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
Runners up:
Gemstone Warrior
Gremlins
Hermetic
Labertino
Mad Nurse
Mermaid Madness
Postman Pat
Star Trek - Strategic Operations Simulator
Super G-Man [this was a pretty close second]
Have fun! If anyone has any issues, please let me know.
I will be getting back to normal releases before doing another update for this. I just kindof wanted to get to this point as a sortof good place to pause first.