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@CheekyCommodoreGamer another mystery solved, thanks as allways mate,appreciated the Eddie kidd story too as was far to young to know why he was loved just knew he was as my brother liked him, keep up the top notch work and let's get to 2 million 👍👍👍
Not sure Eddie would have enjoyed this back in the day! Probably an easy few bucks for endorsing it. Poor Eddie, so sad he got injured not on an actual jump but on the slow down and went over the edge and fell, poor bloke. He is a proper legend daredevil and was a male model as well I think. Sending him my best wishes
True story: I used knock about with his missus back in the day, Sam Curly was a stripper on LIVE! TV (if you remember that channel) I used to roll in those UK Glamour scenes. . If the news reports are true she turned out be a wrong'un after his awful crash. All the best Eddie!!
This was one of those 'load once, mark the name on the disc label, reset the C64 and see what the next game on this disc of warez is, never play again.' games for me when I got it. I think the next game was the fantastic Gateway to Apshai actually!
Back in my early Commodore 64 days, I loved nearly every game-probably because I was tiny and didn’t know any better. It wasn’t until games got better that I realized Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge was, well, a faceplant. 😇🕹️👌
Wow, this was lost in my memory, but I know I played it. These big sprites and letters just bring it back. Unfortunately it seems there still isn't much to this game so now I can forget it once more.
It was good to get this one archived on the channel... but for replay value, I think sticking in the archives is where it may remain... but, for it's day - it wasn't 'too' bad 😇🕹️👌
He did a show in Lougborough in 1982'ish, great stuff, his film 'Riding High' 1981 came out on bluray only just recently, some 40 years after it was made,
Sadly, no. Just the same thrilling lineup of generic cars, with the heart-pounding addition of one extra car after each jump. Riveting stuff, right? 😇🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Sounds more exciting than a fortnight at Alton Towers :D When was Kikstart released too? That had a better concept of the whole bike jumping stuff. Though even that disappointingly didn't have you jumping over pits full of St. John's Ambulance staff that had fallen in :P
I first played Eddie Kid Jump Challenge on the BBC computer at primary school during break time.. And have vague memories playing it on my brothers Commodore 128. I have played it in the last few years. I've already given it a whirl.
Ah, 1984-the golden age when we loved every game, no matter how bad. But even Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge couldn’t keep me hooked for long. Luckily, we also had Ghostbusters that year, so the choice between “meh” and “who you gonna call?” was a no-brainer 😇🕹️👌
That looked awful. I know we struggled in the 80's with graphics but they were the worst I've seen in ages. Nice review and great to see just how far we've come.
They were certainly basic and the bland 'Brown' background wasn't very appealing either! Thank god some of the larger software houses showcased just what the Commodore 64 could produce when it came to colourful graphics 😇🕹️👌
This game may seem nice, but i rather play KIKSTART II on both of my Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 😸😺👍🕹️. And who remembers STUNT BIKE (1984) from Ocean on the Commodore 64 😹🕹️?!
There were some great biking games indeed for the commodore 64, don't forget the awesome Action Biker too, which can be found here on the channel 😇🕹️👌th-cam.com/video/zeFM_QrjiiA/w-d-xo.html
I love the Walk Like an Egyptian animation.. unless it's Big Bird or an oversized chicken in that suit. Yeah.. Kickstart is much better.. Eddie Kid without the magnifying glass..
Haha I believe that is actually a bicycle on the ZX Spectrum, as the inlay says you can practice on Oil Drums before taking on the motorcycle - however, I think this was missing completely from the Commodore 64 version! 😇🕹️👌
This must be the week of oversized characters in games so far. LOL! Yeah... I've gotta be honest... this game looks kinda dull and repetitive. However, I do like how the sprites for the driver and the bike seem to move separately to enhance the simulation of riding the motorcycle. That's a neat effect. It's just a shame they didn't do more with the game itself.
BIG sprite week indeed! I pick these games pretty much at random too, but it must have been a subconscious choice. I did like the way you could independantly control the movements of the rider and the bike, making him do a funny shuffle on the seat... I was reliving my youth making him do that funny 'thrust' dance upon approach. Always got a giggle with my friends back in the day 😇🕹️👌
Yeah it's 1984 and it's a large spite, but even though it's a bit different, in reality this isn't even as good as many single events in the Epyx sports games series, even the original Summer Games released that same year, but World Games released in 1986 was even better and included barrel jumping that I'd say was much better on it's own, just one of 8 events, owned it on disk, awesome.
