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FEATURE How John Ferrari's Kids (And Grandkids) Are Helping Resurrect C64 Superstar Maximus Mouse
"He loved what he did and was brilliant at it"
If you owned a C64 back in the day, then you might be familiar with Summer Camp (1990) and Winter Camp (1992), two titles published by Thalamus and coded by the late John D. Ferrari.
Ferrari sadly passed away in 1996, but Thalamus – which remains in business to this very day – has always worked closely with his family to ensure that royalties pass to the right people (it's worth noting that both Summer Camp and Winter Camp are included on the recent Evercade Thalamus Collection). "I've been in regular contact with John Ferrari's family for the last 10-odd years, and I'd been keen to do something new with Maximus Mouse, the star of Summer Camp and Winter Camp," says Thalamus Digital's Andy Roberts.
In a particularly heartwarming turn of events, Ferrari's Maximus Mouse is about to make a return. Pug Fugly Games – a developer that has worked with Thalamus on more than one occasion – released a free game on itch.io called Marty Mouse's Missing Millions earlier this year, and it cau
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The Secret of Monkey Island - C64 Version (sort of)
Commodore 64 Game: The Secret of Monkey Island [d42]. Released on 13 December 2023
VITNO Preview & Interview: Yeti Mountain (C64)
2024 is set to start with a bang within the Commodore 64 gaming scene as Protovision have confirmed that they have secured the distribution rights to Yeti Mountain - a multi-genre interactive game adventure developed by a talented team headed by Russell Mills. Spread out across three distinct episod...
Magic Math
Crossgeposted von: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/3522221
This is a nice little C64 game: you carry a grid with a value between 0 and 9. Catch matching numbers that add or substract from your value and never go below 0 or above 9. Understand? No? Just try it...:
Old collection of C= 64 Videos from games I cut my teeth on growing up
Most of them were inherited from my cousin, who's friend pirated them, and a bunch of them had really cool scene intros.
Forgive the Pinterest link, but I made it back before Pinterest was what it is today.
Give it a look and tell me if any on the board bring back any memories for you!
Old collection of C= 64 Screenshots of games I cut my teeth on growing up
Most of them were inherited from my cousin, who's friend pirated them, and a bunch of them had really cool scene intros.
Forgive the Pinterest link, but I made it back before Pinterest was what it is today.
Give it a look and tell me if any on the board bring back any memories for you!
Canadian YouTuber: One Bad Byte Broke This Game: Commodore 64's "Livingstone, I Presume?"
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