Zombeaver
- Apr 2, 2020
- 10 min read

C64 Dreams v0.20

Version 0.20 of C64 Dreams is now available (I know, I skipped a version number, but this one's kindof a milestone so... shennanigans!). It features 300 new games (for a new total of 2000!) and a number of other improvements and changes.

DOWNLOAD HERE (temporarily down while new version is being uploaded :) )

The magazine module (optional) for the local (.cbr) versions can be found here (temporarily down while new version is being uploaded :) )

The game details spreadsheet has been updated accordingly.

New:

Added virtual keyboard function to controller - accessible by pressing Y (on a 360/XB1 controller)
Created a configurator (C64 Dreams\C64 Dreams\Configurator.exe) for quickly changing overlays, shaders, and the base config
Added a new shader preset called Esper C64 (requires dedicated video card - not integrated - and a fast-ish PC) - this is not the default, but can be quickly selected through the configurator
Updated core to newest version as of 3/9/20 - brings new SID engine ReSID-3.3 which improves audio quality (updated all option files accordingly to use it) and new zoom features
Converted from using custom screen cropping for everything to using new zoom settings in core options, this eliminates the need for per-resolution base settings and even eliminates the need for game-specific cropping in many instances (though not all) if you are using a 16:9 display. If it's 4:3, 5:4, etc. it will need some adjustment (it would have anyway, in the past). The remaining games that still need resolution-specific cropping are as follows:

Alien Syndrome

Ballblazer

Brainway

Draconus

Forgotten Forest

Frogger Arcade

Gemini Wing

Genesia

Tiger Claw

Turbo Outrun

Zolyx

Created new bezels to accommodate for adjusted dimensions of new zoom settings, both for normal (PAL) and NTSC games - options are Bruce Lee (default), Project Firestart, Retrograde, Times of Lore, Ultima III, X-Out, and blank (empty first overlay image, second is the controls image)
Added Blast From the Past volumes 16-25
Added 64 games to Best Of Vol. 4
Added custom controls to Renegade

Version updates:

