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  • Опубліковано 24 вер 2021
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    This is episode 198 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), a review of the Commodore 64 and a bunch of it's licensed and weirder games. The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International. The C64 took its name from its 64 kibibytes of RAM. With support for multicolor sprites and a custom chip for waveform generation, the C64 could create superior visuals and audio compared to systems without such custom hardware. Except, well, the software was kinda garbage.
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  • @bennettbt8864
    @bennettbt8864 2 роки тому +9771

    I guess the reason it took you so long to talk about this system was because that’s how long it took to boot it up.

    • @99nerka
      @99nerka 2 роки тому +209

      Except it booted in second, games took tong to load if you did it from casette, it was decent from disk. Zx Spectrum on the other hand took ages to load games as 99% of library was on casettes.

    • @itsasecrettoeverybody
      @itsasecrettoeverybody 2 роки тому +58

      The rom with basic shares part of the system memory, it opens the prompt almost instantly.

    • @KatSuYeah
      @KatSuYeah 2 роки тому +39

      @@99nerka this video was uploading

    • @fieryelf
      @fieryelf 2 роки тому +19

      10 years in the making.

    • @ExoticOnTheBeat
      @ExoticOnTheBeat 2 роки тому +93

      @@99nerka it's just a joke dude, I doubt he was being serious. It even got a stamp of approval from the nerd himself.

  • @JCLegendary
    @JCLegendary 2 роки тому +821

    "The original Street Fighter was on Commodore, it's barely functional."
    So it's a pretty accurate port then.

    • @rilluma
      @rilluma 2 роки тому

      i wont get it. can u enspire me ?

    • @y2a1979
      @y2a1979 2 роки тому +47

      @@rilluma The original Street Fighter(not the much better Street Fighter II) had horrible controls, including some versions with just one(possibly a second for kicks?) huge, rubber, pressure sensitive button. The harder you pressed it, the stronger the attack, at least in theory. lol

    • @gex581990
      @gex581990 2 роки тому

      Yep lol

    • @theexaltedlt8222
      @theexaltedlt8222 2 роки тому +16

      @@rilluma its pretty bad. thats why most people acknowledge street fighter 2 when the series really started

    • @WeirdVideoGames
      @WeirdVideoGames 2 роки тому +15

      Fun fact: The devs didn't even program the special moves into the Commodore port

  • @nartyteek
    @nartyteek Рік тому +591

    At 4:46, when he starts making buzzing noises, my computer froze and repeated that sound for over a minute, and it took a while for me to figure out anything was wrong. I thought, "wow, he committed to that bit, didn't he."

  • @mjbgames4963
    @mjbgames4963 2 роки тому +926

    “Somebody’s tax documents from 1989”
    Is my favorite video game title!! 😁😁

    • @cyrs-bb4wt
      @cyrs-bb4wt Рік тому +48

      me 2!!!! i love playing someones tax documents from 1989!!!!!!!

    • @TheStonersOfTheGalaxy
      @TheStonersOfTheGalaxy Рік тому +34

      Yassssd I love finding out I went bankrupt

    • @zenbmonk1016
      @zenbmonk1016 Рік тому +15

      I heard that game is very difficult.

    • @punklover99
      @punklover99 Рік тому +7

      Submit it for gdq

    • @LegitMan335
      @LegitMan335 Рік тому +4

      How do you play with taxes ? .3.

  • @maxb.383
    @maxb.383 2 роки тому +1358

    “Hey, wanna listen to some tunes?”
    *Puts on Netherworld OST*

    • @jeremymitchem327
      @jeremymitchem327 2 роки тому +61

      It has a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vibe to it.

    • @jgw246
      @jgw246 2 роки тому +43

      I wonder if Rex Viper's gonna cover it

    • @senilyDeluxe
      @senilyDeluxe 2 роки тому +7

      I wonder why James didn't air guitar to this. Missed opportunity.

    • @iriamuguillermo9678
      @iriamuguillermo9678 2 роки тому +47

      @23:45
      "Music by Jori Olkkonen".
      Someone see if he's still around.

    • @davidgomez7882
      @davidgomez7882 2 роки тому +40

      @@iriamuguillermo9678 From what I found in a finnish wikipedia article, he only worked on a couple of games in the 80s and now works for some company called Solotes. He also changed his name to Petrik Salovaara. There's an interview from 2011 on UA-cam, but it's on Finnish.
      edit: Corrected the name.

  • @Roonifer
    @Roonifer 2 роки тому +342

    It makes me happy that everyone that's ever encountered a "floppy" floppy disk, actually flops it. It's like when you have a pair of tongs and you clack them together -- one of those compulsions you HAVE to give in to!

    • @xAxCx
      @xAxCx 2 роки тому +14

      I thought I was the only one who clacked tongs

    • @Pehmokettu
      @Pehmokettu 2 роки тому +9

      I have never flopped a floppy disk even though I have used them. I have always been very careful with old technology so I feared that flopping a floppy can break it. :D

    • @STRONGERTHANDEATH0.01
      @STRONGERTHANDEATH0.01 2 роки тому +1

      There are tablets for floppy disks..

    • @kylefratini2833
      @kylefratini2833 2 роки тому +9

      @@xAxCx well, you've got to make sure the tongs are tonging.

    • @Twigleaf
      @Twigleaf 2 роки тому

      I am shop for heat furnace for come of Winter. Store send me here for furnace to heat house as commode hot? Many confusions but I buy.

  • @vibri_
    @vibri_ 2 роки тому +1853

    Imagine if every computer today came with a manual on how to code.

    • @SN64YT
      @SN64YT 2 роки тому +117

      technically it is called the internet so that keeps people who want to learn to code covered. :)

    • @HUYI1
      @HUYI1 2 роки тому +60

      It's so easy to emulate commodore now but as he said there is so many games for the system and I had so many floppys it's impossible to figure out what game you enjoyed back then

    • @HUYI1
      @HUYI1 2 роки тому +20

      People have it easy these days, windows 10 just let's you point and click, but you can still CMD and play dos games on modern windows but majority of people wouldn't know what to do, I still have advanced computer knowledge because of commodore 💗💗 proud of that!

