New Commodore 64 game Sydney Hunter | Review and thoughts on physical game releases

[@RMCRetro]

Thanks for watching. How do you feel about buying physical games in the present day? Do you want to see more? Would you buy them or do you stick to digital distribution and modern SD card solutions on your retro computers... and what model BMX did you ride to the shop? :D Neil - RMC

[@richaw11]

Raleigh Wildcat 😀

[@LevitatingCups]

Wouldn't call it a bmx, it was salvaged bikeframe that had a ton of kickass tmnt stickers on it, lasted a while until my 2nd best friend's older brother stole it and sold it, by the time i got it back, it was quite wrecked.

[@pelgervampireduck]

I try to use original media like floppy disks, cds, cartridges, not modern adaptors with sd cards. I think using a modern replacement kinda defeats the purpose or part of the charm. oh, and I hate digital only stuff, I always prefer phisical media.

[@2namtaB]

I always prefer physical copies of games, I usually buy a download copy as well to save my consoles drive from over heating and wearing out. Physical copies can be great when developers put an effort in. Take blu ray films as an example, you get some really cheap looking releases at expensive prices. However I really like it when a film is released in a really nice steelbook version, its like a work of art. I used to race off to either W H Smiths or Boots on my Raleigh Burner BMX. I used to have a BBC model B computer at the time.

[@tarstarkusz]

What is the rom size for this?

[@ItsSoDane]

I love text based adventures. They got me into point and click adventure games and I've never looked back.

[@EgonOlsen71]

I recently bought a physical copy (the cartridge version) of Sam's Journey. Mainly to support the developers and to own a modern game for an old machine. I actually don't like jump and run games that much and I never really intended to play it. I considered it to be a rather expensive collector's item. But when I got this nice box and the goodies inside and all that, I decided to give it a shot...and you know what? It's great! Not because it's for a retro system or because it's physical, but because it's just a great game and REALLY worth the money. When playing it, you forget that you are playing on a 35+ years old machine. So, yes...go out there (virtually) and buy these physical copies...you might be surprised of what you get. And if it's for the C64, buy Sam... It's great!

[@AthleticDesign]

Agree, it is on par with any platform game on any machine.

[@gshipley21]

Another great video. I always enjoy watching your stuff especially the commodore videos. I had no idea you could even buy new C64 games today. Thanks for your series and I always look forward to watching them as they give me the brief fleeting moment of excitement that I had as a kid using my computers. Now I use computers and code 10 hours a day, but never had the same excitement as popping in a new game on the C64.

[@onedeadsaint]

I picked up the physical version of planet x2 from the 8bit guy. it comes with the thick cardboard box you like, a beautiful manual, and a cassette with the soundtrack on it. totally worth the money. check it out if you haven't!

[@onedeadsaint]

RetroManCave www.the8bitguy.com/1494/planet-x2-commodore-64-finished/ www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x2-commodore-64/ second link is the store link. he seems to have sold out if the boxes a while back.

[@Ikrananka]

I'm a huge ColecoVision fan and have supported CollectorVision since their inception by buying every one of their ColecoVision releases and a few other ways as well. They have gone through quite a number of different box designs, materials and quality over the years but unfortunately always seem to have been lacking in this area. I'm more often than not left disappointed with the box including their latest incarnation which is the glossy thin card style that you received. That said, I'm hugely grateful that they exist and produce games for our favourite systems and will continue to support them. From the nostalgic perspective of buying physical boxed games, I couldn't agree with you more. I remember being a member of one of those stupid video game clubs where you have to buy a certain number of games each year, although I was annoyed about having to buy from their often poor selections. Nevertheless, I was always so excited to get the physical games and boxes and in particular remember The Hobbit which even came with the book. The excitement was always slightly tempered by then having to wait 15 to 20 mins while the game loaded on my C64. Ah, those were the days :)

[@jay_cadiramen]

Great to see the c64 still being supported and great review. I'm interested in supporting new games for the c64, so reviews like this really make a difference. Thanks!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Great review. Completely agree with you about taking the plunge every once in a while and purchasing a physical copy of a new game made for an old system. I purchased Coffee Crisis for the Genesis some months back and enjoyed the feeling of unpacking a newly released game almost as much as playing it.

