Cool PET Games by Jim Orlando
When Jim Orlando found himself with way too much free time his attention naturally turned to the classic Commodore PET computer… beckoning from its perch.
Jim had one simple question: What if Commodore PET programmers in the 1980’s had been given the time to do games right? He had to find out!
World of Commodore 2025
This is a great presentation Jim did at World of Commodore 2025 on Escape from PETSCII Castle — his impressive port of Castle Wolfenstein. Using optimization techniques and clever shortcuts the game achieves a very playable 20 frames-per-second.
PET Games by Jim Orlando
Jim has made an amazing number of PET games. Serious retro coders have a lot of catching up to do!
- Defender 2020
Port of the Williams arcade game Defender. - Escape from PETSCII Castle (2024)
Port of Castle Wolfenstein. - Loderunner (2021)
Port of the Lode Runner by Brøderbund. - PET Panic
Port of Space Panic! - PET Portal (2021)
A de-make of Portal. - PET Tower Defense (2021)
A fun Tower Defense variant. - PETLifter (2022)
Port of Choplifter by Brøderbund. - PETSCII Brothers
Port of Mario Bros. - PETSCII Kong (2023)
Port of Donkey Kong. - PETSCII Zombie Lemmings (2023)
Port of Lemmings. - TrekWar! (2022)
Star Trek inspired space action game. - Space Invaders 2 (2022)
Port of Space Invaders. - Trainyard (2023)
Control switches to guide trains to their stations. - PETSCII Side-Scrolling Platformer
A side-scrolling platformer inspired by Mario and Sonic.
Commodore 64
Why stop with the Commodore PET when the Commodore 64 can provide a splash of color?
Commander X16
Meanwhile the Commander X16 is a great new platform combining the best of old and new!
Design Levels
The best games are the ones that provide level editors for endless play.