for a long time as a kid my father would run a Christmas music program every Christmas morning, the John Henry Christmas carols, he died when I was 17 and didn't have a working c64 to carry on tradition, the audio quality in this plug and play is flawless, emulators crackled and pop and sounded terrible, but this is perfect, can't wait to restart the old tradition again
Wow dude i had that on my c64 when was really young and played it a lot in december. Even had a wierd childhood nightmare where the stuffed teddy bear by the tree tried to eat me. Danm brings back memories. Loved that computer.
nEXUS Not in all caes BETTER GRAPHICS does not = better gameplay Wizball was far better a game on the C64, and don't even get me started on that half-assed Amiga port of Outrun
Amiga emulation is at a good standard these days; as long as there's minimal lag I'd certainly hook an Amiga Mini up. Hopefully it would use standard USB mice and keyboards. Wings of Fury! Carrier Command! Virus! Barbarian (with Arnie samples)!
@@lordevyl8317 Outrun was bad on the C64 too, but Turbo Outrun was one of the best racing games on C64. The only problem was the biblical loading time between levels (on cassette), and the fact that the game started right away without asking you to press fire! So if you got distracted during loading you were guaranteed to lose a credit.
in Europe we rarely used floppy disks, they were too expensive.. we used cassettes and a game load in 3-5 MINUTES - it makes me laugh every time when US people cry for ten seconds of loading from a cd, you don't know what pain is
It's great to hear you talk about this MJR. I feel that people who used the C64 originally have a much better perspective on what improvements this new product offers and what users should expect. Another great video as always! :)
@@MetalJesusRocks and whoever else may be interested, Watch "35 Year-Old C(ommodore)-64 Easter Egg Hidden On Vinyl" th-cam.com/video/6_CZpFqvDQo/w-d-xo.html This media cross-over production needs to come back. 👍
I just got one of these too, but haven't taken it out of the box yet because I've been too busy. I hope to try it out soon and give my opinion on the new USA version.
Thanks for C64 memories.. Ghostbusters (who you gonna call :-) ) .. The Great Escape.. Pirates (many hours sailing.. fencing).. Pool of Radiance.. Secret of Silver Blades.. Spy vs Spy..
Metagalactic Llama Yeah, I agree. Unless I spot a new release game, I usually only use the CSDB for demos, new SIDs and graphics. I was just offering a suggestion as the site is chock full of fixed "roms"
Maruko Chan 99 my biggest nostalgia for c64 is when you run your hand over the vents on the top of the old disk drive after turning it on and got that screeching sound lol
That game was cruel. I launched the girls into space one time and the game wouldn't tell you hit a dead end, just walked around trying everything getting frustrated while Ron Gilbert laughs at you
I grew up with C64. I owe a lot to this system, I learned how to program computers with it at age 12. I ended up going on to being a software engineer, but I learned the foundation of writing code on the C64 early 1980s I love this system. Thanks for the video, it brought back a lot of memories.
The C64 was my 2nd console after the Atari 2600. I got it for my 9th birthday back in 88. The C64 games I remember playing the most are Montezuma's revenge (Best) Cave Fighter (2nd Best) The Human Race (Great 1st level music, not a great game but played it a lot) Chiller Dizzy Treasure Island Dizzy Gothik Kik-Start Boulder Dash Miner 2049er
It's amazing to know that the C64 demoscene never stopped en kept improving for 30+ years. I think it tells something about what kind of fun machine it is.....
"Great vid bro!" Let's be honest here. It's not a great video. Nothing about the bad joystick that misses microswitches, nothing about the overall poor build quality. I got it for like 35 bucks and i still feel cheated.
I never had a C64 myself but I did play it at some friend's houses in the 80s. My favorite C64 games: Turrican 1 & 2, Giana Sisters, Rally Speedway, Pitstop 2, International Soccer, Bubble Bobble, Zack McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Summer Games, Winter Games, Space Taxi, R-Type, ...
Stay a while, MJR! Stay forever! This was my first gaming system when I was a kid. So many great games. Pool of Radiance, Uridium, Montezumas Revenge, Henry´s House, Great Giana Sisters, Wonder Boy, Zorro, Monty on the Run, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Fist 2, The Last Ninja etc. Love this system! In the end of Who Dares Wins 2 there is a phone number to the creator. We called him several times. I bet he changed his number eventually... :-)
I love you Metal Jesus! You brought the little me back out :) My dad and 9 year older brother brought this home to me at the age of 3 and I never put this down.
Awesome I really have to get me one of these. Also I think one of the games that impressed me the most back in the day was Driller with it's 3D graphics, and the intro/loading screen with the 9 min long SID is just awesome.
