C64 Longplay - The Detective Game

[@nutbreaker22]

I played this when I was a kid. About 10-15 times, and I solved the case. I was about 8 years old. VERY intense and scary atmosphere for a kid.

[@DJJKing]

Never in a hundred years back then would think Dingle was the antagonist. Awesome but spinechilling opening credits

[@Neildojo]

I was 6 when I got this game from a Zzap 64 Megatape. That loud music when the bodies were found used to frighten the life out of me 😂 Such a good game!

[@scoosie5967]

The code of the safe is not a game protection. As the Professor will tell you if you question him, Mr McFungus had a terrible memory for numbers. It will have to be a number that had significance to him, something he would be able to remember. Try the kitchen. Search thoroughly. Examine the items you pick up.

[@lesclaypool0727]

One of my favourite C64 game!

[@gemmamusto2284]

My brother use to love this too

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

There's an article in newest Retro Gamer magazine about this game. Fun facts: - Sam Manthrope was just 18 years old when he made this game - He got £2000 for it and made this game in his bedroom - Bouncy boobs of the Cook were his idea - Just 4 of 10 Evidences having that E sign is a bug, they were all supposed to have it - Next year, there's gonna be a book released based on this game by a Swedish author

[@bonavinter]

Interesting! I don't remember there being an "E" bug like that, I thought there were 10 E pieces? At any rate I'll check this book out, do you know the author's name? I'm Swedish as well, but I imagine the book will be in English?

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

@@bonavinter KZbin keeps deleting my answer to your question 🥴 I will only share the author's name then: Lucas Lund. It's my third attempt to answer.

[@bonavinter]

@@rafadydkiemmacha7543 Thanks! No idea why KZbin would delete your answer lol

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

@@bonavinter I tried to share social media for the book. Not a link, but account name.

[@bonavinter]

@@rafadydkiemmacha7543 yeah I found it, his facebook page and some podcasts etc, thanks man. gonna be interesting to read this book. Wild idea to base it on this long forgotten game lol.

[@speedymatt1236]

17:35 Victim 1 24:12 Victim 2 26:39 Victim 3 33:03 Victim 4

[@blackmoorX]

6:58 is wrong. There IS a hint in the game if my memory does not fail me. In the kicthen there is a silver tray ( 30:15 in the video is the tray but player does not take it or examine it), and it has Angus McFungus birthday engraved, which is the code to the safe.

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

You are absolutely correct! The tray says that he was born March 21st, 1919.

[@bonavinter]

yep. I remember I was so proud that I cracked that myself. I mean it was fairly simple I guess but at the time it seemed hard. And the game as a whole was definitely not easy. I never managed. Took me until the internet arrived to find out it was the cunt Dingle who did it. Great game, true nostalgia for me.

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

@@bonavinter you may want to avoid spoilers in the comments :) I agree with your comment though.

[@vinterwolfpl]

Finally, after all those years i know who did it :D thx m8

[@Quessir]

I remember getting a hint about the secret passage in the kitchen but I was told it was to the far left... I tried every inch of that wall and was never able to find it. If I'd only gone a little to the right! Amazing game, though a little short. The sprites are well defined so everyone is nice and distinct, and the environments, while a little colourless, are full of atmosphere. Great little game.

[@bonavinter]

Yeah, for an 18-year old to have made this game by himself in his bedroom, it's surprisingly well made. Very professional considering it's an 80s game, and one of the best games on the c64. Deserves more praise as one of the best titles from that era tbh.

[@7hkey]

aww, I'll always remember the room where you could hear the storm outside in contrast to the polite quietness in the rest of the house and then... *DAAAAAAADUUUUUM* the piano! XD

[@sammanthorpe]

Glad you liked that. I put quite a bit of effort into getting that rain sound on a C64.

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

@@sammanthorpe hi Sam, I just read an article about The Detective Game in newest Retro Gamer. Would you be available for a short chat about this game? I'm a programmer myself and I'm really curious!

