The 10 Best C64 U S Gold Games.....Yeah they also made some good ones

[@oldstylegaming]

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[@gamingtonight1526]

Ace of Aces and Infiltrator I bought on import, as I was one of the few C64 owners with a 1541 drive. I saved up for the drive because I was always into strategy, simulations and RPGs (as they were only on floppy) more than I was arcade. I still have C64 floppy disks, in their boxes with all contents, for Gunship, Pirates, The Gold Box RPGs, Legacy of the Ancients, Ultima 4, Stealth Fighter, Destroyer etc. I did buy some "arcade" games on disk (import RPGs with lots of contents in the box cost £30, but "simpler" games packaging only cost £15!), like Summer, Winter and World Games, Great American Road Race, Racing Destruction Set, and other disk based games. This means I never had to bother with any of the multi-load tape versions of U.S. disk based games! Even though the 1541 was £200, I think I have, and continue to get, great value out of it!

[@Capillus]

Solomon's Key is definitely the best arcade conversion for the C64. It's a brilliant game that makes that breadbox shine.

[@sonninnos]

SFX cutting off music channels is pretty jarring though

[@Capillus]

@@sonninnos True, but the game is so engrossing and smooth that you actually end up not thinking about it.

[@hoagieimpact9189]

Solomon's Key, Minecraft's 2D prequel! ;)

[@MephProduction]

i always loved Up 'n Down as a kid, one of their better releases.

[@oldstylegaming]

I nearly put Up n Down in, its a great conversion

[@steelpatriot3683]

Grogs Revenge .....many happy hours spent on that one. Loved the graphics when he caught you 👍

[@oldstylegaming]

The whole game is very humorous I think

[@samcushing3790]

I remember getting Turbo Outrun when it was released as a Christmas present, it blew me away back then and I still love the soundtrack.

[@hazy33]

A million times better than the embarrassing Outrun conversion.

[@jonboy8951]

How many times have I loaded up ghouls and ghosts or turbo outrun just to listen to the music. Pure class

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah the music is awesome

[@highly-spirited]

Yeah, you could almost tell how good a game was going to be just by how much effort they put into doing the music.

[@oldstylegaming]

unless it was The Last V8 .....

[@highly-spirited]

@@oldstylegaming that’s why I said ‘almost every game’ 😂 😁

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

Solomon’s Key is my fave puzzle type game. Great to see it being celebrated. Nice one. That Raid game looks great for the genre.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah mate its canny good if you like the turn based roll play games and its for nowt so worth a try if you do

[@moonman1209]

It was a great game.

[@chrissyboy7047]

Grogs revenge was class. Those dark scenes were a nightmare tho. Chips challenge was an awesome us gold game

[@1ChilledDude]

Weren't US Gold more of a distributor than a developer? Because they actually had some great titles under their roster if you weren't lured by the squandered weak movie or TV tie-ins. Beach Head, Raid Over Moscow, Beach Head II and Echelon particularly come to mind, but these were actually developed by Access Software.

[@knightdriver3592]

I loved B.C. Grog’s Revenge when I was a kid. Beat the game a few times, wasn’t too difficult, but it was solid fun and had a good sense of humor.

[@trelard]

Good call on the top pick. It was one of those games that I got in a compilation pack, and never replayed it after the first time, where I couldn't do very much, let alone take off, for a LONG time. Then one day I was bored and looked at the instructions and it led to me discovering an awesome game.

[@8BitRetroReFix]

Great video :) . US Gold did some great games :) it was just shame they released some very poor ones too ...

[@LeoDavidson]

I have pretty good memories of seeing the US Gold logo. I guess I didn't tend to buy crap games, so if they published a lot of them I didn't really notice. The games of theirs I bought tended to be great! LOVED Infiltrator even if I never managed the stealth part as a kid.

[@oldstylegaming]

I never got to it either, think cos I had it on copy with no instructions...it is an awesome game though

[@LeoDavidson]

@@oldstylegaming I could get through the flight sim part almost every time but I think the walking around stealth part was too complex for me back then or something. I think about trying to play it again today sometimes. Definitely a game that could do with a modern remake. That and Antiriad!