    • @thegardenofeatin5965
      @thegardenofeatin5965 2 роки тому +38

      @@HUYI1 It's not that simple. 64-bit Windows broke compatibility with old 8- and 16-bit DOS/Windows software. Pretty much no DOS or early Windows binaries will run on a modern system.

    • @HUYI1
      @HUYI1 2 роки тому +4

      @@thegardenofeatin5965 hmmm, didn't know that was the case but I'm assuming there is software to help with this issue or is it impossible?

  • @mvyper
    @mvyper Рік тому +75

    I was born in 87 and I totally knew who Lauren and Hardy were. We used to love them, back in the day.

    • @slynthehedgehog8061
      @slynthehedgehog8061 Рік тому +9

      Born in 2001, they were great, but I personally prefer Chaplin.

    • @mvyper
      @mvyper Рік тому +5

      @@slynthehedgehog8061 I can totally see what you mean. I remember watching Modern times back in 99-00 at school and having a ball. It's not the same, more deep and satyrical, while Lauren and Hardy were more light hearted. That said, Chaplin was never too heavy or too sophisticated, and he could keep a deepful meaning to his movies without being too hard to follow.

    • @Knight_Kin
      @Knight_Kin Рік тому +9

      Laurel and Hardy

    • @schlamuffenimperator9460
      @schlamuffenimperator9460 3 дні тому

      Born the same year and remember there was a cartoon of them.

  • @REDEEMERWOLF
    @REDEEMERWOLF 2 роки тому +441

    A lot of the weird Commodore 64 games give me the same feeling as old flash games on Newgrounds or Arcade Pod. So many of them were really bizarre but so enthralling and charming.

    • @patrickmcdaniel2048
      @patrickmcdaniel2048 2 роки тому +9

      Ah, haven't been to newgrounds in years. I used love me some Club a Seal

    • @samburger6739
      @samburger6739 2 роки тому +3

      im curious whats arcade pod?

    • @SMDoktorPepper
      @SMDoktorPepper 2 роки тому +3

      It used to have a cartridge game called "Monster Voyage" that was based off greek mythology that was amusing, then all the Lucas Arts games like Three Stooges and Defender Of The Crown..

    • @Grandleon
      @Grandleon 2 роки тому +2

      @@SMDoktorPepper You're thinking of Cinemaware with Three Stooges and Defender of the Crown. The Lucasarts games back on the C64 were Rescue on Fractalus, Ballblazer, Maniac Mansion, and Zak McKracken.

    • @westerling8436
      @westerling8436 2 роки тому

      masterstation

  • @Nekufan1000000
    @Nekufan1000000 2 роки тому +550

    These are my favorite episodes. The ones where James gets to tell me about stuff I didn't know or didn't experience as a kid. Where I get a feel of what the past was like.

    • @EsotericBibleSecrets
      @EsotericBibleSecrets 2 роки тому +7

      By far, the best game on Commodore was Legacy of the Ancients. Druid, Archon 2, and Adventure creator were close seconds. You can find a full playthrough of Legacy on UA-cam. It is worth watching.

    • @MonTube2006
      @MonTube2006 2 роки тому

      @@EsotericBibleSecrets Zaxxon.

  • @SparkyMK3
    @SparkyMK3 2 роки тому +260

    This video convinced me to buy a Commodore 64 Mini. Best $40 Ive ever spent, because I absolutely LOVE it, not only for the great games but for how ridiculously easy and fun it is to program your own stuff on it!

    • @mvyper
      @mvyper Рік тому +35

      Man, I used to program in Basic on Amiga. Seeing the stuff you programmed actually running functionally was the best feeling ever.

    • @kishetes
      @kishetes Рік тому +9

      That's why there is such an amazing amount of games and software for it

  • @connercremin7427
    @connercremin7427 Рік тому +133

    When he starts jamming out to the soundtrack at 23:45... I felt that

  • @nyxnox397
    @nyxnox397 2 роки тому +493

    "The name Cyberdyne was actually used for a Japanese robotics company" Just wait until he discovers the guys behind China's mass surveilance system named it Skynet as a direct homage to Terminator.

    • @afireinsidebrad
      @afireinsidebrad 2 роки тому +64

      what about the Chinese Hospital that uses the Umbrella logo from Resident Evil/Biohazard?

    • @bloodgulchpatrick
      @bloodgulchpatrick 2 роки тому +13

      And I thought naming ISP Skynet was cheeky...

    • @LoogyHead
      @LoogyHead 2 роки тому +26

      See some people take warning science fiction as instruction manuals.

    • @AnalogDrift
      @AnalogDrift 2 роки тому +35

      @@afireinsidebrad It's not a hospital, it's a biotech research corporation...

    • @mechanoid2k
      @mechanoid2k 2 роки тому +33

      @@AnalogDrift So basically Umbrella corp?

  • @tacowednesdays
    @tacowednesdays 2 роки тому +280

    "No ending, that's a new one"
    Cheetahmen: "What are we? Not a joke to you?"

    • @zyzzy-ko4ww
      @zyzzy-ko4ww 2 роки тому +5

      Cheetahmen 2 is an unusually rare joke game for the NES that was probably programmed by the Glitch Gremlin.

  • @WinVisten
    @WinVisten Рік тому +28

    24:30 255/10 soundtrack. Also, I definitely agree with everyone here: You look younger and happier, this is in the same spirit as the old episodes!

  • @evilminion4989
    @evilminion4989 2 роки тому +75

    I remember the Commodore 64, wonderful memories of Death Knights of Krynn. Flipping through 6 - 8 disks was a little bothersome, but still an excellent game.

    • @Rgoid
      @Rgoid Рік тому

      @Evil Minion Tell that to the Nerd.

