C64 Round Up: January 2024 - Yeti Mountain, HarHaragon, Gridlock

[@orangepixelgames]

So nice seeing new games still being made for the C64! :)

[@nooan79]

Yeti mountain looks fantastic, great job contributing to it !

[@GordonBraicks]

Really can't wait for the Chaos Engine!

[@ancoloco]

Thank you for bringing me back to a wonderful period in my young life. I just loved my first computer, my Commodore 64.

[@rolfedrengen]

Thanks for this. As an old fart comming from 8bit, this is a great show to follow! Iøve been looking forward to episodes every month! Thanks! As an audio nerd, I suggest you use a high pass filter on your voice set on 90-100 Hz. There's audible plosives.

[@RetroGamerNation]

Thanks for watching, this show is aimed at the modern c64 gamer and those who just want to reflect on old times. Thanks for the feedback on audio as well, for some reason this month contained a lot of plosives. Spent a bit of time eliminating many of them but I admit that there a still too many left in. Will look into the filter you mentioned.

[@wimwiddershins]

2:06 Yeti Mountain appears to have a Kevin Bacon cameo?

[@RetroGamerNation]

Yes, Yeti Mountain contains a number of pop culture references.

[@C64_and_Amiga_Memories]

Yeti Mountain looks like a fun and cheerful game where u dont need to kill people to win! Ill give this game whirl!

[@merman1974]

Great to see Yeti Mountain released. Gridlock is great fun, and I enjoyed the GEOS style of Binary Battle.

[@nawletorre7136]

Reyn owehand -blackmail tune 😍

[@JBOpie13]

Very nice! Going to give Yeti Mountain a try.

[@OperationPhantom]

Congrats on the release of Yeti Mountain! Something to be proud of from all involved. Also nice to hear that Reyn Ouwehand still composes SID tracks, here's hoping his mate Jeroen Tel will come back to the SID one day as well. Thanks for the round up, indeed looks like a great start to 2024 for the C64.

[@tonym2464]

Great content as always. Suggestion: Could you get a C64 coder on to describe modern C64 development? I'd love to know how they code C64 games in 2024.

[@RetroGamerNation]

Good suggestion, let me think how to do this in a concise format and who I could ask.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@RetroGamerNationI would suggest Sarah Jane Avery. Maybe a Zoom/Skype interview?

[@RetroGamerNation]

That would be a wonderful guest to have on and while I have interviewed Sarah once before via email, I don't believe Sarah would be up for such a segment. I do have one coder in mind who would be perfect for this type of segment and better suited to providing a beginners perspective.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@RetroGamerNationI can imagine that Sarah is quite busy. She generally releases two or three games per year, or at least it seems that way, so probably doesn't have much time to do an interview. Who did you have in mind for the interview?

[@RetroGamerNation]

I won't reveal the person just yet as I would prefer to have their contribution in place but the coder I have in mind produced a high quality commercial title not too long ago and has been willing to share his experiences with the community in the past. He is a perfect fit to kick off what I am hoping could be a new semi-regular segment.

[@erikrounds]

I really like the look of Yeti Mountain, great job! I'll be sure to pick up a copy.

[@mattcole6230]

The Chaous Engine port is looking great!

[@TheSimTetuChannel]

I just brought colours back to my breadbin C64 (output was B/W due to leaky caps in the RF modulator) and I can't wait to play Yeti Mountain!

[@m0nde]

Congrats on the completion of Yeti Mountain. It looks amazing!

[@maxmirni2768]

i'll throw some $ at yeti for sure - well done - looks mintox

[@briangoldberg4439]

great episode! looking forward to the next

[@RetroGamerNation]

Going to give myself two weeks away from a c64 and hopefully this is enough to motivate me to do more episodes 🤞🏻

[@briangoldberg4439]

@@RetroGamerNation hahaha. I can appreciate it. I hope you get the break you need and come back rested. You're no good to us burned out! Take care, and thanks for all your hard work on your channel. Yeti looks great and I'm looking forward to checking it out!

[@AntStiller]

Brilliant! What an exciting year for the C64.

[@michaelhill6453]

Yeti Mountain looks astonishingly good. I can't say I've seen anything similar. Well done to all.

[@MrBigpsycho]

Another excellent presentation - Yeti mountain looks great :)

[@nukeum9535]

your monthly selections never disappoint. i am always amazed on the quality of the modern c64 development.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I love the hi-res look of Harharagon. Nice crisp graphics.

[@TheStuffMade]

Congrats on getting Yeti Mountain released, it looks great 👍

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

Brilliant start to 2024. Thanks for showing us what we can play so far.

