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

23.11.2020 - Protovision Shop: Soul Force - Retrosouls Collection - Back in stock
The RetroSouls bundle release featuring Old Tower and Alter Ego on a single C64 cartridge is now back in stock.

23.11.2020 - FREEZE64 issue 41 available
There’s plenty of new and exclusive spooky Commodore 64 content for you to devour, including two Commodore 64 game developer interviews. FREEZE64 is a home-grown, A5 pro-printed, full colour, gloss, Commodore 64 gaming, cheat and coding fanzine, which you can buy and have sent to you wherever you are in the world.

22.11.2020 - Coming soon: '8bit Dungeon' (multi-platform incl. C64)
Here is a sneak preview of the upcoming 8bit-Unity 0.4 Tech Demo. It is a Diablo inspired dungeon crawl, shown running on 5 different platforms: Atari 8bit, Atari Lynx, C64, Apple // and Oric 1/Atmos. This is going to be the most complete Tech Demo so far, almost a full game! But despite the complexity, actual game code is a mere 500 lines. This is thanks to the simple yet powerful 8bit-Unity API. Stay tuned for news on the release date!

22.11.2020 - Amiga game creator 'Redpill' V0.8.3 released
Redpill, the Amiga game creator, is a tool to empower people to create many games for Amiga without programming knowledge. It allows people to create 2D games with the true Amiga feeling. Supports both ECS and AGA Amigas, it is free and it is still in development. List of changes in 0.8.0: -Compiler changed from Amiblitz 2.44 to Amiblitz 3.8. This has some implications: -Now lower limit to play games is a Motorola 68000 instead of a 68020. -There are two editors, one generic and one for 020+. -When exporting a game you have to select if it is generic or for 020+. -Performance seems slightly better. -To avoid compilation issues, some more memory is used by the game player.

22.11.2020 - Multipaint 2020 (Version 22.11.2020) released
With Multipaint, you can draw pictures with the color limitations of some typical 8-bit computer platforms. The screen formats supported are Commodore 64 high resolution, Commodore 64 multicolor, Commodore Plus/4 Hires, Commodore Plus/4 multicolor, ZX Spectrum, ZX ULAplus, MSX 1, Amstrad CPC mode 0/1 (and 0 with Overscan), Sinclair QL and Atari ST low resolution. Multipaint 2020 is the seventh major release of Multipaint. This version has been exported with Processing 3, with the aim to increase stability especially with newer Java versions. This version also introduces resizable application window, Dark theme, SET GRID dialogue with arbitrary grids and grid offset, Amstrad CPC mode 0 overscan complete with export, C64 "free" mode with no attribute limitations, more informative conversions between modes, better ULAplus conversions, added dialogue for importing png images and auto border-cropping images (where relevant&possible). You can also "recall" a mode change.

22.11.2020 - 'Tristam Island' - new Adventure released for (nearly) all Commodore platforms
'Tristam Island' is a text adventure made from the mold of Infocom and is available for Commodore PET, VIC-20,Plus/4, C64, C128, Amiga and even MEGA65. Expect a large geography to explore, lots of prose, a rich parser, diverse puzzles, some humor and some darkness. Story: After crashing your plane at sea, you end up drifting to a small island, with not much to survive. You explore, and find out the island was inhabited, years ago. But why did the people leave? And why is there a fence around the white house at the top of the hill?

22.11.2020 - Soul Force (C64) - One of the best shoot'em ups for the C64 - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
RGN Quick Play show case video of Soul Force for the Commodore 64 (C64) developed by Sarah Jane Avory. The game is distributed by Protovision and can be ordered here.

21.11.2020 - Permanent Killer Poke Mod and CRT Spot fix on the Commodore PET 2001 - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Time for Adrian to give a donated Commodore PET 2001 some love. What is the killer poke, does it work and can we make it permanent? Also, how to fix the issue on PET 2001 machines where they have a spot show up on the CRT when you turn it off?

21.11.2020 - C64 Neptune Lander Elite (NTSC) version on Easy - video by 'GRay Defender'
This is a quick playthrough of Neptune Lander Elite (NTSC) Version 1.2 (released today) using my Commodore 64C. This new released fixed a few issues including NTSC support. My previous gameplay video was on PAL emulated version.

21.11.2020 - Can we find the perfect ported game? Atari vs. Commodore conversion capers! - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
Let's play 2 computers with 1 joystick to compare converted games on the Commodore 64 Atari 400 Atari VCS 2600 & VIC-20!