Aleksi Eeben has created a version of the classic space-sim, Elite, for the VIC-20. Eeben says that the game “is based on the C-64 source. VIC 20 specific graphics, text, keyboard & joystick input, and sound routines were written from scratch to replace the corresponding C-64 code.” Elite, released in 1984 for the BBC Micro, … Elite gets impressive unofficial port for the VIC-20
Pedro Bermejo has just released his “kind of” version of Prince of Persia for the Commodore VIC 20, and it plays pretty good. It does require a +35k expansion if you’re playing on the real deal, but it also plays nice in emulators. Bermejo says: “Prince of Persia was one of my favourite games when … The VIC gets its own version of Prince of Persia!
Classic mobile game, Flappy Bird, has made its way to the unexpanded VIC-20 thanks to VIC 20 Denial forum member, Hawks. Flappy Bird was originally launched as a mobile game in 2013, and developed by Vietnamese video game artist and programmer Dong Nguyen. The game is a side-scroller where the player controls a bird, attempting … Flappy Bird now available for the Unexpanded Vic-20
The Future was 8-bit are launching an update to their popular VIC-20 cartridge, the Penultimate. Features include: 0-35K Configurable RAM Expansion Games, lots of them! The entire TFW8b VIC collection plus many more. Including some exclusives titles and classics. With 200ish built in games listed by A-Z & Category – (SHIFT+LETTER is your friend!) Spoilt … TFW8bit’s Penultimate+2 cartridge for VIC-20 available to pre-order
Sam Coupé developer, Colin Piggot (aka Quazar) has been working on a device that allows you to play Vic-20 cartridges on the Sam. Piggot said “My interface allows the SAM to read in the cartridge ROM code which is then fed to a tweaked version of a VIC-20 emulator that was written many years ago … You can now play Vic-20 Cartridges on your Sam Coupé
Awesome VIC-20 racer, Super Monza Grand Prix has had a small update, so you can now change the difficulty of the game. Author, AJ Layden says: “Seeing as the game was proving to be a little tough for some players I have added an option to select the difficulty in the “race for position” mode. … Super Monza Grand Prix (VIC 20) gets difficulty update
Earlier this year when appearing on the news, it was noticed that Andrew Gwynne MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health had a VIC-20 on his desk. We reached out to Mr Gwynne, not to ask about his ideas for health policies, but to chin-wag about old Commodore computers! Was the VIC-20 your first computer? Yes, … An Interview with Andrew Gwynne MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health and VIC-20 lover!
Fans of the game H.E.R.O are in for a treat, as versions of the game are being released or developed for Atari 7800 and VIC-20 machines. A.R.T.I for the Atari 7800 was developed by MuddyVision and a demo is available to download on the AtariAge forums. The developer says, “A.R.T.I. is my take on a … New versions of H.E.R.O for Atari 7800 and VIC-20 coincidentally being made by unrelated devs
A few years ago we did a round-up of 20 great Vic-20 Homebrew games. Well, in the last few years the humble Vic has seen a great number of new games. Many of these games will require memory expansions, if you are running on real hardware, but all should run fine on emulators such as … 20 MORE great Vic-20 homebrew games
Here’s a brief run down of recent ports, home-brew and indie games from the last few weeks. Check out the video at the end, and if you’ve made a game for a retro machine that you’d like us to cover please let us know Beethoven’s Revenge (ZX Spectrum) Check out our news article here Blockman … Awesome Retro Homebrew and Indie games from May 2022