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Everything C64 Discord October Challenge - Radar Rat Race
In this stream I play Radar Rat Race by Commodore Business Machines (1982) for the Everything C64 Discord October Challenge, played on a real C64.
This is a port of the VIC20 version of the knockoff port of Rally X for the C64 which lacks the Instructions attract screen at the start and the high score music at the end. The gameplay is practically identical to the VIC20 version so this is very playable for me as that was my first game I ever bought. I never did have this version so this is the most I've ever played it and it does bring back some nostalgia, even with the annoying, repetitive tune!
Stream best score was 78,800 which I've already beaten and I'll try to improve if time allows!
Everything C64 Discord: discord.com/invite/rH7BcFWBpW
My Twitch channel: twitch.tv/ponderprg
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Відео

Tubers High Score Challenge - Super Space Invaders '91
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This is my submission for Super Space Invaders '91 by Taito (1990) played using MAME on PC. An updated version of the classic Space Invaders with better graphics, sound and more varied gameplay. It gets quite tricky, especially when the rocks start falling!
Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Flicky
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In this stream I played Flicky by Sega (1984) for the Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle Season 15 Game 3 on a MiSTerFPGA. A frustrating game I'm starting to get used to and might well play again despite what I say on stream. Best score so far: 293,800! My Twitch channel: twitch.tv/ponderprg
Star Post on Genuine VIC 20 (Live Stream Clip)
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This is a clip from a VIC 20 live stream on Twitch showing Star Post played at Beginner level with a paddle. My twitch channel is here, of course: twitch.tv/ponderprg
Top 4 Game Intros (Response Video)
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This is my response to Wee Bob's community question: what are your top 4 game intros? ua-cam.com/video/xeSz40-g8yo/v-deo.html Made with some severe time constraints due to work and upcoming event!
Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Megadon
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In this stream I play Megadon by EPOS and licensed to Photar Industries (1982) for the Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle, Season 15 Game 2 using my Pi5 running MAME via Batocera. What a pile of jank this game is! So much wrong with it but strangely has that one more go feeling... at least for a short while. My stream score of 42,227 wasn't as good as my best score but I'm just about burned out w...
Tubers High Score Challenge - Dogyuun
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This is my submission for Dogyuun by Toaplan (1992) for the Tubers High Score Challenge played using MAME on Desktop PC due to the fact there's no audio with any other version. I'm getting a strong feeling of Deja Poo here! Yet another ridiculously difficult shoot-em-up that's only playable by experts. No, it's *NOT* a good score but it is what it is 😉
Everything C64 Discord September Challenge - Nebulus
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In this stream I play Nebulus by Hewson (1987) for the Everything C64 Discord September Challenge on a genuine C64. A game that impressed me from release but one I could never get on with. However I have learned from watching others play (though not since the challenge was announced) so had some extra tricks up my sleeve and I actually learned a few levels during this stream that I'd never even...
C64 - Through the Fire and Flames (Dragonforce) by ProtonFIG
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Quick and dirty video recording a genuine C64C playing Proton's 8580 SID rendition of Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames. Probably the fastest SID I've heard! (200 BPM?)
Tubers High Score Challenge - Willow
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This is my submission for the Tubers High Score Challenge game Willow by Capcom (1989) played on a MiSTerFPGA. This game is more fun than we've had recently because it's a change of pace. It's Capcom though so really difficult. I could have a dozen health points and still fail at the cart stage so that's where I leave this. My score is higher than my stream score but what is it? Watch to the en...
Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Wacko
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In this stream I played Wacko by Bally Midway (1983) for the Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Season 15 Game 1. The arcade cabinet for this game is skewed like a fun house, uses a trackball for movement and a 4-way joystick for zap. This makes is very awkward to emulate. I tried with mouse and keys on MAME but that was more awkward than what I eventually settled on which was my homebuild stic...
LuftrauserZ C64 - Unemulated
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Here I play LuftrauserZ, a C64 version of the 2014 Indie game Luftrausers, ported by Paul Koller and published by Vlambeer and RGCD. Released around 2017 it has somehow slipped under my radar! It's a cracking game and I play up to getting the first add-ons and one mission using these add-ons. It works with my Ultimate II cartridge but doesn't support on cart saves so I've used the supplied disk...
Super Locomotive on MiSTerFPGA
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Quick and dirty video showing the recently released core of Super Locomotive by Sega (1982) running on a MiSTerFPGA.
Response to Mamemeister's Community Question
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This is my response video to Mamemeister's question to the retro gaming community: Has the Internet killed the excitement and anticipation we once had when buying or waiting on a soon to be released game? Original video: ua-cam.com/video/G-j90JBt2Z0/v-deo.html This is a UA-cam only video (no Odysee) as it's a UA-cam community question. I'm trying to up my game a bit on this style of video and i...
Tubers High Score Challenge - Willow (Live Practice - Not A Submission)
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In this stream I play Willow by Capcom (1989) for the Tubers High Score Challenge. I was going to use this as a submission but I have plenty of time, the game is quite fun and I think I can do better so my submission will follow in the normal format. Kerfuffle videos will return next week.
Tubers High Score Challenge - Battle Garegga
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Tubers High Score Challenge - Battle Garegga
King & Balloon (Amiga Version) - Live Stream Clip
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King & Balloon (Amiga Version) - Live Stream Clip
Dry Vodka by Deathstar (Amiga)
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Dry Vodka by Deathstar (Amiga)
Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Burger Time
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Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Burger Time
Tubers High Score Challenge - Brave Blade
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Tubers High Score Challenge - Brave Blade
Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Track & Field
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Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Track & Field
Everything C64 Discord August Challenge - Balls like a Frog
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Everything C64 Discord August Challenge - Balls like a Frog
Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Timber
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Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Timber
Tubers High Score Challenge - Undeadline
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Tubers High Score Challenge - Undeadline
Metro Siege Amiga Technical Preview
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Metro Siege Amiga Technical Preview
Everything C64 July Challenge - Little Nippers Deluxe
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Everything C64 July Challenge - Little Nippers Deluxe
Tubers High Score Challenge - The Speed Rumbler RECAP!
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Tubers High Score Challenge - The Speed Rumbler RECAP!
Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons
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Mamemeister High Score Kerfuffle - Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons
Tubers High Score Challenge - The Speed Rumbler
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Tubers High Score Challenge - The Speed Rumbler
Tubers High Score Challenge - Battle Circuit
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Tubers High Score Challenge - Battle Circuit

