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One of my absolute favourites in the 64. Those early Activision games were just so great playability wise and I think this also looks great with a really colourful look. Finally got around to buying a copy of it recently.
I'm also looking to buy the actual copy of the game, I love the cover art too... would be a nice addition to the shelf. So I think thats my plan over the next few days, trying to source a copy 😇🕹️👌
I am still looking for this game to my Commodore 64 😹👍🕹️. Activision brought so many legendary classic games for the Atari 2600, Commodore 64 and Amiga 😺👍🕹️. TOY BIZARRE may be as challenging as MARIO BROS., but it is a brilliant classic game 😺👍🕹️.
I am always really pleased when the community rally together in support for these games - they obviously meant a lot to us all and its brilliant to see 😇🕹️👌
Ahh awesome - even after 40 years this game doesn't disappoint! Still shocks me to know I was happily playing this game all those years ago and enjoyed playing it just the same all these years later 😇🕹️👌
Loved this game. Had never seen Mario Brother so thought it was completely original. Another Activison game I liked was Zenji. A brilliant puzzle game.
I have a few games which are seasonal for me also, brings back the 'vibe' and unlocks a whole load of memories playing at certain times of year - good times 😇🕹️👌
A wonderful spooky moody game! For some reason, many people seem unaware of the most common way to stun the enemies - jumping over them. This is usually a lot easier than using the piston pairs.
Great game, addictive and pretty simple to pick up once you know what you are doing... gets hectic too at times, which provides a decent challenge 😇🕹️👌
Even the bonus levels were pretty challenging when there are multiple androids roaming the screen, very addictive even though it had a simple premise. Mind you, it was tricky to juggle everything when the screens become manic. A very good game indeed 😇🕹️👌
Players control Merton, a maintenance man who works at a toy factory, represented by a series of platforms and valves. During one of his shifts, the toys come to life and rebel. Merton has to capture all the toys while avoiding a life-sized doll named Hefty Hilda. Hilda and Merton can freely travel through the factory, jumping on to the various platforms and toggling the valves on or off. While turned on, the valves create balloons. If Merton does not pop the balloon in time, it hatches a toy. Merton can not ordinarily touch the toys or Hilda; doing so causes him to lose one of his five lives.
Great game! I agree with your comparison to Mario Bros. Even the Safety Check bonus stage reminds me of the coin collecting bonus stage in Mario Bros (except you have an enemy or two working against you). The music before each stage was a bit odd... but also cool. Lots of fun! I played this game quite a bit!
A fantastic game, one you could load up for a quick game and be totally happy. I seem to remember it was quite small, one of those 65ish block-long games that would fit nicely in the remaining space on many a blank disk!
You're right, you could fire this game up and get straight into it without much fuss. Very addictive indeed and some of my earliest memories were playing games from around this era 😇🕹👌
This game totally could have been an arcade game. They could have made it an electro-mechanical game with the balloon generators being actual physical props with the playfield being projected on it (like games from the late 70's early 80's). Furthest I made it was Thursday, not sure if weekends are included on the levels.
I agree, would have made a good arcade game - however with the Mario Bros game already out there, maybe it was a little too similar? Not sure... still - I'd have enjoyed playing this in the arcades definitely 😇🕹️👌
Ahh did that have Pitfall included as a demo? I think my friend had that demo disk... alas, we never had the disk drive in our household but I remember I really wanted to get hold of one hehe. It's a very good game and even whilst making the video, I must have played it for at least an hour as I was kinda hooked in 😇🕹️👌
The beauty of the 8-bit era was the sheer amount of experiementation that went into games, the crazy concepts and purely original game formats. It definitely was an honour to have grown up in this period, surrounded by wild and whacky games... it was a magical era 😇🕹️👌
Activision was on a roll around this time, for sure! I would have to say that this is probably my favorite of theirs from that time period. A very well made game that is frustrating at times but not so much that you want to rage quit!
I think 84' in general was such a superb year for games, movies, music and pretty much everything - a happier time in life I remember fondly and Activision can give themselves a pat on the back for providing us with pure quality back then 😇🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer I remember the 80s with great fondness, indeed. I was deep into my C64 (the Amiga had not come out yet),* Activision was on a roll and so was Steven Spielberg and John Williams! * In 1984 that is.
@@CheekyCommodoreGamerYes, you're right, Hilda! In later levels though, there are more Hilda's to make your life miserable. Pretty sure one of them is called Helga! 😜 Or Hectoring Helga... this game is weird but wonderful.
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What are some of your memories playing 'Toy Bizarre'? 😇🕹👌
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One of my absolute favourites in the 64. Those early Activision games were just so great playability wise and I think this also looks great with a really colourful look. Finally got around to buying a copy of it recently.
I'm also looking to buy the actual copy of the game, I love the cover art too... would be a nice addition to the shelf. So I think thats my plan over the next few days, trying to source a copy 😇🕹️👌
The music at the beginning of each level is etched permanently in my memory! Another great video Cheeky!
Glad you enjoyed it! Sometimes it's the music alone in games which envokes a million nostalgic memories 😇🕹️👌
I am still looking for this game to my
Commodore 64 😹👍🕹️.
Activision brought so many legendary
classic games for the Atari 2600,
Commodore 64 and Amiga 😺👍🕹️.
TOY BIZARRE may be as challenging as
MARIO BROS., but it is a brilliant classic game 😺👍🕹️.
Yeah same for me, its another game I am looking to add to the collection someday 😇🕹️👌
I remember the first time I heard that, somewhat disturbing, ditty and taking in the flashing colors; very memorable.
It had a very surreal sombre mood to the game and I always remember being slightly freaked out by the android back when I was a small kid haha 😇🕹️👌
Yes! A brilliant game, I am so happy that others have good memories of it too!