[@thejoneseys]

Wow I'd forgotten about a couple of these gems. I'm making a list to sit and play C64 games over the Christmas break and relive my childhood. Work just steals my life and I never get time to play anything anymore. I think I wanna retire and just sit and play games all day. I don't think that's unreasonable 😂

[@oldstylegaming]

Defo not unreasonable I actually think it would be rude not to retire and sit and play games lol

[@Fanny-Fanny]

For me, at that age, just the name US Gold was magical and had some caché - that helped make up a lot, for sub par games. Well, to some extent.

[@oldstylegaming]

yeah even though they get a bad rap they were one of the best known publishers

[@retrogee7906]

Total classics spent many an hour playing these back in the days lol...

[@kevinjones7870]

I had a cassette copy of Gauntlet on the C64, I seem to remember that there was a bug in the game where if you stood still for a time, all the walls would turn into exit points so you could immediately move to the next level

[@flash301]

Even though I don't have a fully working c64 (it has a raspberry pi 3 inside) I have the first release outrun with the 2nd cassette for the music... Even now about 30 years later it still brings back the warm memories of my dad bringing it home as I remember playing it for the first time in Spain on holiday both me and my dad parting ways with many spanish coins

[@andrewbrown3304]

I loved Spyhunter so much. It was sadly one of those games in my collection that only loaded maybe 30% of the time, but that made the times it worked so much better.

[@willrobinson7599]

No suprise no teixtex games on the list. Way better quality in the earlier days .Once they started churning out the conversions the quality went out the window. I think tiertex 😢 basically us golds in house team.

[@twankistevenson3884]

Plenty of decent US Gold games on the 8 bits...but yeah you DID have to approach anything with their badge on thebox with caution

[@oldstylegaming]

but still the logo is etched into my brain as a great memory from my childhood

[@pigpenpete]

Loved Turbo Outrun, though it was mostly for that soundtrack - my absolute favourite on the platform. I''m still a Maniacs of Noise fanboy to this date :) They're still knocking out great music on the SID.

[@oldstylegaming]

Jereon actually watches my stuff i think as hes commented on a few videos ...he knows hes my favourite composer hes a great guy too

[@gfdggdfgdgf]

@@oldstylegaming jeroen seems to be a nice guy, I remember back in the day at the computer (well copy actually) club he blew up a set of speakers. Yeah not with fireworks but some bad wiring or something. After that he borrowed my speakers and they survived!

[@pigpenpete]

@@oldstylegaming I've passed a few comments back and forth with him myself, he does seem like a cool dude :) He's a bit like Beetlejuice, say his hame 3 times and he will probably appear, lol

[@krissymarklewis1793]

Never heard of Infiltrator but for an 8-bit those graphics look ace.

[@oldstylegaming]

Hey i had it as a kid but never got anywhere on it, it wasnt until a few years ago i actually played it properly and its a brilliant game

[@caeserromero3013]

I never liked Turbo Outrun. Always felt the car was too big, which made it even more difficult to over take, plus I always prefered the original soundtrack. The version of Outrun I had was the big box version that came with the soundtrack on audio cassette. Years later when I got my first car (Mini Metro) I would play the cassette while driving!

[@nomadjock]

Grogs revenge absolute classic game but, I was surprised not to see Bruce Lee in the list :(

[@Emulous79]

Good choices. Road Runner was always a fun one to me, too.

[@gta.fun.4x4.drift17]

Love the videos! You put so much time and work into them and they make my day better

[@maxheadroom22and26]

Turbo Outrun is a really great racing game with excellent music. My Nr. 1 for this list.

[@philbc3]

Funny thing is US Gold did not have a bad reputation among the magazines back then.

