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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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
The rom with basic shares part of the system memory, it opens the prompt almost instantly.
@KatSuYeah 2 жыл бұрын
@@99nerka this video was uploading
@fieryelf 2 жыл бұрын
10 years in the making.
@ExoticOnTheBeat 2 жыл бұрын
@@99nerka it's just a joke dude, I doubt he was being serious. It even got a stamp of approval from the nerd himself.
@BoundaryBreak 2 жыл бұрын
We need a sequel episode to this
@Edos512 2 жыл бұрын
if you watched till the end you should know we are getting one ^^
@jeremycridge8542 2 жыл бұрын
Only scratched the surface of the C64, possibly could do the Amiga 500 as well.
@hernepera1 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@TheJadeFist 2 жыл бұрын
Ya for real, like I never hear anyone talk about the Commodore 65.
@chachibouman3730 2 жыл бұрын
Halloween themed one.
@nartyteek Жыл бұрын
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."
@RealNahuelBarcelo06 Жыл бұрын
I think you have a ljn computer.
@SkipPlaysStrings Жыл бұрын
🤣
@RealNahuelBarcelo06 Жыл бұрын
@@SkipPlaysStrings lol
@LunatheMoonDragon 11 ай бұрын
And on today’s episode of “things that definitely didn’t happen”…..
@isaacg4511 9 ай бұрын
@@RealNahuelBarcelo06ljn! 🕺🕺🕺🕺
@mjbgames4963 2 жыл бұрын
“Somebody’s tax documents from 1989” Is my favorite video game title!! 😁😁
@Jtech266-bb4wt 2 жыл бұрын
me 2!!!! i love playing someones tax documents from 1989!!!!!!!
@TheStonersOfTheGalaxy 2 жыл бұрын
Yassssd I love finding out I went bankrupt
@zenbmonk1016 Жыл бұрын
I heard that game is very difficult.
@punklover99 Жыл бұрын
Submit it for gdq
@LegitMan335 Жыл бұрын
How do you play with taxes ? .3.
@JCLegendary 2 жыл бұрын
"The original Street Fighter was on Commodore, it's barely functional." So it's a pretty accurate port then.
@rilluma 2 жыл бұрын
i wont get it. can u enspire me ?
@y2a1979 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 2 жыл бұрын
Yep lol
@theexaltedlt8222 2 жыл бұрын
@@rilluma its pretty bad. thats why most people acknowledge street fighter 2 when the series really started
@WeirdVideoGames 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The devs didn't even program the special moves into the Commodore port
@Nekufan1000000 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 KZfaq. It is worth watching.
@MonTube2006 2 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericBibleSecrets Zaxxon.
@SparkyMK3 2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Man, I used to program in Basic on Amiga. Seeing the stuff you programmed actually running functionally was the best feeling ever.
@kishetes Жыл бұрын
That's why there is such an amazing amount of games and software for it
@connercremin7427 Жыл бұрын
When he starts jamming out to the soundtrack at 23:45... I felt that
@the_man_who_germany5424 Жыл бұрын
sounds like placebo every me every you + power rangers intro
@Nbrother1607 3 ай бұрын
It almost sounds like a digital sample
@Gojira-ri6rj Ай бұрын
started jamming with him
@johnnyklebitzrevenge4793 27 күн бұрын
I mean, the tune slams
@MietoK 10 күн бұрын
Yip/Pure-Byte
@Roonifer 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one who clacked tongs
@Pehmokettu 2 жыл бұрын
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
@Run187 2 жыл бұрын
There are tablets for floppy disks..
@kylefratini2833 2 жыл бұрын
@@xAxCx well, you've got to make sure the tongs are tonging.
@Twigleaf 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@REDEEMERWOLF 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Ah, haven't been to newgrounds in years. I used love me some Club a Seal
@samburger6739 2 жыл бұрын
im curious whats arcade pod?
