Project-X Longplay (Amiga) [4K]

[@videowillplayafterads8437]

Mum completed this few times in the 90s. Miss the amiga. I miss being happy. RIP mum

[@danielliebold7668]

Honors to your mom. I achieved the endings too a couple of times, but it was every time a damn tough thing to get through. Preferably by not losing a single life cause to regain lost weapon updates was extremely hard at a certain stage into the game.

[@kefrensmegademo]

Ultimate soundtrack & the best speech effects ever ! Masterpiece for the great Amiga !

[@giuseppegius6175]

I cannot understand most speech effects, is there a list somewhere?

[@elmariachi5133]

For sure the soundtrackwas the best about this game. The speech.. well, Mega Lo Mania was better ;)

[@dogbadger]

Project X was a technical masterpiece in every respect.

[@louisalfonso9493]

I know it's pretty off topic but do anyone know of a good site to watch new series online?

[@jayceonarthur2365]

@Louis Alfonso i watch on Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

[@charliedeshawn7290]

@Jayceon Arthur yea, been watching on FlixZone for years myself =)

[@louisalfonso9493]

@Jayceon Arthur Thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I appreciate it !

[@jayceonarthur2365]

@Louis Alfonso glad I could help :)

[@BarnacleBill77]

This was and is THE best sideways scrolling shooter ever...i'd love to be able to play this again! Every part of this game was polished perfection and you certainly had to keep your wits about you, 'enemies' coming at you from all directions. The music of Allister Brimble was the icing on the cake.

[@stewsretroreviews]

Had this on the Amiga 500 back in the day, used to listen to music and demo always before playing it. Class shoot em up with quality graphics, sound and music thats all I can say🎶

[@mrpositronia]

this artwork style is my favourite. Defined colour palette with dithered shading. Chaos Engine is a great example, but so is this. :)

[@senaoutofspace]

Yesterday I finished the game on my Amiga-mini. Awesome game, great graphics! Team17 rules!!!

[@ballbag3460]

I THINK THE REASON IM BALD AT THIS STAGE OF MY LIFE IS THE STRESS THIS GAME GAVE ME....WELL DONE YOU SMASHED THIS GAME.

[@mattx5499]

What I like about this game is a great separation of sprites from the background which makes everything perfectly visible. I played many other Shmup's on various platforms and they had that design fail about them that you couldn't tell background stuff from the foreground and you ended up getting hit by a little shit thrown at you by the enemy, because it was hiding in the overcrowded background graphics. If you don't know what I'm talking about check out some shooters from arcades like Neo Geo etc. They have impressive stuff going on in the backgrounds, but it's annoying when enemies are swarming you with projectiles.

[@Aranimda]

My Pentium 4 loves this song. My AMD Athlon XP not so much.

[@bri2000]

I saw what you did there

[@RetroDemoScene]

Hard as nails & graphically outstanding for it's time with some amazing audio. That soundtrack! SE version released later did make the game a little more easier though. Power UP!

[@litjellyfish]

RetroDemoScene its a good Amiga shooter for sure. Still graphics like this was around 5 years earlier in the arcade so nothing outstanding for its time in my opinion (then I am also not a fan of those early - hey let’s throw is some ray traced stuff into the hand pixelated stuff - experiments, usually they ended up like a Frankenstein of art style

[@RetroDemoScene]

@@litjellyfish Arcades for sure banged out much nicer looking games in this genre early 90's, but a 1984/5 designed home computer chipset? i felt they really done justice with that hardware at the time. Though making this comment, i feel the urge to watch this video again & then go play Apidya instead ;)

[@ncshuriken]

@@RetroDemoScene "Arcades for sure banged out much nicer looking games in this genre early 90's, but a 1984/5" Yea definitely. I think its because most of those 90s arcade shootemups (and "arcade original" games in general) ran on hardware that was way more powerful than our Atari ST's / Amiga 500's, or any of the contempo consoles back then. I remember games where I'd seen the arcade version first, then we got the console version, and it was often a major downgrade of the game, unless the home port came many years later. EG the 1st version of MK3 I saw was the SNES one, so when I saw it in an arcade, I was blown away, it was miles better in GFX & sound.

[@way2muchNFO]

ncshuriken indeeD

[@maxbrandt6]

Gorgeous graphics and I love that early 90s dance soundtrack! Game play looks to be pretty standard fare for side scrolling shoot 'em ups.

[@myfaveyoutube]

wasn't standard at all at the time

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

Yep, Thunderforce IV on the Mega Drive was lightyears ahead of any other shootem up, and that was also 1992.

