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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...
05.10.2026 - C64 game 'FablePhobia: The Wrong Map' released
'FablePhobia: The Wrong Map' is a short story-driven C64 adventure and the third part, set in the strange world of Fablephobia, It is focused on atmosphere, dialogue and simple choices. Alice and Pippa find an old map. They don't know where it came from or what it is trying to show them. As new places begin to appear on it, they decide to follow them and see where the map leads. Their journey takes them through several unusual places, with strange encounters, odd situations and a few decisions along the way. You can get them as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
'FablePhobia: The Wrong Map' is a short story-driven C64 adventure and the third part, set in the strange world of Fablephobia, It is focused on atmosphere, dialogue and simple choices. Alice and Pippa find an old map. They don't know where it came from or what it is trying to show them. As new places begin to appear on it, they decide to follow them and see where the map leads. Their journey takes them through several unusual places, with strange encounters, odd situations and a few decisions along the way. You can get them as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
04.10.2026 - From Italy with love: Fixing a viewer's childhood Amiga 500 - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
This Amiga 500 was a viewer's childhood computer, and he wanted to see it revived so it could live on for many many more years. Let's figure out what is wrong with it.
This Amiga 500 was a viewer's childhood computer, and he wanted to see it revived so it could live on for many many more years. Let's figure out what is wrong with it.
04.10.2026 - C64 game 'One More Haul' released
'One More Haul' is an arcade action game with certain similarities to the classic Boulder Dash. Take your mining rig beneath the surface, carve a shaft through the rock, then leave the cab to explore. Mount remote TNT on gray chamber walls, retreat before the blast, and carry each treasure back to your machine. But beware, drilling and explosions can loosen stone and falling rocks crush on impact, and quicksand spills into opened tunnels. You can carry one treasure at a time. Your rig can hold the entire haul. Getting that loaded machine home is the part that matters. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer, but you are also able to download a free demo version to test it first.
'One More Haul' is an arcade action game with certain similarities to the classic Boulder Dash. Take your mining rig beneath the surface, carve a shaft through the rock, then leave the cab to explore. Mount remote TNT on gray chamber walls, retreat before the blast, and carry each treasure back to your machine. But beware, drilling and explosions can loosen stone and falling rocks crush on impact, and quicksand spills into opened tunnels. You can carry one treasure at a time. Your rig can hold the entire haul. Getting that loaded machine home is the part that matters. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer, but you are also able to download a free demo version to test it first.
04.10.2026 - Commodore SX-64 Restoration Finale | Trash to Treasure (pt3) - video by 'The Retro Collective'
The Commodore SX-64 gets finished today as we figure out the final PSU gremlins and put it all back together again.
The Commodore SX-64 gets finished today as we figure out the final PSU gremlins and put it all back together again.
04.10.2026 - Quadrascope, Upgrades & Pattern Skank - Amiga MOD Player Part 4 - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In the last video we looked at how the software of this crazy contraption works, reading the protracker data via OCR and some other cool things. In this video we make some big upgrades and improvements and finally ask thew question, will it play Pattern Skank by h0ffman!?
In the last video we looked at how the software of this crazy contraption works, reading the protracker data via OCR and some other cool things. In this video we make some big upgrades and improvements and finally ask thew question, will it play Pattern Skank by h0ffman!?
04.10.2026 - New Amiga Games from September 2026 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for Commodore Amiga released in September 2026, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.
Presentation of new games for Commodore Amiga released in September 2026, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.
04.10.2026 - C64 game 'Warlock - Der Ketzer' released
Die Heilige Gottheit has opened a portal in your realm, and his monsters are pouring in. It is up to you, der Ketzer, to put a stop to his plans. Imagine a first-person RPG shooter, but top-down...and you get Warlock: Der Ketzer. Note, this is not a rogue-like game. The maps are handcrafted (not procedurally-generated), and there is no "permadeath". It is like playing Heretic but from above, with RPG elements thrown in. Features 25 had-crafted levels, with secret areas, 5 weapons, 8 enemy types, player progression with a rich upgrades, perks and curses system, event-triggered spawning enemies and 5 music tracks and sound effects. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
Die Heilige Gottheit has opened a portal in your realm, and his monsters are pouring in. It is up to you, der Ketzer, to put a stop to his plans. Imagine a first-person RPG shooter, but top-down...and you get Warlock: Der Ketzer. Note, this is not a rogue-like game. The maps are handcrafted (not procedurally-generated), and there is no "permadeath". It is like playing Heretic but from above, with RPG elements thrown in. Features 25 had-crafted levels, with secret areas, 5 weapons, 8 enemy types, player progression with a rich upgrades, perks and curses system, event-triggered spawning enemies and 5 music tracks and sound effects. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
03.10.2026 - C64 game 'Labyrinth of Ur' released - free for download
'Labyrinth of Ur' is a first-person 3D dungeon crawler for the C64, inspired by Eye of the Beholder, The Bard's Tale and Dungeon Master. One warrior, Lance, goes down seven procedurally generated floors, and Pazuzu waits at the bottom.Features seven floors, sword combat, real-time pressure, keys, locked doors and healing bottles, gold and a rank, final boss, full-screen map (press M) and an automap with fog of war, SID sound with 18 sound effects and a dark-ambient tune on all three voices.
'Labyrinth of Ur' is a first-person 3D dungeon crawler for the C64, inspired by Eye of the Beholder, The Bard's Tale and Dungeon Master. One warrior, Lance, goes down seven procedurally generated floors, and Pazuzu waits at the bottom.Features seven floors, sword combat, real-time pressure, keys, locked doors and healing bottles, gold and a rank, final boss, full-screen map (press M) and an automap with fog of war, SID sound with 18 sound effects and a dark-ambient tune on all three voices.
03.10.2026 - C64 game 'Fruit RSI' released
'Fruit RSI' is a drop-style puzzle game with match-2 fruit clearing. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.
'Fruit RSI' is a drop-style puzzle game with match-2 fruit clearing. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.
03.10.2026 - Amiga game 'Celtic Survivors' released
'Celtic Survivors: Blood VS Rome' is an action game for the Amiga 1200 (AGA - with a 68030 at 25 MHz or faster) in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. It has 256 colours, a hand-painted isometric village and hundreds of Romans on screen. Story: Gaul, 50 BC. The legions of Rome march on a small Celtic village. Only a handful of heroes stand in their way. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
'Celtic Survivors: Blood VS Rome' is an action game for the Amiga 1200 (AGA - with a 68030 at 25 MHz or faster) in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. It has 256 colours, a hand-painted isometric village and hundreds of Romans on screen. Story: Gaul, 50 BC. The legions of Rome march on a small Celtic village. Only a handful of heroes stand in their way. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
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