A wonderful, amazing porting of a classic on the Vic20.
I had the Vic20 in the beginning of 80s, and then my parents bought me a ZX Spectrum.
I was used to play Chuckie Egg on the Spectrum and I am so happy to have the opportuninty to play it on my beloved Vic, my first computer.
I've noticed that if you play a 2 player game, when player 2 complete the first level the game crashes.
Bonus score continues to grow up, with no ending. I've tried the game in both the .prg and .d64 files, on a PAL Vic20 and I used the Mega Cart as RAM Expansion. Just to let you know. Playing in one player mode there are no problems, great work, really. I love it.
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Perhaps just understanding some terms could be useful.
You aren't stupid at all, you just don't know the Specrum, that's all!
"Kempston" and "Sinclair" were two joystick standards used at that time.
My advice is to try again with the "QAOP" option and you should be able to move the princess around.
Q= up
A= down
O= left
P= right
I don't remember if the trigger button is SPACE or M, I must verify that.
As Monster's Legs explained, the Spectrum was an home computer that had huge diffusion not only in UK but also in other european countries. For example, I am Italian and I was (and I still am) a Spectrum user. A proud one!
Enjoy and, if you need any info, don't hesitate to ask. There are literally TONS of excellent Spectrum games available on the web.
If you will understand how big were the machine limitations you will understand why the games are so amazing: coders did their best to avoid the problems or to overcome them to create wonderful stuff. They still do: just take a look on Savage Princess and you'll understand what I mean.
Ciao Alessandro!
Sono proprio quel fumettista là!
Ho fatto la figura del cretino chiedendoti cose che avevi spiegato nell'annuncio, chiedo scusa!
Gioco tostissimo Funky Fungus. Ok, terrò a mente le avvertenze per caricarlo su Spectrum 48k. Finora l'ho giocato a 128, ma spesso mi prende "la turpe voglia" di usare il mio vecchio tasti di gomma!
This is an amazing game. Yesterday I was playing to the 2019 version, I am wondering what the news in this 2023 version.
However, I'm writing in English to let all understand, but I'm Italian just like the author of the game.
Alessandro, non ho mai provato il gioco sul mio 48k. Lo farò appena organizzo un'altra retroserata!
Any chance to play it with a normal joystick+keyboard (without be forced to play the game with a 2 or 3 buttons joypad?)
Great work, however!
Personally, I play by keyboard (also because I am a Speccy user since the '80s) but some friends that usually come to me to enjoy retrogaming can't do that, and I don't have a 2 or 3 buttons joystick.
Take care and keep up the good work!
I understand!
If you'll add an option to play it with 3 lives I will definitely become a fan of this game.
This happened also with some excellent games for the ZX Spectrum, but to me and others born in the 80s this kind of style is like a cheat mode. =P
But please, consider this just as my feelings and keep up the great work!
I've just tried the game on my real Vic20+Megacart (I'll soon get a Penultimate as well). What to say? It's great, the parallax is superb, sprites, title music, sfx and scroll are awesome, especially considering this is a Vic20. How much I love this little, great machine.
The only criticism I give is the "infinite lives" gamestyle. I can't find any challenge in it. I would love a version with three or four lives, then it would be perfect.
In any case, a must for each Vic20 owner.
I had this game on my Commodore Vic20, my first home computer, and I love it. I am so happy that I can now play it also on my ZX Spectrum (I got it some years after the VIC)! I played it on the FUSE emulator and I felt the same old school atmosphere, both in graphics, colors, music and sound effects. Now I really want to try it on my true rubber keys Spectrum, and then I'll let you know more!