VIC-20 Software Releases of 2013
VIC-20 Software Releases of 2013
Name: Don't Blow It
Author: vicist
Released: January 7, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: You have 1 minute to defuse the bomb by joining the wires (!) to the lights.
Screenshot:
Download: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kevinpotts/vic.html
You can discuss Don't Blow It here.
Author: vicist
Released: January 7, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: You have 1 minute to defuse the bomb by joining the wires (!) to the lights.
Screenshot:
Download: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kevinpotts/vic.html
You can discuss Don't Blow It here.
Learning all the time...
Name: Olympic Dash
Author: Ghislain
Released: January 13, 2013 (originally programmed in 1996)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Joystick + Disk Drive.
Description: A proof-of-concept for a track and field action game. The 100 meter dash was the only event that has been programmed so far.
As I continue to resurrect my lost VIC-20 games, I bring you "Olympic Dash". I had made an ASCII 100 meter dash and javelin throw event-based game back in 1988 and me and my friends spent many an afternoon mashing the joysticks trying to beat each other's records. In 1996, I had made several graphics for a multi-event track and field game (in the same vein as Epyx's "Summer Games" and Konami's "Track and Field"), but I had only ever programmed the 100 meter dash event and putting it aside so I could finish programming it at a future date.
So instead of pondering and mulling over for another 17 years to finish the other events, I decided to make a splash screen, instructions menu and mock screenshots of the unfinished events packaged around the 100 meter event--just to finally put it out now. Despite it being a single-event game, it is still playable. Just use your imagination as to how the other events that I wanted to program would be like.
Download.
Discuss.
Author: Ghislain
Released: January 13, 2013 (originally programmed in 1996)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Joystick + Disk Drive.
Description: A proof-of-concept for a track and field action game. The 100 meter dash was the only event that has been programmed so far.
As I continue to resurrect my lost VIC-20 games, I bring you "Olympic Dash". I had made an ASCII 100 meter dash and javelin throw event-based game back in 1988 and me and my friends spent many an afternoon mashing the joysticks trying to beat each other's records. In 1996, I had made several graphics for a multi-event track and field game (in the same vein as Epyx's "Summer Games" and Konami's "Track and Field"), but I had only ever programmed the 100 meter dash event and putting it aside so I could finish programming it at a future date.
So instead of pondering and mulling over for another 17 years to finish the other events, I decided to make a splash screen, instructions menu and mock screenshots of the unfinished events packaged around the 100 meter event--just to finally put it out now. Despite it being a single-event game, it is still playable. Just use your imagination as to how the other events that I wanted to program would be like.
Download.
Discuss.
"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." -- Ezra Pound
Forest Glider
Name: Forest Glider
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Released: January 25, 2013 (based on an original program circa 1989)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 (joystick optional)
Description: Steer a glider. Avoid trees. Collect Bonuses. Achieve high scores. High scores stay in memory; hold Shift-D to delete them.
Screenshot:
Download: http://sleepingelephant.com/denial/game ... glider.zip
You can discuss Forest Glider here.
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Released: January 25, 2013 (based on an original program circa 1989)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 (joystick optional)
Description: Steer a glider. Avoid trees. Collect Bonuses. Achieve high scores. High scores stay in memory; hold Shift-D to delete them.
Screenshot:
Download: http://sleepingelephant.com/denial/game ... glider.zip
You can discuss Forest Glider here.
Name: Street Battle
Author: Ghislain
Released: January 27, 2013 (originally made in 1993)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: A simple street fighting game.
I must have made dozens of ASCII fighting games on the VIC-20 back in the day. So I made one that was somewhat complete with actual graphics, but I never properly finished it until now.
To play, you use the function keys to perform jump, punch, kick and dodge against various enemies.
Download.
Discuss.
Author: Ghislain
Released: January 27, 2013 (originally made in 1993)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: A simple street fighting game.
I must have made dozens of ASCII fighting games on the VIC-20 back in the day. So I made one that was somewhat complete with actual graphics, but I never properly finished it until now.
To play, you use the function keys to perform jump, punch, kick and dodge against various enemies.
Download.
Discuss.
"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." -- Ezra Pound
Name: magiTOOL
Author: Ghislain
Released: February 3, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: Self-made toolkit that I used back in the day with my VIC-20 projects.
In the pre-internet days, I didn't have any VIC-20 tools like an ML monitor, graphics or sound editor. So I made my own. These were made between 1990-1996 and I put them all together under a single package:
magiPROG: Machine language assembler that uses decimal numbers.
magiCHAR: Build 8x8 custom characters
magiDRAW: 64x96 multicolor image editor
magiSONG: Play and record music with a piano keyboard. 7 voice combinations and 3 scales are supported.
