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Nanopad v1.3 Released

August 18, 2026
Nanopad v1.3 Released

Nanopad v1.3 is now available.

New in this release:

  • Triple-click in the text area selects the whole line, including its line break.
  • Alt+Z toggles word wrap.

And in previous releases…

  • Crash and shutdown recovery. Unsaved text is autosaved and restored on its own after a crash, a power loss, or a Windows Update restart, with no prompt. Each session is saved separately, so several open windows all come back.
  • Zoom with Ctrl+mouse wheel, Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Restore Default Zoom in the View menu on Ctrl+Plus, Ctrl+Minus, and Ctrl+0, and the current zoom percentage in the status bar.
  • Native ARM64 build alongside x64.
  • Automatic reload when the open document changes on disk outside Nanopad.

It is free and open source. Install it with winget install ganksoft.nanopad, or head over to GitHub to download.

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Gearlynx Debugger v0.2.0 Released

July 5, 2026
Gearlynx Debugger v0.2.0 Released

Gearlynx Debugger v0.2.0 is now available on the Visual Studio Marketplace.

This release includes:

  • A new Symbols panel that displays a searchable, sortable table of every function and symbol in your ROM with its kind, address, segment, and source location. Filter it, click a row to jump to the source, or right-click a function to set a breakpoint.
  • The Screen, Overlays, and Symbols panels now work without an active debug session, so you can browse symbols and the memory map before pressing F5 (your launch.json needs an entry with "type": "gearlynx").
  • A persistent output channel that logs connection status and errors (look for GearLynx Debugger in the Output window dropdown)
  • A few fixes and optimizations

Head over to the Gearlynx Debugger page to learn more, or grab the source on GitHub.

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Gearlynx Debugger Released

June 25, 2026
Gearlynx Debugger Released

Gearlynx Debugger is a new Visual Studio Code extension that brings full source-level debugging to C and 6502 assembly games built with the cc65 toolchain, powered by the Gearlynx emulator.

Set source breakpoints, step through your code, inspect CPU registers and memory, watch Mikey timers and audio channels, browse the Lynx memory map, and even watch your game run in a live screen viewer without leaving your editor.

It is free and open source. Grab it from the Visual Studio Marketplace and head over to the Gearlynx Debugger page to learn more.

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Nanopad Released

March 22, 2026
Nanopad Released

Nanopad is now available. It is a small, portable, MIT-licensed open-source Win32 text editor in the spirit of the classic Windows Notepad. Simple text editing, with no accounts and no telemetry.

It is a single executable that drops anywhere and keeps all of its settings in an .ini file right beside it. You get Find & Replace, Go To Line, word wrap, zoom, and printing. Dark and light themes follow the Windows setting, encoding detection handles UTF-8 and UTF-16 files, unsaved text survives a crash or a reboot, and Nanopad can stand in as a full Notepad replacement if you want it to.

It is free and open source. Install it with winget install ganksoft.nanopad, head over to the Nanopad page to download it, or grab the source from GitHub.

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Hugger-Mugger Nominated

February 2, 2026
Hugger-Mugger Nominated

Hugger-Mugger has been nominated for Best Atari Lynx WIP (Original & Port) in the 8th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards. Head over to the AtariAge forums to vote for your favorite games.

Like all years, there are a ton of fantastic entries across a variety of Atari platforms. To view the full list of categories and nominations, check out AtariAge and/or watch ZeroPage Homebrew’s Twitch stream and YouTube channel.

Nomination List

Winners in all categories will be announced on February 21st, 2026.

Huge thanks to ZeroPage Homebrew and the community for the nomination!

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Hugger-Mugger Released

December 12, 2025
Hugger-Mugger Released

Hugger-Mugger is Ganksoft’s LynxJam 2025 entry.

Hugger-Mugger is an arcade-style puzzle game where you toss blocks into shifting formations to clear matching patterns before the timer runs out. Every throw changes the board, so where you aim matters as much as how fast you are.

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Play Grogger In Your Browser

March 10, 2024
Play Grogger In Your Browser
If you don’t have an Atari Lynx and flash cartridge, fear not! You can now play Grogger in your browser with the magic of the EmulatorJS project. Head over to the Grogger page and play a few rounds.
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Grogger v1.4 Released

March 3, 2024
Grogger v1.4 Released

Grogger v1.4 is now available! This version includes improved gameplay mechanics and bug fixes. Head over to the Grogger page to download the latest version.

Grogger has been updated with high score support and various bug fixes:

  • By popular demand, high score shown at top right of screen
  • Fix bartender animation “hang” that occurs after the first game
  • Fix bug where game didn’t score properly starting at level 5

Enjoy!

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Grogger on LynxJam 2023 Cart

March 1, 2024
Grogger on LynxJam 2023 Cart

Grogger v1.3 is now available on K-Retro Gaming’s “LynxJam 2023 - Same But Different” physical cartridge. This cartridge contains a total of 12 games, all developed for the LynxJam 2023 competition that took place at the end of last year:

  • Bowling Beast
  • Chasm Warden
  • Dungeddon
  • Escape From Dungeon Of Deja Vu
  • Final Melee
  • Fortress Fighter
  • Grogger
  • Hero Dust
  • Rainbow
  • Running Knight
  • Silly Archery
  • Ynxa - Leaf And The Guardians Of Time
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Chomp Released

February 5, 2024
Chomp Released

Chomp is now available on Windows 10/11 and Xbox One. Head over to the Chomp page to download the latest version.

We wrote this demo for Microsoft back in 2015, however it was never available from the Xbox or Windows Store. We have updated the title, added leaderboards, and now it has a proper release on both Xbox One and PC.

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Grogger v1.3 Released

February 5, 2024
Grogger v1.3 Released
Grogger has been updated with improved gameplay mechanics and various bug fixes. Head over to the Grogger page to download the latest version.
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Head Banger Re-released

February 5, 2024
Head Banger Re-released

Head Banger is now available on Windows 10/11 and Xbox One. Head over to the Head Banger page to download the latest version.

After a long hiatus after the discontinuation of Xbox Live Community/Indie Games on Xbox 360, we have updated Head Banger and re-released it on Windows 10/11 and Xbox One as a free download. This re-release includes an upgrade in resolution, a new “About” section with the history of the title, and various other small tweaks to make it play a bit better.

Please see the updated Head Banger page for more details and links to download.

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Head Banger v1.1 Released

February 5, 2024
Head Banger v1.1 Released
Head Banger has been updated with improved gameplay mechanics and various bug fixes. Head over to the Head Banger page to download the latest version.
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Grogger Nominated for Best Atari Lynx WIP Homebrew

February 3, 2024
Grogger Nominated for Best Atari Lynx WIP Homebrew

Grogger has been nominated for Best Atari Lynx WIP Homebrew in the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards. Head over to the AtariAge forums to vote for your favorite games.

Like all years, there are a ton of fantastic entries across a variety of Atari platforms. To view the full list of categories and nominations, head over to AtariAge and/or watch ZeroPage Homebrew’s Twitch stream and YouTube channel.

Nomination List

Winners in all categories will be announced on February 24th, 2024.

Huge thanks to ZeroPage Homebrew for the nomination!

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New website!

December 22, 2023

Welcome to the new Ganksoft Entertainment!

The last news item on the old site was dated 2007. I guess it was time for an update. Some things to look out for…

  • A new AI-generated logo!
  • A new AI-generated theme!
  • A new AI-generated hero image!

I have added some old, canceled titles just for posterity. Maybe some of our old fans will find them entertaining.

Additionally, we have a new Atari Lynx game named Grogger. And more coming soon…stay tuned!

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