Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight Longplay (Amiga) [QHD]

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Developed by Rob Anderson and published by Mindscape in 1991
One of my favourite Amiga games of all time, I decided to record a new longplay of this fantastic action RPG.
This corrects some of the sound issues present in the original video, but also improves the video quality/sharpness by scaling up to a higher resolution.
You only need one key to access the valley of the Guardian, but I chose to collect all 4 and show all of the different enemy types in the game.
Time Codes:
00:00 - Intro
38:00 - Defeating the dragon
1:00:55 - Fighting the guardian
1:10:54 - Ending
1:12:22 - Death animations
#moonstone
#amiga
#walkthrough

[@horrormoviemania6667]

We need a remake of moonstone!

[@densmorde4520]

correct.

[@uruburus5203]

There is one now ,its called Griefhelm

[@Kattlan]

​@@uruburus5203 lol? You can't have played moonstone... Griefhelm is more a nidhog-clone, not a single simularity to moonstone.

[@uruburus5203]

@@Kattlan atleast it gives me the closest feel to moonstone evryone takes the game diffrently for me moonstone is like griefhelm sure its not an rpg its not about magic and all that fancy fantasy stuff but still the combat is what moonstone would be nowdays if not better

[@scottbeech9534]

Elden Ring reminds me of a modern moonstone

[@TheBigBad360]

Seeing this makes me nearly cry 😂 Remembering me, good mates, somewhere in the early 90’s - 2 Joysticks 🕹️ a good puff and then this game, coded with skill and love..homework was done and we would chill together until evening..what a great time..bloody hell - more than 30 years have passed since. My children are playing Fortnite…I’m cool with that, but I appreciate how undeveloped our games where, how raw and simple, how honest they were…Cheers to everyone who played Moonstone, Ports of Call, Cannonfodder, Wings of Fury, Defender of the Crown and all those kick ass games of “our time” ❤

[@TheBigBad360]

Xenon, Xennon II, Wings (available on Steam), Oil Empire, Virus, North&South…I will have to setup an A500 emulator…😂 bye ✌️

[@martinh.6404]

Finally, after all these years I learned how this games ends. Mine always crashed when the fight with the guardian loads. Thank you! ❤

[@ChristianSombra]

Mine too 😂

[@hallvardhvidsten2217]

Mine too, so we had the same pirated game.

[@2PeteShakur]

"I started developing Moonstone back in 1988 when I was finishing Fiendish Freddy and was wanting to do more than just artwork. Todd (Prescott) and I go way back and we played a lot of RPG and board games and we developed the idea for Moonstone. I created some animations in Deluxe Paint demonstrating some combat and proposed it with a design document to Mindscape. A publishing deal was set up and then the development started. The game's inspiration mainly comes from games called Talisman, Dungeons & Dragons and Barbarian/Death Sword." -- Rob Anderson, designer, programmer and graphic artist (Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight - Amiga)

[@ChristianSombra]

I will never stop loving this game, there is something with the aura of the game that can’t be replicated ❤

[@eivind-falk]

The dragon fight can be cheesed. There is a sweet spot under its head where you can stand out of reach of being kicked back, but in a position where you can stun-lock it by continuously stabbing upwards until it dies.

[@hallvardhvidsten2217]

I found it too

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

legend game. an amiga talisman of a game.

[@rkitcher928]

Definitely in my top 5 Amiga games of all time!!!

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

It's certainly one of my favourites!

[@TonyBaXxX]

Every time i got the fucking "long sword" and howered the mouse over it and the game always died. I did that over and over again forever :P good old times

[@revolverheld5138]

Sword of Sodan 🗿🗻

[@Sol-Cutta]

​@@AL82RetrogamingLongplaysthis and most of cinemawares games .

[@heartwilson.8943]

Superb game I had four or five mates come up to my house to play this for hours every week, through spring, summer , winter, those were the days ...just great fun times, loved the sound effects.

[@PhalanX2650]

I was 11 years old when this came out and I didnt understand English very well and the mechanics of scrolls and other items, this game beat the crap outta me but I loved it so much.. Today, almost 3 decades later, I had my revenge and I beat the game.. Lol! Thanks so much for the upload.

[@dustech]

This game was so hard and so fun with my friends. So many memories, pure simple gaming.

[@mrgodBG]

So nice that you included all death animations at the end!!!

[@nathanjedrej792]

What a game, atmosphere, sword of sharpness, music when gambling, the noises of the the tree rat things etc.

