of Rabenstein. Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora as they move into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before Christmas 1986. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore the history of Blackwood Manor, only to uncover a dark secret that dates back centuries to the days of the Great Scottish Witch Hunts. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

02.12.2023 - C64 game 'Roguebot' released
'Roguebot' is a deck builder rogue-like dungeon crawler game for the C64 and was made by Dr.Mortal Wombat, who already brought us great games like Minotrace, Ball and Chain, Gates of the Ancient, Plekthora. It features: - More than 50 different cards. - Sixteen different enemy classes. - Random generated dungeons. - Autosave at each level start. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

01.12.2023 - 'Briley Witch Chronicles 2' for C64 released
'Briley Witch Chronicles 2' by Sarah Jane Avory is a Japanese-inspired RPG for the Commodore 64, based on the Briley Witch series of novels. This is the sequel to Briley Witch Chronicles and features: - Japanese-inspired RPG, with full-screen scrolling. - Hours and hours of gameplay (19+ with normal play). - Story-driven, following the plot of Briley Witch novels 5 & 6. - Turn based combat, also with cats! - Gather ingredients to make powerful potions. - Lots of characters to talk to. - Supports 2-button C64GS or compatible joysticks. - Can be played entirely with a one-button joystick. - Save/load to either cartridge or disk. - Includes a full A5 manual (full colour or printer friendly). - PAL and NTSC compatible. - TheC64 Mini & Maxi compatible.

01.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Abbey(s) of the Dead' released
'Abbey(s) of the Dead' is the Amiga port of L'Abbaye des Morts, a Jump and Run game, released in 2019 for C64. The Amiga game uses completely redrawn graphics and is based on the Scorpion Engine. Minimum requirement: 1MB RAM (512KB/512KB or 1MB). You can now get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

01.12.2023 - C64 game 'Dunjon Battler' released - free for download
This little dungeon crawler game was initially made in 2011, started as just a room where waves of monsters would come at you. Now the developer extended the game with a flick-screen map. Simple graphics and basic "find key, open door" game-play, but I think it has some charm. Two different dungeons to play. Both with a final boss. A secret ending if you beat both in a row and do something special at the end. Optionally run-stop can switch to the "2nd quest" on the title screen.

01.12.2023 - C64 game 'Star-Lair' released - free for download
'Star-Lair' is a flip-screen maze shooter for C64. An alien distress signal is decoded and translated, their ship's computer has gone berserk, releasing hideous biological experiments that killed the crew. The last surviving scientist broadcast the warning; the computer was seeking a world to inhabit, and had set its sights on Earth.

01.12.2023 - Top 100 New Wave Commodore 64 Games - video from 'BastichB 64K'
BastichB 64K's Top 100 best new Commodore 64 games from the last 2 decades (2000-2023).

30.11.2023 - C64 game 'Devolution - Global Warming' released - free for download
'Devolution - Global Warming' is a real-time strategy game that requires quick tactical decisions and a good long-term strategy. Your goal is to unite the survivors of the apocalypse. But there are others who are trying to do the same. To win, you have to defeat all your opponents or at least stay alive longer...

29.11.2023 - After a few hours of use, the field found A500 broke again! (+let's talk about RAM tests) - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Well that didn't take long! The Field Found A500 had barely been back together and working when it broke again, this time while Adrian was using it! So let's figure out what broke so it can be fixed, and let's talk about some of the ways RAM chips fail and how to detect those errors.

27.11.2023 - C64OS Upgrading to v1.04 & v1.05 - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video, 'GRay Defender' demonstrate updating C64OS from version 1.03 to 1.04 and then to version 1.05

27.11.2023 - The Commodore 65 - A Rare Prototype - video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
In this video 'The 8-Bit Guy' is taking a look at the infamous Commodore 8-bit machine that never was: The C65.

25.11.2023 - From Death's doorstep to alive again: I really love this Field Found Amiga 500 - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
We have the final installment in the field found Amiga 500 saga. When Adrian first unboxed this computer, he had my doubts that this machine would ever work again. So when it had signs of life in parts 1, Adrian suddenly realized that it was indeed possible it would live to play another game. So in this part, the machine finally gets the TLC is deserves and is all back together.