Commodore 64 - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

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This is episode 198 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), a review of the Commodore 64 and a bunch of it's licensed and weirder games. The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International. The C64 took its name from its 64 kibibytes of RAM. With support for multicolor sprites and a custom chip for waveform generation, the C64 could create superior visuals and audio compared to systems without such custom hardware. Except, well, the software was kinda garbage.
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[@bennettbt8864]

I guess the reason it took you so long to talk about this system was because that’s how long it took to boot it up.

[@99nerka]

Except it booted in second, games took tong to load if you did it from casette, it was decent from disk. Zx Spectrum on the other hand took ages to load games as 99% of library was on casettes.

[@itsasecrettoeverybody]

The rom with basic shares part of the system memory, it opens the prompt almost instantly.

[@KatSuYeah]

@@99nerka this video was uploading

[@fieryelf]

10 years in the making.

[@ExoticOnTheBeat]

@@99nerka it's just a joke dude, I doubt he was being serious. It even got a stamp of approval from the nerd himself.

[@BoundaryBreak]

We need a sequel episode to this

[@Edos512]

if you watched till the end you should know we are getting one ^^

[@jeremycridge8542]

Only scratched the surface of the C64, possibly could do the Amiga 500 as well.

[@hernepera1]

Agreed

[@TheJadeFist]

Ya for real, like I never hear anyone talk about the Commodore 65.

[@chachibouman3730]

Halloween themed one.

[@ShahroozSmith]

I showed my dad this video, and when it showed the part about AVGN doing the printer bit and showing how slow it would take to print. My dad openly responded in saying, "It was much slower than that."

[@mvyper]

I remember those from still back in the 90s. It wasn't really the slow speed, it was the noise.

[@Chaos89P]

@@mvyper I've seen them in airport rental car kiosks, and you can bet they're connected to Windows 7, 10, or 11.

[@jellyfishattack]

@@Chaos89P XP.

[@mvyper]

@@Chaos89P dude, they still work fine! Built like tanks!

[@Chaos89P]

@@mvyper My point exactly. This was in the last year or two.

[@nartyteek]

At 4:46, when he starts making buzzing noises, my computer froze and repeated that sound for over a minute, and it took a while for me to figure out anything was wrong. I thought, "wow, he committed to that bit, didn't he."

[@RealNahuelBarcelo06]

I think you have a ljn computer.

[@SkipPlaysStrings]

🤣

[@RealNahuelBarcelo06]

@@SkipPlaysStrings lol

[@LunatheMoonDragon]

And on today’s episode of “things that definitely didn’t happen”…..

[@isaacg4511]

@@RealNahuelBarcelo06ljn! 🕺🕺🕺🕺

[@maxb.383]

“Hey, wanna listen to some tunes?” *Puts on Netherworld OST*

[@jeremymitchem327]

It has a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vibe to it.

[@jgw246]

I wonder if Rex Viper's gonna cover it

[@senilyDeluxe]

I wonder why James didn't air guitar to this. Missed opportunity.

[@iriamuguillermo9678]

@23:45 "Music by Jori Olkkonen". Someone see if he's still around.

[@davidgomez7882]

@@iriamuguillermo9678 From what I found in a finnish wikipedia article, he only worked on a couple of games in the 80s and now works for some company called Solotes. He also changed his name to Petrik Salovaara. There's an interview from 2011 on KZbin, but it's on Finnish. edit: Corrected the name.

[@nyxnox397]

"The name Cyberdyne was actually used for a Japanese robotics company" Just wait until he discovers the guys behind China's mass surveilance system named it Skynet as a direct homage to Terminator.

[@afireinsidebrad]

what about the Chinese Hospital that uses the Umbrella logo from Resident Evil/Biohazard?

[@bloodgulchpatrick]

And I thought naming ISP Skynet was cheeky...

[@LoogyHead]

See some people take warning science fiction as instruction manuals.

[@AnalogDrift]

@@afireinsidebrad It's not a hospital, it's a biotech research corporation...

[@mechanoid2k]

@@AnalogDrift So basically Umbrella corp?

[@vibri_]

Imagine if every computer today came with a manual on how to code.