[@moonstonewarlock]

One of the best games ever made! I played this a lot back in the good old Amiga days! 😎🤘

[@whereweregoingwedontneedey4374]

I remember how the killings seemed so brutal at the time

[@maltehenryk1409]

Just because the amount of sick shit in entertainment has piled up in recent years doesn't mean THIS isn't brutal.

[@Aivottaja]

They still are brutal.

[@lofwyr5063]

They still are very much brutal, and 'low key', which is the best key. God I love this fantasy stuff man.

[@player1_fanatic]

It was the most brutal game, until Mortal Kombat.

[@vincent5525]

At the time, I remember thinking that the animations of the dancing girls at the end was so smooth.

[@danyoutube7491]

They seem to have a lot of frames of animation, very smooth for the time.

[@Richard.Linder]

The other night my brother and I decided to play this for the first time in years. The next day you uploaded this! What timing! LOL Such a great game. It blew us away the first time we saw it. A real gem, truly ahead of its time. Well played. Nice to see the ending again.

[@an-cx1ho]

its not "timing", youre being spied on by google dude

[@maximejolly2785]

I am a brother too

[@analogmoz]

Man, that purple knight loves your headache remedy. He will follow you across the map every time he gets a migraine and you fix it for a modest fee.

[@silentrocco]

This game with its vibe and music haunted me as a kid.

[@rogerthepigeon2950]

This game has always just been a fragment of a memory in my mind. I just remembered coloured knights and fields of gold being covered in blood. I’m so glad I’ve finally found out what it’s called. I was about 5-6 when it came out

[@SkrewhaileR]

Eines meiner Favoriten damals auf dem Amiga 😍 Da kommt meine Jugend schlagartig zurück 🤗🥰

[@Hasunic]

I remember when I was 5 years old playing this game. Truely a legendary game!

[@mrk45]

42:41 Those guys scared the crap out of me when I was little.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

They scare the crap out of me now! 😀

[@Khaos969]

That just scared the shit outta me, i remember them now 😅

[@LandersWorkshop]

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays lolol.

[@andy7666]

This was kind of like IK+ in its surprisingly sophisticated play scheme and Barbarian for its head lopping action. I really loved the whole turn based World they made round it too, a wonderful game.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

I always loved Barbarian on the C64 so I basically shit a brick the first time I saw this

[@SardonicSoul]

That one knight truly had a thing for you, considering how often he attacked you. XD

[@gapster77]

What a game! It was a simpler time. I want a remake of Defendor of the Crown, and The Clue! also. I really loved my Amiga.

[@thegameterrorist101]

awesome game... animations are all very good.

[@SuperArppis]

Yeah, to this day I still think of this game fondly. It was ahead of it's time. Shame the joystick was rather poor way of controlling it.

[@warhq]

I remember showing this game to my friends from my Amiga 500 who owned IBMs and their minds were blown. It was revolutionary graphics for the time

[@BillyVotta]

I was one of those IBM PC jr kids jealous of those with Amigas and games like this! Heck I couldn't even run Manhole until I had a later pc with an internal hard drive. But heck I had BASICA and learned DOS starting with 2.1 and somehow Micro$oft prevailed so it turned into a career. Also what an epic ending. The graphics are good even for today's standards in my opinion.

[@RokkitGrrl]

There was a time when I never thought that gaming could peak from the 16-bit era.

[@FeenieVonKarma]

Oh wow, as someone who grew up on Amiga games... how did this game pass me by?? It looks great!

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

It's a real gem! I think it had a relatively short shelf-life thanks to the amount of violence, so finding boxed retail copies is quite rare today (wish I'd kept mine).

[@tohitAC0]

It was out in the UK, but rejected in the States for the amount of gore. This was even before Mortal Kombat

[@charlie1234500]

At least it's on GOG now.

[@marcivandelabe6545]

The Outtakes are great😂😂⚔. Love this game.

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

Fantastic title. I have the original disks.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

They might be worth something now - they're quite rare as I understand it.

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Don't think so cause I only have the disks, no manual/case.

[@Da_80s_Ruled]

Thanks for uploading the video that was a blast from the past lol I never managed to complete it myself back then so well done to you :)

[@xzxxx-km4vy]

Animations make it a satisfying combat

[@DinGrogu16]

I played this with my brother when we were kids on the Amiga. I seem to remember those hog things being called something 'balocks'. We always laughed at that.