I just got one for $10. It’s super cool takes me back. The only reason why I bought it was for the look , but then I found out it was really easy to put in games and it’s so much fun. Feeling like a kid again thanks for another great video. Keep it up.🤘😎
Jason: I'm sure you're aware by now that the same company "Retro Games" has finally released their full-size C64 with a perfect full-size keyboard! It gives you the option to boot into either the games Carousel, or straight into C64 Basic, or even Vic 20!! Some of the built-in games have changed, and a couple of Vic 20 games are now included... I was very happy to see that they've now got the license for Llamasoft games, so we now have "Attack Of The Mutant Camels", "Gridrunner" (Vic 20), and "Pyschedelia" (Vic 20); Llamasoft were such a strange, chilled out developer!! :-D The new "The C64", as it's officialy called, has 4 USB ports, and a much-improved controller; the new one has micro-switches for the stick and fire buttons.....it feels great! The firmware supplied plays external USB-Stick games, although there is new firmware update too..... This system looks virtually identical in size, shape, colour and design to the original - no cartridge/tape/disk drive slots in the back, but there are now 4 USB ports instead. It just behaves like it's a Commodore 64..... even if you try typing in game programmes from the manuals/magazines! Not sure when the USA release date is, but make sure you're ready for it!! This will really hit you in the 'feels'... ;-)
Thank you man! I used to play exact the same you did! Know them all. What I can remember I also loved some other titles like 'Thing on a spring' (best platform game I know) and I had lot's of fun with 'Rock 'n wrestle', IK+, Kickstart 2, etc.
I don't think it was actually an obscure title back then. It was also on Atari 8-bit - and was slated to be ported to the 5200 - and the Colecovision...
Awesome, thank you for this vid! I’m considering this console and it looks like I’m going to get it! I too enjoy the fact that you can upgrade with a firmware to play any other c64 title!
Got one as a Christmas gift. Just put all the Ultima games (the ones that were on the C64) on there, as well as Montezuma's Revenge (one of my favorite early platform games) and a few others.
Brilliant summery of the system. I played a lot of Hero back in the day. Mainly because I couldn't afford many games back then so it was good to see you mention that. My mate still has my original machine as I gave it to him a few years back. He was beast when it comes to the machine. Even built hardware mods for the thing with another mate of mine. I used to go round and they'd have the disk drive in bits. Apparently my original drive no longer works but the C64 itself is still fully functional. It'd be great to see a slightly bigger version of the mini with a keyboard. I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat (especially if they put a few more usb ports on the thing. Two isn't enough).
I know its been out some time now but I just wanted to say that i still enjoy playing my c64 mini today. Still looks cool and pleasing to look at. Long live the c64...
The thing is, the games on the device where hugely popular in Europe. A lot of them were never released outside of the EU The new firmware even includes a free version of Galencia which was only made last year. It won the Reset64 Magazine game of the year. A really good Galaga clone
Really? Galencia is included? I better get that new firmware version installed on mine then! As for the games on it being eurocentric that kind of makes sense. There were a ton of games released over here for the C64. It pretty much ruled the gaming stage on this side of the pond together with the ZX Spectrum until the 16 bit era arrived. The NES and its console competitors didn't get the same foothold as it did in the US.
Yeah, Nintendo never did well in the EU until the SNES came out, although the gameboy did pretty decent, but the handheld market is quite different from the console market
Around 8:00 I had NO idea Giana Sisters was a C64 game, I play the newest Giana sisters on my switch almost every week ! My dad brought a C64 home from work sometimes and I got to play it. I was born in 81 though so all I really remember is the winter games game and the wrestling game!!
Update: I found the game its called Questron and I found it for the C-64. I need to know the name of a game I played a LOT. You were on an island and was to protect the towns where you can buy and sell item. You fought to protect the towns and went in to buy supplies or upgrades and sell what you got from fighting. In another town you buy items to get around the island better. But if you wanted to you can rob the towns fight your way out and then come back into the town to sell what you stole. But if you did that too many times the store was empty. It was a great game that I want to play again. Great review and I am getting the mini US version. Thanks.
Fantastic video! :) Very cool you are on the FB group as well! There is just one thing I hope this thing gets updated about, left. And that would be that you can flip through disks without it resetting/autorunning, so that BASIC can be used as is, an you're practically using a real C64.
Great video!!, I still have probably 3000 games magazines with all the demo disks back to the early 90's, used to be a great part of PC Gaming in the 90's a way of checking out games before you bought them.
@Metagalactic Llama Both...and then have a "Null Modem Cable" option via USB to hook them up together for Lotus, Falcon, and other games that supported it. I'm not sure if USB would be capable of hooking up 16 said Atari ST(e) Minis for "MIDI Maze" though...would be cool to try it though!
Yes we played winter games and california games too all the time. Other classics: Sid Meiers Pirates, Football Manager, Microprose Soccer, Elite, Mule, Strip poker, Commande, Rambo. Now with this new firmware I think it top my christmas list.
I've picked up one of these but haven't had the time to take it out of the box yet. I had one of the Commodote Vic-20s back in the day. Loved playing games and writing programs on it. Good review.
As the C64 is my favourite home computer, I really enjoyed this video, I have over 1200 original C64 cassette games, now I can play them on the Mini C64 :)
It's a fun little box. Just for giggles, I hooked up a USB keyboard, opened Commodore Basic, did a 'load "$", 8' and found out that there is an emulated disk available to store programs that you type in while playing around with basic programming.