[@MrOrcshaman]

I've had this game at the back of my mind for decades, since I was 6, and the only thing I remembered was the angled walk cycle, the weird clop clop clop walk sound, and the name Gabriel Gasbag

[@juhaolkkonen8390]

Thanks for the video -- as a kid I never knew the murderer. Cheers from Finland!

[@Michka1001]

There is a hint in the game for the wall safe, it's on a silver tray in the kitchen!

[@ondrejposta8602]

I played this when I was 7! :) Of course without chance to finish the game, but I can still feel that nice creepy atmosphere.

[@Runeclaw]

Oh the memories. Me and some friends played this a lot on our C64s and tried to figure it out. Hell, we were so confused at the "He/She is waiting.." text. Then after a few weeks I figured it out by pure luck that you could walk up to them and ask questions. This was a great adventure game for it's time, but I could never finish it as it crashed when the bomb exploded (bad crack I guess, and could not find the original at the local store). Now I can re-live the memories and see how it ends. :D

[@driverkaldie]

This game was (and still is) one of my favorite games on the C64 along with Fort Apocalypse wich I did completed after months of playing...Back in those days you waited like hours for the tape-recorder to finish loading, but now with emulation it is a lot faster. I never actaully completed this game...I got stuck every time that doctor character died, but I still loved it. So I'm not going to watch the end of this video, because I still (after all these years) want to finish this puzzle myself...

[@Jayce_Alexander]

Erik van Kaldekerken I just walked around aimlessly, not entirely sure what to do haha. But I still loved it! I loved the idea of being a detective. The 8-bit generation was great for kids with a lot of imagination. :)

[@MarkWhich]

Actually Detective is a Single Load game, which is impressive considering the graphics, sound, atmosphere with many characters, rooms, and items to explore.

[@HipGuitar]

What I remember from the game back in the day: 1. If you play long enough the lights go out - you get shot and die! 2. You can take the bottle of poison and you will turn green 3. I am pretty sure you can get '101 Detective Stories' by asking another character - the Prof - I think

[@psifla99]

You can. The book’s in the library and has a copy of the will in it.

[@miserychordia]

i remember finding this on a turbo tape without listing back in the days, after showing it to a friend, soon everybody wanted to loan that turbo tape :) and everyone was playing the detective :)

[@michaelmilano4457]

the music when he find the bodies......legendary and scary at the same time!

[@harrisonvmaq]

I got a copy of this from someone at school in the late 80s. I obviously didn't have the manual and never made it past the safe combination. I looked everywhere in the game for that damn combination.

[@jadekris]

Back in the day a game I played and played and could never beat. I just getting shot when the light went out. grrrrr

[@superjappogiancaspro2107]

io lavevo comprato nel 1988 in edicola nella raccolta e si chiamava ispettore scott.un gioco troppo bello

[@gianmarcofilipponi2673]

Io ce l'ho ancora questo gioco in una cassetta uscita in edicola con la rivista Formula 64 edita da Logica 2000.

[@lucaconti-tradingedideedii2310]

@@gianmarcofilipponi2673 ma il gioco era in italiano?

[@gianmarcofilipponi2673]

@@lucaconti-tradingedideedii2310 si era in italiano. Ho notato che nella versione che ho io, nella schermata iniziale del gioco manca totalmente la scritta "detective game" e la citazione dei diritti d'autore e dello sviluppatore. Ci sono solo i punti interrogativi che scendono. Probabilmente è una versione riprodotta per non infrangere il copyright e tradotta in italiano.

[@lucaconti-tradingedideedii2310]

@@gianmarcofilipponi2673 bello, secondo te si trova da qualche?

[@gianmarcofilipponi2673]

@@lucaconti-tradingedideedii2310 il gioco è facilmente scaricabile da internet e giocabile con un qualsiasi emulatore del c64, tipo winvice. Basta scrivere "detective game C64 rom" e si trova. Però in italiano non saprei se circola in rete. Io ce l'ho in italiano perché fortunatamente la cassetta è ancora magnetizzata il mio commodore funziona ancora perfettamente.

