C64 Longplay - Monty On The Run

Longplay from the C64 game "Monty On The Run"
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[@noelle1940]

Monty is on the run because literally every object known to mankind wants his head on a silver platter

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Strange Purple Object No wonder the theme was used in IWBTG.

[@kqzo]

no its because his wife is pregnant

[@CSLucasEpic]

@@kqzo Wasn't he being pursued by the police because he participated in the miner's strike of 1985?

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Excellent Thatcher would have plausible deniability virovac.tumblr.com/post/190591280745/the-british-government-wanted-this-mole-dead

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@CSLucasEpic Basically yeah. He attempted to steal a bunch of coal and take control of coal production. His friend, Sam Stoat, had to break him out of prison and now he’s escaping, which is the premise of this fame

[@theGreaterAwareness]

The thing I love about this game is that it's just like real life.

[@Dedicatedtolivinginthepast]

Ah yes I am a mole that jetpacks their way up to a tree stump from a living room that has pool of water in it right next to an entertainment center as well

[@tygical]

O_O

[@juggernaut6832]

@@Dedicatedtolivinginthepast With million animated objects and faces trying to kill you on touch ofc

[@boredwithusernames]

An awesome 6 minute continuous 3-channel music track by the legendary Rob Hubbard, over 12 minutes of masterful gameplay (my respects to you), full motion animated video (well... animated sprites...) and fast gameplay, ALL squeezed out of a 6502 processor running at under 1MHz... and all programmed into a 64K (that is 64 Kilobyte) memory space... Now that could teach todays "programmers" a lesson or two on code optimization... Well played all around ;)

[@Gr8Dane78]

+boredwithusernames Right on, brotha. If todays programmers weren't so lazy and goddamn hipsters all of them, we'd have games like GTA5 running on the C64 today :)

[@DinnerForkTongue]

boredwithusernames Fuck yes.

[@newagederpderp]

Gr8Dane78 I don't think GTA V is even *REMOTELY* possible with: a CPU running at

[@colonthree]

@@newagederpderp Only because it requires a ludicrious amount of textures and sounds. However, there is always room for improvement. ;w;

[@thesuperdog]

@@newagederpderp GTA5 no. But a good racing game yes.

[@kanecombes8918]

that moles got flips.

[@allenharper2928]

Your name can be here for 20 dollars. Flips for days!

[@AliC202]

shoutout to simpleflips

[@TheDarkQueen89]

I just love the way Monty jumps. It's soo adorable!

[@antekone1]

I wonder if Codemasters took the jumping method of Monty and used in the Dizzy series, because the egghead jumps kinda like Monty now when I look at it.

[@MrPolabow]

Best gamemusic ever

[@thesuperdog]

Most Rob Hubbard sound routines fit into 4k. That is player and music. Sometimes would be a bit more maybe 5 or 6k but thats it. His code and score was very very optimised. Martin Galways routine use to be more 8k. Tight games always preferred Rob Hubbards smaller size

[@StargateMax]

and I got so annoyed by this music, only Jet Set Willy music is worse, lol!

[@ActuallyTragic]

Monty Mole is on the run, and HOLY CRAPBALLS EVERYTHING'S OUT TO MUDER HIM.

[@michaeltsung9741]

I know, and people think it's easy being a video game character... Little do they know..... Oh well, at least he had some good music to listen to.....

[@westinbridges7321]

Actually, he’s on the run from the authorities aka the police

[@hollywooda111]

The music!!!!!!! The fucking music!!!!!!... Rob is a god my ages Beethoven.

[@billyrigney4455]

Scott Lee Clayton HaHa Exactly

[@hollywooda111]

It's bloody stunning, some of his movements are staggering.

[@nolifepotaato-2750]

Scott Lee Clayton Beethoven was good but Jesus look at how far we've come we invented the era of awesomeness. Truly Robert should have been noticed for this he should be history!

