A couple of new games were added to the Lemon64 Database today. Check them out!

Seven new games were added to the Lemon64 Database today. You can watch them here!

Hello, by the way! 😊 I'm SheldonCooper and I'm a new database editor here on Lemon64.

After years of development during precious spare time, the Lemoners Team pushes the most amazing update in Lemon64 history. GET READY for a mindblowing 25th anniversary release.

Design

• Responsive mobile-first design, while still keeping the classic feel.
• Taking advantage of 4K/Retina displays.

Game Database Updates

• 400 new games - Check them out, rate and comment!
• 1200+ game docs - Screenshot-ripped by us or used with permission from Project 64.
• 600+ new cheats - Thanks Commodore Cheetah!
• 1900+ original retail prices for games, including budget re-release prices.
• 7800+ magazine review references for over 2400 unique games (thanks SheldonCooper!).
• 3400+ games now have search tags such as horror, western, fantasy etc. - Thanks MobyGames!
• 7000+ new game screenshots.
• 1900+ YouTube longplay C64 video links to games details pages.
• 600+ logo images for game publishers/developers, ripped from 300/600 DPI scans or C64 game screenshots.
• 800+ game entries now have tie-in license information, for example arcade/movie/book licenses. Also added reference links to Wikipedia and IMDb (Thanks Einar Saukas/ZXDB for getting us started).
• Conversion links to games pages for Atari 2600/5200/7800, Atari 8-Bit, BBC Micro, MacOS, SNES and Thomson MO/TO.
• External links on games pages to C64-Wiki, C64.com, MobyGames, UVL, CASA and CSDb. Also updated/re-validated all external links to Gamebase64, Ready64 and Wikipedia.
• More specific relations between games (precursor and sequel).
• Updated to HVSC 7.4 - A lot more games now have music and correct musician.
• Thousands of game credit fixes and additions.
• All screenshots have a new and more accurate colour palette with more punch.

Game Section Improvements

• Now using MP3s recorded from real C64 for the games music player to ensure maximum browser compatibility and authentic sound (Thanks Stone Oakvalley!).
• Type-sensitive live game search.
• A very forgiving (but spot-on) search, making it easier to find your favourite games.
• All new in-depth Advanced games search.
• Responsive screenshot slider with swipe function on touch devices.
• Now using AJAX for improved multitasking. Rate, comment, watch video, listen to music, etc on the same page without interruption.
• Game Top- and Worst-lists can now be filtered by category or year.
• Tightly integrated all LemonTube64 video reviews into the games pages.
• Users can add games to their own Favorites och Completed lists.
• Better logic for position of elements on games pages.
• Prettier game URLs. How about '/bubble-bobble' instead of '/details.php?ID=377'?

Game Cover Scans

• Thanks to the fantastic scanning efforts of Shocktrooper, Mort and Ultimate Tape Archive we managed to replace 1600+ front cover scans with 300 DPI images. We carefully re-touched all of these and kept them at full size for your viewing - and printing - enjoyment!
• As for the remaining scans, for which we had no high-resolution replacement, we worked on careful manual retouching. For 4K/Retina users we applied the same Articifial Intelligence up-scaling techniques as used by Netflix and Disney to make sure these boxes look great for high-DPI users.

Game Magazine Scans

• The number of magazine game ad scans have increased from about 800 to 1100+. ALL scans have been replaced with impressive high resolution scans. The scans have been carefully rotated, cropped, contrast/saturation adjusted and re-touched. Many thanks to Mort for the original scans.

Games Reviews

• A new WYSIWYG review editor.
• Review listing now show screenshots and star ratings.
• Better sort options for columns.

Music

• The Music section is now powered by the fantastic DeepSID Player (thanks JCH!).

Forum

• Upgraded from phpBB 2.0 to 3.3.
• Improved the phpBB site integration with login and profile option in the top right corner.
• User actions (votes, comments, favorites, originals, completed games, reviews etc.) are now visible in the users forum profile.
• Removed bans for common mail providers to open up for new sign ups.

