Commodore 64 Round Up: December 2024 - The End of an Era

[@Kordanor]

Cool Overview, thank you! I also like that you are somewhat critical, giving your own opinion. While I can understand people who don't want to demotivate indie developers, an "Everything is awesome!" presentation you see elsewhere doesn't actually feel very informative.

[@RetroGamerNation]

Thanks for picking this up as it is such an important part of the 'review' process. Balanced and constructive critiquing is a must in order to ensure that the quality of game titles for any given platform continues to improve. No one benefits if we just end up with a big collection of 'shovelware' titles.

[@txtworld]

Agreed ... that's Louie's great strength

[@tROnIx-tECh]

Great Video. Thank you👍🏻👍🏻

[@BoredDogGames]

Great final update, Louie. Looking forward to the new format next year and have a great Christmas

[@1luarluar1]

nicely done. The last game is inspired by Fist 2, one of my favourite game of all time.

[@DonVintaggio]

17:42 The Larry clone even uses phrases from the original (Kent sent me).Great report and the art section is outstanding as usual.

[@RetroGamerNation]

I think I saw a post the other day where someone was talking about actually doing a Larry game for the C64 next year.

[@markhindsbo7876]

Excellent update on the C64 scene. Thank you!

[@merman1974]

Enjoyed the tutorial from Robert, interesting stuff. Flimbo's Quest uses four character sets to provide its brilliant parallax scrolling.

[@rwxdesigns]

Flimbo does indeed use 4 character sets just like games like Hawkeye, but Salamander (IMO) I think is more impressive given its constant copying of data across the two double-buffered scrolling screens for the animation. Add to that the parallax starfield, the sprite multiplexing and the music/fx, it's a nice bit of work and no surprise it slows down from time to time. However, glad you liked tutorial in its basic form. It is a bit more involved from a coding perspective, but I didn't want to break down into such a low level - I will keep that on my own channel.

[@rwxdesigns]

Congratulations on hitting 10,000 subscribers Louie ! 👏 All the best for Christmas and the New Year.

[@1stacbats]

Nice one, enjoyed the RWX piece too🎉

[@RetroGamerNation]

I can't thank Robert enough for contributing. I was really happy to be able to bring Coder's Corner back for one more time.

[@reinhard3209]

Thanks a lot for all these great videos you provided us with in 2024 and congrats to the 10k! 🙏👍😉

[@RetroGamerNation]

Hey yeah, at some point I reached 10K subs...thanks for the shout out

[@chainreaction8977]

Absolute champion.

[@michaelhill6453]

More brilliance. Thank you.

[@richpickings2845]

Great insight into the character animations explanation. Fun fact here, the spinning circle of dots on the Windows boot up is also character animation.

[@retro_noix]

Nice c64 updates. It's a great way to end this fantastic year in the c64 scene.

[@phantomharlock999]

Soiled Iron looks awesome! Merry Christmas!

[@mattcole6230]

Great episode here's to 2025!

[@fleischgemuese-vn7xs]

Thanks for featuring Orbix…

[@txtworld]

Louie, another great presentation, although I found the coders corner a little dry. I value your channel for its light relief - and the charm, warmth, honesty, and dry wit of your no-nonense reviews and commentary. If I want to brush up on my C64 coding, this isn't the place I'll go ... I'll instead head over to Robin's 8-bit show and tell channel. That being said, a most satisfying roundup to watch as always. Stay safe, and wishing you an Advance Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@RetroGamerNation]

Fair call Txt, for some the coder's part maybe too much of a departure from the standard content. Have great festive season and I hope to hear plenty from you in 2025!

[@rwxdesigns]

Sorry you didn't like the coder s corner contribution.. can't please everyone.

[@VIC-20]

It's like a magazine. Watch the bits you like, skip the rest.

[@kodiak64]

Special message to Joe of Wrath Designs for his November Lights picture... Wow. Just wow. That is finesse with a cherry on the top.

[@RetroGamerNation]

Great to hear from you Jon. Tried emailing you but it bounced back.

[@kodiak64]

@@RetroGamerNation Sorry for that - my website is down and hence emails are bouncing, but I am working to fix this. My awful webhost in the UK was bought over by another one but it has not made a seamless transition, so I am hoping to move everything to a great US-based host that I use for other projects.

