Commando 2084 for the Commodore 64

Commando 2084 is game for the Commodoreo 64.

It is like Commando, but with the Robotron 2084 controls. Changes made to the original Commando:

• Controls are like in Robotron 2084. Use two joysicks, or better yet, one Unijoysticle 2 to control the hero:
  • Joystick #2 to control the hero direction
  • Joystick #1 to control the fire direction
  • Autofire is enabled
  • 'Space' to throw grenades.
• Levels 2 and 3 have bosses (enemies taken from Robotron 2084)
  • The SFX used when these bossed are killed, are unused SFX from the original Commando.
• Difficulty increased, otherwise the game would be too easy to play:
  • No extra lives
  • 28 soldiers are inside forts, instead of 20
• Flickers were reduced, but there are still a few. Changes made to reduce flickering:
  • Uses double-buffer multiplexer
  • Faster sorting algorithm
  • Faster "view port" rendering
  • Music is played outside IRQ
  • Unrolled some functions like "apply delta"
  • And other tiny improvements here and there
• Smaller binary, single load
  • Removed unused data/code
  • Packed everything in a single binary
  • Compressed binary using exomizer
• Misc fixes

Screenshots

Download

Get the latest binary from here:

• commando-2084.d64

Source code

The source code is the disassembled Commando, fully commented, plus my own changes.

Requirements to compile the game

• 64tass, tested with v1.54, r1900
• VICE
• Exomizer

To compile it do:

$ make

Original source code

The original (without the 2084 modifications), fully commented source code of Commando can be found in this branch:

• https://gitlab.com/ricardoquesada/c64-commando-2084/tree/orig