[@newstylegaming2911]

I 100% agreed with the sponsor and believed he should do it, RAID SHADOW LEGENDS

[@m0nde]

Spy Hunter is still one of my favorite games of all time.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah for the c64 spy hunter is class, much easier than the arcade but in a good way

[@dazdaz105]

Just got a good book from fusion retro all about the story of US Gold. Interesting feature on Archer McLean and Dropzone on how he sued for royalties and bought a Ferrari with the payout. Well worth a read

[@oldstylegaming]

I will read that i never heard their was a lawsuit for it and have been looking into games that went to court so may end up in that video, im sure Kim Justice did a video on US Gold too but havent watched it yet

[@TheHobbyLodge]

Great video mate, some cracking games in there, Ghouls and Ghost of course is just fantastic again being able to bring the arcade home (with a little bit of imagination)

[@oldstylegaming]

The Ghosts N Goblins remake though blows it away. That Infiltrator is on another level though and Im sure that If people knew how to play it it would be much better known

[@johntyrrell1549]

Turbo Outrun was one of the few C64 games I could finish!

[@talideon]

I clicked on this thinking "Wait! I can remember plenty of good US Gold games!" I mean, yeah, they released a lot of dross, but they were far from the worst. Mind you, I might be a bit biased by them having Kixx, which was arguably the best budget label, but their full price releases were better than people give them credit for being. Sure, they might not have been a System 3 or Thalamus, but they're weren't that far behind Ocean.

[@oldstylegaming]

agreed mate, I think games like Outrun, Eswat Rolling Thunder (especially on the Amiga) gave them a bad name as they were games we had played on the arcade and although we never expected arcade quality, we expected a lot better than we got

[@talideon]

@@oldstylegaming Yup! One of the key things was to know if the conversion had been handed off to Tiertex. If it wasn't them, then you'd a decent chance of a proper conversion.

[@Lucasrainford]

Some class games in this list! Dropzone is a classic! Spent may hours on Ace of Aces, Spy Hunter and of course Infiltrator, that deffo deserves top spot. Talking of time, me and my mate did a marathon sesh one night on Gaunlet, we grinded 256 levels to find out there was 512! No save either, happy days. Great vid m8, nice nostagia :)

[@oldstylegaming]

Knew you would approve of gauntlet and drop zone

[@clauscombat418]

Now i wonder if there are any good SEUCK games on the system..? 😗

[@AudieHolland]

Infiltrator was one of the first games I bought back in the day. Mind you, screenshots on the packaging were sometimes misleading, just like videocassettes for the adult genre... Anyway, couldn't believe the graphics were that great, bought it and wasn't disappointed. However, after buying Microprose's 'Gunship,' I found that the more simulator minded Gunship was easier to land. It could take a rough landing or even a gliding landing (as in reality). In Infiltrator however, the helicopter felt more like a giant fueltank ready to explode at the slightest touch. Many a landing that was a tiny bit too hard, ending in explosion. Disappointing that you mentioned both Infiltrator and its sequel, what about RAID OVER MOSCOW Great graphics, fantastic gameplay, and enough variety between the different levels. And while Raid over Moscow was superior over its predecessor, 'Beach head,' this game was fantastic too. When it was released in 1983, it had no equals.

[@graemenicol6377]

Another great upload OSG apart from advert got to say I'm not a fan of raid

[@oldstylegaming]

lol helps put food on the table though mate

[@SUPERLITMARIO]

Thank you making this video, your videos are excellent! I can sit and watch them all dsu

[@oldstylegaming]

Aw thanks mate

[@pnvgordinho]

Solomons key is always nice in every system.

[@oldstylegaming]

yeah i hadnt played it for ages and its still as good as it always was

[@gfdggdfgdgf]

I actually enjoy the c64 version more than the arcade version.

[@eskey691]

Spy hunter and turbo out-run are the only 2 i had on this list tho i did have summer and winter games and the strip poker they did (well you have to haha). One game i always wanted to try but never did was Nato Commander (sure it was US-gold/MicroProse could be wrong). As always buddy great video and looking forward to the next one, until then take it easy 🙂

[@nickbungus]

How about a series on accuracy of ports on a system. I.e. top 10 most accurate arcade ports on the c64. Not judging on how good the game is but how accurate the port is in terms of experience, number of levels, graphics recreation etc.

