SPELLBOUND | Commodore 64 (1986)

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Spellbound, for the Commodore 64 - Magic Knight's second game after Finders Keepers)sees him travelling through time to rescue 8 people including his tutor Gimbal, who have become locked in time thanks to a faulty spell. In comparison to its predecessor the game has a larger game map, bigger and better graphics and more puzzles.
The game invented a whole new control system called Windimation, essentially pioneering the use of icons and windows in adventure games. You control a pointing finger, which can be moved onto each of the menus to reveal sub-menus, which contain the main options for object manipulation.
All objects can be examined in detail, which produces a visual display of them, and possible clues as to their usage. You must look after your character's health and energy levels - carrying too many objects will progressively weaken him. You must also look after and direct the trapped characters once you locate them.
GAME MANUAL: tinyurl.com/38jxxc4z
Other Games In The 'Magic Knight' Series:
• FINDERS KEEPERS | Comm...
• KNIGHT TYME | Commodor...
• STORMBRINGER | Commodo...
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00:00 Introduction
00:12 Spellbound
00:23 Words & Pictures Limited
00:57 Finders Keepers' Sequel
01:34 Gimbal the Wizard
02:08 Objective
02:29 Adventure
02:54 Windimation
03:42 Character Energy
04:14 The Castle Lift
04:30 My Thoughts
05:05 Thanks & Game Suggestions
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@brutusmuerto 2 ай бұрын

Cheeky's channel deserves tens of thousands of more subs.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Very kind of you to say ❤️ all I ask is for people to share and spread the love for these great games 😇🕹👌

@jonnysmith7962 2 ай бұрын

My friend had this on tape and his dad had blagger and grandmaster chess on tape

@brutusmuerto 2 ай бұрын

Another classic from my childhood. Great atmosphere. Thanks!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Another great game isn't it, certainly had plenty to do in it, some games had loads of depth 😇🕹👌

@jjamo5 2 ай бұрын

OMFG my 1st C64 game that I had with the unit back in 1988 omfg!!!!! Thankyou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Aaahh awesome, definitely something that you'll find extremely nostalgic then for sure 😇🕹👌

@GlenPaul 2 ай бұрын

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. It's rare to find good quality creator content focusing on the retro micro computer scene in Europe. I remember this game as a kid. I was terrible at it, and all the characters would starve because I had clue what I supposed to do. But the open gameplay and exploration were mind-blowing for me at the time. It eventually led to me enjoying Batman: The Caped Crusader, Blinky's Scary School and of course the Dizzy games.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Very kind of you to say - the Dizzy games were all great, we were all obsessed with Dizzy where I lived. My friends had more of them on the ZX Spectrum than I did for the C64, but I've played them all over the years. Definitely need to add more 'Dizzy' titles to the channel sometime soon 😇🕹️👌

@letMeSayThatInIrish 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely adore Rob Hubbard's music for Spellbound. I think he said this was his favourite of his own tunes as well.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

There's so many to choose from - I think Master Of Magic has to be right up there as the best for me 😇🕹️👌

@ArttuTheCat 2 ай бұрын

I should definitely look for the Magic Knight games for my Commodore 64 😹👍. They even have the brilliant soundtracks 🎵🎶, such as from David Whittaker (KNIGHT TYME) and Rob Hubbard (SPELLBOUND) 😺👍🕹️.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

A nice series of games brimming with nostalgia 😇🕹👌

@pjcnet 2 ай бұрын

I'd say they're the top 2 musicians for the C64, I'd rate Rob Hubbard No.1 however, he pioneered many of the effects used on the SID chip and his soundtracks are uniquely unmistakable.

