SEUCK Title Screen Maker V1.8+ [Commodore 64]

Current release version V1.8 +

Version 2.0 is currently complete, but is not yet released. There will be an improvement to some of the old features in the title screen settings, including animation and text colour flashing speed control. As well as these two features there are also some amazing features added as additional options for it, which include in game enhancements - you will not need to code anything either.  

Could the new SEUCK Title Screen Maker update become a new S.E.U.C.K enhancement tool?  Tune in this Christmas Day 2025 to find out !!!

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Are you a creative Commodore 64 user who likes to make games using the Shoot Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) or Sideways Scrolling SEUCK. Perhaps you still have some old games you made with SEUCK stored away somewhere. Are you bored with the old front end and want something more fancy? Would you like to make your presentation stand out but you cannot code? 

The New Dimension is very proud to present to you the SEUCK Title Screen Maker. A fun C64 tool which can help you make cool new front ends and link them to your very own standalone games, created with any version of the Shoot Em Up Construction Kit or Sideways Scrolling SEUCK. 

Note, this will not work on programs made with SEUCK Redux framework!

Transform this:

The editor requires no coding knowledge, but in order to link the title screen to your game you will need a reset/freezer cartridge or plugin, such as the Action Replay/Retro Replay cartridge - or Super Snapshot, or just use VICE Monitor, and a cross-platform cruncher like Exomizer or Dali. using $6580 as jump address. Please check out the useful tips on how to put the title screen together using VICE.  

Alternatively you can now use my new SEUCK Title Screen Master Maker Linker Tool, which is also available from this web site.

Please also note that the SEUCK Title Screen Maker does not provide full in game enhancements, except for optional in game music, but it does provide possibilities to link your additional code for in game enhancements. Side 2 of the the disk contains Turbo Assembler routines containing code snippets (Please read the manual for more about this feature).

The S.E.U.C.K Title screen maker consists of the following features:

• Easy to handle editor. 
• Create your own credits page
• Create your own optional hi score table and flashing colour table
• Write your own scrolltext and edit the scroll colour table
• Create your own single line get ready and game over messages
• Create your own end screen
• Supports  40 x 8 logos (KoalaPaint multicolour/OCP Art Studio)
• Supports 1x1, 1x2 or 2x1 character sets (hires, multicolour, animated). 
• Supports separate title music and in game music files (Title music relocated at $8000, In game music relocated at $9000)
•  Also supports large music  with assignable sub tunes (multi-tracks) (Load as title music at $8000 which can expand to $9fff)
• Three  spare subroutines for calling adding additional in game enhancements 
• Enhancement code snippets (Requires Turbo Assembler or Turbo Macro Pro)
• Complete PDF user manual
• Exclusive game, CETI 22

Music players

Below is a list of music players saved from specific players/editors, which should hopefully work on new front ends using the SEUCK Title Screen Maker.

Common PC tracker players:  

All of these players contain a relocator tool built in or supplied for packing and relocating your finished music to $8000 / $9000 addresses to a PRG or SID format. (STM only accepts the PRG format)

• Goat Tracker (any version 1 or version 2
• GT Ultra V1.00 to V1.5.5 (or possibly higher if available)
• CheeseCutter
• SidWizard V1.9 (PC build)
• Music Studio V2
• SIDFactory 2
• DMC V4.0 V1.0 / V1.1
• MG Tracker

All music composers init $8000 /$9000 ... Play $8003/$9003 when relocated, except for SIDFactory 2 which inits $8000/$9000 and plays at $8006/$9006.

SEUCK Title Screen Maker is not compatible with Deflemask.

Native C64 players:

All of these players I am familiar with will work in SEUCK Title Screen Maker. Most of these music editors have a built in music relocator or has an external music relocator. All music player init $8000/$9000 and play $8003/$9003 if relocated to the $8000/$9000 address. Other music composers init/play address is highlighted in the list below:

• Music Assembler (Init $8048/$9048 ... Play $8021/$9021)
• Future Composer (Init $8000/$9000 ... Play $8006/$9006)
• Voicetracker
• Demo Music Creator (DMC V1 - DMC V6)
• SadoTracker
• SidWizard
• Music Mixer V5
• Element 114 Music Studio
• JCH Newplayer 
• SYNC
• Electronic Music System (EMS) V7.03
• Sid Duzz It (SDI)
• + Many more

Music editors not compatible with SEUCK Title Screen Maker 

• Sound Master
• Soundtracker 64
• Ubik's Music
• DefMON
• Advanced Music System
• The Music System
• Polyanna
• Any digi-sampling tracker

CREDITS

Programming, design and music by Richard Bayliss

Ceti 22 by Alf Yngve and Richard Bayliss

(C )2025 The New Dimension 

The SEUCK Title Screen Maker is Public Domain software. You are welcome to copy, improve and share it. However, like with all TND games productions, making physical or digital copies or making use of this production commercially is not allowed. Like all TND productions, this was made as a hobby project.

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Tutorial videos (Also works with SEUCK Title Screen maker V1.8+)

Part 1/3: Example of SEUCK games and making a new front end for CETI 22

Part 2/3: Linking the new front end to CETI 22.

Please take note: When you decide to use method 2 or method 3. Make sure you follow the process of loading in the game and the new title screen, then save from memory. Otherwise if you run the front end, there is a chance you might get unwanted sprites appear at the top border.

Part 3/3: Adding in game enhancements to CETI 22.

Other SEUCK Title Screen Maker tutorial videos and experiments will appear in my YouTube channel in the future in my channel playlist here.