[@maze-le8245]

Thanks for bringing back 90ies childhood memories! I loved that game, never made it past lvl2 though xD

[@kevinwhitehouse374]

A masterpiece, as you would expect from Team17.... but this was one tough game to beat

[@kaptenkrut]

I love this game! Cant believe you just played the whole thing not dying once. I never made it past the second boss :)

[@hal9khal]

well, if you died you were pretty much screwed anyway :-D (I was also never further than couple first segments of lvl 2.)

[@JonniTheDodger_GameDev]

i never even got to the first boss!!

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

As always, Al, great work on this one. Though I do wish that there was a longplay somewhere with the Build Up weapon being used (a la R-Type), since I've never actually seen it. ;-)

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

I think the problem is you just pick guns that will help you actually get through the game, and build-up isn't one of them 😉

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays I only recently stumbled upon the manual online (on account of not having a store purchased copy back in the day), and according to that, the autofire option had to be switched off to use it. Which, of course, I never did! ;-)

[@gk73man51]

Tech demo and nothing more. Same as most T17 games.

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

@@gk73man51 Spoken like someone who worked for a rival software house back in the day, methinks. 💾

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

@@gk73man51 You didn't happen to work for Amiga Power magazine back in the day, did you? Because if I'm not mistaken, that publication wasn't exactly thrilled with Team17's output either, but to each his own, I suppose. 😕

[@andrealves3104]

Dunno if this is TAS or not, but regardless: What a rewarding experience it is to beat this tech masterpiece of a game with flawless execution! For sure my favourite shooter on the Amiga alongside 'Banshee'.

[@PadPoet]

It’s not a TAS, it’s a proper playthrough

[@Амижникинавсюголову]

You are just a super master, I could not go through it to the end!

[@Mike.Mendes]

Amazing! Good memories 😊

[@superted6743]

Waited nearly 30 years , to see second disk and end credits , this is what youtube was made for ! Got their in the end ! Now l can go in peace !

[@2PeteShakur]

"What a fantastic time of my life - I was really lucky starting out with a computer like the Amiga as it really had it all, and more besides! During development a problem was found that crashed Project X on the volcano level occasionally. To test this, I had to play ALL the levels through with no cheating. Testing took about three weeks and I was pretty good at playing the game after that! The actual bug was never found; however, it was eventually 'fixed' using a debug function that flashes the Amiga's LED at the start of each level, which is why this happens if you ever wondered!" -- Andreas Tadic, co-designer and programmer "Project X was a pretty tough shoot 'em up, which is why Team 17 released the noticeably easier Special Edition. I guess they did overdo the difficulty a bit! This is one of the only games I'm aware of with TWO title tunes. Initially I was asked to create a modern rave dance track but Team 17 felt some players would prefer a more gentle piece as an alternative which we called the 'old timer' theme. I was able to use the research I put into the rave track for many years to create dance music for other games." -- Allister Brimble, musician

[@georgemargaris]

0:32 what is this "Old-Timer Mode" they mention here? Some secret music you can unlock? hmmm

[@h4ppypommes77]

One of the best shmups of all time 👌. Big THANKS to @Team17 for this masterpiece 💎

[@mk_games_official]

It's coming back :) check Project X: Light Years

[@h4ppypommes77]

@@mk_games_official I did, thanks ;) 👍🏻

[@giuseppelavecchia775]

Project-X e' un capolavoro!!,e' l'esempio perfetto di cosa e' capace l'AMIGA,gioco giocato alla perfezione.TEAM 17,n.1

[@alessandro1319]

Dai che adesso mi arriva l’AMIGA Mini!!!!! Finalmente potrò rivivere i miei giochi adolescenziali!!!!!!!!! Spettacolo!!!! Cannon Fodder, SPACE Ace, Another World, Stint car racer. Lemmings. Turrican 2.

[@giuseppelavecchia775]

@@alessandro1319 l'A500 mini e' un gioiellino,l'unica cosa che non mi piace,come sul C64 mini,e' la keyboard finta,perche la versione mini esce piu come console,se avra' una buona vendita forse potrebbero fare l'A500 maxi,e avra' la keyboard vera,cosi sara piu simile al vero A500.io sono un grandissimo appassionato dell'AMIGA,e ho una collezione di vari modelli.l'A500 mini sono certo ti darà soddisfazione,AMIGA forever!