[@accel103]

iwbtg opened me up to so many interesting games that i never would even known about

[@hugobalder7447]

Wowwww, only wow, i loved that game and the music - now i am 53 and still enjoy this sound from Rob - the C64 was my first computer and now in 2020 i’am still a programmer 😀

[@sephjnr]

The most implausible thing about this entire experience is the notion of a Sinclair C5 going more than 10mph

[@DarkoLuketic]

When you're a kid and play this you're happy to get to screen 3

[@PixelSprixie]

I love how the song makes the game even more intense like you are really on the run. :o Wish C64 games would make a comeback on VC!

[@1Thunderfire]

I heard the music for the first time the other day and it is AMAZING! ^o^ I also appreciate Monty's flipping. I don't know why; it's just very pleasing to see.

[@markhopwood6928]

I got this game bundled with my C64 in 1986. Happy memories watching this video. I couldn't believe how good the C64's music was when I loaded this game on Christmas Day. It plays really well, but is tough. I remember being stuck for about a year (before the days of internet walkthroughs!) on the screen in the House where the clock flies towards you - I thought you had to jump over it at some point, until I eventually realised you just had to wait for it fly in the opposite direction :/

[@ANDI2091]

Mark Hopwood play this game free on Vizzed if you want

[@nolifepotaato-2750]

Mark Hopwood lol I could agree with you if I had played that game I am kind of sorry how the theme got used for memes and stuff like that but truly Monty on the run is a fantastical and wonderful game. Whell the way I see it it is

[@bonusnudges]

I had exactly the same problem with mine ! , But in the end I gave up and went onto something else . I was fascinated to see the rest of the game played in this video ! . Bloody hell that was 33 years ago , I’m feeling old now !

[@TrippyToad]

THIS IS NOT LEVEL 1 MUSIC.

[@OriruBastard]

XDDD

[@johnhadcroft7444]

It is mate Watch the og one Ur probably thinking of the slow score board music

[@Respawn7]

John Hadcroft I think he means that this kind of music wouldn’t fit as a level 1 song

[@discharge2331]

This so takes me back to when I was a kid, that music! The c64 totally kicked the 8bit competition out the way.

[@katakis1]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AirshBornely]

Was VVVVVV inspired by this game? I wouldn't be surprised.

[@hobbified]

+Airsh Bornely yes, in an interview in 2010 he cites Monty on the Run and Dizzy as visual inspirations for VVVVVV. :)

[@lawfrosty]

Pro! I remember having to figure out so many of those moves, when i saw you jumping repeatedly at the start and making those jumps work, I knew you were a player :D I came to hear the music, didn't expect the great show ++

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

Girlfriend: Monty, I'm pregnant... Monty:

[@toonboy2041]

Underrated comment lol

[@magyar77]

I love how one of the music tracks cuts out when Monty picks up something, poor sid! haha God I miss my child hood.

[@relic374]

This makes me extremely sad that I was born in the early 2000s. But I should be thankful though that I have such a passion for retro video games and their themes. I guess it just makes me sad to grow up with people who don't know what I'm talking about when I say "Commador 64" or "Atari 2600."

[@magyar77]

@@relic374 I ended up getting a breadboard C64 with a floppy to sd emu for $100. Like ol times.

[@relic374]

@@magyar77 That sounds awesome.

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

This is some really demented yet awesome music.

[@acidzebra]

Rob Hubbard is a C64 legend, and for good reason.

[@exup35]

If you haven't try looking for C64 suicide express

[@bunnygirlxxx]

Thanks for posting!! I use to love this game & the music when I was a kiddie!!!! I have just completed it on an emulator thanks to this showing me the item I missed in the tree stump. Ahhhh the satisfaction, finally after all these years!!! :D

[@DJWaffleston]

Somebody need to remake this game.

[@tomspice73]

No, no no. it is as it is.

[@hollywooda111]

DJ Waffleston I'd kill for that

[@davistoa]

They did. Quite many years ago, in fact.

[@nolifepotaato-2750]

davistoa this game was created in 1985 to be specific but yea you're right

[@desktorp]

Tortured hero Monty Mole must stop a rogue special forces unit from stealing Metal Gear.

[@Realmasterorder]

One of the best platforms of all time ! The Music theme was the biggest ever done in a game up to that point !!! Thanks for bringing it up.

