Step back to the exhilarating dawn of the home computer era in the early 1980s, when machines like the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore 64 sparked a revolution in living rooms around the world! Alphaworks—rooted in those pioneering days under names like Rebel Software, Entertainment Software, and Southern Star—dove headfirst into this golden age, crafting text adventures, arcade-inspired gems, and innovative titles that captured the raw magic of BASIC programming, cassette loading waits, and pixel-perfect thrills on limited hardware. From epic quests like Sunken Treasure (a classic Commodore 64 BASIC adventure complete with sprite graphics and save features) to hardware experiments like custom 8K cartridge boards for the C64, these early creations embodied the DIY spirit of bedroom coders pushing boundaries with creativity and ingenuity.
These vintage Commodore titles are now cherished legacy pieces, preserved on Alphaworks’ site as nostalgic memories of an era when every game felt like a personal triumph and the future of interactive entertainment seemed limitless. While the original platforms have long faded, the excitement lives on—rediscover that same retro passion today through Alphaworks’ modern mobile classics on Android, iOS, and Amazon Fire Tablets!


Platform: Commodore VIC 20
Released: 1982
Type: Text Adventure

Platform: Commodore VIC 20
Released: 2022
Type: Action


Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1985
Type: Text Adventure

Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1986
Type: Text Adventure

Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1986 (not released)
Type: Text Adventure

Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1986
Type: Terminal Program

Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1986
Type: Bulletin Board System


Platform: Commodore 128
Released: 1987
Type: Text Adventure