[@terraspent]

every weekend from1988 onwards with my pocket monet i used to buy each saturday a c64 game for 1.99, a few years down the line i had a few paper rounds and i could buy each week a couple of 2.99 hit squad type games and even swiftly save up for top shelf 9.99 games :) gosh i miss those days

[@DubiousEngineering]

Well... at least you had fun!!! ... I remember typing games in from a magazine... and being thoroughly disappointed finding they had bugs that stopped them from working!!

[@Questtechie]

I always hear old hackers talk about this - but I never hear magazine titles - I want to find these old school magazines, so I can convert the games to python! where are these magazines!!!

[@chrisukone]

Theres a fair few scans on the below site. I'd suggest a look at "Your Computer" magazine. A fair few listings there for various 80's computer models. archive.org/details/computermagazines

[@CasperUK31]

Your Sinclair... Sinclair User... Crash... Commodore User...Commodore Format... Zzap! 64...Games X... Byte... Amstrad Action...

[@brunster64]

I remember that well - one digit of machine code wrong after hours of entering, only to spend another two hours entering it again 😭😭😭

[@reggiep75]

Oh no #nightmarefuel!! I remember typing away for hours and not even noticing the sun had gone down as the glow of the portable TV lit the area and then nothing but an error (or shitloads on unknown ones) and wondering what had gone wrong and getting someone else to proof what you entered against the printed programme in the mag. You were really looking forward to that game and they'll screwed it up and depending on your level of programming skill/capabilities, with the more basic stuff, you could try debug it or had to wait till 1-2 months later to get the real bit of right code to replace the bent code and then even more disappointment as it was not as good as you'd perceived it would be. Ohh the good AND bad old days!!

[@amerigocosta7452]

The C64 was my favourite system in the 8-bit era. One of the reasons it became an overlooked retro-machine as time went on was that the difficulty of the games was then very high and became atrocious in the days of emulators and input lag. So I kind of understand why developers made this game a bit easy.

[@MorganJustGames]

Nice Video. Not heard of this game before. I miss the old days where we used to go into shops and buy a C64 Game for a few pounds. Bought loads of games in the 80s and 90s was fantastic and I still have them today. I'm still buying lots of old games today and it's a fantastic feeling to get them now. I'll have to try this game out at some point.

[@TheAtomicCrusher]

Yep, last map I used in a physical game was for Frontier on the Amiga. I had the map stuck to the wall next to me and it really helped with the bigger picture view. You had the map in game as well, but the poster was really nice. :)

[@RMCRetro]

The cloth maps in the Ultima games were great I had a number of those on my wall, as well as Midwinter

[@necronom]

Same here. My last game with a map was Frontier on the Amiga. I had the map on the wall next to my TV, which I still use with my Amigas and C64s, and is the exact same Sony Trinitron in this video.

[@Horzuhammer]

What I had forgotten along the years and decades - and what kinda feels funny today is, that on a 14" CRT the high as a kite resolution of 320x200 actually kinda feels 'hi-res.' Especially when I see it in games etc. in contrast to the C64's multi-colour mode. It looks surprisingly sharp.

[@infinitecanadian]

I like how more and more parts, such as cartridges, can be reproduced today using molds or 3d printing. If only they could reproduce things like the SID chip (why, WHY haven't they done this yet?!), you could probably build a full Commodore 64 out of newly manufactured parts. I noticed that the box says that Sydney Hunter was captured in South America, but the Yucutan Peninsula is in _North_ America.

[@pelgervampireduck]

this reminded me of "rick dangerous". I spent hours playing "rick dangerous" on my XT when I still had a green monochrome monitor. you know what I miss from those great times? every system was different and had its personality, its own colors (or lack of) and its own sounds. we could tell what system it was just by seeing a screenshot on a magazine or just by listening to five seconds of a game. now all the major systems are basically the same and games look and sound the same on every platform.