[@stephenfoskett4633]

Remember going up in the sky to become a constellation after beating the guardian. And slaying the dragon with the sword of sharpness. Great game.

[@melfox215]

Man, I've never managed to defeat that dragon. Well done. I just have watched a list of 50 games that should be remastered or remade. They passed this one. That's a shame. :D I think, moonstone is next to SNES Zelda, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Soleil one of the best 2D games of all times. Character development and a loot system has been a very very rare feature back then. The only bad part of moonstone is the lack of a save option. What's really special, is the option play it with multiple human players. I really don't understand why this game is not more famous and hasn't been recreated for various systems.

[@PadPoet]

The Dark Souls of the 90s. Loved this game.

[@LPetal86]

Had I been born in the UK and owned an Amiga, this would probably have been one of my most favorite games.

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

Well I was born in Germany, had & have an Amiga and although the game was indexed in Germany I could nevertheless play it. And what should I say? It has been one of my favourite games ever since.

[@shifty2755]

Unlucky.

[@TheBarones74]

we want a remake!

[@JAmonOfficial]

he makes it look so easy, but the game was terryfying for a 8 year old, not to mention difficulty level - anyways - one of the best amiga games ever

[@alkohallick2901]

I love this game! Thank you for posting this!

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

I played this so much back in the day. Thank you for uploading this.

[@rb8365]

Loved that amazing game back these days. Needs a remake. Did every one know who owns the copyright...?

[@kirgan1000]

The creator did coment then peopel ask if they was allow to put the game on abandonware, and he did say that he did not have a clue who own the rights at this time, so the he must answer no.

[@rb8365]

@@kirgan1000 so nobody know who owns the copyright?

[@koan7144]

Ah the memories!

[@DoktorWieg]

Man, if I had an Amiga when I was younger, I'd probably have played that games for hours. Especially like how the mud golems / monsters come out with a scare chord associated with it XD

[@lofwyr5063]

Indeed, although it gets a bit silly when you fight a bunch of them in a row.

[@betonde]

Thanks for this upload I loved this game on my Amiga used to play this with my mates.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

I'd forgotten all about this. What a game !

[@MrWood1982]

I will never forget this legend

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

I played tihs game as teen in 90s. Legendary classic Amiga game. Scared the BeeJeezus out of us game freaks :D Almos as scary as Forbidden Forest on C64 but that's unbeatable as far as game scariness is concerned. Fantastic gaming times!

[@GovindaLila]

I played it with 11 years. It was forbidden to buy it, but we got it :D And with that Game my Love started for Adventure- and Role-Playing-Games.

[@Yannimalgr]

Amazing game, especially for its time!

[@smaariseth]

Played this when I was 10, and the fire made me and my friend loose our shit completely!

[@theMyouknow]

I loved the spear, me and like 6 other friends used to play this against eachother.

[@Whitnail1]

I remember playing this game in my mate's house the morning after finishing a bottle of Pernod! I threw up all over the wall and his mother had to clean it up. She was not happy, to say the least. Still, I thought it was a brilliant game but never completed it cos of an error right at the end!! I never had an amiga but I recollect really wanting one :)

[@BlackV4You]

lmfao

[@semiprime6034]

One of the best games ever

[@craigsouthern4793]

Superb graphics for 1991

[@1RedRiot]

I still shudder about Mudmen and their instant -kill attack.

[@christianandersson4588]

I loved this game. I demand a remake to be made!

[@benmalone7408]

Remember me and four mates clearing this out and duelling at the end. Great game.

[@LandersWorkshop]

I never did work out how to get the moonstone to 'work' once I'd beaten the blue guardian, then I saw how you waited at your home village until just prior to the new moon... Good stuff!

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

It depends on exactly *which* Moonstone you receive - each stone corresponds to a phase of the moon, and you can only enter Stonehenge when the moon is in the phase that matches the moonstone you have. Other players can target you to try and steal the stone during turns where you're waiting for the correct moon phase, which adds an extra level of suspense to the end-game 😉

[@shitzo8054]

Great! Thank you. I never played the game to its end. Nice

[@lukakrtinic1192]

Nice upload my friend. This was my favourite game on Amiga. I played it back in 1993. I was the only kid in my neighbourhood who finished the game, nobody believed me.I was so scared of those swamp creatures :), I still am. I didnt know that you can enter the valley of gods and fight the Guardian without havin all 4 keys.

