Category: Commodore VIC-20
Double Sided Games, who successfully debuted with the Commodore 64 port of l’Abaaye Des Morts in January 2019, are currently in preparation to launch two new titles for the Commodore VIC-20. The first of the two titles is Fire, a fun arcade game developed by Rainer Kappler. The game sees you control firemen with the objective of having to rescue…
With the end of NOMAN 2019 this April 14th, the Basic 10Liners contest is also over and the winners announced. If the BASIC 10Liner contest is new for you, check our previous article about it: 2019 BASIC 10-Liner Contest in On! This year there were nothing less than 83 contestants which made the task to give scores to all of…
Who said the VIC-20 doesn’t get the deserved love from the retro scene? To prove this is not true, DoubleSided Games has announced Fire, a new game for the computer. Fire is an arcade game that is set to be released in July 2019 where you play controlling firemen who have to rescue people from the burning houses. The publisher…
The Future Was 8 Bit is pleased to announce the availability of their new multi-format release, RodMan. Developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keranen, your objective is to guide RodMan around multi- screen maze levels, collecting pills, avoiding enemies and using bombs to eliminate the bad guys. RodMan is available the The Future Was 8-Bit in a Special Triple Cassette Edition covering…
How do you keep track of all the different machines released over the years? How do you catalogue different versions of games, down to the different packaging? And how can you ensure that the game you’re looking for is real and authentic? Databases, that’s how! The Martin Ahman, AJ Heller and Joerg Droege talk to Fred Fischer from Consolevariations and…
The Penultimate+ cartridge for VIC-20 is now ready to ship! The Future was 8-Bit has announced that the new VIC-20 RAM/ROM cart will begin shipping tomorrow. The Pen+ adds 3 to 35k RAM (selectable) to your VIC-20 and ships with over 70 ROMs, including the critically-acclaimed Cheese & Onion. The user interface has also been updated to look slicker and…
Mine Sweep Mini is a Minesweeper clone for the Vic-20, I’m sure you all remember the original Minesweeper game, so I will spare the details. The unexpanded version is pretty basic, so don’t expect too much in the way of graphics. You can download the game for free from the Cronosoft itch.io page. – Includes an enhanced graphics set for…
Psytronik Software have re-released Realms of Quest Trilogy and Realms of Quest IV for the Commodore VIC-20 via their Itch.Io page. Both games are available on ‘Name Your Own Price’ basis, which includes the ability to download the game for free. Realms of Quest Trilogy and Realms of Quest IV are turn based RPG game featuring plenty of dungeon crawling….
LoadError has recently released a new Vic-20 game called Pyrotech. The game was originally written in basic and then compiled to pseudo-code. In the game you command of a team of Pyrotechs on a mission to collect and defuse a batch of time bombs before they explode. LoadError’s description of the game made me smile. “It’s a gobble gobble, don’t…
Bubsy (Kitt’N Kaboodle) is a new Vic-20 hack of Fast Eddie (Sirius Software,1982). The hack was made possible using Hack-O-Matic 3, which is a hack tool intended for the Atari 2600. After reading a comment from Vic 20 Gamer, DoctorClu decided this was enough reason to get something coded up for people to try out. I played Fast Eddie on…
