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...from time to time, some thoughts need to get out...
Farewell Patrick!
Author: Zeldin - written on 31.12.2014
My "Highscore" TV Show Story
Author: Zeldin - written on 19.12.2013
25 Years Cascade
Author: Zeldin - written on 25.07.2013
Commodore 64: 8 Bit Legend
Author: Zeldin - written on 19.09.2012
The Stuff Is Out There
Author: Zeldin - written on 06.11.2010
I hate moving...
Author: Zeldin - written on 20.05.2009
New Cascade Website finished
Author: Zeldin - written on 05.10.2008
Puhh... being back from Greece in the beginning of October, I finally felt driven on enough to finish this new Cascade website, which was slowly getting rotten as alpha in my projects folder (it's beta now ;-). Meeting all those old friends in Hellas after such a long time, besides seeing the famous Antikythera mechanism from eye to eye, gave me a lot of new energy, which I wanted to invest before it fades again...
To this website:
Well after I stopped uploading old stuff to csdb last year (read below why), I started concentrating (besides other things, of course) on a new Cascade website as the old site was apr. 7 years old and really antiquated. I wanted a dynamic content system, the possibility of an easier site administration and a little blog-like system, just to spit out my thoughts from time to time, whenever I feel to do so. Furthermore I wanted to integrate my personal demo and game databases into an easier webdesign, therefore the new layout was made with .css (well most of it at least). So I recoded the whole site from scratch. All in all it took quite long to finish the code, because real life leached most of my energy. But now it's finished and I hope you all like this...
Some words to csdb:
As I said I stopped uploading stuff to csdb, although I still sit on tons of missing old cracks. The reasons for this is that my motivation for supporting csdb sadly was killed, after some ppl started to spam the database for unknown reasons. Maybe those guys suffer of heavy image neurosis, being keen on upload credits in the csdb stats, I don't know... but now there are many, many "scene releases" in csdb that are either not scene related or no releases by definition or worse, even both! Some entries are totally senseless, others were only done to have some bytes for upload to csdb. It's so weird!
And not to mention all the double-entries because some ppl are not willing to check properly. So the amount of 67.000 "scene releases" in csdb is definitely artificially elevated, spoiling this cool web resource :-(
Hopefully someday things get better, or I simply regain motivation to support csdb more than just keeping track on the Cascade entry... we'll see...
Commodore News
...freshly fished out of the net...
20.10.2026 - 'Ms. Pac-Man Duo Mod' for Plus/4 and C64 released - free for download
Ms. Pac-Man Duo Mod is basically a conversion of the C64 porting of the Namco classic, as created by Steven Hayes and released from Atarisoft under the Atari Inc. license. But this is the point of the story in which developer Javier "javierglez" Gonzalez get into action: Why playing a two player match by alternating two single games? Waiting for your comrade's game to get stopped by losing a life, is boring. In Ms. Pac-Man Duo Mod – and its C64 counterpart – two yellow ribbon-adorned doteaters run in the maze both chased by, and chasing too, the ghosts, at the same time. An unexpected plot twist for Ms. Pac-Man!
Ms. Pac-Man Duo Mod is basically a conversion of the C64 porting of the Namco classic, as created by Steven Hayes and released from Atarisoft under the Atari Inc. license. But this is the point of the story in which developer Javier "javierglez" Gonzalez get into action: Why playing a two player match by alternating two single games? Waiting for your comrade's game to get stopped by losing a life, is boring. In Ms. Pac-Man Duo Mod – and its C64 counterpart – two yellow ribbon-adorned doteaters run in the maze both chased by, and chasing too, the ghosts, at the same time. An unexpected plot twist for Ms. Pac-Man!
20.10.2026 - Video: icon64 future games and possible future games
A collection of future and possible future titles for the C64 by icon64...
A collection of future and possible future titles for the C64 by icon64...
20.10.2026 - VIC-20 game 'Vic Keystone Kapers' released - free for download
'Vic Keystone Kapers' is a VIC-20 (+ 35K) homebrew adaptation inspired by the classic Atari Keystone Kapers, a platform game developed by Garry Kitchen for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983
'Vic Keystone Kapers' is a VIC-20 (+ 35K) homebrew adaptation inspired by the classic Atari Keystone Kapers, a platform game developed by Garry Kitchen for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983
20.10.2026 - Steel Ranger 2 (Commodore 64) Review + Developer Interview - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this new C64 game 'Steel Ranger 2 ' a new game by Covert Bitops and published by Protovision + full developer interview with creator Lasse Oorni.
Review for this new C64 game 'Steel Ranger 2 ' a new game by Covert Bitops and published by Protovision + full developer interview with creator Lasse Oorni.
20.10.2026 - Steel Ranger 2 is released!
Steel Ranger 2, the sequel to the side-scrolling action adventure from 2018, inspired by Turrican and Metroid, is finally out! Order your copy today – either as a digital copy or a physical order – and download the game files now! If you already preordered Steel Ranger 2, you can now download the file package as well. Now available in the Protovision Shop and on itch.io!