[@SN64YT]

technically it is called the internet so that keeps people who want to learn to code covered. :)

[@HUYI1]

It's so easy to emulate commodore now but as he said there is so many games for the system and I had so many floppys it's impossible to figure out what game you enjoyed back then

[@HUYI1]

People have it easy these days, windows 10 just let's you point and click, but you can still CMD and play dos games on modern windows but majority of people wouldn't know what to do, I still have advanced computer knowledge because of commodore 💗💗 proud of that!

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

@@HUYI1 It's not that simple. 64-bit Windows broke compatibility with old 8- and 16-bit DOS/Windows software. Pretty much no DOS or early Windows binaries will run on a modern system.

[@HUYI1]

@@thegardenofeatin5965 hmmm, didn't know that was the case but I'm assuming there is software to help with this issue or is it impossible?

[@mjbgames4963]

“Somebody’s tax documents from 1989” Is my favorite video game title!! 😁😁

[@cyrs-bb4wt]

me 2!!!! i love playing someones tax documents from 1989!!!!!!!

[@TheStonersOfTheGalaxy]

Yassssd I love finding out I went bankrupt

[@zenbmonk1016]

I heard that game is very difficult.

[@punklover99]

Submit it for gdq

[@LegitMan335]

How do you play with taxes ? .3.

[@Roonifer]

It makes me happy that everyone that's ever encountered a "floppy" floppy disk, actually flops it. It's like when you have a pair of tongs and you clack them together -- one of those compulsions you HAVE to give in to!

[@xAxCx]

I thought I was the only one who clacked tongs

[@Pehmokettu]

I have never flopped a floppy disk even though I have used them. I have always been very careful with old technology so I feared that flopping a floppy can break it. :D

[@STRONGERTHANDEATH0.01]

There are tablets for floppy disks..

[@kylefratini2833]

@@xAxCx well, you've got to make sure the tongs are tonging.

[@Twigleaf]

I am shop for heat furnace for come of Winter. Store send me here for furnace to heat house as commode hot? Many confusions but I buy.

[@JCLegendary]

"The original Street Fighter was on Commodore, it's barely functional." So it's a pretty accurate port then.

[@rilluma]

i wont get it. can u enspire me ?

[@y2a1979]

@@rilluma The original Street Fighter(not the much better Street Fighter II) had horrible controls, including some versions with just one(possibly a second for kicks?) huge, rubber, pressure sensitive button. The harder you pressed it, the stronger the attack, at least in theory. lol

[@gex581990]

Yep lol

[@theexaltedlt8222]

@@rilluma its pretty bad. thats why most people acknowledge street fighter 2 when the series really started

[@WeirdVideoGames]

Fun fact: The devs didn't even program the special moves into the Commodore port

[@mvyper]

I was born in 87 and I totally knew who Lauren and Hardy were. We used to love them, back in the day.

[@slynthehedgehog8061]

Born in 2001, they were great, but I personally prefer Chaplin.

[@mvyper]

@@slynthehedgehog8061 I can totally see what you mean. I remember watching Modern times back in 99-00 at school and having a ball. It's not the same, more deep and satyrical, while Lauren and Hardy were more light hearted. That said, Chaplin was never too heavy or too sophisticated, and he could keep a deepful meaning to his movies without being too hard to follow.

[@Knight_Kin]

Laurel and Hardy

[@connercremin7427]

When he starts jamming out to the soundtrack at 23:45... I felt that

[@the_man_who_germany5424]

sounds like placebo every me every you + power rangers intro

[@Nbrother1607]

It almost sounds like a digital sample

[@RNorthex]

I love these half-analytical, half-laid back avgn episodes

[@shaunoleary8565]

Definitely my favorites.

[@MultiSilverbolt]

Those are the best kind of avgn episodes.

[@TheMMObro]

That's like the og formula

[@REDEEMERWOLF]

A lot of the weird Commodore 64 games give me the same feeling as old flash games on Newgrounds or Arcade Pod. So many of them were really bizarre but so enthralling and charming.

[@patrickmcdaniel2048]

Ah, haven't been to newgrounds in years. I used love me some Club a Seal

[@samburger6739]

im curious whats arcade pod?

[@SMDoktorPepper]

It used to have a cartridge game called "Monster Voyage" that was based off greek mythology that was amusing, then all the Lucas Arts games like Three Stooges and Defender Of The Crown..