    • @mikesprigg5495
      @mikesprigg5495 Рік тому +1

      Bru bubble bobble and impossible mission was where it was at ;()

  • @BoundaryBreak
    @BoundaryBreak 2 роки тому +5687

    We need a sequel episode to this

    • @Edos512
      @Edos512 2 роки тому +187

      if you watched till the end you should know we are getting one ^^

    • @jeremycridge8542
      @jeremycridge8542 2 роки тому +104

      Only scratched the surface of the C64, possibly could do the Amiga 500 as well.

    • @hernepera1
      @hernepera1 2 роки тому +12

      Agreed

    • @TheJadeFist
      @TheJadeFist 2 роки тому +34

      Ya for real, like I never hear anyone talk about the Commodore 65.

    • @chachibouman3730
      @chachibouman3730 2 роки тому +7

      Halloween themed one.

  • @Thought0Ninja
    @Thought0Ninja 2 роки тому +290

    James: Here's Golden Girls
    Me: Yes!
    James: Just kidding
    Me: Aw

    • @jonplaud
      @jonplaud 2 роки тому +5

      Okay, I am not the only one who thought that (seeing how I am binging the series)

    • @candykane8474
      @candykane8474 2 роки тому +3

      Sophia is the roast master

    • @jonplaud
      @jonplaud 2 роки тому +1

      @@candykane8474 totally!

  • @jamesstewart8377
    @jamesstewart8377 Рік тому +55

    I come back to AVGN.
    I still love the nerd.
    Thank you James!

  • @jonthefisherman4879
    @jonthefisherman4879 Рік тому +29

    “Just make sure you grab the right one” is the greatest line ever spoken on UA-cam.

    • @rzerizrz
      @rzerizrz 8 місяців тому

      Diddums!

  • @person749
    @person749 2 роки тому +412

    I like how he just ignored the message to turn the disk over on Terminator 2, and then wonders why the game doesn't work.

    • @Rikku_
      @Rikku_ 2 роки тому +18

      true

    • @hardcoreking52
      @hardcoreking52 2 роки тому +22

      Probably did it on purpose, or so I think.

    • @Klynch111
      @Klynch111 2 роки тому +7

      I had terminator 2 and I'm pretty sure it was the cartridge version.

    • @JaredConnell
      @JaredConnell 2 роки тому +3

      Maybe he did turn it over but can't get it to proceed after he flipped sides.

    • @lovemadeinjapan
      @lovemadeinjapan Місяць тому +1

      Why would you turn a 180K disk over to load a game into 64K of RAM? That makes no sense.

  • @RNorthex
    @RNorthex 2 роки тому +425

    I love these half-analytical, half-laid back avgn episodes

    • @shauntoleary
      @shauntoleary 2 роки тому +17

      Definitely my favorites.

    • @MultiSilverbolt
      @MultiSilverbolt 2 роки тому +9

      Those are the best kind of avgn episodes.

    • @TheMMObro
      @TheMMObro 2 роки тому +3

      That's like the og formula

  • @johncook9392
    @johncook9392 Рік тому +38

    Loved our Commodore 64. We were lucky to get a NES shortly after launch, but I still loved using the Commodore even having a NES!

  • @skorpionrazor
    @skorpionrazor Рік тому +12

    23:43 I didn't even play that game and it's possibly one of the best video games soundtracks I ever heard. Sounds a bit like Go Go Power Rangers.

  • @thealarm7057
    @thealarm7057 2 роки тому +435

    Nerd: "And who bought this?!"
    Also the Nerd: "Me :("
    I felt that...

  • @Lucky_9705
    @Lucky_9705 2 роки тому +1871

    This was a really cool and unique episode. We haven’t had a hardware episode like this since the Amiga CD 32.

    • @MozzieGG
      @MozzieGG 2 роки тому +125

      The hardware episodes are my favorite by far. I’m so happy he made another one

    • @ftheweebs6799
      @ftheweebs6799 2 роки тому +59

      maybe you forgot about 3DO and Aladeen episode

    • @SketchTurnerZero
      @SketchTurnerZero 2 роки тому +27

      The hardware episodes are the best!

    • @kayeplaguedoc9054
      @kayeplaguedoc9054 2 роки тому +30

      His system review episodes are among my favorites. I still get a chuckle but the Nerd schtick is old, but James is so pleasant to just watch that I love getting little history lessons alongside him commenting on old school classics and weird obscurities.

    • @MrCumstein
      @MrCumstein 2 роки тому +1

      @@kayeplaguedoc9054 I agree and feel the same way.

  • @Cormano980
    @Cormano980 2 роки тому +89

    Little people know how astronomical the step from cassettes to floppy was , it was incredible to see your game instantly loaded, not to mention the lucky mfkrs who got colour monitors

    • @teen_laqueefa
      @teen_laqueefa Рік тому +10

      Midgets, dwarves? "Little people"

    • @TheUtuber999
      @TheUtuber999 11 місяців тому +4

      400 baud was still a pretty glacial pace even with floppies.

    • @GTI1dasOriginal
      @GTI1dasOriginal 2 місяці тому

      What on earth are you talking about???? Why little people? Is there something they observe what normal height people can't figure out? ????

    • @Cormano980
      @Cormano980 2 місяці тому +1

      @GTI1dasOriginal "little do the people know" , but little people is an interesting perspective 😁

  • @EGGproduct718
    @EGGproduct718 Рік тому +10

    From 22:15-23:29 i think it's the happiest we seen of the nerd in avgn, and it's so wholesome!

    • @Zappa_boi
      @Zappa_boi Рік тому +1

      22:43 this part will always be hilarious

  • @outragequitter5027
    @outragequitter5027 2 роки тому +630

    That was a classic episode. Felt like hanging out with an old friend.

    • @TheCrazyHedgehogLady
      @TheCrazyHedgehogLady 2 роки тому +8

      Agreed!

    • @Ten80pete
      @Ten80pete 2 роки тому +22

      My thoughts exactly! I've been trying to figure out what aspects differentiate the older episodes from newer ones. I know James did a video addressing a bunch of differences, but it comes down to an intangible "feel" to the episode.