8bit-Slicks - replaced with 1/5/2020 updated version (with 4-player support) by Laxity
Alternate Reality - The City - replaced with onesided Fairlight version
Bangers & Mash - replaced with +37D version by Hackersoft
Battle Through Time - replaced with +4H version by Pugsy
Bignose's USA Adventure - replaced with +8H version by Chromance
Blagger Goes to Hollywood - replaced with +3 version by Pugsy
Bride of Frankenstein - replaced with +3 version by Pugsy
Cashman - replaced with +22D version by Hackersoft
Cavemania - replaced with +21D version by Hackersoft
Centipede - replaced with Square Unit version
Challenger - replaced with +3 version by Pugsy
Chopper Commander - replaced with +29D version by Hackersoft
Chopper Hunt - replaced with +3 PAL fixed version by Mr. NOP
CJ In the USA - replaced with +27D version by Hackersoft
CJ's Elephant Antics - replaced with +20D version by Hackersoft
Cybernoid - replaced with Triad version
Cyborg - replaced with +D version by Hotline
D.I.S.C. - replaced with +H version by Laxity
Detective Game, The - replaced with +5D version by Onslaught
Die Hard 2 - replaced with +6 Easyflash version by Master
Dizzy - Prince of the Yolkfolk - replaced with +40D version by Hackersoft
Donkey Kong (Ocean) - replaced with +5HD version by Remember
Driller - replaced with +P version by Commo Bam
Dylan Dog - replaced with +3 version by Triad
Dynasty Wars - replaced with +5DGHI version by Hokuto Force
Empire - replaced with +6 version by Pugsy
Entombed - replaced with +6PD version by Hokuto Force
Exile - replaced with +7DF version by Neophytes
F40 Pursuit - replaced with +2DI version by Hokuto Force
Fairy Well - replaced with +5MD by Onslaught
Firefly - replaced with +2 version by Triad
First Samurai - replaced with +7 version by Vision
Fistful of Bucks, A - replaced with +6PD version by Hokuto Force
Forbidden Forest - replaced with +5DH version by Remember
Force 7 - replaced with +6 version by Pugsy
Frank Bruno's Boxing - replaced with +4DF version by Underground Domain
Frogger II - Threeedeep! - replaced with +4D version by Hokuto Force
Ghostbusters - replaced with +6PD version by Hokuto Force
Hawkeye - replaced with +4DH version by Lurid & Tricycle
Head Over Heels - replace with +6DF version by Nostalgia
Heist, The - replaced with +7 version by Pugsy
Highnoon - replaced with +6DGMH version by Hokuto Force
Impossible Mission - replaced with Remember version
International Karate - replaced with +H version by Remember
IO - replaced with +22D version by Hackersoft
Joe Gunn - replaced with +11DS version by Mad Hackers Incorporated
Kendo Warrior - replaced with +15D version by Hokuto Force
Knuckle Busters - replaced with +29D version by Hackersoft
Lode Runner - replaced with +6GD version by Hokuto Force
Mag Max - replaced with +8DGH version by Hokuto Force
Montezuma's Revenge - replaced with +9D version by Hokuto Force
MoonShadow - replaced with +7 version by Mr. Fox
No Mercy - replaced with +3 Easyflash version by Master
Nono Pixie - replaced with V1.1 version by Atlantis
Paradroid - replaced with +8DH version by Remember
Park Patrol - replaced with +4 version by Remember
Pastfinder - replaced with + version by Derbyshire Ram
Pi R Squared - replaced with + version by Derbyshire Ram
Quasimodo - replaced with + version by Commo Bam
Raid on Bungeling Bay - replaced with +3 version by Remember
Raid Over Moscow - replaced with +4DF version by Remember
Rambo: First Blood Part II - replaced with +1H version by Remember
Realm of Impossibility - replaced with +5HD version by Remember
Robin of the Wood - replaced with +12DG +Pic +Map version by Hokuto Force
Scarabaeus - replaced with +6DH version by Onslaught
Slayer - replaced with +4 version with Pugsy
Space Pilot - replaced with +3 version by Nostalgia
Space Rogue - replaced with Easyflash version by Master
Space Taxi - replaced with +9DH version by Nostalgia
Spheron - replaced with +3FD version by Massive Onslaught + Success
Spy Hunter - replaced with +2D version by Nostalgia
Starfox - replaced with + version by Triad
Strangeloop - replaced with +6 version by Pugsy
Stratton - replaced with +2PHI version by Axelerate
Suicide Express - replaced with +4 version by Remember
Suicide Strike - replaced with +3DG version by Hokuto Force
Super Carling the Spider - replaced with +5D version by Onslaught
Tapper - replaced with +6HDG version by Excess
Target Renegade - replaced with +7DG +Pic version by Hokuto Force
Train - Escape to Normandy, The - replaced with +12D version by Remember
Turrican II - replaced with v1.1 1581 version by 0xDB
Tusker - replaced with +7DFIR Easyflash version by Nostalgia
Up'n Down - replaced with +23D version by Hackersoft
Vice Squad, The - replaced with +6D version by Onslaught
Zamzara - replaced with +5HD version by Fairlight
Zorro - replaced with +5D version by Hokuto Force

Changes/Fixes:

Updated Lunatico demo to use model C64C
Updated code in automation tools so that no manual adjustments are necessary anymore (replacing .cmd names, changing file extensions for t64 or d81, etc.) with the exception of multi-disk games and games that need the program specified in the .cmd
Corrected Cyborg 2900 to start the correct game - it was on a multi-game disk and was starting a game called Bomb Squad instead
Disabled unified menu controls to make navigating the RA UI a little easier for those that want to
Enabled Protovision adapter for 8bit-Slicks to allow up to 4 simultaneous players (now supported in 2020 update)
Removed second disk from Aliens - The Computer Game (Electric Dreams) because it wasn't necessary
Corrected Defender, Donkey Kong (Atari), Head Over Heels, The Heist, P.O.D., Realm of Impossibility, and Target Renegade to use joystick port 1
Created single .d81 disk images for a few multi-disk games so disk-swapping is no longer necessary - games included are Chester Field, Dark Lord, Metal Warrior 4, Out Run Europa, and Take Down; backups of the multi-disk .d64 versions are available in Games\!Backups\!D81 Conversion Backups as a precaution
Added virtual keyboard mapping to controller layout reference sheet and overlays
Changed Donkey Kong (Atari) to NTSC and adjusted cropping accordingly
Added custom control for a few games that need you to press ` (tilde) to leave docs/trainer screens which sets this to the start button - games included are Border Blast 2, Dante's Department Store, Dizzy - Prince of the Yolkfolk, Hopping Mad, IO, Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator, Super G-Man, Up'n Down, Warp, and Wheel of Fortune
Added map as third overlay screen for Times of Lore
Cleared emumovies and retroachievements fields in LB
Renamed Fistfull of Bucks, A to Fistful of Bucks, A, The Magic Candle to Magic Candle, The, Realms of Impossibility to Realm of Impossibility, and Sword of Honor to Sword of Honour and updated LB paths
Deleted old (unused) files for Operation Wolf, Rolling Ronny, Shadow of the Beast, and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - The Coin-Op
Changed default frame delay value from 3 to 1 (making it a little less hardware intensive by default). I do recommend changing it to 3+ if your PC can handle it though. The higher the value, the lower the input latency. You can quickly adjust this by using the Configurator, using the "Config Editor" function, and changing the value for video_frame_delay =