Apps

• Totally re-vamped section - boosted from about 200 to 4600+ apps.
• Added screenshots for every app.
• Downloads of multiple filetypes and viewing D64/T64 etc. file contents.
• Search engine.

Museum

• Registered users can now comment and rate museum items.
• Added breadcrumbs and pagination.

Links

• Removed all dead links.
• Added a links search engine.
• Added screenshots for all websites.
• Registered users can add links or report bad links.

Technical improvements

• All code modernized or re-written from scratch.
• Lemon64 and Lemon Amiga now share the same database structure and codebase.
• Moved to Digital Ocean cloud servers.
• Taking advantage of Cloudflare and CDN for speed and security.
• PHP OPcache and custom bottleneck cache.
• Google Lighthouse optimized for maximum performance.
• W3C validated HTML5.
• Lossless optimization of all images.

General Improvements & Updates

• A slightly more fancy 404 error page. ;-)
• Cookie consent and privacy policy for GDPR/CCPA compliance.
• Overall clean-up and revision of content by updating or removing obsolete information.
• Re-worked admin interface, making it faster and a lot more comfortable to add new games.
• Added Schema/Open Graph data to games and reviews to display interesting snippets in search engines and social media.

... and much, much more!

Finally, thanks and greetings to the Gamebase64 Team for their neverending dedicated work and great inspiration through the years. You guys are heroes!

Badgerpunch games has released Rogue64, a brand new #Commodore64 rogue like with high production values. A physical cartridge has also been released through publisher Bitmap Soft.

Levels are procedurally generated, and get tougher as you go on, with a greater variety of monsters and bigger challenges as you progress.

Rogue64 is available as a digital download from the Badgerpunch Games itch page.

Check out the Lemon64 game entry

Paper Planes is a new casual Commodore64 game from Arlasoft that is based on an original concept by Sam Demaine.

"Collect as many yellow tokens as possible while steering left and right to avoid the ever-increasing number of coloured enemy planes."

Paper Planes is available as a free download from the Arlasoft itch page.

Check out the Lemon64 game entry

Hi-Score is the latest Commodore64 game from Mika "Misfit" Keränen. The game is a single screen, score chasing survival static shooter.

Hi-Score is a project released in collaboration with 8-Bits High as a companion piece to their new album, Hi-Score, which is available on tape and LP (link on the game's itch page).

Hi-Score is available for download from Misfit's itch page.

Check out the Lemon64 game entry

Scramble Infinity by 5 O'Clock Software has been released.

Originally released on a ZZAP!64 Magazine coverdisk, the game has now been repackaged and released for free to everyone.

Developed by members of scene groups Booze Design and MultiStyle Labs, Scramble Infinity oozes class, with exceptional graphics and sound.

Scramble Infinity is available as a free download from CSDB.

Check out the Lemon64 game entry

Well... not much more to add that hasn't already been said! Sonic the Hedgehog C64 has been released. Coded by Mr. SID (Prince of Persia C64), based on the Sega Master System version and making use of 256mb C64 REU (required).

This outstanding conversion features graphics by Veto and sound by Encore. There's really not much more to say except to stop reading and give this masterpiece a go!!

Check out the Lemon64 game entry

Randoom is a new Commodore 64 puzzle game by developer Picaro Games.

"Chase the elusive cubes that run through the 31 screens of the game, but be careful! Catch only the one that is the same colour or you will lose a life. You will get extra points if you chain cube captures quickly."

Randoom is available from the Picaro Games itch page as a 'name your own price' digital download.

Check out the Lemon64 game entry

Arlasoft has just released Pillars, which is a version of Columns, for the Commodore 64.

Based on the Mega Drive game, Pillars contains various modes such as 2 player head to head, as well as customisable settings.

Pillars is available as a 'name your own price' download from the Arlasoft itch page. It was also featured on a ZZAP! 64 Magazine coverdisk.

Check out the Lemon64 game entry