[@asgerms]

The game being "easy" means that it is retro-accurate. What I mean is, I recently (within the last handful of years) restored and started re-using my computers from childhood (C64 and Apple II). I haven't been playing games since very early 90s (PCs and Doom), but after all these years I simply forced through the games like I never could back in the day. Commando? Completed on first run. Blue-max? Completed, first run, never knew there was a city. Dropzone? Waay too hard back in the day, had it but never played it. Today, it's just about right. And so on.. Point is, most games really weren't that hard. They were hard back *then* and are remembered as such, but not hard by today's standard (exceptions as allways). Great vid!

[@RMCRetro]

It's an interesting point and if you're playing the digital version you can also have an advantage through the use of modern controllers which may be better suited to a game. There were some rock hard games though and some simply unfair or worse still, impossible to actually finish. Manic Miner...one day....I will beat you

[@asgerms]

Nope, I play them *exactly* original. Real hardware, real crt, real joystick, no cheats or anything. The very same equipment I was on back then. I expected to be a pathetic old fart with 0 reflexes, and was very surprised. I just think "life" got gradually higher paced and complex throught out the decades, without one noticing it. And now, the 2018 version of "you" is super-charged compared to the 1988 version. Remember Garfield? The CosbyShow? Benny Hill? No disrespect, but I dare you attempt watching these today, you will not believe how slow it is. Cheers!

[@AthleticDesign]

I don't agree with old games being easy, but I do agree with getting better at games with age. Reaction time actually peaks at age 39 and the decline after that is very, very slow. I, at least, also feel I am smarter today, more able to analyze patterns and how things in the code produce pseudo randomness in the game.

[@asgerms]

Didn't know "that" about reaction time. Kinda fits nicely with picking Armstrong and Aldrin for the first attempts at moon-landings; they were 39 I think : max reaction and very knowledgeable. But as I wrote, there are exceptions. Dropzone, Uridium, Mega apocalypse, Robotron (Apple-II version!) etc, still demands some attention (at least for me). Point is though, try actually playing them for real and not go by memories. Not meant to bad-mouth old games (or old TV shows); grew up on it and absolutely love anything retro.

[@AthleticDesign]

Well, on Uridium I definitely agree! Found it hard back then, find it hard now. But you have a point - I have a feeling I could get further in the game today than I could back in the 80s.

[@SMlFFY85]

I noticed yesterday that the last dedicated video gaming shop in my town closed down.

[@Petertronic]

Text adventures are some of my best memories of gameplay in my Spectrum days, how dare you!! Great review. All the elements in the game looked totally generic though & been done thousands of times. Fair comment on the box - the typography & layout on the box are terrible.

[@OrionCrazyCarl]

ForestCat_Peter me and my sister must of spent months and months playing waxworks on the speccy....great game

[@esseferio]

Watched this video yesterday and didn't take the time to comment. But, man, that intro is as deep as it gets. Thanks again for bringing back such vivid memories from that era (and for making me feel like an old thing in the process :)). And now I feel the urge to find me a piece of 8-bit memorabilia to rescue (which will probably be some sort of MSX). I hate you. In a good way :)

[@RMCRetro]

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it despite the rollercoaster of emotions :D

[@Charlie-Cat.]

I love the Commodore 64 Neil. Such a fun and powerful unit that my parents purchase it new at the time and became computer buffs since. Powerful little piece and a real competitive price it was for its time. We can certainly say a mouthful regarding Jack Tramiel and his business practices Neil, but if it wasn't for that man, this gem of a computer wouldn't have existed and would be talking about Sydney Hunter at all on it. But of course, another well made and finely detailed video bro. Thank you for sharing this with us to enjoy. 8^) Anthony..

[@ste309w]

Only this week I picked up a boxed copy of Frontier Elite for the Amiga. I was blown away by the full package. Star map, manual, even a collection of short stories set in the Elite universe. That is how to package a game!

[@RMCRetro]

Don't forget that big box smell also :D Get a good whiff of it

[@ste309w]

RetroManCave If only, mine was a bit musty. Probably sat in a cupboard for over 20 years. But yeah that new game smell is part of the nostalgia.

[@ToddsNerdCave]

Great video! I attempted to buy a copy of this from their website shortly after it was announced, but it seems they sold out of all of them right away. I wonder if they will do a second run of them?

[@NoobixCube]

If you want to see a high production value modern C64 game, check out Dave Murray's (The 8BitGuy) Planet X2. His game box is nice and stocky, like the Chuck Yeager one, and I think it comes with a casette of the soundtrack.

