Jumpman Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Read my article about the game @ www.vintageisthenewold.com/retro-revisited-jumpman

[@fuzzywzhe]

You ought to do an article on Wizard, which was very much like Jumpman. Wizard is often regarded as a ripoff of Jumpman, but according to the creators, it was a coincidence - although I have a difficult time believing that. It had a level editor, and also in my opinion didn't have the same level of novelty in that many levels were just different levels - in Jumpman a lot of levels had properties that were unique for that level alone. Dragon Slayer, UFO, Roll Me Over, Grand Puzzle, Robots - each is unique. It was like 30 games rolled into one. This was one of my favorite games as a kid, and one of the first I played on a C=64.

[@PieFights]

This game I played a lot as a kid I had took a bullet and I bounced off screen and into the puzzle piece and the game didn't count it as a death

[@Takaho31]

Man, I used to play this all night back b 86'-87'. I had weird little cousin who was genuinely afraid of the stage 'Vampire' & he would sprint out of the room when he heard the sound of the "flapping bat wings" hahaha

[@rattywoof5259]

The flapping wings sound was in the level 'The Roost'.

[@AaronLitz]

@@rattywoof5259 The Vampire Bats went "squeak squeak!"

[@ReenyJW]

YES! I couldn’t do jumping blocks and vampire. One sister would do jumping blocks and the other one would do vampire! 😂. Such memories!

[@safsid9412]

Omg my favorite game for Commodore 64 back in the 80’s. Great memories 😃😃😃😃

[@redfive5856]

Watching this I realized I still remember my "patterns" for the first three levels.

[@rassodawn]

I just found your link and (as it did with the others) it brought a huge smile to my face! When I was child I played this for hours (and hours, and hours…) I was just referencing the level with the chickens a couple of months back but couldn’t remember which game it was on until I saw this. I still get just as nervous watching this-if you played it enough you’d be able to anticipate what was going to happen before it happened and ace each level. I knew every move that you were going to make before you made it here-same as I would’ve. Thanks for the trip down memory lane-much appreciated!❤

[@calm.aware.]

Oh Boy, do I remember the love-hate relationship I had with that game!

[@Richard.Linder]

Your timing is impeccable! I'm currently in the process of discovering the Atari 8 bit computers' games library. As a C64 owner, it's fascinating to discover how many of the games I had assumed were C64 originals, actually originated on these early Atari computers. With such a huge library, I'm slowly working my way through the alphabet and have recently reached the letter J. I was delighted to rediscover Jumpman, and was intrigued to find that it too, originated on the Atari 8 bits. (I'm discovering that many of the great early C64 games did.) Just this weekend I was comparing the Atari and C64 versions, with interest. So when your video popped up in my notifications, it brought a huge smile to my face! Such perfect timing! It's great to see you discovering and appreciating such a gem of a game, after all these years - and playing it so damn well. (What are you playng it on?) Jumpman is one of those games that is fondly rembered by those who have played it; an endearing game posessing far more charm and character than it's deceptively simple looking graphics would lead one to expect. What a nice surpise your video was.

[@chainreaction8977]

What letter are you up to now?

[@vapourmile]

Is your writing always this boring and pretentious?

[@scottythegreat1]

I never knew either. Early games for the Commodore 64 were often ported over from Apple II and Atari 8-bit. It wasnt until 1984 that the C64 was really considered to be a good computer to develop games for.

[@3dvfxprofessor]

To me the best and most addictive C-64 game.

[@readthetype]

I’m not certain _“best”_ and _“game”_ mean what you think they do. I think you meant to say “painful” and “torture.”

[@3dvfxprofessor]

@@readthetype No. Very challenging with sophisticated and tested patterns. The game noticeably increases from level to level. This is pretty hard to design. Comparable to brilliant games like R-Type. E.g., the 8 levels of R-Type increase and become more and more difficult, but not impossible, thanks to brilliant patterns that you have to understand and learn. This is exactly what motivates you to keep playing. That's what makes a good arcade game. And the smallest mistake is punished. Comparable to juggling. 3 balls are easy. 4 are a challenge. 5 require a lot of time and patience. 6 and 7 force you to spend extremely time, training and perseverance.

