Category: Commodore VIC-20
Victragic released a game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is based on the Atari VCS game “Maze Craze” and others. You must get to the exit on the right side of the screen, then back to either exit on the top-left or bottom-left before your time runs out. Avoid the black hounds, hitting one will knock 10 seconds off…
Jan Derogee demonstrates in this video that the Cassiopei is also a TAP player. When loading games from tape, lot’s of things can go wrong. Fortunately, the Cassiopei saves the day. In this demonstration Jan uses the C16, but all other Commodore computers with a cassette port can use the Cassiopei for loading TAP files. The project will be presented…
Kweepa made two compilation diskettes with adventure games for the Commodore VIC-20. He put eighteen classic Scott Adams onto one diskette, and the eleven Brian Howarth Mysterious Adventures on another diskette. You will need an VIC-20, disk-drive and a 24 KB memory expansion. Website: http://sleepingelephant.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
[youtube Y2PIxOuk3IU nolink]The inventor of the Cassiopei likes M&M’s, but doesn’t like them all mixed up. So he has build a Commodore 64 controlled machine to sort this out… really, he sorts them. The project will be presented on the next Commodore meeting, 19 October in Maarssen (the Netherlands). Website: http://jderogee.tripod.com
[youtube iPv55uviIeE nolink] The Cassiopei is a versatile device. It can load .TAP files, .PRG files but it can also load .PRG files directly from your PC’s hard disk. And 50 times faster then normal. So now you can cross-develop CBM software. Program on a PC and test it on the real hardware. In the video about the Cassiopei you…
Luigi Di Fraia is working on the third generation of his DC2N. DC2N stands for Dumping C2N and it’s a preservation device that lets its users make a digital back-up of real PET, VIC20, C16/+4, and C64 tapes directly to a flash-card. You can now see the DC2N in a new casing including the colour display. Website: http://www.luigidifraia.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Boray made a game for the Commodore VIC-20. In the game you must guess how many hearts are on the screen. The scores are 76-79%: 70 points, 80-89%: 80 points, 90-99%: 90 points and 100%: 100 points. The game continues as long as you have any “energy” left. Download: howmany8k.zipWebsite: http://user.tninet.seSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Boray made a music player for the Commodore VIC-20. If you have a SD2IEC card reader you can listen to about 60 minutes of digitized music. The audio is 4 bit 4kHz mono, so don’t expect great sound quality. (~ old AM radio). You can read more about this player on Boray’s web page. Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
[youtube Vtb_G8iajXE nolink] In this Youtube video, Jan Derogee demonstrates the possibilities of the Cassiopei. This device can be used to load programs via the datassette port 50 times faster then the standard tape speed, it has a I2C interface, 2 analogue inputs, a PWM audio output for playing back .WAV files (8KHz, mono, 4/8Bit) and a simple speech synthesizer….
Bil Herd worked for Commodore as a hardware designer. He worked on the C16, 116, Plus4 and later on the C128 and the C64 LCD. Bil is searching through his personal archive and is scanning drawings from Commodore designs. You can now look at the CPM cartridge for the VIC20, original TED drawings and a 80 column cartridge for the…