Download.
Discuss.
Author: Ghislain
Released: February 3, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: Self-made toolkit that I used back in the day with my VIC-20 projects.
In the pre-internet days, I didn't have any VIC-20 tools like an ML monitor, graphics or sound editor. So I made my own. These were made between 1990-1996 and I put them all together under a single package:
magiPROG: Machine language assembler that uses decimal numbers.
magiCHAR: Build 8x8 custom characters
magiDRAW: 64x96 multicolor image editor
magiSONG: Play and record music with a piano keyboard. 7 voice combinations and 3 scales are supported.
Download.
Discuss.
"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." -- Ezra Pound
Name: Worm-Out + Paratrooper
Author: Ghislain
Released: February 23, 2013 (originally made in 1988-1990)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: 3 Simple VIC-20 Games I made a long time ago.
I've 'remastered' two previously-released VIC-20 games: WORM-OUT II and PARATROOPER. I've repackaged these with the never before released WORM-OUT I that I created in 1988 (with some added improvements). The instructions on how to play these games can be read when you start a game.
Download.
Discuss.
Author: Ghislain
Released: February 23, 2013 (originally made in 1988-1990)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: 3 Simple VIC-20 Games I made a long time ago.
I've 'remastered' two previously-released VIC-20 games: WORM-OUT II and PARATROOPER. I've repackaged these with the never before released WORM-OUT I that I created in 1988 (with some added improvements). The instructions on how to play these games can be read when you start a game.
Download.
Discuss.
"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." -- Ezra Pound
Name:Spidey vs Doc Ock
Author: darkatx
Released: February 13, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
8k expansion needed for splash screen intro
Special Thanks: Mike & Schlowski for the awesome tools!
Boray, Wimoos, RJBowman for the great tips.
Description:Help Spider-Man defeat the evil Doctor Octopus
in this turn based combat game
Download
New Unexpanded Version Download (with instructions)
You can discuss Spidey vs Doc Ock here.
YouTube video here
Author: darkatx
Released: February 13, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
8k expansion needed for splash screen intro
Special Thanks: Mike & Schlowski for the awesome tools!
Boray, Wimoos, RJBowman for the great tips.
Description:Help Spider-Man defeat the evil Doctor Octopus
in this turn based combat game
Download
New Unexpanded Version Download (with instructions)
You can discuss Spidey vs Doc Ock here.
YouTube video here
Last edited by darkatx on Fri May 09, 2014 8:42 am, edited 4 times in total.
Learning all the time...
Cento
Name: Cento
Author: Pallas (OPByte)
Released: February 18, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: The game is made of a board divided into 10x10 squares. Goal of the game is to fill as many squares as possible. You can move horizontally and vertically by 3 squares or diagonally by 2. To move use the left side letter keys. The game ends when no more moves are possible. A variant of the game is to try to end filling as few squares as possible, such as 20.
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/cento.prg
You can discuss this game here.
Author: Pallas (OPByte)
Released: February 18, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: The game is made of a board divided into 10x10 squares. Goal of the game is to fill as many squares as possible. You can move horizontally and vertically by 3 squares or diagonally by 2. To move use the left side letter keys. The game ends when no more moves are possible. A variant of the game is to try to end filling as few squares as possible, such as 20.
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/cento.prg
You can discuss this game here.
Pallas - OPByte
http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/
http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/
Name: VICroLeague Wrestling
Author: Ghislain
Released: March 1, 2013 (originally made in 1991)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: A simple pro wrestling game.
Here is another VIC-20 game I had originally made when I was in high school in my bedroom. I've improved the game interface and graphics loading routines. This version contains the original 64x64 pixel wrestling move animations I had designed. I will likely make a follow-up (VICroLeague Wrestling 2) with even more matches and a greater variety of animated wrestling holds.
Download.
Discuss.
Author: Ghislain
Released: March 1, 2013 (originally made in 1991)
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: A simple pro wrestling game.
Here is another VIC-20 game I had originally made when I was in high school in my bedroom. I've improved the game interface and graphics loading routines. This version contains the original 64x64 pixel wrestling move animations I had designed. I will likely make a follow-up (VICroLeague Wrestling 2) with even more matches and a greater variety of animated wrestling holds.
Download.
Discuss.
"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." -- Ezra Pound
Name: VICroLeague Wrestling 2
Author: Ghislain
Released: March 2, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: A simple pro wrestling game that uses 64x64 pixel images to animate the action.
