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Vic-20 Freeware Archive
Latest update: 7 Apr 2000.
NEW ADDITIONS: Ghislain de Blois's Ringside Boxing
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DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING IN ONE ZIP FILE
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Ghislain de Blois
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RINGSIDE BOXING (unexpanded, get it at the
Ringside Boxing homepage)
. A brand new game for the unexpanded Vic-20!

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Timo Raita
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ZAC-MAX (zac-max.zip. 8K expansion, PAL Vic)
A pacman-like maze game. Instructions are included.
This game uses a full PAL screen, so you will probably only see part of the screen on a NTSC Vic.
To run this in PCVIC, enter POKE45,21:POKE46,38 before you run.

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Bernd Wiebelt
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THRILLER (thriller.zip. The two-part version: 3K expansion. The one-part version: 8K expansion)
A maze game. German instructions are included.

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Six games by Kevin Baker. Instructions: kbgames.txt
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KNIGHTS AND ROOKS (knight.zip)
Get to the castle door before timer runs out.

MAZE AVENGER (maze.zip)
Jump over troll's and try to make it to the purple door. Fire Button makes man jump.

RIVER PILOT (river.zip)
Pilot boat down the river and avoid boulders.

SNOW GLIDER (snow.zip)
Ski downhill slope and watch out for trees.

STAR STALKER (starstok.zip)
Fly through space searching for freedom. Your on a timer and you also have thrust control.
Joystick up - maximum thrust.
Joystick down - minimum thrust.
Fire button - fires missiles.
On level 1 if you reach 400 light years you found freedom.
On level 2 if you reach 500 light years you found freedom.
On level 3 if you reach 600 light years you found freedom.
NOTE: You also have to use full thrust some of time on Level 1, most of the time on Level 2, all of the time on Level 3, or you will run out of time.

SUPER ZAPPER (superzap.zip)
Shoot alien with your guided missile and watch out for alien bombs.

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Peter Hunold
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WURMI (wurmi.zip. 16K)
The ultimate Snakey.
Here is a screenshot of level 18! To run this program in PCVIC, type poke 4879,154 before you run.

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Brendan Jones has released his previously-written software as freeware. This includes:
UPL (pseudo-pascal compiler); Sorcery (RPG); UFO Escapers, VIC Invaders, Qerbs (arcade); House of Demons, Spyflight, Viceman, Rocky Island, Carnage of Karn, Werewolf, Death Ship (adventures).
These can be found on his software page
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Jeff Minter has declared his Vic-20 games freeware. In his collection are:
Andes Attack, Aggressor, Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time, Gridrunner (UK), Gridrunner (US cart), Abductor, Traxx, Matrix, Laser Zone, Hell Gate, Deflex.
You can find these on his homepage.
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HELLGATE, patched version (hellgate.zip)
In the old hellgate, the enemies going down looked strange and left holes in the ground. This version should work properly.

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Craig Bruce has also compiled some freeware, part of which was made by himself. These can now be found in the VICUG software depository.
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And finally, some stuff written by Yours Truly
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DOTS (dots.zip. Unexpanded)
A simple (experimental) board/learning game.

MISSILE COMMAND (misslcmd.zip. Unexpanded)
A BASIC rendition of the classic.

ROBOT (robot.zip Unexpanded)
A Berzerk clone.

SNAKE (snake.zip. Unexpanded)
A snakey variant (with power pill!).

TUNNEL RUN (tunnlrun.zip. Unexpanded)
A dodge-and-pick-up game featuring an archeologist called Jones.

Next to these, there are couple of projects, which are now, unfortunately, in the fridge (the well-known place where many prjects reside): XMAS PUDDINGS (screenshot), which is a save-them-from-falling type of game, and ANTIPODE (screenshot), a gauntlet clone with a twist.