This is the virtual home of the C64/Amiga scene group CASCADE.

11.08.2022 - Video shows Amiga WIP 'Settle the World'
'Settle the World' is an entry to the Amiga BlitzBasic Jam 2022. It will be a turn-based building and trading game with a focus on local multiplayer (two players on one Amiga computer). You will have to build settlements, build roads, establish trade relations with your fellow player, explore the map and sometimes send soldiers to war. The game is developed for Amiga computers with at least 2 MB RAM, a fast processor and a hard disk.

11.08.2022 - Amiga a500 Mini Firmware Update 1.1.1 - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video we get demonstrated how to run the firmware update on the Amiga A500 mini from Retrogamez.biz

10.08.2022 - I used the "easy button" to fix this broken A2000 - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Adrian has featured this A2000 on the channel before, and this machine keeps breaking. In this video, he doesn't feel like doing a "proper" repair on this machine, so he takes the easy road and apply a "creative" fix instead.

10.08.2022 - Sneak preview: 'Karate Champ' for Amiga
There is work in progress going on for an faithful Amiga conversion of the old arcade classic 'Karate Champ'. In this video we can see the current state with a little practice and fight demonstration, though CPU opponent doesn't do anything except taking a hit :-)

10.08.2022 - C64 game 'Mike Mech' released
'Mike Mech', a game from LC-Games, which was previously available as preview version exclusive to subscribers of Zzap64 Micro Action, is now released to the public. The game is set inside a spaceship invaded by alien entities that have deactivated the supply batteries necessary for the propulsion of the rockets. The aim is to guide Mike, the mechanic on board, inside the various power rooms and reactivate the batteries. 'Mike Mech' includes 70 levels in total and is available as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

09.08.2022 - C64 game 'Madzag' released as free download
'Madzag' is a nice little logic game with PETSCII graphics. The task is to tie the dumplings of the same color on a single line so that the forms of different colors do not cross each other. It is important that no lines, that is, neither branches nor loops are allowed. As if we were pearing beads on a string. The lines already connected can be subsequently demolished and repaired.

07.08.2022 - C64 game 'T.R.S.I. - The Red Serpent Invasion' Preview released
'The Red Serpent Invasion' from Tristar & Red Sector Inc. (TRSI) is an impressive 3D game engine in the vain of Doom, running on stock C64. It was released at the Evoke 2022 demo party and you can download and test it for free. Keyboard Controls: -Walk = P L : ; -Strafe = A S -Shoot = X -Open = SPACE -Handgun = F1 -Shotgun = F3 -Bazooka = F5 -Chainsaw = F7

07.08.2022 - The Commodore Amiga CDTV Review - Episode 132 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast, we are welcoming a new friend into the lab! A shiny Commodore CDTV! Join Doug as he tells you it's story and how he got it working well again, and we will explore what it can do and take a peek at some of the software. And guess what. It is NOT an Amiga 500 with a CD-ROM..

06.08.2022 - Commodore 64 Double Dragon: The Waist Gap (Sprite Multiplexing) - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
We take a look at the 1988 conversion of Double Dragon for the Commodore 64 which is somewhat notorious for poor playability and the infamous "waist gap" the developers issued a veiled apology for in the game manual. We take a look at the "sprite stacking techniques" (aka sprite multiplexing) used in the game - could this be improved on? Is this even what's really wrong with the game?

06.08.2022 - 2/12 "The chip is too fast to work right!" (C64 repair) - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Today we are working on the second broken C64 machine (of 12.) While looking for interesting problems, Adrian ran into an unexpected stumbling block.