BillyHW Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Actually Q*bert is very well done on the C64, as well as most other platforms (the TI-99/4A conversion is surprisingly good.) I also forgot about Arkanoid and Arkanoid II, Aztec Challenge, and Lazy Jones. And I didn't know ballblazer was on C64. Also Krakout was a great Arkanoid clone. There's also like 15 different versions of the game for more level designs than you'll ever be able to fully play all of them. http://www.gamebase64.com/search.php?f=0&t=0&s=krakout&searchSubmit=Go%21&d=45&h=1&a=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I didn't know ballblazer was on C64. Also Krakout was a great Arkanoid clone. There's also like 15 different versions of the game for more level designs than you'll ever be able to fully play all of them. http://www.gamebase64.com/search.php?f=0&t=0&s=krakout&searchSubmit=Go%21&d=45&h=1&a=0 The C-64 version of Arkanoid was the one that I beat, which was thanks to its generous controller support, which included my preferred method, an Atari paddle controller. It's a shame more versions of that game didn't support paddles (or other games of its type). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The C-64 version of Arkanoid was the one that I beat, which was thanks to its generous controller support, which included my preferred method, an Atari paddle controller. It's a shame more versions of that game didn't support paddles (or other games of its type). What's crazy is I actually bought this version of Arkanoid very late - like after 1992 - and never even thought to try it with old Atari paddles. I've since tried to play in Vice with the 2600dapter and it didn't work. I'll have to try again on original HW one of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The C-64 version of Arkanoid was the one that I beat Same here! Man, was I on top of the world when that happened. My friends didn't even believe me at first. They thought I had a trainer version with infinite lives or so. They couldn't believe me because they never sank their teeth into this game using paddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I'll see your Ballblazer and raise the bid with Trailblazer and Hypa-Ball! Interesting. I had never heard of either of them. Look like a lot of fun. The music for Trailblazer is pretty cool. The C-64 version of Arkanoid was the one that I beat, which was thanks to its generous controller support, which included my preferred method, an Atari paddle controller. It's a shame more versions of that game didn't support paddles (or other games of its type). Huh... never tried with Atari paddles, only with the mouse. I do not recall if I used it in joystick or mouse mode, but I beat the game once and only once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSG Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Actually Q*bert is very well done on the C64, as well as most other platforms (the TI-99/4A conversion is surprisingly good.) I also forgot about Arkanoid and Arkanoid II, Aztec Challenge, and Lazy Jones. And the C64 version is actually very challenging compared to the 2600 one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 The C-64 version of Arkanoid was the one that I beat, which was thanks to its generous controller support, which included my preferred method, an Atari paddle controller. It's a shame more versions of that game didn't support paddles (or other games of its type). Well, I discovered some things about Arkanoid. It is not a game that is NTSC friendly. If you get the PAL rom, It crashes. I also discovered that it doesn't seem the PAL version has the laser capsules, so I had to dig out an NTSC rom that had the lasers. Once I did that, my paddles worked great, but I was really getting my a$$ handed to me, so I switched from an S-video cable on an LCD back to a 1702 monitor, and I instantly made it to level 18. I'll be playing this A LOT this week to see if I can beat the final boss. Also, I played the game in MAME a handful of times, and got even more impressed with the C64 port. It seems very close to the arcade original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Well, I discovered some things about Arkanoid. It is not a game that is NTSC friendly. If you get the PAL rom, It crashes. I also discovered that it doesn't seem the PAL version has the laser capsules, so I had to dig out an NTSC rom that had the lasers. Once I did that, my paddles worked great, but I was really getting my a$$ handed to me, so I switched from an S-video cable on an LCD back to a 1702 monitor, and I instantly made it to level 18. I'll be playing this A LOT this week to see if I can beat the final boss. Also, I played the game in MAME a handful of times, and got even more impressed with the C64 port. It seems very close to the arcade original. FYI, if you're playing in VICE you can switch to PAL mode to play those ROMs that don't work on NTSC machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wongojack, do you mean the lag on the LCD made the game unplayable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wongojack, do you mean the lag on the LCD made the game unplayable? No, not unplayable, but after switching to my CRT 1702, I was instantly able to succeed in a way I couldn't on the LCD. There was no obvious difference in lag, but now I actually have a chance. I've experienced the same thing with Kaboom over the years. If I try to play it (even from original hardware) on an LCD, I don't do very well. Must be something about the paddle games that really requires that CRT accuracy. Or maybe it is just me . . . @Billy - yeah, I know, but I've been dinking around with the 1541U2 a lot on an original C64. FWIW, I don't think the emulator would do much for Arkanoid - even more lag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Better contrast, sharpness, something on the CRT that the LCD couldn't reproduce? Are the two screens of comparable size, or are you going from a 40+" LCD to a 13" CRT? It is of course well known that LCD:s are designed for fixed resolution so some scaling would occur, which may harm sharpness enough to affect your gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Just to recap PAL Arkanoid ROM on NTSC doesn't work at all NTSC Arkanoid ROM on LCD screen - plays like shit but works NTSC Arkanoid on CRT screen - totally awesome top 10 game for the C64 I was playing on a 21" LCD in native aspect ratio. LCDs just have a lag dude - have you never heard this? There is a whole site designed to help you find flat screens with low lag: http://www.displaylag.