Excellent review! The selection of games might have been driven by licensing, but I suspect it had more to do with the fact that these games required minimal keyboard input and were limited to a single disk. To include games that are keyboard-heavy or multiple disks would mean adding complexity that would not be as enjoyable. I hope that this version of the C64 Mini is a commercial success for the makers so that they have incentive to produce a "full size" version with working keyboard. At the very least, I hope that they release a fullsized USB Commodore keyboard attachment for the Mini.
From what I hear. It was difficult to add more games because of licensing issues. Some games were close to impossible to track down license holders and I understand why they wouldn't risk getting sued if the license holder were to suddenly materialize and submit a claim. That's what I heard.
Bard's Tale and those decoder disks...oh the memories. I also remember playing contract with two joystick with one on the floor (with micro-switches) so I could press the button with my toe to jump.
Really cool! I have been seeing these on the shelves here in Canada lately and was avoiding them thinking that you couldn't add more games! Especially at the $100 price point. I still have a real Commodore 64, so it didn't matter to me much. But now I might think about picking one up. :)
Oh man! I LOVE The Commodore 64! I had Epyx everything! World Games, Summer Games, Epyx Wrestling, Winter Games, etc! We didn't have reviews and such back then, but you knew if it had the name "Epyx" on it, you were getting something EPIC! This was also back when Electronic Arts actually cared! I spent a bazillion hours on Racing Destruction Set! I'll be getting one of these ASAP!
I'm really interested in this whole project. Right now the only thing holding me back from buying is the possibility of the full size version with keyboard. I have an original C64 that's still working but I'm not sure if the CRT it's connected to or the C64 will die first. I'd love to have a backup plan but I don't want it to me a mini version with no keyboard.
@@fermp3690 I think that with the help of a keyrah you could gut a fried original C64, put the board of the mini inside the fullsize C64 case and have the original keyboard working, but sure the ready-made version will be more convenient.
Yeah... I just got mine a couple of days ago too.... it's pretty much perfect to what I remember using and selling back in around '82/83.... the Basic emulator is pretty much perfect too; it even asks for tape drive if you tell it to load, without using the ",8" extension!! It treats the USB stick as a disk drive, which is nice! It's big and clunky looking by today's standards, but hey... it's a wonderful piece of history pretty much perfectly recreated!
yes, "programs from a magazine"!!! I still have a few of those from the 80s and remember typing them into my Apple IIgs. 2 hrs later you had a free "game"!
My only real problem with the C64 Mini is that the Joystick is nowhere near the quality of a _real_ Competition Pro stick, which the look of it is based on. I'm kinda hoping someone will make and sell a proper version of a Comp Pro or even a TAC-2 stick for the Mini.
Love the old bread bin, also got the mini as well and now you can upgrade the firmware so I can play many more games is spot on 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Great vid as always
When I was young, it was impossible for me to have one C64, I remember my cousin getting a C128 and he never really appreciated or used it, don't know why??. Now I can make my younger years dream come true and for a fraction of the price!!!! Thx Metal Jesus you REALLY ROCKS!!!!!!! UR THE MAN!!!!
Very cool that it's actually a official way to do this instead of hacking it. A good alternative to this is the C64 Forever by Cloanto, if you want to run the games and software in Windows. It also comes with a lot of licensed classic games. They also have a great Amiga Forever as well. Worth checking out.
First games I’d put on this would be Stunt Car Racer, Turrican 1+2, Creatures 2, Outrun, Power Drift, Green Beret, Silkworm, SWIV, R-Type, Saint Dragon, X-Out, UN Squadron, IK+, Ivan “Iron Man” Stewart’s Off Road Racer and the Dizzy Series ... for starters. Fuck this was a great gaming system!!!
I'm happy to hear of the improvements. I might want to hold out for a version with a working keyboard only because the key layout on a C64 is... sliiiightly different than a modern keyboard you'd hook into the USB port. Still, I imagine the working keyboard would cause a serious jump in the price point what with having moving mechanical parts...
Looks cute. My friends and me we played the hell out of California Games and Boulder Dash. Good ol' times. I have forgotten about so many titles on the C64. Impossible Mission was a great game too. Summer Games was exhausting! We have broken so many joysticks. :D "Little Computer People" was my favorite game on the C64.
Got mine today for $29.99 Canadian at a local Wal$%$&. Another store had it priced at $74.99. Had to take the leap. I have already updated the firmware and tried a few other games beside the included games. I owned a Commodore 64 back in the day. Used it mostly for Basic programming. I did not own games and had no idea of the games available for it at the time. I still have the original and have used it to play games in the past couple of years via a tape drive and a cassette linked to a phone with roms. This beats it hands down and a HDMI connection to boot.
It was bigger in Europe and especially the UK. So that is why you see some games. For example, Speedball. It was on everything. From Amiga to the 64. Speedball 2 was my favourite!