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 3 дні тому

    omg that music is annoying LOL. the game looks good.

    • @theyamo7219
      @theyamo7219 3 дні тому

      At least it's not rap music. LOL

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness 22 години тому

      The VIC20 version (which sounded almost identical) used to drive my mother batty but yes, I'd rather listen to this on a 10 hour loop than listen to most rap songs 😂

  • @Lucasrainford
    @Lucasrainford 6 днів тому

    Tricky little bugger, but fun, never heard of this one b4. GG :)

  • @maudn183
    @maudn183 6 днів тому

    Well played Ponder, GG!

  • @signosisstg
    @signosisstg 7 днів тому

    GG Ponder, very close between us. 👍🏻

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness 7 днів тому

      I didn't realise I had a decent score!

    • @signosisstg
      @signosisstg 7 днів тому

      @@PondersRetroGoodness I believe so mate, just behind me for 6th if I’ve worked it out correctly. 👏🏻

  • @ZXSpectrum128K
    @ZXSpectrum128K 8 днів тому

    Super cpu and 80 column 256 colour combined

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness 7 днів тому

      80x50 but still 16 colours 🙂

    • @ZXSpectrum128K
      @ZXSpectrum128K 5 днів тому

      @@PondersRetroGoodness no one working on a replacement video chip with bigger colour palette like nula for bbc model b

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness 5 днів тому

      @@ZXSpectrum128K There's a Kawari which offers a way to change the palette but I haven't heard of anything that can increase the number of colours. I don't think there would be that much interest in it to be fair. The BBC is a different beast which was built to be expandable from the outset. I even remember seeing devices that changed the palette on the BBC when I was in school.

  • @Lucasrainford
    @Lucasrainford 9 днів тому

    Hanging on with the skin of yer teeth at the end there! Great run, GG!

  • @BlasterMUGEN
    @BlasterMUGEN 9 днів тому

    Amazing run, Ponder! 😎👍

  • @Martroid
    @Martroid 11 днів тому

    Awesome sonic effects on this one, but then I'd expect nothing less from the VIC. Gives me a real Beamrider type vibe too 🤘👽🤘

  • @satan3959
    @satan3959 11 днів тому

    More like Megadung

  • @ArttuTheCat
    @ArttuTheCat 12 днів тому

    One of my old school friends had the Sega MegaDrive compilation for the PlayStation 3 many years ago. And it also had FLICKY - which was one of my favorite games 😹😺👍🕹️. The game is purrfectly challenging 😹. But still pawsome 🐾 😺👍.