[@Grandleon]

@@SMDoktorPepper You're thinking of Cinemaware with Three Stooges and Defender of the Crown. The Lucasarts games back on the C64 were Rescue on Fractalus, Ballblazer, Maniac Mansion, and Zak McKracken.

[@westerling8436]

masterstation

[@SparkyMK3]

This video convinced me to buy a Commodore 64 Mini. Best $40 Ive ever spent, because I absolutely LOVE it, not only for the great games but for how ridiculously easy and fun it is to program your own stuff on it!

[@mvyper]

Man, I used to program in Basic on Amiga. Seeing the stuff you programmed actually running functionally was the best feeling ever.

[@kishetes]

That's why there is such an amazing amount of games and software for it

[@jonthefisherman4879]

“Just make sure you grab the right one” is the greatest line ever spoken on KZbin.

[@rzerizrz]

Diddums!

[@person749]

I like how he just ignored the message to turn the disk over on Terminator 2, and then wonders why the game doesn't work.

[@Rikku_]

true

[@hardcoreking52]

Probably did it on purpose, or so I think.

[@Klynch111]

I had terminator 2 and I'm pretty sure it was the cartridge version.

[@JaredConnell]

Maybe he did turn it over but can't get it to proceed after he flipped sides.

[@lovemadeinjapan]

Why would you turn a 180K disk over to load a game into 64K of RAM? That makes no sense.

[@Nekufan1000000]

These are my favorite episodes. The ones where James gets to tell me about stuff I didn't know or didn't experience as a kid. Where I get a feel of what the past was like.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

By far, the best game on Commodore was Legacy of the Ancients. Druid, Archon 2, and Adventure creator were close seconds. You can find a full playthrough of Legacy on KZbin. It is worth watching.

[@MonTube2006]

@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric Zaxxon.

[@WinVisten]

24:30 255/10 soundtrack. Also, I definitely agree with everyone here: You look younger and happier, this is in the same spirit as the old episodes!

[@Gerald0613]

who said that?

[@jamesstewart8377]

I come back to AVGN. I still love the nerd. Thank you James!

[@outragequitter5027]

That was a classic episode. Felt like hanging out with an old friend.

[@TheCrazyHedgehogLady]

Agreed!

[@Ten80pete]

My thoughts exactly! I've been trying to figure out what aspects differentiate the older episodes from newer ones. I know James did a video addressing a bunch of differences, but it comes down to an intangible "feel" to the episode.

[@zacharyessey5904]

My thoughts as well.

[@trolololololll]

Agreed , this one will age well like action 51

[@vizionaryentertainment8464]

@@Ten80pete older eps are literally simple game reviews where he addresses everything wrong swears and proceeds to break the game with a hammer, real simple. Newer eps tend to be overracted feature overuse of sfx and generally stale assembly line style production. Older nerd vids had more heart to them

[@bombjack1984]

We know it's only AVGN dissing the C64, James clearly has fond memories.

[@luvmenow33]

You can usually tell when James is reviewing something that he has fond memories of. It's just a bit different then when he reviews something he didn't have as a kid. I can't exactly explain the difference but IMO it's always noticeable.

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

AVGN as in James AVGN Rolfe :)

[@101Volts]

@@luvmenow33 Didn't it seem like he went easy on the Virtual Boy, compared to the Sega CD and Sega 32x?

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

@@101Volts At least the 32X (Knuckles Chaotix, Virtua Fighter, After Burner) and the Sega CD (Sonic CD, NBA Jam) have their share of games that make them worth having if you have a Model 2 Sega Genesis, but the virtual boy (which is as phony as a three-dollar bill, hence the lowercase letters) is such a crazy nauseating joke of a game system that calling it a Chinese bootleg would be unfair to Chinese bootlegs.

[@vgoncalves1985]

"And who bought this?... Me" is likely the most underrated gag in AVGN's history.

[@CrazyBite2007]

Yes I am an old person but as a 6 year old kid I could LOAD GAMES AND RUN THEM without any problems. Let me help you. Put in the disc with your game(s) and type LOAD"$",8 hit return and when it's ready type LIST. This shows you a list of everything on the disc. Then you type the LOAD"gamename",8,1 hit return and when it's ready type RUN.

[@koopakid715]

Now this feels like a classic nerd episode. No skits, just straight to the review and funny commentary. James even looks 10 years younger

[@TheDuduzinhobr]

Exactly!!