[@Djclyve]

Gotta love the heart pounding rock n MOLE music

[@discharge2331]

Looking at this old game in 2020 is absolutely freakin triptastic, what a nostalgia trip. The music is absolute class !!!!

[@everythingisnotjunbiok88]

Everything about this just emanates pure chaos

[@B-S-K]

best music ever .... in its days ... and still today !!

[@Weird-City]

Can't even tell you how good that was to watch:) I remembered the game as being much longer - I played it for hours...lol. Possibly the greatest 64 bit soundtrack of all time.

[@greatallstar]

Oh this game... god this game... that driving part...

[@magicmulder]

Main theme and credits tune, two of the most iconic 8 bit songs ever in one game (plus the game over jingle is nice, too). Amazeballs.

[@sevensisters5496]

The soundtrack to this made it. Loved this game as a kid, when i could get it to load.

[@sunekoo]

Thanks for making this impossibly difficult game look easy

[@izemanevobike]

Absolutely AMAZING! Thanks for sharing this. I never thought I'd ever see the closing scene of this, as I never passed the 2nd screen when it come out decades ago. The music still has me hooked. Wonderful how brains work :)

[@mervihyvonen915]

Awesome gameplay, and Ron Hubbard's music is phenomenal! Played this game in the 80's when I was young. Thank you for sharing @DerSchmu

[@Ms_Ink]

I am just sad that, after all of the hours I used to play Monty on the Run on my C64, I never got up to the jetpack level!! I used to feel so frustrated as I was the only girl (or boy) in my neighbourhood that was in to computer games so I had no one to teach me how to game. I also used to play Starquake - loved that!!

[@ferdinandroig3460]

The soundtrack has no business being this good

[@MrJoshua]

Thanks so much for making this video and congrats on being awesome at this game. It came bundled with my C64 back in the 80s (along with Starquake and Bounder) and I was so terrible at it. Never got anywhere near completing it :(

[@carlmanvers5009]

In the hands of a skilled player that mole can really book it. He doesn't mess about.

[@whimsie56]

sick flips brah i also like when he just keeps walking when he’s falling

[@Wahaller]

This game was seriously inspired by Jet Set Willy, another classic from this era. The similarities are insane.

[@Studeb]

Awww, still love the music 27 years on.

[@dededethesuperstarwarrior]

The music makes the gameplay look more epic than before.

[@hyphz]

The game over music really scared me as a kid.. when you listen to it you realize, it's actually melodically representing someone failing to run away from something and getting caught. I don't know much game music that does that.

[@PanTF]

man, this game needs a remake, would love to play it.

[@dronmusicsound]

It has

[@XENON2028]

@@dronmusicsound for the famicom..

[@DyscordServant]

This game looks like it was the inspiration for VVVVVV

[@DrGandW]

Therandomguythere Entire Commodore look inspired VVVVV so technically true

[@torhansen8570]

Holy shit, that is some masterful playing! My hat is off to you!

[@TheMXriders]

i never get to the end of this game... this is very difficult.

[@LuckyUlsa]

omfg, my dad hated that sound when coming home from work...eveeeeeeeeery day that music and me and my friend playing with Monty on the run..GOOOD VIBES AND MEMORIES!

[@donraggo77]

this music takes me all the way back, to way back when !!

[@nolifepotaato-2750]

Don Raggo actually this music ganre could be similar and maybe even infused with our modern music today but if you think about it this type was created a long time ago and I think it's called "8 bit" it is also used for undertale that cool kind of rpg but not so rpg game

[@scottbreon9448]

My second favorite C64 SID... For the record my favorite is Thrust (also a Hubbard tune) My favorite actual NON-GAME sids were the Ocean Loaders (especially the second one)

[@SendyTheEndless]

Pulse wave guitar solo for the win.

[@The-Zer0th-Law]

Little known fact: This song came with a free game

[@ianh452]

Sinclair C5 was the hardest bit for me, but got there eventually. Long time ago but lovely to hear it again.

[@adrianprice533]

A game well ahead of its time. Music, level depth, jump animation. How this hasnt been remade for mobile is beyond me.

