Doomed PETSCII Pacman, Commodore Plus/4

Yes you've got it at first sight, it's him, it's your friendly neighbourhood yellow wakawaka pills eater. But now, in a Doom-like environment...in PETSCII fashion! Weeeird...
Kornél Kolma also known as Ko-Ko, continues to fulfil his personal PETSCII games' series, entering now straight on a universally sealed classic, and mixing stirring cooking it up with something very strange! And what has come out of the pan, in the very end? Doomed PETSCII Pacman, clearly! A brand new way to play against the phantasmatic Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde... And...Zinky? AND DRINKY? Who aaare they!?

Download: doomed_petscii_pacman.prg
Source: plus4world.powweb.com

Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back, Commodore Plus/4

Coders TCFS and Murphy along with Csabo (Music) and Unreal (additional graphics) have released a Commodore Plus/4 version of the classic game Cauldron II. I am a big fan of the first game, and the second one although not as well known, is still a lot of fun to play.

Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back was developed and published by Palace Software as a sequel to their 1985 game Cauldron. The platformer was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC home computers. Players control a bouncing pumpkin that is on a quest of vengeance against the “Witch Queen”. The roles of the two were reversed from the first game, in which the witch defeated a monstrous pumpkin.

“This time the player takes on the role of Bouncey – what a fun name for a pumpkin – who does, in fact, bounce, constantly. Your quest is to guide him through Witch’s castle (more than 120 screens!) to enact his revenge. There are six magical items – a Chalice, Axe, Shield, Crown, Scissors, and Book of Spells – scattered throughout, and Bouncey must collect them in order to complete the game. Avoid all the baddies – some of which Bouncey can shoot down, if he collects the “spark”. It won’t be easy!”

Download: cauldron_ii.prg
Source: plus4world.powweb.com

Blob Fox, Commodore Plus/4

Blob Fox is an action game with puzzle elements for the Commodore Plus/4 that is similar to the Arcade classic Q*bert, but without the isometric play-field. Change every pattern to a target colour by moving the character over it while avoiding obstacles and enemies.

Download: blob_fox_v1.zip
Source: Cascade 64, Plus/4 World

Empire Strikes Back Plus/4 Port by Sasvári Tamás Released!

Sasvári Tamás and team released the Empire Strikes back Plus/4 port today. Here’s a few words from the Plus/4 World Facebook group.

Undergoing graphic compromises, managing software sprites, reducing the color clash at its minimum, fighting against wicked bugs, in the very end Sasvári Tamás, our monumental TCFS Maestro, has ported Megastyle’s The Empire Strikes Back on Plus/4!

After a long run from far, by converting the old classic games, he has reached the contemporary game scene, converting a game released one year ago, and closing his circle of successes! And not to mention the fantastic contribution from Csabo of Legion Of Doom, spending here all his great skills into what we can easily define his own masterpiece!

Download the game here: the_empire_strikes_back.prg

Lancess Priya, Commodore Plus/4

Lancess Priya is a first person space shoot’em up, inspired by the Atari’s “Star Wars” coin-op (1983). Planet Eartha is under attack from the evil lord Luken Faija and his fleet of Battlestars. Lancess Priya is the only hope. Proceed through Space Battle, Battlestar Surface, and Battlestar Trench scenes, avoid enemy fire or deflect them by shooting, earn wave bonuses by destroying the required number of targets, such as enemy ships, tower tops and bunkers, destroy the Battlestar you need to hit the reactor core(s) at the end of the trench.

Lancess Priya, originally a Commodore 64 game, which was winner of the WiLD Demo Competition at Vammala Party 2023.

Download: lancess_priya.prg
Source: plus4world.powweb.com

Megastyles Empire Strikes Back Plus/4 Port Teased by Sasvári Tamás

Yep you heard right, Sasvári Tamás teased a recent video showing Megastyles hit Empire Strikes Back ported to the Plus/4! This is simply amazing, considering the graphics and sound limitations of this humble computer. We’ll let you know more as soon as there’s a release date.

Watch Video: Facebook
Megastyle Website

TED Vibes 2 by Exceed & Offence

The TED Vibes musicdisk got a sequel.

