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31.05.2023 - WIP C64 game 'SnakeEscape64' - Beta version free for download
'SnakeEscape64' is a new C64 game in progress, where your goal is to escape each room. There are infinite rooms. But each room is a little more difficult then the previous. You play it fast or slow. It is up to you which strategy you choose. Do you want to get to the highest level, or make the most points?

31.05.2023 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - May 2023 updates
OK, so not as big an update as last month, but still a sizable one none-the-less, and with two very important additions. A total of 14 completely new entries too to further increase the size of the C64 archive, along with 11 updates overall and two very special findings! Many of the new entries are for titles which may well be out there, just not yet preserved. Can you help find them?

31.05.2023 - The Ultimate II+L Cartridge - The Best C64 Cartridge Money Can Buy? - video from 'The Retro Shack'
Is this the best C64 Cartridge Money Can Buy?

29.05.2023 - Amiga game 'Galaxian500' - Beta version for download
This Galaxian transcode port for OCS Amigas is now available as downloadable Beta version for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

29.05.2023 - One Bad Byte Broke This Game: Commodore 64's "Livingstone, I Presume?" - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
"Livingstone, I Presume?" is a puzzle platform adventure that had me entranced as a kid. Unfortunately, the Commodore 64 version I played always crashed at a particular point well into the game. I thought it was a bug in my pirated copy, but later I've learned even the original store-bought version had the bug. Today we take a look at the game and the cause of the crash, and see if we can fix it and get further into the game.

29.05.2023 - Commodore PET game 'PETSCII Bros' released - free for download
This Commodore PET game has similar game mechanics to the original Mario Bros arcade game. Hit the floor under the turtles to flip them, and jump up to kick them. A one or two player action game made for the TOJam 2023 game jam. Mario Bros is not that well known .. it came after Donkey Kong but before Super Mario Bros, introduced Luigi for the first time and also changed Mario from a carpenter into the plumber that we know today.

29.05.2023 - Amiga tank Mouse by Lukas Remis Review - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is reviewing the new Tank Mouse replica from Lukas Remis - This thing is lovely!

27.05.2023 - C64 game 'Ooze: The Escape' released
'Ooze: The Escape' is a port of the Spectrum version to C64 by Haplo (maker of 'Tenebra' and 'Caim'). Help Ooze navigate through various corridors and laboratories, using its gravity-reversing powers to overcome obstacles and avoid the robotic guards in an attempt to escape from this dangerous subterranean complex. The game features many improvements such as: - Vastly improved graphics, sprites and sprite overlays. - Tons of new animations. - Improved screens and game-play. - A minimap. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

27.05.2023 - 'Island Rescue' for Commodore PET released
Island Rescue ported from the C64 version created by Eleanor Rice and DR. C. F. Cannon. Find food and water and attempt to be rescued from an island. You can get the game as free digital download.

27.05.2023 - 'Tapper' for Amiga finally released
'Tapper' is a true arcade classic from Bally Midway, which was already available on nearly all 8-Bit machines in the 80s. Now the game was ported to Amiga (need OCS with 1mb Chip Ram). You can get it as free download on the Indie Retro News webpage.

26.05.2023 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #146 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game REViews.

25.05.2023 - 'Galaxian500' beta - Video preview of 'Galaxian' port for Amiga
Galaxian transcode port for OCS Amigas. Still glitches and bugs, missing sounds, but gameplay is pretty much 100%.

24.05.2023 - Games That Weren't looks at Total Recall V1 on the Commodore 64
After the recent recovery of Total Recall V1 on the Commodore 64, Games That Weren't shares the full story about how the search began for the game, and how we ended up with its recovery some 23 years later (33 years after it was cancelled!). Frank Gasking then introduces coverage of the preview, talking through some of the game play features and differences with the Zzap!64 preview screens that you may not have noticed.

23.05.2023 - Amiga port of 'Flying Shark' - Level 5 video preview
This video shows V1.8 of the WIP port of the arcade 'Flying Shark', which is currently under construction. If you want, you can download a demo version of the game here (see video description), though without shown level 5 of the video.

22.05.2023 - GTW64: Total Recall V1 for C64 found!
Lost for 33 years, we are pleased to announce the recovery of the original abandoned development of Total Recall for the Commodore 64! So happy to finally see those old Zzap!64 screens in motion after years of searching! Read the full story and also find a download by clicking the link above.