R8ro! (R-Eight-tro)
Eight new mini games for the Commodore 64.



The story of these Games

An annual MiniGameCompetition on the internet is held in the three categories of 1, 2 and 4 kilobytes. While getting to know the C64 better again (after years of coding for the Atari VCS and about seven years since my last C64 program) I had some ideas for possible games in the lower size categories. I thought that multiplayer games, scrolling multicolor landscapes, hectic puzzle games, showing sprites in the borders and other things would be possible in even the lowest amount of kilobytes. To have a goal to strive for, I decided to compile eight different mini games to a complete disk and cartridge called "R8ro!" which gives the owner a variety of different game concepts to choose from.

Elimin8! (Eliminate)

This is a game for one player. Nine cities around a radioactive plant have been polluted. The popluation was evacuated and the useless and dangerous buildings have to be exterminated now. You fly over the scrolling skylines and drop laser shots to neutralize columns of buildings. You can only move left and right while the gravity pulls you towards the buildings. You get more points if you manage to hit buildings without missing (combo scoring).


Winner of the "Gold Joystick"
at the 1K MiniGameCompetition 2008.

www.minigamecomp.org.uk

Calcul8! (Calculate)

This game for two players shows a playfield of 8 by 8 numbers. Both player alternating choose a field and try to get the highest points from the and leave less points for the opponent. Player 1 can only move his cursor horizontally while player 2 is only able to move vertically. So choose your fields wisely and take a look which fields your opponent may take afterwards.


Extric8! (Extricate)

This game for one, two or three players generates scrolling random tunnels which the players have to pass with their submarines. Two players control their sub with a joystick while the third player uses the keys F1 and F7. The distance is counted for every player - so who is going to survive the longest distance?


Affili8! (Affiliate)

This game for one player offers a playfield of 6x6 squares where you have to place randomly generated tiles. After a few seconds a marble starts rolling and it will follow the trail of your placed tiles. The marble removes passed tiles from the field and there are also bombs to remove misplaced tiles from the screen. The game is over if the marble crashes or if you didn't manage to place some tiles within the given countdown time. Try to prepare alternative routes as you never know which tile may appear next...


Winner of the "Gold Joystick"
at the 2K MiniGameCompetition 2008.

www.minigamecomp.org.uk

Pir8! (Pirate)

Man, what a night! You hardly remember anything and try to find your way out of the dark dungeons of what you believe is the cellar of the bar where you spent the last evening. Jump and run along different paths and avoid the dead ends, falling too deep or falling into the pits...
This 2kb game for one player offers horizontal scrolling in both directions with multicolored graphics. The level design is about 30 screens wide.


Winner of the "Silver Joystick"
at the 2K MiniGameCompetition 2008.

www.minigamecomp.org.uk

Loc8or (Locator)

One or two player have to search for a small pattern of 6x6 squares in a randomized playfield. Finding a pattern increases your score and adds 10 seconds to the countdown timer. Try to find as many pattern as possible - and more than your opponent of course...


Sk8! (Skate)

Obstacles appear in your way and you have to jump to avoid them. This game for one player is only controlled by the fire button of your joystick. Holding fire raises the jump bar and releasing fire makes the player jump as high as the bar was raised before.


Elev8! (Elevate)

You control a marble and have to drop from platform to platform. Avoid falling out at bottom of screen and don't let the platforms take you out at the top. Catch as many points as possible and beware of the shrinking platforms.



Technical Information

All games are written for a PAL Commodore 64. The total size of Elimin8!, Caclcul8!, Extric8! and Loc8or is 1 kilobyte (1024 bytes) each - containing all code, graphics and sounds. All code, graphics and sounds of Affili8! and Pir8! fit into 2 kilobytes (2048 bytes) each. All code, graphics and sounds of Sk8! and Elev8! fit into 0.5 kilobytes (512 bytes) each.

Production of original Cartridges and Disks

The games are released as a limited edition of 30 cartridges first. The limited edition contains these items: blue cartridge, plastic box with color cover, instruction manual, postcards, serialnumber and signature.

Disks will be available later as an unlimited run. It is planned to publish all games on the backside of the Shotgate disk, so you'll get all released games together for the same price.

The Limited Edition Cartridges

The cartridge starts with an introduction logo and after about five seconds you are presented a menu which contains a great exclusive music by Thomas E. Petersen (aka Laxity/Vibrants). The menu is joystick controlled, so you can also run this cartridge on a C64GS (Game System). All the games along with menu and music got packed together and fit onto an 8 kb cartridge.


A complete copy of the limited edition.


All 30 boxes of the limited edition.

Purchase of the Limited Edition

The price for a complete copy of the limited edition is 35,00 Euro. Shipping is not included included and varies from your location and the kind of shipment you want.

Payment is accepted through Paypal, bank-transfer or cash (USD or EUR) in envelope (I recommend using insured envelopes only). Germans should pay by bank-transfer only. In any case the buyer takes the risk of the shipment.

All items have been tested by me personally and I ship them in perfect working condition. Anyway I will not take any responsibility for damages appearing on your consoles or cartridges in usage. I'm not able to replace or refund any of the games.

As all the items are handmade there may be a few of them having spots of appearing not as perfect as others. This makes them even more unique and should be regarded as being something special and not as a bug. I'm not able to replace items in case you don't like them.

The limited edition consists of exactly 30 copies, so there might be more interest than copies available.

Please do only order your personal copy if you accept all the mentioned facts.

Postage

All items are shipped with DHL. Please choose your kind of postage.

Destination country Description Price in EURO
Germany Unregistered Parcel 4,00
Germany Registered Packet, Full Value Insurance 7,00
European Union Unregistered Letter 5,00
European Union Registered Letter, Limited Insurance Value 25,00 Euro 7,00
Worldwide Unregistered Letter Airmail 8,00
Worldwide Registered Letter, Limited Insurance Value 25,00 Euro 11,00

How to order

If you are interested in a copy of the limited edition of "R8ro!" and accept the mentioned conditions, then please send me an e-mail containing the following information:

  • Your full name, address and country
  • The kind of postage (un-/registered) you want
  • The way of payment (paypal, bank transfer, cash) you want


    • Please use this address for ordering (replace [DOT] and [AT] with . and @ please). Thank you!

    Owners of the Limited Edition

    # Name Country
    01 Simon Quernhorst Germany
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    04 James Monkman England
    05 Michael Weiß Germany
    06 Mat Allen England
    07 Richard Lecce USA
    08 Syd Bolton Canada
    09 Oliver Ziegler Germany
    10 Christoph Niewöhner Germany
    11 Walter Lauer Germany
    12 Mika Myllyvaara Finland
    13 Fabian Grossekemper Switzerland
    14 Hartmut Pachl Germany
    15 Karl-Johan Nilsson Sweden
    16 Chuck Bremer USA
    17 René Meyer Germany
    18 Chris Austin USA
    19 Bernd Thomas Germany
    20 Ian Baranofsky USA
    21 Zeldin Germany
    22 Bruce Philip USA
    23 Andrew Fisher England
    24 Jörg Raddatz Germany
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    26 Christian Schlosser Germany
    27 Oliver Hermanni Germany
    28 Cyril Denis France
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    30 Kai Darius Kohl USA





    These games for the Commodore 64 were written in 2008 and are (C) by Simon Quernhorst.
    The URL www.quernhorst.de is owned by my brother, who is not to be connected
    with the development of these C64 games, so don't bother him with mails.
    Commodore, Commodore 64, Atari and VCS are acknowledged trademarks of their individual owners.


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