For TED Vibes 2, 15 musicians from 9 countries joined to create music for the TED chip. Some of them are veteran musicians from the SID and AY scene. The result was an exciting and stylistically very diverse collection of music. Brilliant graphics by Pal/Offence, a well-known pixel artist from C64 and Amiga scene.
Download: ted_vibes_2.zip
Source: plus4world.powweb.com
Pouet: TED Vibes 2

Colodrio, A New Plus/4 Game released at Function 2023

Colodrio is a new Plus/4 puzzle game where you sort tiles by colours and brightness. It was recently released at Function 2023, a game development competition. More details here: plus4world.powweb.com

Download: Colodrio

Retro Rewind: Alpharay, an impressive shooter for the Commodore Plus/4

Developed by the team that brought us Pets Rescue for the Plus 4, Alpharay is a visually impressive horizontal scrolling shoot ’em up that sees you power-up your Alpharay fighter with the objective to destroy the enemy robot fleet that is invading your home system. The game features six graphically gorgeous levels to battle through, a power-up weapon system and a great soundtrack driving the action gameplay all along the way. 

Download: alpharay.zip
Source: plus4world.powweb.com

SukkoPera 16UP

16UP is an Open Hardware Expansion board that will add a User Port to the Commodore 16, 116 and Plus/4 home computers.

Source: github.com/SukkoPera/16up/tree/v3

SukkoPera Plus4Serial

Plus4Serial is an Open Hardware Serial Port Adapter that plugs into the Commodore Plus/4 User Port, turning it into a fully-functional RS-232 interface.

Source: github.com/SukkoPera/Plus4Serial

Stunt Car Racer Commodore Plus/4 Version Released!

It was only last week we was talking about the preview version of Stunt Car Racer, and how amazing it looks. Today we are excited to announce that the game has been released! Check out the new video and follow the links below for more information.

Download: Stunt Car Racer
Source: Plus/4 World
Forum thread: Plus/4 World

Wipeout, Puls4r Lost Plus/4 Project

Puls4r, the group that brought us the excellent Lykia for C64 & Plus/4, recently shared a video on YouTube, showing us what Wipeout could look and run like on the humble Commodore Plus/4 computer. You can watch the video here. Download the .prg file below which runs on YAPE.

Download: wipeout_plus4.prg

Stunt Car Racer Preview. Commodore Plus/4

Stunt Car Racer was always one of my favourite games on the Amiga. Who would of thought all these years later we would see a Plus/4 version. Well.. not quite a full game just yet, maybe 'proof of concept' is a better description. It is, however, very impressive considering the graphical limitations of the Commodore Plus/4 as a games machine. Check out the video below and stay tuned for more updates.

Source: kaviolalainen

LittleSixteen V4, A C16 Clone Board by SukkoPera

It looks like my dreams have finally come true. A brand new C16/Plus/4 compatible clone board is becoming a reality thanks to SukkoPera over at Plus/4 World Forums. According to SukkoPera, he's just ordered the prototypes for version 4 of the board.

Features
* 100% Plus/4 compatible User Port
* 512 kB Hannes-style RAM expansion
* Onboard SID (either 6581 or 8580+Digifix) + 3rd joystick port (SID audio is mixed with the TED/Ext audio with configurable volume but direct dedicated output is also available)
* Joystick swapper
* Ability to replace keyboard MOS 6529 with 74x273 (so that 6529 can be recycled for User Port, but that one as well can be replaced with a 74x654)
* Removed FB13 in order to reduce luma/chroma crosstalk and improve video quality (Thanks @TLC!)
* Direct TED output connector (experimental)
* Pin header with all tape signals (think Internal Tapuino)
* Pin header with all IEC signals (think Internal SD2IEC)

Source: plus4world.powweb.com

Airwolf Enhanced Commodore 16/Plus/4

Airwolf Enhanced for the Commodore 16/Plus/4

New Features
- 16 new screens - taking the total to 25
- 5 more scientists to rescue (now 8 in total)
- Improved controls
- Improved chars and animation, based on C64 release
- New scoring system
- Respawn death bug removed
- Infinite score bug removed
- Cheat modes built in
- NTSC fixed
- All still crammed into 16K!

Download: airwolf_enhanced.prg
Source: plus4world.powweb.com

Lemmings for the Commodore Plus/4 Released!

Lemmings for the Commodore Plus/4 has finally been released, and it came first place at Árok 2023 GameDev competition. Download the game from the link below.

Download: Lemmings