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I am most likely one of the few mid 80s kids who didn’t get into C64 and Amiga games before the late 90s. However, to my defense, I only knew of a handful of people who owned a C64 or Amiga computer when I grew up (only one kid at my school had an Amiga computer at the time, and my uncle was the only person that I knew that owned a C64 computer). Nevertheless, like I said, once I got into the C64 and Amiga scene by the end of the 90s (I think the year was 1997 or 1998). I simply couldn’t get enough of the C64 and Amiga games, and funny enough. I didn’t get into the scene because of the games, but because of the Amiga and C64 songs, remixes, covers and demo videos. Well, at least that’s how it all started for me (music first, then games).

I think Cobe and Lemming880 did a really good job with their Amiga conversion of “lumberjack”.

Anyways, just the other night I was listening through some Amiga remixes on Youtube, and all of a sudden I spotted a really neat fan made Amiga conversion of the C64 game “Lumberjack” (as seen in the picture above). So I decided to look into the game some more, and good thing that, because Lemming880 (graphics conversion) and Cobe (code and music) has done a truly great job with the game =) And speaking of which, here’s the actual description for the Amiga version of “Lumberjack” (you can play the game on Amiga 500 or 1200):

“Ripp off your grey and boring suit and reveal the red flannel shirt you are hiding under you clothes. Let your beard grow and equip yourself with a big axe and enter the woods. Just admit it, You’ve always wanted to be a LUMBERJACK! This is your chance to turn your dreams intro reality. Enter the forest and start chopping wood, but beware of the branches, if they hit you they will kill you!

This is fan made conversion of a fun little game released in 2016 for C64. I really liked it. It’s really addictive. When you’re trying to play it as fastest you can, you can literally feel adrenaline rush 🙂 Basically this is almost 1 on 1 conversion. Main difference is that now there’s no speed limit. You can chop trees as fastest you can. This was limited on C64. And I didn’t like how on C64 after 150 point time/energy starts to fade really fast so in this version energy is fading a little slower.

We have ideas for improvements. We’ll implement them in near future. So stay tuned 😉

Code and music – Cobe
Gfx conversion – Lemming880

Tested on A500/1200

Big thanks to people who made original C64 gem:
Code …. Majikeyric of Megastyle, Protovision, Retrotech
Music …. Drumtex of Jolly Poppers, Megastyle
Graphics …. Rotteroy of Desire, Megastyle” – Lemming880 and Cobe

Which version do you like the most?

So if you like the sound of that, then you can download and enjoy “Lumberjack” for free today =) And don’t forget to check out Pixel Nation’s “Lumberjack in real forest” video as well 😉

Source:
Aminet