This is a follow-up to the original, but features twice as many wrestling move animations. I was originally going to program multiple matches in this edition, but I decided to stop after finishing MADNESS MAN vs ULTRAMANIAC.
Download.
Discuss.
Author: Ghislain
Released: March 2, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20 + Disk Drive.
Description: A simple pro wrestling game that uses 64x64 pixel images to animate the action.
This is a follow-up to the original, but features twice as many wrestling move animations. I was originally going to program multiple matches in this edition, but I decided to stop after finishing MADNESS MAN vs ULTRAMANIAC.
Download.
Discuss.
"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." -- Ezra Pound
Tetwels
Name: Tetwels
Author: Pallas (OPByte)
Released: March 9, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: As you would have already guessed, it's a mix of Tetris and Jewels (or Columns or whatever). In this game you should pile 3 blocks of the same color. You can rotare the falling bar and drop it in order to speed up. Try to keep the board clean so it doesn't fill up to the top, or the game will be over.
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/tetwels.prg
You can discuss this game here.
Author: Pallas (OPByte)
Released: March 9, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: As you would have already guessed, it's a mix of Tetris and Jewels (or Columns or whatever). In this game you should pile 3 blocks of the same color. You can rotare the falling bar and drop it in order to speed up. Try to keep the board clean so it doesn't fill up to the top, or the game will be over.
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/tetwels.prg
You can discuss this game here.
Pallas - OPByte
http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/
http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/
Name: Retina Display Color
Author: tokra
Released: Mar 10, 2013
Requirements: Real NTSC VIC-20 (wont't run on emulators) with 32K RAM expansion
Description: Color-slideshow for Retina Display VIC20-graphics (mixed 192*416 hires, 96*416 multicolor). 79872 pixels on a VIC-20 - nearly 25% more than the C64
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.tokra.de/vic/retinacolor/retina_color.zip
Youtube
pouet.net-Entry
Discussion HERE
Author: tokra
Released: Mar 10, 2013
Requirements: Real NTSC VIC-20 (wont't run on emulators) with 32K RAM expansion
Description: Color-slideshow for Retina Display VIC20-graphics (mixed 192*416 hires, 96*416 multicolor). 79872 pixels on a VIC-20 - nearly 25% more than the C64
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.tokra.de/vic/retinacolor/retina_color.zip
Youtube
pouet.net-Entry
Discussion HERE
Name: Yacht
Author: KingTrode
Released: March 10th, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: Single player based on Yacht Dice game which evolved into Yahtzee.
See readme.txt included in ZIP file for scoring rules etc, big thanks to all Denial members that helped with testing/feedback
Download
Discuss
Author: KingTrode
Released: March 10th, 2013
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20
Description: Single player based on Yacht Dice game which evolved into Yahtzee.
See readme.txt included in ZIP file for scoring rules etc, big thanks to all Denial members that helped with testing/feedback
Download
Discuss
Name: Uberflieger
Author: tokra
Released: Mar 26, 2013
Requirements: PAL VIC-20 with 24K RAM expansion
Description: Slideshows for two newly created VIC-20 graphic modes: FLI96 (96 x 256 with 8 x 1 color res) and UBERMODE (224 x 280 with 8 x 8 color res).
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.tokra.de/vic/uberflieger/uberflieger.zip
YouTube
pouet.net-Entry
Discussion HERE
Author: tokra
Released: Mar 26, 2013
Requirements: PAL VIC-20 with 24K RAM expansion
Description: Slideshows for two newly created VIC-20 graphic modes: FLI96 (96 x 256 with 8 x 1 color res) and UBERMODE (224 x 280 with 8 x 8 color res).
Screenshot:
Download: http://www.tokra.de/vic/uberflieger/uberflieger.zip
YouTube
pouet.net-Entry
Discussion HERE
Cbmsh
Name: Cbmsh
Author: Pallas (OPByte)
Released: April 22, 2013 (version 0.3)
Requirements: VIC-20 +16k (limited), +24k (full version)
Description: A unix-like shell for the commodore 8 bit computers.
Screenshot:
Download (see bottom of page): http://www.opbyte.it/cbmsh/
You can discuss this program here.
Author: Pallas (OPByte)
Released: April 22, 2013 (version 0.3)
Requirements: VIC-20 +16k (limited), +24k (full version)
Description: A unix-like shell for the commodore 8 bit computers.
Screenshot:
Download (see bottom of page): http://www.opbyte.it/cbmsh/
You can discuss this program here.
Pallas - OPByte
http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/
http://www.opbyte.it/vic20/