Bubble Bobble (C64) - Essential "continue play fix" released

One of the most played games of all time. Bubble Bobble has infuriated and thrilled us in equal measure on the C64 since its release around this time of the year 1987. Its appeal captures all age groups, and the fun is doubled with a brother, sister or friend to play in two player mode.  And today you lucky C64 gamers have a new reason to play this awesome port of the classic Taito arcade game.

Wolfling Preview - Nesdev game previewed on the C64

Last year 2017 Lazycow was developing a platforming game for the NES as an entry for the 2017 Nesdev competition. It gained favourable feedback during that time with one such member noting the game had nice level design, felt non linear and incredibly moody with rather nice animation. Well the news of this week is, this NES game is currently being ported over to the C64 by the same developer with a preview tease also made available through CSDb by Excess.

Cross Chase - Cross platform 8 bit chase-em-up gets a Beta release

Cross Chase (aka Ascii Chase) is the personal project of Fabrizio Caruso. His goal was to create a simple yet playable game that would run on a multitude of 8 bit computers (any which run 6502 and Z80 cpus). It's achieved by writing compatible cpu instructions in Ansii C, and cross-compiling using CC65 and Z88DK.  I've tried the C64 Beta version which he released on CSDB as Cross Chase
(Beta Version 2017) and it's incredibly fun!

The Legend of Sinbad - Superior Software's 1986 C64 game gets a new crack and trainer!

Hokuto Force have created a new cracked version with inclusive trainer of Superior Software's 1986 The Legend of Sinbad for the C64. New features include a brand new "cracktro", and training modes which allow infinite lives, infinite time, removal of collisions from the green doors on level 1 and a much easier dragon boss level.

Competition Karate - 1980s karate simulator fixed and preserved on C64

Competition Karate is a simulation game written by Edward Badasov and ported to Commodore computers by Malcolm Low and Michael Sokolewicz. It received a commercial release by Motivated Software in 1984, and has just been released for the first time as a digital download on CSDB. As well as the usual training modes, the game has had some rework including bug fixes and detailed documentation, which you'll definitely need to get the most out of this game.

Bacillus Preview - Interesting In development platform game for C64

I haven't been able to find much info about this new Commodore 64 platform game, other than a a couple of cracks of the preview versions on CSDB (Genesis Project, Laxity and Excess). But the game, developed by Thorsten Jordan so far looks pretty good.  The main player sprite jumps really high like the ball in Iball 2 (remember that!?), but instead of static screens the levels scroll left and right like Mayhem in Monsterland.

The Bard's Tale C64 - An Easyflash Cartridge RPG Release!

The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown has been released as a CRT download suitable for installing on an Easyflash cartridge for the Commodore 64. This classic tile-based RPG is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the genre, and is still extremely playable. Even more so, now, as this Atlantis release has fixed the cumbersome multi-load format of the original cassette and disk versions. As well as adding new features such as extensive documentation including a handy map of "Skara Brae" (the main town where you start), German and English localisation, a new main menu with quick access to the Party creator, training modes and the game's first sound track which you can hear while reading the docs.

Fight Run Preview - Onslaught teases a tiny 2D fighter on the C64

Checking through the latest CSDb updates, I happen to come across a new preview on the C64 released by Onslaught that looked like it could be a game to keep an eye out for when it's actually released in full. This is ' Fight Run Preview ' ; a lovely little 2D fighting game that stars up to two players kicking and punching each other until the time runs out.

The Sea Voyagers &D - Explore the New World on your old C64 computer

Inspired by an Ebay find, MadMax of Mad Hacker's Incorporated teamed up with Hokuto Force for a new release of The Sea Voyagers (1984). This release adds the game's manual, and comes with a photo of the keyboard overlay, which you'll need to play the game. This is a mainly text based interactive history lesson, don't expect any arcade thrills or pirating glory. But if you've got any interest in knowing a little bit more about early European explorers, or would like to test your knowledge, or have kids who like history, then this is definitely worth checking out.

Sounds of the Amiga 4 - Triad loves the Amiga in this C64 music collection

Throughout the years we have always featured either C64 tunes or Aaron White's C64 conversions on the Amiga. However what we have here is the best of both worlds, as Triad has released the fourth music collection on the C64 called 'Sounds of the Amiga #4 '. In all 8 tracks are available to listen to as SID goodness, such as Microtune 2, Eyewash Josh, Thexder, Introtune, Antipasti40, Chrillroom, Do you wanna? and Endtheme. Each one given that very special C64 treatment from the Amiga and each one comes with its own bit of historic info, which can be found scrolling at the bottom!

