Last Ninja 2 Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]

[@themanieq]

I'm 42. I played it as a kid. Wow. That brings memories...

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

37 here, played it as a kid also. Never really got far but I didn't care, I was still blown away by the music and the super-detailed (at the time) environments.

[@trolli3]

Same, music is amazing!!

[@cuddlesnstinker]

Makes you wanna no back.....

[@cuddlesnstinker]

Yeah remember this with last ninja 1, amazing games, even for the c64, I'm 46 now and back then was truly magical....

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

@@CopiousDoinksLLC Same here, I never knew where I to go in the game and the Last Ninja games bored me quickly, but the music and graphics are amazing.

[@ltte7799]

A true story. I managed to complete all three Ninja games on the C64, but it took me years to do it. The third one took me until the mid 90s. In the mid 2010s I replayed all three games to see if my brain and hands were up to it. Back then they still were and I remembered things and how to do stuff. One thing I remember having nightmares about was The Basement in LN2. Years went by in the late 80s/early 90s for me to figure out where the poison was and then how to jump on the boxes. Every time I hear this music I'm back there, more than 30 years ago, stuck. And then one day I figured it out. But this level, for me, is the most haunting one. I love the music but love/hate the memories. Hard games, but they did open up the mind. Those were some amazing times for games in general. You approached them with caution because you knew they were going to smack you in your face.

[@uffejohansen4315]

Wow, I just noticed now as an adult that it is a drug lab.

[@TP-yh8ow]

This game (and soundtrack) belongs in the top 10 best games list ever.

[@erosmangr74]

Man, Last Ninja had some really amazing music scores.

[@INUID]

Listen to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4W5q56cqdyMna8

[@AchtungBaby77]

What do you mean "had"? It still does! The tunes are friggin' timeless!

[@foreignwarren7361]

2 is good too

[@FrissOderLassEs]

No excessive looting, no rewards, no in-game-buying, no ranking, no upgrades - just pure FUN!

[@paulnick826]

The music is amazing, even the loader music. The Commodore 64 version is much better than the Amiga version.

[@Ulysses3473]

What a rapid trip down memory lane. I had the version of this on the Amiga that came with a rubber throwing star and full pullover ninja hood. Great times

[@derechte_reactions6180]

All last ninja titles has nice music, but this one for me has the best music ever made for a video game. Matt Gray made an awesome work here!

[@LuriTV]

7:40 I love the nod to Zak McKracken on the grafitti... another well loved C64 game that definitely needs a HD remake

[@TotalMK]

22:33 you can disable the Alarm by going into the other room, that way when you fight the guy in the stairwell he will not almost kill you with his boosted power when the alarm is tripped. 22:52 you can flick the lights on before entering the dark room where you have to figure out the path. Also for added fun each time you switch the lights on/off you get 500 points... you can do this as much as you like to boost your score.

[@twomindz79]

Love it as a kid . Pre Nintendo and snes. Incredible music .

[@minastaros]

Best C64 game ever. Back in the 80s, I used to spend some afternoons in the school's computer room, which was equipped with C64, and one of them had a big color TV (the others green monochrome). Was I lucky when "the one" was available and I could go for LN2! Memories...

[@aminaliuk]

Those were the great days. No social media, but just good cartoons after school on TV and great video games 🎮 on C64. Not forgetting going out on my BMX bike.

[@avoidconfusion]

I loved this game as a kid - the soundtrack is still so good!

[@Atombender]

1:32 The scroll actually has no use. The computer code at 18:00 isn't random but equal to the play time at the start of the Office level. 19:25 if you wait for a short while here, you can see Superman flying by. Awesome game, awesome music.

[@richb769]

The scroll makes any objects that you can pick up flash, but yeah, if you already know where they are, you don’t need it. 😊

[@davidjones9549]

Aged 40 here and played this so much on my C64 as a kid. Having to get the monthly magazines for the hints and tips/walk throughs. Classic times.

[@MrDasmaster]

I was so exicted when one of the magazines pubished a walkthrough of a game i was struggling with. I couldnt wait to buy it lol

[@jamiecameron4383]

my favourite mag was C+VG (computer & video games) .. i collected nearly all of em between 1985-1992, however im not sure if i still have them in the loft.