[@RMCRetro]

Do you have a link?

[@NoobixCube]

I've put a space in before the .com, because KZbin's automated systems tend to eat links. www.the8bitguy .com/download-davids-software/

[@DonaldPerkins]

Here you go: www.the8bitguy.com/download-davids-software/

[@onedeadsaint]

RetroManCave www.the8bitguy.com/1494/planet-x2-commodore-64-finished/ www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x2-commodore-64/ second link is the store link. he seems to have sold out if the boxes a while back.

[@NemanjaVuj]

Here: www.the8bitguy.com/planet-x2-announced/ And here: www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x2-commodore-64/ And a bit of it here, as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHPCh3WibNqnb7s

[@Letstalkretro]

We like to buy physical games for our old systems today when we can. Recently picked up a copy of Chris Parsons Big Blue for the Vectrex at this years Revival. A great game it is too. However, the high price of physical games can often put us off. Great video.

[@andries1654]

Thank you for that small clip of micro men, i just finish watching that masterpiece. It was truly marvelous

[@B3tanTyronne]

That price - ouch. I am quite happy with the memories from back in the day of taking the train to Waltham Cross, going into WH Smiths and picking up the likes of saboteur,project future and the like and reading the cassette inlays whilst on the train back to Hoddesdon. However today I simply do not have the room for loads of physical media anymore, my buying of dvds and blurays has almost gone the way of the dodo and 95% of my entertainment now is virtual and the purchasing of games is 99% virtual for me.

[@djjameswyld]

I love buying and supporting new games.. great video as always. thankyou.

[@hanswurst3811]

@4:21 haha the picure at the bottom left ...... brilliant :-D

[@dykodesigns]

The game has some nice looking graphics. I agree, the box looks a bit flimsy, old school boxes where usually thick and hard cardboard with a sticky back contact paper cover that is basically a giant sticker. The cardboard boxes also had a very typical smell when you open them.

[@aminekostone1411]

You should check out the physical release of Sam's Journey. Not only a really amazing game, but also a properly awesome box as you were talking about.

[@johalun]

Thanks for a great video. The game looks awesome! If one only had a cave with a C64 in it.... To comment on one thing for makers out there, I never understood the need people have to put overly bright LEDs in everything. That's probably gonna blind you when playing in a darker room (which you shouldn't!) and I usually end up painting or taping over LEDs. A dimmed LED on the bottom would have been enough for troubleshooting and provide some cool LED lighting.

[@-Dash-]

I miss everything about the 80s and early 90s. Someone invent the time machine and take me back, please.

[@graveofmonsters4076]

There's a lot of bad stuff in that era not just good. Look up some of the riots that went on and you will see it's not all that different from today. Same problems but different excuses.

[@princess_daphie]

there's experience and wisdom that you've gained. would you have played that game as a kid, maybe it would've been just the right amount of challenge to keep you hooked for a good while, probably more than one playthrough? otherwise, it looks damn good for a C64 game, wow!

[@RMCRetro]

It's a superb looking game they really have done well with the visuals and sound. As a kid it may well have been a nice balance. Perhaps a easy, medium, hard option would have given some nice replay value.

[@AnimalFacts]

Reminds me a lot of Pitfall 2

[@CFalcon030]

Yeah, I instantly thought Montezuma's Revenge but Pitfall 2 is very close indeed.

[@MM-gt8cg]

I remember the feeling of buying the big box Amiga version of Shadow of the Beast and opening it up to a still fondly remembered experience of unpacking the T-Shirt then reading the manual and loading the disk. You just don’t get that feeling these days as it’s all a little too sterile and similar. By the way I was too poor to have a BMX bike back in the day, had to make do with a second hand chipper bike 😁

[@domramsey]

Regardless of the game, don't underestimate the cost of creating short runs of packaging for things like this. In my experience, the cost of creating a few hundred can be quite similar to the cost of creating tens of thousands.

[@volkhen0]

It's the same with VHS rental. Netflix will not replace picking the movie from the shelfs. Even when it's much easier on Netflix.

[@kraftwerk974]

Beautiful 🤙. Looks like a cross between Rick Dangerous and Montezuma.

