I recall buying Portal by Activision for Amiga at a local shop without having read any reviews before; as a huge sci fi movie/games fan I thought it was a sort of adventure like game but got hugely disappointed after discovering it was "just" a novel. My less than adequate English knowledge back then also prevented me from appreciating it for what it was, so I tossed it in a drawer before finishing it until the day I sold my Amigas.
actually Activision's portal was an amazing experience because yes it's a novel but you're the main character. You're an astronaut that arrived on Earth 100 years after you left and no one is on Earth. You find a single working computer terminal. The "game" is your terminal for you to use to figure out what happened. it's pre websites so looks like 80s ideas of info but I loved it
That's gorgeous. Graphics, music, cutscenes, everything is awesome. I would have played the hell out of it in 1987 (might still do, if I get free time to futz around with VICE...I have a real C64, but my flash drive adapter got killed in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident).
A small live-show on SlayRadio. It's primarily a test-bed for an experimental performance instrument I'm working on. Schedule and info is available here - www.planmixplay.com
It would probably behoove me to add - the show content is primarily playing c-64 remixes and me talking about various c64 related (and non-c64 related stuff). Recently I've finally gotten the visual output up and running so I broadcast a c-64 like output via YouTube.
codetrotter, I much appreciate you sharing links - I am particularly curious as to how you got to the interactive interview. I was pretty sure I currently don't list it anywhere on the site.
Is this a port of the Flash version that was around years ago, or an original take?
Some of the news-splashy C64 games being released are actually just ports that don't fully disclose their prior existence, and that kind of rubs me the wrong way.
I can't wait to try it. BTW Linux users, I personally found that running Vice via Wine is easier than native Vice and worked great. I've been going through C64 games and rating them when I have time...99% of the good titles are great coffee break games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(interactive_novel)
I'm still looking forward to playing this one, though. :)