Protovision, founded in late 1996, turns 15 years old! For this occasion, there is something special for Christmas this year: With the 4 Player Games Compilation you get the chance to get your hands on four games for four players at a special rate: Bomb Mania, Tanks 3000, Hockey Mania and Team Patrol are coming in a nice box and of course with printed manual. Offer valid while stock lasts, so you better fly to our Online Shop and save your copy – with or without 4 Player Interface to your choice.

By the way: Chris Hülsbeck likes that!

We gave our website a facelift. A new addition is the press section where you can find many game reviews, interviews etc. We have also made some optical and structural improvements. Have fun looking around!

Our jump’n'roll hit game Jim Slim is also available on 3.5″ disc now, so if you prefer the 1581 or FD floppy disk drive over your old’n trusty 1541, drop by at our Online Shop.

Trixter/Nemesiz.tk/Digital Talk has caught the Jim Slim fever: He not only played through the entire game in a short time, no, he has documented this in a great video clip. Those who have long wondered how to master this or that tricky scene, or simply want to relax watching the game, please watch this clip (lasting over an hour):

Protovision always needs reliable helpers! Above all we currently lack coders. There is also graphics to pixel, music to compose, a website to maintain, e-mails to answer. There are manuals to translate or proofread. Anyone can contact us and offer help, we’ll try out how it feels working together and if that fits, we can also let him or her join. Most of the Protovision members are in Germany, including all core members. We also have some in neighboring countries.

There is a new pricelist (12/11) available. You can find it here.

With Space Lords P1X3L.net released a new game for up to four players. It supports our 4 Player Interface and was released within the RGCD C64 Cartridge Development Competition 2011. Find out more at CSDb.

In the recently broadcasted The Simpsons episode “The Food Wife” (Season 23, Episode 5) Homer takes the kids to a video game convention. There are lots of references to old computer games such as Dig Dug, and there is a huge video game stand from Protovision. The logo design is similar to the one from Activision. While some believe they refer to the original Protovision from the movie WarGames, others are sure they were referring to us. It happens exactly one minute after the start of the episode.

Issue 58 of the diskmag Vandalism News was released by Onslaught and Wrath Designs at Syntax 2011 in Australia.

Protovision wise you can find the following in this issue’s “Mini-Market” chapter:

With Sentry, Leon released another Newcomer inspired picture. The entrance to the Monks’ Garden, flagpole and something strange in the sky… Go play the game and you will discover what that something is…