Thanks very much for this revisit of the C64 mini. I really like the sound of the larger version with fully functional keyboard. My biggest dilemma is whether to buy that or the upcoming ColectorVision (ColecoVision) kickstarter console. Hmmm. Maybe I'll have to get both!
I wish it had Juice, Bagit Man, Kick Man, River Raid, Skate or Die, Blueprint, High Noon, Forbidden Forest, Return to Forbidden Forest and Caverns of Kafka!
Knight Games is an awesome game with some really cool music. Murder on the Mississippi was a really cool game too where you had to find clues, trying to solve a murder that took place on a river boat. I never beat the game and would love to play it again. Caveman ughlympics, Montezumas Revenge, Racing Construction and so many other games I'd love to play again. Oh and Aliens. That game was awesome as well. Flying through those rings was tough but there was some killer music playing on that part.
Late to the party but I just completed my mini system collection with the c64. I had the real one when I was a kid in the 80’s (also had a commodore amiga that I loved). With the turbografx 16 mini that got here yesterday I know have all the mini’s. To go with the real versions of all the systems.
nearly 20 years before my time but i love it......i waited a long time to get mine!!1now i have had its for 2 months and i love it, mostly i love the amount of free stuff, magazines, games, music programs, word processing, drawing, once you get things up and running it,s much nicer than trying to use vice on my pc.
Any other Pogo Joe fans out there? I think I'm gonna get this for my mom and put Pogo Joe on it. She was obsessed with that game, even though she supposedly bought the c64 for my sister and me. Lol
for a long time as a kid my father would run a Christmas music program every Christmas morning, the John Henry Christmas carols, he died when I was 17 and didn't have a working c64 to carry on tradition, the audio quality in this plug and play is flawless, emulators crackled and pop and sounded terrible, but this is perfect, can't wait to restart the old tradition again
Wow dude i had that on my c64 when was really young and played it a lot in december. Even had a wierd childhood nightmare where the stuffed teddy bear by the tree tried to eat me. Danm brings back memories.
Loved that computer.
+Kwstr42 - It depends what audio settings you use in the emulator. I've gotten recent versions of WinVICE to sound exactly like I remember.
We need the Amiga mini 😬
Yep same games but better.
nEXUS
Not in all caes
BETTER GRAPHICS does not = better gameplay
Wizball was far better a game on the C64, and don't even get me started on that half-assed Amiga port of Outrun
LordEvyl the Amiga had an amazing games library all of its own, it'd be great to see one.
Amiga emulation is at a good standard these days; as long as there's minimal lag I'd certainly hook an Amiga Mini up. Hopefully it would use standard USB mice and keyboards. Wings of Fury! Carrier Command! Virus! Barbarian (with Arnie samples)!
@@lordevyl8317 Outrun was bad on the C64 too, but Turbo Outrun was one of the best racing games on C64.
The only problem was the biblical loading time between levels (on cassette), and the fact that the game started right away without asking you to press fire! So if you got distracted during loading you were guaranteed to lose a credit.
It's not the same if you don't have to wait a age in the hope the game would load.
Look at bright side we don't need wait hour anymore.
Hahaha. That is so true.
How about turning the floppy drive off & on real quick when it stops loading in the hopes that it would start back up again?
in Europe we rarely used floppy disks, they were too expensive.. we used cassettes and a game load in 3-5 MINUTES - it makes me laugh every time when US people cry for ten seconds of loading from a cd, you don't know what pain is
No doubt, right? I remember watching an entire 20 min tv show waiting for my game on cassette to load!
It's great to hear you talk about this MJR. I feel that people who used the C64 originally have a much better perspective on what improvements this new product offers and what users should expect. Another great video as always! :)
I enjoyed your review of it as well! Thanks for watching Duder.
You should check out games only released in the UK!
💖WAINTING fo MegaDrive /GENESIS mini..😎.
@@MetalJesusRocks and whoever else may be interested,
Watch "35 Year-Old C(ommodore)-64 Easter Egg Hidden On Vinyl" th-cam.com/video/6_CZpFqvDQo/w-d-xo.html
This media cross-over production needs to come back. 👍
I just got one of these too, but haven't taken it out of the box yet because I've been too busy. I hope to try it out soon and give my opinion on the new USA version.
10 PRINT ""+-0 That should crash a real commodore 64
And let's hope it is better than the uninformed and inexperienced review of the EU machine you did already lol
I wonder if you could add a small factor keyboard like from an old netbook to make that part of it functional as a future project?
Would any one be able to tell me if this would play grimblood. I remember playing it on the Amiga 500.
But just really love to cover your 64-bit maybe one day I'll have to come in or 64 Mini
Enjoyed seeing some of those old C64 games :D
I spent lot of time on "California Games" back in the day. Happy to see it running again
Were you a C64 user back in the day, Phil?
The commodore reminds of my childhood so much. Max nostalgia of a time that was so good
I’m so happy you have Buggy Boy Barbarian and the Last Ninja games 🤘🏽
Thanks for C64 memories.. Ghostbusters (who you gonna call :-) ) .. The Great Escape.. Pirates (many hours sailing.. fencing).. Pool of Radiance.. Secret of Silver Blades.. Spy vs Spy..