    • @zacharyessey5904
      @zacharyessey5904 2 роки тому +1

      My thoughts as well.

    • @trolololololll
      @trolololololll 2 роки тому +6

      Agreed , this one will age well like action 51

    • @vizionaryentertainment8464
      @vizionaryentertainment8464 2 роки тому +15

      @@Ten80pete older eps are literally simple game reviews where he addresses everything wrong swears and proceeds to break the game with a hammer, real simple. Newer eps tend to be overracted feature overuse of sfx and generally stale assembly line style production. Older nerd vids had more heart to them

  • @ominousvirus5278
    @ominousvirus5278 2 роки тому +458

    On episode 200, we need James to play the AVGN theme now that he knows how to play guitar

    • @biggiestos2361
      @biggiestos2361 2 роки тому +13

      YES

    • @nasbuscus
      @nasbuscus 2 роки тому +11

      Episode seven thousand will be the AVGN rap

    • @vanessamorey3812
      @vanessamorey3812 2 роки тому +4

      METAL!!!!! Yes!!!

    • @jackfreedman9678
      @jackfreedman9678 2 роки тому +4

      And have James sing the song (maybe).

    • @LordSniggles
      @LordSniggles 2 роки тому +8

      It's would be possible for him to do. It's all power chords, AKA the easiest thing to do on a guitar.

  • @MorrisseyMuse
    @MorrisseyMuse Рік тому +12

    Come on man, the C64 was awesome! there's literally dozens of classic games you could have covered to put it in an amazingly positive light, such an amazing system!

  • @jerryziegner
    @jerryziegner Рік тому +6

    As a kid, I had a Vic 20. Mom found it at a local garage sale back in the day. The owner was and still is a huge tech guy.

  • @chemicalmix
    @chemicalmix 2 роки тому +77

    My Commodore 64 has worked perfectly for 33 years now. There is no "boot up". You hit the power switch on the side and you're greeted by that beautiful blue screen 3 seconds later. If you were loading from cassette tape, you could just type "Load" then hit return, or hit Shift-Run together, then you'd get the famous "Press Play On Tape".
    I've wonderful memories of Headcoach, World Soccer League, Pipeline, Flimbo's Quest, Montezuma's Revenge, Klax, Split Personalities, Midnight Resistance, Tapper, Mayhem in Monsterland, Ironman Stewart Super Off-Road, Ghostbusters, Salamander, Cabal, 1941. I could go on and on. Great times.

    • @mischadebrouwer9855
      @mischadebrouwer9855 2 роки тому +4

      Exactly! What about Decathlon and Spy vs Spy. What fun we had six 15 year old boys sitting around the Commodore 64 almost destroying the joystick in excitement!

    • @MorrisseyMuse
      @MorrisseyMuse 2 роки тому +2

      @@mischadebrouwer9855 Spy vs Spy trilogy embarrasses the multiplayer games of today! :)

  • @shane3674
    @shane3674 2 роки тому +220

    Some of the best moments in AVGN history is when James looks at his audience in complete shock 😆 I love those moments!

    • @Bwompyy
      @Bwompyy 2 роки тому +4

      Nice pfp

    • @Okkomonkiainen
      @Okkomonkiainen 2 роки тому +4

      That Terminator part reminds me of the Action 52 Star Evil... "
      Who's gonna dodge that!?"

    • @TheZackofSpades
      @TheZackofSpades 2 роки тому +3

      Personal favorite is his utter disbelief at the intro cutscene for Beavers

    • @TheCrazyHedgehogLady
      @TheCrazyHedgehogLady 2 роки тому +1

      RIGHT?! I feel the same. Love those moments. 😁

    • @ffejgib
      @ffejgib 2 роки тому +1

      His reaction to Dancing Monster is priceless! 😆

  • @oskarpetureinarsson3880
    @oskarpetureinarsson3880 Рік тому +7

    ...the C64 did have some classic titles, such as Blue Max, Impossible Mission (Epyx games were EPIC), International Karate, BC and many, many more. Absolutely defined my childhood!

  • @AnimatedAndrew
    @AnimatedAndrew Рік тому +6

    23:43 I've been in love with this track ever since I heard it in this episode. Thanks so much for sharing it with us, James!

  • @AccCam
    @AccCam 2 роки тому +378

    C64 programmers had the best sense of humour. they were really fun games to play with friends, end up laughing at each other playing so much. Was true entertainment.

    • @magical571
      @magical571 Рік тому +16

      that sounds like fun, wasn''t born yet for this

    • @washoywa
      @washoywa 8 місяців тому

      yes sir, golden times.

  • @GaldirEonai
    @GaldirEonai 2 роки тому +463

    That was a disturbingly accurate impression of an old needle printer.

    • @OBluePrint
      @OBluePrint 2 роки тому +11

      You should hear me do modem handshake : )

    • @ARCtheCartoonMaster
      @ARCtheCartoonMaster 2 роки тому +3

      Dang, old printers used a *needle* to print?

    • @OBluePrint
      @OBluePrint 2 роки тому +8

      @@ARCtheCartoonMaster
      Those printers are called Dot Matrix, and there must be a How X Works video you'll probably be interested in watching.
      Technologically they are just one step more advanced than a mechanical typewriter, but they can print in color.

    • @The_AuraMaster
      @The_AuraMaster 2 роки тому +1

      Asked my mom about it, she said she grew up with one and she can confirm it's completely accurate.

  • @vgoncalves1985
    @vgoncalves1985 Рік тому +3

    "And who bought this?... Me" is likely the most underrated gag in AVGN's history.

  • @FormerlyknownasCJTVStation8
    @FormerlyknownasCJTVStation8 Рік тому +16

    What's funny is the company has new ownership and has returned.

  • @bombjack1984
    @bombjack1984 2 роки тому +258

    We know it's only AVGN dissing the C64, James clearly has fond memories.