I am always really pleased when the community rally together in support for these games - they obviously meant a lot to us all and its brilliant to see 😇🕹️👌
still 1 of my old time favs for the c64
Ahh awesome - even after 40 years this game doesn't disappoint! Still shocks me to know I was happily playing this game all those years ago and enjoyed playing it just the same all these years later 😇🕹️👌
Loved this game. Had never seen Mario Brother so thought it was completely original.
Another Activison game I liked was Zenji. A brilliant puzzle game.
Ahh of course, I'd forgotten all about Zenji - another game to revisit someday 😇🕹️👌
A personal favorite of mine. I often seem to play it around Christmas. Just feels right to me.
I have a few games which are seasonal for me also, brings back the 'vibe' and unlocks a whole load of memories playing at certain times of year - good times 😇🕹️👌
A wonderful spooky moody game! For some reason, many people seem unaware of the most common way to stun the enemies - jumping over them. This is usually a lot easier than using the piston pairs.
I've learnt something today!! I'll do that instead next time I play this gem of a game 😇🕹️👌
Great game!!! Loved it back in the day and now!
Great game, addictive and pretty simple to pick up once you know what you are doing... gets hectic too at times, which provides a decent challenge 😇🕹️👌
Thanks for keeping up with the Commodore.
Always! The Commodore shall forever be where all the best memories in gaming reside ❤️🕹👌
This was a fun game! Sometimes simple is addictive and the game was easy to understand. It turned out to be challenging too in the later levels!
Even the bonus levels were pretty challenging when there are multiple androids roaming the screen, very addictive even though it had a simple premise. Mind you, it was tricky to juggle everything when the screens become manic. A very good game indeed 😇🕹️👌
Players control Merton, a maintenance man who works at a toy factory, represented by a series of platforms and valves. During one of his shifts, the toys come to life and rebel. Merton has to capture all the toys while avoiding a life-sized doll named Hefty Hilda. Hilda and Merton can freely travel through the factory, jumping on to the various platforms and toggling the valves on or off. While turned on, the valves create balloons. If Merton does not pop the balloon in time, it hatches a toy. Merton can not ordinarily touch the toys or Hilda; doing so causes him to lose one of his five lives.
Thats the one 😇🕹️👌
Great game! I agree with your comparison to Mario Bros. Even the Safety Check bonus stage reminds me of the coin collecting bonus stage in Mario Bros (except you have an enemy or two working against you). The music before each stage was a bit odd... but also cool. Lots of fun! I played this game quite a bit!
Cool little game isn't it, really enjoyed playing it through again for the video too 😇🕹👌
A fantastic game, one you could load up for a quick game and be totally happy. I seem to remember it was quite small, one of those 65ish block-long games that would fit nicely in the remaining space on many a blank disk!
You're right, you could fire this game up and get straight into it without much fuss. Very addictive indeed and some of my earliest memories were playing games from around this era 😇🕹👌
This game totally could have been an arcade game. They could have made it an electro-mechanical game with the balloon generators being actual physical props with the playfield being projected on it (like games from the late 70's early 80's). Furthest I made it was Thursday, not sure if weekends are included on the levels.
I agree, would have made a good arcade game - however with the Mario Bros game already out there, maybe it was a little too similar? Not sure... still - I'd have enjoyed playing this in the arcades definitely 😇🕹️👌
Totally forgot about this one, good memories
Another classic from Activision, who consistently brought out superb games around this period 😇🕹👌
I never got to play the full game, but I remember having this on my Activision Demo Disk 1. It looks like a pretty fun game
Ahh did that have Pitfall included as a demo? I think my friend had that demo disk... alas, we never had the disk drive in our household but I remember I really wanted to get hold of one hehe. It's a very good game and even whilst making the video, I must have played it for at least an hour as I was kinda hooked in 😇🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Yep! Both Pitfall and Pitfall II were on there, though I had the full version of both.
Never heard of this one. Looks pretty cool. Might try to dig this one up.
Decent game, keeps you on your toes and does become ery addictive. I must have played an hour to gather footage so I was pretty hooked 😇🕹️👌
Love this great game. Had for 40 years now
Superb, really enjoyed this one 😇🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer terrific game and holds well today
There were some very strange and weird games on the 64 this is one of them so much to do you forget what do to plenty of patience is needed
The beauty of the 8-bit era was the sheer amount of experiementation that went into games, the crazy concepts and purely original game formats. It definitely was an honour to have grown up in this period, surrounded by wild and whacky games... it was a magical era 😇🕹️👌
@CheekyCommodoreGamer OH Yes you're not wrong there
A 2D 'Five Nights at Freddie's"!
Haha I suppose you could say that! Certainly a bizarre game, so they titled it well 😇🕹️👌
Activision was on a roll around this time, for sure! I would have to say that this is probably my favorite of theirs from that time period. A very well made game that is frustrating at times but not so much that you want to rage quit!
I think 84' in general was such a superb year for games, movies, music and pretty much everything - a happier time in life I remember fondly and Activision can give themselves a pat on the back for providing us with pure quality back then 😇🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer I remember the 80s with great fondness, indeed. I was deep into my C64 (the Amiga had not come out yet),* Activision was on a roll and so was Steven Spielberg and John Williams!
* In 1984 that is.
Wasn't the "android" called Helga?
I thought they were called Hefty Hilda's 😂🕹️👌
@@CheekyCommodoreGamerYes, you're right, Hilda! In later levels though, there are more Hilda's to make your life miserable. Pretty sure one of them is called Helga! 😜 Or Hectoring Helga... this game is weird but wonderful.