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As Christmas approaches this year, everyone is getting more and more excited almost daily about the special creations coming to Commodore 64. Another game arrived today, a remake of an MSX game originally programmed in 1985 by Colin Dooley (Gremlin Graphics). The aim is to kill alien bugs and collect energy capsules to fill the …
Another game for Christmas has been arrived this year on Commodore 64 which is a good looking and exciting platformer. In this game the gifts from Santaโs Workshop had been stolen and you need to help in order to recover all of them until its too late. At the beginning of each stage (except for …
After seeing the recently unveiled game screens with beautiful PETSCII graphics, you'll want to try some of them out. The games in the following collection are ready to play. Ghost Busters Basic (2019, Steveboy) The Great Giana PETSCII Sisters (2022, Vintage Computing Carinthia) Aztec Challenge Basic (2022, Steveboy) The Sky Is Falling Basic (2019, Steveboy) …
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A simple but great clone of the 1985 tank shooter game by Namco named Battle City. In this game the player controls a soldier instead of a tank and needs to kill all the enemy soldiers attacking from their green base object. While the attack waves are going on player also needs to destroy enemy …
The game was originally made in 2018 for Assemble It games development tutorial as the name Blastopia. However, to celebrate its 5th anniversary, a very special edition was created especially for Zzap! 64 Micro Action Covermount (17th edition). Your mission is to send your mega power blaster ship, Blastopia and try to destroy the planets. …
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As usual, one of the talented retro game programmer nicknamed drmortalwombat has been released another cool game for Commodore 64! Roguebot is a deck builder rogue-like dungeon crawler game for the C64. The game screen is composed of three main regions: a display of the current position of the robot and potential enemies in the upper …
To the delight of many fans Sarah Jane Avory released her newest game, the sequel of the great Japanese-inspired RPG named Briley Witch Chronicles 2! Features: Japanese-inspired RPG, with full-screen scrolling. Hours and hours of gameplay (19+ with normal play). Story-driven, following the plot of Briley Witch novels 5 & 6. Turn based combat, also …
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An awesome real-time strategy game has been made for Commodore 64. A special game in itself, it also comes with a gift box and a manual. Features: 7 unique maps 3 different difficulty levels 1-2 human players, up to 4 players in total Real-time-action with adaptive game speed Different options to customizing a map PAL/NTSC …
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Siegfried Croes is working for the development of a good looking game, which also was presented to the public at the end of April 2023 (Maker Faire Gent). It is a multiplayer (split-screen) adventure game in which the shipwrecked cats are stranded on an island. Their mission is to go out and discover various materials …
Finally in November 2023, Jani finally made time and decided to finish off the game once and for all and release to the world in its final state, completely for free. It marks almost 30 years since the game first entered our minds, and it is amazing to finally see the game and enjoy it …
