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Penultimate Fantasy
Basically I wanted to test how a Final Fantasy clone would work on the C64. And it's quite possible to pull of. The game uses an unusual control scheme, with cursor keys/return or A/S/L/ There's even a well done screen! The game comes as .D64 image. Load and run the file "PF" in your favourite emulator. And wait a bit ;) |
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GDC7: Growth - A spring prelude
The theme this time: Puzzle Game and Spring. I actually managed to win this round. Yay! Grow the plant towards the window. Make sure to use at least 75% of the available plant parts. 5 stages to solve. |
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Love Shift
Earn money in the chocolate heart factory. Maintain the big machine, keep it going and produce the required number of packaged chocolate hearts. Jump back and forth and repair the broken parts which mess up the production. |
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The Journey
A programming competition over at TIGsource.com. One month's time to assemble a game from provided art, sound and music. You were only allowed to use the provided assets, nothing else. The result: A little Jump'n'Run with a certain twist ;) Fight on, enhance your skills and earn knowledge! Controls are freely choosable, 4 and a half bosses to fight and you better have a strong stomach. Have fun! |
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Caverns of Venus
Infiltrate the enemy caverns and rescue your fellow agents. Wreak as much havok as possible. Move with cursor keys, aim with the mouse, press left button to shoot, right button to drop a grenade (once you picked up some). As usual the complete source code is included. |
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Doom Runner
And again Ludum Dare. The theme: Advancing Wall of Doom If you know the movie Running Man, you know the story. You're taking part in a deadly game show. Run for your life, grab prizes and money. Unstoppable behind you is a spike wall. Stop too often and you are done for. Full source code is included. |
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Retro Remakes 2008 #1: Parallax Remake
Finally the 3 months are over. Remake #1 is a Parallax Remake/Sequel. After a tedious rescue mission on an alien space station (C64) you return to a human station. But nobody answers your calls and you're under fire. Where did everybody go? Find out, fly, run, shoot, read hints and solve all codes. |
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Retro Remakes 2008 #2: 21st Century Frog
Remake #2 is a remake of an old DOS game. This game was created for the category "A game for Helen". Marty the frog is hungry and needs your help. Click anywhere and Marty jumps there. Catch all flies and eat your way through 10 screen. Some enemies are waiting for you. The game is layed out for Dwell Clicking; this means you can control it by only moving the mouse. |
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Tower Collapse: Detonator Part II
And again it's Ludum Dare. The theme this round: Tower. Oh well. Here's a funny little bomb-the-building game. Place bombs to get rid of an unwanted building. Use sheetings to protect neighbouring buildings from costly damage. Save money and the later screens are a piece of cake. Additional Features:
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Dr. Dobb's Challenge
Control via cursor keys, use the SPACE key to throw an icon or to activate something. There is a final end, so you better get started :) Weitere Features:<
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Joe Gunn Dungeon Overture
Did Anubis set up a final trap? Can Joe escape again? Find out in this top down action adventure. Find items, evade traps, defeat the bosses and escape alive! Control via cursor keys. Space to confirm text dialogs. Control and up to examine something, Control and down to use an item.br> Additional Features:
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Joe Gunn
You are Joseph J. Gunn. Archeologist by passion. By chance you stumbled upon an unknown pyramid in the desert of egypt. You suspect it to be the long lost tomb of the Crocodile King. The king whose name has been erased from history as if nobody should ever know of his existance. Can you enter the tomb, solve it's secret and escape alive again? Puzzles, traps and ancient enemies await you... Control via port II, left/right to move, up/down to climb ladders and hold onto ledges. Push button and up to use an item, button and down to examine something. Additional Features:
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Chain Reaction: Detonator
Plan carefully, lay your bombs and start chain reactions. Free diamonds and move balls into their goal area. Nothing extra ordinary, but comes with editor and 15 stages as well as the full source code. |
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Sentinel
You are caught in a strange world. You can move through several dimensions. These are all guarded by a Sentinel. The Sentinel tries to even the energy level on a landscape. If it wasn't for you to disturb his work. The rules are simple: If you're above you rule. Caught in your body you have to try to utilise soul transfer and your power to create boxes to work your way upwards. Hint: Create a box, create a reploid on top and transfer your soul. That's the way up. Absorb as many trees as possible to refuel your energy. Once you're on top replace the Sentinel with a reploid and hyperjump from his former position to advance to one of the next floors! |
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Retro Remakes 2006: Koronis Rift
On your way through the galaxy you stumble upon the legendary planet Koronis. This planet was used by the ancient people as experimenting ground for technology. These technological modules are incredibly valuable. And you seem to have found the main resort! At once you let Psytek prepare the rover and beam down onto the radioactive wasteland of Koronis. Too bad that the automatic defense system is still alive and active... Use your courage and wit, gather as many modules as possible, enhance your rover with them and destroy the defense system! |
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Bounty Bob rides again
Color all the platforms, but don't get caught by the mutants! Or one of the numerous obstacles. Or steep falls. Or moving pads. Or suction tubes. Ever tried to be a cannon ball? This game has it all and more! Additional Features:
A big thanks to Frank H. for testing! |
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Halloween
For the upcoming Halloween eve a scary little game! Collect all candy, break the spells and find the party room! |