Steel Ranger 2, the sequel to the side-scrolling action adventure from 2018, inspired by Turrican and Metroid, is finally out! Order your copy today – either as a digital copy or a physical order – and download the game files now! If you already preordered Steel Ranger 2, you can now download the file package as well. Now available in the Protovision Shop and on itch.io!
20.10.2026 - C64 game 'Väinämöinen' released
'Väinämöinen' is an open world RPG with fighting, trading and mystical quests in the Kalevala world. You are Väinämöinen and you start the game at the age of 18. You get older but also more experienced the more you play. There is a lot of quests but your main mission is to find the meaning of life. Finding it needs you to travel through many villages, fortresses, ocean with islands and three lands (Svealand, Finn, Rus). Your age, experience level, transport type and wounds affect your daily travelling distance and combat strenght and defence. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.
'Väinämöinen' is an open world RPG with fighting, trading and mystical quests in the Kalevala world. You are Väinämöinen and you start the game at the age of 18. You get older but also more experienced the more you play. There is a lot of quests but your main mission is to find the meaning of life. Finding it needs you to travel through many villages, fortresses, ocean with islands and three lands (Svealand, Finn, Rus). Your age, experience level, transport type and wounds affect your daily travelling distance and combat strenght and defence. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.
20.10.2026 - C64 game 'Brightmoor' released
'Brightmoor' is an Ultima-style adventure for the C64, written in 6502 assembly on the engine of GloomKeep II. One hero, one moor, a long walk.The dawn bell has not rung in years. Six towns, six Gloomholds, one Hollow King. Bring back the sun. Brightmoor is 64 by 64 tiles of woods, hills, fens, mere and cinders. The six regions and their towns are fixed; the wilderness, the roads and where the Gloomholds stand are new every game. Each region lies under its hold's dusk — less sight, darker colours, harder beasts — until the lord below it falls and the daylight comes back. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.
'Brightmoor' is an Ultima-style adventure for the C64, written in 6502 assembly on the engine of GloomKeep II. One hero, one moor, a long walk.The dawn bell has not rung in years. Six towns, six Gloomholds, one Hollow King. Bring back the sun. Brightmoor is 64 by 64 tiles of woods, hills, fens, mere and cinders. The six regions and their towns are fixed; the wilderness, the roads and where the Gloomholds stand are new every game. Each region lies under its hold's dusk — less sight, darker colours, harder beasts — until the lord below it falls and the daylight comes back. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.
20.10.2026 - C64 game 'The Mystery of Silver Mountain' released - free for download
This two-disc C64 game is a tribute to The Mystery of Silver Mountain, Usborne’s 1984 BASIC text-adventure masterpiece. The original game came as a source-code listing in a beautifully illustrated book, and it helped inspire my lifelong love of text adventures. This remake includes expanded text and new graphics, to help more players discover the original adventure.
This two-disc C64 game is a tribute to The Mystery of Silver Mountain, Usborne’s 1984 BASIC text-adventure masterpiece. The original game came as a source-code listing in a beautifully illustrated book, and it helped inspire my lifelong love of text adventures. This remake includes expanded text and new graphics, to help more players discover the original adventure.
20.10.2026 - Amiga game ''Snake's Snack'' released
'Snake's Snack' is a retro game developed in AMOS Professional by Alberto "BCO" Sgaggero for the legendary Commodore Amiga 500. Guide your snake to eat the apples that keep appearing throughout the match: every apple boosts your score and grows your tail. Watch the edges of the screen: the playfield wraps around, but the arena's walls show no mercy: touch one and it's instant game over.You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer. It is also available for C64 and VIC-20.
'Snake's Snack' is a retro game developed in AMOS Professional by Alberto "BCO" Sgaggero for the legendary Commodore Amiga 500. Guide your snake to eat the apples that keep appearing throughout the match: every apple boosts your score and grows your tail. Watch the edges of the screen: the playfield wraps around, but the arena's walls show no mercy: touch one and it's instant game over.You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer. It is also available for C64 and VIC-20.
20.10.2026 - New Amiga Kickstarter campaign - 'Eldemar'
Eldemar is a brand-new first-person fantasy RPG for the Amiga 1200, 4000 and CD32, written from scratch in 68k assembly. In development for over a year, it already runs on real hardware — now we want to put it in your hands the way Amiga games deserve: on a CD, in a box, with a printed manual and a map. You can back the project and get a jewel case or in a limited Big Box edition, and help to unlock an original soundtrack by Allister Brimble, four extra levels and full-motion video sequences.
Eldemar is a brand-new first-person fantasy RPG for the Amiga 1200, 4000 and CD32, written from scratch in 68k assembly. In development for over a year, it already runs on real hardware — now we want to put it in your hands the way Amiga games deserve: on a CD, in a box, with a printed manual and a map. You can back the project and get a jewel case or in a limited Big Box edition, and help to unlock an original soundtrack by Allister Brimble, four extra levels and full-motion video sequences.
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