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 The C-64 version of Arkanoid was the one that I beat, which was thanks to its generous controller support, which included my preferred method, an Atari paddle controller. It's a shame more versions of that game didn't support paddles (or other games of its type). Same here! Man, was I on top of the world when that happened. My friends didn't even believe me at first. They thought I had a trainer version with infinite lives or so. They couldn't believe me because they never sank their teeth into this game using paddles. Inspired by both of you, I managed to beat the final boss on Arkanoid today. It took me A LOT of practice, but I finally did it! Check out my pic here 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yes, LCD lag is real and it sucks. I'm very sensitive to it too. Definitely for games like Kaboom and Arkanoid it will matter a lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Inspired by both of you, I managed to beat the final boss on Arkanoid today. It took me A LOT of practice, but I finally did it! Check out my pic here Congratulations! And welcome to the club . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofan Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Don't forget the newer games (2005 – 2015): Commando Arcade Donkey Kong Junior Ghost'm Goblins Arcade Super Bread Box Prince of Persia Caren and the Tangled Tentacles Monster Buster Get'Em DX Bomberland Bomberman C64 C64anabalt Bruce Lee II Tiger Claw Darkness Mayhem in Monsterland It's Magic (1+2) Penultimate Fantasy Soulless Lady Kakerlak Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle Space Lords (Centaurus) Rocket Smash EX Assembloids Rent a Cop Wonderland You Have To Win The Game C-2048 Awakening Fairy Well Micro Hexagon Powerglove Scramble (2015) Wonderland Voivod Attack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I'm sorry to say that I often neglect newer homebrews on the C64, although many of those are excellent and well worth playing. I should probably honor that by running a playthrough campaign of them all. Perhaps it is the sheer volume of oldskool games that make newer games drown, compared to the consoles where the original library at best is a couple hundred titles and each new game gets far more attention. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Same here... so that list up above is really nice. Would like to try some of them. Is there a single repository or do we have to hunt each one down individually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 They're all on CSDb. As far as possible, I tried to link to original releases but for some of those only cracks have been posted on that site. It should be noted that for many of those games exist a handful different cracks with various trainers and possibly bug fixes, so the versions I'm linking to aren't neccessarily the best ones. Commando Arcade - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=137173 Donkey Kong Junior - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=134342 Ghost'm Goblins Arcade - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=139257 Super Bread Box - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=113177 Prince of Persia - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=102540 Caren and the Tangled Tentacles - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=141659 Monster Buster - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=125162 Get'Em DX - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=111895 Bomberland - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=131354 Bomberman C64 - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=45809 C64anabalt - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=103143 Bruce Lee II - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=137540 Tiger Claw - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=135255 Darkness - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=139959 Mayhem in Monsterland (although 1990's game) - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=113969 It's Magic 1 - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=28104 It's Magic 2 - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=55049 Penultimate Fantasy - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=92418 Soulless - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=115523 Lady Kakerlak - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=97928 Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=95999 Space Lords (Centaurus) - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=114075 Rocket Smash EX - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=136250 Assembloids - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=120594 Rent a Cop - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=113181 Wonderland - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=113191 You Have To Win The Game - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=114055 C-2048 - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=135090 Awakening - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=140959 Fairy Well - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=103151 Micro Hexagon - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=125132 Powerglove - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=125552 Scramble (2015) - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=139221 Voivod Attack - http://csdb.dk/release/?id=135020 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofan Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thank you for your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Yes Carlsson - thank you very much. Not sure I was ever aware of that site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Some of those newer games are quite amazing. I will vouch for Bruce Lee II and Ghost'n Goblins Arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Satan's Hollow (pretty much arcade-perfect and likely the best home port out there) Impossible Mission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Just got Dragon Wars, from EA, what an excellent RPG, about 1/2 way through the game (I think). Don't wanna give anything away, but it's easy up there with the Gold Box games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I downloaded a bunch of those RGCD compo entries (and some others) and stuck those onto my EasyFlash cartridge. Tonight I played Micro Hexagon with some of my friends, who were just as impressed as I am. Perhaps not the most varied game, and based on a previous Flash game if I'm not mistaken and available in ports for various machines, but as someone said, if this had been on a 16K cartridge in 1984, it would have blown people's minds (just like Yoomp! on the Atari 8-bit would've blown people's minds at the same time, for that matter). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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