CH-LUDENS: IdentityWars Amiga vs Atari ST (Experimental Archelogy)
The game IdentityWars is a product of the Experimental Archeology (Developing things with the possibilities of that time. Understand what options were available at the time, how complex the development was) of the CH-Ludens project. As part of this project, a small game engine was developed on the C64 in assembler with which games can be programmed. More about the cry64engine and the structure you find in our research blog (german) >
IdentityWars - Amiga contra Atari ST 1985+
One of the developed game is the multiplayer game Identity Wars (Amiga vs Atari ST). It makes the process of the possible successors of the 8-bit generation playable, both of which came onto the market in 1985: Atari ST (Cheap and initially widely available) and the Amiga gaming machine (similarly priced from 1987/88 with the Amiga 500). These two systems and their fans fought a tough battle: which was the better system? A real war of identity. This "war" is made playable as a duel game with the corresponding logos through 12 levels. This culture war ends with the victory of the consoles and a little later with new, inexpensive PCs and 3D graphics cards.
The Game
Download the game (IdentityWars.PRG) as a zip and unpack >
Play the game online here:
0. Open the URL https://c64emulator.111mb.de/index.php?site=pp_javascript&lang=en&group=c64
1. First upload the IdentityWars.PRG file
2. Select [Joystick Keyboard 2 -> Player 2] - You enable the second keyboard-joystick
3. You can play it with Cursors+Space and WASD+E.
or use the emulator VICE.
or use an orginal C64 .-)
For Devs
The source-code and all assets, the sprite and the block-editor (mac).
Download all assets and sources here >
Screenshots from the game
Some of 12 arenas.