You make a good point... but that bigger development team who worked on Summer Games etc definitely refined the genre - nothing came close to Epyx 'Games' series on the C64 - I have some great memories playing some of those events as a kid 😇🕹️👌
It could have been more appealing if you could undertake more than one style of stunt... jumping the great wall of China could have made this an instant epic classic! 😇🕹️👌
I'm in the U.S. and I had a C64. While I agree that most games looked and sounded better on the C64, I have seen a few Spectrum games that I liked. I can't think of any specific titles at the moment, but I've seen some.
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer I guess we'll never know for sure. But I'd like to think he signed up having never seen the godawful game in action. Truly awful game.
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I had this on budget it said there was a practice level over barrels never understood why it wasn't there, nice one mate was waiting for this one 🎉😂
Yeah! I think you could do that on the BBC Micro or ZX Spectrum versions of the game... but it was missed out on the Commodore 64! 😇🕹️👌
@CheekyCommodoreGamer another mystery solved, thanks as allways mate,appreciated the Eddie kidd story too as was far to young to know why he was loved just knew he was as my brother liked him, keep up the top notch work and let's get to 2 million 👍👍👍
Not sure Eddie would have enjoyed this back in the day! Probably an easy few bucks for endorsing it. Poor Eddie, so sad he got injured not on an actual jump but on the slow down and went over the edge and fell, poor bloke. He is a proper legend daredevil and was a male model as well I think. Sending him my best wishes
Yeah I remember watching the documentary... poor guy, he did a lot for charity following his accident, a legend 😇🕹️👌
True story: I used knock about with his missus back in the day, Sam Curly was a stripper on LIVE! TV (if you remember that channel) I used to roll in those UK Glamour scenes. . If the news reports are true she turned out be a wrong'un after his awful crash. All the best Eddie!!
You played this so we didnt have to. Bless you sir. :)
My pleasure hehe... I suppose Eddie Kidd isn't 'all' that bad, but it's just too basic to keep your interest for very long I'm afraid 😇🕹️👌
This was one of those 'load once, mark the name on the disc label, reset the C64 and see what the next game on this disc of warez is, never play again.' games for me when I got it. I think the next game was the fantastic Gateway to Apshai actually!
Back in my early Commodore 64 days, I loved nearly every game-probably because I was tiny and didn’t know any better. It wasn’t until games got better that I realized Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge was, well, a faceplant. 😇🕹️👌
Wow, this was lost in my memory, but I know I played it. These big sprites and letters just bring it back. Unfortunately it seems there still isn't much to this game so now I can forget it once more.
It was good to get this one archived on the channel... but for replay value, I think sticking in the archives is where it may remain... but, for it's day - it wasn't 'too' bad 😇🕹️👌
He did a show in Lougborough in 1982'ish, great stuff, his film 'Riding High' 1981 came out on bluray only just recently, some 40 years after it was made,
I still haven't seen that film... but its one I think I'll try and source on Bluray 😇🕹️👌
Not even any double decker buses to jump over?!?!
Sadly, no. Just the same thrilling lineup of generic cars, with the heart-pounding addition of one extra car after each jump. Riveting stuff, right? 😇🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Sounds more exciting than a fortnight at Alton Towers :D
When was Kikstart released too? That had a better concept of the whole bike jumping stuff. Though even that disappointingly didn't have you jumping over pits full of St. John's Ambulance staff that had fallen in :P
I first played Eddie Kid Jump Challenge on the BBC computer at primary school during break time..
And have vague memories playing it on my brothers Commodore 128. I have played it in the last few years.
I've already given it a whirl.
Good to give these games the whirl they deserve! Ha 😇🕹️👌
The movement animation at 3:02 reminds me of Mr. Bean dancing. :D
I loved Mr. Bean as a kid too! I think I got told off at school once trying to reinact that dance in one of the classes haha 😇🕹️👌
I loved, this, i spent hours on it on my BBC B.
ok, the BBC B version was very different, fortunately!
I found the graphical style to be incredibly similar to the ZX Spectrum on the BBC version 😇🕹️👌
Got this in a compilation called '6 Computer Hits' by Beau Jolly (as seen on TV!). Remember playing it on my B&W portable TV in my bedroom :)
Hope this game brought back some nostalgic memories, even if... by the standards that followed... it cannot be considered a classic by any means 😇🕹️👌
*drinks soup via metal straw...
haha yeah the amount of times I came off the bike playing this, I think I need a straw too! 😇🕹️👌
I do recall this game was quite well received but it is indeed limited
Ah, 1984-the golden age when we loved every game, no matter how bad. But even Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge couldn’t keep me hooked for long. Luckily, we also had Ghostbusters that year, so the choice between “meh” and “who you gonna call?” was a no-brainer 😇🕹️👌
Oh boy what did we have a laugh back then anytime we talked about this game with its ridicolous graphics!!!! Not at all abgefahren...🙈😛🤣
Its certainly very...... abgefahren brown! 😇🕹️👌
best game ever..
