Pixelbrei Games with publishing by Bitmap Soft, will be releasing as of May 1st 'Timo's Castle' for the C64. As in the words of the website "In a nostalgic homage to the golden era of gaming, a team of passionate developers spanning from Switzerland and Germany proudly announces the upcoming release of Timo's Castle. A homage to the beloved classic Henry's House by Chris Murray, originally launched in 1984 for the Commodore 64 and Atari XE/XL".
Prepare to embark on a journey through pixelated landscapes, relive cherished memories, and discover new adventures in this enchanting retro platformer. An upcoming game that will feature not just a single screen with 8 lovingly designed spaces, but many surprises, hidden bonuses, recognizable tunes, a high score list saved to disk, 50hz performance with no loading times during the game, and so much more all coming as either a digital download 1st May or physical edition through BitmapSoft Summer 2024!
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Game was originally called Henry's Castle, but due to copyright issues had to be renamed and further changes made. Please see source for details.
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Because any other new C64 game isn't a nostalgic journey back to childhood?
ReplyDeleteI think that most new c64 games are trying to do new things with old hardware. LESTER and Aisle of the Lost Prophet for example are quite different to what I remember on the c64 growing up.
DeleteSure - it is marketing blah blah. But this statement also refers to my own childhood which was in the early 80's. Games were simple but fun. The games I remember so fondly were made by individual developers. As a result these games all had their individual charme and style. With Timo's Castle we chose to go for game design and not for technical marvel.
ReplyDeleteThough no 80's C64 games had these extremely crowded bitmap styled backgrounds, that is more of a 90's thing, "new retro" even where developers try to show off how much they can pack on a screen.
DeleteTop pic fella looks like he`s from Paperboy.
ReplyDeleteLol, new proposed title: Paperboy's Castle
DeleteHow bout Paperboy Gets Attacked by a Flying Toaster
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0jPbsNcaY&t=11s
ReplyDeleteLegend of Wilf is the same type of game, but free and like ten times bigger.
ReplyDelete1. Legend of Wilf is a conversion of an existing game. Therefore under copyright. If you ask for money for such a fan-game then there is a chance that you can get into trouble.
Delete2. The developer of Legend of Wilf does not give the game away for free but offers it as "Name your own price".
3. If you downloaded Legend of Wilf with a price of 0 then you not only lack respect for the developer's effort but also harm the C64 developer scene with your attitude.
This game is also a conversion of an existing game, but because of his attitude they had to change the name and characters. Read the previous topic.
DeleteWhat are you talking about 11:08. The vast majority of C64 developers still gives their games away for free with no option to donate even.
DeleteI can see why it wasn’t named Henrys Castle, it looks quite similar to an old game with Henrys in the title 😉 lovely looking update to the original though
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