@SMDoktorPepper 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 2 жыл бұрын
masterstation
@mvyper Жыл бұрын
I was born in 87 and I totally knew who Lauren and Hardy were. We used to love them, back in the day.
@slynthehedgehog8061 Жыл бұрын
Born in 2001, they were great, but I personally prefer Chaplin.
@mvyper Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
Laurel and Hardy
@schlamuffenimperator9460 Ай бұрын
Born the same year and remember there was a cartoon of them.
@jasonbourne5142 Күн бұрын
You don't know who they are. I was born in 84, I have no idea who they are.
@jamesstewart8377 Жыл бұрын
I come back to AVGN. I still love the nerd. Thank you James!
@maxb.383 2 жыл бұрын
“Hey, wanna listen to some tunes?” *Puts on Netherworld OST*
@jeremymitchem327 2 жыл бұрын
It has a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vibe to it.
@jgw246 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Rex Viper's gonna cover it
@senilyDeluxe 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder why James didn't air guitar to this. Missed opportunity.
@iriamuguillermo9678 2 жыл бұрын
@23:45 "Music by Jori Olkkonen". Someone see if he's still around.
@davidgomez7882 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 KZfaq, but it's on Finnish. edit: Corrected the name.
@thealarm7057 2 жыл бұрын
Nerd: "And who bought this?!" Also the Nerd: "Me :(" I felt that...
@WinVisten Жыл бұрын
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!
@Gerald0613 Жыл бұрын
who said that?
@jonthefisherman4879 2 жыл бұрын
“Just make sure you grab the right one” is the greatest line ever spoken on KZfaq.
@rzerizrz 9 ай бұрын
Diddums!
@nyxnox397 2 жыл бұрын
"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 2 жыл бұрын
what about the Chinese Hospital that uses the Umbrella logo from Resident Evil/Biohazard?
@bloodgulchpatrick 2 жыл бұрын
And I thought naming ISP Skynet was cheeky...
@LoogyHead 2 жыл бұрын
See some people take warning science fiction as instruction manuals.
@AnalogDrift 2 жыл бұрын
@@afireinsidebrad It's not a hospital, it's a biotech research corporation...
@mechanoid2k 2 жыл бұрын
@@AnalogDrift So basically Umbrella corp?
@wilsoncj 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@reagandow850 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!
@-Tristan- 2 жыл бұрын
Full Ack. Also James is so much better on old school games.
@TranzparentMethods 2 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@DonRR97 2 жыл бұрын
absolutely agree
@riseoftheziggurat4394 2 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@evilminion4989 2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@Evil Minion Tell that to the Nerd.
@mikesprigg5495 Жыл бұрын
Bru bubble bobble and impossible mission was where it was at ;()
@johncook9392 2 жыл бұрын
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!
@Lucky_9705 2 жыл бұрын
This was a really cool and unique episode. We haven’t had a hardware episode like this since the Amiga CD 32.
@MozzieGG 2 жыл бұрын
The hardware episodes are my favorite by far. I’m so happy he made another one
@ftheweebs6799 2 жыл бұрын
maybe you forgot about 3DO and Aladeen episode
@SketchTurnerZero 2 жыл бұрын
The hardware episodes are the best!
@kayeplaguedoc9054 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@kayeplaguedoc9054 I agree and feel the same way.
@Thought0Ninja 2 жыл бұрын
James: Here's Golden Girls Me: Yes! James: Just kidding Me: Aw
@jonplaud 2 жыл бұрын
Okay, I am not the only one who thought that (seeing how I am binging the series)
@candykane8474 2 жыл бұрын
Sophia is the roast master
@jonplaud 2 жыл бұрын
@@candykane8474 totally!
@vgoncalves1985 Жыл бұрын
"And who bought this?... Me" is likely the most underrated gag in AVGN's history.
@EGGproduct718 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
22:43 this part will always be hilarious
@MetalJesusRocks 2 жыл бұрын
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!