[@3622Dave]

That was some serious skill you showed there, amazing to watch. I completed the game once but it took me twice as long and I had sprite collision detection turned off !!

[@3sneider304]

Whether u believe it or not, this is not easy

[@ChiruKobra]

That moment I realize I may be spoiled with modern games: I rage at seeing Monty fall like a rock with no momentum... only to remember the game was made at a time when devs still haven't figured that stuff out. I'm a bit ashamed of myself.

[@joserubens2600]

Trvial LOL!!!!

[@samplerInfo]

@Trvial Oh but they had, for sure. Falling at a constant rate was for game play purposes. (Quote needed, but I can't seem to find it right now.)

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Either they didn't know how to, they didn't intend for that, or the computer couldn't process the necessary equations fast enough for gameplay. Let's not forget that home computers were fairly basic in '85.

[@mtn747]

@Trvial just watch Jupiter Lander for a game based on that physics :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3isoouImcaDjdE

[@aarol2135]

god damn monty is cool

[@jimbombadill]

this game is realy amazing...just great...in gameplay it realy beats alot of crap that comes today...the music, the simple but realy great graphics...it was my first game to my commendore 64 and it was for sure one of my alltime favorites.

[@tundra678]

When a game was hard to beat.

[@rafaellima83]

You have to love how the music lasts for more than 6 minutes but the game barely touches the 12 minute mark. It's not common for a game from 1985 that you'll hear the music looping just once before you beat the game. You actually would usually see the game over screen and hear the (lovely) hi-score music before the music ended.

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

I didn't have this instalment of the Monty Mole series when I was a kid, yet even without it, I still figured that the first C64 game and Auf Wiedersehen Monty (which was called Monty 2 in some markets) were related, despite others trying to convince me otherwise. ;-)

[@mikehunt1528]

Tooo much nostalgia.

[@maccher0ni]

mate, you are a pro!

[@yaztromo1718]

It's tool assisted. Not real skill sadly.

[@lordevyl8317]

yaztromo By tool assisted in his case, it means save states in VICE and then splicing the video together, not actual bots or trainers.

[@BazT47]

Definetly the hardest game ive ever played. Only completed it once that I can remember. Hats off to you sir or madam!.

[@catalystl]

this is tool-assisted sadly

[@jakubpytko5551]

This game and music is absolutely outstanding. :}

[@RetroZoneUK]

Hi. Just picked up a nice Commodore on eBay in great condition. Only cost me £20 inc. p&p. It not a 64, but a +4. It will do until I find a C64. Still a good retro machine, brings back loads of great memories. All the best ... Colin.

[@djmc277711]

Pixel perfect control, a joy to watch.

[@ShenDoodles]

Fuck, I’ve played so much Pizza Tower I keep thinking “GET A MOVE ON, YOU’LL LOSE YOUR COMBO!”

[@RetroZoneUK]

Same as my friend. I'm now 42 and I really miss the Commodore 64 (keep looking on eBay for a decent one!) Loved Llamasoft (Jeff Minter) and Interceptor Micros, both based in my home town of Tadley in Hants in the 1980's.

[@lekanraposte6732]

This game is just IMPOSSIBLE. But that music is awesome.

[@LinkMan1NeoGAF]

A jetpack and a car chase, did not expect that

[@Jamie_Dodger]

Loved this game. The music is still great to this day :D

[@badlydrawnsmiffy]

Is he twerking on that cloud?

[@thefartsmella819]

yes, he is twerking his thicc booty on that cloud

[@sevensisters5496]

Somebody is going to play this in a 1000 years and have just as much fun as i did.

[@larmondoflairallen4705]

If you play this music and watch The Wizard of Oz with the volume turned down, they sync perfectly

[@masonwilcox7055]

Finished this game on TheC64 mini (yes, with save states). Awesome game!. Never knew about this game until I got TheC64 mini, first thing I noticed when I started it up was the kick a$$ music!.

[@hyphz]

@serpico89 SID! Commodore was one of the few companies that actually designed their own chips, and the C64 contained a custom graphics chip and a custom sound chip. The custom graphics chip (VIC2) was unremarkable but the sound chip (SID) became the stuff of legends. It was the most powerful sound generator anyone had ever seen on a home computer at the time. People are still smashing up C64s to pull the SIDs off the motherboard and build them into synthesizers!

