17BitRetro

Software developer, music hobbyist and retro computer enthusiast.

[Commodore Computer Museum 🕹 @MuseumCommodore]

It's official: Perifractic's mission to buy Commodore Computers succeeded! Mind-blowing! After decades in limbo, Commodore has a new owner!

I personally tried for years without success to buy Commodore, or at least convince wealthy business men to buy it, but I failed everytime, so I'm thrilled someone finally did it.

Thank you Perifractic and team, this is the best news I could have possibly got today!

Commodore lives again!

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Commodore Amiga CD32 -=Star Dust Wars=- DC - full gameplay
https://t.co/y1aiXXoDY2
#amiga #commodore #amigacd32 #retrogame

[💾 Speccy Nostalgia 🕹 @speccynostalgia]

Myth of the Titans progress - almost out of blocks for level 1. I've used a large number for a relief at the top of the temple, but it's worth it for a bit of Greek decoration! #CommodoreAmiga #Amiga #CD32 #retrogaming #gamedev @17BitRetro

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@TonimanGalvez @speccynostalgia There isn't a hint of techno in the soundtracks so far! It is CD based, but then it is a CD ROM game. Once it's done I might look at converting the soundtracks to chip tunes as an option, we'll see how it goes.

[17BitRetro @17BitRetro]

I often watch Charles Cornell on YouYube, with his deep dives into music... but I never thought he'd cover Tim Follin's Spectrum work! Awesome! @_charlescornell #ZXSpectrum

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[💾 Speccy Nostalgia 🕹 @speccynostalgia]

Another enemy added for our Amiga game, Myth of the Titans - a Castlevania Circle of the Moon-inspired Minotaur. This guy is a tank-like enemy #CommodoreAmiga #Amiga #CD32 #retrogaming #gamedev

[17BitRetro @17BitRetro]

YouTube suggested "Coppenheimer" to me today. An online Amiga emulator with built in visual memory monitoring and some other tricks. Tried it out with a few classic Amiga demos, works great! (link to vid: https://t.co/IfdKeBDfKH ) #amiga #commodore

[reassembler @djyt]

OutRun on the Amiga. Latest Features:
- Gameplay: Ferrari, Passengers, Car Handling
- User Controls & Attract Mode
- Scenery collisions & Crash Sequences
- Off-Road Effects

[17BitRetro @17BitRetro]

@Lord_Arse I see they've spruced it up a bit since my last visit. 🧹

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@falken_cat @speccynostalgia Thanks! @speccynostalgia devised the back-story. Without giving too much away, it's set in mythological Greece after a tragic event which you have to fix! The game style is along the same vein of Castlevania, but with 8 large open scrolling zones (scrolls in all directions).

[17BitRetro @17BitRetro]

The Amiga has 2 left sound channels & 2 right, each with 64 volume levels.. but no stereo panning.🙁 I used 1 stereo pair to crudely simulate positional background effects, example here is the waterfall🔊 With CD music this should fill out nicely. (WIP) #amiga @speccynostalgia

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@brazilmugenteam @speccynostalgia Thank you!

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@KennyR1899 @speccynostalgia Thanks 🙂 A new retro one! Which we are attempting to finish off in our spare time; Myth of the Titans. Making good progress, a lot of tools written to ease the development.

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@JohnHen65953721 Some ring modulated goodness in that! 🎶

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@WinslowJosiah @speccynostalgia @gamecactus That's great! Love the parallax scrolling as well.

[17BitRetro @17BitRetro]

One commonly used game trick of the Amiga's Copper was to create a water area by changing the palette blue on a vertical line. Demonstrated here in our game (WIP). Other tricks may include reversing the bitmap display output to create a reflection effect. #amiga @speccynostalgia

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@birt_shannon @speccynostalgia Nice! Just seen some of your videos with the crazy sprite multiplexing. 👍

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@vintagegamer77 @speccynostalgia That would definitely sell it, along with a few bubbles 🫧 etc. I think @speccynostalgia has that covered!

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@richardhedderly @dantemendes @speccynostalgia I think the PC version was VGA - 256 colours v the Amiga's 32 (guess)?. So the gradient would just look better, rather than the dithering on the Amiga.

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The Copper chip helped define the Amiga, and we've attempted to put it to good use with the time of day mechanic in our Amiga CD32 game (WIP). From *intense* sunrise to late day demonstrated here using the game engine. #cd32 #amiga @speccynostalgia