NewsStand is a technically impressive, very colorful game. The humor is great if you were a kid in 80-90es, but it has a few touches to make it more understandable to the modern audience. Graphics are extremely colorful. Sprites are rich of details and colors, there is background animation, and the background itself is very detailed. The title screen music is quite catchy. The levels mostly have sound effect only, but I think that's appropriate since some menaces can be detected by sound way easier. The game is difficult, sometimes downright annoying and counter-intuitive, but it feels to me that was by design, as a lot of the games of that time period were exactly like that. This one has good controls though, so you can't blame anyone but yourself if you die :)
this is one hard as hell game. time limit and few lives means you'll have to restart a lot. i would not mind an easy mode without time limit and with more lives :) that said, i think the game is very good.
Hello, a great game. Could you please create a .d81 version? I tried creating one by putting all the files in a .d81 file, but I have no way to test it. Thanks!
It should work out of the box (not tested), because the loader doesn't check which side of the disk is inserted by looking at disk name or anything else, it just looks for the .prg file it needs and if it doesn't find it, it assumes we are on the other disk. So, if you have all the files in the same disk, it should works.
Very nice and funny designed, but hard game with many allusions to various life situations. Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 00:38:35. Automatic subtitles should be available soon (switch on, if necessary). Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
Ok ho risolto, fatto partire su The C64, commettevo io un errore! Gioco molto suggestivo e pieno di riferimenti al mondo della passione videoludica 80/90. Complimenti anche se molto difficile e punitivo, cercherò di fare il più possibile senza accedere ai save state.
Shame about not being able to release the NTSC version of this C-64 game. But thanks to WinVICE I'll probably get to play NewsStand soon enough (thanks for releasing this).
I've a NTSC version but in some parts we've a slowdown that I consider unacceptable. It's a common problem for the NTSC (read here for a discussion about it: https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70355)
Thanks to your video I realized that there are 2 bugs in the game: it's not possible to run over Frida in the corridor, as well as it's not possible to avoid the blade so easily in the final level by always crouching near the mega robot. These 2 bugs are fixed in version 1.0.2 that I've published just now. However, compliments for your ability!
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NewsStand is a technically impressive, very colorful game. The humor is great if you were a kid in 80-90es, but it has a few touches to make it more understandable to the modern audience.
Graphics are extremely colorful. Sprites are rich of details and colors, there is background animation, and the background itself is very detailed.
The title screen music is quite catchy. The levels mostly have sound effect only, but I think that's appropriate since some menaces can be detected by sound way easier.
The game is difficult, sometimes downright annoying and counter-intuitive, but it feels to me that was by design, as a lot of the games of that time period were exactly like that. This one has good controls though, so you can't blame anyone but yourself if you die :)
All in all, well done, guys!
very good
Excellent thank you! ;-)
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this is one hard as hell game. time limit and few lives means you'll have to restart a lot. i would not mind an easy mode without time limit and with more lives :) that said, i think the game is very good.
Hello, a great game. Could you please create a .d81 version? I tried creating one by putting all the files in a .d81 file, but I have no way to test it. Thanks!
It should work out of the box (not tested), because the loader doesn't check which side of the disk is inserted by looking at disk name or anything else, it just looks for the .prg file it needs and if it doesn't find it, it assumes we are on the other disk. So, if you have all the files in the same disk, it should works.
Great! Thanks for the info.
there;s a CRT version now which mitigates the loading times. Check CSDB
Very nice and funny designed, but hard game with many allusions to various life situations. Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 00:38:35. Automatic subtitles should be available soon (switch on, if necessary). Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
Thanks!
Just had a quick go on a real C64. It's lovely!! Love the concept and am looking forward to playing more. Congratulations!
Thanks!
Awesome game !
Thanks!
long loading times on this one. graphics seem nice though.
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On real C64, yes, no turbo disk. On most emulators, you can reduce loading times close to zero.
Really enjoying News Stand, it's tough, but still great fun to learn to solve the puzzles. Graphics are great, and controls are perfect. Great work.
Thanks!
Salve!
Sto cercando di giocarlo su The C64 maxi ma il caricamento non riesce.
Consigli oppure non è compatibile con questa macchina?
Salve, si funziona perfettamente, appena provato.
Ok ho risolto, fatto partire su The C64, commettevo io un errore! Gioco molto suggestivo e pieno di riferimenti al mondo della passione videoludica 80/90. Complimenti anche se molto difficile e punitivo, cercherò di fare il più possibile senza accedere ai save state.
Shame about not being able to release the NTSC version of this C-64 game. But thanks to WinVICE I'll probably get to play NewsStand soon enough (thanks for releasing this).
I've a NTSC version but in some parts we've a slowdown that I consider unacceptable. It's a common problem for the NTSC (read here for a discussion about it: https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70355)
For us non-PAL people, between WinVICE and THE C64 models, we can do just fine with PAL.
I had a lot of fun with this game! So many funny moments. Here is a full playthrough without losing any lives.
Thanks to your video I realized that there are 2 bugs in the game: it's not possible to run over Frida in the corridor, as well as it's not possible to avoid the blade so easily in the final level by always crouching near the mega robot. These 2 bugs are fixed in version 1.0.2 that I've published just now. However, compliments for your ability!
Thank you! That wasn't the first time a developer fixed bugs after watching one of my longplays ;)
Compliments ! A beautiful game with attention to detail. 😉👍
(Complimenti ! Un bel gioco curatissimo nei dettagli.)
Thanks
(Grazie)
very good game,please spanish version
Nice game!
Thanks!
Hello 🙂 Is this the full version of the game ? It looks promising 🙂
Yes, it's but I've published some fixes just now.