[@RetroGamerNation]

Hi, I responded to you on itch about Yeti but I will double up here just in case. Send me an email via [e-mail] or contact me via DM if you have a social network account and we'll see if we can see what is happening with your save state.

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

@@RetroGamerNation Sorry for late reply. I have sorted it now, thanks.

[@TheHighlander71]

I'm going to give Yeti Mountain a go. It looks interesting. Thanks for a great overview again. Your videos are much appreciated.

[@Charleshawn66]

WOW!!! So many new games and upcoming games for the C64!!! TY for the content. Do you know if any other retro computers are getting this much new software?

[@RetroGamerNation]

C64 would definitely be leading the way. ZX Spectrum has reduced a little since the world came out of lockdowns, Amstrad and MSX only see activity during respective dev competitions, the Amiga scene is missing originality, VIC 20 scene is ok while Plus/4 is a bit anaemic. Saying this, the C64 does suffer a lot from shovelware quality titles as well, which is not helped by youtubers and bloggers providing coverage on them as if they were the next greatest thing.

[@NewFunnyAnimations]

great work!

[@BastichB64K]

Harharagon looks great , cant wait to play that

[@stefanogrillo6040]

After i clicked the like button, 2 others after me. It seems these games are great.😅

[@txtworld]

Louie, shall you be covering some retro Atari 8-bit games in the coming months, with the imminent release of The 400 Mini? As for Yeti Mountain ... it looks like a game with a lot of depth and replay value

[@RetroGamerNation]

As I write this, I would not be inclined to be covering Atari 8-bit as there are already plenty of people on this bandwagon, and further I'd rather not split my audience. It is one thing to cover a little bit of Amiga and Vic-20 for example, but to jump to another brand all together is more likely to alienate existing viewership.

[@txtworld]

@@RetroGamerNation You've a real knack for cut-through, honest and informative commentary, which can be applied toward reviews upon other systems. Fair enough with your leanings ... although keep in mind, your channel isn't called "Commodore Gamer Nation"

[@SamTaylors]

Awesome as always. I’m particularly happy to see you personally involved in Yeti Mountain. Can’t wait to see what comes next!

[@sherbournesubwaymess]

Whaaaat!!!!!!!! C64 Tetris WITHOUT the legendary Wally Beben haunting soundtrack!?!?!? This is a SACRILEGE. It's like ditching Rob Hubbard's score for COMMANDO!?!? The idea to put a 26 MINUTE soundtrack in a C64 game is what made it go from a 'port' to a work of art that completely stands on it's own. ...only to DITCH IT for 'snazzier' graphics!?!?!?! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. AS A 'JOURNALIST' YOU NEED TO CALL B.S. TO STUFF LIKE THIS AND BRING THIS SORT OF CRASS MOLESTATION OF CLASSICS FRONT/CENTRE IN THE RETRO GAMING WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bugjamdrm6747]

Yeti Mountain looks totally marvellous - but how could they use ROM charset in such a sophisticated game?! Please please have someone create a custom font for it - then it will be perfect

[@PerpetualTiredness]

What physical media are these games made for, do they load from a floppy disk or cartridge?

[@RetroGamerNation]

Depends on the game. Where the digital image is in a D64 format then these could be transferred onto a floppy disk. If the digital image is a CRT then you would be looking to use a modern day storage emulation cartridge such as the Kung Fu Flash or Ultimate II+. Unless you are specifically looking for the most authentic experience of using a 1541 or 1571 disk drive, I would recommend you initially invest in a Kung Fu Flash cart as this will also load D64 and PRG file images. Ultimate II+ is the top of the range and can do more, including playing multi-load/multi-disk games but is a lot pricier and supply is often limited.

[@Dogboy73]

NEWB ALERT - got my Commodore 64 when I was 11 in 1984. I'm 50 now! 😕Always had a huge soft spot for it. But, how are these games made and how can you play? Are they using C64 architecture and coding but with unlimited memory? No way this stuff is 64k, right? Anyway, I'm just pleased I still love this stuff in Commodore 2024 🙂

[@RetroGamerNation]

While Yeti Mountain is close to 500kb in size running off a cartridge all other games within this episode fit within the 64k limit.

[@txtworld]

@@RetroGamerNation Does Yeti Mountain run within the 64K memory limit, or does it require the RAM expansion unit (REU)?

[@RetroGamerNation]

Yeti Mountain runs on stock standard C64 models. No REU is required.

[@CRYPTO-LUCK]

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