[@jamesmitchell8028]

I think they should bring back all the classic tape games, and sale them in computer game shop,

[@GameHammerCG]

Accidentally buying a text adventure when you were wanting a standard action game was how I ended up being a huge fan of text adventures. 😂

[@iconoclasttastic9258]

"when was the last time you put up a map on the wall?" a LONG time ago buddy - that made me smile. And no doubt made a lot of younger viewers wonder what the hell you're talking about.

[@xnonsuchx]

Although it's not my type of game and I don't have a C64/128, I was impressed with The 8-bit Guy's PLANET X game being put in a heavier cardboard box...The Sentinel/The Sentry from Firebird packaging comes to mind (I still have my Atari ST copy).

[@RealSnarb]

I bought a physical copy of Overwatch. It's super nice to have physical copies of your favorite games.

[@waltschannel7465]

I am not a huge game player, but was shocked to find that there are more than one new Commodore game out there, in 2018! Fun and some challenge are certainly part of the deal in a good game, but the challenge should elevate with a build up in skill, rather than be starting, and should provide more fun than frustration in the early going.

[@morph-x7153]

You're a hard man to please in terms of packaging, Neil. But still your critcism is fair given the price. On the other hand, being more a Nintendo-minded person myself, cardboard boxes like this are somewhat my standard. I do own some big box PC games and some of them are really nice in terms of quality. But, honestly, i always loved the SEGA (Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis) way of packaging games in plastic boxes with a nice uniformly designed inlay cover. Sturdy, nicely stackable and easy to clean. Otherwise, great and honest review and expertly documented (as if i expect anything less from you). Thanks!

[@RMCRetro]

I know! Don't get me wrong the art is lovely and the contents are great but at $72 I think it's fair to want better, especially given recent examples on the C64 like Galencia which comes in a lovely thick card box. I also love those "VHS" style plastic cases they keep everything safe, look good and just never age.

[@KuraIthys]

I unfortunately lost most of my old PC game boxes through various moving accidents, but I do remember them fondly. I still mostly have the disks and manuals and other contents of the boxes, but the boxes themselves are lost. My console games meanwhile kept getting stolen. So there too I have precious little in the way of original packaging from my own childhood. I do have a few Super Famicom boxes, and while broadly similar to the western SNES boxes, they seem to have a few differences that are marginally better. Plastic tray inserts instead of cardboard, and usually a quick reference card for controls. Then again, my US copy of A Link to the Past, (I had a PAL system but owned a converter. Alas, my original SNES was also stolen. Go figure. My N64 suffered the same fate a few years later.) rather interestingly included a plastic cover that clipped onto the bottom of the cartridge to protect the edge connector. Surprisingly even though this must've been common for a while, I've never seen that kind of thing before or since on any game, even looking at what collectors own. Unfortunately, that game was... You guessed it. Stolen. Though I do have one thing left from that box, which is a map that showed the light world and the interior of the first 3 dungeons. That was an interesting inclusion. But really, what makes or breaks boxes a lot of the time is the box art itself. I rarely collect boxes these days if I can get the loose game cheaper, but when I saw the Super Famicom box art for Yoshi's Island I was so in awe of it I definitely had to make an exception. Super Famicom boxes in general have quite a different visual style to them than western boxes, but that one really stood out even then. Of the many PC boxes that have gone missing over the years the one I rather miss is the box for Sim City 2000. That white box with the gold lettering... There's just something about it... Personally I was never fond of the plastic mega drive cases. I appreciate their utility, but they always felt a little ugly to me. I have a similar feeling about the DVD style cases console games have been coming in since the 2000's or so. Those aren't ugly as such, but I find them all so generic and similar looking... It makes them all feel really lifeless and interchangeable. I was actually pleasantly surprised at Nintendo Switch boxes being a different size to the norm. It's still the same basic concept, but at least it stands out as something marginally different. The transparent form being the default has also allowed for some very impressive artwork on the inside of the cases. A simple touch, but one that does make the boxes more visually appealing. And surely visual appeal is a major factor in keeping such packaging around at all...

