C64 Round Up: June 2024 - Tony, Breadbox, Timo's Castle & More!

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The June 2024 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.
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- GAME LINKS -
Drip: vector5games.itch.io/drip
Timo’s Castle: romwer.itch.io/hc
Broken Mirror: www.qudgar.se/games_brokenmir...
Sky Saviour: flump-studios.itch.io/sky-sav...
Shift: h4plo.itch.io/shift
Tony (digital, available June 7): monochrome-productions.itch.i...
Tony (cart): ka-plus.pl/en/store/Pre-order...
Tony (disk): ka-plus.pl/en/store/Pre-order...
- PIXEL ART -
Showers - Leon: csdb.dk/release/?id=241111
Idiot! - JSL: csdb.dk/release/?id=241358
PCB Ghost - redcrab / Genesis Project: csdb.dk/release/?id=241359
Tinned Koalas - Dr. TerrorZ: csdb.dk/release/?id=241420
Back to the Fairy-Tales - Leon / Chorus & many others: csdb.dk/release/?id=241488
Quorra Portrait - Guinea Pig / MoonShine: csdb.dk/release/?id=242759
Captain Cute - The USER / Mayday!: csdb.dk/release/?id=242822
Elf Girl - wbochar / Triad: csdb.dk/release/?id=242823
Zed’s Dead - Honcho / Altantis, Pretzel Logic: csdb.dk/release/?id=242820
Phoenix - Facet / Bonzai, Genesis Project: csdb.dk/release/?id=242821
Henko - Almighty God / Atlantis: csdb.dk/release/?id=242854
Janissimus - Nith / Triad: csdb.dk/release/?id=242825
Orko - Firelord / Excess: csdb.dk/release/?id=242841
Back in the Game - Leon: csdb.dk/release/?id=242843
Motodog - Nanzee / Chocotrophy: csdb.dk/release/?id=242922
Featured SID: Get in the Van - Mibri / Atlantis: csdb.dk/release/?id=242810
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Game of the Month
02:29 - Pixel Art
04:56 - Breadbox
09:26 - Demo
14:05 - New Games

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@kodiak64 Ай бұрын

Timo's Castle looks great! And that Fairlight demo is jaw-dropping, esp. its art style and music.

@chockablock34839 Ай бұрын

Timo's Castle is very Henry's House inspired.

@nawletorre7136 Ай бұрын

💪

@mibri Ай бұрын

Lovely work with this round up as ever, and thank you very much for featuring my tune! 😄

@pacbilly Ай бұрын

Ha, McDonald's theme when you pick up the fries (or chips) in Timo!

@commodorechronicles Ай бұрын

"Get in the Van" is a great tune. Good to hear from you, Louie. Thanks for the video!

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

The PCB Ghost art 😮 several of the others are absolutely stunning too. Wow.

@merman1974 Ай бұрын

Breadbox looks fun but the lag is a shame. Really enjoyed playing Timo's Castle and Broken Mirror this month.

@AntStiller Ай бұрын

Another excellent round-up. I really appreciated the dedication to Cam.

@bitoxic 22 күн бұрын

Great to see Shift ported to the c64. I use to play this game on my Android phone a few years ago.

@dashdecent4462 21 күн бұрын

That FLT demo was fantastic. I loved the design of the characters, the storyline and the humour. Timo's Castle looks lovely too. Brightly colourful without being garish, and full of neat, clear detail. I hope the July edition includes details of the new Indiegogo campaign for brand new breadbin C64 cases. The cases will be available various colours, including crystal clear, blue, green, black, white and purple.

@RetroGamerNation 20 күн бұрын

I backed the breadbin case, have no idea what colour to choose. Not sure if the campaign will still be going by the time I put out the next video in August. I have a neat addon to showcase in that video but very little else at this stage.

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

The demo was just WOW. ❤❤❤

@MephProduction 18 күн бұрын

breadbox seems more of a novelty thing than anything really useful. Cheers for keeping us all updated.

@RetroGamerNation 17 күн бұрын

I tend to agree with you here. I can’t say that I have been tempted to play around with it any further since the recording of the video.

@MephProduction 16 күн бұрын

@@RetroGamerNation reminds me of a tech demo than a useable program. Still interesting though, not sure if id want to pay for it.

@erikrounds Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! So, I also picked up breadbox and it works much better on my gaming laptop with much less controller lag. Timo's Castle looks rather fun and Tony reminds me quite a bit of Montazuma's Revenge. I might have to pick both of those up.

@RetroGamerNation Ай бұрын

Thanks Erik, yes I suspected that the simulator would work smoothly on some form of high end setup and its good of you to confirm.

@skeggjoldgunnr3167 Ай бұрын

"Idiot!" was wonderful! I like it because it had an idea.

@TheSimTetuChannel Ай бұрын

Such a great roundup as usual, it was over too quickly! I would watch an hour of this every month and not get bored.