Got one of these last week and I'm in LOVE! While not compatible with every rom out there, it's been a wonderful way to enter the world of C64 gaming!
You can get FIXED roms that should work with it. Depending on which version of the mini you have. The CSDB is a haven for that stuff
Metagalactic Llama
Yeah, I agree. Unless I spot a new release game, I usually only use the CSDB for demos, new SIDs and graphics. I was just offering a suggestion as the site is chock full of fixed "roms"
Want to see me some Bard's Tale on the Commodore again. My all time favorite game across ANY platform even up to today.
damn, I wish the keyboard would work, it would really give the people that nostalgic moment
Art Bell
Euro-focused ???
As a Brit, I thought the games were US focused.
Maruko Chan 99 my biggest nostalgia for c64 is when you run your hand over the vents on the top of the old disk drive after turning it on and got that screeching sound lol
The keyboard issue is, for me, kind of a dealbreaker...
They promised the keyboard version to the backers. I hope they follow through.
That would pretty pretty bad though. Imagine trying to code on that thing. LOL
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was hands down my best C64 experience!
Fun fact: There is a fan-made Zak McKracken 2. Haven't tried it, but it looks fun. :-)
That game was cruel. I launched the girls into space one time and the game wouldn't tell you hit a dead end, just walked around trying everything getting frustrated while Ron Gilbert laughs at you
It was good, but my best experience was all the Gold Box SSI Ad&D RPGs...and the Ultima series
Haha nice! Mr Brian himself, the adventure van man!
There were quite a few dead ends
I grew up with C64. I owe a lot to this system, I learned how to program computers with it at age 12. I ended up going on to being a software engineer, but I learned the foundation of writing code on the C64 early 1980s I love this system. Thanks for the video, it brought back a lot of memories.
The C64 was my 2nd console after the Atari 2600. I got it for my 9th birthday back in 88.
The C64 games I remember playing the most are
Montezuma's revenge (Best)
Cave Fighter (2nd Best)
The Human Race (Great 1st level music, not a great game but played it a lot)
Chiller
Dizzy
Treasure Island Dizzy
Gothik
Kik-Start
Boulder Dash
Miner 2049er
It's amazing to know that the C64 demoscene never stopped en kept improving for 30+ years.
I think it tells something about what kind of fun machine it is.....
In the mid 80's.I traded my C64 for a ride home from Broadway in Seattle.
Bruce Lee was one of the best game EVER!!! Great vid bro!
Try Buce Lee II (it's a fanmade "sequel" made in 2013) It's basically a hack with some added levels
"Great vid bro!" Let's be honest here. It's not a great video. Nothing about the bad joystick that misses microswitches, nothing about the overall poor build quality. I got it for like 35 bucks and i still feel cheated.
I never had a C64 myself but I did play it at some friend's houses in the 80s.
My favorite C64 games: Turrican 1 & 2, Giana Sisters, Rally Speedway, Pitstop 2, International Soccer, Bubble Bobble, Zack McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Summer Games, Winter Games, Space Taxi, R-Type, ...
You’re the reason my taste in retro videos games has expanded outside of my old Nintendo-only preferences. Love your videos!
Thanks so much!!
Stay a while, MJR! Stay forever! This was my first gaming system when I was a kid. So many great games. Pool of Radiance, Uridium, Montezumas Revenge, Henry´s House, Great Giana Sisters, Wonder Boy, Zorro, Monty on the Run, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Fist 2, The Last Ninja etc. Love this system! In the end of Who Dares Wins 2 there is a phone number to the creator. We called him several times. I bet he changed his number eventually... :-)
Jason do you know that you have a lot of fans here in Portugal?Lots of love and continue the good work!
Oh yeah!? AWESOME!!! Love to visit one day
I love you Metal Jesus! You brought the little me back out :) My dad and 9 year older brother brought this home to me at the age of 3 and I never put this down.
Awesome I really have to get me one of these. Also I think one of the games that impressed me the most back in the day was Driller with it's 3D graphics, and the intro/loading screen with the 9 min long SID is just awesome.
I just got one for $10. It’s super cool takes me back. The only reason why I bought it was for the look , but then I found out it was really easy to put in games and it’s so much fun. Feeling like a kid again thanks for another great video. Keep it up.🤘😎
Jason: I'm sure you're aware by now that the same company "Retro Games" has finally released their full-size C64 with a perfect full-size keyboard! It gives you the option to boot into either the games Carousel, or straight into C64 Basic, or even Vic 20!!
Some of the built-in games have changed, and a couple of Vic 20 games are now included... I was very happy to see that they've now got the license for Llamasoft games, so we now have "Attack Of The Mutant Camels", "Gridrunner" (Vic 20), and "Pyschedelia" (Vic 20); Llamasoft were such a strange, chilled out developer!! :-D
The new "The C64", as it's officialy called, has 4 USB ports, and a much-improved controller; the new one has micro-switches for the stick and fire buttons.....it feels great!
