C64 Roundup is back - The Mini is here, all the new games and new projects

Hello folks, and welcome to Indie Retro News' C64 Roundup Weekly.  I've been on holiday in Japan, so I'll try to cover everything you might have missed while I've been away over the last couple of weeks.  Firstly, Japan was amazing. I mixed a sight seeing tour de force of all the Tokyo shrines, temples, landmarks etc, with visits to the Taito, Sega and Namco Arcades.  Also the amazing (but overpriced) retro game shops of Akihabara, Tokyo and Den-Den Town, Osaka.  The Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom and I got some high scores on Gradius and RType... at least for a full 10 minutes before some old dude decided to complete Gradius after I got off it!  Photos on my Instagram, link below.

Unless you've been living on the Moon, you'll know the big news is the arrival of Retro Games LTD TheC64 Mini. There have also been a ton of new games in development announcements and a couple of corking new releases.

Breaking News - Organism finished, awesome looking new C64 release imminent!

It's been less than one week since Psytronik released not one but two amazing C64 games on the same day: Lasse Öörni's Steel Ranger, and Pain n Aches: A Knight n Grail Adventure (Mikael Tillander, Håkon Repstad & Hans Axelsson).  And today Trevor Storey has announced on Twitter that his latest game developed with Achim Volkers & Saul Cross; Organism is "finished" and another Psytronik release is imminent. Judging by the pre-release footage on youtube, and that amazing cover art, we are in for a treat!