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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 424 |
Donkey Kong Junior for C64
For those of you not reading lemon64 (can't blame you... :)
I'm proud to announce the imminent release of Donkey Kong Junior for the Commodore 64 (PAL and NTSC).
It's one of the classic arcade games of the early 1980s, but unfortunately never got a C64 release. We've spent some time to get rid of that problem.
The game will be available as a free download on Saturday, November 8th 2014.
What are you gonna get? A 100% accurate port of the Atari 7800 version, which is highly regarded as an excellent conversion of the arcade original.
Check out this review if you want to learn more about the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycvw-5r1JtI[/url]
The graphics have been done from scratch to the highest standard by STE'86 with hints taken from the arcade and the NES version, but tweaked to look best on the C64.
The music and sound effects have been painstakingly recreated for the SID by encore and complement the game brilliantly.
To make the wait until Saturday a little bit easier for you, here are some screenshots:
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3187 |
Monster Buster [16kb cartridge]
already a good replacement for puzzle bobble |
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
Ah, okay :-)
Let's not hack this thread any further, then! |
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Shadow
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 355 |
Looks great from the screenshots!
How did you go about developing this, could you reuse any of the 7800 game logic routines (it's 6502 based if I recall correctly...), or is everything recoded from scratch? |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 424 |
Yes, it's using all of the 7800 game logic, in fact it's pretty much executing a patched version of the 7800 ROM. :) |
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
Booh, I was all admiring and then you say something like that! |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 424 |
That was easily the more challenging and interesting way of doing it. |
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Rough
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Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1829 |
I loved to play DK Jr. on that one-game-handheld ("Game&Watch"). You guys rule, example screenshots look very promising. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5086 |
yeah, you guys rule indeed, cant wait to play it and try to relive some of my childhood :) |
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Scarzix
Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 143 |
Looks like a perfect conversion. That's going to be fun to try and play. |
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celticdesign
Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 149 |
Donktastic! <3 Kongs!!! |
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