    • @luvmenow33
      @luvmenow33 2 роки тому +58

      You can usually tell when James is reviewing something that he has fond memories of.
      It's just a bit different then when he reviews something he didn't have as a kid.
      I can't exactly explain the difference but IMO it's always noticeable.

    • @zyzzy-ko4ww
      @zyzzy-ko4ww 2 роки тому +4

      AVGN as in James AVGN Rolfe :)

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 2 роки тому +1

      @@luvmenow33 Didn't it seem like he went easy on the Virtual Boy, compared to the Sega CD and Sega 32x?

    • @zyzzy-ko4ww
      @zyzzy-ko4ww 2 роки тому +1

      @@101Volts At least the 32X (Knuckles Chaotix, Virtua Fighter, After Burner) and the Sega CD (Sonic CD, NBA Jam) have their share of games that make them worth having if you have a Model 2 Sega Genesis, but the virtual boy (which is as phony as a three-dollar bill, hence the lowercase letters) is such a crazy nauseating joke of a game system that calling it a Chinese bootleg would be unfair to Chinese bootlegs.

  • @BeretBay
    @BeretBay 2 роки тому +29

    20:55 "Just make sure you grab the right one." That killed me 💀

  • @yamatodamashii1179
    @yamatodamashii1179 2 роки тому +7

    James must have a lot of love for the C64 since he only used simulated fry pan rage to press the keys.

  • @ominousvoid82
    @ominousvoid82 Рік тому +7

    His reaction to Dancing Monster was priceless.

  • @terryb1001
    @terryb1001 2 роки тому +1744

    The nerd is at his best when reviewing old systems, easily my favorite videos.

    • @OnlyVocals
      @OnlyVocals 2 роки тому +14

      This was one of his laziest episodes. Contrived.

    • @beardizz
      @beardizz 2 роки тому +4

      @@OnlyVocals I do not know

    • @-Sangral-
      @-Sangral- 2 роки тому +13

      Well, if he would only still write his own episodes, cut them or even use the systems heavenly so he knows what he's talking about..... But that's all gone these days

    • @coolstuffgaming
      @coolstuffgaming 2 роки тому +3

      I agree, I love the history and critique he gives

    • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
      @0neDoomedSpaceMarine 2 роки тому +66

      @@OnlyVocals Contrived? There's no character skits or a plot or anything, I'd say that it's nicely straightforward.

  • @thumbwarriordx
    @thumbwarriordx 2 роки тому +73

    As complicated as the Commodore could be to use, it did come with the best manual ever written.
    No "DO NOT POUR WATER INTO YOUR SWITCH" leaflet with no instructions, it gave you everything down to machine code registers and a full memory map of the system.
    Because computers weren't just for users yet. You were expected to code at some point.

    • @Boemel
      @Boemel 2 роки тому +9

      i still have all the books, the basic programming book is an inch thick :D

  • @DrGobii
    @DrGobii Рік тому +9

    The dancing monster got me.

  • @c-bass413
    @c-bass413 2 роки тому +1

    Overlord, Defender of the Crown, Bards Tale, Phantasie, Moon Patrol, Beach Head, Mindshadow, Dino Eggs, Blue Max, Zork, Master of Magic, Boulder Dash, Ultima III, Summer Games, Archon, Impossible Mission, Action Biker, Crystal Castles, Commando, Lode Runner, Wavy Navy, Montezumas Revenge.....the list of awesome C64 games goes on forever. So much nostalgia.

  • @koopakid715
    @koopakid715 2 роки тому +478

    Now this feels like a classic nerd episode. No skits, just straight to the review and funny commentary. James even looks 10 years younger

    • @TheDuduzinhobr
      @TheDuduzinhobr 2 роки тому +14

      Exactly!!

    • @cowboydan507
      @cowboydan507 2 роки тому +10

      Love AVGN but don’t love the skits. Wish I could get a playlist where it cuts those out.

    • @nandabun
      @nandabun 2 роки тому +9

      @@cowboydan507 You could be the one to make that.

    • @koopakid715
      @koopakid715 2 роки тому +1

      @@cowboydan507 glad im not the only one 👌

    • @toole77
      @toole77 2 роки тому +1

      Except not so angry. But other than that, great episode.

  • @buddyroach
    @buddyroach 2 роки тому +206

    nobody ever talks about how James kept using Vintage furniture in the NERD CAVE and how it just goes so well with the aesthetic with all the old consoles and computers. Giving it a modern makeover would destroy this image and make AVGN look like every vintage UA-camr out there.

    • @sodokami6347
      @sodokami6347 2 роки тому +4

      Interesting indeed

    • @bean420man
      @bean420man 2 роки тому +8

      That’s such an awesome game room. I could chill there and lose myself.

    • @buddyroach
      @buddyroach 2 роки тому +4

      @@bean420man me too. Takes me back. Makes me feel at home

    • @BF-Gator
      @BF-Gator 2 роки тому +2

      It's not a cave that's his garage

  • @richarddunn7017
    @richarddunn7017 Рік тому +2

    Best part of my C64 was the monitor. I used that for YEARS. Even hooked up my NES and SNES to it over the years. Long after the "computer" went to the dump, that monitor survived. It went to goodwill sometime around 1998. Man, what a great monitor.

  • @roetemeteor
    @roetemeteor Рік тому +2

    Oh, Street hassle was a NES game called Bad Street Brawler. It was made by Mattel, and was certainly a unique game. Also, Everyone's a wally is a unique thing in the fact that I can tell that it ISN'T a c64 original, but a ZX Spectrum title that was ported because of how the pallete shift on items.

  • @wilsoncj
    @wilsoncj 2 роки тому +416

    This is the best AVGN episode I've seen in years. More laid back and letting the silliness of the games speak for itself. Really enjoyed it.

  • @MKG176
    @MKG176 2 роки тому +117

    One of my earliest memories is putting together a C64 before I was old enough to read. I kind of just looked at the pictures and matched wires with ports until I figured it out. Then came trying to start the games by figuring out where the command line is in the game's instructions. That opening really brought it all back.

