https://github.com/hagronnestad/c64-retro-hour

The Retro Hour Commodore 64 Episode Guide is a C64 program written in C for the Commodore 64 using the CC65 cross compiler. This is just another fun side project to learn more about the C64 and CC65.
https://github.com/hagronnestad/c64-retro-hour

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The Retro Hour Commodore 64 Episode Guide is a C64 program written in C for the Commodore 64 using the CC65 cross compiler. This is just another fun side project to learn more about the C64 and CC65.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hagronnestad/c64-retro-hour
• Owner: hagronnestad
• Created: 2022-03-19T15:22:08.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-26T21:56:29.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T19:44:31.322Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: c64, cc65, theretrohour
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://heinandre.no/c64-retro-hour/
• Size: 1.61 MB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# The Retro Hour Commodore 64 Episode Guide

## Description

The Retro Hour Commodore 64 Episode Guide is a C64 program written in C for the Commodore 64 using the CC65 cross compiler. This is just another fun side project to learn more about the C64 and CC65.

## Features

- The Retro Hour Logo Splash Screen

- Information about The Retro Hour Podcast and the hosts

- Browse through the episode list

- Search for a specific episode

- Show a random episode

- Hidden Easter Egg

  - Code not comitted to GitHub yet

  - Can you figure out how to trigger it?

## Releases

A pre-compiled `PRG`-file can be found in the "Releases"-section on GitHub. You can run this file in any C64 emulator, even online; [https://c64online.com/c64-online-emulator/](https://c64online.com/c64-online-emulator/).

## Screenshots

*PETSCII "art" splash screen.*

![](./screenshots/01.png)

*The "EPISODES (F5)" page showing the search results for `LGR`.*

![](./screenshots/02.png)

*A `GIF` that shows the different pages and features.*

![](./screenshots/00.gif)

## Update Episode "Database"

Episodes are defined in an array inside `episodes.h`. The `CreateEpisodesHeaderFile.linq` file is a [**LINQpad**](https://www.linqpad.net/) script to automatically generate `episodes.h` from a "The Retro Hour" **RSS** feed.

## Build From Source

The easiest way to set up a development environment is to use a Linux system, Ubuntu on WSL2 or a CC65 Docker container.

### Steps

- Install the CC65 cross compiler

  - `sudo apt install cc65`

- Change to the directory of the `main.c` file

- Build with `cl65`

  - `cl65 main.c -o c64retrohour.prg`

- Run using any C64 emulator that accept a PRG-file