Flimbo's Quest Longplay (C64) [QHD]

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

A new, QHD recording of this excellent platform game, including hidden secrets and super parchments - see the video description for time codes!

[@HiddenRefuge]

Hands down, one of the best games available for the C64 system. So many fond memories.

[@Freevo_Lowse]

Absolutely loved this as a kid, I still have my c64 and the cart, it was a multi one with klax

[@MarkxUK1]

How good is the music in this game :)

[@zyrobs]

Excellent showcase of the game and the secrets, but you missed out on at least one - the giant turtle on stage 3. It's similar to the turtles of stage 5, except that it covers a third of the screen. On stage 3, go to the right as far as you can, then turn back, and there's a chance that the giant turtle will be there. You can spawn it continuously, and by farming it you can get a high score far larger than by beating the game (as long as you don't mind dying to a timeout on stage 3).

[@chilly6470]

Now this is probably the most nostalgic I've ever felt about a game. I was 12 years old when this released. I was so impressed by the graphics at the time but, the music was the star of the show.

[@drkamilz]

Awesome parallax scrolling!

[@daniellinehan8467]

One of my favourites as a kid, loved it!

[@KowalDWR]

Childhood kicks in.

[@PrimevalDemon]

Holy cow that could be made this year and alot of it wouldn't be out of place! I have very little to zero experience with the hardware and it's history/ software library but I'm glad i watched this while writing! The main menu visually prepared me for something entirely different in my mind lol i thought it was like old man plumber giana sisters or something! The title theme was amazing. Nice energy and sound! I wish I owned it... (6:46 AM NY time Monday July 31st 2023 - 124 likes 6,486 views 4 years ago posted 25 comments (this 26th) 70.8k channel subscribers)

[@LogrusUK]

One of my favourites. I’ll need to go back to my video of it, to see if I was close to the hidden scrolls.

[@kaczan3]

Wow. Sam's Journey spoiled me. I can't look at this now :)

[@Eliminaattori]

Very nice platformer. I didn't play it myself back then but it was fun to watch.

[@PrimevalDemon]

Omg the level 6 parallax scrolling

[@stewartlanaghan7603]

I loved flimbo.

[@syniekos]

This is basically a 'remix' of Hawkeye, but I love it nonetheless & fondly remember playing it on my C64 in the early 90's. Lovely colourful graphics, parallax scrolling & an awesome soundtrack, what's not to like ?

[@mrk45]

Jeeze, that intro's hard work.

[@foxgloves321]

Holy crap that title music!!

[@antonmiklowicz3774]

Oh no !!! I was so close and never finished this

[@Mac100]

sid filter little bit low

[@Audiohobbytojestto]

My game!

[@Audiohobbytojestto]

at the second chamber is also time you did not take him: D

[@medardboss3595]

To all Flimbo lovers! Please, chceck out what happens with the game if you are out of time when you are in one of the chamabers with money... very interesting:)

[@CJ-ds2lt]

23:13 😮

[@tsukuyomishirabe]

Something's not quite right here... The cartridge version bundled with the C64GS has three more games on it (Fiendish Freddy's without an intro, Klax and International Soccer) and definitely misses Flimbo: The Story. You must have played a community made EF release, which takes the GS version and adds the story section before the game. But still the most complete release is an original floppy: it's also has Flimbo: The Story (that's where the guys behind the EF version sourced it) and the first loader shows a scrolling information. Later loads are done swiftly during the bonus phases, so it plays exactly like the cartridge version - you can't even tell it's multiloading in the background. So this one's the definite edition for me.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

It is the EasyFlash release - I just assumed the release was the same as the retail cartridge release because of the format; I've updated the description 🙂

[@tsukuyomishirabe]

Thanks a lot - now it's perfect! I knew it because I've just finished playing through the whole C=64 games library, comparing all existing releases of each game (both originals and cracks) and selecting the best versions for my personal collection, which took me quite a few years. Like I said in one of my previous comments, I really love your work, but with such a vast knowledge sometimes I can be a completely anally-retentive perfectionist who always knows better. :P Please keep them coming, for the glory of the best 8-bit computer on the planet.

[@PrimevalDemon]

Oh wow kid icarus bonus room heart coins

[@Audiohobbytojestto]

at the second chamber is also time you did not take him: D