[@alessandro1319]

@@giuseppelavecchia775 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4WreKVpfNuSpM0. Scopro solo oggi che era di Eric Chai…..🥲 non capivo una mazza di inglese da piccolo…….e sopratutto non ho mai capito che fine hanno fatto i dischetti di Future Wars…. Guru meditation?

[@drkamilz]

"Now do it without losing a life!"

[@RediscoveringRetro]

Loved this game back in the day. Wish there were more shmups made like this. I know there are indie games but just need more is all :)

[@litjellyfish]

Rediscovering Retro stop wishing and start playing. There are tons of shmups like this made from 92 until now :)

[@RediscoveringRetro]

@@litjellyfish heh, that, is a very good point!

[@earx23]

The intro music is just so damn good.

[@senaoutofspace]

My 5 yo daughter always rocks and dance with the intro music

[@willschweitzer9784]

Boss names 1) tweezers 2) bumper 3) gyro 4) crab 5) bracelet

[@jurassicmatt2796]

This is one elite player. Wow.

[@condrecomics]

"Now do it without losing a life" Ironically, the real challenge would be losing a life or two halfway through the game, since in this game (even more so than in other shmups with progressive weapon system of its age) losing all power ups made it almost impossible to recover

[@PadPoet]

Exactly! Whenever I lost a life I just reset the Amiga.

[@number8802]

one of the games where the weapons looked good but had little firepower

[@philjamprimate]

This. And Disposable Hero of course.

[@Efreno]

The text plot theme reminds me of the days where you would see a an old television with a vcr in science class

[@colinewan2320]

ABSOLUTE GOLD

[@Mega_Game_TV]

It's a fun game in the side-scrolling game.

[@jenikbohac3587]

Great skill. Never made it past 2nd level back in the day.

[@Rocksite1]

Presumably a forerunner to the R-Type series.

[@sockpuppet4716]

Nah, R-Type series started in 1987, 5 years before this game. In game design this game is much more based upon the Gradius series, which started a few years earlier still.

[@d64d64]

Anyone else think the "release bomb over shaft" finale seems like it was thrown together just before the publisher's deadline?

[@eiszapfenderwutendenwinde3233]

If you haven't played the Zanac games, you haven't lived at all! And because i cannot find a single Zanac game on this channel, you Sir have not lived to this day! Disappointment 10/10

[@fredbotcho9574]

MSX Rules! I Complet Zanac 1989

[@mk_games_official]

It's official! I'm working on next Project X series game from Team 17

[@PadPoet]

Nice to see you here. I’ve backed the game, hope it reaches it’s goal.

[@mk_games_official]

@PadPoet now only 10 is missing from main goal!!! So consider it done;)

[@31leoceara]

That last "boss" was rather underwhelming!

[@sockpuppet4716]

This is one of those games where some of the mid-level enemies are way more imposing than the bosses. Gotta love that progressive damage thing on the second boss, though.

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

I made a soundboard for the android about this fantastic game.

[@Tommi1981]

well played there

[@NewsRedial]

When it was released I thought it was one of the best looking game on the Amiga. Watching it now I just occurred to me that there is no paralax with the mountains in the background. I wonder if this was a technical limitation of the code or a design choice.

[@MaxiTB]

I'm surprised you didn't use the old-timer music :D

[@sockpuppet4716]

19:15 background glitch! 26:30 visual poetry

[@deceiver444]

Insane skills

[@garethlloyd7103]

#projectx #amiga #shmup Project-X Longplay (Amiga) [4K]

[@olli-pekkajuusola3068]

This is amiga game masterpiece

[@elanjacobs1]

I remember playing this on the CD32 as a kid, unfortunately I was complete ass at it and could never beat the first boss lol

[@fuzzbear677]

What system is Project X on🤔🎮🕹😀👍🏾

[@DJ_Dopamine]

Amiga A500

[@33ordie]

That wonderful shooting sound, and constant voice messaging... I guess you have to play this game on mute XD What were they thinking? Oh look the wonderful graphics? Learn from the Japanese .

[@waxfrenzy]

There's definitely more than a little Japanese influence, especially from Salamander (Konami) with the speech effects.

[@mk_games_official]

It's coming back :) check Project X: Light Years

[@teddym2808]

A shmup needs a thumping soundtrack, period. What a shame as it looks superb otherwise.

[@ravendude3632]

Listening to this with my Athlon computer, no fan attached to the cpu. I swear i smell something burning............

[@chembleton]

goosebumps

[@crlgroup]

Realy impressive play, respect! But why oh why havn`t you includet the full end music? It`s one of the best tunes on the AMIGA.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Content ID matched a copyright claim on it - I couldn't include more than a few seconds of it.