The firmware supplied plays external USB-Stick games, although there is new firmware update too.....
This system looks virtually identical in size, shape, colour and design to the original - no cartridge/tape/disk drive slots in the back, but there are now 4 USB ports instead.
It just behaves like it's a Commodore 64..... even if you try typing in game programmes from the manuals/magazines!
Not sure when the USA release date is, but make sure you're ready for it!! This will really hit you in the 'feels'... ;-)
Thank you man!
I used to play exact the same you did!
Know them all.
What I can remember I also loved some other titles like 'Thing on a spring' (best platform game I know) and I had lot's of fun with 'Rock 'n wrestle', IK+, Kickstart 2, etc.
OH MAN! I remember playing BC Quest for Tires... what a throwback. :)
I don't think it was actually an obscure title back then. It was also on Atari 8-bit - and was slated to be ported to the 5200 - and the Colecovision...
I had the game on my C64, although I played the ColecoVision version first
It was fun, but i preferred the sequel Grog's Revenge
Excellent review dude, it was great to see you in the mini FB group...
Awesome, thank you for this vid! I’m considering this console and it looks like I’m going to get it! I too enjoy the fact that you can upgrade with a firmware to play any other c64 title!
Got one as a Christmas gift. Just put all the Ultima games (the ones that were on the C64) on there, as well as Montezuma's Revenge (one of my favorite early platform games) and a few others.
Brilliant summery of the system. I played a lot of Hero back in the day. Mainly because I couldn't afford many games back then so it was good to see you mention that. My mate still has my original machine as I gave it to him a few years back. He was beast when it comes to the machine. Even built hardware mods for the thing with another mate of mine. I used to go round and they'd have the disk drive in bits. Apparently my original drive no longer works but the C64 itself is still fully functional. It'd be great to see a slightly bigger version of the mini with a keyboard. I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat (especially if they put a few more usb ports on the thing. Two isn't enough).
I know its been out some time now but I just wanted to say that i still enjoy playing my c64 mini today. Still looks cool and pleasing to look at. Long live the c64...
The thing is, the games on the device where hugely popular in Europe. A lot of them were never released outside of the EU
The new firmware even includes a free version of Galencia which was only made last year. It won the Reset64 Magazine game of the year. A really good Galaga clone
Really? Galencia is included? I better get that new firmware version installed on mine then! As for the games on it being eurocentric that kind of makes sense. There were a ton of games released over here for the C64. It pretty much ruled the gaming stage on this side of the pond together with the ZX Spectrum until the 16 bit era arrived. The NES and its console competitors didn't get the same foothold as it did in the US.
Yeah, Nintendo never did well in the EU until the SNES came out, although the gameboy did pretty decent, but the handheld market is quite different from the console market
Thanks for the great review of this, it's the only "Mini Classic" system I'm considering, loved your take & details on it man!
I might consider a Mini-Amiga (or Atari ST) if one comes out
Skate or Die, Test Drive, One on One, International Karate, Project Stealth fighter, F15 Strike Eagle, Airborne Ranger, Green Beret, The last Ninja.
Turrican and Turrican 2
I had no idea skate or die was c64 originally
Last Ninja 2 was the best game out of that series
Oh man , Defender of the crown !! Loved that game as a kid . Still find myself whistling the music from it now , I'm 47 !!!
Around 8:00 I had NO idea Giana Sisters was a C64 game, I play the newest Giana sisters on my switch almost every week ! My dad brought a C64 home from work sometimes and I got to play it. I was born in 81 though so all I really remember is the winter games game and the wrestling game!!
Update: I found the game its called Questron and I found it for the C-64.
I need to know the name of a game I played a LOT. You were on an island and was to protect the towns where you can buy and sell item. You fought to protect the towns and went in to buy supplies or upgrades and sell what you got from fighting. In another town you buy items to get around the island better. But if you wanted to you can rob the towns fight your way out and then come back into the town to sell what you stole. But if you did that too many times the store was empty. It was a great game that I want to play again.
Great review and I am getting the mini US version. Thanks.
The new C64 is coming out in December 2019!
C64 maxi is coming guys and gals!! =)
I ordered mine yesterday, it should be released the 5 of December.
I got mine. I'm using an 8bitdo m30 controller with it. YAY!
Fantastic video! :) Very cool you are on the FB group as well! There is just one thing I hope this thing gets updated about, left. And that would be that you can flip through disks without it resetting/autorunning, so that BASIC can be used as is, an you're practically using a real C64.
Great video!!, I still have probably 3000 games magazines with all the demo disks back to the early 90's, used to be a great part of PC Gaming in the 90's a way of checking out games before you bought them.
There needs to be a Mini Amiga
@Metagalactic Llama Both...and then have a "Null Modem Cable" option via USB to hook them up together for Lotus, Falcon, and other games that supported it. I'm not sure if USB would be capable of hooking up 16 said Atari ST(e) Minis for "MIDI Maze" though...would be cool to try it though!
Mini ZX Spectrum .LOL
8-Bit Retro Rulz
A Mini Speccy wouldn't be such a bad idea actually. Although, I think it would only go over well in Europe.
