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A brand new classic slot machine simulation game written in Basic V2.0, complete with a very small assembly routine for animation for Commodore 64. Try your luck and see if you can hit the jackpot! Since most of the game is written in Basic - and since its creator gave you the option - the …
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A new detective game has arrived for the Commodore 64 by the hungarian coder Gergely Sinko, based on code originally published in Creative Computing magazine in June 1979 as Inspector Clew-So. This is a simple detective game where the player has to deduct the identity of a murderer, the time of the deed, and the …
As you can see the old but good Basic V2 is still a great programming environment for making new games for Commodore 64. Now you can play a very old Arcade classic videogame named Crazy Climber known from 1980. Crazy Climber was the third highest-earning arcade game of 1980 in Japan while also being a …
Another classical game has been written by a talented coder (Nello Galiano) in Basic with Petscii graphics. At this time for participating in the phaze101 and RPI (retroprogrammers inside) Tapper jam. It is a simplification of the classic Tapper game: the aim is to serve all the customers in the saloon while trying not to …
Based on the ideas of Lunar Lander and Jupiter Lander, another game has arrived, this time using Basic V2.0 programming. To be successful, the module will have to land on the platform in non-tilted position and at a limited speed, excessive speed or impact with the ground will result in the destruction of the module. …
A new dice game has been created recently with the use of programming language Basic. Each player drops rings of their own colour into a hole after each roll. The hole number will always be the same as the number rolled, between 1 and 6. Rings in holes 1-5 can be taken by the other …
After seeing the recently unveiled game screens with beautiful PETSCII graphics, you'll want to try some of them out. The games in the following collection are ready to play. Ghost Busters Basic (2019, Steveboy) The Great Giana PETSCII Sisters (2022, Vintage Computing Carinthia) Aztec Challenge Basic (2022, Steveboy) The Sky Is Falling Basic (2019, Steveboy) …
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