C64 Longplay - Raid Over Moscow (HQ)

Video from the C64 game "Raid Over Moscow" The video is downloadable at www.archive.org/details/C64Vid...

[@leokrupp4442]

That hanger should have a memorial wall for the thousands that died trying to fly out.

[@RR18475]

Lol! I just watched a video '75 best commodore 64 games', Raid over Moscow was featured. Judging from the comments, it seems like the hangar was a big pain in the ass.

[@derkernspalter]

I know i was pretty good at this game back in the 80s. But recently i tried this game again and i had no clue how to leave the hangar. That's why i am here. :P

[@TheOnlyPommyman]

Thousands? That’s just me alone!

[@MephProduction]

@@derkernspalter how do you get the door to open to get out?

[@davedogge2280]

@@MephProduction The predecessor / sister game of this Beach Head was pretty good also

[@MrJonno85]

The last time I saw this game, there was still an Iron Curtain and two Germanys!

[@DecoderKK]

still remember talking about how to get out of the hangar in the morning at the schoolyard.... nobody managed it for the first 5 days. hrhr

[@Hungryman97]

I'm no military strategist but it would seem like the US would have less pilot fatalities if they just pointed the jets toward the door instead.

[@blueskiedgames5386]

Haha. It was quite tricky to get out.

[@yonilavi1363]

The best thing about this game is when you realize the pilot is walking casually towards the plane (no hurry, its only a nuclear launch alert after all), and then...teleports into the plane. like a boss.

[@danashymkowich6778]

LOL! :D

[@elvinatombender7909]

It's a shame that they spent their entire budget on teleport technology instead of building bigger hangar doors.

[@mrconancat]

Blow up launch sites - Like a boss! Take out nuclear reactors - Like a boss! Return with all 9 commandos - Like a boss!

[@becomeanolive1637]

The castle battle blew me away, found it so cool as a kid, the way the men fall and die is quite impressive.

[@GerbenWijnja]

0:27 the sound of that jet engine is so awesome

[@patavium7646]

NEVER went out of the f@$#ing hangar!

[@Matty112uk]

Classic C64 title. The sounds were awesome. A great use of the SID sound chip!

[@Mike-DD214]

This game was so hard and so much fun when I was 8 years old.

[@mrcute512]

My dad taught me how to play this game. A year later, I showed him how to beat this game on Suicidal mode. It was breathtaking. He was impressed especially on that stage where I throw disc to hit the robot at its back. He saw me throwing disc very early way before the robot to get to its position. On suicidal mode, I only had few seconds to destroy the robot. It was fun.

[@MasterZebulin]

This game is about to become terrifyingly relevant in the next coming days.

[@ArmyJames]

Wrong.

[@419Films]

One of my favourite games for the C-64.

[@Synthematix]

this is the first game i ever saw on any computer as a kid, and i tell ya its still one of the best, beach head II was another great game

[@trulymeparker]

One of the most memorable finishing screens in C64 history. It always felt awesome seeing that final explosion and the mig returning home

[@ALitleBitSpecial]

The mig returning home!? He's a soviet spy, get him!

[@RichardRatner.1972]

So true! Lol kind regards Richard U.K

[@heartofeurope8110]

he made it through the door

[@cenkhanevcil1974]

Many times i played this legend game i was 16 years old now iam 50 Age,i never forget this game

[@Cruiseblackpool]

wow what a game. The disc part reminded me of Tron and i loved this game when i was 11 but found it hard. Good times! :)

[@TheOnlyPommyman]

I had totally forgotten about that part.

[@FantasyWargnome]

That one was my favourite. I used to destroy as much as possible of that castle before winning the stage. Some of the towers will fall off when you hit the top, the cap falling down to crash that tank if it's in the right place. Btw, the level is won a few moments after you reveal the white castle door.

[@brians2808]

Little known fact: the real Cold War ended because we beat the Russians at throwing discs at each other inside a big room.

[@Puschit1]

You mean it was not Rocky and Drago shaking hands?

[@SammYLightfooD]

Loved this game. Also have beat it as a kid (although in Beginner mode). My favourite part was getting out of the hangar quicker and closer each time.

[@alkohallick2901]

Awesome.

[@marcguindon8499]

Getting out the hangar was tantamount to beating the boss at the end of most games.

[@duster15670]

My first computer game...great memories from 30 years ago now!!...someone needs to do an up to date remastered version

[@funkyphil]

Brilliant game, played this and Beech head for many an hour!

[@SuperGamer3000]

I remember this and that hangar. I never get out, back in days when games were challenging to the wtf point

[@adamkallin5160]

And that, kids, is how I saved the world from nuclear annihilation.