@XfromDarkHorse 2 жыл бұрын
Hello there!
@theunknown1228 2 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia
@codprocamp4690 2 жыл бұрын
MJR>AVGN
@grandtheftautocj 2 жыл бұрын
You guys need to do a collab ASAP
@Thievishaura 2 жыл бұрын
@@codprocamp4690 they are both equal of value lol
@terryb1001 2 жыл бұрын
The nerd is at his best when reviewing old systems, easily my favorite videos.
@OnlyVocals 2 жыл бұрын
This was one of his laziest episodes. Contrived.
@beardizz 2 жыл бұрын
@@OnlyVocals I do not know
@-Sangral- 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
I agree, I love the history and critique he gives
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine 2 жыл бұрын
@@OnlyVocals Contrived? There's no character skits or a plot or anything, I'd say that it's nicely straightforward.
@skorpionrazor 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@yamatodamashii1179 2 жыл бұрын
James must have a lot of love for the C64 since he only used simulated fry pan rage to press the keys.
@RNorthex 2 жыл бұрын
I love these half-analytical, half-laid back avgn episodes
@shauntoleary 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely my favorites.
@MultiSilverbolt 2 жыл бұрын
Those are the best kind of avgn episodes.
@TheMMObro 2 жыл бұрын
That's like the og formula
@outragequitter5027 2 жыл бұрын
That was a classic episode. Felt like hanging out with an old friend.
@TheCrazyHedgehogLady 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@Ten80pete 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
My thoughts as well.
@trolololololll 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed , this one will age well like action 51
@vizionaryentertainment8464 2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@jerryziegner Жыл бұрын
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.
@FormerlyknownasCJTVStation8 Жыл бұрын
What's funny is the company has new ownership and has returned.
@icarian553 2 жыл бұрын
Jori Olkkonen who made the music for Netherworld is a legend in Finnish demoscene. He made his own music editor for C64: Megasound editor.
@person749 2 жыл бұрын
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_ 2 жыл бұрын
true
@hardcoreking52 2 жыл бұрын
Probably did it on purpose, or so I think.
@Klynch111 2 жыл бұрын
I had terminator 2 and I'm pretty sure it was the cartridge version.
@JaredConnell 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe he did turn it over but can't get it to proceed after he flipped sides.
@lovemadeinjapan 2 ай бұрын
Why would you turn a 180K disk over to load a game into 64K of RAM? That makes no sense.
@AnimatedAndrew Жыл бұрын
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!
@DrGobii Жыл бұрын
The dancing monster got me.
@GaldirEonai 2 жыл бұрын
That was a disturbingly accurate impression of an old needle printer.
@OBluePrint 2 жыл бұрын
You should hear me do modem handshake : )
@ARCtheCartoonMaster 2 жыл бұрын
Dang, old printers used a *needle* to print?
@OBluePrint 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 2 жыл бұрын
Asked my mom about it, she said she grew up with one and she can confirm it's completely accurate.
@chemicalmix 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@mischadebrouwer9855 Spy vs Spy trilogy embarrasses the multiplayer games of today! :)
@oskarpetureinarsson3880 Жыл бұрын
...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!
@roetemeteor Жыл бұрын
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.
@koopakid715 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!
@cowboydan507 2 жыл бұрын
Love AVGN but don’t love the skits. Wish I could get a playlist where it cuts those out.
@nandabun 2 жыл бұрын
@@cowboydan507 You could be the one to make that.
@koopakid715 2 жыл бұрын
@@cowboydan507 glad im not the only one 👌
@toole77 2 жыл бұрын
Except not so angry. But other than that, great episode.
@thumbwarriordx 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
i still have all the books, the basic programming book is an inch thick :D
@ominousvoid82 Жыл бұрын
His reaction to Dancing Monster was priceless.
@MorrisseyMuse Жыл бұрын
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!
