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

28.02.2020 - New video from 'Jan Beta' - Amiga 600 Recapping
'Jan Beta' is replacing the notorious SMD electrolytic capacitors in the Amiga 600 that he repaired in the last video. This is not meant to be a tutorial but giving some (hopefully useful) insights about how to approach the problem.

28.02.2020 - TheC64 Maxi Game Tool released
TheC64 Game Maxi Tool is a tool designed to let you create a custom firmware .bin file to inject your favorite Commodore 64 games into the carousel UI of both TheC64 Mini and the Maxi computer. This can be accomplished without altering your TheC64 device's hardware or wiping out the actual operating system of the unit. This makes it safe to use and revertable; best of all - anyone can use it without any advanced technical skills or hardware experience.

28.02.2020 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue 107 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English-language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans who mainly focus on game reviews.

25.02.2020 - New video from 'Adrian Black' - Using a NOP Generator to help fix a dead 1541C drive
In 'Adrian's Digital Basement' it's time for another Commodore 1541 disk drive repair: a 1541C, the last large 1541 drive made. This drive sports the Newtronics mechanism with Track 1 (aka Track 0) sensor which must be enabled to work. A NOP generator is used to help fix this drive and it's explained how these work.

25.02.2020 - C128 game 'Bucket Wars 128' version 1.1 released
This adds a few new features: Forest and Water now offer extra avoid - Shields can't move into forest - Archers can move into water - Shields and Archers have less move - 2RN is now used - Weapon Accuracy has been increased. Bucket Wars is a small, Tactics RPG and it is also available as (slower) C64 version.

24.02.2020 - Making-of video shows that a 'Doom' clone for Amiga 500 is possible
Could a 'Doom' clone run on a 7MHz Amiga 500 with 1MB of RAM? Here's a little 'making-of' episode for a project from 'KK/Altair' aiming for the above.

23.02.2020 - New Video from 8-Bit Show And Tell: 10 Rarely Used C64 BASIC Features
In this video '8-Bit Show And Tell' takes a look at 10 C64 BASIC commands and other features that aren't used all that much, maybe because we didn't understand them, or couldn't think of a use for them: DEF FN, ON GOSUB, STOP vs END, CONT, RND() parameters, USR(), WAIT, and more.

22.02.2020 - Sneak Preview - 'Atic Atac' for C64
A C64 port of 'Atic Atac', originally released for the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro, is currently in the making. It's an arcade-adventure developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game. The game takes place within a castle in which the player must seek out the 'Golden Key of ACG' by unlocking doors and avoiding enemies.

22.02.2020 - 'Hat Trick 2020' - extended 4 player edition of classic C64 game 'Hat Trick' released
Enjoy a new version of this legendary port of the original arcade title Hat Trick! Fixed bugs: Non-moving goalie in 2p game after playing 1p game (Thanks to Vic Porter for finding this) - Puck shooting from opponents stick when getting the puck while holding the fire button - Random crash/screen garbage/audio corruption. Supports the following adapters: SuperPad64 - Inception - Protovision and compatible.

21.02.2020 - New video from 'Jan Beta' - Amiga 600 Black Screen Common Fault Repair
This video shows how to troubleshoot a black screen Commodore Amiga 600 and repairing what seems to be one of the most common faults in these machines