Coded by old-school C64 veterans Chris Shrigley and Terry Lloyd no less.

Though it does make one wonder whether two dudes who wrote a string of legendary C64 games and then had entire other careers after that dusted off their knowledge of 6502 assembly and VIC-II timings and wrote another game, and if they did so, whether they found it harder going after all these decades. (The other option — that after decades of not working that close to the machine, they vibe-coded it — would be depressing.)

Near the bottom of the product page under "more information," they have "Content: No generative AI was used." I can't imagine AI being able to code something efficiently enough to run on a C64! Now I have to buy it!

Well, maybe once my mom gives me my next allowance...

Looks like an update on the ancient Miner 2049er.

That just reminded me that the original programmer and a younger bloke did a massive update on Dino Eggs a few years back. I'll probably pick this up when my carpal tunnel eases up...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/449320/Dino_Eggs_Rebirth/

Enjoyed the music. The gameplay reminds me of Manic Miner.