Fix-It Felix Jr Arrives on Commodore Amiga With Arcade-Style Graphics and Animated Cutscenes

Antonio Savona and Broken Bytes bring Wreck-It Ralph's Fix-It Felix Jr to Commodore Amiga with smooth scrolling, speech, and animated celebrations.

The Commodore Amiga has received another delightful addition to its homebrew catalogue, and this one comes from a videogame that originally existed only inside a movie. Fix-It Felix Jr., the fictional arcade hit featured in Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, has been recreated for the Amiga by Antonio Savona of Broken Bytes, with artwork by Steven Day and music contributions from Aldo Chiummo and Saul Cross. Players control Felix, the cheerful handyman attempting to repair the windows of an apartment building while the considerably less cheerful Ralph throws bricks from above. The objective is simple enough: climb the building, repair the damage and avoid becoming an unfortunate example of occupational health and safety statistics. Helpful residents occasionally leave apple pies that provide temporary abilities and scoring opportunities. The Amiga conversion makes extensive use of the machine's original graphics and audio capabilities. Its presentation includes colourful graphics, smooth scrolling, animated clouds, sampled sound effects, speech and three-channel music. Particularly impressive are the animated interludes, including a rooftop celebration that rewards successful players. The project follows earlier recreations of Fix-It Felix Jr. for platforms including the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum Next. Although the fictional arcade game was supposedly released in 1982, its real-world history began with the 2012 film. The Amiga version is an unofficial fan-created adaptation rather than a Disney-licensed release. Its arrival demonstrates the continuing creativity of developers producing software for Commodore's classic sixteen-bit computer. The Amiga already has an impressive collection of arcade conversions, but apparently somebody decided that its catalogue was incomplete without a cheerful handyman repeatedly repairing the same building while an enormous man throws construction materials at him.