[@sewwandimaheshika682]

1:12 You are the best youtuber on the platform without a doubt

[@garlicgorilla6540]

I am sure there was a flight shoot-em up set in the Korean War with fighter jets. I used to love that but cannot remember its name

[@christians2022]

Weird, did not see this video in my sub box, just stumbled across it now

[@merman1974]

Hmm, these are all published by rather than made by US Gold. Even Gauntlet was programmed by Gremlin Graphics for US Gold. Infiltrator (by Chris Gray/Gray Matter) is not one of my favourites, felt the stealth sections in particular looked and played poorly. Dropzone should have been much higher too, it's a classic.

[@oldstylegaming]

Werent just about all games made by someone else... i mean outrun was martin webb... etc. etc.

[@Codetapper]

@@oldstylegaming I guess so yeah, but probably the latter ones US Gold actually got the licences and farmed them out themselves to whoever (far too often bloody Tiertex) vs the early ones they just imported the US games and published them. They didn't really do much work compared to say Ocean did they!

[@josephdewes]

I was one of those that couldn't get off the ground, Infiltrator

[@Duskay]

Have to say, I don't have any bad memories of US Gold games.

[@kins749]

Bruce Lee?

[@grymmjack]

Great vid OSG. Sounds like you have a cold. Feel better man.

[@oldstylegaming]

i am congested, think its just that time of year, thanks mate though

[@luffy-yy9zc]

out run and gauntlet are impressive 🙏🙏

[@LBPreviews]

lol that whatsapp sound effect at like 2:40

[@gumdeo]

The original idea of US Gold was good, to bring great American stuff to UK/Europe.

[@ncf1]

WHY DIDN'T YOU INCLUDE OUTRUN AMIGA VERSION!?? One of the greatest conversions of all time!!! :D :P

[@oldstylegaming]

You know why lol

[@ncf1]

@@oldstylegaming ok , ok :)

[@williamwright9079]

Sweet list bro!

[@bazodee2]

If great escape was a us gold game, that would be my #1

[@oldstylegaming]

Lol you cant just add games you like to a publisher haha... ocean had some great games though, great escape was one of the first games i played on the c64

[@CrazyAlfYT]

It's cool and charming!

[@liambyrne3488]

Wasn't Fort Apocalypse a US Gold published game? If so that was my personal favourite.

[@pda1799]

Led Storm was great, wasn’t it? And that music…

[@ritchwaghorn6541]

What about the Beach Head Games??

[@Codetapper]

That was my thought too, waiting for them to appear. Ditto with Leaderboard Golf, even though Access made it, I associate it with US Gold. I guess the Epyx stuff would also qualify though if you did that.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah i missed beach head and leaderboard as they show as multiple publishers depending where you are from and on my spread sheet i have them as the alternative... but maybe should have been in

[@rozzbozzgames]

US Gold I think started as a developer, then became a publisher.... hence the quality fell off a cliff. Might be wrong though ... noggins getting a bit rusty LOL

[@paulharker7184]

Whilst I totally appreciate the need to monetise your channel, it's always disappointing to see someone advertising those terrible "free to play" rip off games. It's like accepting money from a gambling firm, it just feels sleazy. I'd rather see VPN ads than something like this. It's your channel to run how you please (and it's a great channel), I'm just letting you know what it made me feel as a subscriber.

[@oldstylegaming]

I havent been offered nothing else, I just wanted to see what it was all about and maybe entice some more sponsors in, it wont become a regular thing but im a believer of you should always try things at least once or you will never know

[@dazdaz105]

Lots of what were good channels with good content are now going down the too many ads and marketing route. I’ve unsubscribed to many as I think we already live in a hyper marketing world. Some videos were only a few minutes long and had 30 seconds of ads. We all need to make money but it turns subscribers off !

