An early morning heads up for you all, as we have just lately been knowledgeable that Rob Rafac has launched the Atari XL/XE to Commodore 64 port of Schreckenstein. As within the phrases of the creator. “I’ve been engaged on a port of the fabulous Atari 800/XL-exclusive recreation Schreckenstein by Peter Finzel (to not be confused with the a number of C64 video games with comparable names), so I need to flip it free on the neighborhood right here”. To coincide with this information, Saberman has supplied a video displaying the sport in motion.
This is the most recent technical blurb about this launch from the data file supplied. “It took some time to get again to it, however I am completely satisfied to have accomplished a last launch of my C64 port of Peter Finzel’s 1985 “Schreckenstein” for the Atari 800. This 100% model has tremendously improved sound impact arbitration, quicker (packed) loading, a pause characteristic, and some bugfixes and pace optimizations. It taught me quite a bit about exploiting the VIC-II and the strengths/weaknesses of the Atari 800 and C64 graphics hardware–especially as a result of once I began I knew nothing concerning the Atari and my VIC-II data was frozen in 1985. Time for a brand new venture…”.
– Article up to date to mirror the FINAL launch