[@cowboydan507]

Love AVGN but don’t love the skits. Wish I could get a playlist where it cuts those out.

[@nandabun]

@@cowboydan507 You could be the one to make that.

[@koopakid715]

@@cowboydan507 glad im not the only one 👌

[@toole77]

Except not so angry. But other than that, great episode.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

The mighty C64 was my jam growing up. Lots of fond memories playing Bruce Lee, Legacy of the Ancients, Airborne Ranger, Space Taxi, Great Giana Sisters & so many more classics!

[@XfromDarkHorse]

Hello there!

[@theunknown1228]

Nostalgia

[@codprocamp4690]

MJR>AVGN

[@grandtheftautocj]

You guys need to do a collab ASAP

[@Thievishaura]

@@codprocamp4690 they are both equal of value lol

[@evilminion4989]

I remember the Commodore 64, wonderful memories of Death Knights of Krynn. Flipping through 6 - 8 disks was a little bothersome, but still an excellent game.

[@Rgoid]

@Evil Minion Tell that to the Nerd.

[@mikesprigg5495]

Bru bubble bobble and impossible mission was where it was at ;()

[@johncook9392]

Loved our Commodore 64. We were lucky to get a NES shortly after launch, but I still loved using the Commodore even having a NES!

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

It’s been a while since we got a dedicated episode to a console/platform. The Nerd provides.

[@belstar1128]

He did one for the 3do recently.

[@AndrewPoopyPants]

The dude abides

[@MauricioLJ]

The Nerd is THE MAN. Period.

[@treywar25]

@@belstar1128 eh I think he talked just as much about the console in that video that he did in his old plumbers don't wear ties video which was years ago. But you are right he just wasn't as in-depth

[@wh1tewolf4]

The Nerd giveth!

[@shane3674]

Some of the best moments in AVGN history is when James looks at his audience in complete shock 😆 I love those moments!

[@Bwompyy]

Nice pfp

[@Okkomonkiainen]

That Terminator part reminds me of the Action 52 Star Evil... " Who's gonna dodge that!?"

[@TheZackofSpades]

Personal favorite is his utter disbelief at the intro cutscene for Beavers

[@TheCrazyHedgehogLady]

RIGHT?! I feel the same. Love those moments. 😁

[@ffejgib]

His reaction to Dancing Monster is priceless! 😆

[@skorpionrazor]

23:43 I didn't even play that game and it's possibly one of the best video games soundtracks I ever heard. Sounds a bit like Go Go Power Rangers.

[@EGGproduct718]

From 22:15-23:29 i think it's the happiest we seen of the nerd in avgn, and it's so wholesome!

[@Zappa_boi]

22:43 this part will always be hilarious

[@Thought0Ninja]

James: Here's Golden Girls Me: Yes! James: Just kidding Me: Aw

[@jonplaud]

Okay, I am not the only one who thought that (seeing how I am binging the series)

[@candykane8474]

Sophia is the roast master

[@jonplaud]

@@candykane8474 totally!

[@tacowednesdays]

"No ending, that's a new one" Cheetahmen: "What are we? Not a joke to you?"

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

Cheetahmen 2 is an unusually rare joke game for the NES that was probably programmed by the Glitch Gremlin.

[@yamatodamashii1179]

James must have a lot of love for the C64 since he only used simulated fry pan rage to press the keys.

[@scottmcphan9725]

One day I hope to see a dancing monster remaster

[@ominousvirus5278]

On episode 200, we need James to play the AVGN theme now that he knows how to play guitar

[@biggiestos2361]

YES

[@nasbuscus]

Episode seven thousand will be the AVGN rap

[@vanessamorey3812]

METAL!!!!! Yes!!!

[@jackfreedman9678]

And have James sing the song (maybe).

[@LordSniggles]

It's would be possible for him to do. It's all power chords, AKA the easiest thing to do on a guitar.

[@terryb1001]

The nerd is at his best when reviewing old systems, easily my favorite videos.

[@OnlyVocals]

This was one of his laziest episodes. Contrived.

[@beardizz]

@@OnlyVocals I do not know

[@-Sangral-]

Well, if he would only still write his own episodes, cut them or even use the systems heavenly so he knows what he's talking about..... But that's all gone these days

[@coolstuffgaming]

I agree, I love the history and critique he gives

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

@@OnlyVocals Contrived? There's no character skits or a plot or anything, I'd say that it's nicely straightforward.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

Come on man, the C64 was awesome! there's literally dozens of classic games you could have covered to put it in an amazingly positive light, such an amazing system!

