...and by "recent" I'm talking within the last handful of years.

On one of the D64 sites I came across "Donkey Kong 2016." I tried it out and WOW, it's like the best demo makers decided to make a game. The graphics and sound match the original arcade better than anything I've seen..not bad for a decades-old computer.

So my question...are there any other contemporary-made games for the C64? There is also "Ghosts 'N Goblins 2015" that is every bit as frustrating as the original arcade game was. But it looks really good, and plays as well as the original.

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Re: Recent C-64 games
By: Chicken Head to All on Thu Aug 22 2019 06:31 pm

So my question...are there any other contemporary-made games for the C64? There is also "Ghosts 'N Goblins 2015" that is every bit as frustrating as

the

original arcade game was. But it looks really good, and plays as well as

the

original.

Yes look up the 8-bit guy on youtube. He wrote a few games and apps for the c64
recently and, if memory serves, it was the first RTS for the c64.

i'm currently awaiting my c64 from ebay. I'm going to build a rig of original hardware and began brushing up on assembly last week. I intend to create a new game for the platform
and will be recruiting help along the way.
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nospam.Chicken.Head@f1.n770.z468.fidonet.org (Chicken Head) writes:

...and by "recent" I'm talking within the last handful of years.

There have been some commercial ones at least but I can't remember
exactly. Protovision sells them though, https://www.protovision.games/shop/product_info.php?products_id=241

I also remember someone did the original (1990 release) Prince of Persia
for the C64. I think even played briefly it in Vice emulator. The game
actually needs a special cartridge to run as I recall.

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On Tuesday, 27 August 2019 07:23:48 UTC+1, Anssi Saari wrote:

nospam.Chicken.Head@f1.n770.z468.fidonet.org (Chicken Head) writes:

...and by "recent" I'm talking within the last handful of years.

There have been some commercial ones at least but I can't remember
exactly. Protovision sells them though, https://www.protovision.games/shop/product_info.php?products_id=241

You should also check out
https://www.psytronik.net and https://www.psytronik.itch.io - physical and digital downloads from British label Psytronik (many are NTSC compatible)

https://www.rgcd.co.uk and https://www.rgcddev.itch.io - cartridge games and downloads, plus runners of the 16K cartridge coding competition that has produced some amazing titles

I also remember someone did the original (1990 release) Prince of Persia
for the C64. I think even played briefly it in Vice emulator. The game actually needs a special cartridge to run as I recall.

The Prince of Persia conversion by Andreas Varga (Mr. SID) requires the EasyFlash cartridge. This uses Flash memory to provide a bigger capacity, and allows rapid access to the data. There have been many great titles converted to
EasyFlash, cutting down
multiloads and even improving old games (as was done with Speedball Duology and
IK+ Ultimate)

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On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:55:17 +1300, Daniel wrote:

Re: Recent C-64 games
By: Chicken Head to All on Thu Aug 22 2019 06:31 pm

So my question...are there any other contemporary-made games for the C64? There is also "Ghosts 'N Goblins 2015" that is every bit as frustrating as the
original arcade game was. But it looks really good, and plays as well as the
original.

Yes look up the 8-bit guy on youtube. He wrote a few games and apps for the

c64

recently and, if memory serves, it was the first RTS for the c64.

I think it is called "Planet X2". He later wrote the DOS version "Planet
X3" for MS-DOS.
--
Andreas

My random thoughts and comments
https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/

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Re: Re: Recent C-64 games
By: Merman to Anssi Saari on Tue Aug 27 2019 06:02 am

EasyFlash, cutting down
multiloads and even improving old games (as was done with Speedball Duology

and

IK+ Ultimate)

Hello, this piques my interest. Did the same occur for any of the ultima series?

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Re: Re: Recent C-64 games
By: Andreas Kohlbach to Daniel on Tue Aug 27 2019 03:35 pm

I think it is called "Planet X2". He later wrote the DOS version "Planet
X3" for MS-DOS.

That's right, Planet X2.

Daniel Traechin
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nospam.Daniel@f1.n770.z2784.fidonet.org (Daniel) writes:

Re: Re: Recent C-64 games
By: Merman to Anssi Saari on Tue Aug 27 2019 06:02 am

EasyFlash, cutting down
multiloads and even improving old games (as was done with Speedball

Duology

and
IK+ Ultimate)

Hello, this piques my interest. Did the same occur for any of the ultima series?

Ultima IV Remastered is available for EasyFlash too. This version also
runs off a single disc (although the download seems to have two 1541
disc images). See http://ultima4.ultimacodex.com/ultima-4-remastered/

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https://itch.io/search?q=commodore

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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Re: Re: Recent C-64 games
By: Anssi Saari to Daniel on Wed Aug 28 2019 10:10 am

nospam.Daniel@f1.n770.z2784.fidonet.org (Daniel) writes:

Re: Re: Recent C-64 games
By: Merman to Anssi Saari on Tue Aug 27 2019 06:02 am

EasyFlash, cutting down
multiloads and even improving old games (as was done with Speedball

Duology

and
IK+ Ultimate)

Hello, this piques my interest. Did the same occur for any of the ultima series?

Ultima IV Remastered is available for EasyFlash too. This version also
runs off a single disc (although the download seems to have two 1541
disc images). See http://ultima4.ultimacodex.com/ultima-4-remastered/

Whoah...thank you for that, I will definitely check this out. Was this done by one of the Ultima Dragons? Awesome...I was briefly a member back in the 90's while we waited for Ultima IX to not appear.

I recall there was a total remake of Ultima V using the Dungeon Siege engine but I never got far enough to actually play it...I've been wanting to replay that particular part of the series for a while now.

The AHK Gang! Live on Riot.im. When we feel like it.

On Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 9:53:16 PM UTC-4, Chicken Head wrote:

Was this done by one of the Ultima Dragons?

It was done by Per "MagerValp" Olofsson.

I recall there was a total remake of Ultima V using the Dungeon Siege

engine...

Never heard of that one.

Writing from Anaheim, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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