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Valengrind
Your girlfriend has been kidnapped! Dare to enter the haunted mansion, fight evil monsters and rescue her! A game inspired by the old DOS game "Castle Adventure". Move with cursor keys, enter commands and solve the riddles! |
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The Pits
Your customer will only endure a certain amount of cutting. Keep the hair percentage in your mind and also watch for the endurance meter. Move the mouse to move the brush or razor, push the left button to use it. Switch it by clicking on the bottom left part of the display bar or use the right mouse button. You can use Alt-Enter to switch between windowed and fullscreen mode. |
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Love Me Do
A funny game which was created in the meantime. Love Me Do was created for a small ASCII programming contest. It's a jump and run and collect: Find all the new powers to be able to collect all 2000 hearts. For fairness' sake you're able to save the game at certain points. |
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HitBlock Final
A ball jumps up and down and can be moved to the left and right. Every level has to be cleaned of all color blocks. This works only if the color of the ball and the block match though. Skill and brain power are needed to solve all 200 levels. And should you be able to finish all of them you can always start up the editor to build your own contraptions. This version is fully Vista enabled, which means it runs fine under restricted user accounts and sets itself up in the Game Explorer. It however also still works with Windows 95. |
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Eggstreme
A fun competition at Retro Remakes with simple topic: Easter! A avoid and collect game which starts easy as pie but gets pretty tought towards the end! |
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Retro Remakes 2004: Rootin' Tootin'
Clear all the notes without getting caught by the enemies! 16 single player stages, 10 multi player stages and an editor for even more! |
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Aquantor
Aquantor comes with 20 prebuilt levels. With the editor you can build new tricky traps with just a few mouseclicks. |
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Birdie
Clean all the levels (100!) of monsters to advance to the next level. But to do that you have to stun the enemies with your voice first. Tricky constructed stages and different enemy kinds will make your adrenalin flow free! Every five stages you receive a code so you don't need to begin at the very first level every time. The Lord of Darkness awaits you in Level 100... |
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Pongo
Yet another mini competition entry A funny little game as a result from the latest mini competition over at Retro Remakes. Take a made up package shot from a parody of a game review show and make a game from it. Here comes Pongo! Make your way to the other side avoiding the Pongos. If you do step into one you can clean your shoes on a patch of grass. If you reach the end you are only allowed less than three Pongos. |
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GDC5 entry: Stars
I did not reach the top3, oh well. This GDC hat an additional requirement: Display in ASCII. Destroy asteroids and gather ore to enhance your ship. Source code and Visual Studio project are included! |
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GDC3 Entry: Fireman Sam
Rescue all trapped people before time runs out! You have to be able to touch the trapped ones with your upper body. If fire is in your way extinguish it. This forces you to stand still for a while. And right then you could be hit by a falling TV... |
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Painter
Painter is a remake of a C64 game which was probably featured in the german Computronic magazine. Alas it hasn't been found by the C64 community until now. That's why i wrote this remake; to see, if the game is actually nice to play or if i'm just getting old! |
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Ketchup Factory
My entry: Ketchup Factory! Tomatoes are on the loose! Try to withstand the attacking tomatoes as long as possible! Keep a button pressed to rotate your vegetable laser, release the button to smash the tomatoes. But they're coming in faster and faster. How many can you turn to ketchup? Find out for yourself! |
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TI em Up
Another small game: My entry to a TI mini competition: TI em Up Requirements: 160x100 size, 4 scales of grey It's a horizontal shooter, no story needed. Important: Make use of the different weapon systems! There are four stages with bosses and a tough difficulty! |
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Silent Hunter
Your name is not of importance. Your mission is simple: Top secret data has been separated and hidden in several countries. Break into the buildings and retrieve the secret data. The data is usually kept in a green cabinet. You must not be detected. Go inside unseen and find the cabinet. Once a guard sees something suspicious like a light which doesn't belong or hears a sound he will start the alarm. Once the alarm is on you cannot escape. We will have to deny any knowledge. As usual for those competition the complete source code comes with the game. |
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Build a Planet
You're a God. You are in dire need of more power. To gain power you need more worshippers. Worshippers need relicts. Luckily you've got yourself an avatar. Customize the world to your needs and help your hero to collect the relicts in the Caves of Despair. You can change the gravity, wind and light. But these not only affect your hero in his trusty balloon, but also the other inhabitants. With careful little customizations you can succeed! Sourcecode is included. |
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Infection
This game is a little real time strategy game. A body has been attacked by viruses. It's on you to fight back the intruder. Only armed with an antidote you have to revert ill cells and defeat attacking viruses. Simple graphic and funny sounds helped the game to get rank 24 out of 66. One rule of the contest is to give away the sourcecode. |
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Magnetic Fields
Oh no! All your pocket money fell down the sewer! What not? Just flip out your favourite magnet, tie it on a yarn and try to retrieve all your coins. The coins are attracted by the magnet. Wouldn't it be easy to have common sewers like everybody else... Can you retrieve all your money? One rule of the contest is to give away the sourcecode. It's inside the .zip with the binaries. |