[@Snowlf]

I dindn´t know there are professionals at playing this game ^^ thumbs up!

[@Halligen1972]

"I want to cheat" - yessum boss ! ;)

[@mp3ste1]

ABSOLUTLEY BRILLIANT IVE NEVER SEEN THIS DONE.. ME AND MY MATE USED TO PLAY THIS WHEN WE WERE 15 - 16 ? I'M 43 NOW , IVE STILL GOT THE GAMING BUG THOUGH (XBOX LIVE NOWADAYS MW3 FIFA 12 ETC ETC, BUT I MISS THE CLASSIC GAMING DAYS LIKE THIS AND GHOSTS AND GOBLINS, JET SET WILLY, COMMANDO IMPOSSIBLE MISSION ETC.

[@peterbilt3385]

I had a Spectrum 48 back in the early 80's as I could no way afford a C64. My favourite game was Wanted, Monty Mole. The C64 version of this was awful. This game however was incredible and had the graphics I sound to match. I had opportunities to get a C64 many times over the years, but never did. Only in the last few months have I actually decided to get one (well 3 actually), all original breadbins. This was the first game I loaded when testing. I was not disappointed. I still have to play more than a couple of screen yet as I am in the process of renovating 2 of my C64's.

[@andersherrmann211]

T h e m u s i c!!

[@flashlightbeam3487]

Very diffucult game. Lots of joysticks destroyed. Back then, in 80s.

[@johnlewisbrooks]

...hmm...let's see...bright colors...everything moving.. Maybe Monty is on the run from dealing LSD??? LOL

[@LeoVKMusic]

Just insane to see this played through in 12 minutes. I must have spent 12 hours on just the first few screens!

[@ShuyaTheDark]

Poor thing! Can't even play the whole tune when it plays a sound effect x)

[@AudieHolland]

+Samuel Rocha García This was when the PC had a fucking bleeper for sound and the C64s rival, the Spectrum, had only single channel music. Have you ever seen "Commando" on the C64? It has almost no sound effects, only fantastic music. Where were you in 1985?

[@ShuyaTheDark]

AudieHolland Not born ._. I understand that, though. I just thought it was funny the limitations of the old technology.

[@AudieHolland]

Samuel Rocha García That's ok. I figured as much. When I played "Wolfenstein 3D" on my first PC, it didn't even have sound so I was stuck with the PC bleeps.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

I like to think of the C64 SID Chip like a 50 year old housewife... she might skip a beat every now and then, but she won't _ever_ stop the music. ;)

[@booldawg]

only 4 sound channels

[@whatafoolbelieeeeves]

The music is so good

[@MegaBubbar]

Mr Sambo,Mate I watched my Brother play and complete this game in 1986,man it was awesome right here in Queensland,we were kids and it was a great time,your dad was he French ,ie Bon voyage monty La Mole

[@alexsousa1919]

The music to the game just stands for itself. I wonder in anybody ever was able to complete this game without using cheats or similar stuff.

[@SHEARMINATOR]

Blimey takes me back sitting there waiting for it to load picking up the game in a department store or newsagent lol

[@hazzesanimations8212]

The tune FOOKIN *S L A P S* .

[@TheMerryPrangster]

This reminds me of popping a purple ohm and tripping for 12 hours.

[@tedpilledtonysoprano5512]

I like the level descriptions at the bottom, very reminiscent Addams Family for SNES

[@Retropangolin]

this guys reilly good , monty on the run was tuff !!!

[@mrmosty5167]

Interesting variety of enemies

[@jetsetwilly2972]

man so serious its unbelievable that u completed it, yet i went mental at this game for hours and a few others i have found people playing but still anit seen the other games yet been posted that i remember.....yet

[@AliC202]

>This game has great music Okay I'll give it a look >Monty Jumps NANI? SUCH SMOOTH ANIMATIONS

[@fusoya6544]

I came on here just to listen to the music but damn that was nicely done.