PONK by Sos

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made by Sos for LD26 (COMPO)
PONK in 1kb made on a real C64 in around 8h.

Hint: Press Fire button to

Ratings

Coolness 28% 1744
Overall 3.54 216
Audio 3.13 294
Fun 3.03 512
Graphics 3.03 554
Humor 3.56 70
Innovation 3.35 381
Mood 3.40 185
Theme 4.55 5

Feedback

triplefox
29. Apr 2013 · 02:11 UTC
Works in VICE. The zip compression isn't supported by one of my archiving programs though!
BleuLlama
29. Apr 2013 · 02:28 UTC
I can't wait to read about the process for this one. Mega cheers!
The Jahn
29. Apr 2013 · 03:02 UTC
... Woah. Nicely done.
Chman
29. Apr 2013 · 06:47 UTC
Next step : analog pong, no programming, digital signals only !
Frib
29. Apr 2013 · 08:44 UTC
This is amazing
mrspeaker
29. Apr 2013 · 12:39 UTC
now available on cassette!
PsenFilip
29. Apr 2013 · 12:50 UTC
Pretty neat. Congratz for this prod.
kewry
29. Apr 2013 · 13:03 UTC
Those skills
Ragzouken
29. Apr 2013 · 13:06 UTC
Certainly impressive! Am I missing the controls being explained somewhere? I was only able to work out the left players controls by mashing the keyboard :p
🎤 Sos
29. Apr 2013 · 13:09 UTC
You need to configure joystick settings inside Vice. Joystick #2 is left player, Joystick #1 is right player.
finefin
29. Apr 2013 · 13:19 UTC
Sosowski, you are a true nerd, sir! I actually watched you soldering that usb cable. good job!
aquilicoco
29. Apr 2013 · 13:19 UTC
Nicely done.
matthias_zarzecki
29. Apr 2013 · 15:28 UTC
It won't run on my non-c64-machine :(
madeinpda
29. Apr 2013 · 19:26 UTC
superb!
SamoojaMies
29. Apr 2013 · 21:10 UTC
I am amazed. The game works nicely. Enjoyed the twitch stream also. Very good job :)
Gremlin
29. Apr 2013 · 23:44 UTC
Awesome idea. I'm going to try this after I get back home.
henrykun
29. Apr 2013 · 23:56 UTC
So awesome, really
vandriver
29. Apr 2013 · 23:57 UTC
motherfucking commodore 64. i salute you.
Shigor
30. Apr 2013 · 00:07 UTC
I can't find any words suitable to describe this... :)
the game, when taken out of context, is... well pong. But the process of making it must be the awesomest in this LD :)
shinestrength
30. Apr 2013 · 00:20 UTC
So, so cool.
GeorgeBroussard
30. Apr 2013 · 00:35 UTC
Ha! Mad scientist indeed. Incredible hacking job and making it on an original C64 is inspired. I set up both joysticks and tried to play myself. The ball is about 100x too fast! But I did manage to hit it back and forth a few times. Should win a technical achievement award for sure.
gamaral
30. Apr 2013 · 01:26 UTC
I grew up coding C64 games from magazines, it was an awesomely nostalgic experience to read through your code, I can't remember much anymore, but you inspired me to go dust off the old C'.
Martze
30. Apr 2013 · 06:12 UTC
Sosowski, someone needs to save you from yourself.
jerombd
30. Apr 2013 · 11:19 UTC
You deserve a Trophy for coding the game on a C64! And the postmortem is interesting.
lightnarcissus
30. Apr 2013 · 12:25 UTC
Hats off for even daring to something like this. I read your blog post on this and my jaw fell down in amazement. Respect,good sir!
Gremlin
30. Apr 2013 · 13:51 UTC
The ball moves faster than the paddles can react, at least on an emulator. But its a working C64 game in 48 hours!
Pierrec
30. Apr 2013 · 14:48 UTC
It's hard not to give you 5/5 on theme ^^
Misfit
30. Apr 2013 · 16:21 UTC
damn, maybe I have to make vic20 game next time :D. thumbs up! Cool game.
BenW
01. May 2013 · 02:18 UTC
Fun game dude. It wasn't clear that the fire button actually did anything, you may want to make a note of that somewhere on the page. I'll be sure to play actual multiplayer when I get a chance.
robc
01. May 2013 · 06:29 UTC
C64 for the win.

Fun little pong game - though not so much when you have the emulated joysticks setup in a weird way ;)
fr_automatik
01. May 2013 · 18:58 UTC
Woah!
*Prrrrlllllllll*
Gravel
01. May 2013 · 20:47 UTC
You are crazy.
entrusC
01. May 2013 · 21:37 UTC
Crazy idea. But perfect match on the theme. Still I'm a bit disapointed that you didn't solder real potentiometers on your C64 to play the game like it was meant to be played ;)
sittaman
01. May 2013 · 22:43 UTC
Just for that odissey you described on the post mortem you already deserve 5 stars. Sos, you are sick! And I thought that McPixel was crazy.
KunoNoOni
02. May 2013 · 01:06 UTC
Total props for doing on the C64. what a really cool idea :)
Misael.K
02. May 2013 · 06:04 UTC
Insanity or genius? You'll be the judge. This is impressive.
tankete
02. May 2013 · 18:03 UTC
Once I finally figured out how to get the control working, it was fun! Any way to slow down the ball? Nice job!
qdowngames
03. May 2013 · 17:19 UTC
Kudos. Nice work, really.
shawn42
03. May 2013 · 21:08 UTC
You sir are crazy for writing this. Good work. Thanks for keeping LD interesting in ways I would not have imagined.
fishbrain
05. May 2013 · 13:42 UTC
....so ....beautiful
numpad
10. May 2013 · 15:54 UTC
Awesome! Doing something on a C64 is great work!
I don't think this will win, but it's awesome. I think I also got a C64 laying somewhere in my basement ;)