F15 D'Gamma Clone

T.M.R has been really busy with quite a few entries for the 'Intro Creation Compo 2019'!  His latest is called 'F15 D'Gamma Clone' and has been released using his C64CD label.  For this entry, I provided the SID music.

If you stalk follow T.M.R around the interwebs, you may have seen something similar to this before.  This intro is a 'conversion' of a crack intro that T.M.R coded for the Apple II, here.

On the C64CD site, T.M.R writes...

"The code and graphics are based on what was created for that original, Apple-flavoured release but with some reworking for the extra resolution of the C64 and converted to characters at the same time. The music was originally composed by Ben Daglish for the Amiga and Atari ST game 3D Galax, with the slick C64 conversion being used here being handled by aNdy.

The extra colour data and soundtrack for this C64 version mean that, if it were handled in the same way as the Apple II code did things, the final intro would have exceeded the competition’s 16K memory limit, but it’s worth noting dear reader that both machines are running at around the same speed so the C64 could have handled a more direct port."

As T.M.R mentions, the Goattracker written SID is a cover of 3D Galax by Ben Daglish, more specifically, the Amiga version of the tune.  I originally starting covering this tune towards the end of 2018, not long after the death of Ben and intended to use it in a dedication release, but unfortunately I just didn't have the time to complete it.

You can download the full intro from CSDb here.

You can also download it from this blog, which also includes the music as a stand-alone SID file, as well as in it's original Goattracker SNG file.  Click here.

You can read more about the intro on T.M.R's blogs here and here.

Alternatively, you can watch the intro in the YouTube video below!  If it doesn't appear, click here...

Chiller 2 Demo Xmas 2019

I've been working on a game for the last few months and have produced a demo level for the Freeze64 fanzine.  The demo was emailed to Freeze64 subscribers on Christmas Eve, so I guess it's fine to post this here now, doubly so since it has appeared in 'cracked' form on CSDb!

The game is called 'Chiller 2' and is an unofficial sequel to the Mastertronic original by David and Richard Darling.

The demo was produced especially for Freeze64 for Christmas, thus it features some vaguely Xmas music and snow and holly on the title and game screens.  So as to not give too much of the game away, the demo features only the ghost enemy following simple horizontal paths and various other features of the full game disabled!

To find out more about this game-in-progress and more of it's features, you can visit my Chiller 2 development blog here...

In the meantime, if you would like to play the demo, you can download it here...

If you want to play a 'cracked' version by TRIAD, with some built-in cheats, you can grab that from CSDb here...