VIC-20 Games

[Rw274]

Wow. My first computer. Even built my own multiple cartridge connector and had a custom 32KB memory expansion (VIC could see only 16, rest were "virtual drives "!).
So much fun at that time and, sure, lot's of typing code listings from magazines.
Would love to create a high res game cover art database; problem is high res pics/scan are very difficult to find.

 

[mwiggett]

I don't remember which game, but I typed in a program from the back of the reference manual and must have made a mistake. When I ran it, the screen didn't clear, and a 3x3 tile white square started on the upper left and moved Space invaders style across the screen, and back and forth. I thought it was eating my program!

I think I know what you're talking about. It was a misprint in the book. It was missing a : or ;. Don't remember which. I don't remember how I figured it out.

 

[Coin Mech]

I do remember spending winter nights as a kid typing in those listings for TANK VS UFO and ROCKET COMMAND games in the Vic-20 User Manual.
I recently dug out that manual and was amazed to see how short the programs really are. As a kid, they seemed like monstrously large listings that required HOURS to type in.

But yeah. We lacked any sort of storage device, so sadly after a few plays all that hard work vanished once the Vic was powered off.

 

[MrGorf]

Here is a couple of VIC carts I've found. I think most are still at my brother's house.
I remember one game called mutant herd that I absolutely loved. I don't know if it was ever ported to the C64.

 

[CraftyMech]

Here is a couple of VIC carts I've found. I think most are still at my brother's house.
I remember one game called mutant herd that I absolutely loved. I don't know if it was ever ported to the C64.

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HESware I had their word processor cart. The days when a word processor was just an empty screen with a cursor.

 

[MrGorf]

HESware I had their word processor cart. The days when a word processor was just an empty screen with a cursor.

Yeah - I think tabbing over to indent was a big deal.
I had a HES cart for the C64 - HESMON I think it was called. It was a 6502 assembler/disassembler. Started learning 'real' programming with that.

 

[Steve Dodac]

Here is a couple of VIC carts I've found. I think most are still at my brother's house.
I remember one game called mutant herd that I absolutely loved. I don't know if it was ever ported to the C64.

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Nice! I've never seen those HES carts. Thanks for posting that layout.

 

[Steve Dodac]

Just did another round digging into the VIC-20 box from 1988. I bought this for $89.95 (tax free) with lawn-mowing money at the Base Exchange at RAF Lakenheath in England—sometime in 1983. My first computer.

 

[Steve Dodac]

Cracking open the time capsule:



Quite sure I still have time to submit that warranty card.

 

[Steve Dodac]

…and finally, the Euro data recorder:

 

[MrGorf]

…and finally, the Euro data recorder:
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Pretty cool you still have it in the bag. AND the warranty card.
I remember finding an article in a magazine about building a circuit that would allow you to interface a regular portable cassette player to the VIC 20. Worked on thar for a week before giving up and buying a datasette.

 

[Steve Dodac]

Now that the VIC is out, I got inspired to track down some favs from BITD. Found this nice lot on eBay.

 

[Steve Dodac]

Just found the VIC literature in a box. Here's the instruction manual:

 

[Steve Dodac]

Set-up Guide:

 

[Steve Dodac]

Here's an aftermarket book of VIC-20 game programs, published in the UK. I'd be surprised if this made it to the States.

You may notice I penciled-in some numbers (back in 1984). I just figured out they refer to the # of lines of code. These were the shortest programs in the book. I didn't have the interest/commitment to tackle anything longer BITD. I remember how daunting the pages of code appeared in the VIC-20 computing magazines. Too much for this 12-year-old.

If anyone is interested in the code for one of these games, let me know and I'd be happy scan it.

 

[Steve Dodac]

A VIC-20 informational sheet on cartridges.

I'm not sure if these were the first cartridges available for the VIC, or why these games made it on this flyer vs. others. This sheet probably came in the box with one of my three Commodore cartridges (Super Slot, The Count, and Speed Math/Bingo Math).

 

[Coin Mech]

Set-up Guide:

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That's a great manual. I recently read through it again this summer and it brought me right back to those fall and winter evenings typing in programs and trying out their various examples. Very well written.

 

[Coin Mech]

A VIC-20 informational sheet on cartridges.

I'm not sure if these were the first cartridges available for the VIC, or why these games made it on this flyer vs. others. This sheet probably came in the box with one of my three Commodore cartridges (Super Slot, The Count, and Speed Math/Bingo Math).

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I think it was probably done as a cost saving measure. Why produce and print out individual manuals for these games when one all-purpose flyer could be packed in.
Typical of Jack Tramiel.
I do remember some of the C64 carts packaged in an all purpose outer box with the manual cover exposed.

 

[Arcadenut]

Just found the VIC literature in a box. Here's the instruction manual:

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Nice!

 

[SuperSprint]

Not VIC-20, but related Tangentially. I still have files from the box set of Infocom games. All I need it a 16bit dos machine.