[@Starcrow999]

What a great mystery game this was!

[@zeroganci]

my gosh!!!how many hours i spent and i coulldnt figure a freaking thing out..i remember i also bothered my english teacher cos i couldnt understand each and every dialogue...thanks!!! after all these years i finally see the end..fabulous game!!!!!!!!

[@TokyoJoe703]

Took me a year to find that secret passage in the drawing room

[@serkanaydogdu275]

Einer der geilsten Spiele !!!

[@stillaboveground2470]

Reminds me of "Murder on the Zinderneuf".

[@milczyciel]

Admit it, you've came here for 24:12

[@Jayce_Alexander]

The piano and a squashed cynthia? :|

[@milczyciel]

@@Jayce_Alexander the tune

[@Rabmcm32]

milczyciel True in a way, it’s the piano falling that I remember most about this game.

[@speedymatt1236]

Turned into a literal sludgebucket!

[@florisvandenberg7424]

As a kid I always liked the graphics of this game, but I never understood what I was supposed to do.

[@b0gster]

@seti1911 I guess it was inspired by Agatha Christie's novel "..and then there were none" or one of the myriad of movies based upon it (Clue)

[@mdqp2]

Note that the book title isn't copy protection: the professor knows the title, but you need to show him something to jog his memory... :)

[@GHMedia123]

This game looks great!

[@Ken220280]

Oh... I always thought it was Bentley

[@nosse5232]

Awesome game!

[@terrym1703]

I know that the professor gives the hint for the book.. I can't remember what you query him on to get the clue..

[@bonavinter]

i think you asked him about some other character, the major or the mcfungus guy

[@GhostWarmth]

Oh what a treat!

[@FatherFredrik]

Actualy you can get the code for the safe from the backside of the Silver Tray that you find inside the kitchen. Atleast that I found it there for many many years agao. But I could'nt ever find the hint for the book. But the safe code I found. A where nice game though.. :)

[@srbclarke]

no wonder i could never finish this game back in the day, i never had the damn manual to get the code!

[@tomlightley572]

The code is Angus McFungus's birthday, it's written on the silver tray in the kitchen

[@kilbabaplays8944]

This looks cool I'm gonna check it out

[@pharmacist11]

They should spruce up the graphics a bit and release this for the iphone!

[@kukulimm]

why does this piano\fortepiano look like a fortepiano but has ony 61 keys?

[@susannaviljanmaa9917]

Fortepianos had only 4 octaves during the invention and the range gradually increased.

[@jeremygaiser4407]

Im playing this on the CCS64 emulator. and I cannot figure out what button to use to ask questions. I can get the person to wait but then im not sure how to get to speak to them. Ive done is a few times on accident and am not sure what triggered it please help!!!

[@bobbobnz]

@jacuz1k1 Really? Where?

[@weebux]

33:00

[@speedymatt1236]

Fixed time stamp: 33:00

[@shayoko6]

i didn't enjoy this,but i suppose i'll say its impressive for something made in the 1980s

[@Roguegirl18]

Shit! I used to play this game but never could find the code or secret doors! Who could have though there is? I was only 13 xD. Finally I knew everything:D Thanks for the help!

[@KhalidEvan]

Nice video, btw why don't you play L.A Noire ;)

[@bobbobnz]

Copy right protection for the safe and book? Are you kidding me? I could never solve this game as a kid because the game came with a bunch of other games so I never had the manual. Thats why I could never get anywhere, after spending hours on it! xD

[@-XTRO-]

The hint for the safes code is on the Silver Tray, found in the Kitchen "To Angus McFungus, Born 21 March 1919"

[@-XTRO-]

.. and as for the Book, ask the Professor, he will give the Title of the Book, "101 Detective Stories"

[@speedymatt1236]

Back in their day they didn’t have internet!