Homebrew
The term Homebrew is using recently encountered in the retro scene. A homebrew version refers to a computer program that is not officially licensed by the manufacturer or publisher or as an official conversion of a computer platform (including consoles or handheld systems such as e.g. Atari 2600 or Gameboy). Hombrew software are developed by a programmer or team as a hobby or fan project and is usually free of charge as a public domain (PD) or Freeware.
Often well-known games are converted faithfully from arcade machines or video game consoles for computer systems, for which there was previously no official and faithful implementation. Or existing games are modified or extended, so that there is for example an unofficial follower game.
Furthermore, new, available storage media of recent years have created possibilities for the old home computer systems that did not exist in the 1980s and 1990s, making it possible for today's programmers to develop perfect conversions that could not exist due to earlier memory limitations (e.g. for graphics or music). With the C64, earlier limitations are removed by the use of, for example, modern cartridges like EasyFlash or memory cards.
Also there are always new ideas of hobby programmers, which are often implemented as a computer game or C64 game, sometimes with programming aids or game creation programs such as S.E.U.C.K., as a hobby project, and these are then published for free as a digital .D64 image for emulators in the Internet on scene websites, such as the CSDb, as download.
C64 Fan Projects (Selection)[edit | edit source]
Some well-known and interesting Hombrew versions or fan projects of the last years are:
- Bellringer (2003)
- Color Catcher (2004)
- Gold Quest (2005; SEUCK)
- Gold Quest II (2006; SEUCK)
- Gold Quest III (2006; SEUCK)
- Zoo Mania (2006; inofficial conversion)
- Flaschbier 2007 (2007; follower)
- Gold Quest 4 (2008; SEUCK)
- Trash Course (2009; SEUCK)
- Spike (2010; inofficial conversion)
- Prince of Persia (2011; inofficial conversion; only EasyFlash)
- Gold Quest 5 (2013; SEUCK)
- Commando Arcade (2014; inofficial conversion)
- Donkey Kong Junior (2014; inofficial conversion)
- Bruce Lee II (2015; follower)
- Ghosts'n Goblins Arcade (2015; inofficial conversion)
- Frogger Arcade (2015; inofficial conversion)
- CRX Race (2015/16)
- QWAK (2016; inofficial conversion)
- Shotgun (2016)
- Frogs (2017)
- Iceblox Plus (2018; follower)
- Portal (2018) (2018)
- Bruce Lee - Return of Fury (2019; follower)
- Super Mario Bros 64 (2019; inofficial conversion)
- Plekthora (2021)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2021; mit mind. REU; inofficial conversion)
- Puzzle Bobble (2022, inofficial conversion)
- Gold Quest VI (2022,)
- The Empire Strikes Back 2022 (inofficial conversion)
A level from "Bellringer" (2003).
Titel screen of "Color Catcher" (2004).
The isle in "Gold Quest" (2005).
The final boss in "Gold Quest II" (2006).
A scene from "Gold Quest III" (2006).
The screen of "Flaschbier 2007".
A level from "Gold Quest IV" (2008).
A scene of "Trash Course" (2009).
Titel of "Spike" (2010).
Level 6 in "Prince of Persia" (2011).
The 2nd level of "Gold Quest V" (2013).
A level from "Donkey Kong Junior" (2014).
The map of "Ghosts'n Goblins Arcade "(2015).
A level from "Frogger Arcade" (2015).
A picture in "CRX Race" (2015/16).
First view of "Shotgun" (2016).
A scene from "Frogs" (2017).
Level 7 from "Portal" (2018).
A level from "Iceblox Plus" (2018).
Another scene from "Bruce Lee - Return of Fury" (2019).
An screen shot from "Plekthora" (2021).
A scene of "Sonic the Hedgehog" (2021).
A picture from "Puzzle Bobble" (2022).
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