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness 12 днів тому

      It's taken some getting into but yes, it's rather playable once you get into its quirks.

  • @nicholsliwilson
    @nicholsliwilson 14 днів тому

    Interesting game? I can certainly see why it works best with a paddle.

  • @JoedeLange
    @JoedeLange 14 днів тому

    When the AI takes over, this is so going to be their anthem

  • @DowntheRabbitHole0
    @DowntheRabbitHole0 18 днів тому

    Cool choices there Ponder! Jumpman wins for me based purely on the quirky logo trouble with the N. And you're at least the second one to choose Frontier now, must be an excellent memory.

  • @piratedaz949
    @piratedaz949 18 днів тому

    Good choices there Ponder. Another World blew me away back the first time I saw it. Cheers.

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 18 днів тому

    great choice of games, I like Jumpman that's my sort of game.

  • @SwiftO_OtfiwS
    @SwiftO_OtfiwS 19 днів тому

    Some interesting choices there. Haha, all before my time of course, so I've not played any of them. Have played a later version of Lemmings but other than that not heard of the others. The last two were pretty cool looking. The Jumpman one was funny, I liked that one.

  • @stevesgaming7475
    @stevesgaming7475 19 днів тому

    Nice selection!

  • @WeeBob
    @WeeBob 19 днів тому

    Cheers for the response Colin, interesting first pick, I have never seen or played that game before, loved the twist with the last letter. The second game is a game I love and will need to look into emulating the original at some point. Your third pick was on my list but I could only pick four and felt I could have picked forty. It is an amazing intro to a game filled with intrigue and mystery as to what is going on. I was not very good at the game however. I'm pretty sure your fourth pick was on another well known youtubers list, a game I have never played but the intro is definitely fantastic. Great video Colin and hope you are doing well.

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness 19 днів тому

      I have refrained from watching others until now but that is about to be rectified 🙂 Once this cold shifts I'll be fine. Just a bit of a headache really. Glad you liked my response 😁

  • @manshovel
    @manshovel 22 дні тому

    Nice run, Ponder. GG!

  • @scottbreon9448
    @scottbreon9448 23 дні тому

    Kind of funny, because Frenzy (the sequel to Berserk) came out the same year and uses a similar game mechanic in that your own bullets can kill you. I can't get on with Frenzy either, but unlike this mess of a game, it's not janky, it's just a bit overly complicated and ambitious for the time it came out.

  • @Lucasrainford
    @Lucasrainford 26 днів тому

    Tough as old boots! Even the L1 boss is a tw*t! GG sir!

  • @BlasterMUGEN
    @BlasterMUGEN 27 днів тому

    Nice run, Ponder! 🙂👍

  • @ACanOfBakedBeans
    @ACanOfBakedBeans Місяць тому

    The underwater shoot em up portion isn't that bad, but the tower climbing portion has always been very frustrating.

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 Місяць тому

    sounds like listening through small speakers LOL.

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness Місяць тому

      Well I could have pumped up the bass a bit but this is a raw video 😉

  • @ArttuTheCat
    @ArttuTheCat Місяць тому

    The british 🇬🇧 power metal warriors of the 1990's, DRAGONFORCE strike back 😼🤘🎵🎶! And on the Commodore 64 😺👍🕹️.

  • @VulpeRenard
    @VulpeRenard Місяць тому

    It took me forever to figure out you refueled by just staying over the buildings while on the map screen. I just used to think you were meant to be forced to the roads once that happened. Played a lot of these games when I was still too young to understand what half of the manuals were trying to tell me. I always wanted to know what the seemingly useless green buildings were supposed to do and could never figure it out; all other buildings had an in-game use. Looking at the manual now, they just seem to be for gaining more points at the end of a day and are referred to as "Lunar Command" buildings.

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness Місяць тому

      Indeed! I figured out the missing reload in the past but not the rest. I didn't even know that Space clears the homing mines. It was only relatively recently I got a manual (yes, I was a naughty boy back then) and found it made a world of difference.

  • @piratedaz949
    @piratedaz949 Місяць тому

    Nice run Ponder GG

  • @signosisstg
    @signosisstg Місяць тому

    Nice play there Ponder, that cart section has claimed more lives than all the Dark Soul games combined.