[@Ichinin]

Oh, Chuck Yeagers AFT, i bought that for the C64 (tape like you got there). Reminds me of Rick Dangerous somehow.

[@GazzJ82]

Hi RMC, Great video as always, but can you tell me where you got your clear monitor stand from, or did you make it yourself? I could really do with one.

[@drdrumbeat3010]

Reading Magazine reviews, talking to your mates at school in anticipation of a promised masterpiece! Who got the game first? Swapping games the next day .... which system was best ? ... you can't do that anymore .... It 's just too easy now .. Good days :)

[@samio3907]

You should try sam's journey or planet-x2 from the 8-bit guy! These are the must have games for the commodore this year

[@doktor6495]

Absolutely nice! I like to buy one ... two new games per year physically. It's like you said ... feel to have something in your hands!!! All the old stuff I have right now on my SD card. See you on KZbin! Your Doktor64.

[@metalheadmalta]

@4.21 ... is Jeremie Marsen holding a soldering iron by the tip?

[@Doobie3010]

Gameplay wise,puts me in mind of pitfall 2:deeper Caverns.Intresting stuff.

[@muhmelotti]

great music, graphics and gameplay... works for me :)

[@theenclave]

Great video. Your channel is awesome

[@TheHines126]

Great to see a new game for the C64. Yes I remember Rick Dangerous, one of my all time favourites on the Amiga. Why not show everybody how good it was?

[@RMCRetro]

It was great, a real tough memory test at times with some pretty unfair traps but quite an achievement to progress through

[@TheHines126]

I remember spending hour's working my way through it, happy memories👍🏻

[@mikehill9806]

I loved the game and it looked fantastic. It would have taken me MUCH longer to complete... Physical retro games targeted at the right audience could be a winner. I love a manual, keyboard overlay and all the other bits you used to get, none of that is important, it would seem, these days. I would happily buy physical games and replicas of the hardware to go with it; I believe there's a market for it, until the Old Guard shuffle off this mortal coil.

[@loganjorgensen]

Well to answer that question, I'm watching you open this new game and couldn't be more excited. ;) I think the price is fine and the package is fully featured enough. Don't be too hard on that box, there could simply no facility that makes good old school cardboard boxes anymore with the reduction in physical media across the spectrum. :| My only beef with anything like this is that low production run aspect, it tends to produce enormous scalper mark up after the run concludes that makers really need to consider second or third runs but some simply don't. :(

[@leeh3568]

No to extra plastic in the box use extra card to hold cartridge.

[@reggiep75]

I think most modern retro homebrew games, depending on genre, need a level of scalability to get that feel of the game just right and even introduce rogue elements in to make it all the more frustrating and challenging. ALL developers would be wise to offer multi-level scalability to offer value for money with their product. Yep, I remember the good old days of 80's 8-bit platformers, together with everything else in general, and if there is a market for physical games today, everybody needs to raise a hand and be counted on whatever forums exist and pool that gold dust info to let developers know what the state of affairs is to offer old, and new gamers alike, a familiar or completely new experience they'll appreciate. For gamers to physically own or handle a gaming experience in their hands in the modern era of downloading platforms, as convenient and immediate as it is, still leaves you with nothing but 0's & 1's on an SSD/HDD and little of token goodness to could look at when something loaded and enhance the experience. Screen printed SD cards, custom usb drives or any additional, as of yet unknown, unique distribution service would work well in addition to disk, cartridge or download but posters and manuals have always worked. As for grabbing my games back in the 80's early 90's, I used to walk to the shop to buy my games ;-) as the local video store was the entertainment hub having racks of games to sell together with trashy 80's action movies to watch.It was epic but largely tapering off in the early 90's largely killed off by the 16-bits, but I enjoyed the experience!

[@MatteoPascolini]

Montezuma's Revenge clone!! Awesome!!! I just went to buy it and no luck :( I loved that game!!!

[@pglhall]

You should definitely try Knight & Grail on the C64 if you haven't already. It comes on a disk, but they let you download a ROM of it once you've bought it. Very like Metroid, and very good.

[@andy6576]

Agreed! They've just released its sequel, too.

