One of C64s most heart breaking stories - a fully completed and faithful Commodore 64 port of Parasol stars was lost forever when the developer - Colin Porch's wife destroyed all his disks in an argument. The story was the subject of an infamous cover up, reported by Ocean and Zzap magazine as a burglery, but has recently been covered in great detail by Games that Weren't and Commodore Format which I recommend you read more about if you haven't already.
Could the story have a final twist in the tale? As yesterday Doc Cosmos developer Simon Jameson has revealed he has been working on his own port of Parasol Stars, and has even shown off some early demo footage for us all.
I mentioned yesterday about a port I started of Parasol Stars for the #C64. Here's the latest WIP build before I put it on hold. Definitely going to look into getting some sound and graphics help to complete this when I'm done with Doc #retrogames #EverythingC64 pic.twitter.com/v6va23Qmk9— Simon Jameson (@EvoluteGames) May 10, 2019
Thanks for all the kind words and offers of support for this. It's inspired me to carry on with this for sure, the appetite is definitely there. I will finish my work on Doc Cosmos 2 first and then I will reach out to those that have offered help. Thank you!! Sorry to tease hehe— Simon Jameson (@EvoluteGames) May 11, 2019
I am already super hyped for his original game series: "Doc Cosmos" one of this year's entries in the 16KB Cart compo by @RetroGamerCD which is available now on itch.io and the sequel "Doc Cosmos 2" - currently in development - and which uses an enhanced version of the Doc Cosmos engine to support smooth scrolling and the unique PETSCI time shifting mechanic... Simon has announced that following Doc Cosmos 2 he WILL continue to develop Parasol Stars - and who knows.. one of the saddest stories in Commodore game development history could get a happy ending after all!
We'll post more on this story as it develops. But feel free to follow @evolutegames on twitter as he is constantly posting development updates for his games.
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