@chockablock34839 Ай бұрын

I am not even a C64 fan, but love watching this show.

@brianpaul5667 Ай бұрын

Bummer to hear about a break as a fan but very much understand. Go have fun and relax good sir, thanks for all the content you bring us and looking very forward to your return!

@RetroGamerNation Ай бұрын

Thank you, things tend to slow down C64 activity wise over the northern hemisphere summer period and I do want to ensure each C64 Round Up contains a certain level of quality content. Admittedly, time availability and motivation is not what it used to be for me either and I will only work on producing a video when I am enjoying doing so rather than feeling that I 'have to do it'. Hope you enjoy your upcoming summer.

@RK-fy9zx Ай бұрын

It should be fun and not a compulsory task. After all, it's just a hobby.

@rolfedrengen Ай бұрын

I like how c64 pixel-art is getting more petscii! if the quorra portrait is done by hand (and not by converter of some sort) it's creative in a whole new way of doing gfx! The l337 demo is something else. The soundtrack, gfx and story are out of this world (notice that sounds that simulates the talking, even the meow from the cat!), and then there's the coding showoff! Just can't get enough!

@freddyh.1282 Ай бұрын

The Fairlight demo is amazing

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

Agreed. Truly stunning. I am amazed by it.

@michaelhill6453 Ай бұрын

As usual, cracking episode.

@LordmonkeyTRM Ай бұрын

That tune on the gallery 😘👌

@briangoldberg4439 Ай бұрын

have a great summer!

@davidshortman Ай бұрын

Thank you great video

@nickthane Ай бұрын

Great stuff!

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

Tony is very good. I really enjoyed the demo. Their strategy of releasing to everything makes it feel like ive been drowned in Tony news for absolutely ages though 😂

@RetroGamerNation 11 күн бұрын

I think many who follow the scene do get weary of constant re-promotion of upcoming titles. I think devs think this is a good thing to do mainly because it appears that it works for Sarah Jane Avory and her C64 titles, but this is more to do with her having a super loyal fan base rather than something we all want.

@duckmobility33 Ай бұрын

That demo is insane! Wow!

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

Agreed 😮😮😮😮😮

@christophermcdonald5578 Ай бұрын

Love a demo with a great story

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

It was incredible ❤

@miked4377 Ай бұрын

very good!!

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

Sky Saviour looks fairly interesting for a quick go 🤔 interesting idea. Timo looks worth a go...nice graphics. Backgrounds are a bit too foregroundy on some of the levels shown though. Thanks for the episode, i enjoyed it. The demo was just truly incredible.

@RetroGamerNation 11 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing your views. I am always keen to hear of each person's own perspective on these releases.

@taakelur Ай бұрын

Just wondering, what tools do graphic artists use to make pixel art today? Is it just a preference, like some do it in, say, Photoshop and convert it, and others use a dedicated pixel art tool? If they do it in Photoshop and convert it, is that considered cheating?

@RetroGamerNation Ай бұрын

I am hoping to have a future Coder's Corner section dedicated to current day gfx tools.

@freddiejohnson6137 8 күн бұрын

Breadbox is a good idea in principle but I feel charging for an frontend that has very noticeable input lag even in early access seems like something of a joke. How this fancy frontend manages just make C64 emulation look like a difficult task I don't know and it's minimum requirements seem to suggest it is currently really poorly optimised. It's a nice idea but I can't see too many people using it beyond curiosity.

@dangrimes970 Ай бұрын

Does using two tone graphics increase resolution? That Tkny game looks sharp!

@dangrimes970 Ай бұрын

Auto correct is crazy. I meant “that Tony game”

@RetroGamerNation Ай бұрын

It's the Hi-res mode that makes the image sharp and you can only use 2 colours in hi-res, 1 colour for foreground and another for background.

@fredericfreakazoid Ай бұрын

Drip is an old PD Amiga game: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kKmkiLeIkq67ZnU.htmlsi=4ZCL2tEvsBICpg1U

@SwedishEmpire1700 Ай бұрын

Gotta love how Biden is portrayed as a zombie LOL

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

Portrayed? Looked normal to me 😂

@fradd182 Ай бұрын

Tony has too much of a ZX vibe for me.

@MeineVideokasetten Ай бұрын

Fun fact: I dunno who C. Davis was.

@merman1974 Ай бұрын

Cameron Davis (Gazunta) was a cartoonist and writer for RESET 64, the Australian fanzine. He was also a games developer. He will be sadly missed.

@arostwocents 12 күн бұрын

@@merman1974thanks. This info should always be included in RIP pieces IMO

@freddiejohnson6137 8 күн бұрын

@RetroGamerNation 5 күн бұрын

I was really surprised that Breadbox required such high spec machines to run smoothly. I am equally surprised that the dev decided to pursue Breadbox considering that it probably holds the record for one of the worst performing Indiegogo crowd funding campaigns (it only achieved 1% of its target).