It's a shame Firebird didn't do more arcade ports, as they were nearly always pretty class! BTW Have you ever considered doing a video on the best polygon based C64 games? There was the assumption the C64 couldn't do polygonal games because of terrible ports of Star Wars and Hard Drivin' but it quite clearly could.
I havent thought about it, but will do one now you have mentioned it mate, Stuntcar racer springs to mind, Driller...Moonfall ..theres loads of good ones
Glad The Sentinel is in there, fantastic game and in my top ten greatest games I've ever played. Thrust is memorable for the exceptional Rob Hubbard soundtrack also, anyone remember the Thrust concert demo?
I still have THRUST for my Commodore 64 as a tape version, and it's still a legendary classic 😺👍🕹️. RICK DANGEROUS is one of the most brilliant and the most inspiring games, i have ever played on my Amiga 500 😺👍🕹️. WAAAAAAH 😹! Besides playing SAMURAI WARRIOR: THE BATTLE OF USAGI YOJIMBO - which is definitely the best comic book tie-in ever - I have also read the Stan Sakai comic books, and it inspired me to practice for drawing my own furry comic arts 🖋️ 🖊️ ✏️ 🖍️ 😺👍. I have also BUBBLE BOBBLE for my Commodore 64 as a tape version in a compilation called TAITO COIN-OP HITS 😺👍🕹️. THE SENTINEL is so legendary, i would like to play it again. David Whittaker composed an amazing soundtrack 🎶🎵 on the Amiga version of this game 😺👍🕹️. ELITE - Best. Space shoot 'em up. Ever 😺👍🕹️!
Firebird were awesome m8! I was surprised when you said you hadn't covered them before, so many top games! Lots of nostalgia from this video, played most of these games bitd. Standouts for me are IO, Druid and of course Elite! Like many, that game sucked me in from the get go, I did a 17 hour sesh first time I played it, I still remember the excitement when I purchased the docking computer! No arguing Bubble Bobble is a top port and deserves the top spot. Other favorites of mine are Park Patrol, WarHawk, Pitfall and Chimera. Great list m8
Thanks again OSG. Had good times playing Druid together with my brother as a second player is able to use a golem to help. Bubble Bobble is one of my all time favorites ❤
Samurai Warrior was such a class game, and you are so spot on with it being under appreciated. Playing it back now, the nostalgia just flows, especially as the border of the game is that classic C64 blue just brings back so many good memories :)
Great list! :) As someone Who loves C64 I want to recomend a book I bought the other day. Commodore 64: a visual compendium by Bitmap Books. Really nice book
I absolutely adored Usagi Yojimbo. One of the games that really inspired me to explore topics at my local library in my preteen years. I understand it was based on a comic, which i never read, but it was also loosely based on 50 ronin, which was an old Japanese movie? Who would have thought attacking an innocent peasant would make your character fall on his sword? Top game!
The Sentinel was just amazing once I got my head round it, definitely worth the effort to understand it. Elite was just one of those games that shouldnt exist on something like the C64, its a universe in like 40k. Bubble Bobble was and still is possibly the best C64 arcade conversion ever. Played it in 2 player mode with my brother back in the day as it felt impossible to do solo on some levels. Very hard to argue with any of these games....Top notch OSG
My day is always instantly improved when I see a post of a new video from you! Better than that, the rest of my life is improved by the knowledge in it. Thanks!
Great video, I remember watching your videos years ago. Did you change your channel? because I remeber videos like new zealand story or after burner, but they are not here anymore or I didn't found them yet. Besides that, you are making me think seriously about buying my own commodorr 64 xd
Yeah, Firebird were a *huge* omission! Sure, they started releasing crap later, but the earlier Firebird and Rainbird releases were a sign of consistent quality!
It may be a possible reason for why it's overlooked... I could never find anywhere that stocked Usagi Yojimbo when it was launched. I always wanted it but no local shops sold it.
I had bought a cassette copy in a local computer store here in Italy, so it was definetely legit. Needless to say, one of my top 5 purchases for the C64!
Knew Bubble Bobble would be #1, as well it doesn't really need saying. My favorite Firebird games... Bubble Bobble, Savage, Druid II, Druid, Intensity, IO, Chimera, Warhawk, Galaxibirds, Underwurlde. Do a Silver Bird list next.