@@lordevyl8317 I could buy such a Mini Speccy and use it as a door stop in my daughter's doll house so it could actually be useful here in 'Murica...
Mini Atari Jaguar
LOL
I really love the setting in your game room.
Yes we played winter games and california games too all the time.
Other classics: Sid Meiers Pirates, Football Manager, Microprose Soccer, Elite, Mule, Strip poker, Commande, Rambo.
Now with this new firmware I think it top my christmas list.
I've picked up one of these but haven't had the time to take it out of the box yet. I had one of the Commodote Vic-20s back in the day. Loved playing games and writing programs on it. Good review.
As the C64 is my favourite home computer, I really enjoyed this video, I have over 1200 original C64 cassette games, now I can play them on the Mini C64 :)
Just order one! Can’t wait to get it :). I been watching your videos since I was in the military and they are some of the best in TH-cam! :)
It's a fun little box. Just for giggles, I hooked up a USB keyboard, opened Commodore Basic, did a 'load "$", 8' and found out that there is an emulated disk available to store programs that you type in while playing around with basic programming.
I loved Quest for Tires!!! Just got my mini today and I cannot wait to relive my childhood.
Rick Dangerous...now I know where Derek Yu got the idea for Spelunky. LOL
I love seeing these retro gaming systems. great video
Excellent review! The selection of games might have been driven by licensing, but I suspect it had more to do with the fact that these games required minimal keyboard input and were limited to a single disk. To include games that are keyboard-heavy or multiple disks would mean adding complexity that would not be as enjoyable.
I hope that this version of the C64 Mini is a commercial success for the makers so that they have incentive to produce a "full size" version with working keyboard. At the very least, I hope that they release a fullsized USB Commodore keyboard attachment for the Mini.
From what I hear. It was difficult to add more games because of licensing issues. Some games were close to impossible to track down license holders and I understand why they wouldn't risk getting sued if the license holder were to suddenly materialize and submit a claim. That's what I heard.
Bard's Tale and those decoder disks...oh the memories. I also remember playing contract with two joystick with one on the floor (with micro-switches) so I could press the button with my toe to jump.
that should be contra, not contract.
The clicky thumbsticks text from the NeoGeo guy is in the intro, including your reaction to it.
YOU ABSOLUTE MAD MAN.
Really cool! I have been seeing these on the shelves here in Canada lately and was avoiding them thinking that you couldn't add more games! Especially at the $100 price point. I still have a real Commodore 64, so it didn't matter to me much. But now I might think about picking one up. :)
Well this just got a whole lot more interesting. Neat!
Oh man! I LOVE The Commodore 64! I had Epyx everything! World Games, Summer Games, Epyx Wrestling, Winter Games, etc! We didn't have reviews and such back then, but you knew if it had the name "Epyx" on it, you were getting something EPIC! This was also back when Electronic Arts actually cared! I spent a bazillion hours on Racing Destruction Set! I'll be getting one of these ASAP!
I remember playing a lot of these games back in the 80's as well, even B.C Quest for tires lol. Great memories!
If they made it full size with a fully functioning keyboard I'd buy it in a heart beat.
There is maybe a version coming that is full size. Well that was their original plan.
I'm really interested in this whole project. Right now the only thing holding me back from buying is the possibility of the full size version with keyboard. I have an original C64 that's still working but I'm not sure if the CRT it's connected to or the C64 will die first. I'd love to have a backup plan but I don't want it to me a mini version with no keyboard.
@@fermp3690 I think that with the help of a keyrah you could gut a fried original C64, put the board of the mini inside the fullsize C64 case and have the original keyboard working, but sure the ready-made version will be more convenient.
And a reliable website to download more games would help
I just got my full size C64 clone. I have my wireless controller set up with it. So happy right now. I can't believe I sold my c64.
Yeah... I just got mine a couple of days ago too.... it's pretty much perfect to what I remember using and selling back in around '82/83.... the Basic emulator is pretty much perfect too; it even asks for tape drive if you tell it to load, without using the ",8" extension!! It treats the USB stick as a disk drive, which is nice!
It's big and clunky looking by today's standards, but hey... it's a wonderful piece of history pretty much perfectly recreated!
yes, "programs from a magazine"!!! I still have a few of those from the 80s and remember typing them into my Apple IIgs. 2 hrs later you had a free "game"!
My only real problem with the C64 Mini is that the Joystick is nowhere near the quality of a _real_ Competition Pro stick, which the look of it is based on. I'm kinda hoping someone will make and sell a proper version of a Comp Pro or even a TAC-2 stick for the Mini.
As someone in the UK, all of those games look very familiar and a lot are very very awesome.
Love the old bread bin, also got the mini as well and now you can upgrade the firmware so I can play many more games is spot on 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great vid as always
The music of Commando. OH, the music! It is still in my head! SO good!
