Rubicon Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]

[@fomobull4187]

Did you meet any resistance? Soldier: well... a bird, plane, tank, frogs, monk, sea monster, floating head, lizard, ball, lightning, missiles, maniac, flying eyes, donkey, emu, space ship, Elvis, sea cucumber, Michael Jackson... and a few odds and ends.

[@andrzejdymek5563]

Nie samowite czasy c 64 te gry były i będą najlepsze. Przepiękny klimat tego wszystkiego co kiedyś było.

[@harrydigital9073]

Awesome game, awesome graphics and music....i dream about games like this back then...

[@Hexagonaal]

I love the story of this game: "shoot all the impressive big things the graphics guy drew." :-/

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Could be worse - it could be "shoot all the really rubbish things the graphics guy drew" :D

[@nekolin47]

- who was a geiger/comic books/schwarzenegger fan and just kinda put it into the game" :3

[@trydowave]

It may not be the best game to play in the world but god is it impressive achievement! All those different enemies and huge sprites and Jeroen Tels soundtrack is as amazing as ever.

[@aceguymiller]

loved this game 'back in the day'

[@TheCodedtestament]

I remember the noise surrounding this game when it first came out, with various magazines praising its mile-a-minute action. They weren't wrong. Great graphics, another cracking soundtrack from Jeroen Tel and enemy design that'll have you gasping (I STILL love those jellyfish). KILL! KILL! KILL!

[@KRaulfPB]

Wirklich beachtlich dieses Game, voll die Riesensprites ...

[@jimmypage9283]

I have seen games come out recently on homebrew and pricey releases that have reviewers raving that are nowhere near as good as this, and it's from 1991! Apparently a sequel was planned for the Amiga and possibly the c64 but was never made, here is some info. www.c64.com/pictures/rubicon_sketches/rubicon_sketches.html

[@NEStalgia]

Small correction: Reyn Ouwehand also worked on the game's music. I recommend watching the oscilloscope view of the OST of this game on the Acrouzet channel. The game seems to be somewhat based on Konami's Contra, but without much action.

[@narcisound1970]

Incredible twin scrollilng!!! and precious music by the great Jeroen Tel

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Stallone must sit somewhere thinking “wow - if I’d never done Rambo none of all these c64 sprites would have had long hair! Definitely my Rambo hair and not Arnolds barbarian hair!!!”

[@ThePathStrider]

Oh, you get the Armalyte ending. _Fought my way to the place and everything's fine here._ *Never mind. Thanks for your service and the cheque's in the post.*

[@AchtungBaby77]

From a technical standpoint, VERY impressive. However, it feels far too similar to Hawkeye.

[@TimelordUK]

Outstanding soundtrack for the era

[@sjake8308]

I had a demo of this when I was a kid. It's reminiscent of Hawkeye, but Hawkeye had selectable weapons and was more fun (IMO). Jeroen Tel did the soundtrack for that one, too.

[@Steve_UK77]

Is that the Dust dragon from Forgotten worlds?

[@poppinandrottin]

Yes, going to play this!

[@MrTomppa12345]

how to change weapons?

[@sideky1]

I loved it when I was a child.

[@fredericp3130]

incredible graphics.

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

I remember this game, and i remember reading an interview with the two swedish teens that made the game aswell in Datormagazine LOL

[@andrzejdymek5563]

Super game

[@supermariofan772003]

I tried to enjoy this game, but it's really not that fun to play. The graphics are great, the music is phenomenal (especially Reyn Ouwehand's tracks), and the controls are fairly decent. However, the gameplay is generic and the overall experience is way too short.

[@tommik1283]

Exactly. I mostly loaded the game just to listen to Maniacs of Noise score... To put it straight: as a game this was below average... and this is the problem with many "3rd party" C64 games that seem to focus on showcasing graphics techniques rather than the core thing: gameplay and plot. To produce a good game is simply much more complex task to do than to produce a good demo...

[@SuperMoleRetro]

OMG! I thought this entire video was an INTRO!!! WTF??? Shorten them up dude!

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

The music is a major part of C64 games, therefore I'm always going to include a full loop of the music/intro - use the scrubbing tool if you want to skip it.

[@madcommodore]

C64 pixel artist wants putting down! It might be a nice game engine but the graphics are pathetic, well the colour choices and lack of colour ram being used enough.

[@patsfan4life]

They opted for 16 colors in order to get the higher resolution mode

[@patsfan4life]

@@frac then how many colors was it in the higher resolution mode?

[@patsfan4life]

@@frac my question was how many total colors could be on the screen at once in the higher res mode or the double-wide pixel mode?