WhirlyBirds - C64 / Plus/4 3D Engine Demo -

Remember the second wave of MsDos open-world 3D games? This is an attempt to do all that in 64kb at about 1.25 Mhz.
You can find the complete 7z file (C64 / Plus/4) here: puls4r.de/down...
Plus4World: plus4world.pow...
GitHub: github.com/kos...
FullScreen Engine Video: • Whirlybirds - C64 Full...

[@datassetteuser356]

Amazing stuff! Always stunned what you can tickle out of that Plus/4 (and C64). Cheers!

[@MarkusGeheim]

Wolfenstein-style 3D on a Brotkasten? Maximum respect!

[@charonunderground8596]

C Plus/4 is faster than C-64 ?

[@strictions]

Actually just 25%.. But we expanded the border area so lesser TED access and a bit faster by that, too. Plus this is a non fullscreen version which naturally runs faster than the fullscreen ones..

[@koba666]

how many FPS You can gain using cpu of connected 1571 floppy drive ? 😊

[@lavinagotu5934]

This is freakin' crazzzzy! :D 1 Mhz still kicks major @@@@ !!! :)

[@pasromano75]

This Is only plus4....

[@root42]

Technically very impressive! If we could overclock the CPU to 4x it would even be smooth! :-D Shows that you don't need much RAM, just CPU power! one question: What's with the CGA-esque palette? Intentional or limitation of the engine?

[@strictions]

Yes, that is intentional. There is a standard "designer palette" of black/white/red, and there are many people who use it when it comes to 3 color palettes. For a fourth color, some people choose gray, others yellow, still others green, and so on. Since we needed a color for the sky, cyan was a good choice. To be honest, I never liked CGA's color choices, but maybe the people who "chose" the CGA colors were a little "wiser" than I thought. For our needs, these "CGA"ish colors worked pretty well and are almost the same on C16 and C64 without any major conversion problems. ( I really tried a lot of other palettes before, btw! :D )

[@Booruvcheek]

@@strictions Back in the day I oh-so-wanted CGA palettes to have just one more color.. I mean, RED-GREEN-YELLOW-BLACK palette needed some form of blue badly, and MAGENTA-CYAN-WHITE-BLACK had no warm colors at all.

[@АўтарівыканаўцаВіктарМіхайлаві]

But how??

[@purplehaze2342]

Why ?

[@Neffers_UK]

They demo because they can.

[@timweis3265]

Wow almost 3 frames per second. Why bother?

[@strictions]

Why ask?