It looks like my dreams have finally come true. A brand new C16/Plus/4 compatible clone board is becoming a reality thanks to SukkoPera over at Plus/4 World Forums. According to SukkoPera, he's just ordered the prototypes for version 4 of the board.
Features * 100% Plus/4 compatible User Port * 512 kB Hannes-style RAM expansion *
Onboard SID (either 6581 or 8580+Digifix) + 3rd joystick port (SID
audio is mixed with the TED/Ext audio with configurable volume but
direct dedicated output is also available) * Joystick swapper *
Ability to replace keyboard MOS 6529 with 74x273 (so that 6529 can be
recycled for User Port, but that one as well can be replaced with a
74x654) * Removed FB13 in order to reduce luma/chroma crosstalk and improve video quality (Thanks @TLC!) * Direct TED output connector (experimental) * Pin header with all tape signals (think Internal Tapuino) * Pin header with all IEC signals (think Internal SD2IEC)
An action RPG inspired by Moonstone, but still very much in the middle of development.
Features Uses a 4 button CD32 controller (but also playable using the keyboard for emulation) 50FPS gory action in glorious AGA Part of the AmiGameJam 2022
A wizardly caravan mode shmup, by Peter & Gordon Mackay. Made for AmiGameJam 2022. Unfortunately there is no game description at all, which I found a bit unusual. Anyway head over to petmac.itch.io/caravandalf to grab the download.
Lunar City is a fun and challenging space shooting gallery type of game written for the Zzap! 64 Micro Action Covermount. The game was inspired by Atlantis for the ATARI, but Lunar City is slightly different, as you will probably see when you play the game.
Features Nicely presented loading bitmap with loading music Front end presentation with Drum 'n Bass style music End scene presentation Hi score table with saver (if playing in disk mode) 16 action-packed levels with an increasing level of difficulty Arcade style sound effects 4 different landscapes 8 different aliens (where newer aliens will appear after completing every fourth level).
New Features - 16 new screens - taking the total to 25 - 5 more scientists to rescue (now 8 in total) - Improved controls - Improved chars and animation, based on C64 release - New scoring system - Respawn death bug removed - Infinite score bug removed - Cheat modes built in - NTSC fixed - All still crammed into 16K!
Hello.. I’m Flood! Not the most well
known game from EA, Quiffy is a little green dude (What exactly is he?
Starfish, Mutant Frog?) who is on a mission to clear his world of litter
that someone has thoughtlessly left lying around. Quiffy also has to
switch off the leaky taps on each level to stop the water gathering
below, rising up and flooding his underground lair, killing everything
in its path. Hence the game title ‘Flood’
This is one of those platformers which instantly draws you in from
the beginning, with its fantastic title music, superb colourful graphics
and addictive but sometimes puzzling gameplay. I still own the original
boxed version of Flood, although during my Amiga 500 days, we mostly
had (cough) a lot of ‘backup disks’. The Amiga had big game piracy
issues back in the day, a long story maybe for a future article.
Bad Guys There are 42 levels on Quiffy’s big
clean up mission and through each level he will come across some
particularly nasty creatures (Hey we never said this would be easy!) One
of the most annoying of all these beasties is Quiffy’s scary ghost
aunt! She will follow Quiffy’s specific path that he has made throughout
the level and if you double back or get near, her deadly touch will
lead you to your demise. Collecting your trash and getting through the
level as quickly as possible is your main priority.
Other baddies you should avoid are freakishly named the following..
‘Bulbous Headed Vongs’, ‘Plonkin Donkins’, ‘Vacuous Gombos’ and ‘Psycho
Teddy’! Psycho Teddy has sharp teeth in his stomach, so be sure to avoid
this guy as he’s not your average cuddly toy! However this game isn’t
about completely avoiding the enemy, luckily Quiffy has a small arsenal
of weaponry at hand to protect himself. Grenades, flame-throwers and
dynamite on timers will help him though his adventure to victory!