[@mattwuxx3888]

I have a lot of Xerox(yes people, that was what people called copy machines back in the 80's), copies of those same magazine pages that I paid about .10/page to copy off those same magazine tips/tricks at the regional library. The trick was to get there before all of the older kids would get to it and rip out the pages like the jerks they were. No way my parents would spring for anything but Time and Nat Geo subscriptions to our house and I think most of those personal computer mags even back then were about $1.10 and up so, that was my only option to fuel my C64 addiction, haha.

[@andrzejdymek5563]

najlepsza gra, a zarazem czensc gry ktora wyszla na c64.

[@davidjsaul]

7:15 well it's good the CPU can recover from multiple stab wounds 😂

[@renea6344]

Central Park boat jump....still sweating just watching it

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Yep, the music was great. I never did really understand why they bothered making Last ninja Remix when the music in this was so good.

[@KibyNykraft]

This is Last ninja 1, not nr 2. ROFL.

[@jons9239]

Whoa this music is intense! Wouldn't have expected.

[@MegaasAlexandros]

Oh man I have to say this just to prove I'm not original - whose watching this in 2020 ?? Oh yeah baby!!!!!!

[@plixplux]

Good thing Armakuni knows to wait for the lights to turn green before crossing.

[@f-4372]

Thanks for giving me some childhood memories back. 👍

[@jakubpytko5551]

This game have unbelievable music. :}

[@AIEra-bz2lv]

Matt Gray's masterpiece! 👌

[@7c3c72602f7054696b]

The music in this game is so good, I had this long ago, wish I never sold my c64

[@DarkGrimm2000]

The central park music....OMG! It was sooooo freaking awesome!

[@AchtungBaby77]

What do you mean "was"? It still is and always will be!

[@Sebastian-ow9uh]

Najlepsza gra na C64 miażdżyła mi mózg w 92 i miażdży teraz, to arcydzieło stworzone przez System 3 wyprzedziło swą epokę tak jak ich inne dzieła....

[@metalcoola]

Matt Gray also made excellent music for Tusker.

[@mrbonjary]

This is amazing!!! I loved this game as a kid, I could never get past the carts. Watching this and then seeing the final level brought all nostalgia back. The sound track still bangs to this day!! Many feels were felt 😂🤣😂🤣😂 It's a shame this and the 1st one weren't included in the retro console.

[@MegaasAlexandros]

My thoughts exactly. The 64 games included in the mini were definitely not the best 64. I'd say a quarter are good another quarter playable and the rest not worth putting on. Fortunately it is pretty easy to ad games to the mini through USB. It's the only console I been playing the past few months and I have a ps3, Xbox and others.

[@bbenjoe]

19:23 - What a view! I remember playing this as a kid, thinking about the possibilities of future graphics. Now it's 2020, and I'm about to load Mirror's Edge: Catalyst.

[@bbenjoe]

@@kheechung That's Superman? I'd always thought it's a hang glider.

[@bbenjoe]

@@kheechung Than Superman it is :)

[@tylerhansen3006]

Did not know there was a sequel until today, but its nice to know you can one shot the final boss with a shuriken just like in the first one haha.

[@pronto__tv]

Best music in that generation ! :)

[@LuriTV]

I totally hated this part in the basement, where you had to jump over the boxes. I died there dozens of times

[@NOTHlNG]

If funny how the ninja can survive a long drop at the beginning of the Cental Park level but dies from little falls later on...

[@TotalMK]

The key to it was to use the MODE CHANGE option by pressing "J" on the keyboard, pressing J twice would make it so which ever direction you tapped it would face that way, it made it tons easier. J Twice, then tape the joystick the direction you wanted to face then J to revert back to default control.

[@MegaasAlexandros]

You reckon that's annoying, what about the office stage trying to work out how to proceed and get further! Got the code and then after a hour gave up. Secret door was too secret, no hints at all the you have to pull some secret stick to open the door, and what about that high powred fan !!! Other than that the game is perfect. I can't believe I finished this as a kid without a walkthrough - mind you I had a friend who we would work together in sharing our knowledge.

[@Meisterqn]

Soundtrack from childhood. Genius

[@towerbridge04]

I bought this and Amiga Bubble Bobble together. Couldn't get home quickly enough. If the Sewers loading tune were female I'd marry it (and there are some pretty tunes here for sure!).

[@quint3570]

Ray C best comment ever!👍

[@grzegorz__]

Music in "The Office" part is truly amazing :)

[@E180TEKNO]

personnaly i find this games the last ninja One and two and three just incredible for their time

[@GigaJigg]

Wanted to see how to get down from the stupid roof w. the stick... Ended up listening to the music in the background, forgetting everything about the game. Nice!

