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Shotgate: Portal Clone For The (Yes!) Commodore 64
Posted by Stuart Houghton at 9:20 AM on September 20, 2008
Get me Valve on the phone. Tell Lombardi that the Portal prequel dev team can go home - their services are no longer required.
And yes, that Portal fan mod can sling its hook too. The Commodore 64 remake 'Shotgate' has rendered both games utterly pointless.
Yes, it's a Portal clone for the C64. No, it's not in 3D and - yes - it does look quite like that Flash tribute from last year.
This little fella was made in just 4K of C64 assembler for the Mini Games Comp 2008. If you like the look of it, the programmer is actually selling it in C64 cartridge form in a limited edition run of 20. Buy now to avoid/ensure disappointment.
Shotgate [Quernhorst.de]
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deathbunny
Posted 10:40 AM 20/9/08
and the wiki: [en.wikipedia.org])
deathbunny
deathbunny
Posted 10:38 AM 20/9/08
@imikedaman: Nopers, it turns out, I meant Hunter. But thanks for spurring me to find it :)
deathbunny
etchasketchist
Posted 10:08 AM 20/9/08
Ammo?
etchasketchist
bayfield
Posted 9:58 AM 20/9/08
@dead_red_eyes: from what i can tell, portal isn't in the name and there is no reference to portal story elements. obviously no assets were borrowed or used from the 3d valve production either. unless i'm missing something i don't see a problem here.
bayfield
Dreamwriter
Posted 9:57 AM 20/9/08
@dead_red_eyes: For a Commodore-64 game with only 20 copies max being sold??? Any company like Valve would allow that. But even if that weren't the case, this game doesn't have "Portal" in the name, nor does it reproduce any of the Portal IP at all. They just copied the concept, and even then it's changed considerably (2D instead of 3D first-person). So it's not even on the fringe of legality.
Dreamwriter
imikedaman
Posted 9:57 AM 20/9/08
@deathbunny: Do you mean Payback? [www.classicamiga.com]
imikedaman
dead_red_eyes
Posted 9:35 AM 20/9/08
Something tells me that he won't be selling it in C64 Cartridge form for very long. The Portal IP belongs to Valve, and the fact that he's charging money for this does not bode well. Let's see how long it takes for him to get slapped with a cease and desist.
dead_red_eyes
deathbunny
Posted 9:32 AM 20/9/08
Damnit, wrong direction. I wanted Battlefort/battlemech updated for the Athlon FX59--not backwards compatibility for games I love now... :(
Anybody remember the name of the that open world GTA style game that had a bull and 'petrol' that came out for Amiga? I can't remember it for the life of me, but I remember being jealous as hell of it. (the inevitable english reader who remembers it can also correct my grammer, if they care to)
deathbunny
Slatz_Grobnik
Posted 9:32 AM 20/9/08
Someone needs to make a board game and a Collectible Card Game, possibly a cell phone version.
Slatz_Grobnik
Shockadin
Posted 11:24 AM 20/9/08
@deathbunny: np dude anytime. Oh, and seems like clone isn't really a harsh term.
Shockadin
mhlaxp
Posted 11:59 AM 20/9/08
Superior.
+ Watch video
mhlaxp
lumpi
Posted 11:39 AM 20/9/08
@deathbunny: Hmm, it swallows the last bracket of the link-address.
lumpi
NumberFourtyThree
Posted 1:20 PM 20/9/08
@bayfield: There is one clear story element of Portal used: don't you see the cake?
NumberFourtyThree
brandechh
Posted 1:59 PM 20/9/08
Wait... I can actually play this on my C64? Freaky cool.
brandechh
Kenofthedead
Posted 1:57 PM 20/9/08
Keen.
Still, I rather stay with the DS homebrew "Still Alive".
Kenofthedead
billnabors65
Posted 2:39 PM 20/9/08
BAH! Only for PAL C64. *sigh*
billnabors65
gundam850
Posted 5:14 PM 20/9/08
deathbunny your english is fine
gundam850
StillLee
Posted 10:45 PM 25/9/08
That is really nifty, though I can't play PAL games.
Nor do I have a C64.
Make a portal clone for NTSC Ti-99/4a, THEN I'll be impressed.
Awesome homebrew games with retail pacakaging is always sweet.
StillLee
FatFrank
Posted 12:49 PM 20/9/08
This is linux only though?
FatFrank