VIC-20 Software Releases of 2010

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Name: the Dungeon of Doom - RPG Creator
Typed in from the Book "Write Your Own Fantasy Games", Usborne Publishing, 1984
Debugged and converted to disk by Ghislain
Released (final all-disk version): April 18, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 + 24K RAM
Description: Funny, colourful, and comprehensive RPG creator, including dungeon and character generators - both with excellent graphics!

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Download:
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Original book with instructions and BASIC listings.

To create your own RPG, just follow the simple instructions on the book.
Discussion here.
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Name: Fontastic
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Released: May 12, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (no memory expansion required)
Description: A custom font loader and editor.

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Download:Fontastic

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MANDEL V2

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Name: MANDEL V2
Author: Mike
Released: June 9th, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 with +8K RAM expansion; disc drive
Description: fast Mandelbrot fractal generator

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Download: Disk, and Source

Discuss this program here.
Last edited by Mike on Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:00 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Name: Night of the Ninja
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Released: June 11, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (no memory expansion required)
Description: A stealthy ninja must infiltrate fortresses.

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Download:Nightofthe Ninja.zip

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Name: Odi Est Amo
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Released: June 11, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (no memory expansion required)
Description: You will hate this game.

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Download: Odi Est Amo.zip

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Name: FIFA WORLD CUP 2010
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Released: June 26, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (no memory expansion required)
Description: FIFA's unofficial VIC 20 football/soccer game

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Download: FIFA.zip

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Name: fcbpaint-0.5
Author: tlr
Release Date: May 21, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (PAL) with 32Kb expansion.
Download: fcbpaint-0.5.zip

Description:
This is a preview of an editor for a new graphics mode I've been working on for a while.

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Name: Q*LOAD V0.1/U
Author: tlr
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 with 8Kb expansion, tape drive and floppy drive.
Download: qload_tape_master-0.1.zip

Description:
Q*LOAD is a tape loader / mastering tool for the Vic-20.

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Name: raw tape transfer 1.0
Author: tlr
Release Date: 2010-07-01
Requirements: VIC-20, unexpanded
Download: raw_tape_transfer-1.0.prg

Description:
Tool to transfer files from tape to disk, including tape headers.
Useful for analysing original games.
Can transfer any memory region on an unexpanded vic.

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Name: TGA - The Great Adventure
Author: C64 original Italian version (c)1983 by Alessandro Castellari
Conversion from C64, English translation, and graphics by Orion70. Static graphics done with Minigrafik and PGM Import by Mike. Bootloader by Mike (modified from the VICtoria Gold boot prg).
Released (final version): August 5, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 + 24K RAM
Description: Conversion from the Commodore 64 of a classic Italian multiple-choice text RPG written by Alessandro Castellari in 1983. Try it on your VIC with the nice graphics of hi-res and multi-colour screens.

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To play, simply type LOAD"*",8 and RUN. Wait for the title screen to load, then press any key, and follow both the in-game directions and your instinct :wink: .
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Name: PILLOW FIGHT
Author: Jeffrey Daniels
Released: August 16, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (no memory expansion required)
Description: An action game where you bounce off the boundaries.

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Download: PillowFight.zip

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MAXIGRAFIK

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Name: MAXIGRAFIK
Author: Mike and tokra
Released: August 28th, 2010
Requirements: PAL VIC-20 with +24K RAM expansion, or more; disc drive
Description: BASIC extension for true 208x256 hires graphics

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Download: Disk

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Last edited by Mike on Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:01 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Post by vicassembly »

Name: BALLS TO THE WALLS
Author: Jonathan Andrews
Released: September 15, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (16K expansion required)
Description: An action game where you break through barriers and try to master all 34 screens.

Download: Balls to the Walls

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Post by Kananga »

Name: VIN
Author: Arndt Muehlenfeld
Released: November 19, 2010
Requirements: VIC-20 (24K expansion required), Joystick or Mouse
Optional: SD2IEC / RTC, FE3, Protovision 4-player adapter
Description: A GUI file browser.

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Read more and discuss VIN here: Discussion

EDIT:
Update for release 2.
Last edited by Kananga on Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:20 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Name: Break-Out!
Author: Robert Hurst
Released: October 11, 2010
Requirements: VIC 20 with 8K RAM expansion
Description: A BREAKOUT clone.

Source:
GitHub

Download:
breakout.prg

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Last edited by rhurst on Fri Sep 02, 2022 4:56 am, edited 2 times in total.
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