[@sonninnos]

Too bad the loading tracks are skipped so soon

[@darkridearts]

This music is on another level

[@robertmiles9942]

Danger level seems just about right for NYC in the 80's

[@CuriusOdus11]

This brings back memories!

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The music for "The Basement" (12:29) is still cool as shit to this day. Matt Gray did a bang up job taking over the music from Ben Daglish and Anthony Lees from the first one.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

If you enjoyed this then keep an eye on the channel - I've got a new QHD recording of the game coming soon :)

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays I will! I remember seeing, hearing and playing this one on my real C64 years ago and it was a great experience. The only thing I can compare it to, musically, was the first time I heard Rambo:First Blood Part 2's *AMAZING* intro and high score music. To me, at the time anyway, it was light years ahead of anything else at the time as far as music goes. Still makes me smile to this day whenever I hear it. The game itself was so-so, but the music was 10/10 (in my opinion).

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Also, have you seen this live band rendition of the Central Park theme from LN2? Sounds great! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIrYoX6pptx3q68

[@wandererkenshin7557]

I completed this wonderful game 🎮 on the C64.

[@dorius22]

im here only for the soundtraks no more :)

[@EDGar-wi6np]

Damn, this looks hella fun, I want to play it now!

[@kirafrost7618]

Most of the time when I played this as a kid, I died because I had no idea for what every item is xD I had no clue about the levels and the game controls were difficult. The music were great ^^

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

No argument from me :) Mike Clarke did a good cover of the soundtrack for the Amiga, but the game is really quite sluggish when compared to the C64 version.

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

I played C64 a lot in the 80s but I never really cared about Last Ninja, I never knew where to go etc, but the music and graphics are awesome! :)

[@SeedsOne]

this game was my entire youth

[@bbenjoe]

19:59 - this segment reminds me of the end of the first map of the first Mirror's Edge (2008) game. Just like here we reach the roof with a ladder. On our left is a taller building where our friend Celeste is waiting for us. To our right there is a sack. AND forward is the direction we need to go to catch a flying helicopter to finish the map. Coincidence?

[@magisterirae]

Great videogame

[@Went2PlayLLC]

Blinking ninja at the end :)

[@chrispeysson826]

Ahh, great games and great memories. If you stick around for a few seconds at 19:25 Superman flies past!

[@MrDasmaster]

Went to that point to see that and he didn't do it in the play though

[@Hatatitla76]

6:12 if you let him live, you are not the last ninja ;)

[@jeroenkommer6467]

Omg that music

[@علیمحبی-ف8م]

عالی مثل همیشه این یک بازی نیست یک درس زندگی هست که باید سخت تلاش کنم تا به هدف برسیم

[@kevincassidy1983]

This game was great, when it loaded and let me play it

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

loved the music

[@richardcsebak7309]

What happened with Last Ninja:the return game?They wanted to make a modern version to pc.What happened?

[@jellyboy123]

took me weeks to figure out 4:28 you would have to go right to the end before jumping or you land in the water

[@baciik]

💪💪 great work 🖐️👍

[@drblack66]

Is this original soundtrack or remastered/remade? It's magnificent

[@Krymbo]

I could never get past the fan.

[@sorunyaratanadam]

Legend

[@pietlebrun5943]

2:57 What was that?

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

One half of a pair of nunchuks can be found inside the toilet block 🙂

[@creativecatproductions]

Last Ninja 2: the 2nd to the last

[@misterious5217]

The soundtrack in this one is way better than the nes version.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Tape > Disk when OST

[@larrydavid6852]

Due to being shit at this and thus unable to correctly time my jump onto the first boat I was unable to get out of Central Park and have been stuck in there since 1989. This game is wonderful, it is great to be able to see it in its entirity.

[@KWatson1984]

My childhood copy always glitched in the middle of the first level so I never got to experience the whole game.

[@andreaskollmuss]

👏🏻 I love it 👏🏻👏🏻 … memories

[@zaratustra00]

wow the intro music

[@djc2526]

So many hours played.... and I never made it to 'The Street'

[@quint3570]

The fucking bees used to piss me off no end!

[@davyboyishere4733]

the tune at 15:50 Wow

[@alessandromarani6523]

Honestly I think 1& 2 are way much better than the 3d. Enviroments are less detailed but have more personality, music is awesome and gameplay makes more sense with recognizable objects and enemies.

