It's not often we get new racing games for the Commodore Vic-20, but searching through the itch io website earlier today, we've found out that Huffelduff has released the Commodore Vic-20 game of 'Formula V20 1985'. A new game in that the developer says is a nod to classic Commodore 64 games such as Pitstop II and Pole position.. In light of this news as ever we've got some new footage of this arcade racer which can be found below.
And here's the latest from the itch io page. "Formula V20 '85 is a racing computer game for the 24k expanded Commodore Vic-20. It has been crafted in the style of the classic Commodore 64 games Pitstop II and Pole position. Pick from seven different racing teams and four different circuits. Join a single race or compete in the world championship".
Requirements, loading and running the game:
- A Commodore VIC with 24k RAM expansion minimum
- A joystick plugged into the joystick port
- Insert Disk and type: load "*",8,1 and then press return. After loading type: run and press return
- Insert Tape and type: load and then press return. After loading type: run and press return
- A Commodore VIC with a minimum of 16 KB RAM expansion
- A joystick plugged into the joystick port
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Looks somehow promising! Worth for a C64 conversion as well!
ReplyDeleteI saw this pop up last night. Amazing work. I was unfamiliar with this dev, but now I see from their Itch.io homepage that huffelduff is a VIC-20 coding marvel. Looking forward to going through their other VIC-20 titles.
ReplyDeleteeven a dirt on the racetrack !
ReplyDeleteHmmm... Formula V20 1981 seems to be a completely different game with a top-down view instead of the 3d/into-the-screen view of V20 1985. Fittingly for a prequel (if only prequel in imagination).
ReplyDeleteYep! Reminds me of the Thunder Force series on the Sega Mega Drive. From top down, to side scrolling shoot em up! :)
DeleteIt's a classic genre. I now checked the video and I realised it is more or less a version of C64 Le Mans. A very early C64 game developed in 1982 by HAL Laboratory, which in is turn based on 1979 Sega Arcade game Monaco GP!! (One eclamation mark belongs to the actual title, the other is from me :)))
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