Tag: VIC-20 homebrew

Always seen as the older poor cousin of the Commodore 64, the VIC-20 games are often underestimated by those that are not familiar with the machine. Back in the day, the VIC-20 had excellent games, and nowadays, a vibrant and active community keeps releasing high-quality homebrew for the machine. One of the most recent examples of that is Overthrown, a…

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…

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…

Exit Plan ZII (Channel Z) is a new top view Zombie Action Escape game. The idea of the game is to work your way through each of the levels of the Channel Z tower. Avoid the nasty flesh eating Zombies, find the key and make your way onto the next level. For each level completed you will earn points, step…

It was announced by its developer, Ghislain de Blois, that his new game for the VIC-20, Realms of Quest V is under development and he hopes to finish it soon. The game looks pretty ambitious for the VIC-20, but based on the developer’s blog posts, it seems to be coming along well. On his words: 32K RAM expansion required (lesser expansion modes…