Commocore

Just had a bunch of #ZXSpectrum + #AmstradCPC assets highlighted to us from an old 2015 blog post, including a very interesting Alien VS Predator mockup (possibly where code might exist). Quick post with links at: gamesthatwerent.com/2020/10/spectr…

Good morning. I have finalized adding bonus to magick spell points by multiplying 1.5% per INT. 1.5% because this is 8-bit assembly so just shifting bits 2^6. Now, 3 weeks of holiday but I cannot wait to go back to #gamedev. youtube.com/watch?v=qhgq52… #c64 #Meonlawel #cRPG

The Who-opened-the-door bug is no more. It took me half an hour to fix it, and the circumstances under which this side effect was happening weren't obvious. Currently, applying an INT attribute into the power of magick spells execution. #Meonlawel #cRPG #c64 #gamedev

The yesterday's night live stream was fun, after I made UX improvements, and using 16-bit values instead of 8-bit values in many many places ...until I have found the Who-opened-the-door bug. Going to hunt this one. youtube.com/live/4Tz1fB6Vs… #c64 #gamedev Meonlawel #cRPG

An alpha of the cancelled FMV racer: MegaRace (Amiga CD32) has been found and added to Games That Weren't, thanks to Dave Arcadian. However, we've not been able to yet get it running just yet - maybe someone can? More details + download: gamesthatwerent.com/2024/10/megara…

It was also fun to learn that one of the guys is listening to my SID Dark Music mixtape while.. taking a shower! LOL 🤣

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Time for a technical Meonlawel devlog 029. I am showing 3 features used to help me linking, compiling and building the game. 🤯🔨 Stay tuned! youtu.be/1YBNw_GBI04 #retro #gamedev #c64 #cRPG #horror #vampires

Today we're shining the Sega Dreamcast homebrew spotlight on an all-original new 3D tactics game, "Gael Force," which is being developed exclusively for our favorite little white box of Dreams. Developer, spacecaptain2, has been teasing the hell out of us in the DC development Discord server with updates, promising to bring us a full tactical combat system along with deep inventory management mechanics, taking place in an immersive 3D world. He also wanted me to let you guys know that he's looking for people who are interested in contributing art, music, and gameplay testing for the project, so let me know, or go tag him in the Simulant DC dev Discord server if you're interested! I'm also stoked to say that he's using my SH4ZAM accelerated vector math library for SH4 to get his gainz and buttery smooth performance! Once I heard he was interested in per-vertex dynamic lighting, I shared with him how to implement the same high-performance vectorization of the diffuse lighting calculations that we used in our GTA3 and VC ports. For you fellow nerds and gainz enthusiasts out there, it's essentially leveraging SH4ZAM's XMTRX API to calculate the diffuse light intensities of 4 light sources onto the surface normal of a vertex in parallel, by loading the XMTRX FP register back-bank with the light directions of 4 light sources as 4 4D row vectors, then transforming the the 4D surface normal vector by them with a single instruction, FTRV, which will achieve 4 dot products in parallel in 7 clock cycles! Anyway, stay tuned for more updates as spacecaptain2 continues cooking!

A game close to my heart in FREEZE #83, which arrived this morning (thanks @FREEZE64UK!). Firetrap was a game I snuck out when meant for a Christmas present as a kid. Great interview with the developer + a lot more this issue. More details can be found at: freeze64.com/freeze64-issue…

Our next Christmas update today is the release of a long-lost Lady Bug–inspired Amiga game from the early ’90s. Mister Bug (aka Mr. Bug) is around 90% complete and now preserved today at Games That Weren’t with huge thanks to Guido Gouweloos and Galahad: gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/mister…

@truthstreamnews @TheCinesthetic That was my first thought as well

@TheCinesthetic Idiocracy

What is a parody that was done so well that most people to this day don't realize it was a parody?

It was extremely relaxing session, channeling back to 1996 or earlier & connecting with the creative me again. I wanted to thank my 5 members for your support. Feel free to join and become a Meonlawel dev insider for the extras: ko-fi.com/Post/Drawing-h… youtube.com/live/QbVtFQEUL…

Update for Meonlawel game dev insiders about broadening the horizons (also literally!), Tir Na Nóg, Mathias Grassow's "Taoasis" album, Twin Peaks reference and my come back to nostalgic game creativity that never faded away: ko-fi.com/post/Drawing-h… #c64 #cRPG #retro #commodore

I'll take you on a journey through time and space to explain the challenges, talk what #BASIC abbreviations are, about the development of the Basic Abbreviator's copy, cut and paste feature, and the game itself. Fix it r0b0t 10! @Basic10L #c64 youtube.com/watch?v=FLmC13…

Although released on the C64, Atomic Robo-Kid's ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC conversions were sadly never to be. There's a playable ZX demo to check out, but nothing as of yet of the CPC edition. Can either be recovered? gamesthatwerent.com/2026/04/atomic…

🚀 Control a r0b0t in a radioactive meteor storm to repair a spaceship hull. Monitor energy levels and use recharging points. Written in BASIC for the 10-Liner Contest 2026. Check: commocore.itch.io/fix-it-r0b0t-10 #homebrew #commodore64 #c64 #retro #game #fixitr0b0t10

I just downloaded Fix it r0b0t 10 (Commodore 64) by Bago Zonde by BASIC 10Liner bunsen.itch.io/fix-it-r0b0t-1… #indiegames

A surprise for Amstrad CPC fans today - Time Lords, a previously unknown early flick-screen platformer with beautiful graphics. Lost for 38 years... and now finally recovered: gamesthatwerent.com/2026/03/timelo…