C64 Round Up: August 2023 - We're Back with Exclusive Content

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C64 Round Up: August 2023 - We're Back with Exclusive Content

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The August 2023 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 -
Funfair Inc: arlagames.itch...
Dr Maria: sysantmin.itch...
Herisferix: richard-tnd.it...
Dragon ‘ n Princess: comsha.itch.io...
Boxnightmare Deluxe: iceoutgames.it...
Win64: github.com/Web...
Escape Room: fig-labs.itch....
Chaluul's Curse: bolzgramm.itch...
Dig Dug Revival: lowcarb.itch.i...
Lunar City: richard-tnd.it...
- MAGAZINE LINKS -
K&A Plus Magazine: ka-plus.pl/en/
Zzap! 64 Micro: fusionretroboo... OR / zzapmagazine
- PIXEL ART -
Never on Time (Lobo / Atlantis): csdb.dk/releas...
The Green Knight (Lobo / Atlantis): csdb.dk/releas...
Master of Puppet (The Sarge / Fairlight): csdb.dk/releas...
Take a Bow (TwoFlower / Triad): csdb.dk/releas...
Backlight (Facet / Bonzai, Genesis Project): csdb.dk/releas...
Lick it Up (Mikael / Pretzel Logic): csdb.dk/releas...
Chainbreak (Lenyn / Onslaught): csdb.dk/releas...
Big Ball (Facet / Bonzai): csdb.dk/releas...
dEEP kNIFE (Leon / Chorus, Lethargy, Resource, Singular): csdb.dk/releas...
Dragontamer 2 (Grass / Hokuto Force, Lethargy): csdb.dk/releas...
Max Posing with His Robot Ape (Facet / Genesis Project, Bonzai): csdb.dk/releas...
- FEATURED SID TRACK -
Arrive (psych858o / MultiStyle Labs): csdb.dk/releas...
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Latest News
04:49 - Demo
09:09 - Pixel Art
11:08 - New Games

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@pinovvg1792 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I see that few of you have used the game's weapon power ups: bomb that can be activated with the space bar when it is collected, the edges of the screen turn red, then to activate the Smart bomb press the Space key.

@OSW Жыл бұрын

Did a double take seeing this not in my recommend but in my subs box!! Lovely to have ya back mate 🍻

@RetroGamerNation Жыл бұрын

Ah god bless, thanks for the kind words. Good to get back into things again.

@dashdecent4462 Ай бұрын

The Never on Time pic by Lobo is just lush. I love the colour and detail in it.

@SamTaylors Жыл бұрын

Great to see another round-up video - they’re always a favourite. Thanks for the fantastic encouragement and support you give to the C64 community!

@dangrimes970 Жыл бұрын

The demo mentioned is definitely worth a watch. Best demo I’ve seen in a while. And long!

@Tommi1981 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing. So charming! Just quality all the way. Feels so valuable and precious compared to modern effects.. organic almost!

@erikrounds Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video as always! Yeti Mountain looks like fun, I may have to check it out. It's great seeing the C=64 community still so active.

@d42-adventure-fan33 Жыл бұрын

A short addition to "Chaluul's Curse": mouse is also supported.🙂

@C64_and_Amiga_Memories Жыл бұрын

I really like the adventure game created with the D42 system. Would love to see heaps more using that system

@IsaacKuo Жыл бұрын

Infestation looks so cool! I love the small high resolution sprites and the look of the high resolution backgrounds. Random levels sounds cool also.

@wordsovsean8905 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for Yeti Mountain. December seems far away, but it's looking good. Infestation is also looking great. Nothing wrong with a more linear experience.

@kodiak64 Жыл бұрын

The Yeti Mountain game looks great; I really like the avalanche pursuit idea. Those recent demos were also superb, but I still think Edge of Disgrace by Booze is the #1 of all time.

@RetroGamerNation Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anyone would have noticed the avalanche concept. For me it was always going to be an integral part of the game even though Russell wasn't sure about how to implement it. Once I described to him the quiz show The Chaser, he understood the mechanic required and did a fantastic job in implementing it.

@RK-fy9zx Жыл бұрын

I look forward to each new issue.

@alerey4363 Жыл бұрын

Wow the level of graphics, animation and sound of current artists is impressive! many of today's masterpieces really rival in quality those of superior systems from the 80s/90s like the Amiga or Atari ST

@fuzzywzhe Жыл бұрын

Oh, maybe for inexpensive ports to the Amiga and Atari ST. Ever seen The Great Giana Sisters on the ST? It will drive you insane to try to play it on that machine, because they couldn't figure out smooth scrolling. A real mistake in hardware of the ST although I think some smart coder figured it out eventually, but not for Giana Sisters. For still pictures on the C=64, they did a bunch of crazy tricks, like changing the character set between scan lines and other insane stuff. I am so glad these days are over. They were fun back then, but MAN, I would never want to go back spending hours to optimize a line to get something to work, and be confined to all these timing constraints and weird tricks.

@shain6946 Жыл бұрын

Great to see you back!

@RetroGamerNation Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks, appreciate your on going support. Cheers

@OperationPhantom Жыл бұрын

Great to have another round up video! Hopefully Yeti Mountain will be as brilliant as it already looks. Really liked the graphics in Chaluul's Curse actually but you're right, the music is far too busy, where a more atmospheric and moody soundtrack would seem far more fitting.

@RetroGamerNation Жыл бұрын

I've played a lot of Yeti Mountain over the past couple of years and when I sat down with that latest build, it still felt very fresh and I loved playing through it multiple times. My only regret is that when the game is released, I won't be experiencing it for the first time.

@OperationPhantom Жыл бұрын

@@RetroGamerNation That is high praise indeed! Now I'm REALLY looking forward to the game. It seems to have a lot of "personality" and fresh ideas and maybe even a Yeti...

@graemejohnson6489 Жыл бұрын

nice video buddy. thankyou! i missed the last one...

@PaulRoneClarke 11 ай бұрын

Hard to imagine how gobsmacked people would be if these had come out on this hardware 40 years ago. I mean they could have.... just that thought is amazing.

@Tommi1981 Жыл бұрын

Thats an organic computer.

@windsaw151 Жыл бұрын

Why are so many games PAL only? I mean, I thought I knew some of the pitfalls of NTSC compatibility with games like Sam's Journey, but I thought of them as edge cases where performance optimization is paramount. But today there were several games mentioned that don't seem to fall into that category. What is the problem here?

@shain6946 Жыл бұрын

wait for the one-file mega trainer with NTSC fix!

@rwxdesigns Жыл бұрын

It's because there's a lot more raster time available on a PAL system. Coders tend to use the VBLANK area for executing a lot of their code, that much, that it's then not possible to achieve the same on an NTSC system as NTSC has considerably less time in the VBLANK area.

@kodiak64 Жыл бұрын

NTSC has a superior frame rate but the loss of scanlines means you have far less raster time to perform so many important tasks in the code. But there is also the fact that most C64 users seem to reside in PAL land, at least going by the feedback from games sales.

@pinovvg1792 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for playing it!❤

@mopspear Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to see a new video.

@caeserromero3013 11 ай бұрын

Great content, as ever. Thanks!

@retrotap Жыл бұрын

Thanks, another great update. Looks like some real gems coming out at the minute.

@bitmapsoft1734 11 ай бұрын

Another brilliant video mate.

@pw1169 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

@DavidGolder Жыл бұрын

Welcome back. Is there gonna be an episode 2 in your 1990s retrospective?

@RetroGamerNation Жыл бұрын

Yes there will be. I had the video 90% completed in mid June but I just needed to get away from all things RGN related by then. Episode 2 should be out in late August.