[@ASHEN_ONE_GAMES]

That was amazing this game was so hard I never got very far

[@carlosfreitas1722]

Thank you for this nostalgia

[@digimeth1216]

These animations are top notch for the time this was made. Brilliant pixel art indeed. They don't make em like this anymore.

[@meangene408]

I'm no sure it is the best Amiga game but it's up there.

[@luobomu9747]

What a legend of a game. But I remember it was quite buggy. It would eventually crash after a long play session. And there was some kind of exploit at the shop, buying and reselling stuff to get basically unlimited amounts of cash.

[@LORENZOCOLALONGO]

it would be nice to see it redesigned in 2023 with much more advanced graphics..

[@sborromale]

My favorite amiga games

[@Alakhazam84]

I played this game so many times :D

[@nukester.]

I need to man up and try this again. Loved the game in my youth, and got traumatized for having bad crack which made the game crash always before the end. Tried this now once again with emulator or maybe it was even my real A1200, doesnt matter. But couldn't really survive shit anymore :D

[@Wiktorino1984]

Game base on rock paper sizor mechanics. In modern games that was replaced by Dark Souls. I played a lot as a kid, moonstone was special. You could end that game in 2 hours and that was good we need that games in modern times.

[@simulation8083]

Amazing game... The good old days on the Amiga sciving college to play

[@schkaffb4077]

I played the video while playing and we finished the game almost at the same time :-)...

[@reeanimationgaming1034]

The first Souls-Like ever made! I LOVED this game... But one of the Discs was broken, so I could only get to a certain point in the game ...

[@missdixyd]

Literally loved this game. It was solid though

[@OneGun454]

Man those hammer bros are brutal.

[@MrPompadil]

What a great playthrough! Jesus, this is the OG Dark Souls of my childhood :D How did you get your framerate to be so smooth? I'm playing the GOG version of the game (via DosBox) and it moves clunky like hell :D

[@V3ntilator]

I completed this game 3-4 times when it were new. I still remember how i beat the big dragon or something easily. I used "Sword of Sharpness".. Smashing it's head from bottom right corner.

[@SG-jb7tz]

Played with my friends and brother on the amiga. It was very funny and we hunted each other for our nice stuff

[@throndor77]

Legend

[@jornscholtka651]

Awesome! But how did you play it? I tried it with the dos box once, but the soundfiles were really broken :(

[@nekochan1692]

47:20 tiiiiight. I woulda been smashed into porridge. You're good at this game. What "controller" do you use? I used to play this with a simple Amiga 1button joystick. Not sure if it made the game harder or not 😅

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Keyboard: arrow keys and Z for fire button 😁

[@taylanyasa8480]

Amazing Story

[@mediapunto1602]

This is great game for remake with open world !

[@jiinkC]

This game looks pretty

[@hervemuriel6994]

Un top en jeu :-) Qu'es ce que j'ai pu y jouer! :-)

[@marcello4258]

one of the hardest games i've ever played

[@Yewell81]

Dope.

[@wotan2111]

Richtig gut 👌🏻

[@DarkShroom]

i had a 2 player demo of this lol, very fun times but never found the full version

[@Khaos969]

This game ...... is LEGENDARY ... the Amiga eh what a bit of kit that was... dont make them like they used too... the originality for games on the Amiga was off the charts! Best computer ive ever owned... my PC and PS5 included lol

[@ENFDO]

Yes sir. Im still owning my Amiga 500... and waiting for Ps5 (but that is not gonna be a legend like amiga 500... Just wanna ps5 for drive club at 4K).

[@jarzantarzanful]

I remember being a teen at that time and I was soooo disappointed being rewarded (spoiler alert!) by becoming a lousy constellation in the sky rather than having a harem of those sexy tribal dancer girls...

[@Zen0sa]

i never completed the game, was hard :D think i was nine years old, had a blast with it tho.

[@williamwright9079]

I just "completed the quest" today!

[@disposableheroes2492]

It was one of my personal favorite games on the Amiga, I have been working on a game for a year now called Disposable Heroes 2,it is highly inspired by this game and you can check some of the gameplay here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXWZYnimZbWngKM

[@tobiasra1]

Well made and a fantastic atmosphere, the memories by finishing a battle by chopping head off. Remember this being as a "terrible example" in a program about video game violence ruining the youth. Wonder what they would have said about games like recent versions of GTA today...

[@darrenp2096]

The tavern scene 😂

[@guest21984]

It felt wonderful finally beating the dragon and guardian when I was about 10, only for the guardian to die and game crashed with a Guru Meditation error!!