[@PieFights]

3:24 my all time favourite jingle

[@videonology7008]

1:28 now that's a good sound effect there

[@Alianger]

A lot of creativity in this for such an early and at a glance simple platformer

[@dbgaming9166]

I remember playing this game in the 80's. It was an extraordinary pain to progress through, and I gave up after the 4th or 5th level. Just couldn't get any further. It was remarkable seeing the movements made in the game, and how orchestrated everything was. Complexity without appearing complex.

[@AaronLitz]

Throughout my childhood, my aunt and uncle from Pittsburgh (who were fairly wealthy) would come up to visit my grandma and us (our family; me, my mom, my little sister, and little brother, all lived with grandma and my mom's sister, Aunt Debbie.) And every time they would bring up their amazing Commodore 64 computer with them, and we would all play videogames together... with one certain _special_ game being the most popular: _Jumpman,_ with which we would all hold tournaments together every Christmas! My, mom, my little brother, my Aunt Debbie, and Aunt Sis, Uncle Andy, and cousins Eric and Rachel and Allison who'd come up from Pittsburgh, would all pile into chairs around the computer where we'd set it up in the warm cozy dining room, listening to Christmas music, looking at the sparkling Christmas tree with its blinking lights and presents piled underneath, and watching through the windows as the snow fell outside, all waiting our turns to tackle the next level and collect all the bombs to save Jupiter. ("Dunh, dunh-dunh-dunh, DUNH-dunh-DUNH-dunh, dunh-dunh-DUNH!") Well, in 1987 my aunt and uncle got our family the very best Christmas present we had ever received: a brand new _Commodore 64_ system of our very own, complete with disk drive, dot matrix printer, an official full-color Commodore monitor, and a box full of videogames on floppy disk! It was so amazing! Well, included in that box of floppies alongside rad games such as _Ghostbusters,_ _Bruce Lee,_ _Choplifter,_ _Fort Apocalypse,_ _Raid on Bung-Ling Bay,_ and _Raid Over Moscow,_ the also made sure to include our own copy of _Jumpman_ so we could hold our own tournaments any time we wanted! Aunt Debbie died suddenly three years ago, out of the blue, and Grandma followed a few months later. But my Aunt Sis is coming up to visit in just a few months for the first time in years, and I've still got a Commodore 64 emulator somewhere on my laptop, and the _Jumpman_ ROM in a folder somewhere... after seeing this and being reminded of those good times, I think I just _have_ to ask if mom, Aunt Sis, and my brother would all like to hold another _Jumpman_ tournament in memory of happy days gone by. I'm hoping they'll _jump_ at the chance! (pun definitely intended!😁)

[@donpcmartin]

That’s an awesome story. Glad to read it. Hope your emulator brings back the nostalgia for everyone!

[@becomeanolive1637]

Wow, that is a wonderful memory, truly magical Commodore 64 Christmas

[@bencissell8417]

This was my all time favorite commodore 64 game. The controls were tight compared to other games. I loved the sound of his tippy tappies when we would run. The slow moving bullets always terrified me before blasting in my direction. Each level was so different from the others. Amazing game.

[@thewatcher8939]

Your timing is incredible and so is your nerve. Level 29 (Going Down) used to drive me nuts and I could never finish it. I had a love-hate relationship with this game.

[@randomlyTrees]

Great game! My favorite level was Hot Foot. There were so many cool variations and mechanics in this game. Thank you for sharing!

[@blandoworthlessness]

I remember playing this on dos in the mid eighties. Pretty much the same as this version except it had CGA colours and I don't think it had music. This game stood out from others. It really felt fun to play and, although hard, it was quite forgiving. As long as you touched a platform Jumpman would automatically climb up, something really unique to this game. Another standout of this era to be remembered is Hard Hat Mack.

[@darkzak47]

The most fun part of this game was trying to get the last ring while dying, or in some really crazy unrecoverable position so that the game stopped after the last ring, and you had struck a pose in mid air! There is no other classic like this game

[@CharlesUrban]

Oh, man...I remember playing this when I was 4. Fun times.

[@adisharr]

This game, Wolfenstein, and Flight Simulator were my three favorite games :)

[@becomeanolive1637]

Castle Wolfenstein is one of my All-Time favourite games, I finished it at the Field Marshall level with SS everywhere.

[@TheRealMrAndrew]

The last time I played this was probably thirty years ago on an old Apple II at school. I still remember most of the levels.

[@readthetype]

On the off chance you _didn’t_ hate your life as a child, there was always Jumpman.

[@MartinGorski]

We had Jumpman and absolutely loved it! I remember coming home from middle school and finding my Dad playing level 30 and watching him beat the game!!!! He was the first to get to 30 and I believe the only one to finish it.