[@FantasyWargnome]

One of my favourite games. A bit of judgement was called for, as you had to scramble a number of aircraft to destroy a nuclear launch facility before the nuke impacts on a US city. You could launch more than one aircraft after one another, then the aditional planes would serve as extra lives. It was possible to take out a base with just one plane, but if that one plane was shot down, you'd have to go back to get more. If you brought, say, three, you'd spend more time, but have a better chance.

[@ithakra]

i remember this as a kid. i never could get out of the hanger!

[@argonauta1968]

Wow! So many memories with my C64!

[@FantasyWargnome]

Yes, in fact you could actually modify the sound by "adjusting the filters", as they called it. The game told you how to do it.

[@RR18475]

This seems like an incredibly difficult game. There's no difficulty build up at all. It's just boom, dropped right into veteran mode.

[@4h0w1e6]

What a flashback... I loved this game.

[@bsimpson2288]

Totally forgot about this game. Takes me back. C64 was the shit...

[@skroll82]

when i was a kid i struggled so hard just getting out of the hangar lol

[@barryguff6893]

Basically a different version of "Beach Head". Which isn't a bad thing.

[@Cml725]

5:10 was the scariest level for me. Especially when you get hit!

[@RecoiliusGaming]

Thank you for posting this video. I have always wanted to know how this game ended.

[@4fingas69]

loved this one...

[@kthunder079]

Ode to us 48,224+ nostalgic commodore geeks of the 80s

[@KenjiMapes]

Loved this game as a kid It was so ambitious considering the platform, graphics, etc I remember having boxes of floppies EA made some of the best C64 games I love playing Hardball but forget who made it Also, against friends the Summer & Winter Games series were awesome with the various events they had Good stuff!

[@j.b.2263]

I was very good at this game. Loved it.

[@captain0080]

This along with Jungle Hunt were the only games which wouldnt bore me to tears when playing them on the 800XL.

[@GriggsC123]

Someone needs to load up Defcon5 for the C64, that was a fun game.

[@blurry2k353]

@ithakra I'm glad I wasn't the only one. The damn hangar was frustrating. I played this as an eight-year old, probably in 1990. So the game was already "old". Back then, I wasn't even aware it was about the cold war becoming hot.

[@xcoder1122]

If you die while flying the ship on the ground, you must fly a new ship out of hangar and fly it to earth, all while the clock is ticking. However, what many people don't know: Directly after flying one ship out of the hangar, you can fly some more out of the hangar, as many as you like. Sure, the clock also keeps ticking while you do that but if you flew more than one out of the hangar and you die on the ground, the next ship will take over immediately where the last one died, no time is lost on flying that ship to earth first.

[@Immoslem]

it was my favorite game

[@hai.1820]

dis was a great game

[@kentlarsson1263]

It has to have some kind of connection to Zaxxon. Missed this one back in the day.

[@joelrankine1981]

So good!!!!

[@attentionaddicts]

could never figure out what to do in this game! In fact i couldn't get out of the hanger! gave up pretty quickly..

[@Darkuk]

I know its too late but to let you know you weren't going crazy, you had to have a controller plugged into the other port and I believe pressing "up" on that would open the hanger doors.

[@attentionaddicts]

WHAT? how were we meant to know that?!

[@Alleycat___]

Rob D that is truth. What i don't know is how the hell you still remember this. The hangar was a n8mare

[@miatageekscott]

Same here, didn't help that my dad kept trying to get me to play it when I was like, 6 LMAO

[@daveincognito]

The spacebar worked, too.

[@marianoatari4456]

con mi corta edad en esa época me costaba mucho sacar la nave del hangar que recuerdos!!!!

[@mightyteegar]

UNLIMITED MISSILES THAT DESTROY EVERYTHING and yet somehow it still took me over a decade to finish this game.

[@markl5562]

5:10 was the best thing going for a 10 yr old then

[@ironmaiden1236541]

Oh yeah yeah fuck yeah!

[@pray4mojo35]

Too soon 😔

[@BatyushkiDev]

The fate of the free world depends on throwing a frisbee to hit a robot in the back... ah yes. Also lobbing mortars (?) from a prepared trench position in front of the Kremlin!

[@sarcasm-83]

Anyone remember what game had this whole part where you stand on a platform near the screen and a guy stands on the other side and you throw knives at each other? Very similar looking than the part at 7:09 I remember the guy getting hit then falling and screaming while he fell.. I think the game had different kinda levels too. I kinda thought it was Raid over moscow but apparently it wasn't. (I browsed this video through, I hope I didn't miss it)

[@johnschmid8753]

BeachHead II

[@JayAlmeida.]

Can only get out of the hangar using a Competition Pro! No other Joystick works!

[@DerSchmu]

@sarkasmi83 Death Wish 3. But I haven`t a video from that game.