[@jedidiahmorley7842]

Thank you.

[@bortsimons7457]

Larry "Style?????" game? Only difference seems to be the color of the leisure suit. Awesome port

[@boulderdashc6425]

Thanks for you Channel i enjoyed watching though the year. Commodore 64 forever! 🙂

[@kalsolarUK]

I've always enjoyed this format and am sorry to see it go

[@RetroGamerNation]

I can definitely appreciate how a regular 15-20 minute fix of C64 goodness delivered in a magazine style every month would be the ideal format. We've had a good run with it and hopefully whatever I try differently will hit a good spot and still within the same spirit of the long form videos.

[@kalsolarUK]

@@RetroGamerNation Good luck with whatever direction you choose to take things from here

[@freddyh.1282]

I hope it is not over - i would love to see news in 2025

[@RetroGamerNation]

Yes, the long Round Up format has come to an end. I hope to break out elements of this series into smaller more manageable chunks during 2025.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

@@RetroGamerNation I heard the algorithm likes regular uploads, even of shorter videos😁

[@RetroGamerNation]

You're probably right, especially these days. I have a rough plan in my mind how I can do this while still keeping in the spirit of the C64 Round Up series.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

@@RetroGamerNation So far it's been great! And hey, the 64's simplicity is natural for short pieces.

[@Banjo_Kemose]

La scena C64 è più viva che mai! 😃

[@DavideNastri]

Love all your videos!

[@RetroGamerNation]

I appreciate your on going support, thank you so much.

[@clauscombat418]

I was execting the tutorial to show the bitmap data being "streamed" into the charset, copying data from outside the charset into the four dedicated chars instead of copying data within the charset. That way more chars could be used for other graphical detail.

[@RetroGamerNation]

Really pleased that you enjoyed it. I was hoping that Coder's Corner could be a more regular thing but I just couldn't find coders who had the time to put a short piece together.

[@rwxdesigns]

There are two ways you can do it. In the game, I print the fans at different offset positions to one another. The benefit is that I am only using a single routine rather than four separate routines.

[@VonMagXL]

That kind of reminds me of Montezuma's Revenge with a graphic makeover.

[@joshhiner729]

You mention end of an era. Are you discontinuing the c64 roundup? I hope not!! 😊

[@RetroGamerNation]

Unfortunately, this was the last C64 Round Up. I do have performance benchmarks for my videos and while viewer numbers are high relative to my peers, they have been in decline and growth is something that sustains my interest. There will be plenty of C64 content coming from RGN, just in a more manageable format.

[@sd3693]

@@RetroGamerNation Alas! I've been looking forward to this every month. Thank you for having done them.

[@miked4377]

nice,

[@ilmediosu]

It's me or every game has something ripped from old games?

[@rwxdesigns]

I would say it's more difficult to create something entirely new. I don't think it's always intentional, but if people like to do a newer version of a game as a challenge I don't see a problem with it.

[@RobotJeeg]

I finished Nixy 2 yesterday! I was so happy. But I had to save a snapshot in the emulator before the final fight! I was too scared for the fina fight with only one life...too scary! I really deserve to be played. The game says "press cbm to change the music". Someone knows how to press cbm on the vice emulator?

[@RetroGamerNation]

The lower Left Control key is mapped to the Commodore key.

[@jammerc64]

You can fully restore your health in the room before. It's called Healing Font not without a reason 😉

[@RobotJeeg]

@@RetroGamerNation Oh no! I mapped it to Fire for Joystick. I understand now why I cannot find it. Thank you. I will restore che default configuration.

[@RobotJeeg]

@@jammerc64 Yes. But once you enter the final room...you cannot go back! That's why I was scared.

[@RK-fy9zx]

The end of an era? Is this the last issue?

[@RetroGamerNation]

Yes this is the last C64 Round Up ever. I will still be pushing out Commodore related content during 2025 but just in more manageable chunks. Hopefully, you will enjoy them.

[@MeineVideokasetten]

1:49 Onescreener? Onescreener? Onescreener? 🥱