[@gregor1O1]

So much better than the NES port... ;)

[@m.firzafadmaputra9569]

Classic game, but lack of console homebrew and also arcade version (such as The Last Ninja 1 CPS Dash Remake and The Last Ninja 2 CPS2 Remake)

[@warmcat]

20:05 I could never grab the helicopter :-/ Had a friend do that bit for me so I could continue.

[@AchtungBaby77]

It required pixel perfect precision, just like the ridiculous jumping puzzles! From memory, if you don't grab the chopper in time, you need to redo the entire level for it to re-spawn.

[@SkuldChan42]

I honestly think that is the hardest part about this game is the controls :(.

[@StRoRo]

First few times I think I jumped at it. Didn't work

[@Chilliconcarnage]

If you missed it you could jump at the very edge of the screen and you'd still go the next level :)

[@MegaasAlexandros]

@@Chilliconcarnage true but extremely hard to work out in 1988 without internet and walkthroughs.

[@hidalgorenatojr.502]

0:47 music beat made in doom

[@Polytricity]

I hear there is a remake in progress by System 3?

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

There was a prototype that System 3 were working on for the original Xbox that got canned, but I hadn't heard about anything more recent - it wouldn't surprise me though 😃

[@Polytricity]

Blink syndrome at the end

[@paulr1514]

Looks like the ninja gained a few pounds since the first one! More binge-a!

[@PanacheDom]

super music

[@VeliborNikolic222]

HOW DO YOU PICK UP THINGS GODDAMIT!

[@Henrik_Holst]

To pick up items - hold down the fire button then pull the joystick bottom right or bottom left diagonally.

[@VeliborNikolic222]

@@Henrik_Holst Thanks! It works but not always.

[@spqninjapl]

Music kick ass Like LasT Ninja !

[@ciaomax8763]

CAPOLAVORO!!

[@danielpetrusevski2572]

There was a 2?

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

There was a 3 as well 🙂

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

the first ninja was harder, this was to easy

[@NuclearFisshin]

Listen to the second entry on youtube rather then this mess.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

OH FFS! So you did not have to fight every single one :-O = I was a very shitty ninja in 1988 :-/ Still my first BIG game to complete 15:25 Ah! Here we are ☠️ I REMEMBER (poor joystick) ..jump puzzles...sigh

[@davyboyishere4733]

Them dang boxes had me stumped for a while 🥱

[@lm4uk]

My time was 18.54

[@regenten]

never got past central park

[@DeckerFI]

Maybe they did the remix because Matt Gray's soundtrack was plagiarized. Personally, I don't care. This is great.

[@VahanNisanian]

Matt Gray plagiarized the soundtrack? Where did you get this from?

[@DeckerFI]

Well some of it, listen for yourself: Tangerine Dream: Alchemy of the Heart = Last Ninja 2 Mansion stage Tangerine Dream: Midnight in Tula = Last Ninja 2 Office stage loader I don't know if there are more.

[@VahanNisanian]

DeckerFI Was he fired for plagiarism?

[@DeckerFI]

***** Absolutely not. I don't even know if anyone's noticed until recent years.Also, I don't think anyone cared at the time, if you made direct C64 covers of actual songs. Matt's still a well respected C64 musician to this day.

[@SOULDEZIGNER]

WOW, thanks for the info bro. I never knew about this. Matt's version is much greater, but still easy to hear it's a remake of Tangerine Dream =) I would love to know the original artists of the other tracks (if also they are remixes). Nice to hear the original version. Matt made them BADASS though =)

[@MattSomethingOrOther]

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[@thomassmart4088]

pigs man....

[@mathiasbodewell3552]

#Januar2011

[@mathiasbodewell3552]

#Januar1988

[@diegodamo813]

every policeman in NY bring shuriken with him,thank you presidend Trump.

[@BjrnOttoVasbottenbjovas]

Those were fake news samurai henchmen in disguise

[@milkcarton6654]

probably the least ninja ninja game ever made. Might as well have called this Worst Ninja. I mean i'm not saying the game sucked, but this ninja can't be stealthy and can't fight. He can hardly beat a beat cop.

[@DanafoxyVixen]

Stick to milk cartons

[@milkcarton6654]

@@DanafoxyVixen You should delete your comment, go away for a bit , think up a stronger diss and then comment again because right now you are to the art of the diss as this last ninja is to the art of ninjutsu.

[@MegaasAlexandros]

@@DanafoxyVixen rofl !!!! Chocolate or vanilla ?