Arcade Game Construction Kit

Arcade Game Construction Kit is a 1988 game creation system for making arcade-style games.[1][2] It was developed by Mike Livesay and published by Broderbund for the Commodore 64. AGCK contained four floppy disks. The program uses a joystick-driven menu system and includes a six pre-made games to learn from and play.

Arcade Game Construction Kit
Box art
Developer(s)Livesay Technologies
Publisher(s)Broderbund
Designer(s)Mike Livesay
Platform(s)Commodore 64
Release1988
Genre(s)Game creation system

Included games
  • AGCK TUTORIAL GAME -- This is a simple variation on classic arcade shooters such as Galaxian.
  • KANGARANG (designed by Gregory Hammond) -- The player is a kangaroo mother looking to rescue its baby and return to safety. Hazards include falling boulders, jumping fish, monkeys and natives.
  • ISLE QUEST (designed by Greg Johnson and Paul Reiche III) -- The player is a brave explorer in search of new lands and riches. Hazards include pirate ships, hostile natives.
  • MUSASHI (designed by Greg Johnson and Paul Reiche III) -- The player is an ancient samurai warrior looking to rescue his princess. The player must fight through a fortress, collecting gold, sushi, and the mighty Sword of the Samurai.
  • GERG'S ADVENTURE (designed by Gregory Hammond) -- The player is Gerg, a tiny creature who wants to get back to his home. Gerg must pick up a variety of orbs to power up, and to clear each level.
  • SPACE WORRIES (designed by Paul Reiche III and Greg Johnson) -- The player controls a space ship, looking to collect mysterious metallic cylinders to destroy an enemy that has taken control of your planet.
gollark: Do you want no hijackings? When anyone breaks into the cockpit of a plane, BLOW IT UP using a dead man's switch thing.
gollark: Er, no-one, not nobody.
gollark: NOBODY can comb MY hair.
gollark: brb, replacing my hair with extremely small bombs.
gollark: Airport security would be marginally better if they at least had EXPLANATIONS for things.

See also

References
  1. Arcade Game Construction Kit at Lemon 64
  2. "Aracade Game Construction Kit (AGCK)". GB64.com.
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