    • @ZigealFaust
      @ZigealFaust 2 роки тому +7

      I have one like that but it's my uncle who had no clue how to hook up his genesis and I did it out of instinct and lego knowledge lol.
      He ended up just giving it to me.

    • @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
      @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 2 роки тому +5

      @@ZigealFaust cherish that gift dude...totally awesome!

    • @souljastation5463
      @souljastation5463 2 роки тому +4

      The best games of the C64 though are those from the late 80s, early 90s, the early 80s didn't even scratch the surface of what it could do. I'm talking about Turrican 1 and 2, Creatures, Turbo Out Run, Project Firestart, Mission Impossible 2, Last Ninja 1,2 and 3, R-type, X-Out, Rick Dangerous 1 and 2 and so on...

  • @scottmcphan9725
    @scottmcphan9725 Рік тому +11

    One day I hope to see a dancing monster remaster

  • @hebonky
    @hebonky 2 роки тому +6

    19:00 it literally says
    "Turn the disk over"

  • @2yoyoyo1Unplugged
    @2yoyoyo1Unplugged 2 роки тому +581

    It’s been a while since we got a dedicated episode to a console/platform. The Nerd provides.

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 2 роки тому +21

      He did one for the 3do recently.

    • @AndrewPoopyPants
      @AndrewPoopyPants 2 роки тому +8

      The dude abides

    • @MauricioLJ
      @MauricioLJ 2 роки тому +4

      The Nerd is THE MAN. Period.

    • @treywar25
      @treywar25 2 роки тому +1

      @@belstar1128 eh I think he talked just as much about the console in that video that he did in his old plumbers don't wear ties video which was years ago. But you are right he just wasn't as in-depth

    • @wh1tewolf4
      @wh1tewolf4 2 роки тому +3

      The Nerd giveth!

  • @icarian553
    @icarian553 2 роки тому +143

    Jori Olkkonen who made the music for Netherworld is a legend in Finnish demoscene. He made his own music editor for C64: Megasound editor.

  • @brandonlesko3126
    @brandonlesko3126 Рік тому +8

    I had a C64 with disk drive and tape recorder unit. I learned some BASIC programming and had loads of games. It was pretty fun for a thirteen year old kid.

  • @XxSypherxX91
    @XxSypherxX91 Рік тому +9

    Ya Commodore 64 is really neato. What kinda chip you got in there, a dorito?
    -Weird Al Yankovic

  • @laalki80
    @laalki80 2 роки тому +328

    23:38 these guys were the Finnish top C64 pioneers, one made the music and the other programmed the game.

    • @gracecardoso7513
      @gracecardoso7513 2 роки тому +27

      this is literally the BEST song I've ever heard. I must find this track.

    • @Robo-Hector
      @Robo-Hector 2 роки тому +11

      Dude I hope that guy still makes badass music

    • @Stan_man
      @Stan_man 2 роки тому

      @@Robo-Hector If he is then there is no mentioning about it.

    • @Kumimono
      @Kumimono 2 роки тому +11

      Of course, his seminal work was the soundtrack to Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle on C64. :p

    • @todensarg
      @todensarg 2 роки тому +5

      @@Kumimono kyllä :D

  • @MetalJesusRocks
    @MetalJesusRocks 2 роки тому +884

    The mighty C64 was my jam growing up. Lots of fond memories playing Bruce Lee, Legacy of the Ancients, Airborne Ranger, Space Taxi, Great Giana Sisters & so many more classics!

  • @ArmadilloFish
    @ArmadilloFish Рік тому +2

    Ohh somehow I missed this episode! What a nice treat to find, I love the honest/humorous editorials ❤️

  • @analcommando1124
    @analcommando1124 Рік тому +2

    Commodore 64 is one of the most important developments in personal computer history. It really took off in 1983 around the world.
    I hate it when people talk about the supposed "video game crash" of 1982. There wasn't a crash. The Atari 2600 was old and lost its place as the most bought games machine. In 1983 the Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Apple II and other 8 bit machines took over. There was no "video game crash in the early 80s".

    • @SergyMilitaryRankings
      @SergyMilitaryRankings Рік тому +1

      Actually there was, dramatically reduced sales in games and consoles

  • @CatalynRose
    @CatalynRose 2 роки тому +17

    24:11 the reboot of "hey wanna listen to some tunes?"

  • @Riku0990
    @Riku0990 2 роки тому +208

    Glad to see the love for the early Finnish demo scene musicians. That music is close to Megaman levels of awesome.

    • @SEGAClownboss
      @SEGAClownboss 2 роки тому +9

      Demoscene forever

    • @terrawolf
      @terrawolf 2 роки тому +3

      @@SEGAClownboss truee

    • @datavalisofficial8730
      @datavalisofficial8730 2 роки тому +2

      @@SEGAClownboss YEA MAN

    • @Punkpsychobilly
      @Punkpsychobilly 2 роки тому +2

      If you guys like that, you should check out some Finnish power metal such as Sonata Arctica, Twilightning, Dreamtale, Stratovarias and Thunderstone.

    • @maintaint3003
      @maintaint3003 2 роки тому +10

      That Uuno Turhapuro game would have had the right amount of jank for AVGN episode.

  • @mikehunt9884
    @mikehunt9884 Рік тому +3

    i was messing around with the c64 library recently, i could honestly say there has to be at least 100 games in there that could be featured in another episodes, there are sooo many weird random games, and also a ton of actual licensed games by known developers.

  • @The_One_Cosmos
    @The_One_Cosmos 4 місяці тому +2

    That He-Man 2 art looks like a piece of present day A.I. generated art

  • @TimDavis77
    @TimDavis77 2 роки тому +82

    These console retrospectives are some of my favorite AVGN material, like the Sega CD, Atari 5200, and Jaguar. Glad to see the C64 getting the AVGN treatment.