[@oldstylegaming]

@@dazdaz105 the thing is with youtube now they have the rights to run ads on your videos even if you dont monetize. When i make a video and i click monetize i then go in and remove all of the ads... sometimes KZbin puts 5 ads in a 10 minute video then i place 1 ad at half way and thats it. I do realise that ads can be annoying but for me i think its a few seconds of my time so that the creator gets some money for the work they put in. I really think that people need to appreciate the time that is put into content, i mean lets say for example... i only spent 3 hrs on this video... 3 hrs overtime at my company (which is available) would bag me the best part of 120 pound... thats way more than i make off ads on a video. Thats the way i look at it but get that people dont like ads and this promo thing wont be a regular thing

[@rickard.eriksson]

The classics!

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

Besides Dropzone I'm not sure US Gold _made_ games for the C64 they just redistributed them.

[@oldstylegaming]

Well they definitely did outrun

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

@@oldstylegaming Outrun was originally Sega but US Gold may have done the european conversion. But I'm pretty sure the conversion would have been outsourced. Probe did the Spectrum version for instance.

[@oldstylegaming]

@@tendrosstoodross2976 they did both versions... well they commissioned martin webb to do it, he was only 17 and still at school when he did them, the time constraints that us gold gave him were ridiculous though ...well for the EU one but the US was a lot better as he had more time

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

@@oldstylegaming I'm not that clued up on C64 stuff, but from what I gathered US Gold used to get titles from US publishers like Access, Datasoft etc. and release them in the UK. Similar to what Erbe did in Spain. Ocean converted a lot of the early stuff to the UK micros and the later stuff was outsourced to the likes of Software Creations, Tiertex etc. Rumour had it the US Gold headquarters had never had a programmer working under their roof but maybe they had?

[@oldstylegaming]

@@tendrosstoodross2976 nah you are right mate they are just publishers, the outsourced everything, this video is more about the brand as they were known for publishing any old shite

[@XaviAndreu]

I like it that way

[@anFy81]

awesome video

[@oldstylegaming]

Thanks mate

[@johnmc3862]

Bruce Lee US Gold C64?

[@graemenicol6377]

How's about rating Evercade C64 cart

[@oldstylegaming]

Thats a great idea mate...ill look into that

[@graemenicol6377]

@@oldstylegaming Evercade have also got a Amiga cart coming out next year can't wait to see what game's is on it to me absolutely loving the Evercade VS been a old git at 52 my current favourite console

[@oldstylegaming]

52 ait old mate unless you let it be

[@graemenicol6377]

@@oldstylegaming believe me it is considering I got laid of work 4th November down to cost cutting fooking hurts

[@greenyamo1321]

Where’s Bruce Lee!!!!!

[@oldstylegaming]

Bruce lee was datasoft

[@Bellpipe41]

Despite a couple of negative comments about the RSL promotion, I was actually made up for you when I saw it. You work at making quality content and deserve a little something. 👍

[@oldstylegaming]

Thanks mate... i thought why not when the offer came through

[@mindphaserxy]

World Cup Carnival anyone :D

[@thereviewsbrothers3854]

Good old US Gold. Them and Ocean aren’t the best are they 😅

[@oldstylegaming]

I think its down to the volume of games though as both publishers had good games but also alot of crap ones too

[@xxnoxx-xp5bl]

Don't start pushing Raid - it's a plague on KZbin.

[@oldstylegaming]

I try everything once... i be doing promotions all the time

[@menhirmike]

Congratulations on getting a sponsorship, shows that your work as a content creator has paid off!

[@oldstylegaming]

well i wont be doing it all the time cos its not my style but wanted to at least try it

[@barycza]

No Flimbo's Quest it means you know nothing about C64 games. Unsub

[@oldstylegaming]

Flimbos Quest is a system 3 game mate..... if i had it in a video about US Gold games then it truly would mean i knew nothing about c64... kixx label games don't count in lists like this, i will be doing a hitsquad and kixx list in the future though