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

22.01.2020 - Scene World Podcast Episode #82 - Welle:Erdball
Welle:Erdball has been making music for almost 30 years, and the Commodore 64 has been an integral part of their unique sound since the beginning. Joerg and AJ talk to W:E members Honey and MissMoonlight about their musical process, what it means to them to be able to create art at this level, and the importance that the C64 plays in their music.

21.01.2020 - 'Soulless 2' for C64 announced
'Soulless 2 - The Armour of God' is in the making and development seems to be going well. The game can already be played through, still lots of polishing to do and intro/ending to add, this one will be disk only.

21.01.2020 - Sneak Preview - 'Arcade Daze' for C64
Short video showing WIP of a recently announced Commodore 64 game called 'Arcade Daze'. Developed by Stuart Collier, Trevor Storey and Saul Cross.

21.01.2020 - New C64 game 'Katabatia' available
Finally finished! 'Katabatia' is a free rogue-like game by Malcontent, now available for free download.

20.01.2020 - Sneak Preview - 'Jump!' for Amiga
'Jump!' is a port of the famous Atari 8-bit game 'Yoomp!'. The creator Kefir_Union has said there are a number of differences compared to the Atari version of Yoomp. As in Jump! there are 16 tiles on an axis gamefield, there are 10 deep tiles that are visible instead of 4 for better planning of moment, newely added special orange bonus fields, which change game for collecting points, and finally there are more special fields which may cause other fields to dissapear.

17.01.2020 - Amiga game 'Killerball' downloadable for free
The commercial video sports game 'Killerball' (Publisher Microids) is inspired by the SciFi classic 'Rollerball' (1974) and can now be downloaded from the website of the Amiga Future as ADF and IPF image as well as WHDLoad archive.

16.01.2020 - New Video from 8-Bit Show And Tell: Decoding Information Society's '300bps N,8,1' on a Commodore 64
It's shown how to decode Information Society's infamous 300bps N,8,1 (Terminal Mode or ASCII Download) story from their 1992 CD, 'Peace and Love, Inc.' using equipment from 1992 or earlier, and learn a bit about analog modems in the process! Stick around after for a reading of the band's crazy story.

16.01.2020 - C64 game 'Synthia in the Cyber Crypt' (SEUCK) released
Entry #2 for the SEUCK Compo 2020. Synthia in the Cyber Crypt' is a platform style game, which we might have not seen before made with SEUCK. Story: Humanity is doomed. The scientists who had been working on AI replacements to help the survivors of the atomic war have been killed by their latest model. One obsolete HEC-80 is our last hope.

16.01.2020 - Amiga game 'Project Horizon' announced
There's not so much info about the game itself, but the gameplay should include some basic shooting thingy like Commando. And if possible, the game will turn out as a Chaos Engine/Alien Breed like game. There is also a second new video for this game project showing Map Editor for Project Horizon.

14.01.2020 - Preview of the upcoming C64 game 'Millie and Molly'
Take a look at a level using the underwater GFX and music from the upcoming C64 game 'Millie and Molly' by Carleton Handley (code), Saul Cross (graphics) and Hans Axelsson-Svala (music). In it’s early development the games title was temporarily named “Catrap (Pitman)”. Many Game Boy fans will be familiar. There are five styles in total spread over 100 levels. The shown level in the video won't be in the final game as totally original levels are currently being designed.

13.01.2020 - Amiga game 'Stalker', yet unfinished, was recently updated
'Stalker' is a prototype of an Amiga game that was initially developed about 20 years ago. The main unique feature of the game was the re-arrangeable playfield. The player controls a two leg robot in a scene that is built by same sized blocks. These blocks are moveable in a rearranged mode. Check the video for some impressions of the game. Download links are available in the video description.

12.01.2020 - Jan Beta - Classic Atari/Commodore Joystick to USB Adapter
Jan Beta has made a new video where he's attempting to build his own joystick adapter to be able to use classic style DB9 connector joysticks, mainly used with home computers and 8-bit consoles, on modern USB hardware and emulators.

12.01.2020 - Commodore C16 – RAM upgrade and internal SD2IEC mount
Retrohax.net blog has a new article online: This time, a short post about RAM upgrade in C16 and internal SD2IEC installation plus dual OS ROM. Some time ago the author was asked to make some mods to C16. He had a C16 that had fried TED chip but he didn’t have a replacement for it so this nice Commodore landed on a shelf. However, he has managed to order TED from eBay and when it was delivered he could restart working on this machine.

11.01.2020 - Royal Mail dedicates its own stamps to twelve classic games
The British post hast announced special stamp sets containing motives of classic computer and video games, available from 21 January. Seasoned gamers, young players and collectors will enjoy exploring the stamps, stories and images featured in this colourful celebration of classic video games.

09.01.2020 - The Amiga Future magazine - Issue 142 available for order
Amiga Future magazine #142 can be ordered right now. Available in german or english language. Show Reports: Amiga 34, Amiga Meeting - Interviews: Christian Haller - Reviews: Insanity Fight, Insanity Fight iOS, Blastaway, Football Fortunes, Goldrush, IBrowse, DiskPrint, AdressMaster, Aminet News, MorphOS Camp, MC68k - Special: Shogo part 2, AmigaOS 3.1.4 part 3, XCopy Tools, FPGA Amiga-Clone, Trevors Soapbox, Demoscene - Others: Editorial, Content, News, Imprint, Content CoverCD, letters to the editor.

Axis/Cascade is no more. We are all still shaken by the unexpected death of our friend and group mate Patrick aka Axis/Cascade. We wanted to express our sorrow, so I coded a little intro, which you can find in the C64 demo section of this page. The following text is a rough excerpt taken from the scroller:

Dear Patrick, may this be the condolence from the the group that was co-founded by you long time ago. We want to give you our last salute. I (Zeldin) know how much you were breathing the spirit of the scene. That's why I thought a goodbye demo would have made you happy. You and me exchanged lots of mails about how much we both enjoyed the good ol' days and of course: how much we miss them... It was this tie that emotionally connected us for over 15 years. Thanks for all your help in supporting the group and your indefatigable endeavour in spreading our name. Your tattoos were legendary! Thanks for your work on fb and youtube. Your channels were appreciated by a lot of people. Thanks for being such a good chap. You'll be sorely missed!!!

Mach's gut, Patrick... den Adler im Herzen, sge4ever!