Five of the Best: Commodore Plus/4 (and Commodore 16) Games

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My second proper video for the channel.
The #Commodore Plus/4 was the poor cousin of the micro computers in the 1980s, overshadowed by the Commodore 64. But that doesnt mean it didnt have some cracking games. In this video I share with you my pick of the five best games for the Plus/4.
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@thomaselers7416 Жыл бұрын

Commodore +4 was my first ever computer, and it's a memory of too many regrets to count. After owning it for a couple of months, I realized I should have gotten the (more expensive) C64 instead. So when I eventually had saved up enough money, I bought a C64 instead, and every single game was 10 times better than anything I've ever played on the +4. Still, I had fun with the +4, especially typing in those codes for mini games you could find in game magazines such as C&VG at the time. Thanks for a great video.

@ChickenLipsFan 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent top 5, I've had so much fun playing those as a child. Icicle works, treasure island and fire ant came boxed with mine and were excellent games. A few other games I enjoyed were p.o.d, tutti frutti, Daley thompson's star events and x argon wars 👍

@Consoletronix 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, i grew up with a plus 4 or minus 60 as my c64 owning friends called it, the saboteur was probably my favourite game for it.

@AE-jo2fy 2 жыл бұрын

The old mini-computer scene was wild! No way you'd get away with calling a game "Exorcist" on nes😄 Great video on a rare topic!

@algi1 2 жыл бұрын

OMG, I remembered Bandits at Zero, but couldn't find the title until now! Thanks!

@msgretrogamer 2 жыл бұрын

You missed the best Plus/4 game of all time - Treasure Island! I still play that game every so often it's fantastic.

@funkydoodycool 4 жыл бұрын

My first computer was a C16, donated to us by an uncle, and certainly responsible for my love of video games and the technology around them. Fingers Malone is the one I remember most fondly, but I don’t think I ever got to level 3, even when I tried a few months ago. Tutti Frutti, Punchy, Pole Position, Fire Ant, and Rockman would probably go with that on my top 5, purely based on strength of memory associated with them. I’m gonna have to get VICE working again and revisit!

@Wolfkaosaun 4 жыл бұрын

I sadly never got to play anything on this console, but I do love seeing these retro games and hearing about them

@Dani_Jz 3 жыл бұрын

It was a home computer aimed at the home office market. There were games, but nothing close in quality or quantity to the C64 or actual games consoles... A few gems do stand out though, like Mercenary: Escape from Targ.

@WhatHoSnorkers 2 жыл бұрын

Cracking job. Bandits at Zero looks really rather good!

@DeanElcome 2 жыл бұрын

My fave must be Novagen's 'Mercenary' by the legendary and now sadly departed Paul Woakes. Came in a big back with colour map and Novella. The game itself was in a dual sided 5.25 floppy (C64 on the flip side) and also had the follow on "Second City" add on. An absolutely amazing absorbing game at the time, with many hours of gameplay and with decent and pretty fast vector wireframe graphics for the time it was unseen on such a system.

@valley_robot 3 жыл бұрын

my second computer was a C16 after owning a ZX81 for a while , it was amazing , i did not care that i did not own a C64 or a speccy , I had just jumped from black and white with no sound and an awful keyboard to (to me ) a real computer , I loved writing basic programs and even some really shitty text adventures with it. I got a +4 the next year as it was on sale for 79.00 quid , I got it for xmas , I had it well into the early 90s until I sold it on the loot to fund a second hand c64 , i moved to the amiga and then the PC , but I loved my early experiences with home computers

@kevinwhitehouse374 2 ай бұрын

Skramble, Mr Puniverse, Vegas Jackpot and Video Meanies have to be up there too!

@RetroRespawn 2 ай бұрын

No doubt! The games I featured in this video were the ones I played most. I'll be sure to try out your faves.

@Finn778 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing content buddy, I don’t know if you saw what Justin Whang said to you on twitter but he is bang on. Better thumb nails and maybe more click baity titles and you will blow up as the content is class.

@RetroRespawn 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it.

@LyingSecret 4 жыл бұрын

This is fun, a system I don't think I've ever heard of, and the games don't look half bad either :D These top 5 videos on obscure systems could make a nice change to usual top 5/10s and the like.

@Dani_Jz 3 жыл бұрын

The machine was a huge flop - sold for a ridiculously high price, aimed at a market that didn't want it. It got some mileage in Eastern Europe as a school computer, as that's how Commodore got rid of the unsold stock.

