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Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
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- MaxiDeal
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Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
- don8life
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Only remember two games!
Vic20 was our first computer when I was a kid. I only remember the name of one game. Came on a cassette - Young Arthur's Quest. I think that's what it was called. It was a text adventure. I loved those things! Still do!
I do remember playing another game. No clue what it was called. My Dad use to go to this computer club/class/something and they would type in the program for whatever they were doing that week. I never went with him, so really don't know how it all worked. Only thing I was ever able to do was make a word or sentence print on the screen and have it repeat!
Anyway, you were a worm or caterpillar or something, I vaguely remember the body being a line of filled in circles. You moved around the screen eating something....apples maybe? Anyway, one color would be good, another color was bad (don't remember what happened!). I do remember we had our Vic20 hooked up to a B&W TV, so that made the game VERY challenging! One time my Dad hooked it up to our color TV and we actually could see what we were suppose to eat. So fun!
I am sure there were other games I played, but those two are the only ones I can remember!
I do remember playing another game. No clue what it was called. My Dad use to go to this computer club/class/something and they would type in the program for whatever they were doing that week. I never went with him, so really don't know how it all worked. Only thing I was ever able to do was make a word or sentence print on the screen and have it repeat!
Anyway, you were a worm or caterpillar or something, I vaguely remember the body being a line of filled in circles. You moved around the screen eating something....apples maybe? Anyway, one color would be good, another color was bad (don't remember what happened!). I do remember we had our Vic20 hooked up to a B&W TV, so that made the game VERY challenging! One time my Dad hooked it up to our color TV and we actually could see what we were suppose to eat. So fun!
I am sure there were other games I played, but those two are the only ones I can remember!
- pacogroup
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I remember a few games from a company called Nufekop (poke FUN backwards). Never could copy them even though they were just load and run from tape. Only when we tried a tape to tape stereo deck did it work
Vikman stands out as one of them, oh the days of 22 characters across.
Vikman stands out as one of them, oh the days of 22 characters across.
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Re: Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
I know this is a very old thread. But to me, I've always had a soft spot for Omega Race. But It's a tossup between that and Gorf for me... Although Jelly Monsters was also a pretty good Pac-Man clone
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Re: Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
Matrix and Gridrunner by Jeff Minter
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- sjakie43
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Re: Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
thats a difficult choice
I would Say Gorf and Cylon Zapp
But.... many more ! aarrghh
I would Say Gorf and Cylon Zapp
But.... many more ! aarrghh
Sjakie43
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THEVIC20 with C64 mode
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- Pete Rittwage
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Re: Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
There are some good ones... When I was a kid I had Omega Race, Miner 2049er, and Demon Attack. These games all had smooth animation unlike a lot of the choppy ones.
- Vic20Ian
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Re: Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
The following games have provided me with entertainment for 34 years
16k Star Defence by Anirog / Kingsoft
8/16k Laser Zone - Llamasoft
3.5k Gridrunner - Llamasoft
8/16k Hell Gate - Llamasoft
3.5k Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time - Llamasoft
3.5k Abductor - Llamasoft
6.5k or 8/16k Myriad - Rabbit
Cart Choplifter - Tom Griner
Cart Jelly Monsters - Commodore
Cart Omega Race - Commodore
Cart Gorf - Commodore
3.5k Escape MCP - Rabbit
16k ACE - Air Combat Emulator - Cascade
8k/16k Jetpac - Ultimate
8k/16k Lunar Rescue - Rabbit
8k/16k Skyhawk - Quicksilva
3.5k Frantic - Imagine
16k Star Defence by Anirog / Kingsoft
8/16k Laser Zone - Llamasoft
3.5k Gridrunner - Llamasoft
8/16k Hell Gate - Llamasoft
3.5k Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time - Llamasoft
3.5k Abductor - Llamasoft
6.5k or 8/16k Myriad - Rabbit
Cart Choplifter - Tom Griner
Cart Jelly Monsters - Commodore
Cart Omega Race - Commodore
Cart Gorf - Commodore
3.5k Escape MCP - Rabbit
16k ACE - Air Combat Emulator - Cascade
8k/16k Jetpac - Ultimate
8k/16k Lunar Rescue - Rabbit
8k/16k Skyhawk - Quicksilva
3.5k Frantic - Imagine
- KrazyKanuck
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Re: Which was the best and greatest VIC-20 Games ever made?
Jelly Monsters, GORF, pretty much any of Jeff Minter's stuff on the VIC (I generally prefer his VIC and Atari 8-bit stuff to his C64 stuff) Star Battle (great Galaxian clone written by the late, great Satoru Iwata), Defender, Most of Scott Adams' text adventures...AdeventureLand holds a place in my heart as it was the first VIC-20 cart that I owned)
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