    • @zyzzy-ko4ww
      @zyzzy-ko4ww 2 роки тому +2

      The NeoGeo and NeoGeo CD also deserve AVGN episodes.

    • @domeen0gt895
      @domeen0gt895 2 роки тому +1

      And don't forget the 3DO

  • @KTJohnsonkidThunder
    @KTJohnsonkidThunder 2 роки тому +244

    Now THIS is a hilarious laid back episode.

    • @radcow
      @radcow 2 роки тому +1

      🤞 he's lost form recently

  • @theketoentertainer
    @theketoentertainer Рік тому +4

    4:05
    In Super Mario RPG you play on a game boy, a video game that's a side quest.
    Donkey Kong 64, you play a video game on an arcade cabinet as a side quest.

  • @stephenthomas1492
    @stephenthomas1492 13 днів тому +1

    I'm getting old and my back DOES hurt at the moment. That old person remark about the C64 really hit me hard. :( That said, I loved my Commodore 64! Anyone remember downloading games directly to the 5-1/4 floppies?

  • @sebastianmejia7006
    @sebastianmejia7006 2 роки тому +441

    I liked this episode a lot. Reminds me of the “classic” nerd.

  • @hotdoggington6962
    @hotdoggington6962 2 роки тому +334

    Nerd rocking out at 23:45 and the escalation at 24:11 has to be one of my favorite ever Nerd moments

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 2 роки тому +9

      It’s so great😂👍

    • @farhanatashiga3721
      @farhanatashiga3721 Рік тому +11

      @Cashlost2 eh it's definitely pushing the old Sid chip to it's limit, I think if it's on a 16-bit system' sound chip it would've sound better.

    • @vjspectron
      @vjspectron Рік тому +16

      I love how he almost lost his glasses when the hook came in.

    • @LegitMan335
      @LegitMan335 Рік тому +11

      Sounds like the mighty Morphin power rangers theme song.
      Before mighty Morphin power rangers

    • @McDonaldWilliamT
      @McDonaldWilliamT Рік тому +5

      And all off of a three track audio system. lol, the trick was that programmers learned to switch waveforms for each track on the fly.

  • @jessedudley3738
    @jessedudley3738 2 роки тому +11

    My dad had a Commodore 64 and we would play games on it when I was a kid. He died last October. Brings back memories.

  • @gavinanimates2643
    @gavinanimates2643 7 місяців тому +3

    9:55 when i ask for love and affection

  • @Eclipsless
    @Eclipsless 2 роки тому +152

    Easily the best AVGN video I’ve seen in a few years. Not that any recent contents been bad by ANY means, they just haven’t meshed with me as well as older videos have.

    • @timothycreech7977
      @timothycreech7977 2 роки тому +9

      It's just so classic. I feel like I stumbled on an old episode I've some how missed.

    • @channel5980
      @channel5980 2 роки тому +2

      The Rocketeer episode was also amazing

  • @MrSkerpentine
    @MrSkerpentine 2 роки тому +266

    “You can’t have a computer for a pet”
    *laughs in Tamagotchi*

    • @senilyDeluxe
      @senilyDeluxe 2 роки тому +9

      Tamagotchis actually have kinda the same CPU as the Commodore 64...

    • @rczeien
      @rczeien 2 роки тому +2

      @@senilyDeluxe came here to say that the MOS 6502

    • @Roadent1241
      @Roadent1241 2 роки тому +3

      senilyDeluxe Do they? Interesting.

    • @spittertron4920
      @spittertron4920 2 роки тому +1

      The line was referring to having a computer for a pet to use. That's why it was followed with "but you can have a pet for a computer!"

    • @senilyDeluxe
      @senilyDeluxe 2 роки тому +1

      @@spittertron4920 Thanks, Captain Obvious.

  • @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269
    @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 Рік тому +3

    Huh, neat. 10:39
    The style of these graphics kinda remind me of Paper Mario. i wonder if anyone that helped design it were familiar with this Laurel and Hardy game?

  • @m3kanik6
    @m3kanik6 Рік тому

    23:36 The bubble explosions sound really close to the the bubbles in Gradius III. Boom nerded. Great stuff.

  • @PNPRetro
    @PNPRetro 2 роки тому +197

    Someone warn James the original C64 power supply is an accident waiting to happen. The power from it can suddenly go well out of spec on the 5v rail, and fry the board.
    There are replacements available without the issue, or you can even build your own.

    • @ColdRunnerGWN
      @ColdRunnerGWN 2 роки тому +16

      Can confirm. I bought a C64 and it fried right out of the box due to the power supply. My Atari 2600 also had a wonky power supply, although it was just the power supply that died, and the console was fine.

    • @rycrokosm
      @rycrokosm 2 роки тому +7

      Replying for visibility

    • @marcinostrowski2378
      @marcinostrowski2378 2 роки тому +3

      yes, this gives me uneasy feelings

    • @jonniefast
      @jonniefast 2 роки тому +4

      atari line computers as well
      brewing academy makes usb replacements

    • @halthammerzeit
      @halthammerzeit 2 роки тому +2

      C64 power supply joke: warm, warmer, commodore...

  • @MrKvasi
    @MrKvasi 2 роки тому +99

    I recommend the book "Commodore: A Company on the Edge" if you are not already familiar with how revolutionary Commodore was. It's not an exaggeration to say that it may have done more for home computing that any other company.

    • @RolasRook
      @RolasRook 2 роки тому +3

      Interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

    • @zthompson69
      @zthompson69 2 роки тому

      It's been on my amazon shopping list for awhile but the hardcover is over $100

  • @AtlasBlizzard
    @AtlasBlizzard Рік тому +3

    So the Commodore was the NES of its day. Everybody and their grandma had the NES, so you saw and played far more games than you ever owned.

  • @kuuno22
    @kuuno22 15 днів тому +1

    That Detherworld soundtrack is Finnish oldschool programming in a nutshell

  • @dored85
    @dored85 2 роки тому +147

    James is one of the few producers that can keep a smile on my face all the way through. It's almost magical, something that is rarer day by day...