@laalki80 2 жыл бұрын
23:38 these guys were the Finnish top C64 pioneers, one made the music and the other programmed the game.
@gracecardoso7513 2 жыл бұрын
this is literally the BEST song I've ever heard. I must find this track.
@Robo-Hector 2 жыл бұрын
Dude I hope that guy still makes badass music
@Stan_man 2 жыл бұрын
@@Robo-Hector If he is then there is no mentioning about it.
@Kumimono 2 жыл бұрын
Of course, his seminal work was the soundtrack to Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle on C64. :p
@todensarg 2 жыл бұрын
@@Kumimono kyllä :D
@shane3674 2 жыл бұрын
Some of the best moments in AVGN history is when James looks at his audience in complete shock 😆 I love those moments!
@Bwompyy 2 жыл бұрын
Nice pfp
@Okkomonkiainen 2 жыл бұрын
That Terminator part reminds me of the Action 52 Star Evil... " Who's gonna dodge that!?"
@TheZackofSpades 2 жыл бұрын
Personal favorite is his utter disbelief at the intro cutscene for Beavers
@TheCrazyHedgehogLady 2 жыл бұрын
RIGHT?! I feel the same. Love those moments. 😁
@ffejgib 2 жыл бұрын
His reaction to Dancing Monster is priceless! 😆
@scottmcphan9725 2 жыл бұрын
One day I hope to see a dancing monster remaster
@Cormano980 2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Midgets, dwarves? "Little people"
@TheUtuber999 Жыл бұрын
400 baud was still a pretty glacial pace even with floppies.
@GTI1dasOriginal 4 ай бұрын
What on earth are you talking about???? Why little people? Is there something they observe what normal height people can't figure out? ????
@Cormano980 4 ай бұрын
@GTI1dasOriginal "little do the people know" , but little people is an interesting perspective 😁
@sebastianmejia7006 2 жыл бұрын
I liked this episode a lot. Reminds me of the “classic” nerd.
@blazedgamingkr1438 2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more.
@MKG176 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@ZigealFaust cherish that gift dude...totally awesome!
@souljastation5463 2 жыл бұрын
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...
@hebonky 2 жыл бұрын
19:00 it literally says "Turn the disk over"
@aisforinterval Жыл бұрын
Ohh somehow I missed this episode! What a nice treat to find, I love the honest/humorous editorials ❤️
@AccCam 2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
that sounds like fun, wasn''t born yet for this
@washoywa 10 ай бұрын
yes sir, golden times.
@bombjack1984 2 жыл бұрын
We know it's only AVGN dissing the C64, James clearly has fond memories.
@luvmenow33 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
AVGN as in James AVGN Rolfe :)
@101Volts 2 жыл бұрын
@@luvmenow33 Didn't it seem like he went easy on the Virtual Boy, compared to the Sega CD and Sega 32x?
@zyzzy-ko4ww 2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@richarddunn7017 Жыл бұрын
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.
@jessedudley3738 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@2yoyoyo1Unplugged 2 жыл бұрын
It’s been a while since we got a dedicated episode to a console/platform. The Nerd provides.
@belstar1128 2 жыл бұрын
He did one for the 3do recently.
@AndrewPoopyPants 2 жыл бұрын
The dude abides
@MauricioLJ 2 жыл бұрын
The Nerd is THE MAN. Period.
@treywar25 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 2 жыл бұрын
The Nerd giveth!
@ominousvirus5278 2 жыл бұрын
On episode 200, we need James to play the AVGN theme now that he knows how to play guitar
@biggiestos2361 2 жыл бұрын
YES
@nasbuscus 2 жыл бұрын
Episode seven thousand will be the AVGN rap
@vanessamorey3812 2 жыл бұрын
METAL!!!!! Yes!!!
@jackfreedman9678 2 жыл бұрын
And have James sing the song (maybe).