[@tekk9995]

NIce vids as always, Nothing special on the Amiga since it's international Amiga day? ;)

[@RMCRetro]

Not today but an Amiga special is in the works

[@tziirkq]

I like physical releases, especially for consoles. Sitting at a PC or laptop feels like I'm getting read for work. I can't shake the feeling that I should be making some music or something. If I sit at a C64, or a MegaDrive, or an SNES, I feel read to play a game. Even those things you can put in a console or microPC, like an EverDrive, still doesn't get me ready to play a game. It's a similar feeling to playing MP3s on your computer, to putting a tape, record or CD into a dedicated player. I dunno if this entirely makes sense, or even if anyone might agree with me. The trinkets you get are nice, but for me, it's the method that dictates how I feel.

[@catm4403]

Now I have to find my GP2 manual.. if I still have it.

[@volkankacan352]

i had no money ..i was searching Turiccan2 c64 in germany for months ..that was really fun also

[@LevitatingCups]

Depends on the game, if its manual heavy, its an experience to read the whole manual (and im talking about +200 pages) before you start one even launches the game, old flight sims used to come out with those, i wouldn't mind buying a game/manual for that, even tho itll set me back a bit more than just a digital download. *cough cough elite dangerous could have done that, *coughs more. thats a different topic*

[@Bob_Beaky]

I do enjoy buying physical copies if I can though it's usually the postage that kills it for me. I love the output of the VCS coders over at AtariAge but I just cannot bring myself to double the list price of the games just to get it in my hands. It's a hard thing to justify to one's partner and usually not worth the argument! I'm in the UK so buying games from, say, Psytronik is a much more appealing proposition... their packaging is pretty impressive too. ;)

[@KevinJones-bt7ib]

Does the c64 mini have a cartridge port? I'm thinking if these remade mini consoles had cartridge ports, it could be cool if software companies made new style retro games for them. Surely the market would be big enough

[@graveofmonsters4076]

The minis are just emulation machines in a custom case. They're not close to the original hardware.

[@rainerblessing923]

I bought some C64 games recently. On cartridge, disk and tape. It's good to have the games, videos and music instantly through an internet download. But the connection to it is not as strong as if you have something physical.

[@gordonblues843]

C64 colors look great here.

[@CJWarlock]

Hmm, this game actually looks interesting after a while. :)

[@litjellyfish]

Can’t fully agree with the limited color palette. It has the same as with multicolor just in general not so much shading. Still very clever use of it.

[@ByteSizeThoughts]

Nice PVM!! (At least looks like one if it isn't :) )

[@ArmadaAsesino]

When was the last time I put a map up on the wall to refer to in game? GTA V. haha. So not that long ago for me.

[@RetroMMA]

Where is your ellipsis, Ellipsis...?

[@PaulioBee]

They've tried to emulate a Nintendo NES style of packaging, though on your video it doesn't seem as thick - and Nintendo's weren't exactly the most robust.

[@colinjohnston8519]

PaulioBee why would they emulate a Nintendo box for a c64 game?? They have clearly emulated a c64 box since it is the same size but just skimped on quality..

[@KuraIthys]

It doesn't really do a good job of emulating the Nintendo style either. (any of them, since they varied somewhat by system and region.) Nintendo boxes are flimsy, but they're still better presented than this. Especially when you open them up. Styrofoam? Really? That's the best solution they could think of?

[@trydowave]

Try Sams Journey (must have), Galencia, planet golf and Steel Ranger. All excellent

[@RMCRetro]

Galencia was a joy to play and proved good packaging is possible within a reasonable budget. I've yet to try the others

[@trydowave]

I can't stress how good sams journey is as a game. Id say in terms of design, gameplay and presentation its up there with the likes of Mario on the nes (or even snes). Steel ranger is also amazing because of the new games design. Shooting while moving, save slots, maps and restart points etc. Just goes to show that the ol' c64 could produce console quality games when done right. Id really like a decent beatemu up now :). Great videos btw. From a recent subscriber.

[@reallivebluescat]

Looks really inspirered by the Dizzy-games

[@JustinEmlay]

Not sure if it's a hack or what but there's a higher color version that looks really good.

[@RetroMarkyRM]

Looks great but errrr 40 mins? Sam's Journey anyone?