As well as great music in the game, Flood has some excellent sound effects, echoing splashes when Quiffy jumps into water and loud gulp noises when in contact with enemy snails, Flood has a certain charm that you just don’t see in games today. The games difficulty is spot on and will keep you entertained for many fun filled hours.
Flood. An awesome platformer frozen in time when Amiga was the king of gaming.
I have played a fair few games in my time, but in all
honesty, nothing has really stood out for me as far as amazing sports
games go. However there is always a first time and this particular title
for one reason or another stuck with me during my childhood and I
couldn’t stop playing it. I think the first thing that struck me as
particularly amazing was the intro, a lovely big Ocean logo with catchy
music playing, then a huge golden trophy slowly appears on the screen.
Loading up the game for this alone was worth it!
As we all know, Ocean was a big name in the video game industry back
in the eighties and nineties and although a lot of games by Ocean were
rushed released, (Yes, there are some bad Ocean titles too, Lethal Weapon and Total Recall come to mind) Ocean Beach Volley, for me, was something special.
Ocean Beach Volley is a 2 on 2 game of Beach Volley, go figure.. ‘Well that sounds pretty boring!’ I hear you shout, and why would I put this in my top five? For
me (As old games go) this is a very addictive sports title, and one of
the best looking on the Amiga. Ocean have a knack of creating polished
good looking games and the graphics certainly do not disappoint. Sprites
are big and cartoony and the various backdrops depicting each country
you visit are really nice.
Welcome to London! There are eight different
countries to play against including France, Russia and Egypt, you start
the game in your home country London England. You need to score 7 points
to win a match. Your player has three basic moves, bump, set and smash.
Bump is a move using both forearms to deflect a smash from your
opponent, Set is used for setting up the shot for a smash shot, and
smash is a move you can use if you are serving or if you want to slam
the ball over the net really hard at close range.
You control both players on your team, whatever player you are in
control of at the time will be shown by a big hand pointing downwards
above you and a blue cursor will show where the ball is going to land,
but in my experience this isn’t always accurate and sometimes the cursor
shows up after it’s too late, making the game more difficult than it
should be. Every match is played against the clock and when you’re close
to running out of time, the music changes to a fast rock’n’roll melody to let you know you must hurry if you want to win that quarter million!
If I have one grudge regarding Ocean Beach Volley, it would be that it’s very difficult to get any further than level 3, (if your lucky) Yes that’s right, there seems to be an issue within the game, where every level has the same difficulty, even the first level! The CPU Players show no mercy and you will have to really concentrate and try your very hardest to beat them if you want to win the trophy. The game also has a 2 player option if you get bored with the CPU players awesomeness and you would prefer to play a friend who is less competitive.
Overall Ocean Beach Volley is a great sports game on the Amiga that will provide hours of fun and entertainment. (and frustration!)
Ricki Sickenger just announced a demo version of his game Roguecraft, a modern roguelike for the Amiga, as an entry to AmiGameJam! Follow the link below to download and for more info.
The long awaited FPGA based CIA replacement for C64/128 and 1570/1571 is finally available! Well.. it was.. The first batch sold out super fast but the suppliersRetro8bitShop are expecting another batch to arrive early next week. Follow the link below for pre-order and more information.
An art project in shape of a little game as a tribute to the Great Giana
Sisters drawn in pure PETSCII (Commodore PET ASCII). The game
includes an interpretation of the famous intro and, it contains several
day and night levels with ascending difficulty. Even an end sequence
exists. Everything is accompanied with wonderful interpretations of
Chris Hülsbeck's music by fieserWolf and remixes by SigmaSeven. The code
was done by Wil and the PETSCII art was created by Logiker.
The classic Light Cycle game for one or two players. Avoid crashing to win 5 rounds before the other player. Each round is faster than the previous. Hold fire button for turbo boost. There's one catch: no turns are allowed while boosting.
Lemmings for the Commodore Plus/4 has finally been released, and it came first place at Árok 2023 GameDev competition. Download the game from the link below.
Hello.. I’m Flood!