When I was young, it was impossible for me to have one C64, I remember my cousin getting a C128 and he never really appreciated or used it, don't know why??. Now I can make my younger years dream come true and for a fraction of the price!!!! Thx Metal Jesus you REALLY ROCKS!!!!!!! UR THE MAN!!!!
loved raid over Moscow, beachead,beachead 2,outrun,will hopefully be having a c64 mini off santa this year..☺
3:26 - v.nice transition effect right there!!
I live for the moment they 'll bring an Amiga mini-me. Then i'll die happy :)
Very cool that it's actually a official way to do this instead of hacking it. A good alternative to this is the C64 Forever by Cloanto, if you want to run the games and software in Windows. It also comes with a lot of licensed classic games. They also have a great Amiga Forever as well. Worth checking out.
i love these classic mini game consoles. i may have to pick one up now that they updated the firmware
I'm totally surprised at how fun some of those games look. I had no idea!
First games I’d put on this would be Stunt Car Racer, Turrican 1+2, Creatures 2, Outrun, Power Drift, Green Beret, Silkworm, SWIV, R-Type, Saint Dragon, X-Out, UN Squadron, IK+, Ivan “Iron Man” Stewart’s Off Road Racer and the Dizzy Series ... for starters. Fuck this was a great gaming system!!!
I'm happy to hear of the improvements. I might want to hold out for a version with a working keyboard only because the key layout on a C64 is... sliiiightly different than a modern keyboard you'd hook into the USB port. Still, I imagine the working keyboard would cause a serious jump in the price point what with having moving mechanical parts...
I loved my C64 with my Brothers. Always played Dizzy and a free game called Park Patrol.
wow i remember my school in grade 3 having that B.C Caveman game thats a blast from the past i used to love it.
We recently bought one of these as a present for someone. Nice to know that there is a firmware update!
Looks cute.
My friends and me we played the hell out of California Games and Boulder Dash. Good ol' times. I have forgotten about so many titles on the C64. Impossible Mission was a great game too. Summer Games was exhausting! We have broken so many joysticks. :D "Little Computer People" was my favorite game on the C64.
Summer Games II and winter Games was all that we played!!
Still have a C64. When my older Brother and I were kids, we had a ton of floppy games for it.
Got mine today for $29.99 Canadian at a local Wal$%$&. Another store had it priced at $74.99. Had to take the leap. I have already updated the firmware and tried a few other games beside the included games. I owned a Commodore 64 back in the day. Used it mostly for Basic programming. I did not own games and had no idea of the games available for it at the time. I still have the original and have used it to play games in the past couple of years via a tape drive and a cassette linked to a phone with roms. This beats it hands down and a HDMI connection to boot.
I got one as I was too young or not even born yet when the C64 came out..looks awesome
Hi MetalJesus, thankgod we have a decent review on this product. Thankyou so much mate.
It was bigger in Europe and especially the UK. So that is why you see some games. For example, Speedball. It was on everything. From Amiga to the 64. Speedball 2 was my favourite!
I totally remember B.C. Quest for Tires! I played that game a lot! The Impossible Mission games were certainly my favourite C64 games though.
10:07 B.C.'s Quest for tires! I remember it very well. One of my favourites. The same goes for Aztec Challenge and Bruce Lee.
Thanks very much for this revisit of the C64 mini. I really like the sound of the larger version with fully functional keyboard. My biggest dilemma is whether to buy that or the upcoming ColectorVision (ColecoVision) kickstarter console. Hmmm. Maybe I'll have to get both!
Thanks. You just sold me on Barbarian. Great presentation.
I wish it had Juice, Bagit Man, Kick Man, River Raid, Skate or Die, Blueprint, High Noon, Forbidden Forest, Return to Forbidden Forest and Caverns of Kafka!
Knight Games is an awesome game with some really cool music.
Murder on the Mississippi was a really cool game too where you had to find clues, trying to solve a murder that took place on a river boat. I never beat the game and would love to play it again.
Caveman ughlympics, Montezumas Revenge, Racing Construction and so many other games I'd love to play again. Oh and Aliens. That game was awesome as well. Flying through those rings was tough but there was some killer music playing on that part.
Awesome, I remember almost every game you mentioned - including BC's Quest For Tires! I gotta have one of these things.
Awesome bg music at the end!
Okay, I'm tempted to get this. Never grew up with the Commodore, but the updates make me interested.
Late to the party but I just completed my mini system collection with the c64. I had the real one when I was a kid in the 80’s (also had a commodore amiga that I loved). With the turbografx 16 mini that got here yesterday I know have all the mini’s. To go with the real versions of all the systems.
nearly 20 years before my time but i love it......i waited a long time to get mine!!1now i have had its for 2 months and i love it, mostly i love the amount of free stuff, magazines, games, music programs, word processing, drawing, once you get things up and running it,s much nicer than trying to use vice on my pc.
Great to see some Buggy Boy love, MJR!
Awesome vid as always
This is by far my favourite computer of all time... together with the MSX... HERO was awesome on the 64
Any other Pogo Joe fans out there? I think I'm gonna get this for my mom and put Pogo Joe on it. She was obsessed with that game, even though she supposedly bought the c64 for my sister and me. Lol