[@mrconancat]

Oh come on. And after he beat level 30 he left in a spaceship?

[@upstairsroomsoftware4143]

Never really played this but "had it" in the game collection. So many games on my list to go back and play... This looks like fun.

[@flashblack1059]

I loved the invasion level. I would shoot those UFO’s forever

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

No fatalities here, but a flawless victory just the same. 🙂👍

[@h92o]

oh the memories of doing this game before and after classes at college wow.. was a great game.. -- this video is great .. all the levels seems to be.. yep wow you must of played before because you obviously know the game patterns :) very good.

[@AaronLitz]

I still have a reflexive memory of the robot's travel patterns for the Robots I level.

[@NaturalEnquirer]

Now this was a game, man

[@devonopdendries7722]

Oh man this game was hilariously fun!

[@kenflagg]

I must have logged hundreds of hours playing Jumpman on my C64 as a kid, and I can not for the life of me remember Grand Puzzle III with the weird moving wormhole. I guess I never won!

[@ShelbyOrvis]

I loved the runaway level. I would always try to see if I could two of the Xs at the same time. It was funny when you get two at the same time.

[@jared_s2]

i had this game for dos in 1984 on our family computer an epson equity ii. all black and white. similar sound effects though.

[@mikeofmanymikes2630]

This is the game I played the most on c64.

[@t3chnod3lic]

Classic. Jumpman Junior was great too!

[@jonathangirard4279]

Epic game!

[@mountainmgtow5421]

Wow! I never knew that about Grand Puzzle III!

[@CaptainHarris-ip2kg]

I don't recall things shooting across the screen in this game.

[@GriggsC123]

I miss EPYX games.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I used to enjoy watching my older brother and sister playing this game. It was great when they won, but I also enjoyed when they lost. Weird, huh? Had something to do with the music and what was on the monitor.

[@aratneerg1375]

Man you are good

[@BrownLaundry]

The first level on “random” was always Robots 2

[@fuzzywzhe]

Well! You're a damned good player. Never saw Grand Puzzle III - I think you only get to it if you play through the entire game and it doesn't show up in Randomizer.

[@80sNewWaveGeek]

Same with Mystery Maze I think. Never saw it on Radomizer.

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@80sNewWaveGeek Hmm, that's level 25. Hmm, I don't remember it, but I don't remember if it wasn't in Radomizer. Used to play Advanced, but I'd always get my butt kicked by Roll Me Over which is level 18 which I THOUGHT was a higher level in Advanced. Anyhow, this game was damned hard and I'm not going to break out x64 or Frodo to check out my memory :P

[@Turambar3791]

Shit those aliens were worse than any Alien movie I saw!!! I can't see the rest of the video because I will suffer a heart attack!!

[@LK-cb3cv]

Entertaining, thank you😊

[@timparker4160]

I rembember having to wait for literally hours for the games to load and i think it had about 6 or 8 tape cassettes that you had to put in one after the other. I don’t know exactly how long it took, it felt like hours and hours but it might have only been 2 or 3 hrs. I would like to find out. We didn’t have one that had disks, it had a little tape deck.

[@mattschoolfield4776]

We had this game as a cartridge

[@davidmathew603]

Where is the sound of jumpman dies?

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

It's a measure of Chopin's Funeral March

[@jimicapone]

Since it's a perfect game, we'll never know !

[@johnsmith1953x]

*What happened to Robots 2?*

[@davejalenderki]

Whomever is at the controls of this game is very very good.

[@LTDANMAN44]

HE CLIMBS LADDERS FAST LOL

[@84slaughter]

Can You Play This On An Emulator?

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Yes

[@84slaughter]

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Where Can I Find One? I've Been Wanting To Play This And Commander Keen Forever.

[@Nickean-ox6ls]

Great Donkey Kong clone

[@ZombieGamer80]

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[@philiphied]

No deaths cheat or something. Several times bullet hit jumpman & nothing. The hit box in the original game was unforgiving. Something fishy here.

[@김하루-x6k]

Who’s watching 2025?

[@akilmer]

Figurit was just the worst.

[@mediamike693]

++++🛂+++I 🐸🦘😍 LOVED THAT GAME+++IT WAS 1 OF THE BEST THINGS OF OWNIING A COMMODORE 64 COMPUTER+++🛃🛂🤣+++