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starwindz
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Prince of Persia for C64: 60+ levels & random levels generator
For PC version of Prince of Persia, there are so many custom fan made levels and they are integrated into total pack package, Prince of Persia 1 - Total Pack, made by me( http://popuw.com/totalpack.html ). Total pack also includes random levels generator for Prince of Persia 1.
About one month ago, thanks to Mr.SID, Prince of Persia now can be played on C64 emulation or real hardware. After playing this masterpiece on VICE, I have decided to make PC-to-C64 levels converter and random levels generator for C64 version of Prince of Persia.
Here are some screenshots of the development version. Following levels are not original version of PoP. They are PC-to-C64 converted levels.
- 4D Prince (Kirill A. Terebilov, 1994)
- Jaffar's Revenge (Crazy Diamond, 2006)
- PoP1 Remix 2 (AuraDragon, 2007)
  
* Development page (Alpha version included)
http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40024&start=0&post..
http://popuw.com/totalpack64.html
Beta version would be released on CSDb soon. |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
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what about uploading at CSDb the FINAL version only, after the betatest finishes? Of course a project like this won't be finished at v1.0 and there will be more versions later, but betas are betas for a reason: not completely tested and finished. Who wants to check the beta, can download it at your site anyway. |
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starwindz
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Quote: what about uploading at CSDb the FINAL version only, after the betatest finishes? Of course a project like this won't be finished at v1.0 and there will be more versions later, but betas are betas for a reason: not completely tested and finished. Who wants to check the beta, can download it at your site anyway.
You are absolutely right. Beta versions would not be released on CSDb. Thank you for advising. |
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bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
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Both thumbs up for the effort! \o/ |
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Yogibear
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 208 |
This is cool! |
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macx
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 250 |
The c64 gamescene is alive and kicking! |
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WVL
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 886 |
Looks nice! I hope the 2.4 firmware for 1541uII will come soon so I can also have a go :) |
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Morpheus
Registered: Feb 2004
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Sounds great starwindz! |
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starwindz
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Thank you for being interested in the development.
Here is some test play #1 for PC-to-C64 level conversion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3Gwfe2DzA&feature=youtu.be
(Fan made custom levels: Steven Fayers Level 10)
Basically the converted gameplay works fine but some tuning and bug-fixing are needed.
* NOTE
All download links of the alpha versions in the dev pages have been removed since the previous versions have some problem. |
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starwindz
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I will post several preview screenshots and youtube movies before releasing official 1.0 version.
** PREVIEW #1 **
The title name of this software has been changed to 'Prince of Persia 1 - Total Pack for Commodore 64' aka 'PoP1:TotalPack-C64'.
One feature which would be included to total pack is 'automatic level mirroring'. It means 'automatic horizontal level flipping'. Please see the following youtube movie and screenshots.
* Original Level(Jordan Mechner, 1990)
[Before] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBs5-WOtIpc (Uploaded by Mr. SID)
[After] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBT3yjdGVQU (Uploaded by me)
* Custom Level - Arabian Nightmare(Butcher, 2007)
[Before]
[After]
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enthusi
Registered: May 2004
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Why did it remove the gate? |
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starwindz
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Quote: Why did it remove the gate?
The gate above the level is hidden by a wall block and it is also an useless thing which is never opened. Another gate looks like disapeared. I will check it out again for finding some kind of glitches.
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enthusi
Registered: May 2004
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Looks like it forgot to use a flipped version of the gate-tile. Placing the non-flipped tile at the correct position. |
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starwindz
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Quote: Looks like it forgot to use a flipped version of the gate-tile. Placing the non-flipped tile at the correct position.
There is no flipped version of the gate-tile in the C64 version of 'Prince of Persia' as well as PC version. The gameplay could be a little bit changed in mirrored levels but it would not be the problem. I will check it out again. Thank you. |
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starwindz
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By using this program, the legendary custom level, '4D Prince' and other great custom levelsets could be run on Commodore 64. Since C64 version is based on Apple II version, some minor issues for compatibility are being fixed.
[PC]
http://www.curlysworldoffreeware.com/games/view/103
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/prince-of-persia-4d/
[C64]
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starwindz
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*** Development Preview - Level tweaking ***
Levels could be randomly tweaked by some options such random decoration, spikes and mirroring.
* Unchanged original
* Random Decoration
* Random Decoration + Random Spikes
* Random Decoration + Random Spikes + Level mirroring
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Skate
Registered: Jul 2003
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good job starwindz. i'm following your works. |
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starwindz
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*** Development Preview ***
Here are some screenshots of Random Tournament Mod(Random Level Generator). Pre-defined level templates are randomly assembled and tweaked for constructing the full level set.
The modified EasyFlash .crt files will be automatically generated from the original .crt files released by Mr. SID( Prince of Persia 1.1 ) or Nostalgia( Prince of Persia +9 ).
By the way, the level data format including DOOR TRIGGERING EVENTS of 'Prince of Persia' is somewhat complicated so I have decided to make some kind of user-friendly front-end or launcher program. This program would be run on Windows. Also I have discussed with Mr. SID on his Dev Blog for the conversion algorithm one month ago.
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starwindz
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*** Development Preview ***
The user interface of 'Prince of Persia - Total Pack for Commodore 64' is shown as following screenshot. Modified cartridge files(*.crt) which have custom levels could be easily generated by using this interface. Currently random level generator(aka random tournament mod) for Commodore 64 version of PoP is being developed and tested.
(Under development)
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starwindz
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Prince of Persia - Total Pack for Commodore 64: V1.0(PoP-TP:C64) has been released.
* Introduction
75 custom fan-made levels, random level generator and game launcher
* Features
- Automatic cartridge files generation from custom PC fan-made levels
- Built-in random level generator (Aka Random Tournament Mod V0.7)
- Random level tweaking (Random decoration, spikes and level mirroring)
- User-friendly level launcher(Winvice should be installed)
* Note
- Please README.TXT for launching level via Winvice.
* Download
Prince of Persia Total Pack V1.0 |