@LyingSecret 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dani_Jz Interesting, thanks!

@judebrown2672 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid.

@marcraygun6290 3 жыл бұрын

My parents brought us back a plus 4 from clearance sale , fond memories

@Turrican 3 жыл бұрын

My first computer 🥰

@stephenainsworth1191 2 жыл бұрын

Saboteur was the best plus4 game, absolutely brilliant game for the time.

@RetroRespawn 2 жыл бұрын

I'm adding this to the list, for a follow up video. Thanks!

@princessthehamster8096 2 жыл бұрын

I had one of these completely forgot I put it in a plastic box with a ton of games 🤣... which was eventually put in the garden shed, debating if I shoukd sell it on ebay

@elmariachi5133 4 жыл бұрын

I played Fingers Malone on my C16 back then. So it's technically no Plus/4 game ;) But it was one of the very few fun games I had. This, Tutti Frutti, Big Mac, Berks III and Space Pilot basically made for 80% of my C16 playtime.

@RetroRespawn 4 жыл бұрын

You are right, to be fair most plus/4 Games were C16 games. It's good to hear there were quite a number of people who had a Plus/4 in the day, and enjoyed the games.

@elmariachi5133 4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRespawn The thing that annoys me in reverse is, that I actually had the 64K RAM expansion in the C16, but didn't know I could have played Plus4-only games, too. with this.

@thomassmith4999 4 жыл бұрын

I came to watch this in the hope it would inspire me to put the Plus 4 on the desk.. didn't :) nice video

@RetroRespawn 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the feedback, it's always appreciated. I have been thinking of doing another video featuring other Plus 4 favourites, since this turned out to be my most watched video so far. What would you suggest? Any favourites spring to mind?

@ChicaLocaGB 4 жыл бұрын

I could never refuel on bandits, managed it once or twice so my games were short. I did finish Icicle Works but didn't realise I had until years later because, like you said, there's no ending. I really liked AutoZone, Fire Ant, Matrix, Dizasterblaster, Squirm. I had a game called Xadium that looked great and I really liked the music, but I found the gameplay really hard. I think I got past the 1st level once.

@smalon75 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video although you didn't pick any Plus/4 only games apart from maybe Icicle Works (these all run on the C16). Games I had and enjoyed for the system: Saboteur, Mercenary, Bridgehead, Berks 3, Winter Events, Space Pilot, Tom Thumb, Mr Puniverse, Ace, Ace 2, Monty On The Run, Treasure Island. There are more but those spring to mind.

@RetroRespawn 4 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for watching the video. Yeah I had a Plus4 growing up and those were thr games I enjoyed on it. Very true though I could have said C16 games also

@kevinwhitehouse374 2 ай бұрын

Berks 3 was a great game!

@asgerms 3 жыл бұрын

What is the background music around 2:40, please? Made me miss the h... out of the Derek Findas Archive.

@RetroRespawn 3 жыл бұрын

It's Critter Cruise by Matt Harris, link in the description.

@plasmaastronaut 3 жыл бұрын

got my plus4 when I was 6, completed all 8 over-mazes of Exorcist when i was about 7 years old. there's something u are missing that makes it easier. Having said that, i completed it in 'hard' mode too which is the way u are playing it.

@RetroRespawn 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, I didn't know there was a difficulty setting!

@plasmaastronaut 3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRespawn :p who needs settings? i loved the game inuf i conjured my own difficulty modes: rules of play that i imposed on myself that made it harder.

@RetroRespawn 3 жыл бұрын

@@plasmaastronaut I see.

@plasmaastronaut 3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRespawn for what its worth, i didn't want to boast without currenty having the skills. So i went back and tried playing it again, 1st time in 35 years, its harder than i remember: definately something to properly work on to break down how to outwit the ghosts; they have patterns , but also there's effectively a small random element in their pathing, so u can never relax into a set path for each screen. perhaps i will do a vid describing all the techniques. But for what use? i think of such things as spoilers, and would i even get 100 views? yes, i can beat it, but it took me about 20 attempts spread over a week before i rediscovered all the old methods, which i count as a fail. thanks for reminding me of this old classic, its still a good fun game today. maybe i will write a sequel?

@scottmcmartin2622 3 жыл бұрын

Had this... Cheaper than the 64...

@pipmick2775 4 жыл бұрын

Great video - very informative as ever! This system has been set up in emulation using a forthcoming frontend with my pack of 23 configured C16+4 games. Take a look at it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ipylgaxms9mldWw.html