The Vic-20 launching Oct 2020

[orion70]

Maybe it was already asked, but - can a the64 board fit an original VIC shell?

[English Invader]

Just got news that my TheVIC-20 has been dispatched and that I'm due to receive it tomorrow .

[Vic20-Ian]

Awaiting news from Amazon...says arriving tomorrow...but no dispatch yet?

[prowlr]

I tried ordering one recently but Amazon told me it is not available for my country

[AndyH]

Mine says it is being delivered between now, and a little while, but definately today

[majikeyric]

I will get mine tomorrow!

[Vic20-Ian]

Amazon failed - they emailed to say not sent out yet but it is being prepared...I guess it will be here next Wednesday.

[beamrider]

Mine arrived this morning, but it's going away for Christmas.

[English Invader]

Mine arrived this morning, but it's going away for Christmas.

That's not a bad idea. I've got a BBC Master 128 on my desk at the moment and it's not coming off any time soon. TheVIC-20 can wear a Christmas hat and a reindeer jumper.

[mingle]

Anyone in the UK willing to buy one for me and post it on to me in Australia?

I'll cover all costs...

Cheers,

Mike.

[Robbie]

Anyone in the UK willing to buy one for me and post it on to me in Australia?

I'll cover all costs...

Cheers,

Mike.

I'm happy to do this for you Mike. Drop me a PM.

[Kweepa]

I got mine a couple of weeks ago. It looks terrific, particularly with the PET style keys! But I haven't had a chance to play with it yet.

[Vic20-Ian]

Received mine today at 2pm and fired it up.

I am delighted to report it is very good and worth it as a first impression.

The keys are ok but it is a little odd seeing the PET font on the modern shape key. It leads you to expect the heaviness and PET clack but they lack a bit of the weight and sound similar to the C64 or later Vic20 keys.

The joystick is much improved micro switch over the C64 Mini one I had previously.

The UI is a little odd when configuring with the joystick buttons - it had me pressing button 1 then 4 then Fire for similar enter type operations.

The Carousel is great booting up to Annihalator by Llamasoft first in the Queue.

The only annoying thing so far is the Carousel theme music is from the C64 and not a good ole Vic20 tune.

So far - very good. More after work

[Vic20-Ian]

Lots of fun with TheVic20 this evening

29 Vic20 games mostly from Llamasoft, Imagine, Arctic and Pixel and 36 C64 Games on the Carousel.

If you want to play some 8k, 16k or more games then create a text file on a memory stick in your games expanded directory called: thec64-default.cjm with the following contents:

X:vic,pal,fullheight,35k
J:1*:JU,JD,JL,JR,JF,JF

This worked for me with a directory of D64 files e.g. the Miklos trained collection.

Manual for TheC64 (same as TheVic20) with more configuration switches.
https://retrogames.biz/thec64/support/manuals-thec64


For single file cartridges name them .crt e.g. Gorf.crt but also add _MVTP for Machine Vic20 Type Pal etc.

Multipart cartridges need to be loaded from Vic20 Basic and then use the loading interface and load part 1 first then part .a0 second and it should start (not tried this yet)


Vic20 Games on the Carousel

Abductor, Andes Attack, Arcadia, Bewitched, Blitzkrieg, Brainstorm, Catcha Snatcha, Connect 4, Encounter, Frantic, Frog Chase, Gridrunner,Harvester,Headbangers Heaven, Hell Gate, Laser Zone, Martians, Matrix, Mega Vault, Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time, Psychedelia, Snake, Starquest, Subspace Striker, Tank Battle, Traxx, Wacky Waiters, Zor

C64 Games on the Carousel

Alleykat, Bear Bovver, Boulder Dash, California Games, Chips Challenge, Cyberdyne Warrior, Cybernoid II, Destroyer, Firelord, Galencia Mini, Gribblys , ay Out, Heartland, Impossible Mission, I, Iridis Alpha, Jumpman, Mega Apocalypse, Nebulus, Netherworld, Paradroid, Pitstop II, Planet of Death, Robin of the Wood, Speedball 2, Spindizzy, Street Sports Baseball, Street Sports Basketball, Summer Games II, Super Cycle, Sword of Fargoal, Temple of Apshai Trilogy, The Arc of Yesod, Uridium, Winter Games, World Games, Zynaps

[Vic20-Ian]

There is a review in here and chance to win one.

https://popularretro.com/wp-content/upl ... tro-05.pdf