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Michał Taszycki
June 13, 2022
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Let's keep Commodore 64 alive for the next 40 years
Michał Taszycki
June 13, 2022
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Transcript
time We live in a remarkable remarkable
Computers are fast
We are more productive
However
get slower slower Our apps
get huge huge Our websites
about old hardware No one cares old hardware
old = 3, 4 or 5 years! Where old =
3, 4 or 5 years!
this reminds me… Well,
of a certain 40-year-old
Meet
highest-selling single computer model of all time all time
1 Mhz CPU 8 bit registers 64 KB RAM 64
KB
Not produced 20 years for more than 20 years
68 games released in total 41 demos last year
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 2010 2011
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 games demos source - http://csdb.dk
0 320 640 960 1280 1600 1920 2240 2560 2880
3200 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 all releases source - http://csdb.dk
campaigns There are many crowdfunding successful successful
Sam Dyer (MrSid)
C64 Commpendium by MrSid - http://kck.st/1 fi w8ay
New C64C Housings made with Original Molds - http://kck.st/1M5mPtg Dallas
Moore
New C64C Housings made with Original Molds - http://kck.st/1M5mPtg
New C64C Housings made with Original Molds - http://kck.st/1M5mPtg Steve
& Dawn Fletcher
New C64C Housings made with Original Molds - http://kck.st/1M5mPtg
New C64C Housings made with Original Molds - http://kck.st/1M5mPtg
There is New hardware
Ultimate II+
Joystick adapter
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There is C64 Ultimate
There is C64 Reloaded
People Commodore 64 still use
In unexpected ways…
People love
Jerzy Zygmunt
People Commodore 64 love
I Commodore 64 love
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Michal Taszycki Founder of 64bites.com 64bites.com @mehowte
Is among the best Programming Commodore 64 best hobbies I’ve
had
This is how I started
This is why I stayed
Resolution 320x200 pixels
Ultima 2 - The Revenge of the Enchantress by Sierra
and Lord British
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Color Palette 16 colors
Weird bitmaps
Middle Earth by Wayne Schmidt
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Ultima 2 - The Revenge of the Enchantress by Sierra
and Lord British
The Mill by Veto/Arsenic/Oxyron The Mill by Veto/Arsenic/Oxyron
The Mill by Veto/Arsenic/Oxyron
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Enhanced Modes NUFLI MUCSU IFLI MUIFLI FLI SHI
Landing in the Village by Carrion/Elysium
25 Years of Yie Ar Kung-Fu by Veto/Arsenic/Oxyron
Hardware Sprites 8 movable bitmaps 24x21 pixels
VVVVVV C64 demake by Paulko64
Wizard Of Wor by Midway
The Great Giana Sisters by Time Warp Productions
Briley Witch Chronicles by Sarah Jane Ivory
Mayhem in Monsterland byApex Computer Productions
Impossible Mission by EPYX
Total Eclipse by Incentive Software
C64 has no bugs Only features
Impossible Mission by EPYX
Swallow/Censor Design
Sprite Inferno by Crossbow
Lunatico by LFT
Creatures by Thalamus
Sam’s Journey by Knights of Bytes
Modern Demos I don’t even…
Edge of Disgrace by Booze Design
Coma Light 13 by Oxyron
Comaland by Censor Design & Oxyron
Commodore 64 Is alive and well
Who keeps it alive?
Sarah Jane Ivory
Paul Koller
Antonio Savona
Gregory Nacu
LukHash
Marcin Skoczylas
Sos Sosowski
G ö khan Y ü cetur Daniel Stephens
Paul Richardson New generation!
Steve Smit Matthijs van der Klip
Matthew Anderson
Gerhard Welly
Rafał Szyja
And most importantly
YOU keep it alive!
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Let’s celebrate its birthday
And make something for this beauty
game image effect sid fi le demo tune
I can help some of you
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Creators Club
Creators Club 1. We will keep C64 alive 2. We
will create 3. We will 1. help 2. support 3. motivate each other
Creators Club We will use simple tools
Creators Club
Creators Club In 2022 We will create new games
Creators Club Coming soon…