Site Blog
...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...
01.11.2026 - C64 game 'Vector Vortex' released
Vector Vortex is a shoot 'em game in which you control a claw-shaped ship. You move around a space vortex and try to eliminate all enemy objects from coming through the black hole. If things get too hectic, you can activate your Superzapper to eliminate all enemies on the screen (like a smart bomb). There are 16 levels of play and an assortment of enemies including Flippers, Fuseballs, Spikers and Pulsars. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.
Vector Vortex is a shoot 'em game in which you control a claw-shaped ship. You move around a space vortex and try to eliminate all enemy objects from coming through the black hole. If things get too hectic, you can activate your Superzapper to eliminate all enemies on the screen (like a smart bomb). There are 16 levels of play and an assortment of enemies including Flippers, Fuseballs, Spikers and Pulsars. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.
01.11.2026 - C64 game 'Zero Polarity' released
'Zero Polarity' is a side Scroll shooter - platformer for C64 with a touch of light. It is 2184 and Sub-Prime, the underground megalopolis, has lost its power. You are Zero, an outdated but highly moddable maintenance robot. Your mission: cross the city's 8 sectors and restart the central coil. Zero carries a chromatic pulse module that flips the polarity of the world. One pulse makes light solid and darkness vanish; the next does the opposite. Knowing when to switch is the heart of the game. You can get the game as digital download for very little money to support the developer.
'Zero Polarity' is a side Scroll shooter - platformer for C64 with a touch of light. It is 2184 and Sub-Prime, the underground megalopolis, has lost its power. You are Zero, an outdated but highly moddable maintenance robot. Your mission: cross the city's 8 sectors and restart the central coil. Zero carries a chromatic pulse module that flips the polarity of the world. One pulse makes light solid and darkness vanish; the next does the opposite. Knowing when to switch is the heart of the game. You can get the game as digital download for very little money to support the developer.
01.11.2026 - C64 game 'Blightmoor' released
'Blightmoor' is the seuqle to Brightmoor, an Ultima-style adventure for the C64. In Brightmoor the dawn bell has already fallen silent. Blightmooris how it happened - and you are the one who silences it. The same moor and the same six towns, seen from the other side, on Brightmoor’s engine - with a new story, new heroes, a new cast and new places to take. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.
'Blightmoor' is the seuqle to Brightmoor, an Ultima-style adventure for the C64. In Brightmoor the dawn bell has already fallen silent. Blightmooris how it happened - and you are the one who silences it. The same moor and the same six towns, seen from the other side, on Brightmoor’s engine - with a new story, new heroes, a new cast and new places to take. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer.
01.11.2026 - C64 game 'Bubble Pop: Monsters' released
'Bubble Pop: Monsters' is another bubble shooter for the C64 and the third in the series of Bubble Pop games, after The Sea and In Space. On Halloween the monsters rise. Fire them up into the horde - three of a colour touching pop, and anything left hanging with no path back to the rafters falls away with it. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.
'Bubble Pop: Monsters' is another bubble shooter for the C64 and the third in the series of Bubble Pop games, after The Sea and In Space. On Halloween the monsters rise. Fire them up into the horde - three of a colour touching pop, and anything left hanging with no path back to the rafters falls away with it. You can get the game as digital download for a reasonable price to support the developer.
01.11.2026 - C64 Weekly #92 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Weekly updates from the Commodore 64 Scene Including new music, demos and games. Links to all shown content in the video description.
Weekly updates from the Commodore 64 Scene Including new music, demos and games. Links to all shown content in the video description.
31.10.2026 - Plus/4 emulator YAPE 1.4.1 released
This release is a big one, with a strong focus on picture and audio. On the video side YAPE can now output a composite signal (plus a simulated RF antenna one) with a handful of new CRT options, and TED's video equalization pulses are emulated as well. The TED rendering itself has also been refined, including the floating bus and the NTSC palette in mixed mode. Under the hood, the CPU core was reworked to produce exact bus fetch cycles under all circumstances; there is a brand new WASAPI sound driver and the serial port (ACIA 6551) emulation has grown up considerably.
This release is a big one, with a strong focus on picture and audio. On the video side YAPE can now output a composite signal (plus a simulated RF antenna one) with a handful of new CRT options, and TED's video equalization pulses are emulated as well. The TED rendering itself has also been refined, including the floating bus and the NTSC palette in mixed mode. Under the hood, the CPU core was reworked to produce exact bus fetch cycles under all circumstances; there is a brand new WASAPI sound driver and the serial port (ACIA 6551) emulation has grown up considerably.