@pjcnet 2 ай бұрын

Richard Darling was one of the 2 developers before he founded Codemasters with his brother that later became part of EA. Better than many full priced games, it cost £2.99 instead of £1.99, but it was definitely more than worth it and the awesome soundtrack made it a real classic.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Richard was responsible for one of my favourite games of all time ' Master Of Magic', what a legend 😇🕹️👌

@erikrounds 2 ай бұрын

Love the music! Rob Hubbard did some really enjoyable music for the system.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

I'm with you on that one, it's such a travesty why Rob Hubbard hasn't been knighted by now! For me, he'll always be Sir Rob Hubbard for sure 😇🕹️👌

@PHSPictures 2 ай бұрын

40 plus years later, 40+ year old C64 games are STILL getting magazine style reviews. No one can tell me the the C64 wasn't special. It's the veritable definition of: Legendary Home Computer. What an awesome job you and your YT channel are doing sir. Thank you.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Very kind, much appreciated. Retro till I die 😆🕹👌

@TeamPandory 2 ай бұрын

"48 Hours, and I'm a Gonner" "🎶If I had a hammer!" 😄

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

A great piece of cover art isn't it! I love the cartoon design - need to get the M.A.D games 'Words & Pictures' covers printed in poster format somehow for my wall 😇🕹👌

@TeamPandory 2 ай бұрын

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer the whole series is full of it. It's great 👍. Actually this series I felt was wayyy ahead of its time. And so difficult to get into and beat!

@MilosCov 2 ай бұрын

Always enjoyed me a bit of Spellbound. Some cryptic puzzles and a unique atmosphere in the game. I wasn't very good at it though and never got that far.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Was definitely a 'thinking' game - I was engrossed as a kid, I'd never seen this style game before with the menu commands, revolutionary 😇🕹️👌

@trepaning 2 ай бұрын

this review had me spellbound.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

The music certainly mesmerises! The maestro that is Rob Hubbard 😇🕹️👌

@soulless_swede 2 ай бұрын

I remember buying this for my Atari 130XE, which I later replaced with a C64, when I was about 8-9 years old and didn't know a word of English. I had to use a tiny English-Swedish travel dictionary with miniscule text and didn't get very far before giving up.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

I am impressed that at least you tried to translate some of the words! But I can see now that your English is perfect 😇🕹️👌

@jormalindgren4865 2 ай бұрын

Never played it but I really like the graphics. 👍🏻

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Quote a good game this, completely different from Finders Keepers. Was a nice surprise when I first played it, was really impressed with the menu system for interacting with characters and items 😇🕹👌

@bierjieper 2 ай бұрын

The sprite walks like a Peanuts-Character.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Yeah you can imagine that Magic Knight has been lifted straight from a Charlie Brown cartoon 😇🕹️👌

@Syragar 2 ай бұрын

It's nice to see another video in this series. I never played these. This looks different, but interesting. I also couldn't help but notice the DOS clip at 3:10 has games that I enjoyed as well! We seem to like similar games! =)

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

I needed some gaming buddies back in the 80s too, where the hell was you man!!! Haha 😇🕹️👌

@Syragar 2 ай бұрын

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Same here! LOL! A lot of the people I knew back then either weren't into gaming (we had that gaming crash here)... or they were into very different games.

@clray123 2 ай бұрын

The command "BLOW SOMETHING" sounds fairly specifically unspecific.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Theres a lot of blowing stuff in this game haha. The Magic Knight has talents beyond belief 😇🕹️👌

@vidarlystadjohansen9829 2 ай бұрын

kind of remember this

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Was pretty innovative for its time, with the newly developed 'windimation' system 😇🕹👌

@rustybroomhandle 2 ай бұрын

I seem to remember an interview with Jones where he stated there was going to be another installment in the series where Magic Knight takes the helmet off and revealed to be female.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

That would have been some twist! Jones is one crazy dude 😇🕹️👌

@daviddawson6150 2 ай бұрын

There are a lot of musical elements similar to Hubbard’s score for Master of Magic. Still prefer Master of Magic in all respects though.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Master Of Magic is definitely one of my favourite games of all time 😇🕹👌

@daviddawson6150 2 ай бұрын

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer - Same. So atmospheric. It always felt bigger than it actually was. Bard’s Tale and Times of Lore were technically bigger/better games, but none bring back the same sense of nostalgia that Master of Magic does.

@JustWasted3HoursHere 2 ай бұрын

I assume you can use the joystick OR the keyboard to choose commands?

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

Yeas you can use both - press the fire button on the joystick or if you're using keyboard then it's space to choose the menu. 'H' & 'B' move the finger up and down by default 😇🕹️👌

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 2 ай бұрын

I've just added the link to the game manual in the description of the video too 😇🕹️👌

@JustWasted3HoursHere 2 ай бұрын

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Good to hear. Looks like an intriguing game I may have to try at some point.