Vault Man 2 Preview - Early version of a puzzling C64 game

Through a lack of replies on the CSDb site and from a group that I've not heard of before called ' Iceout ' I thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know about an early C64 game preview they've released titled ' Vault Man 2 ', which was developed by Charles Grey! The aim of this game is to collect as many of the golden bars in the level as possible and bring them to the vault door. With all the bars collected, you can make your escape. Be warned, as it's a vault, there's a lack of oxygen, and if you don't return to the door in time you'll pass out and die!

Squirm 2 Preview - A C64 Christmas present from Triad

More Christmas cheer directly out from underneath the retro Christmas tree, is Triad's release of ' Squirm 2 Preview ' for the C64! A rather early build with a long way to go yet in development, you must collect all the eggs dropped by what looks like a red comb, before the time runs out to complete the level. Just watch out for the green creature, as it eats up all the eggs and must be avoided or your life force will slowly drain.

Que +2 - Rare Jupiter Lander style game for the C64

The second and last game for mention and again by Hokuto Force, is the Jupiter Lander/Thrust style game of ' Que ' supplied  by G-Force. A pretty simple game to understand but hard to complete, you must land your ship on the platforms below, without touching any of the sharp mountain edges. This sounds simple enough but the problem is, it requires quick timing and fast reaction times, because if you don't think fast your ship might just go the wrong way and crash!

Block'n'Tropic - Another found C64 game released by Laxity

Laxity are on form, as yet again they've released another game that wasn't even on GB64! It's ' Block'n'Tropic ' by Construction Computer Players developed by Marcus Wagner, with graphics, music and levels by Andreas Bavernfeind (1986/7). The successor to Block'n'Bubble and available for the C64 with new graphics, you must move blocks about and kill enemies with laser beams coming out of your eyes to win the level! Be warned though this game is unforgivable, one wrong move of a boulder/block and you'll be stuck with no option but to start again.

QUOD INIT EXIT V1.05 - A very colourful and cute C64 release

It may be midnight here in the UK, but this game is so nice to play and to listen to that I just had to give it a special mention on Indie Retro News. A game that has a cute pig, lots of fast moving fruit and it's all so colourful you'd be silly not to load up your C64 just to play it. This is ' QUOD INIT EXIT V1.05 ' by Retream; an Arcade homebrew which was made available for download this weekend!

The Soul Gem of Martek Preview - A C64 game lost and found, released by Onslaught

Another class release for your weekend pleasure is ' The Soul Gem of Martek Preview ' supplied by Jazzcat and scene released by Onslaught for the C64. Originally this game was meant to be released back in 1985 by Anirog Software but even though it did appear in ZZap 64, the game was nowhere to be found, with rumours circulating around the reason for it not appearing. It may have also been if it had been released, a 150k, 6 part blockbuster as a text adventure, mixed with arcade elements.

Kevin in the Woods - A rather unique C64 Adventure beta!

As the Forum64 Game Competition 2015 deadline had passed yesterday, some rather fascinating adventure games are starting to appear on the CSDb source site. One such game currently in beta developed by Bamse called 'Kevin in the Woods' peaked our interest. Unlike the other game Caren, this one is a top viewed action adventure which features enemies, npcs, items to collect and a rather unique day and night time effect.

Spaced Out Preview - Early Alpha of an unfinished C64 release

Another release by Laxity today is Steve Morrow's 1992 C64 game of 'Spaced Out', which is now available as a very early almost non playable preview. According to a member by the name of Goat on the CSDb site, this game was only shown as a YouTube video, yet Laxity was able to find the source code, repair it, debug and release. However don't expect much from this game(?) as apart from a few screens and a moving shooting character, there's really not much that can be done.

Turrican - Classic Action C64 release with Intro and Speech [Easyflash]

A rather famous game for this early evening is none other than Turrican for the C64. A game which has had countless cracks and trainers throughout the years has now appeared as an EasyFlash with added intro and speech by sceners EDK and SAM. Turrican was originally released in 1990 by Rainbow Arts and programmed by Manfred Trenz with an incredible soundtrack by Chris Huelsbeck. The game featured great shooting action, powerful weaponry and amazing game play that is still loved to this day.

Turrican USA - C64 +3D NTSC fixed release

Possibly the last retro game for today and back on to the Indie, is the latest Underground Domain Inc C64 NTSC cracked release of 'Turrican'; a hit classic originally released in 1990 by Rainbow Arts and programmed by Manfred Trenz. For what I would class as the ultimate run jump and shoot action game, Turrican and it's sequels such as Turrican II is a game series that is set in the heart of millions of Retro fans across the world. They all had great shooting action, amazing game play and the most awesome of sound tracks by Chris Huelsbeck!