The Highlander

Super Crate Box turned 16 today! Still very proud of this one. Big shoutout to @royndegroot.bsky.social @pietepiet.com & @strotchy.bsky.social

protovision.itch.io/steel-ranger-2 @pacbilly.bsky.social @logrus.uk I'm pretty certain THIS runs on NTSC. It plays really well.

arlagames.itch.io/arlasoft-soc... @logrus.uk @pacbilly.bsky.social You know when Arla releases a game, it's usually good.

gerla.cc/mappy.html This is an AI assisted game, so it requires 1Mb of REU just to scroll the screen, which is proof that AI developers aren't real programmers. That said, it IS a really good Mappy port and it's the best AI assisted game I've seen so far.

I'm very quietly posting here that I am preparing an Interview With A Developer video. This weekend I had an interesting talk with the developer of the Quod Init Exit games, Retream.

Well, Joan of Arc is out. psytronik.itch.io/joa It looks to be another quality game. Just the choice of character, Joan of Arc is a bit presumptuous. Still looks like a good game. Van Helsing is their next title. Also exciting!

@logrus.uk @pacbilly.bsky.social Remember this cracking game? rgcddev.itch.io/super-bread-...

Almost got scammed today being offered a rare(ish) C64 game. The scammers offer little information, but are willing to agree to anything you ask. They are always in a hurry and ask to tell them when payment has been done. I keep asking for photos and details. When they can't answer, they disappear.

I would just like to state, that last night my buddy Gie and I succcessfully completed our first Operations mission on Elite:Dangerous. We did the Biohazard Takedown mission. We died. Died again. Died once more, but never gave up. Proud as a peacock! www.elitedangerous.com/news/updates...

@logrus.uk @pacbilly.bsky.social @commodoreblog.uk tofay? today!

I had the MAH reference cards printed tofay.

I'm saying that I like this, and I think there's some very clever programming going on here.

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Today, after a tip, I made a Claude project, added the Programmer's Reference Guide (and others) as context and asked to generate C code for oscar64. There's so little room now to ask questions, I have to wait until 20:00. An upgrade is 200 dollars per year. I think I'd better do it myself.

cristiancubillos.itch.io/chromo-shock... Lord! A miracle has happened! Only last week this budding programmer released an AI assisted abomination and called it "Ultimate Shooter". A week later, here is the update. Like Robert Johnson himself, he mastered the art in only a few days. Or he's lying.

Tried (again) to get Claude to help me program some C64 assembly. It is absolutely useless. It attempted to help me with some IRQ code. It hallucinated over 20 lines of code. Then I tried to make it code an 8 way soft scroll. No wonder it didn't get ANYWHERE. I'd be so busy prompting it's pointless.

cristiancubillos.itch.io/cromo-shock Play it before you pay. It's far from being "the ultimate". The code was written using AI. And it shows. Want the English version? Don't use the EN one, because that's in German. 50 fps buttery smooth? That's a lie. It's slow as a slug crawling up hill.

jlemselle.itch.io/duckling-res... @logrus.uk do yourself a favour and play this. I finished it while trying it in the browser, so it's really really short. But is THIS game well made or not? I'm buying it, for sure.

I just unfollowed a Facebook group committed to language (English language, but ok). Post after post had mistakes like "it's size" where "its size" was meant. Or "phone charger's" where "chargers" was meant. If you are unable to comprehend the use of the apostrophe, than simply do not use it.

How many people know about this game? It plays extremely well, it's fun, funny and pretty fekking tough: store.steampowered.com/app/1162960/...

@logrus.uk ntpr.itch.io/adrian-and-a...? So I bought and played this. It looks really nice, and the music is actually good. But boy, is it unplayable! It's very twitchy and there are way too many enemies. Have a go if you can. The guy is on the right path, but not there yet.

@logrus.uk @pacbilly.bsky.social Did you guys ever take a good look at this game? It's very well made and a lot of fun. Bit quircky on the jumps, but a lot of redeeming factors. retream.itch.io/quod-init-ex...