@LordSniggles 2 жыл бұрын
It's would be possible for him to do. It's all power chords, AKA the easiest thing to do on a guitar.
@c-bass413 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@erikgilson1687 16 күн бұрын
The Batman game where you get stuck eternally commiting suicide sounds like it would be some sort of creepy pasta
@tacowednesdays 2 жыл бұрын
"No ending, that's a new one" Cheetahmen: "What are we? Not a joke to you?"
@zyzzy-ko4ww 2 жыл бұрын
Cheetahmen 2 is an unusually rare joke game for the NES that was probably programmed by the Glitch Gremlin.
@tibersulla2305 2 жыл бұрын
This felt more classic nerd than most of the recent episodes, this is the stuff!
@mojavecourier6987 2 жыл бұрын
Some of it did, some of it didn't
@mn_seahawk25thehawk64 2 жыл бұрын
OG nerd would have smashed that keyboard with the pan instead of pretending 😂
@Darkstar-rg8ze 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@brandonlesko3126 2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Ya Commodore 64 is really neato. What kinda chip you got in there, a dorito? -Weird Al Yankovic
@Riku0990 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the love for the early Finnish demo scene musicians. That music is close to Megaman levels of awesome.
@SEGAClownboss 2 жыл бұрын
Demoscene forever
@terrawolf 2 жыл бұрын
@@SEGAClownboss truee
@datavalisofficial8730 2 жыл бұрын
@@SEGAClownboss YEA MAN
@Punkpsychobilly 2 жыл бұрын
If you guys like that, you should check out some Finnish power metal such as Sonata Arctica, Twilightning, Dreamtale, Stratovarias and Thunderstone.
@maintaint3003 2 жыл бұрын
That Uuno Turhapuro game would have had the right amount of jank for AVGN episode.
@Eclipsless 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
It's just so classic. I feel like I stumbled on an old episode I've some how missed.
@channel5980 2 жыл бұрын
The Rocketeer episode was also amazing
@The_One_Cosmos 5 ай бұрын
That He-Man 2 art looks like a piece of present day A.I. generated art
@mikehunt9884 Жыл бұрын
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.
@buddyroach 2 жыл бұрын
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 KZfaqr out there.
@sodokami6347 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting indeed
@bean420man 2 жыл бұрын
That’s such an awesome game room. I could chill there and lose myself.
@buddyroach 2 жыл бұрын
@@bean420man me too. Takes me back. Makes me feel at home
@BF-Gator 2 жыл бұрын
It's not a cave that's his garage
@recorderdude 2 жыл бұрын
I found it really funny how much the nerd was surprised by street hassle considering it had a NES port, Bad Street Brawler - one that was marketed to be used with the power glove, no less! Also, escape from the mindmaster on 2600 also has a videogame within a videogame!
@the-engneer 2 жыл бұрын
In a 2600 game! I gotta see this
@mathewdeering 2 жыл бұрын
Street Hassle was the EU/Aus release name. Due to the Lou Reed album "Street Hassle", Beam had to rename it Bop 'n Rumble for the US market.
@VixtarTorrex-Gomex 2 жыл бұрын
I remember I have played Bad Street Brawler on the NES!
@foxhack5011 2 жыл бұрын
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
@sidtandy4333 2 жыл бұрын
Actually, Street Hassle on C64 is also a port. It's ported form Amiga, originally a Polish game with the same name about a dude who get disturbed by his loud neighbours, wakes up, puts his shades on, turns on the stereo blasting 2 Unlimited on full, and kills his neighbours. Then he goes out to beat up everyone else in his neighbourhood too.
@m3kanik6 Жыл бұрын
23:36 The bubble explosions sound really close to the the bubbles in Gradius III. Boom nerded. Great stuff.
@dored85 2 жыл бұрын
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...
@lloydchristmas4547 2 жыл бұрын
I laughed through this one.