[@Cormano980]

Little people know how astronomical the step from cassettes to floppy was , it was incredible to see your game instantly loaded, not to mention the lucky mfkrs who got colour monitors

[@teen_laqueefa]

Midgets, dwarves? "Little people"

[@TheUtuber999]

400 baud was still a pretty glacial pace even with floppies.

[@GTI1dasOriginal]

What on earth are you talking about???? Why little people? Is there something they observe what normal height people can't figure out? ????

[@Cormano980]

@GTI1dasOriginal "little do the people know" , but little people is an interesting perspective 😁

[@GaldirEonai]

That was a disturbingly accurate impression of an old needle printer.

[@OBluePrint]

You should hear me do modem handshake : )

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Dang, old printers used a *needle* to print?

[@OBluePrint]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster Those printers are called Dot Matrix, and there must be a How X Works video you'll probably be interested in watching. Technologically they are just one step more advanced than a mechanical typewriter, but they can print in color.

[@The_AuraMaster]

Asked my mom about it, she said she grew up with one and she can confirm it's completely accurate.

[@chemicalmix]

My Commodore 64 has worked perfectly for 33 years now. There is no "boot up". You hit the power switch on the side and you're greeted by that beautiful blue screen 3 seconds later. If you were loading from cassette tape, you could just type "Load" then hit return, or hit Shift-Run together, then you'd get the famous "Press Play On Tape". I've wonderful memories of Headcoach, World Soccer League, Pipeline, Flimbo's Quest, Montezuma's Revenge, Klax, Split Personalities, Midnight Resistance, Tapper, Mayhem in Monsterland, Ironman Stewart Super Off-Road, Ghostbusters, Salamander, Cabal, 1941. I could go on and on. Great times.

[@mischadebrouwer9855]

Exactly! What about Decathlon and Spy vs Spy. What fun we had six 15 year old boys sitting around the Commodore 64 almost destroying the joystick in excitement!

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@@mischadebrouwer9855 Spy vs Spy trilogy embarrasses the multiplayer games of today! :)

[@AnimatedAndrew]

23:43 I've been in love with this track ever since I heard it in this episode. Thanks so much for sharing it with us, James!

[@hebonky]

19:00 it literally says "Turn the disk over"

[@wilsoncj]

This is the best AVGN episode I've seen in years. More laid back and letting the silliness of the games speak for itself. Really enjoyed it.

[@reagandow850]

Agreed!!

[@-Tristan-]

Full Ack. Also James is so much better on old school games.

[@TranzparentMethods]

I agree!

[@donrybka1001]

absolutely agree

[@riseoftheziggurat4394]

Yep.

[@thumbwarriordx]

As complicated as the Commodore could be to use, it did come with the best manual ever written. No "DO NOT POUR WATER INTO YOUR SWITCH" leaflet with no instructions, it gave you everything down to machine code registers and a full memory map of the system. Because computers weren't just for users yet. You were expected to code at some point.

[@Boemel]

i still have all the books, the basic programming book is an inch thick :D

[@PC_Simo]

15:40 I thought it was the same deal in Cheetahmen 🤔.

[@ominousvoid8163]

His reaction to Dancing Monster was priceless.

[@thealarm7057]

Nerd: "And who bought this?!" Also the Nerd: "Me :(" I felt that...

[@buddyroach]

nobody ever talks about how James kept using Vintage furniture in the NERD CAVE and how it just goes so well with the aesthetic with all the old consoles and computers. Giving it a modern makeover would destroy this image and make AVGN look like every vintage KZbinr out there.

[@sodokami6347]

Interesting indeed

[@bean420man]

That’s such an awesome game room. I could chill there and lose myself.

[@buddyroach]

@@bean420man me too. Takes me back. Makes me feel at home

[@BF-Gator]

It's not a cave that's his garage

[@c-bass413]

Overlord, Defender of the Crown, Bards Tale, Phantasie, Moon Patrol, Beach Head, Mindshadow, Dino Eggs, Blue Max, Zork, Master of Magic, Boulder Dash, Ultima III, Summer Games, Archon, Impossible Mission, Action Biker, Crystal Castles, Commando, Lode Runner, Wavy Navy, Montezumas Revenge.....the list of awesome C64 games goes on forever. So much nostalgia.

