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Commodore 64 game 'Pounding Pumpkin' released

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This item describes "Pounding Pumpkin (2026)", a game developed by Alberto Sgaggero for the Commodore 64. The game features a pumpkin that bounces on blocks of its own color, with a six-color bar to slide. A wrong match ends the game, which is written in BASIC V2 and includes music and sound by Richard Joseph. AI

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Commodore 64 game 'Pounding Pumpkin' released

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Pounding Pumpkin (2026) by Alberto (BCO) Sgaggero for Commodore 64. Tossed into the air, the pumpkin only bounces on a block of its own colour. Slide the six-co

    Pounding Pumpkin (2026) by Alberto (BCO) Sgaggero for Commodore 64. Tossed into the air, the pumpkin only bounces on a block of its own colour. Slide the six-colour bar with A and D, and one wrong match ends the run. Written in BASIC V2, with Cauldron II music and sound by Richar…

    LINKS fourseasons.itch.io/pounding-pumpkin-for-…

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