  • @tibersulla2305
    @tibersulla2305 2 роки тому +203

    This felt more classic nerd than most of the recent episodes, this is the stuff!

  • @dannyhipolito817
    @dannyhipolito817 Рік тому +1

    22:29 Rugged Ronnie Garvin in sunglasses headbutting the old lady is an image I’m never going to forget

  • @SKaVeN9798
    @SKaVeN9798 2 роки тому +1

    My favourite C64 games were Wizball, Spy vs Spy, Kongo Kong, Master of Magic, Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, Denaris, Gauntlet, and Galaxions. I was always hoping they would make a Moon Cresta, but, sadly, it never happened. There was this other one which was like a medieval adventure game where you were a king in Britain and you, and other kings (who were all computer generated) would compete to take over parts of each others territories. You could choose to do different things like enter an archery or jousting tournament, go raid another castle, and visit Robin Hood in Sherwood forest.

  • @Virtualblueart
    @Virtualblueart 2 роки тому +185

    The reason some of the keys stopped working with some games is that programmers managed to squeeze some extra memory/power to use for the game by mapping the memory reserved for those keys disabling them in the process.

    • @talideon
      @talideon 2 роки тому +27

      Or it could just be that port 1 shares a register with the keyboard matrix on CIA #1, and IIRC, $DE00-$DFFF can't be unmapped from memory.

    • @mememerchant461
      @mememerchant461 2 роки тому +3

      @@talideon Nerd.

  • @Vaxeri
    @Vaxeri 2 роки тому +122

    Netherworld's soundtrack makes me a proud Finn.

    • @vanderful2397
      @vanderful2397 2 роки тому +1

      Sama

    • @bioLarzen
      @bioLarzen 2 роки тому +14

      While, "Dancing Monster" makes me a much less proud Hungarian :D
      (The names of the creators, at least, are distinctly Hungarian)

    • @vanderful2397
      @vanderful2397 2 роки тому +4

      @@bioLarzen Well you'll always have Lugosi

    • @sarty23
      @sarty23 2 роки тому +7

      PERKELE!

  • @paneth8466
    @paneth8466 Рік тому +2

    I remember playing the C64 with a friend of mine and we kept that thing working through most of the 90's using it to play MUDS on the early internet. It was quite the process and I still think I have the instructions still written down somewhere. It was like 4 or 5 pages worth of bouncing of various library and gov websites (No graphic ones because the C64 could NOT deal with the internet very well back then) just to get on a MUD called Ancient Anguish. I also liked that the C64 and Amiga series could use any Atari or Genesis controller. If you haven't yet it might be worth looking at the later pcs they made, the Amiga 1000 and 2000, both of which you can actually still get games for even though the systems haven't been produced in what? 30 years or so?

  • @MisterTutor2010
    @MisterTutor2010 2 роки тому +2

    @24:35 we played this game at AA :)

  • @sendit88
    @sendit88 2 роки тому +249

    This is one of the best AVGN episodes I have watched so far. Feels like a classic

    • @markus7166
      @markus7166 2 роки тому +3

      Only towards the end does it feel like a classic to me, but either way I enjoyed it 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @sendit88
      @sendit88 2 роки тому +4

      @@markus7166 I can understand why you would/might feel this way

    • @argelisplanchart9438
      @argelisplanchart9438 2 роки тому +7

      To me It also felt like a classic.

  • @FingerBreakerWu
    @FingerBreakerWu 2 роки тому +157

    4:22 Fun Fact: There is exactly ONE company in the world that still makes dot matrix printing paper based in Malaysia. Any orders for it get routed to them.

    • @TetsuDeinonychus
      @TetsuDeinonychus 2 роки тому +21

      It's awesome that there's still a company that does.

    • @johnblake2045
      @johnblake2045 2 роки тому +9

      I actually am kind of suprised that's it at least not slightly common

    • @poorlymadeproduction
      @poorlymadeproduction 2 роки тому +1

      what are they used for these days? is there some sort of harsh factory where dot matrix printers are somehow better than regular printers?

    • @Lavender_Fox
      @Lavender_Fox 2 роки тому +2

      @@poorlymadeproduction old people

    • @TetsuDeinonychus
      @TetsuDeinonychus 2 роки тому +8

      @@poorlymadeproduction Public schools still using computers from the 70s/80s/90s.

  • @user-qk5ys4xz2t
    @user-qk5ys4xz2t 10 місяців тому

    “Somebody’s tax documents from 1989”Is my favorite video game title!! . I come back to AVGN. I still love the nerd.Thank you James!.

  • @Dave-jh7rj
    @Dave-jh7rj 7 місяців тому

    Had one of these growing up, loved it. Amazed the joystick survived the decathlon game we had.
    Had an England football game that I picked up at an outdoor market. Boxart looked great. Never once loaded, still not over it.

  • @Dorian_Scott
    @Dorian_Scott 2 роки тому +70

    James making the old printer sound was hilarious 🤣

    • @MilordLuke90
      @MilordLuke90 2 роки тому +3

      Laught all you can, similiar printers are still in use here in europe 😅

  • @GuerrillaGamer
    @GuerrillaGamer 2 роки тому +155

    At age 13 getting my hands on a C64 was like stepping into "The Software Wild" as so many independent devs made such awesome games, such awesome memories. Lol!

    • @beardizz
      @beardizz 2 роки тому +2

      Cool

    • @twisteddman
      @twisteddman 2 роки тому +1

      I had so many games, going through them was like an adventure , many didnt work , many were not even finished LOL. specifically remember this text based adventure game that I loved and really got into that part way through just had things that started not going anywhere because it was never finished, so disappointed I remember it clearly to this day LOL

    • @beardizz
      @beardizz 2 роки тому

      @@twisteddman oh

  • @toainsully
    @toainsully Рік тому

    4:39 When you have a slow PC and you're loading up a picture