Nice list of excellent Firebird games. Samurai warrior was probably a little overambitious for its time, as the game is pretty short (not that I've been able to finish it myself though!). If it could have been fleshed out more it would inevitable have had to be a multi load or cartridge game which wasn't desirable at the time. But I read an article somewhere that the authors originally wanted the game to be bigger and have more features etc.
I worked for Firebird as a consultant to help them open a U.S. Office. I got free copies of all their games, as well as being paid very well by the bottomless purses of BT!
Great video OSG. I had a few of these back in the day. Easily lost many a weekend playing Elite. Found it hard to get into until I discovered a save game with a few thousand credits on a friend's bootleg tape. Couldn't stop playing after that! If anyone knows how to get a saved game into The C64 please let me know.
I'm trying to find the name of a C64 game.. All I have it's a platform game ans on the first level your character glides in and drops onto platform? I know it's a long shot but any help would be appreciated?
@Old Style Gaming Deadly, thanks.. It was Strider.. I've tried to find it for ages.. My older brother had Strider, Midnight Resistance and Arnie.. It was our first console..
Nice video. Bubble Bobble is one of my favourite games ever,, and the C64 version is brilliant. I bought the 'My Arcade' mini of it and have it in my display cabinet. Thanks a lot for the shout out in Chef's and the sub,, much appreciated. Subbed you back.
Great list! A couple are in there that I haven't seen before. All winners! Had Ami ports of a couple in the list, and they DO look outstanding on the C64. Some games did get a bad name where reading the included instructions were key. ...due to so many ppl who didn't have included instructions. 😉💾🖊 Thanks OSG
@@oldstylegaming This is why sophisticated games are seldom in Top 10s. It's mostly arcade! I can't remember more than one or two "Top 64 games" videos that had Alter Ego, Little People, Kennedy Approach, Red Storm Rising, Ultima III, Destroyer, Strike Fleet and so on! All these games need manuals, and kids played pirates. Arcade games don't need an instruction manual!
Usagi Yojimbo is still going after all these years. Samurai Warrior got me into a great comic over 30 years ago.
Got 2 copies here !
Mr Heli music is phenomenal
It's a shame Firebird didn't do more arcade ports, as they were nearly always pretty class!
BTW Have you ever considered doing a video on the best polygon based C64 games? There was the assumption the C64 couldn't do polygonal games because of terrible ports of Star Wars and Hard Drivin' but it quite clearly could.
I havent thought about it, but will do one now you have mentioned it mate, Stuntcar racer springs to mind, Driller...Moonfall ..theres loads of good ones
@@oldstylegaming Driller was confusing, but had amazing music. Loved it's atmosphere
Space Rogue, Moonfall, Battle Command and the quite recent Gates of the Ancient are good examples...
Glad The Sentinel is in there, fantastic game and in my top ten greatest games I've ever played. Thrust is memorable for the exceptional Rob Hubbard soundtrack also, anyone remember the Thrust concert demo?
Lol Rob Hubbards glasses made me laugh in that
@@oldstylegaming Love the way the band members eyes closed at certain points in the song. Just before the main keyboard riff.
I still have THRUST for my Commodore 64 as
a tape version, and it's still a legendary classic 😺👍🕹️.
RICK DANGEROUS is one of the most brilliant and the most inspiring games, i have ever played on my Amiga 500 😺👍🕹️.
WAAAAAAH 😹!
Besides playing SAMURAI WARRIOR:
THE BATTLE OF USAGI YOJIMBO -
which is definitely the best comic book tie-in ever -
I have also read the Stan Sakai comic books,
and it inspired me to practice for drawing my own furry comic arts 🖋️ 🖊️ ✏️ 🖍️ 😺👍.
I have also BUBBLE BOBBLE for my
Commodore 64 as a tape version in a compilation called TAITO COIN-OP HITS 😺👍🕹️.
THE SENTINEL is so legendary, i would like to play it again.
David Whittaker composed an amazing soundtrack 🎶🎵 on the Amiga version of this game 😺👍🕹️.
ELITE - Best. Space shoot 'em up. Ever 😺👍🕹️!
Lovely thing about Elite is that it is still a going concern.
It's amazing how gaming has evolved...we've went from loading games on a tape deck to cartridges to cd to online via internet.
That Usagi Yojimbo game is my soul. Don't think any game ever had a bigger impact on me. Great vid, OSG.
Its a near perfect 8bit experience mate.
BRILLIANT list! One of those few lists where I agree with every single one.
Rick dangerous in the C64 looked amazing. So many good ones there!
thanks for watching mate
@@oldstylegaming always look forward to them. This was especially awesome!
