Tag: Knights of Bytes

Sam’s Journey Heading For Nintendo Release?

Sam’s Journey is a high quality platform game for the C64 that has achieved critical acclaim since its launch in late December for pushing the old 8-bit PC to its technical limits while at the same time providing a great gaming experience that more than matches that what is offered by other 8-bit classics such as Mayhem in Monsterland and…

Sam’s Journey, Commodore 64, ViTNO Game Review

It’s hard to believe that Mayhem in Monsterland was released almost 25 years ago. It has been heralded as the definitive platformer for the Commodore 64 in terms of both gameplay and technical achievement that pushed the ‘old breadbin’ to do things it was not supposed to do. It was considered to be the great last hurrah for the C64,…

SSaM, Sam’s Journey Savegame Manager

Sam’s Journey Savegame Manager (SSaM) is a tool to transfer savegames for the Commodore 64 game “Sam’s Journey” by Knights of Bytes, published by Protovision. This allows players to continue playing their savegames that they e.g. created using the digital download version of the game with the physical cartridge version, or to continue playing a savegame created on a real…

Sam’s Journey Now Available to Purchase on itch.io

Christmas Eve Protovision announced the release of Sam’s Journey for the Commodore 64, at the time the game was only available to purchase via the Protovision website. Protovision have listened to the fans cries and have also decided to sell the game on itch.io. We already purchased our copy from Protovision directly, but if you have an itch.oi account and…

Sam’s Journey Available to Purchase this Evening at 22:00 CET!

Waiting for Sam’s Journey? We have news for you! On December 24th at 22:00 (CET) sharp, we will replace the (currently empty) “Sams_Journey.zip“ download file with the real game. You can find the download link in the order confirmation you have received when you ordered, or you can log in to the Protovision shop, view the order history, go to…

Commodore 64 game Sam’s Journey starts shipping in December (Updated!)

This year has been amazing for homebrew games for the Commodore 64, like the excellent Bear Essentials by Pond Software (actually released at the end of Dec 2016!), but Sam’s Journey by Knights of Bytes is probably the most expected game in recent times. You have been able to pre-order Sam’s Journey since July but now Protovision has announced that…

Protovision taking Pre-Orders for Sam’s Journey, A New Epic Platformer for the Commodore 64!

As you may remember we have been covering the latest News about Sam’s Journey, an epic new platformer for the Commodore 64, since it was first announced way back in 2015. It’s been a long ride but Sam’s Journey is almost here, and Protovision have just announced availability for pre-order! The game comes in various flavours. Sam’s Journey Boxed Disk…

Knights of Bytes Announce New Year Status Update for Sam’s Journey!

It’s been a while since we covered “Sam’s Journey”, a new C64 platfomer by “Knights of Bytes”. Today though we have some fantastic News, as Knights of Bytes recently updated their Facebook page with more game information and we are growing closer to a release date, as the game reaches the final stages of completion! While the levels of our #C64 platformer Sam’s Journey are now…

Upcoming C64 game 'Sam's Journey' to be distributed by Protovision

Knights of Bytes has announced that their upcoming (amazing) C64 game Sam’s Journey will be distributed by Protovision. According to the developers, Protovision has created a new box for all their future games, “a classic cardboard box which can be decorated with a printed cover. Inside the box, there will be one of two inlays that hold either some disks or a…

Commodore 64 Sam’s Journey – New gameplay video!

We’ve talked about that before, but if you didn’t read, know that Sam’s Journey is a brand-new original scrolling platform game for the Commodore 64 with huge levels to be explored, hidden items to be found and secret passages to be discovered. The game is yet to be released this year and we can’t wait to see that happen. Knights of…