12 O'Clock (C64)

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12 O'Clock
Game On 9-92.jpg
Platform: Commodore 64
Year: 1992
Developer: Ability

12 O'Clock (or Twelve O'Clock in scrolling logo) is a puzzle game, developed in 1991 and published in August 1992.

Your goal is to rotate hour hands so they all point up. However, you can only rotate combinations. You choose them using the locks in the middle, and rotate using the side arrows. For example, if both top locks are closed, the top arrows affect the two hands in the top corners, and the bottom arrows affect the six hands in the two bottom rows.

The combinations don't change across the 20 levels, so you can figure everything out in the first level.

Screenshots

12 O'Clock - C64 - 01 Page 1.png

Credits, greetings, instructions, clipart.

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Year and island of development.

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Game start.

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Take your time.

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Selecting a combination of clocks.

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Brief continue screen.

Music

Previously on Ultrix (C64), programmer Boris Müller started getting music from Lars Hutzelmann, who had since switched to his long-time favorite editor, Soundmaster v3.1. The jingles restart after a few seconds because Soundmaster does not support stopping. HVSC states since 2002 that Hutzelmann's music is meant for the 8580 chip.

Recording

All songs were recorded, plus 10 seconds fade-out, from the game:

  1. on a real C64C PAL with an 8580 R5 4091.
  2. in VICE 3.9 with C64 PAL and a bias of 80.
# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
101 Title Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 3:13
Download
102 Game On Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 0:40
Download
103 Ingame! Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 4:30
Download
104 You Did It! Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 0:40
Download
105 Game Over Unknown, Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 0:40
Download
# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
201 Title Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 3:13
Download
202 Game On Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 0:40
Download
203 Ingame! Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 4:30
Download
204 You Did It! Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 0:40
Download
205 Game Over Unknown, Lars HutzelmannLars Hutzelmann 0:40
Download

(Source: composer's release.)

Credits

(Sources: 1st and 2nd title page, RAM, composer's release.)

Game Rip

Format

Download

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Download

(Info)


Audio Devices

This game uses the computer's built-in SID chip. The basses, non-title drums, and a few melodies in Title sound different on every machine because they use SID's unstable filter.

An official NTSC release is unlikely.

Releases

Although the issue was announced for 1992-08-21, four groups stated spreading its three games up to six days earlier.

  Austria.svg   Austria
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Title: Game On Ausgabe 9/92 (Game On issue 9/92)
Platform: C64
Released: 1992-08-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH
  Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Game On 9-92.jpg
Title: Game On Ausgabe 9/92 (Game On issue 9/92)
Platform: C64
Released: 1992-08-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH
  Luxembourg.svg   Luxembourg
Game On 9-92.jpg
Title: Game On Ausgabe 9/92 (Game On issue 9/92)
Platform: C64
Released: 1992-08-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH
  Germany.svg   Germany
Game On 9-92.jpg
Title: Game On Ausgabe 9/92 (Game On issue 9/92)
Platform: C64
Released: 1992-08-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH
  Luxembourg.svg   Luxembourg
Game On GOLd Edition 1-93.jpg
Title: Game On GOLd Edition 1/93
Platform: C64
Released: 1993-0?-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH
  Austria.svg   Austria
Game On GOLd Edition 1-93.jpg
Title: Game On GOLd Edition 1/93
Platform: C64
Released: 1993-0?-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH
  Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Game On GOLd Edition 1-93.jpg
Title: Game On GOLd Edition 1/93
Platform: C64
Released: 1993-0?-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH
  Germany.svg   Germany
Game On GOLd Edition 1-93.jpg
Title: Game On GOLd Edition 1/93
Platform: C64
Released: 1993-0?-??
Publisher: CP Verlag GmbH

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