Firebird were awesome m8! I was surprised when you said you hadn't covered them before, so many top games! Lots of nostalgia from this video, played most of these games bitd. Standouts for me are IO, Druid and of course Elite! Like many, that game sucked me in from the get go, I did a 17 hour sesh first time I played it, I still remember the excitement when I purchased the docking computer! No arguing Bubble Bobble is a top port and deserves the top spot. Other favorites of mine are Park Patrol, WarHawk, Pitfall and Chimera. Great list m8
I used to love thrust on my spectrum. Thanks for the video I had forgotten one of my favorite games, the shame.
Thanks again OSG. Had good times playing Druid together with my brother as a second player is able to use a golem to help. Bubble Bobble is one of my all time favorites ❤
1:19 that laser barrier gave me Airwolf memories on the Spectrum.. 😂 Great video thank you 😊
Those two scrolling shoot-ups look really great, visually and playability wise. Will try those!
Samurai Warrior was such a class game, and you are so spot on with it being under appreciated. Playing it back now, the nostalgia just flows, especially as the border of the game is that classic C64 blue just brings back so many good memories :)
It is brilliant like.
Great list, good to see Thrust in there, one of my most nostalgic games on the BBC, used to absolutely love playing that at school. Cheers OSG.
Thanks for watching mate :-)
Great list! :)
As someone Who loves C64 I want to recomend a book I bought the other day.
Commodore 64: a visual compendium by Bitmap Books. Really nice book
Glad you enjoyed!
I absolutely adored Usagi Yojimbo. One of the games that really inspired me to explore topics at my local library in my preteen years. I understand it was based on a comic, which i never read, but it was also loosely based on 50 ronin, which was an old Japanese movie? Who would have thought attacking an innocent peasant would make your character fall on his sword? Top game!
The Sentinel was just amazing once I got my head round it, definitely worth the effort to understand it. Elite was just one of those games that shouldnt exist on something like the C64, its a universe in like 40k. Bubble Bobble was and still is possibly the best C64 arcade conversion ever. Played it in 2 player mode with my brother back in the day as it felt impossible to do solo on some levels. Very hard to argue with any of these games....Top notch OSG
My day is always instantly improved when I see a post of a new video from you! Better than that, the rest of my life is improved by the knowledge in it. Thanks!
Wow, thank you!
@@oldstylegaming ♥️
Mr Heli and Samurai Rabbit were two of my favourites 😎
Id never even played mr heli on the c64 till doing this video, its really close to the arcade
Great list love the music/ sound effect in these
Elite should be number one, we had it on spectrum, amstrad, amiga.
Another great collection keep them coming@
nice list and they are all good games with great music.
Great video, I remember watching your videos years ago. Did you change your channel? because I remeber videos like new zealand story or after burner, but they are not here anymore or I didn't found them yet.
Besides that, you are making me think seriously about buying my own commodorr 64 xd
Yeah i had to change and start voice overs.... long story
@@oldstylegaming well, I hope everything goes well for you. Keep it up the good work 👍
Powerhouse selection of the greatest of games from Firebird.
Top list 👍
Thanks for watching mate
Great, now I'm going to have the Bubble Bobble soundtrack going around my head for the next 3 days! 🤣
Welcome to my world
The Sentinel is one of the greatest games I have ever played. I was so gutted when I completed it the first time.
Usagi yojimbo will always be in my top c64 games
its a great game
Yeah, Firebird were a *huge* omission! Sure, they started releasing crap later, but the earlier Firebird and Rainbird releases were a sign of consistent quality!
yeah sorry I missed it, and yeah there was some crap in their games too
Let's not forget Silverbird. 😺👍🕹️
@@ArttuTheCat Very true!
Great games bought back memories 👍👍
Brilliant list of games really want to give Druid,thrust and Mr heli ago
Great video mate 👍
Thanks for watching Alex :-)
It may be a possible reason for why it's overlooked... I could never find anywhere that stocked Usagi Yojimbo when it was launched. I always wanted it but no local shops sold it.
Im sure i had it but not sure if it was legit or not
I had bought a cassette copy in a local computer store here in Italy, so it was definetely legit. Needless to say, one of my top 5 purchases for the C64!
Knew Bubble Bobble would be #1, as well it doesn't really need saying.
My favorite Firebird games...
Bubble Bobble, Savage, Druid II, Druid, Intensity, IO, Chimera, Warhawk, Galaxibirds, Underwurlde.