Miscellaneous:

Removed about 4000 unnecessary files from Retroarch folder

New games with multitap (3-4 controller) support:

8bit-Slicks
Hat Trick 2020
Zatacka

New custom note overlays:

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
Big Mac
Blue Max 2001
Cybernoid II
Cyborg
Dalek Attack
Dan Dare 3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dragonriders of Pern
Emlyn Hughes International Soccer
Fighter Bomber
Fire and Forget II
Fungus II
Galactic Gardener
Gameboy Tetris
Gates of Dawn
Gauntlet II
Gemstone Healer
Gemstone Warrior
Geo-Matrix
Hawkeye
Ice Cold Beer
Icicle Works
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road
Joe Gunn
Jumpman
Karateka
Lily Lander
Lords of Chaos
Lords of Chaos II
Mad Doctor
Magnetoball
Memory
Mission Moon
Night Racer
North & South
Ole!
Operation Wolf
Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Edition 64
Pawn, The
Piracy
Pool of Radiance
Portal (2018)
Raid Over Moscow
Rainbow Islands
Renegade
Rescue on Fractalus!
River Raid
Rox 64
Scarabaeus
Shadowfire
Smash TV
Spy vs. Spy 2
Starfox
Starship Andromeda
Times of Lore
TRogue64
Underwurlde
Waffles
Way of the Exploding Fist, The

