+Philsan Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Boxing is a 1980 simple game, but nice against a friend. Moreover, Eugene played it in The Walking Dead... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Boxing is very good for what it is, with decent AI and good two-player fighting. Obviously it's not as varied as something like Street Fighter or Tekken, but it's still an entertaining way to go a few rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARIO130XE Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) Hmmm, maybe it's my personal vote, but the music kills the game on C64. Graphics are okay, but hell..... the music isnt 80's an sounds wrong like hell. Even the VCS Version looks and absolutely sounds better.... Edited October 5, 2019 by MARIO130XE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 thats very strange, as the game as been reviewed by multiple indie retro review youtube sites which you can google and pretty much every one of them has praised Saul Cross's music and been singing along with it as they play. each to his own i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebottle Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 4 hours ago, MARIO130XE said: Hmmm, maybe it's my personal vote, but the music kills the game on C64. Graphics are okay, but hell..... the music isnt 80's an sounds wrong like hell. Even the VCS Version looks and absolutely sounds better.... I agree, on the 2600, the beat of the cop running along with the sound effects of jumping and picking up items is as good as any music. The same with a pause in the sound... like bending over, waiting for an elevator or going up an escalator... adds a bit of tension. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Regarding the music, Wrong <> Bad. But sometimes you can on purpose use different music than what people would expect. Fred Gray pointed out that the character in Mermaid Madness is fat (and thus supposed to be clumsy to move), so thus he used ballet music the The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to contrast that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I don't see a problem with the music and don't think that modern releases whether new concepts or ports of 35 year old games should try to be "period correct". The game was created within the spirit of those old cop/bandit chase movies of the Charlie Chaplin era and the music is fitting. Of course like just about any game the option to turn it off is desirable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 pressing the left arrow key on a real c64 or the key to the left of the number 1 on vice will toggle the music on and off. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Looks and sounds pretty good to me!! sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I feel this port is excellent and is better than the Atari 800 version. Well done! And it's great to finally get this port on the Commodore 64 after all these years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 The port is very well done. I prefer the Atari 800 music but that's just the nostalgia. What actually grinds my gears is the pixel that is sometimes missing at the edges of the stairs in the escalator animation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 apparently thats a small raster glitch. it will be fixed for the 1.1 release on the compilation cartridge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/3/2019 at 2:25 AM, tjlazer said: If you want to blow some of our Atari heads you guys need to do frostbite too! yeah ok we can do that too. WIP 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Oh, just like that, eh? ... I approve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, STE'86 said: yeah ok we can do that too. WIP WOW! I can't believe it! Really happy to see this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 13 hours ago, STE'86 said: yeah ok we can do that too. WIP Awesome - my second favourite 2600 game (Pressure Cooker being my favourite) - now where is the A8 version ? sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Tony will as usual release the source code for this like he has with Keystone Kapers and Chopper Command. so one of your A8 coders could convert this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 latest wip 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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