[@dcavalli9]

As a kid, my older brother's friend watched me play the game. At the 1:18 mark, I told him, "I destroyed the school bus," which gave him a shock. (It's probably a generic truck.)

[@lovor01]

What was that thing you were fighting at the end?

[@daveincognito]

I remember you could get extra lives by destroying the buildings to the sides of the main silo during the first missions. You could hit the reactor in the front if you managed to time it to when the thing opened and you heard a hissing sound. Finally, there's a bad ending if you don't destroy the reactor the second time with enough time remaining on the clock (you don't see the plane and the news story says nobody survived or returned or something).

[@pizzaDhut]

The times I crashed trying to get out of the hangar

[@davedogge2280]

Putin played this in the 1980s and got too paranoid.

[@mrconancat]

[Clippy] Did you mean "Paradroid"?

[@dylano7242]

How u.s. lost the nuclear arms race because all the pilots died trying get out the hanger. And those that did had to throw dics at robots in a Russia tower to stop nuclear armageddon

[@Fastbikkel]

I could never get out the hangar.

[@3anaurv2]

I remember too that i never passed the first level , going out !

[@sureyoudhaveta]

😂 😅 😅 Same

[@KarpowSCX]

@primemover17 No. This game was a HIT! :)

[@sarcasm-83]

Oh and another game I can't remember: It was a side scroller where this guy.. I think dressed in hospital blue just had guns and you could shoot everyone to total gore... It was really violent feeling back in the day and when people were dead on the street, some other people started to drag the bodies off the street if I remember correctly and.. I never figured out what was the point of the game. And I remember it having "awesome music".

[@stedro]

9:42 will it happen?

[@catodicii]

hours and hours

[@Cml725]

@nemirn especially when you get shot at!

[@DerSchmu]

@sarkasmi83 You mean Beach Head 2 I have a video from that game too

[@Terbie36]

How could you forget its name? :)

[@davedogge2280]

Mikhail Gorbachev took my bacon sandwich

[@scottmcphee2076]

According to a friend, Raid Over Moscow was withdrawn from sale due to political reasons. Is this true?

[@andreworillion5970]

According to Wiki, the title was shortened to just "Raid" when it was reissued. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_over_Moscow

[@Horzuhammer]

Here in Finland it's release stirred up quite a controversy. The Russians didn't find the game amusing at all. :D I get it though - much as I like the game, the premise is kinda fucked up. The debacle made it sell like hotcakes though like the wiki article says.

[@schroosen614]

In Germany it was "indiziert", which means it could be sold only at adults and you were not allowed to promote this game in public. What includes presenting in stores. You had to ask for it especially. Fun fact: This lasts till 2010!!! :P

[@gregornu]

@ Schroosen: Interesting. Do you have a source that can confirm that promoting this game in Germany was not allowed till 2010?

[@NuntiusLegis]

@@gregornu I wonder why it should be allowed since 2010.

[@ubiased23]

Wow this game sounds and looks better than the Atari version.

[@99buckrogers]

Nur auf Stufe "leicht" - voll arm. Musste leider mal sein. Wenn man die Zylinder-Türme abschießt, kann man die Flugzeuge ersetzen.

[@ericp.]

I'm sure the Russians loved this game...

[@markou6562]

index

[@matifibrahim]

9:48 is a Russian playing this game?

[@diethermoskanne9948]

Schon mal jemandem aufgefallen, daß die klassischen Spiele oftmals den "kalten Krieg" wiederspiegeln? Es geht um Öl/Kapitalismus, Ölreserven oder einfach nur um Krieg. Die Programmierer von damals wußten wenigstens, was sie da tun. Respekt.

[@dfernand101]

The big question is did Putin play this in the 80's, makes ya think don't it bubbah !

[@b477le]

where is putin?

[@gregornu]

At the White House with his friend Donald Trump.

[@donatellodelledonne7401]

Che cagata di gioco.

[@thedutchfisherman7078]

Games where really stupid back then!

[@NuntiusLegis]

I remember being impressed by the graphics, but also finding it quite sick.

[@samb6132]

NATO Propaganda 🤡🙉

[@johnanthony6092]

This game was awful. It would have been terrible on the Vic-20, never mind the C64. I remember completing it and thinking "£9.95 (or was it £7.95?) for this piece of junk is terrible!" Fortunately I worked in my brother's computer shop and got to play it for nothing.

[@mrconancat]

So what game would you have rather been playing?

[@johnanthony6092]

@@mrconancat There were plenty of good games back then, most of which were far better than Raid Over Moscow. One of the better games back in the 80s was Elite on the BBC-B though you needed a disk drive to play it. Some honourable mentions would be Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Impossible Mission, Monty on the Run, Mercenary, Ballblazer and quite a few of the budget Mastertronic games.

[@haddockmist4073]

Now I finally know what happens after the hanger...