#LogLoads64 Comchinko A brand new, thoroughly inventive, fun and chaotic #C64 game from DMK. Similar to their (excellent, BTW) previous tower-defence game, scoring allows you to choose a game world modifier, drastically (eventually) altering how the game plays. Honestly - this game is SO MUCH FUN!

So that is 10.026.634.000 in 1K mode now @logrus.uk @pacbilly.bsky.social

6.875.059.0940 in 1K mode. @logrus.uk @pacbilly.bsky.social

@logrus.uk drmortalwombat does it yet again. drmortalwombat.itch.io/comchinko

@logrus.uk Just so you know...hauling for credits: inara.cz/elite/commun...

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@logrus.uk Yeah just letting you know that the new Lynx Highliner is totally free now. www.elitedangerous.com/store/produc...

@pacbilly.bsky.social @logrus.uk I don't know if you boys have tried this game, but it is really well made and (I think) unique in its kind on the C64. A proper Tower Defense game by DrMortalWombat. drmortalwombat.itch.io/trenchangle

store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/... Replaced came out today. Worth a wee look. It's not cheap but not over the top.

@logrus.uk @pacbilly.bsky.social This is frightfully off-topic, but yesterday I learned (no hoax) that there is a Dutch football player named Jizz Hornkamp. Yes. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizz_Ho...

Played a round of Overload for the first time this afternoon. Seemingly not so interesting at the start, but it gets a lot better once auto load and auto fire kick in. Give this a try. It's really fun. Essentially a management game. drmortalwombat.itch.io/overload

Going to see Back To The Future in the cinema this evening. How cool is that?

Elite:Dangerous has new exobiology: Radicoida Unica. Three known planets have it. When you land there, you are shifted in time. Proven by the shift of daylight before and after you land, and also the position of planets (like in sol) before and after you land. Bug or Feature? We don't know.

Here is my reminder to you to play Polybius by Llamasoft in VR. Today. store.steampowered.com/app/906120/P...

Soft scrolling in text mode is always such a mystery so I am attempting with this video to explain the ins and outs. It's a work in progress, so I'll come back to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-YZ...

I have a Chromebook. ChromeOS on a device that is hardly more than a glorified phone with a keyboard. I discovered today that it can run Linux on a container. I'm running VSCode with Acme assembler and VICE now. Why did I not know this sooner? Very pleased :)

It's out, friends! It's out! Four American dollars or your regional equivalent. Just picked it up and bout to give it whirl on the ole Kung Fu Flash. psytronik.itch.io/musketeer

Not quite sure if I have always really understood this. But when you bank out the Kernal ROM on a Commodore 64 to copy in sprite data or a custom character set for instance, it is important to bank the ROM back in. An NMI might occur that calls a Kernal routine causing a crash.

Just beat the Factory level of Quod Init Exit IIo retream.itch.io/quod-init-ex...

Just for those who are nerdy enought to be interested. I managed to compile and run the ZooManiaPreview code last night. Took me all day. C code and assembly compiled by CC65 using MS VSCode and VS64 extension. csdb.dk/release/?id=...

I'm going to go for it. X4: Foundations. It's on sale on Steam for 70% off. Now's the time to try. store.steampowered.com/app/392160/X...

@logrus.uk Donut Dodo FANTASTICO is in the works. If you love retro, get Donut Dodo (the first one). The music will blow you away. store.steampowered.com/app/3792070/...

@logrus.uk do you know this? lazycow.itch.io/wolfling

The HEART OF NEON Blu-ray Kickstarter is LIVE! Go get yours now : www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok... #heartofneon #jeffminter #videogames #indiedev #retrogaming #GamingCommunity #blueskygamers

Just backed this: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

Out next Friday (May 2)👾 This album simply doesn't slow down⚡️ and I can't wait to share it with you! BC download includes 💾WAV/FLAC/MP3 + 3 alternative tracks for #C64 & Amiga. Pre-orders also count toward the Official Charts. Support the release here: lukhash.bandcamp.com/album/home-a...

This is my Elite:Dangerous www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Ec...