Fastboy by Misfit
Fastboy is a retro game for unexpanded Commodore VIC-20 (3583 bytes free).
You have 10 seconds, and you need to collect at least one diamond before the next level.
Read more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
Tested : VICE 2.2 and real VIC-20 (PAL)
Download VICE emulator : http://www.viceteam.org/
UPDATED: Few tips..
If you use VICE, xvic.exe is a VIC-20 emulator. Configure joystick and open my D64 disc image.
LOAD"*",8,1 command loads a program if emulator does not run it automatically.
RUN command starts the game (if emulator does not start it automatically)
First you see start screen. Push joystick fire button (or space)
wait.. it loads...
Push joystick fire button to start the game.
Thanks!!
You have 10 seconds, and you need to collect at least one diamond before the next level.
Read more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
Tested : VICE 2.2 and real VIC-20 (PAL)
Download VICE emulator : http://www.viceteam.org/
UPDATED: Few tips..
If you use VICE, xvic.exe is a VIC-20 emulator. Configure joystick and open my D64 disc image.
LOAD"*",8,1 command loads a program if emulator does not run it automatically.
RUN command starts the game (if emulator does not start it automatically)
First you see start screen. Push joystick fire button (or space)
wait.. it loads...
Push joystick fire button to start the game.
Thanks!!
Ratings
| Coolness | 72% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.92 | 36 |
| Audio | 3.38 | 127 |
| Fun | 3.29 | 271 |
| Graphics | 3.55 | 205 |
| Humor | 3.19 | 152 |
| Innovation | 3.50 | 207 |
| Mood | 3.52 | 101 |
| Theme | 3.56 | 201 |
This is incredibly cool, very nice fitting graphics and classic sounds. It was a little too simple on the game-play front but considering the platform, hugely impressive.
I can see the first screen and hear the music. When I press space, the text "loading" is displayed, and then is replaced by "press fire" after a few seconds, but then nothing happens if I press space again (or any other key).
Thank you for creating this game. It is a quality like one of my first games on the C=64. But I think this game is more about the retro feeling.
..and remember VIC was a "father" of C64. It has only 3.5k RAM memory for games and no real bitmap graphics. :D
Nice little game :-)
Load "*" ,8,1
Loading
Ready.
Run
Scrolling background is a real gem.
Next time code a game in ASM: it's more oldschool! ;)
Download VICE, start xvic and drag the .d64 image onto it. Configure a joystick (Numpad and RCtrl is fine).
I tested it with vice 2.4 (OSX) and 2.2 and real VIC and it works ok. Remember that fire button is joystick fire button (no space). Check your joystick configuration. (space starts loading when music plays but it need joystick button before game)
Took me a minute to figure out VICE's key mapping.
(Settings -> Joystick -> Select Keyset A -> make sure to map keyset a to arrow keys or something. The middle spot maps to the joystick button)
Difficulty ramps up quickly. Load times on this mac book pro are pretty quick tho.
/Tip of the hat
Windows VICE version : Settings -> Joystick settings...
opens a window which provides joystick key configuration
This game is awesome. Hats off to you, man!