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness Місяць тому

      I just went for as much as possible before I hit that section 😉

  • @ACanOfBakedBeans
    @ACanOfBakedBeans Місяць тому

    Yeah, I'm not really into beat em ups either. There are a couple of exceptions, but I'm not a fan of the style as a whole.

  • @Lucasrainford
    @Lucasrainford Місяць тому

    Nice one, my games also end at the cart section 😐GG!

  • @nicholsliwilson
    @nicholsliwilson Місяць тому

    Great score. I love that Willow is a run & gun. You remember how the character spent the whole movie chucking streams of fireballs at everyone… right? 😄

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness Місяць тому

      If the storyline in the movie was like the game it would be a shorter movie that's for sure 😂

  • @BlasterMUGEN
    @BlasterMUGEN Місяць тому

    Great run, Ponder! 😎👍

  • @ArttuTheCat
    @ArttuTheCat Місяць тому

    The Arcade game of a LucasFilm movie WILLOW looks much better 😺👍 than the Commodore 64 and Amiga versions 😹. The NES version of WILLOW is actually brilliant, too 😺👍🕹️.

  • @DowntheRabbitHole0
    @DowntheRabbitHole0 Місяць тому

    Loved the crazy cabinet on this one but never liked the game. Also, as you say, nearly impossible to emulate. I generally pass on Wacko. Awesome vid though Ponder (not Ponda)

  • @ACanOfBakedBeans
    @ACanOfBakedBeans Місяць тому

    There is another Midway game with a similar control method called Kozmik Krooz'r

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 Місяць тому

    looks a fun game

  • @ArttuTheCat
    @ArttuTheCat Місяць тому

    Ever since i bought a compilation, MIDWAY ARCADE TREASURES 2, for my PlayStation 2 somewhere in the 2000's, i noticed this wacky game and gave a first try. Even though it was absolutely wackily bizarre 😹, i still love this game 😹😺👍🕹️. JUST... ABSOLUTELY... BRILLIANT 😹👍🕹️! Also... WAH WAH WAH WAAAAAH 😹👍...

    • @ACanOfBakedBeans
      @ACanOfBakedBeans Місяць тому

      Meh, my favorite game on that compilation was the sequel to Rampage

  • @BlueYakk
    @BlueYakk Місяць тому

    Love this game!

  • @stevesgaming7475
    @stevesgaming7475 Місяць тому

    Very nice! a bit too hectic for me but it's great to watch!

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 Місяць тому

    looks good, nice music as well.

  • @nicholsliwilson
    @nicholsliwilson Місяць тому

    Interesting game with a great sound track. Thanks.

  • @WhatHoSnorkers
    @WhatHoSnorkers Місяць тому

    What a banger of a game that is! And such an awesome soundtrack too!

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness Місяць тому

      It's really, really playable! I liked the look of it when I first saw it but my expectations have been exceeded.

  • @stevesgaming7475
    @stevesgaming7475 Місяць тому

    Ohhh so that's where Alligator got the idea for Loco then! Looks quite fun and colourful, I prefer the C64 music though ;)

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness Місяць тому

      Yup, and I did play this in the arcade before I got LOCO 🙂

  • @DowntheRabbitHole0
    @DowntheRabbitHole0 Місяць тому

    Very good response Ponder. I will agree with others that today the Internet provides us with more information than we had access to in the past and we can choose to access it or not. In the past we were stuck with what little we had to go on. What we have now, for better or worse, is preferable to not having it at all. Good video!

  • @robertsretrogaming
    @robertsretrogaming Місяць тому

    A nicely thought out response.

  • @lordevyl8317
    @lordevyl8317 Місяць тому

    The only thing I "pirate" these days are older games for older systems (and MAME roms) that companies are not going to make any money off of anyway, but as far as any modern newer games, If I can't afford it, or have no interest in it, I'm not going to play it, simple as that.

    • @PondersRetroGoodness
      @PondersRetroGoodness Місяць тому

      Yup, that mirrors how I feel exactly. If it's not being actively sold it's open season.

  • @piratedaz949
    @piratedaz949 Місяць тому

    Good run Ponder GG.

  • @DrTechXX
    @DrTechXX Місяць тому

    Para ter som e voz na introdução no MAME, você precisa executar a versão Dragon's Lair (US Ver. D, Pioneer LD-V1000).

  • @maudn183
    @maudn183 Місяць тому

    Nice run and score Ponder, GG!

  • @signosisstg
    @signosisstg Місяць тому

    GG Ponder, at least we get to play a brutally hard run n gun next, instead of a brutally hard shmup.