[@FormerlyknownasCJTVStation8]

What's funny is the company has new ownership and has returned.

[@Riku0990]

Glad to see the love for the early Finnish demo scene musicians. That music is close to Megaman levels of awesome.

[@SEGAClownboss]

Demoscene forever

[@terrawolf]

@@SEGAClownboss truee

[@datavalisofficial8730]

@@SEGAClownboss YEA MAN

[@Punkpsychobilly]

If you guys like that, you should check out some Finnish power metal such as Sonata Arctica, Twilightning, Dreamtale, Stratovarias and Thunderstone.

[@maintaint3003]

That Uuno Turhapuro game would have had the right amount of jank for AVGN episode.

[@Lucky_9705]

This was a really cool and unique episode. We haven’t had a hardware episode like this since the Amiga CD 32.

[@MozzieGG]

The hardware episodes are my favorite by far. I’m so happy he made another one

[@ftheweebs6799]

maybe you forgot about 3DO and Aladeen episode

[@SketchTurnerZero]

The hardware episodes are the best!

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

His system review episodes are among my favorites. I still get a chuckle but the Nerd schtick is old, but James is so pleasant to just watch that I love getting little history lessons alongside him commenting on old school classics and weird obscurities.

[@MrCumstein]

@@kayeplaguedoc9054 I agree and feel the same way.

[@DrGobii]

The dancing monster got me.

[@ZorbianYT]

7:24 "why do I gotta do that?!" nostalgia from the superman 64 video

[@sebastianmejia7006]

I liked this episode a lot. Reminds me of the “classic” nerd.

[@blazedgamingkr1438]

Couldn't agree more.

[@BeretBay]

20:55 "Just make sure you grab the right one." That killed me 💀

[@jerryziegner]

As a kid, I had a Vic 20. Mom found it at a local garage sale back in the day. The owner was and still is a huge tech guy.

[@oskarpetureinarsson3880]

...the C64 did have some classic titles, such as Blue Max, Impossible Mission (Epyx games were EPIC), International Karate, BC and many, many more. Absolutely defined my childhood!

[@AccCam]

C64 programmers had the best sense of humour. they were really fun games to play with friends, end up laughing at each other playing so much. Was true entertainment.

[@magical571]

that sounds like fun, wasn''t born yet for this

[@washoywa]

yes sir, golden times.

[@tibersulla2305]

This felt more classic nerd than most of the recent episodes, this is the stuff!

[@mojavecourier6987]

Some of it did, some of it didn't

[@mn_seahawk25thehawk64]

OG nerd would have smashed that keyboard with the pan instead of pretending 😂

[@Darkstar-rg8ze]

Agreed

[@richarddunn7017]

Best part of my C64 was the monitor. I used that for YEARS. Even hooked up my NES and SNES to it over the years. Long after the "computer" went to the dump, that monitor survived. It went to goodwill sometime around 1998. Man, what a great monitor.

[@roetemeteor]

Oh, Street hassle was a NES game called Bad Street Brawler. It was made by Mattel, and was certainly a unique game. Also, Everyone's a wally is a unique thing in the fact that I can tell that it ISN'T a c64 original, but a ZX Spectrum title that was ported because of how the pallete shift on items.

[@Eclipsless]

Easily the best AVGN video I’ve seen in a few years. Not that any recent contents been bad by ANY means, they just haven’t meshed with me as well as older videos have.

[@timothycreech7977]

It's just so classic. I feel like I stumbled on an old episode I've some how missed.

[@channel5980]

The Rocketeer episode was also amazing

[@laalki80]

23:38 these guys were the Finnish top C64 pioneers, one made the music and the other programmed the game.

[@gracecardoso7513]

this is literally the BEST song I've ever heard. I must find this track.

[@Robo-Hector]

Dude I hope that guy still makes badass music

[@Stan_man]

@@Robo-Hector If he is then there is no mentioning about it.

[@Kumimono]

Of course, his seminal work was the soundtrack to Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle on C64. :p

[@todensarg]

@@Kumimono kyllä :D

[@ArmadilloFish]

Ohh somehow I missed this episode! What a nice treat to find, I love the honest/humorous editorials ❤️

[@brandonlesko3126]

I had a C64 with disk drive and tape recorder unit. I learned some BASIC programming and had loads of games. It was pretty fun for a thirteen year old kid.

