NetRacer

The first multiplayer Internet game for the Commodore 64!

Overview:

NetRacer is a simple racing game written to demonstrate the potential of multiplayer games over the Internet with the Commodore 64.  It builds on our earlier two-player effort Artillery Duel with realtime gameplay and the addition of a server.

The game was unveiled at the Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club Expo 2008.  Check out the Powerpoint presentation about the project and pictures of the event and setup.

Features:

• Eight simultaneous players over the Internet or LAN
• Scrolling graphics
• Sound effects
• Joystick control (Port 2)

Technical Details:

• UDP-based communication (don't forget to forward port 3000 in your router/firewall to your C64)
• Written in DASM assembler
• Uses netlib64, which in turn supports the RR-Net, FB-Net, or ETH64 cartridges.
• Server is written in Java 5.

Download:

NetRacer 1.0 from Commodore Scene Database.

Please note that the VICE emulator isn't yet supported, as its RR-Net emulation is a bit buggy.

Source code for the client and server are available, contact Leif for a copy.

Links:

• Discuss the game's development on the C64 Network Game Development forum.
   
• Look for opponents on the C64friends IRC chat or the #netracer channel on NewNet.
   
• Summary of Ethernet on the Commodore 64.

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