Level 2 of interview (the second game shown in the video) is a massive top down 8 way scrolling map of the city, like PS1 GTA, which is odd as level 1 is like Paperboy. Interview also came out in the UK at the same time as Paperboy in the arcade in the USA so it's no rip-off.
I was BIG into the C-64 scene back in the 80s and had well over 2,000 games and I haven't heard of MOST of this list! The catalog of games on this system was unreal!
Christ, the ingenuity... lads with little more than the technological equivalent of greased logs built the fucking pyramids here. Guys like this drove civilization further than Magellan or Columbus.
Lots of interesting looking games! The only one I recognized was 2:20 Master of the Lamps. I am amused by 0:11 Interview ... it's like, you're going on a job interview to be a Paperboy? There's something about 0:30 Brothers of the Bow I find interesting ... it looks SEUCK-like, which I normally find a bit same-ey, but this looks fun to me. The HIRES first person CRPG graphics of 0:45 Dedale look very compelling and deserve to be used for a modern game. I may be werid, but I see the PETSCII graphics of 10:32 Ninja and want to see more! Unfortunately, "Ninja" is not the most searchable game title. I really love the HIRES character graphics and main character sprite animation of 11:54 Run Like Hell ... fortunately more searchable than "Ninja" ... No Mercy 14:14 looks like a nice Operation Wolf clone ... not enough first person gun games on the C64. Ah, more PETSCII at 15:50 Skeet! I'm a sucker for pure PETSCII.
Master of the Lamps I wouldn't call a hidden gem, but it's nice it's included, just in case there is someone who hasn't seen it. It's a must play in my opinion.
Nice collection of games, thanks! Few observations... Xarion, Breathless - Pretty sure these are created with S.E.U.C.K. Latent Fusion - Was thinking Delta ripoff but.. it's so bad it can't be called even a ripoff and maybe more inspired by Gradius/Nemesis Misfortune - Isn't that Bub from Bubble Bobble? Que-Dex - Wouldn't call this hidden but rather underappreciated Also saw at least a couple of Wizball inspired games.
Fun fact: "Frogs and flies 64" (at 8:50) was written back in the day by Robin from the "8-Bit Show And Tell" channel here on TH-cam. He even made a whole video on the topic of this game: th-cam.com/video/-3Oswij6kh4/w-d-xo.html
Using the kung fu flash with my c64c and it has turned the old commodore into a games console...hundreds of games on the sd card and they load in seconds.....
It is not about your knowledge, i m pretty familiar with "master of the lamps" and "moon patrol" but it is some clone called "jeep command" that i could never seen because stupid name, i m curious what they did differently... Encounter i never seen because it overshadowed by zxspectrum's 3d death chase, or something like this it was called...or that nes or game boy games where you shoot pacmans(pacmen) in first person shooter.
By the way, mr.iknowallgames , do you remember how called game where you are a ball with number, and it is giant maze and you fight with other balls in a strange abstract fight minigame that looks like electronic schemes?
fyi, just because no one ever heard of a game does not automatically make it a "hidden gem". most of these games are certainly "hidden" but not at all "gems"...
Level 2 of interview (the second game shown in the video) is a massive top down 8 way scrolling map of the city, like PS1 GTA, which is odd as level 1 is like Paperboy. Interview also came out in the UK at the same time as Paperboy in the arcade in the USA so it's no rip-off.
This is a fantastic list. Definitely a hidden gem list. Many of these games I have never heard of. Thanks for making this.
I was BIG into the C-64 scene back in the 80s and had well over 2,000 games and I haven't heard of MOST of this list! The catalog of games on this system was unreal!
Christ, the ingenuity... lads with little more than the technological equivalent of greased logs built the fucking pyramids here. Guys like this drove civilization further than Magellan or Columbus.
The title is not deceiving, many games i never saw before, some of them look worthy of trying out.
Lots of interesting looking games! The only one I recognized was 2:20 Master of the Lamps.
I am amused by 0:11 Interview ... it's like, you're going on a job interview to be a Paperboy?
There's something about 0:30 Brothers of the Bow I find interesting ... it looks SEUCK-like, which I normally find a bit same-ey, but this looks fun to me.
The HIRES first person CRPG graphics of 0:45 Dedale look very compelling and deserve to be used for a modern game.