31.10.2026 - C64 game 'Van Helsing' released
'Van Helsing' is GriffonSoft’s most ambitious C64 title to date. Players embark on a dark adventure to rescue Lucy from Dracula's domain, confronting treacherous foes across eight expansive, beautifully designed, scrolling levels. Guided only by a trail of blood, Van Helsing leaps into the fray, determined to rescue the girl and destroy the vampire. You can get the game as digital download for little money to support the developer, but it s also available as beautifully presented physical editions exclusively from the official Psytronik Software Online Store.
'Van Helsing' is GriffonSoft’s most ambitious C64 title to date. Players embark on a dark adventure to rescue Lucy from Dracula's domain, confronting treacherous foes across eight expansive, beautifully designed, scrolling levels. Guided only by a trail of blood, Van Helsing leaps into the fray, determined to rescue the girl and destroy the vampire. You can get the game as digital download for little money to support the developer, but it s also available as beautifully presented physical editions exclusively from the official Psytronik Software Online Store.
31.10.2026 - 'Roc'n Rope' for C64 released
'Roc'n Rope' brings Konami's 1983 arcade climb to the C64. Shoot a harpoon across a gap, grab the rope it leaves behind and scramble toward the phoenix. Cavemen, dinosaurs, birds and falling rocks have other plans. Built with a 1986 mindset: tight memory, fast sprite work, colourful bitmap stages and a soundtrack made for the C64. The route changes as the rounds turn over, so reaching the top once is only the beginning. You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
'Roc'n Rope' brings Konami's 1983 arcade climb to the C64. Shoot a harpoon across a gap, grab the rope it leaves behind and scramble toward the phoenix. Cavemen, dinosaurs, birds and falling rocks have other plans. Built with a 1986 mindset: tight memory, fast sprite work, colourful bitmap stages and a soundtrack made for the C64. The route changes as the rounds turn over, so reaching the top once is only the beginning. You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.
31.10.2026 - C64 game 'Big Ball Back Breaker' released - free for download
Big Ball Back Breaker is a fun run, jump and collect 'em up for the C64 and its reboot versions of this fabulous machine. Big Ball Back Breaker consists of the following features: Cartoon style loading bitmap illustrated by Alf Yngve, front end presentation, Hi Score table, 16 levels of ball dodging mayhem, a variety of collect 'em ups, including power ups and devious nasty surprises, uptempo thumping soundtracks and custom made sound effects.
Big Ball Back Breaker is a fun run, jump and collect 'em up for the C64 and its reboot versions of this fabulous machine. Big Ball Back Breaker consists of the following features: Cartoon style loading bitmap illustrated by Alf Yngve, front end presentation, Hi Score table, 16 levels of ball dodging mayhem, a variety of collect 'em ups, including power ups and devious nasty surprises, uptempo thumping soundtracks and custom made sound effects.
31.10.2026 - C64 game 'Lost Souls' released
'Lost Souls' is an arcade action game for C64. Gather torches from the lower grounds, brave the haunted path and light all 25 gravestones before midnight falls. Avoid the creatures of the dark. They will not kill you, but they will send you back! Only with all lanters burning will the soul awaken... You can get the game as digital download for very little money to support the developer.
'Lost Souls' is an arcade action game for C64. Gather torches from the lower grounds, brave the haunted path and light all 25 gravestones before midnight falls. Avoid the creatures of the dark. They will not kill you, but they will send you back! Only with all lanters burning will the soul awaken... You can get the game as digital download for very little money to support the developer.
Don't miss!
C64 Games on ITCH.IO like:
A puzzle platform game, in an Indiana Jones inspired setting
Support the developers!
Partnership Ads
[Amazon.de affiliate link]
TELCHRON
In einem Land nach unserer Zeit
Band 1 der großen deutschen Endzeit-Romanserie
We can also recommend to visit the following web resources:
© Copyright 1996-2026 Cascade Productions - Powered by zStoff - Imprint / Impressum - Privacy notice / Datenschutzhinweise
Also featured by zStoff: www.operation-cyborg.de - www.dbsys.de - www.cratersoftware.com - www.lynxstudio.de - www.vislogic.de - www.telchron.de - www.kybertech.de