[@crlgroup]

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Strange on an Amiga tune? They're all by Allister Brimble. Wonder why the more well known title tune gets a pass then?

[@nebularain3338]

@@crlgroup KZbin copyright algorithms are a fucking mess.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

The copyright claim credits the tune to Bjorn Lynne, not Allister Brimble.

[@OldNerdPlayingOldPCGames]

Big like dropped 👍

[@qefyr]

one amd cpu burned out in smoke.

[@drpapa26]

So that's what it's like after 15 seconds...

[@martinflashgordon]

I completet this great/amazing game in 1997 year.

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Who’s here from the CPU overheating video?

[@kasperczakkielce]

Piękna muza i gra

[@kevino4372]

What did BUILD actually do?

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

If you switch the auto fire function off, holding down the fire button and releasing it after a few seconds should unleash a more devastating energy weapon, in the vein of R-Type. 🙂

[@kevino4372]

@@EamonThePhilogynistWalford ah..that explains why it did nothing for me.

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

@@kevino4372 Heh heh - I kept the auto fire on too back in the day. 🙂

[@blindlemoneyesTheBunny]

So... This is amiga's answer to gradius...

[@naviamiga]

Fun game.

[@karloreda]

R Type and X Out were a lot better

[@waynebutler6103]

Classic

[@thomaslaskowski5434]

I got past the 12 minute mark or so, then the game just got too hard. Project-X SE 2017. It's almost the same. Difficulty selection and high score saver which I'm assuming this version has also.

[@bioshock6935]

I would love this games to be made to pc with amazing visuals simple fun retro type games and can be made so simple and comes with a package of other games like this. I had always liked the idea to have remade hybris and battle squadron amiga games to be made to pc with mouse control support with stunning visuals. It just they will never do it because they want to make crap unoptimized games that just don't work because they have such big ideas but always executed poorly and are so out of there depths they don't know what there doing. All they think about is greed and money not on fun and playability factor but where not back in that era anymore but it doesn't mean they cant still make them they just don't want to or they just remaster them very slightly with out doing upgrade higher modern textures and fix all the bugs again its doing them for a quick cash grab not for love of the classic game

[@IlhanNegis]

take the damn buildup! god!

[@IlhanNegis]

great run tho gg

[@MassMassa]

I was never able to pass level 2 :(

[@claudioneves5534]

show man

[@ANKH123]

WOW : )

[@rikpeol3612]

Your Skill is not from this world. An increase would only be playing without a monitor.

[@nuttapongpunpipat918]

Who come from video "what happens when the cpu cooler is removed"!

[@kevino4372]

The big ship was the best

[@tatsujincorp]

Unfortunately just a silly Euro-Shmup with little to offer compared to Japanese Console Shoot’em ups on the PC Engine, MD or even SFC of that time. Let alone Arcade games.

[@thecage00]

Vaya musicote

[@alpyre]

"Now do it without losing a life"? He already did it so. 🤦‍♂

[@MartinUglow]

Select now for LAZERBEAM - classic

[@irresponsiblyblue1411]

Lazer: Light Amplification by... .... ... Zookeeper... Emission of Radiation.

[@ssdivizion]

Bosses are too easy to defeat

[@amigaflame]

Hey, what happened at 27:15 ??? you are a good player but are also a cheater

[@knight2000-NC]

laserbeam

[@giuseppegius6175]

Never understood the point of the the other weapons, plasma was far too superior.

[@plopparici3110]

The more weapon you have, the more inerty is strong on the ship... this make it incrontrolable...:(( only développers like Team17 knew ruin such perfect technical game with this kind of stupid idea ;(

[@serdaryildirim76]

4 disks 1 mb

[@segers887]

Cpu overheat

[@mattjames6349]

11 minutes to start playing the game? were you on the toilet?

[@Antonio-hx7yh]

fairly overrated. Good full screen graphics but flat and boring gameplay. No parallax, bonus sections apart. Slow scrolling. Enemies design apathic. Music is irritating rather than good. Pathetic boss fights with horrible, small bosses. Much better are Apidya and Disposable Hero on the Amiga

[@d64d64]

Have to agree; while I have nostalgia for this game, it is repetitive and plays nowhere as well as some other shmups of the era and even earlier. But that seems to go for a lot of home computer shmups, a lot of effort was put to match the graphics and presentation of arcade games, not enough effort into studying what makes for fun gameplay.