Homemade G&W clones from the 80's

MicroPet · Post by **MicroPet** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:09 am

I found a video on Youtube (I'll add the link later when I find it again) that showed some Vic games based on Game and Watch titles.

They are pretty simplistic and are drawn with PETSCII characters. They're also in Swedish!

Anyway, I contacted the guy and he gave me a folder filled with these games. Is it something people here would be interested in seeing?

He also gave a Power Point presentation at his local Mensa group showing his software on the Vic and C64 and he gave me that too. Again, would anyone be interested in seeing that?

If so, I can upload them later. I don't know if they're suitable for GB20 but they might be some fun.

CBR125R · Post by **CBR125R** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:16 am

Yes, please - that sounds very interesting! I bet most of us would like to see them.

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:57 am

yes please post or pm me to send me a copy. Thanks.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:41 pm

They're games. If I don't have them, they need to be documented in GB20 heh, doesn't matter what language they are in

16KVIC20 · Post by **16KVIC20** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:15 pm

Isn't there one on the Mega Cart? Parachutes I seem to think. I need to fire the old thing up one day soon so I'll check.

Kweepa · Post by **Kweepa** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:55 pm

You're probably thinking of this:
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... php?t=2746
Which was written by VicTragic in 2008.

16KVIC20 · Post by **16KVIC20** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:11 am

Yes, that looks like it. A great little game and a nice surprise to find.

MicroPet · Post by **MicroPet** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:09 am

^
These games are nowhere near the quality of Parachute though they can be fun.

Sorry for the delay in uploading them. I keep forgetting to get around to it!

I'll put them up on Mediafire this evening.

PS: I should say that I do have the permission of the original author to share his games.

MicroPet · Post by **MicroPet** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:33 am

Okay, so 'this evening' turned out to be 'in 4 days time'. Sorry for that.

Anyway, finally, here's the link:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/4hio20r8qdql/n/d64_7z

I can put up the Power Point if anyone's interested.

The author of these games is called Lars Svensson. I'll email him later with a link to this site just in case he wants to pop in for a chat...

Kweepa · Post by **Kweepa** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:24 am

I put a mirror at
http://www.kweepa.com/step/vic20/d64.7z

There's a shitload of d64s in there with a royal asston of prgs. I got one to run with a 16k vic but it just animated a dude walking across the screen with "DEL 1" at the bottom. Any advice on how to get things going?

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:52 am

I couldn't get any of them to run either so if someone would be kind enough to explain what settings are needed that would be great.

MicroPet · Post by **MicroPet** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:30 pm

Hmm, I'll get back to you guys. I played through a few of them the other day and everything on the Vic20 d64 image ran fine but I just tried again and I get nothing?!

Anyway, Lars supplied an installer and launcher along with the d64 images so if you're comfortable with an EXE file involving an installation (it uninstalls cleanly) I can put that up for you.

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Tue May 01, 2012 12:28 pm

I'd appreciate it anyway if you posted those installer etc. files; also, have you tried the mentioned programmes with VICE? It could be that I'm using improper settings.