Developer Broken Bytes has begun work on a Commodore 64 conversion of Konami's 1983 arcade game Roc'n Rope. The project is described as a faithful port made without any AI assistance. Players climb through multi-tiered stages using a harpoon gun to anchor ropes across gaps, working their way up toward a mythical phoenix. Roc'n Rope originally appeared in arcades as a vertical climbing game from Konami. via indieretronews.com
Psytronik Software has officially launched Van Helsing on the Commodore 64. The game was developed by GriffonSoft, described as the studio's most ambitious project to date, and is an atmospheric side-scroller set in the autumn of 1893. The story begins at a celebratory gathering at the Harker residence. Psytronik has previously published other recent C64 titles such as Sherwood and Musketeer. via indieretronews.com
Developer Thelowest78 has released an in-development build of Double Dragon 2 The ReRevenge, a name-your-own-price fighting game for the Commodore 64. The project started as a side-scrolling beat 'em up in the style of the arcade original, but the developer reworked it after finding the genre's hardware limitations and repetitive coin-op-driven design discouraging. The game uses AI-assisted code, graphics, sounds and text, and is listed under the fighting genre on itch.io. Double Dragon is a beat 'em up series that began in arcades in the 1980s and was ported to numerous home systems. via itch.io
Developer Søren Trautner Madsen and his team have released Awesome SlamSibs Infinite, a new fighting game for the Commodore 64. The title is described by its creator as a nostalgic love letter to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, blending iconic characters, classic games and vintage music into a chaotic multiplayer brawler. It was made as a passion project bringing the modern platform fighter style to the C64's hardware. via indieretronews.com
A remaster of Sabre Wulf has been completed after four years of development, refreshing the classic 1984 jungle adventure originally released by Ultimate Play the Game. The new version features updated visuals and music, smoother movement, a larger playfield to explore, and a helpful map to aid navigation. Sabre Wulf originally appeared across several 8-bit systems, including the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, C64 and Amstrad CPC. via console-classics.com
Developer Milasoft has released a Commodore VIC-20 port of Super Pac-Man, Namco's 1982 arcade sequel to the original Pac-Man, designed by Toru Iwatani. The conversion requires a 32K RAM expansion to handle the maze-chomping gameplay and the game's varied level graphics. The port was reportedly made without the use of AI tools. via indieretronews.com
Developer fandenivoldsk has released a free fan conversion of Shaun Southern's Commodore 64 grid shooter P.O.D. - Proof of Destruction, reimagined for the Sega Master System. The project is distributed for Windows, macOS and Linux, running the Master System version through emulation. It was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sounds and text. The original P.O.D. was a Mastertronic-published shooter for the C64. via itch.io
Developer Gunter Heiss has released Hexline 61, a free puzzle game for the Commodore 64 currently listed as a prototype. Players drop gem pieces onto a hex grid, aiming to fill lines and burst matching colours in a match-3 style format. The game includes 100 levels and features SID chiptune music, and was made with AI-assisted code. via itch.io
A remaster of Sabre Wulf has been released for the Commodore 64, building on the original 1984 Ultimate Play the Game jungle adventure. The new version offers smoother gameplay, richer visuals, more enemies, an improved interface and high-score support. It follows demoscene group Genesis Project's earlier C64 remaster of the same game, continuing efforts to modernize the classic title on the platform. via console-classics.com
A free Commodore 64 port of the ZX Spectrum game Rescate en Marte, also known as Mars Rescue, has been released. The game tasks players with rescuing colonists stranded on Mars, and this homebrew conversion adds SID chip sound to the original's gameplay. It was made with AI-assisted development, according to the release's tags. via itch.io
Developer Cobbpg has created an unofficial NES port of Geoff Crammond's Stunt Car Racer. The project combines the code of the original Commodore 64 release with the visual style of the Amiga version, reworked by hand to adapt the game to the NES's hardware limitations. The port makes use of the MMC3 mapper to push the console's technical capabilities. Stunt Car Racer, originally released in 1989, is known for its 3D stunt racing over elevated tracks. via indieretronews.com
Vector5 Games has released Nuclear Party, a new turn-based strategy game for the Commodore 64 created as an entry for the ZOO Party '26 game development competition. The single-player war game is a nod to the classic card game Nuclear War. It comes from the developer behind other recent C64 homebrew titles such as Santa's Workout, Zookeeper, and Splatch. via indieretronews.com
