AW127 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 After the great "Keystone Kapers" release on the C64, now the next Atari-2600 classic game found the way to the Commodore-64. "Frostbite" was released by "Antonio Savona" some days ago. Have a look: It plays as good as the original version in my opinion. The next good port. ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) Aaaaaaaah, just now i saw, that somebody else made a thread to this game sooner. ? But strangly not in the "Commodore 8 bit computers" area, in which i had looked before, if the topic already existed. So this thread here then could theoretically be deleted and the other thread maybe moved into "Commodore 8 bit computers" area, that it can easier be found. Edited November 11, 2019 by AW127 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 gameplay video 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 i haven't played much (since my C64 setup is in my work office), but it plays fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 The first Atari 2600 to C64 conversion since Beamrider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 3 hours ago, high voltage said: The first Atari 2600 to C64 conversion since Beamrider? No, there are more. In August this year a C64 port of "Chopper Command" was released https://csdb.dk/release/?id=180944 And then there is this great "Keystone Kapers" C64 port from September this year https://csdb.dk/release/?id=182116 Both released by "Antonio Savona", which also made the "Frostbite" port here. The elevator in this "Keystone Kapers" port behaves like in the Atari-800 version of the game and not like in the Atari VCS-2600 version. But the original game came from the Atari-2600, so i think it's okay, to call the C64 version of this game also a Atari-2600 conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 12 hours ago, AW127 said: No, there are more. In August this year a C64 port of "Chopper Command" was released https://csdb.dk/release/?id=180944 And then there is this great "Keystone Kapers" C64 port from September this year https://csdb.dk/release/?id=182116 Both released by "Antonio Savona", which also made the "Frostbite" port here. The elevator in this "Keystone Kapers" port behaves like in the Atari-800 version of the game and not like in the Atari VCS-2600 version. But the original game came from the Atari-2600, so i think it's okay, to call the C64 version of this game also a Atari-2600 conversion. Both, nice! Didn't know about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.E.R.O. Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 From a similar thread elsewhere it's been said that Pressure Cooker is next up. Can't even imagine what comes after. Plaque Attack? Spider Fighter??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 I know that already a Phoenix port on the C64 exists called "Eagly Empire", but a 1-to-1 conversion of the Atari-2600 "Phoenix" game to the C64 would be cool. Nothing needs to be added or graphically improved, cause i like the game like it is on the Atari VCS-2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 9 hours ago, AW127 said: I know that already a Phoenix port on the C64 exists called "Eagly Empire", but a 1-to-1 conversion of the Atari-2600 "Phoenix" game to the C64 would be cool. Nothing needs to be added or graphically improved, cause i like the game like it is on the Atari VCS-2600. Why? May as well just play it on the VCS then, where there's going to be better colors anyway. I do like the enhancements to old games on computers like the C64, but just don't see the point of 1:1 conversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Looks great. I was super impressed when Donkey Kong Jr. was ported over to the Commie 64. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 On 11/21/2019 at 5:10 AM, save2600 said: Why? May as well just play it on the VCS then, where there's going to be better colors anyway. I do like the enhancements to old games on computers like the C64, but just don't see the point of 1:1 conversions. To be true, when i like a game or a version (port) of a game very much, like i did it with "Phoenix" on the Atari-2600, then i always wanted to have this game unchanged also on some of my other favourite-systems. And the C64 is one of these systems. And the C64 also has the "power" to handle a 1-to-1 port of this game easily. The normal C64 port of this game (called "Eagle Empire") is closer to the Arcade Original of "Phoenix" then the Atari-2600 version is, BUT i like the Atari-2600 version more than the Arcade version in this case. Therefore it would be cool, to have also this version on the C64. But okay, i fear, that nobody will do it ? and i myself can not program sadly. Interesting in this context is - when i look at this C64 port of "Chopper Command" i mentioned above, then this is very close to the Atari-2600 version in graphics and all other things, although the programer could have improved the graphics on the C64, if he wanted. But i am happy that he does not, it is good like it is. And there is another good Atari-2600 port, which came out six years ago on the C64 and this is "Cosmic Ark". https://csdb.dk/release/?id=125154 Also here the graphics are close to the Atari-2600 original graphics. Okay, i knew, "Phoenix" was an Arcade original and not an Atari-2600 original, but because the Atari-2600 version is quite different to the Arcade version, it's almost like another game and to have THIS other game also on my C64, would be fantastic. At least for me personally. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I was only just recently able to play Frostbite thanks to @Nukey Shay and his collection of ROMs converted for the SuperCharger. Pretty fun little game, makes me definitely want to try it out on the 64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Antonio has kindly released the source to all 3 of these games here: https://github.com/tonysavon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Antonia has ported another game to the C64. This time it's "Crackpots". Look here: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=187270 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 Antonio i meant of course, not Antonia. *lol* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 And there is another new port of an Atari VCS-2600 game on the C64, this time it's "Megamania". https://csdb.dk/release/?id=188754 Here other people than Antonio seems to be the programmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STE'86 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 change of plan on pressure cooker, its been delayed while we do this 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 2 hours ago, STE'86 said: change of plan on pressure cooker, its been delayed while we do this Looks great, especially the sprites. I have a Mega-Drive version of "Fix it Felix", which is also not bad. Simple gameplay, but fun to play in my opinion. Looking forward to the C64 version of this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Another excellent port! Can't wait to get the C64 Full Size to play your conversions. Thanks for your efforts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo930 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I really like this game and it works well on the C64. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Those conversions look great! I loved my C128 and I like my C64 mini right now, I have to try out those games for sure! I am very happy to hear about Pressure Cooker, that tune is one of those that has been burning in my mind for decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 The C64 really becomes alot of good games (not only conversions from other systems) in last 5 - 10 years. Some of them have really good quality and the number of new-releases on C64 is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I really like the Fix it Felix work so far as well! I hope they put in the bonus stages as referenced in the movie with the abandoned characters from Q*bert! Every version of the game so far seems to not include that, not that we have seen much of it in the movie, but it would be great to have that added! In any case its obvious the programmers are very talented! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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