Hehe - well, if you think so then thats great! 😉🕹️👌
That looked awful. I know we struggled in the 80's with graphics but they were the worst I've seen in ages.
Nice review and great to see just how far we've come.
They were certainly basic and the bland 'Brown' background wasn't very appealing either! Thank god some of the larger software houses showcased just what the Commodore 64 could produce when it came to colourful graphics 😇🕹️👌
didn't know about EDDIE KIDD, I have heard of Evel Knievel
Both legendary stuntmen from both sides of the pond 😇🕹️👌
This game may seem nice,
but i rather play KIKSTART II on both of
my Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 😸😺👍🕹️.
And who remembers STUNT BIKE (1984) from Ocean on the Commodore 64 😹🕹️?!
There were some great biking games indeed for the commodore 64, don't forget the awesome Action Biker too, which can be found here on the channel 😇🕹️👌th-cam.com/video/zeFM_QrjiiA/w-d-xo.html
I love the Walk Like an Egyptian animation.. unless it's Big Bird or an oversized chicken in that suit. Yeah.. Kickstart is much better.. Eddie Kid without the magnifying glass..
I have no clue what that walk was-it looked like a weird mix between a forward moonwalk and someone absolutely busting for the bathroom 😇🕹️👌
what is up with the sprite in the spectrum version? looks like a bicycle instead of a motorcycle!
Haha I believe that is actually a bicycle on the ZX Spectrum, as the inlay says you can practice on Oil Drums before taking on the motorcycle - however, I think this was missing completely from the Commodore 64 version! 😇🕹️👌
This must be the week of oversized characters in games so far. LOL! Yeah... I've gotta be honest... this game looks kinda dull and repetitive. However, I do like how the sprites for the driver and the bike seem to move separately to enhance the simulation of riding the motorcycle. That's a neat effect. It's just a shame they didn't do more with the game itself.
BIG sprite week indeed! I pick these games pretty much at random too, but it must have been a subconscious choice. I did like the way you could independantly control the movements of the rider and the bike, making him do a funny shuffle on the seat... I was reliving my youth making him do that funny 'thrust' dance upon approach. Always got a giggle with my friends back in the day 😇🕹️👌
Yeah it's 1984 and it's a large spite, but even though it's a bit different, in reality this isn't even as good as many single events in the Epyx sports games series, even the original Summer Games released that same year, but World Games released in 1986 was even better and included barrel jumping that I'd say was much better on it's own, just one of 8 events, owned it on disk, awesome.
You make a good point... but that bigger development team who worked on Summer Games etc definitely refined the genre - nothing came close to Epyx 'Games' series on the C64 - I have some great memories playing some of those events as a kid 😇🕹️👌
I had this. A bit of thought with some different levels etc and it might have been good game at a budget price. Unfortunately it was crap!
It could have been more appealing if you could undertake more than one style of stunt... jumping the great wall of China could have made this an instant epic classic! 😇🕹️👌
I can't understand why you guys across the pond love that Spectrum. Every game I've ever seen on it looks and sounds like crap.
I don't think you will find any UK spectrum fans here. C64 was always superior.
Everyone I knew had a c64 or BBC model B which had some good games, spectrum games always looked worse to me
I'm in the U.S. and I had a C64. While I agree that most games looked and sounded better on the C64, I have seen a few Spectrum games that I liked. I can't think of any specific titles at the moment, but I've seen some.
I can appreciate the Spectrum, but I certainly didn't love it! 😇🕹️👌
Huzarrr 😇🕹️👌
Evel Knievel was cooler 😂
Well I guess he got his nickname in jail, so that must count for something 😇🕹️👌
Game certainly didn't match Eddie's greatness...
I agree.. I wonder if he would have endorsed the game had he seen the zany animation upon crashing! The hobbling sprite was pretty amusing though 😇🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer I guess we'll never know for sure. But I'd like to think he signed up having never seen the godawful game in action. Truly awful game.
what an absolute piece of shit game. I remember another similar one that was much better, possibly evel kneivel
I mean, it's a game thats 40 years old... back then I thought all games were great 😇🕹️👌