Nowadays there are "sandbox games". However at the time Zorro, even though it really only has a handful of items and interactions, felt to me like what a sandbox game would feel like today. It was sort of a playground, compared to games like PacMan, so that's what I still remember Zorro for.
Somehow I never realized how similar this game was to Bruce Lee as a kid, although i never made it to the underground part then. I only remembered stuff like the couch, branding the bull, the drunk guy, and of course that somehow catchy but horrific soundtrack
That music! OMFG. Had to mute the vid. I never had a clue what to do in this game and I couldn't get past the first few screens. I might have gone done the well, but don't remember ever negotiating the balls in the water! Kinda similar in look and design to Bruce Lee - ironically, I actually completed that! Many 8-bit games were tough and I completed loads of them, but I was always rubbish at puzzle solving.
15:21 - I had no idea there was shortcut there, all these years i thought you had to go through underground again, so you couldnt grab money bags first time you went there :) Game of my childhood
It's basically Bruce Lee. I was talking about this game for ages asking people if they remember a yellow-ish game with a sofa/settee in it. I got mad responses to those who tried. Even "Oh Mummy". Like wtf, Oh Mummy didn't have a sofa in it.
![Bruce Lee 2 Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wt8SNxr1pG4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Bruce Lee 2 Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]](/img/tr.png)
This and Bruce Lee were two of my faves on the C64. Never made it through the well, but I was 6.
Both childhood trauma games. I feel you bro..
Intrigued me a lot when i was like 5 years old...
I hear that music nowadays and it sounds like torture after loop #3
No music credits on the intro screen either ... I'm guessing the programmer made "the music" a couple hours before deadline!
The fact that the music doesn't even wait to loop seamlessly to it's own beat makes it even more jarring.
Nowadays there are "sandbox games". However at the time Zorro, even though it really only has a handful of items and interactions, felt to me like what a sandbox game would feel like today. It was sort of a playground, compared to games like PacMan, so that's what I still remember Zorro for.
Holy crap, this brings back some memories. The music was neat and annoying all at the same time. Lots of fun regardless.
I liked this one a lot. Beatable and not unfair games were a bit of a rarity at the time.
Thanks for sharing, i was 7 years old when playing this.
me too!
oh awesome i forgot playing this back when i was a kid. thank you!
No idea this game existed til now. Would have loved it as a kid. I was obsessed with Zorro.
I used to let the soundtrack play for hours when I was a kid. I was so excited that a video game had good sounding Mexican music.
Somehow I never realized how similar this game was to Bruce Lee as a kid, although i never made it to the underground part then. I only remembered stuff like the couch, branding the bull, the drunk guy, and of course that somehow catchy but horrific soundtrack
Reminds me of the many hours I spent playing Goonies with a friend in co-op.
ah the memories !
This and Conan were my introduction to games that did not give a fuck
That music! OMFG. Had to mute the vid. I never had a clue what to do in this game and I couldn't get past the first few screens. I might have gone done the well, but don't remember ever negotiating the balls in the water!
Kinda similar in look and design to Bruce Lee - ironically, I actually completed that! Many 8-bit games were tough and I completed loads of them, but I was always rubbish at puzzle solving.
The game was made by the same people that did Bruce Lee, hence the resemblance - yep, the music does drive you nuts :D
It's weird because I had a similar problem but I still played the crap out of this game. I think I just liked the ambience of it.
15:21 - I had no idea there was shortcut there, all these years i thought you had to go through underground again, so you couldnt grab money bags first time you went there :) Game of my childhood
You see - you learn something new every day!
The music loop needed to be ten times longer and half as obnoxious.
I thought I had them All...The 80s is⚡ RocknRoll⚡
Never ever would I had figured out what to do in this game when I was 5...
Great classic game on the C64 & Atari 800!
It's basically Bruce Lee.
I was talking about this game for ages asking people if they remember a yellow-ish game with a sofa/settee in it. I got mad responses to those who tried. Even "Oh Mummy". Like wtf, Oh Mummy didn't have a sofa in it.
i'm going to cry.
I cried.
Haha wonderful stuff. I played this a lot, never finished it though.
Honestly, this game felt like an open world game back then, to me.
Now I know why I never finished the damn game. Some of those puzzles were a little obtuse. :P
One of my favorite game on atari 800XL.
I never made it past the underground Jumping.
This game makes me think of the game Bruce Lee everytime. :)
that's probably because it was the same studio and graphics artist (Kelly Day) ;)
Thats probably it. The way Zorro jumps right up is very much like Bruce Lee. :)
You could BOUNCE!?
I liked this game but I forgotten the music.
It makes you mad😅.
👍!
wow!!! how did you find all this one??
The game got an interconnected map and you need certain items to progress ..So is this the first Metroid-like? Before Metroid was even made.
There are earlier examples of "Metroidvania" but this definitely would qualify as a precursor to me!
Is the UK disk version the same as the US disk version?
Where can I get this emulator?
Oh I hated this little game. It was so addictive and impossible to undestand. xD
Tout cela pour une gonzesse? pfff
simple old boring, but it's Zorro ~