I may be werid, but I see the PETSCII graphics of 10:32 Ninja and want to see more! Unfortunately, "Ninja" is not the most searchable game title.
I really love the HIRES character graphics and main character sprite animation of 11:54 Run Like Hell ... fortunately more searchable than "Ninja" ...
No Mercy 14:14 looks like a nice Operation Wolf clone ... not enough first person gun games on the C64.
Ah, more PETSCII at 15:50 Skeet! I'm a sucker for pure PETSCII.
Thanks! "Ninja - 1984 SoftGold" 😉
Master of the Lamps I wouldn't call a hidden gem, but it's nice it's included, just in case there is someone who hasn't seen it. It's a must play in my opinion.
Nice! Thanks for sharing. It's certainly given me some new ideas for games to include in my OneLoad64 collection. :)
I love this video, so many games I haven't seen before, please consider a follow-up with 100 more c64 hidden gems!!! 😄
Nice collection of games, thanks! Few observations...
Xarion, Breathless - Pretty sure these are created with S.E.U.C.K.
Latent Fusion - Was thinking Delta ripoff but.. it's so bad it can't be called even a ripoff and maybe more inspired by Gradius/Nemesis
Misfortune - Isn't that Bub from Bubble Bobble?
Que-Dex - Wouldn't call this hidden but rather underappreciated
Also saw at least a couple of Wizball inspired games.
Brothers of the Bow was also created with SEUCK
10:15 is Scarabaeus, a beloved classic! 🤔
Yup, although here in North America it was sold as Invaders of the Lost Tomb. I have no idea why they changed so many of the names here.
Fun fact: "Frogs and flies 64" (at 8:50) was written back in the day by Robin from the "8-Bit Show And Tell" channel here on TH-cam. He even made a whole video on the topic of this game: th-cam.com/video/-3Oswij6kh4/w-d-xo.html
So many of these
Like almost all
Never seen or heard of
Laughed at the wonderboy clone called "special toddler"
Love lists of lesser known C64 games!
Wouldn't say Master of the Lamps is hidden in any way!
+1 on names of the games and times as some nice stuff I haven't seen before
Edit ... also great video as I haven't seen most of these gems
Using the kung fu flash with my c64c and it has turned the old commodore into a games console...hundreds of games on the sd card and they load in seconds.....
Uhm! El gran Caballero instead of "The Black Knight"?? Where are you from?
Aaahh Piracy. Great Puzzle game.
Great Compilation... What is the name of the game at 5:20
Nice compilation!
Encounter is NOT A HIDDEN gem, it's considered an early classic from Paul Woakes
It is not about your knowledge, i m pretty familiar with "master of the lamps" and "moon patrol" but it is some clone called "jeep command" that i could never seen because stupid name, i m curious what they did differently...
Encounter i never seen because it overshadowed by zxspectrum's 3d death chase, or something like this it was called...or that nes or game boy games where you shoot pacmans(pacmen) in first person shooter.
By the way, mr.iknowallgames , do you remember how called game where you are a ball with number, and it is giant maze and you fight with other balls in a strange abstract fight minigame that looks like electronic schemes?
Quite enjoyed that, thanks! Must be 95 or 96 I'd never heard of!!! But Quedex rare?? :)
Hehe, that was a game I recently watched a streamer play, no-one in chat had heard of it, so thought it was worth a placement. 😄
Do you have a link to the bezel/overlay used here btw? I like it
10:12 This is... Scarabaeus - Invaders of the lost tomb
He's probably running the NTSC version which was sold only under the Invaders of the Lost Tomb name
@@theyamo7219 Thanks for the information. 🙂
What was that magic carpet game called again ?
Some nice game there
Love the backdrop, is that available to download off the internet?
Yea, not sure where I got it, try a search for c64 overlays.
@@MagicPumpkin Cheers 👍
Special toddler lmao
The original release name was Toddler, Special Toddler was a hacked version
What is the game at 0:33?
El Gran Caballero
Also known as Black Knight.
fyi, just because no one ever heard of a game does not automatically make it a "hidden gem". most of these games are certainly "hidden" but not at all "gems"...
Well it's my perception of what's hidden and a gem, you can always make your own list.
Sorry but > 90% are no „gems“
Yet you don't have names so how the hell am I supposed to check them out without knowing what they are called.
Names are at the side.