Do a Silver Bird list next.
Ill take a look mate
I swear you do this just to abuse me with the Bubble Boble soundtrack. Nice to see you recognise IO and The Sentiel though.
gotta love the BB soundtrack :-P
Nice list of excellent Firebird games. Samurai warrior was probably a little overambitious for its time, as the game is pretty short (not that I've been able to finish it myself though!). If it could have been fleshed out more it would inevitable have had to be a multi load or cartridge game which wasn't desirable at the time. But I read an article somewhere that the authors originally wanted the game to be bigger and have more features etc.
They should remake it like the commando remake but with the original ideas in
I worked for Firebird as a consultant to help them open a U.S. Office. I got free copies of all their games, as well as being paid very well by the bottomless purses of BT!
Thats a great story, i never knew bt were involved in video games, just like i never knew that mirrorsoft was robert maxwell and the mirror newspaper
@@oldstylegaming BT started Firebird, and funded them. It was two BT executives that joined me for the NY U.S. Office opening - NOT Firebird staff!
You know when a Top 10 video is good when you wish it was a Top 20
I love that description
Great video as always OSG.
Why thankyou kind sir
Great video OSG. I had a few of these back in the day. Easily lost many a weekend playing Elite. Found it hard to get into until I discovered a save game with a few thousand credits on a friend's bootleg tape. Couldn't stop playing after that!
If anyone knows how to get a saved game into The C64 please let me know.
Ill ask about, i dont have a TheC64 but im sure it will be possible
@@oldstylegaming Cheers OSG! There's still a great C64 community out there after 40 years :)
cant argue with any apart from revs which i find impossible haha. sentinal is cless, great vid mate
Ill teach you mate haha
@@oldstylegaming haha, I hope you are patient with me mate!!
Moonfall
Laser Squad
Aliens
Rampage
Lords of Midnight
Spy vs Spy
tons of good games that could land on your top 10 :)
Erm.... but they werent published by Firebird
@@oldstylegaming oooh....seems I failed the quest of actually reading the title with understanding. apologies. You are absolutely right.
Gothik was probably my favourite. I did hate trust I have never gotten its appeal.
Its a hard game to get into at first but it becomes so addictive....but also so annoying aswell
thank you so much
Thank you for watching :-)
Samurai w ive got the action figure from ttmn
What emu are you using in Retroarch?
I dont use retroarch i just use standalone winvice
That was great! ;)
Thanks! 😃
Thrust only at 7, sacrilege!
Haha, on another day it could be higher, these are all great games, some people actually hate thrust which really puzzles me
I'm trying to find the name of a C64 game.. All I have it's a platform game ans on the first level your character glides in and drops onto platform? I know it's a long shot but any help would be appreciated?
Strider or bionic commando?
@Old Style Gaming Deadly, thanks.. It was Strider.. I've tried to find it for ages.. My older brother had Strider, Midnight Resistance and Arnie.. It was our first console..
Another great upload from Seaham lot I'm guessing you are from there your accent doesn't sound totally understand
From Houghton mate so not far off
@@oldstylegaming ok from Blackhall Colliery I knew by your accent something Sunderland area but not quite full on mackem
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Brilliant games you have showed from firebird other classics you shud of showed are bmx kids
is that the one that looks like excite bike?
@@oldstylegaming sure is top game
Nice video. Bubble Bobble is one of my favourite games ever,, and the C64 version is brilliant. I bought the 'My Arcade' mini of it and have it in my display cabinet. Thanks a lot for the shout out in Chef's and the sub,, much appreciated. Subbed you back.
No problem you look like you have some cool stuff on your channel
Great list! A couple are in there that I haven't seen before. All winners! Had Ami ports of a couple in the list, and they DO look outstanding on the C64. Some games did get a bad name where reading the included instructions were key. ...due to so many ppl who didn't have included instructions. 😉💾🖊 Thanks OSG
yeah imagine trying to play Thrust, Revs+ or The Sentinel without instructions lol
@@oldstylegaming This is why sophisticated games are seldom in Top 10s. It's mostly arcade! I can't remember more than one or two "Top 64 games" videos that had Alter Ego, Little People, Kennedy Approach, Red Storm Rising, Ultima III, Destroyer, Strike Fleet and so on! All these games need manuals, and kids played pirates. Arcade games don't need an instruction manual!
@@gamingtonight1526 love strike fleet