This game will only work on PAL machines. If you are using VICE or Ultimate 64. Please ensure your machine video state is set to PAL. This game is also compatible with theC64 mini and full-size computer (on full height).


Formly known as Nucleo 447 during the Official C64 SEUCK Compo 2019.  Nucleo 448 is a fully enhanced vertical scrolling apocalyptic sci-fi themed space shoot 'em up. This game features:

- Polished front end with high score table
- 4 stunning worlds, crammed full of deadly alien suprises
- Mean boss fights, in which you can try to survive through
- Atmospheric and in game trance music to fit the mood
- Power ups
- Smart aim firing aliens

and much more

A message arrives from outer space for all living beings across the universe. A crazy scientist decrypted it. it says something like:

"Warning! ... Asteroid out of control wandering! ... It contains the origins of the most dangerous weapon ever known! ... Enter the asteroid before it will destroy your planet! " . 

The name of that asteroid: Nucleo 448!

This deadly asteroid is floating through the solar system.  Many space ships were sent inside it, but nobody managed to get out alive from there .

Now it is your turn to try and save the Universe, and everything inside it.

CREDITS

Design, graphics and concept by
LEONARDO VETTORI
(Original created with the Shoot Em Up Construction Kit by Sensible Software)

Additional code by
MARTIN PIPER AND RICHARD BAYLISS

Sound effects and music by
RICHARD BAYLISS

Tape loader system by
MARTIN PIPER (TND Loader) and PAUL HUGHES (Freeload)

Cover inlay design by
LEONARDO VETTORI

Mastered with:

Thunderload
High speed and intelligent tape loading system

(C)2020 Leonardo Vettori for The New Dimension

This game, and its content is classed as free digital software. TND Games consents copying, sharing, modification/improvements and respectable broadcast of this production. However TND Games does not consent any part of this production to be used for physical or digital reproduction for sales or marketing of this production without permission from TND Games.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorRichard of TND
GenreShooter
Tags2D, Commodore 64, Sci-fi, Shoot 'Em Up, Singleplayer

Download

Download
Nucleo448.zip 471 kB

Install instructions

Download the Zip file, and extract the folder to your PC and copy to a USB stick to play on theC64 mini or full size or Commodore 64 with 1541Ultimate 2,  an Ultimate 64. If you don't have any of these machines, you can still join in the fun by downloading VICE (http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/).

There is also a tape inlay, included in the ZIP archive which you can print and cut out.

Have fun!

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"This game will only work on PAL machines. If you are using VICE or Ultimate 6. Please ensure your machine video state is set to PAL."

You should correct this typo, Ultimate64 not 6 :)

Thanks for reporting this. I have updated the page.

Has been a pleasure ;)

That's awesome!! I love the tune sooo much too :)

I enjoyed the game :) Thank you

nice game, thank you.

Thanks. 

I designed the game in 6 months for the Richard contest TND64 Seuck 2019.

After Richard took the game and modified the code and it made it became a "real game", with music and power ups.

Hope you enjoyed.