A devilish platform game for the 24K expanded Vic 20.

　　

Experiment

Question Can Mousekind demonstrate cognition?

　　Materials 1. Mad scientist

　　2. Mouse D.N.A.

　　3. 1.21 gigawatts

　　Method 1. Clone subject

　　2. Place subject in room

　　3. If success iterate with next room

　　

Instructions

There are three experiments to complete, select one to play using the function keys (F1, F3, F5) or the action buttons on TheVic20's 'TheJoystick'. Can press these keys / buttons at any time to switch experiments without losing your progress.

　　The experiment main rooms reveal doorways to the trial rooms. Initially in each experiment you will see just the first trial room. Complete it to reveal more,

　　Control Echo the Mouse with a joystick and learn his abilities as you go. Hint, it is best to start with Experiment 1.

　　To beat a trial room collect a piece of cheese before the time runs out. You only have 5 seconds to do this between each cheese and more of the room is revealed. Sometimes there will be more than one cheese and your choice can drastically affect the room.

　　You have infinite clones but must be successful to proceed. If a trial room in one experiment is proving to be too challenging, jump over to one of the other experiments instead.

　　Complete the trials in all three experiments to win Echo's freedom.

　　Learn each roomDon't hesitateBe preciseExperiment!

Credits

Game design, code and graphics - Andy HewittDevilish level designs - Ross Hewitt Created using Turbo Rascal. The full source code for this game is included. Turbo Rascal is a very easy way to make assembler-fast 8-bit and 16-bit games using a Pascal-like language.

　　(C) 2020 HEWCO

　　

Competition Winning Game

Cheesy Trials was a winner in the TheC64 Winter Game Development 2020 competition held by Retro Games Ltd, coming in joint first place with a Commodore 64 game. The competition was held to celebrate new games for their flagship devices; TheC64 and TheVic20. Cheesy Trials runs fine on the original Vic 20 computer of course, but there is some additional support for TheJoystick on these new devices.

　　

Buy the game on Tape

Want the full retro experience? The Future Was 8Bit have kindly bundled on to a real cassette tape with inlay as you might have seen it back in the day.

　　Buy your copy for only £6.99 Or download the full game for free, no donation necessary.