AJ Layden

Scottish, Sci-fi, Gaming, Retro gaming, Computer stuff.

[AJ Layden @Gansteeth]

@DavidDarling Yes, that's right. I had the Mastertronic release. From this humble beginning to ending up as one of the world's biggest games companies. Not bad going!

[AJ Layden @Gansteeth]

@RetroGamer_Mag Chase HQ is my favourite. It set a very high standard. Even if it was half as good it would still be a decent game.

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@DavideBottino @Indie_RetroNEWS @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @hayesmakergames @pixeladdict_mag Ha! That sounds great. Certainly not the usual scenario for a shooter.😀

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@DavideBottino @Indie_RetroNEWS @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @hayesmakergames @pixeladdict_mag That would certainly be interesting to see! Too risky for me though, as it's somebody else's franchise. I'm thinking of trying an overhead football type game so that would be a step in that direction.

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@DavideBottino @Indie_RetroNEWS @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @hayesmakergames @pixeladdict_mag I will probably try a more ambitious C64 racer at some point in the future. Next game will probably be some kind of sports game on the VIC.

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@DavideBottino @Indie_RetroNEWS @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @hayesmakergames @pixeladdict_mag No problem. I originally had no plans to make a C64 version. I converted it to learn a bit about coding on the C64. We all have to start somewhere. Perhaps I shouldn't have bothered to release it.

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@DavideBottino @Indie_RetroNEWS @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @hayesmakergames @pixeladdict_mag The C64 version started life as a straight port, but because the C64 display is almost twice as wide as the VIC 20 then it made sense to simply change the viewpoint and keep a lot of the original code. All the presentation screens had to be redone completely.

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Indie Retro News: Super GP 64 - A new racing game has been released for the Commodore 64 https://t.co/uqDdcHpbr5 #retrogaming #gaming #gamersunite #gamedev #c64 #ec64forum #c64reposts #commodore64 @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @hayesmakergames @pixeladdict_mag

[AJ Layden @Gansteeth]

@Indie_RetroNEWS @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @futurewas8bit @pixeladdict_mag @SabermanYT @hayesmakergames Many thanks for the support! 😀

[AJ Layden @Gansteeth]

After a few months of toil, the sequel to my VIC 20 racer is finished. Super Monza GP 2 needs a 32K expansion and can be found at: https://t.co/tUnCGHlVj5 #vic20

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@ChinnyVision EXCELLENT!

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@SarahJaneAvory Some people will have different opinions. Or sometimes they will just miss the point of a particular design choice. That's OK. It's normal and all part of any creative process. The important thing is to just keep doing what you enjoy.

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Huge thanks go to @futurewas8bit for turning my little VIC 20 games into physical products that you can load in to your 40 year old hardware. These look awesome! We're lucky to have people like Rod at the heart of the retro community. 👍

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@PacBilly Gridrunner is way better on the VIC.

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@oldyzach I know exactly what you mean. I think it was as decent as you could hope for using a single fire button joystick system. Consoles were just more suited to the genre because of the controllers.

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@FREEZE64UK

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@ste_mega The horse game might have been "Shadowfax".

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@CommodoreBlog I used to love playing this online with my 56K modem. Big phone bills back then!

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@FREEZE64UK I had one of the C64 models that the serial port reset didn't work on so I used a paperclip on the user port before I finally bought an AR cart. 🙂