[@indcsion]

Is there any free demo rom? I want to see of it works on the mister fpga

[@dinisgds]

Which joystick are you using?

[@RMCRetro]

It's a Competition Pro

[@mirabilis]

Reminds me of Rick Dangerous.

[@RetroMMA]

Still, looks good, kinda like Montezumas Revenge...

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

Where is perifractic? I'm worried.

[@bamdadkhan]

okay i have to ask.. what arcade parts? sandwire?

[@RMCRetro]

In the Monster intro? That's Sanwa 🕹

[@bamdadkhan]

ah i see. i wasn't familiar with the brand. cheers : )

[@AtticusStount]

SerpentZA sent me.

[@JETJOOBOY]

Wouldn't it have been Magnitudes cheaper on Tape?

[@an2qzavok]

ROM chips were expensive back in the 8-bit days days, but now they cost pennies and still mass-produced and available off-the-shelf in any radio store.

[@elamriti]

wat is the website

[@adroharv9213]

nope it's an entirely different feel. Forced and while I've nothing against games being released this way for this great machine, an era of anything can never be recreated because there's just so much beyond simply one thing. Not being of the same era now is pretty much the biggest reason because as people we were very different anyway and we processed the experience differently to how we will now. There's actually nothing that you can do for this experience to be truly the same And anyway it doesn't even have to be because these great days are very much relived via nostalgia when you're either playing the games or physically handling both the games cases and hardware. Recreating the same thing though from buying new games for a system would really only work if the same flow of games was the same and that's never going to happen. Treated as it is though you can certainly sit down to enjoy new games

[@SinHHilo]

it's similar a montezuma's revenge

[@nzoomed]

still looks a good game

[@numbers9to0]

Have you ever been attacked by a bat? If this really happend to somebody: did it kill you? No. :)

[@necronom]

It probably would if it was a cricket bat.

[@bobns509]

Does anybody make any list of 320x200 games? I am asking because those games are extremely pleasant for an eye. 90% of games are done in 160x200 and it really looks ... not adequate for a computer which boosts to have "fantastic graphic". So, anybody have that list? 320x200 are really nice and good games, very similiar to 256x192 on ZX Spectrum.

[@SkuldChan42]

I suspect the cartridge was most of the cost of that :(.

[@tarstarkusz]

My biggest complaint is the price. If the digital download is ten bucks, the physical game should not be anywhere near seventy five dollars! That is just too much money AFAIC.

[@El_Guapo74]

Shipping was probably half of the cost

[@LennyG2006]

Imagine if you were one of the developers of the game, your spare time has been spent coding it, putting together the cartridge and the artwork and then putting it all in a package and sending on its voyage around the world. How much would you charge for a copy?

[@RMCRetro]

The developers absolutely deserve to be rewarded for their efforts. How much? It's hard to put a figure on it but there are other games released in the last 12 months for a similar price with great packaging, and a game can only be reviewed on its own merits really... not its development background. I do hope to see more from Collectorvision though and will absolutely be buying more physical releases, it wasn't all bad

[@LennyG2006]

RetroManCave I agree, it is hard to put a figure on any piece of work especially when there's a limited run of a product. Maybe it's better to say it's a work of art that serves a double purpose, that of also being a game. If I'm honest I personally think that £75 plus shipping is a little steep. However, the fact that there are still developers out there who are willing to put there time in to producing software for an old system is fantastic. Maybe in years to come this type of game will increase in value due to its scarcity. One can only hope, fingers crossed.

[@KaroKoenich]

You want great new C64 games and excellent packaging? Look no further than Protovision. Their physical releases are an order of magnitude nicer than this one, and the games are very high quality. Prices are slightly lower as well.Try "Galencia" or "Sam's Journey" for starters.

[@RMCRetro]

I have indeed held a copy of Galencia... and it proves that it's entirely possible to produce high quality packaging on this budget

[@grumpyoldgeezr]

55 USD! No way José.. and the digital is a whopping 10 USD, what a joke! Makes it one of the most expensive "new" games on the C64..

[@WiggysanWiggysan]

No #JackieChanSlideAccrosTheDesk ........ *UNFOLLOW* LOL

[@RetroIslandGaming]

Yeah! I was curious how he would top that last move. Shucks :P