The Impossible Fortress is a novel by Jason Rekulak about the (mis)adventures of a 14-year-old Commodore 64 programmer in 1987. Each chapter opens with a snippet of C64 BASIC code from the video game he's writing, with the help of a friend he meets during the story. I get the dumb idea to type in, comment upon, and when reasonable, fix the code from all 34 chapters in one stupidly long video. It's almost like a live stream, but I actually edited out over 30 minutes just to make it less painful. Honest. My editing software says I made 2259 edits, but who would believe that? To support 8-Bit Show And Tell: Become a patron: https://patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell One-time donation: https://paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA Links mentioned: Jason Rekulak's website: http://www.jasonrekulak.com/impossiblefortress/ The Impossible Fortress web game: http://www.jasonrekulak.com/game/ Into The Vertical Blank: https://intotheverticalblank.com/ Foone's analysis of The Eternal Castle hoax: https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1081746182425071616 Index: 0:00 A Novel 2:14 An excerpt from the novel 6:23 C64 BASIC as a literary device? 8:27 Ch. 1 - Welcome Screen 12:27 Ch. 2 - Establishing Difficulty 15:43 Ch. 3 - Transfer Character Set 18:45 Ch. 4 - Play Theme Music 21:45 Ch. 5 - Introduce Variables 26:51 Ch. 6 - Instructions 29:47 Ch. 7 - Draw Hero Sprite 33:40 Ch. 8 - Draw Guard 1 Sprite 36:07 Ch. 9 - Control Hero 39:10 Ch. 10 - Draw Princess Sprite 41:08 Ch. 11 - Draw Guard 2 Sprite 43:12 Ch. 12 - Advance Countdown 47:25 Ch. 13 - Error Buzzer 50:19 Ch. 14 - Assign Ranking$ 53:18 Ch. 15 - Boost Score 55:14 Ch. 16 - Out of Time 57:24 Ch. 17 - Hero Attacks 1:00:30 Ch. 18 - Bonus Life 1:03:12 Ch. 19 - Victory Screen 1:06:11 Ch. 20 - Victory Theme Music 1:08:44 Ch. 21 - Pause Game 1:10:54 Ch. 22 - Fortress is Breached 1:13:31 Ch. 23 - Alarm Sound 1:15:53 Ch. 24 - Captured By Guards 1:20:53 Ch. 25 - Reset Score To Zero 1:22:41 Ch. 26 - Clear Memory 1:25:42 Ch. 27 - Draw New Hero 1:27:18 Ch. 28 - Start Bonus Level 1:29:45 Ch. 29 - Draw New Guards 1:31:01 Ch. 30 - Draw New Environment 1:34:22 Ch. 31 - Draw New Fortress 1:37:26 Ch. 32 - Repeat Siren SFX 1:41:11 Ch. 33 - Game Over 1:44:11 Ch. 34 - Play Again?? 1:46:55 A Note About The Code & Acknowledgments 1:49:09 The Eternal Castle: Inspired by The Impossible Fortress? 1:56:29 In Conclusion, Thanks, & Credits 2:00:01 The Impossible Fortress Gameplay