Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video we check out three amazing Commodore PET homebrew games programmed by Jim Orlando running on my PET 2001-N computer with the PET ROM RAM board upgraded to 32 KB of RAM and BASIC 4.0. The games are PETLifter (a Choplifter clone), PETSCII Portal and PET Panic!
First up we have PETLifter - a Choplifter type game for the CBM PET computer. Dan Gorlin's original Choplifter game for the Apple II was amazing. The Commodore PET always deserved something similar. Now we have it!
Next up we have PETSCII Portal, a Commodore PET tribute to the 2007 Flash game Portal2D, which itself was a tribute to the Valve Software classic Portal.
And finally we have PET Panic - a "platformer" game for the Commodore PET. The arcade game Space Panic was the first "platformer" game, and it inspired more popular games of the time such as Lode Runner and Donkey Kong.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro: Commodore PET 2001 computer Homebrew games
0:51 What hardware and upgrades I'm using on my PET 2001-N
1:14 Discussing my SD2PET Future and capturing PET gameplay
1:45 PETLifter - a Choplifter type game for the Commodore PET
4:25 PETSCII Portal, a Commodore PET tribute to the 2007 Flash game Portal2D
10:28 PET Panic - a "platformer" game for the Commodore PET
14:45 Final thoughts and how to download these CBM PET Homebrew games
15:18 Outro
Links mentioned in this video
PETLifter - A Choplifter type game for the Commodore PET:
jimbo.itch.io/petlifter
PETSCII Portal:
jimbo.itch.io/petscii-portal
PET Panic:
jimbo.itch.io/pet-panic
Download Jim's PET Homebrew Games:
jimbo.itch.io
The Future was 8-bit SD2PET – Commodore PET / MiniPET:
tfw8b.com/product/sd2pet-commodore-pet
Geek With Social Skills is a retro technology and vintage computing YouTube channel focused on classic systems like Commodore, Apple II, and DOS PCs.
#CommodorePET #PETSCII #Homebrew
In this video we check out three amazing Commodore PET homebrew games programmed by Jim Orlando running on my PET 2001-N computer with the PET ROM RAM board upgraded to 32 KB of RAM and BASIC 4.0. The games are PETLifter (a Choplifter clone), PETSCII Portal and PET Panic!
First up we have PETLifter - a Choplifter type game for the CBM PET computer. Dan Gorlin's original Choplifter game for the Apple II was amazing. The Commodore PET always deserved something similar. Now we have it!
Next up we have PETSCII Portal, a Commodore PET tribute to the 2007 Flash game Portal2D, which itself was a tribute to the Valve Software classic Portal.
And finally we have PET Panic - a "platformer" game for the Commodore PET. The arcade game Space Panic was the first "platformer" game, and it inspired more popular games of the time such as Lode Runner and Donkey Kong.
Subscribe:
youtube.com/geekwithsocialskills?sub_confirmation=1
Timestamps
0:00 Intro: Commodore PET 2001 computer Homebrew games
0:51 What hardware and upgrades I'm using on my PET 2001-N
1:14 Discussing my SD2PET Future and capturing PET gameplay
1:45 PETLifter - a Choplifter type game for the Commodore PET
4:25 PETSCII Portal, a Commodore PET tribute to the 2007 Flash game Portal2D
10:28 PET Panic - a "platformer" game for the Commodore PET
14:45 Final thoughts and how to download these CBM PET Homebrew games
15:18 Outro
Links mentioned in this video
PETLifter - A Choplifter type game for the Commodore PET:
jimbo.itch.io/petlifter
PETSCII Portal:
jimbo.itch.io/petscii-portal
PET Panic:
jimbo.itch.io/pet-panic
Download Jim's PET Homebrew Games:
jimbo.itch.io
The Future was 8-bit SD2PET – Commodore PET / MiniPET:
tfw8b.com/product/sd2pet-commodore-pet
Geek With Social Skills is a retro technology and vintage computing YouTube channel focused on classic systems like Commodore, Apple II, and DOS PCs.
#CommodorePET #PETSCII #Homebrew