[@MKG176]

One of my earliest memories is putting together a C64 before I was old enough to read. I kind of just looked at the pictures and matched wires with ports until I figured it out. Then came trying to start the games by figuring out where the command line is in the game's instructions. That opening really brought it all back.

[@ZigealFaust]

I have one like that but it's my uncle who had no clue how to hook up his genesis and I did it out of instinct and lego knowledge lol. He ended up just giving it to me.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

@@ZigealFaust cherish that gift dude...totally awesome!

[@souljastation5463]

The best games of the C64 though are those from the late 80s, early 90s, the early 80s didn't even scratch the surface of what it could do. I'm talking about Turrican 1 and 2, Creatures, Turbo Out Run, Project Firestart, Mission Impossible 2, Last Ninja 1,2 and 3, R-type, X-Out, Rick Dangerous 1 and 2 and so on...

[@icarian553]

Jori Olkkonen who made the music for Netherworld is a legend in Finnish demoscene. He made his own music editor for C64: Megasound editor.

[@wiltedgreens1233]

I keep coming back to this episode. Top 5 for sure, maybe even the best. Probably not the funniest or has the most memorable lines but it's nostalgia factor is high. I've never played a commodore and still find it nostalgic.

[@JellyNutButter22]

same, i wasn’t born when the commodore was like, a big thing, but i find it interesting.

[@jessedudley3738]

My dad had a Commodore 64 and we would play games on it when I was a kid. He died last October. Brings back memories.

[@TimDavis77]

These console retrospectives are some of my favorite AVGN material, like the Sega CD, Atari 5200, and Jaguar. Glad to see the C64 getting the AVGN treatment.

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

The NeoGeo and NeoGeo CD also deserve AVGN episodes.

[@domeen0gt895]

And don't forget the 3DO

[@dored85]

James is one of the few producers that can keep a smile on my face all the way through. It's almost magical, something that is rarer day by day...

[@lloydchristmas4547]

I laughed through this one.

[@mikehunt9884]

i was messing around with the c64 library recently, i could honestly say there has to be at least 100 games in there that could be featured in another episodes, there are sooo many weird random games, and also a ton of actual licensed games by known developers.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Huh, neat. 10:39 The style of these graphics kinda remind me of Paper Mario. i wonder if anyone that helped design it were familiar with this Laurel and Hardy game?

[@CatalynRose]

24:11 the reboot of "hey wanna listen to some tunes?"

[@MrKvasi]

I recommend the book "Commodore: A Company on the Edge" if you are not already familiar with how revolutionary Commodore was. It's not an exaggeration to say that it may have done more for home computing that any other company.

[@RolasRook]

Interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

[@zthompson69]

It's been on my amazon shopping list for awhile but the hardcover is over $100

[@XxSypherxX91]

Ya Commodore 64 is really neato. What kinda chip you got in there, a dorito? -Weird Al Yankovic

[@Dave-jh7rj]

Had one of these growing up, loved it. Amazed the joystick survived the decathlon game we had. Had an England football game that I picked up at an outdoor market. Boxart looked great. Never once loaded, still not over it.

[@personahearts358]

I just love how AVGN episodes are coming out at a more common rate than the last few years

[@seijiren5115]

He has to done it 2 vids for month due to sponcers

[@belstar1128]

Yea but i have to be honest the newest episodes have been hit or miss but at least it seems like they are getting better again.

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

Now THIS is a hilarious laid back episode.

[@radcow]

🤞 he's lost form recently

[@AtlasBlizzard]

So the Commodore was the NES of its day. Everybody and their grandma had the NES, so you saw and played far more games than you ever owned.

[@analcommando1124]

Commodore 64 is one of the most important developments in personal computer history. It really took off in 1983 around the world. I hate it when people talk about the supposed "video game crash" of 1982. There wasn't a crash. The Atari 2600 was old and lost its place as the most bought games machine. In 1983 the Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Apple II and other 8 bit machines took over. There was no "video game crash in the early 80s".

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

Actually there was, dramatically reduced sales in games and consoles

[@ajsmotolife5641]

Best AVGN in years, feels a lot more like the older episodes

[@Spock1777]

This episode really felt like a classic Nerd episode. All the callbacks to older Nerd videos/topics ws also really neat.

