AGI-64

[pmkelly]

Someone has finally done it: https://meanhamster.com/news/agi-64-brings-sierra-adventures-to-the-commodore-64

Was this one of you? Would love to hear more details.

[AGKorson]

Impressive work. I don't know much about the C64, but I thought I read somewhere that the graphics engine was not able to support the 160x168 16-color screen that AGI needed. Looks like these guys figured it out though.

The title bar in most SQ1 screen shots look like they show the score as "8 of 282". But I think the C64 glyph for zero just looks like an 8. Checking the KQ1 screenshot, which I know has a max score of 158, you can see the glyphs for zero and 8 are very similar, but the zero glyph is slightly different.

Is that how the C64 always shows the zero? That seems like a terrible design choice for font.

[Kawa]

Fortunately, the character set on the C64 can be altered, so if you feel there's not enough difference between a capital O, slashed zero, and eight, that doesn't need to be a problem forever.

[cosmicr]

Very impressive! I was working on AGI for the C64 also, but looks like they got a lot further than me. Mine required the REU too.

[lance.ewing]

Wow! That looks very promising. Looking forward to trying that out.

[Crispin]

Second to this. Paul Koller almost did it, but 4<colours/char in MC mode was too much challenging. Beside, he was targeting floppy instead of a Easy Flash (like excellent Prince of Persia - PoP64 demake); it was too much I assume.

[lance.ewing]

I have been in contact with the author of AGI-64. He said to let him know of anyone else who is interested in helping out with the tedious task of play testing AGI-64. I have already started some testing with SQ1, so far only as far as the escape pod landing on Kerona. Keep in mind that this is the C64, so it struggles a bit to keep up with the animation requirements of AGI at times, so I think the slowness of the animation is a known and currently expected feature. You don't need a real C64 to test on. The VICE emulator is sufficient and the process of loading and running a game is very easy, and quick, assuming you have a pre-built .crt file, which the author would be able to provide you with.

Send me a PM if you want me to send you his direct contact details.