Commodore 64 remake of Atari 2600 classic "Empire Strikes Back"

Date:
Wed, 04 May 2022 06:33:45 GMT

Description:
Fan-made, 40 years after the original. And it is gorgeous.

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This is something truly special.

A remake of the 1982, Atari 2600 version of Empire Strikes Back for the Commodore 64 .

This is a fan-made homage to the original. And it is absolutely gorgeous .

I mean here's the 2600 original

And heres the new C64 fan remake

Right? Right?!

Oh! Oh! And check this out: the game is available as both a floppy image
and a digital cassette file. So cool.

Here is how the developer describes the project on the Itch.io page :

Back in 1982, The Parker Brothers released their first game, The Empire Strikes Back. The game was available on two popular gaming consoles at this time, the Atari 2600 and the Intellivison. The gameplay was pretty much the same on both machines, you flew the snowspeederaround on the planet of Hoth and fought huge AT-ATs. The Parker Brothers did create a game for the C-64 in 1983, but it was more similar to the vector game you could play on the arcades, and it did not have the name "Empire Strikes Back" in the title. In 1988 the C64 game distributor Domark did release a game called "Empire
Strikes Back", programmed by the developers in Vektor Grafix. This version
was also based on the Arcade version.

40 years later...
40 years after the Atari and Intellivision games were released, Megastyle is now proud to present to you:TheCommodore 64 fan version of the original
Parker Brothers game "Empire Strikes Back". We have tried to remake the Atari 2600 version into a Commodore 64 version, but also added our own touch to the game.In this version you have toprotect the rebels power generators from the walkers - just like in the original Parker Brothers game. But on a theCommodore 64 you will have to survive 8 levels and face new enemies not seen in the Atari version.We have added cut scenes between each level, and if you are good enough you will reach theend sequence!

The developer, Megastyle , describes itself as a collective of old-timers wanting to create games on old hardware. And their work is absolutely fantastic. Worth checking out. We are stardust by Megastyle Subscribe now

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Link to news story: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/commodore-64-remake-of-atari-2600


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