New games in v0.20

3D Golf Action Force Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazon Tales Apple Cider Spider Atic Atac Baby of Can Guru, The Bazooka Bill Beatnik Bert Beneath the Tenement Big Mac Bucket Wars C64Maze Caveman Caverns of Sillahc China Miner Commando Arcade SE Crackpots Curse of Rabenstein, The Curse of Sherwood, The Dark Tower, The Dogboy, The Donald's Snow Fight Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dragonsden Drelbs Drunken Chopsticks Dungeons of Doom Energy Warrior Escape (S+S Soft) Escape from Doomworld Evolution Father Christmas Fickle Fire! Flip & Flop Freeze64 G-Loc R360 Galaxis 9199 Galaxis II Galaxy Cargo Galaxy Force II Galaxys Galivan Gamblin' Cowboy Lucky Luke Game Master Game of the Gods Gameboy Tetris Gamma Force: The Pit of a Thousand Screams Gammaron Gandalf the Sorcerer Gangster Ganymed Garfield 2: Winter's Tail Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal Gem'x Gemini Wing Gemstone Healer Gemstone Warrior Genesia Genesis Genloc Genocide Geo-Matrix Germ Attack - Mission II - The Master's Revenge Gerry The Germ Gertie Goose - The Lost Eggs Get It Get to the End GFL Championship Football Ghost Hunters Ghost Town Ghostbusters II Giants Revenge Gift Craze Gilbert - Escape from Drill Gilded Age Give My Regards To Broad Street Gladiator (Domark) Gladiator, The (Richwood Software) Gladiators Glider Rider Global Commander Go Carts Go-Kart Simulator Gold Packs Gold Train Goldfever Goldshaft Deluxe Golf Master Gordian Tomb Gorilla Gothik GP Tennis Manager GR9 Strike Force Gradius Graeme Souness International Soccer Graffiti Man Grand Prix Master Grand Prix Simulator II Grange Hill Grave Yardage Gravitrix Gravity III - The Final Rescue Gravrace Great Courts Great Gurianos Greenrunner Grell and Falla Gremlins Gremlins - The Adventure Gremlins 2 - The New Batch Grid Zone Gridtrap Grime 6502 Grod - The Demented Pixie Groovy Electric Death Groovy Garden Grumps Fight Grunts Gryphon Guardian Guardian II Gun.Smoke Harbour Attack Harvey Headbanger Hat Trick Heavenbound Henry's House Hermetic Hoodoo Voodoo Hot Rod Howard the Duck Hudson Hawk Huxley Pig Hypochondriac Ice Guys Ice Hunter Icicle Works Impossamole Innuh's Pyramid, The International Tennis Into Hinterland World Invader Alert J.E.R.O. Joe Blade Joe Blade II Kaiser Kane 2 Katabatia King's Valley Krakens Kromazone Kung-Fu Master L'Abbaye des Morts Labertino Labman Legend of Sinbad, The Legend of the Amazon Women, The Lethal Zone License to Kill Life of a Lone Electron, The Lily Lander Lunar Blitz RX Lunattack Mad Nurse Madness Magnetoball Mail Order Monsters Major Blink Manic Miner 64DX Marble Madness Mask III - Venom Strikes Back Masters of the Universe in Terraquake Megamania C64 Mercs Mermaid Madness Metal Warrior Metal Warrior 2 Metal Warrior 3 Metal Warrior 4: Agents of Metal Metro-Cross Miami Chase Mountie Mick's Deathride My Life Neoclyps New York City Nine Princes in Amber Ninja Ninja Commando Old Tower Olli & Lissa - The Ghost of Shilmore Castle On The Tiles Operation Wolf Oskar Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Edition 64 Pandora Perilous Swamp Pit-Fighter Planet X2 Popeye 2 Popeye 3: Wrestlecrazy Postman Pat Postman Pat II Postman Pat III Powerglove Prince Clumsy Psycho Hopper Punch and Judy Purple Heart Queen's Footsteps, The Quo Vadis Radius Rainbow Dragon Real Ghostbusters, The Renegade Renegade III: The Final Chapter Roadblasters Roland's Rat Race Run Like Hell Rupert and the Ice Castle SAS Combat Simulator Scumball Scuttlebutt 64 Shadow Dancer Shadow Skimmer Sky is Falling, The Skywalker Sly Spy Spoil Spy vs. Spy 2 Spy vs. Spy 3 Star Lifter Star Trek - Strategic Operations Simulator Star Trek - The Computer Game Star Trek - The Rebel Universe Star Trek (2001) Star Trek (2003) Stargate StarTrash Storm Warrior Stormlord Street Fighter Street Gang Suburban Commando Summer Camp Super G-Man Super Hyperzap Super Monaco Grand Prix Super Trolley Super Wonderboy in Monsterland Swarm 16k Switchblade Sylphwyrm Tacky Tales of the Cat Tass Times in Tone Town Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Telengard Remastered Thundercats TKO Toki TOOP Toxic (2020 Edition) Train Robbers Trashman Treasure Island (Mastertronic) Treasure Island (Mr. Micro) Troll Two Days to the Race UFF Unhallowed Varidan Vault Man Vault Man 2 Vector Runner Vega Velcro Vigilante Wacky Races Waffles Walliball Warp Warrior Warriors of Zypar, The Wave Hero Weasel Wheel of Fortune Wizard's Dominion Wizard's Doom Woody the Worm Ylcodrom Yogi Bear Yogi Bear & Friends in the Greed Monster Yogi's Great Escape Zap Zone Zatacka Zeta-7 Zombi Terror Zombie Massacre

*these games are still commercial so the roms are not supplied

New Magazines:

Added Zzap!64 Issues 36-50

New Demos:

Aroused by Proxima Beezarro by Atlantis Continuum by Triad Industrial Breakdown by Booze Design Mathematica by Reflex Neon by Triad NGC 1277 100% by Samar Productions Nine by Reflex One Quarter by Fairlight Redefinition by Fairlight + Offence Shards of Fancy by Lft Sharp by Fairlight + Instinct Stacked by Padua The Last Truckstop 3 by Fairlight Total by Extend Two-Sided by Atlantis

New SID:

Code Me a Song by Randall Eoroid 2020 by psych858o Fastlane by Flex High Roller by Flex Make Some Noise by Jammer Mountain March by 6R6 Night Finds You by GH + Linus Perfectly Well Adjusted by Lft Ugly Arpling, The by Stinsen Zootoyoo by Abaddon

As something a bit new, I decided to bring special attention to a few new games in this release. The whole thing is curated to begin with, so it's kindof all one gigantic "best of", but these games in particular really stood out in this batch, all of which were new to me except for Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator.

Favorite modern game in v0.20:

Atic Atac

Runners up:

King's Valley L'Abbaye des Morts Metal Warrior (series) Old Tower

Favorite retro game in v0.20:

Gemstone Healer