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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.

25.11.2023 - What's Wrong With Load"*",8,1 or LOAD"*",1 on C64 - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Robin's pedanticism gets set off by incorrect Commodore 64 LOAD statements seen on t-shirts and documentary film trailers. We'll examine what's wrong with them and why, and explain how to fix them. And along the way we might learn a thing or two about loading from cassette and why accuracy matters - at least to some people.

24.11.2023 - Robot Jet Action 2 for Commodore Amiga
Robot Jet Action 2 Game for Commodore Amiga was announced Today! Game release date, news, details, etc is going to be cleared early 2024.

24.11.2023 - C64 game 'Yewdow' released - free for download
As suggested (see news below) there is now also a version for C64 of Inufuto's recently released maze action video game.

23.11.2023 - Amiga game 'SuperBagman500' released
Converted from the original Z80 disassembly from the arcade game, this Bagman follow up has 5 screens instead of 3 and difficulty went from "hard" to "brutal" in the process. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

23.11.2023 - 'Yewdow' - game for Plus/4 and C16 released - free for download
'Yewdow' is a maze action video game by Japanese developer Inufuto, where you need to steer a car through a certain route by placing direction signs in order to collect flags and avoid obstacles. As always, Inufuto offers several version for different computer systems, now including one for Plus/4 and C16 (32k). A C64 port might also happen the next days.

22.11.2023 - Video preview: 'Shadow Dancer' for Amiga - Nov 2023
This is just a quick update video and now it is staring to look like a real game.

21.11.2023 - C64 game 'Penguin Tower' finally released - free for download
'Penguin Tower' is a Bomberman clone that was originally made by Jani Hirvo in 1994 and released as a 10 level preview for Commodore Format’s Power Pack. A finished game never popped up, though. You can read the story about it on GTW64. But now the whole game was finally completed, offering 100 levels. A graphics and level editor and github links will be available early December.

21.11.2023 - C64 Arlasoft Burger Time Port Gameplay (Amazing!) - video from 'GRay Defender'
This is a gameplay video of the Arlasoft Burger Time port (1.02) for the Commodore 64.