[@The_One_Cosmos]

That He-Man 2 art looks like a piece of present day A.I. generated art

[@gavinanimates2643]

9:55 when i ask for love and affection

[@sendit88]

This is one of the best AVGN episodes I have watched so far. Feels like a classic

[@markus7166]

Only towards the end does it feel like a classic to me, but either way I enjoyed it 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@sendit88]

@@markus7166 I can understand why you would/might feel this way

[@argelisplanchart9438]

To me It also felt like a classic.

[@emithefreak6631]

I love "Tax Documents from 1989"! That's my favorite Commodore 64 game ever! A truly underrated classic ❤️

[@zherean42069]

Tax Documents from 1989

[@alex-gy1vm]

the sequel from 1990 was even better check it out

[@deathsyth8888]

"You've just been audited. Game over." - Game end screen

[@emithefreak6631]

@@alex-gy1vm I'll surely do!

[@emithefreak6631]

@@deathsyth8888 lol 😂

[@paneth8466]

I remember playing the C64 with a friend of mine and we kept that thing working through most of the 90's using it to play MUDS on the early internet. It was quite the process and I still think I have the instructions still written down somewhere. It was like 4 or 5 pages worth of bouncing of various library and gov websites (No graphic ones because the C64 could NOT deal with the internet very well back then) just to get on a MUD called Ancient Anguish. I also liked that the C64 and Amiga series could use any Atari or Genesis controller. If you haven't yet it might be worth looking at the later pcs they made, the Amiga 1000 and 2000, both of which you can actually still get games for even though the systems haven't been produced in what? 30 years or so?

[@dank_crusad3r]

It’s funny, I work for a auto part store and we still use a version of those old printer sheets. The ones we use are a double sheet transfer paper type, but still nostalgic.

[@jakezubrod7906]

I remember playing GTA: Vice City on PS2, and whenever the game started, the Rockstar North logo would be in the style of the C64 startup screen.

[@TheCrazyparrot8]

And you would hear "Video killed the radio star" quietly in the background, while the load command was typed in.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Fancy seeing you here on an AVGN video of all places.

[@TKsh1]

One of the best developers intros in a game.

[@jakezubrod7906]

@@mercenarygundam1487 What can I say, I'm an AVGN fan.

[@Vaxeri]

Netherworld's soundtrack makes me a proud Finn.

[@vanderful2397]

Sama

[@bioLarzen]

While, "Dancing Monster" makes me a much less proud Hungarian :D (The names of the creators, at least, are distinctly Hungarian)

[@vanderful2397]

@@bioLarzen Well you'll always have Lugosi

[@sarty23]

PERKELE!

[@montywoodside]

I would love to see more videos of AVGN reviewing old computers from the 1980s and '90s.

[@Kevmaster2000]

At the start of that Netherworld song it sounded like it was about to be the MMPR theme.

[@clarktooncrossing3975]

Episode 198? We’re only 2 away from 200? That’s incredible!! I can’t wait to see what you do for the big milestone!

[@seijiren5115]

What could episode 200 would be? I'm really exited

[@gamefan6219]

@@seijiren5115 Imagine if episode 200 is his last.....

[@seijiren5115]

@@gamefan6219 If James leave at episode 200 its okay for me. Let he do something else like monster madness/boardjames and others

[@BeretBay]

For episode 300, he'll review 300: The game

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

most likely the nerf travelling to the future to review modern consoles

[@hotdoggington6962]

Nerd rocking out at 23:45 and the escalation at 24:11 has to be one of my favorite ever Nerd moments

[@evanabbott2737]

It’s so great😂👍

[@farhanatashiga3721]

@Cashlost2 eh it's definitely pushing the old Sid chip to it's limit, I think if it's on a 16-bit system' sound chip it would've sound better.

[@vjspectron]

I love how he almost lost his glasses when the hook came in.

[@LegitMan335]

Sounds like the mighty Morphin power rangers theme song. Before mighty Morphin power rangers

[@McDonaldWilliamT]

And all off of a three track audio system. lol, the trick was that programmers learned to switch waveforms for each track on the fly.

[@m3kanik6]

23:36 The bubble explosions sound really close to the the bubbles in Gradius III. Boom nerded. Great stuff.