|  21 From Charlemagne! | | Posted by Csabo on 2020-03-23 |
 A while back we reported about the BASIC 10 Liners 2020 Contest, which has just ended. Out of the 31 entries on our platform, a solid 21 belongs to Charlemagne. He's released his creations today; 19 of them are games. What dedication!
Here's the full list of programs: Big Boom (8L), Car Racer (4L), Dripstones (10L), Find A Pair (10L), Flip Ball (10L), Hanoi (Towers) (10L), Jumpman (10L), Key War (10L), Little Picasso (8L), Lost City (10L), Mastermind (Charlemagne) (10L), Mine Field (10L), Move Bot (10L), Please Wait (1L), Short-term Memory (9L), The Square Of X (8L), Trouble In Space (10L), Turtle (Graphics) (10L), Two Gorillas (10L), Vipera (Charlemagne) (10L), Words (10L). |
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| | Won't Escape From "The Curse of Rabenstein"! | | Posted by Luca on 2020-03-18 |
 "We should try to find a place to stay for the night. The horses need a rest." Those were the coachman's last words before he disappeared without a trace. Lost deep in the Black Forest, you soon find out that some things should remain buried forever.
The Curse of Rabenstein is the new graphic-/textadventure from Stefan Vogt, the author of the acclaimed Hibernated interactive fiction series, which includes past Plus/4 releases like Hibernated 1 and Eight Feet Under. It is the first release from Puddle Software, a collective formed by members of Pond and with the mission of creating new games for the classic 8-bit and 16-bit home computers of the 80s. The Curse of Rabenstein is following the paths of the legendary adventures from Level 9, but it tries to meet modern gaming expectations, so that the most sophisticated genre back from the day transforms into a contemporary homage.
 This game represents the goal desired since the first release of the DAAD engine for Commodore Plus/4: a completely new adventure game, which unlike the C64 version, the closest technically, uses hires graphics instead of multicolor to better describe its locations. The story flows quite in a linear way to be enjoyed by adventurers of any skill, and uses a friendly parser overall. You can buy the physical release at Puddle's headquarters, or you can download the .d64 of the game for this and several other formats (Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum +3, Spectrum Next, Spectrum ESXDOS, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, PC) and pay for it with the "name your own price" formula, starting to free download.
This production clearly exudes love for the 264 series machines from all pores, and Stefan Vogt & C. had the ability to bring a high-ranking production back to the Plus/4, something that fans really deserved! |
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| | A Mermaid Among PETSCII Waves | | Posted by Luca on 2020-03-10 |
 Occasionally, old friends come back to visit us to surprise us with completely unexpected delicious gems. Mermaid is one of those friends, and her art always leaves us speechless.
This time's present is a super cute celebration of a classic C64 crack intro, revisited to work in pure PETSCII, playing a SID tune or, if no SIDcard is detected, playing a dedicated TED tune. All this fancy mechanism stays under the 4K category, and comes under the noble signature of Genesis Project. It has been released in the same D64 images, together with its C64 counterpart.
Joyful surprise, Mermaid, hope to see more and more releases from you around here. |
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