@BeretBay 2 жыл бұрын
20:55 "Just make sure you grab the right one." That killed me 💀
@Dave-jh7rj 9 ай бұрын
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.
@user-ir6wp9rx4g 11 ай бұрын
“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!.
@vibri_ 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if every computer today came with a manual on how to code.
@SN64YT 2 жыл бұрын
technically it is called the internet so that keeps people who want to learn to code covered. :)
@HUYI1 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 2 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@TimDavis77 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
The NeoGeo and NeoGeo CD also deserve AVGN episodes.
@domeen0gt895 2 жыл бұрын
And don't forget the 3DO
@dank_crusad3r 2 жыл бұрын
It’s funny, I work for a auto part store and we still use a version of those old printer sheets. The ones we use are a double sheet transfer paper type, but still nostalgic.
@paneth8466 Жыл бұрын
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?
@Spock1777 2 жыл бұрын
This episode really felt like a classic Nerd episode. All the callbacks to older Nerd videos/topics ws also really neat.
@ajsmotolife5641 2 жыл бұрын
Best AVGN in years, feels a lot more like the older episodes
@theketoentertainer Жыл бұрын
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.
@kyatos77 2 жыл бұрын
Definetly i want more episodes on c64! Love this One!
@sendit88 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best AVGN episodes I have watched so far. Feels like a classic
@markus7166 2 жыл бұрын
Only towards the end does it feel like a classic to me, but either way I enjoyed it 🤷🏼♂️
@sendit88 2 жыл бұрын
@@markus7166 I can understand why you would/might feel this way
@argelisplanchart9438 2 жыл бұрын
To me It also felt like a classic.
@PNPRetro 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Replying for visibility
@marcinostrowski2378 2 жыл бұрын
yes, this gives me uneasy feelings
@jonniefast 2 жыл бұрын
atari line computers as well brewing academy makes usb replacements
@halthammerzeit 2 жыл бұрын
C64 power supply joke: warm, warmer, commodore...
@stephenthomas1492 Ай бұрын
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?
@hotdoggington6962 2 жыл бұрын
Nerd rocking out at 23:45 and the escalation at 24:11 has to be one of my favorite ever Nerd moments
@evanabbott2737 2 жыл бұрын
It’s so great😂👍
@farhanatashiga3721 2 жыл бұрын
@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 Жыл бұрын
I love how he almost lost his glasses when the hook came in.
@LegitMan335 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the mighty Morphin power rangers theme song. Before mighty Morphin power rangers
@McDonaldWilliamT Жыл бұрын
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.
@JackTheripper911 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you James Rolfe for continuing AVGN as long as you have; its almost like this millenniums Homer's Odyssey. A truly paragon of Internet resplendentcy
@gavinanimates2643 9 ай бұрын
9:55 when i ask for love and affection
@PC_Simo 2 жыл бұрын
15:40 I thought it was the same deal in Cheetahmen 🤔.
@Virtualblueart 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@talideon Nerd.
@douglasammirati8450 2 жыл бұрын
I'm loving this more old school kind of avgn episodes lately. Here's to many more years to come!
@torterratortellini6641 Жыл бұрын
23:32 that one actually looks well animated.
@montywoodside 8 ай бұрын
I would love to see more videos of AVGN reviewing old computers from the 1980s and '90s.
@KTJohnsonkidThunder 2 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is a hilarious laid back episode.
@radcow 2 жыл бұрын
🤞 he's lost form recently
@TheGGShow77 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Cool
@twisteddman 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@twisteddman oh
@thrashmetaljay666 2 жыл бұрын
My grandparents had a Commodore 64. I used to love playing with it. Played mostly “Horse Race” using the cassettes instead of the floppy’s.
@AtlasBlizzard Жыл бұрын
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.
@MrKvasi 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thanks for the suggestion.
@zthompson69 2 жыл бұрын
It's been on my amazon shopping list for awhile but the hardcover is over $100
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