Paul,

Joystick up stopped working on me while I was having my best run so far.  I see up being registered in WinVice.  This was at the begging of a new level.

I also couldn't pull out a bomb - but I threw up a rope.

I let the timer run out so the ghost could get me... then a button press wouldn't bring me back to the menu to start a new game.

Would a VICE snapshot file help for debugging?  I saved one when it started acting weird.  If you'd like the file just let me know how I can get it to you.

Dear Paul, in short words - i'd pay you 5€ for a extended REU-Version, with all missing features... .

Very good work by the way. I am not completely sure whats causing it, here and there it seems the sprite-multiplexer has a problem somehow / when screen is full of action or I carry something, here and there a sprite is flashing up on positions, where it shouldn't (using v1.3)...but it did not affected gameplay, which is very cool in my opinion. Even though I did not managed until now to get past second world...

I think I found a bug.  I was killed by the ghost while setting a bomb.  I may have died while pressing left.

When I returned to the title screen my guy was stuck running left and wouldn't stop.  I could jump bu that's all I could do.  I was stuck running into the left wall and had to reset.

Looks like I'm on v1_3 from the name of the download.

Quick question. Would it be possible to hold down the action button to run? Douple-tapping left or right on the d-pad is a bit difficult when standing on a single block and has occasionally lead to my death. lol

Awesome port! I've really been enjoying this a lot! As someone who's played hundreds of hours of Spelunky, I'm really impressed with how well done this port is. :-)

I did notice a bit of a "bug" while playing today. Sometimes the game will spawn you in a spot where the only way out is to push a gray block but since you can't push them in this version, your only option is to use a bomb. That being said, if you're out of bombs, you're completely stuck. I'm wondering if maybe there's a way to prevent the game from spawning you in a situation like this?

so, after playing a bit (and getting to the temple) I was wondering are kali altars not functional? also is there a benefit to beating the mumies? (last encounter it killed me when I tried to kill it)

The game is awesome, but I am still struggling with bombs. How to lay (not throw) bomb properly is beyond my skills :-)

What an undertaking! This can only have been done in assembler. How many lines of code was this in the end and what was the hardest bit? I can imagine level generation was tricky...would you ever consider releasing the asm files?

I finally had a chance to play, and my only feedback is that either the level generation needs a onceover or you need to add in the ability to push grey blocks. There might be some sort of command I'm missing but there's a lot of starts that have you completely trapped, with the only way out being using a bomb and potentially getting yourself killed. There's also quite a few objects that should activate arrow traps but don't, like most enemies and other arrows.

ok - I just downloaded game.
VICE - C64SC - .d64 or .prg
I get the green title
Then I get the image - then freezes
CPU 100% 49.6FPS
What am I doing wrong??( ihave tried warp etc)
Do I need to change settings???

I love this, but I was wondering, are there any plans to make this work with C64GS controllers? (so it can use more buttons than just one?) i know it wasn't the most popular usage of the system but I would like the option

Dear, Paulko, it is a fantastic game (game of the year for me), and i met a bug: the arrow-spitter stone is active after the explode.. i made a gif

Hi everyone,

I’m having trouble with my Ultimate II+ cartridge on my original C64 and could really use some advice. I’m trying to load D64 files, and while the games get to the title screen, the disk keeps spinning and never finishes loading.

Does anyone know which settings I should adjust to resolve this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Hi PaulKo. Can the music be toggled off? I prefer to play with sfx only, especially after several hours of listening to the same music :)

First of all, this is awesome!
Possibly the best platformer I have played on C64.

Second:
I found a bug.
If I spam down and up really fast, I can perform multiple jumps mid-air.
https://static.juiffi.eu/spelunky4_infinite_jump.mp4 

x64sc.exe

3.8
(GTK3 3.24.39, GLib 2.78.3, Cairo 1.18.0, Pango 1.50.14)

Been playing it for 4 days, a few hours every day now because it's so addicting, and while I love it, there's one part of it that I've actually come to really fear -- the way you get off ladders mid-ladder.

Help? What kind of mechanic am I not picking up on?

eye2eye ... the engine and finish is absolutely awesome

the controls for a c64 game with 1button joystick are superb and really responsive theres a ton of props and background tiles and theres more than one tune too, in a game which i think loads only once (i finished it on vice tho for a reason i'll mention in a moment) its a real neo-retro ("post-2020") classic in the making , this thing has potential HOWEVER, i couldnt escape the "apshai remastered" feeling due to its randomness.

If any of the bedroom coders is watching, my suggestion would be to add a finishable game, like 15 to maybe max 30 designed which increase sequentially in complexity and difficulty but remain the same so you can as you would in platformers memorize the layout and mob movements and traps (as you would do patterns in a shmup) so you can get through the second (or 3 4 5 ... ) time around. The generator is great but it leaves blind jumps and i dont think i wouldhave had the courage to go through 17 levels without VICE snapshots here.
IF you had that (designed levels) and then the generator on top as a hiscore chaser with or without friends id give the game five io 4 stars and call it up for GOTY '24 lol this is some really awesome work ... item shop and all included, like "monster boy in wonderland meets rick dangerous" perhaps ?
its fluid too, the music is not too much and not too little its catchy but stays in the background everything is just "done" xept this one thing lol : the randomness without a finishable game.

I looked at the other stuff, canabalt was also quite a nice piece of passtime, completely well done and i dont know the others but ill probably check them some time later this month or next month , if this is "one side" or "64kb" i cant wait to see what these guys do with a 3to6 (ultima-size , monkey island ...) or an easyflash

okay thats more than 20 words sorry

yea so "designed levels" is missing imo, otherwise im utterly and totally impressed, i usually dont do a lot of platformers

GREAT WORK, great potential ... hope to see more

the engine alone can probably spawn 20 titles

im really really really impressed by the versatility of the controls with just a one-button joystick and no keyboard ...

well there

my 2cents

well more like 299 + vat (i cant believe the eurosuits demand VAT on these things, its like they dont want you to have a beer for it)

anyway ... its late ... i have to cycle

impressive , really

but : "a game" on top of the generator ... would make it impressive +1

:)

o btw : i had a screenshot but it seems to only have taken a quarter , on the boss level the bossman boinked the floor out from undre the exit door so after he .. "passed on" i couldnt reach it lol ... major bummer :)

but we persevered

Wow, you actually managed to make proper Spelunky for the 64… Amazing feat – massive respect and thank you for all the effort you put into this!

I have only played for 2-3 h so far, but looks like it has all the essential gameplay elements. Not only is it impressive to cram this into a single C64 executable, but the gameplay, controls and movement feel spot on & super fun!

How cool is it to have one of the all-time best games for the all-time best computer in 2024 :-)

Did BTW water just stay floating in place in the original Spelunky too? I can't remember anymore… Not that I'm expecting realistic water physics here :-D

Loving it, although the controls are a challenge sometimes. How the heck do you buy stuff in shops? I keep accidentally whipping the shopkeeper and getting killed.

One of the most fun games I've ever played on the C64. Didn't know about the original game, but the original concept is right here at home on the Commodore I would say.

Liking it so far. Plays so smoothly! Very impressive!

I find it a bit difficult to use the rope/bomb.

Could it be possible to configure to use keyboard or multiple buttons (A:jump, B:whip, C:bomb/rope) ?

This game is so awesome 😍 I love the Hires graphics, the animation, the sound... everything ;) 

Is it intentional that there is no manual so that you have to find out every trick of your own? ;) I'm not sure what to do with the portable objects...