I'm with this guy, although I'll admit I just stumbled across your channel tonight. Love it and subscribed! But a part two would be great., um.. I could have sworn your title said part two. Wow, weird how memory works. I guess the "80's" in the title implied there would be a version for the 90's, then after reading this guy's comment I must have added "part one" to my memory. I mistakenly closed the tab in mid video and had trouble finding it again before I remembered youtube has a viewing history. :P Anyway, keep up the good work! I'll spread the news of your channel to all of my friends I used to have that I miss.... :( I hate getting old.
Makes me wonder what a Telltale Doctor Who game would be. The more i think of it, the more excited I get. Many of the classic doctors are already working with Big Finish to make audio books, imagine if they would lend their voices to a video game. Is that a multi regeneration saga i smell?
There was an unlicensed "Doctor Who" game sold for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer around 1984. I forget the distributor (ordered via magazine). The game, written in BASIC, was actually pretty neat, but suffered from a poor user interface. It also played the John Denver "Country Roads" song at the start (instead of the Doctor Who theme). I wrote the author about it (wish I still had the letter) and her wrote back. Somewhere I probably still have that letter, and the cassette tape the software came on.
Glad you finally got around to making this video, I remember you commenting on my channel that you were working on a Doctor Who video 2 years ago. Still it was worth the wait, this was an enjoyable video.
Tom Baker!? Hey, that guy looks familiar. I think he was the Doctor back when I used to watch Dr. Who on PBS. It came on right after Red Dwarf at around 1:00 AM on Saturdays. Those were some good times...
The most british picture imaginable: the Queen, drinking a cup of tea, while watching Guru Larry's video about the Doctor Who PC games from the 80's. With a Motörhead shirt
I love text adventures and still play them to this day. Making your own maps and imaging the setting can really get you in to things in a way that sometimes feels diminished in modern games. It is true that they're not 'exciting' in the same way and sometimes are stupidly cryptic. At least we don't have to oodles of money by the minute to long distance dial in to a BBS (or find someone who's beat it, or wait for a monthly magazine to come out, or send a SASE to the company) when stuck today.
Nice, I look forward to seeing it :) I'm liking the theme too, can't wait for the 50th. Are you familiar with "The Boggit" (Bored of the Rings) on Spectrum? Was a TBA I grew up playing. One of the first things that happens is Gandalf tries to murder you with a box of explosive Cadbury's Millk Tray. It was awesome :)
That was fantastic! I've dabbled in Doctor Who games since the mid to late nineties (my first Who game being 'Attack of the Daleks'). All of the past history of the BBC's financial troubles not being allowed to the use the Daleks (thanks to the Terry Nation estate) was fascinating! When can we expect the next episode? :D
You told me you were working on this when I released my Doctor Who review and that was back in like February xD I'm so happy to finally see it released ;D
Cool, nice history of the early Doctor Who games. For a show that has so much information, story and characters it really is surprising how little of that has made it into any of the games. Look forward to future episodes.
Dr Who and the Warlord blew me away at the time. We were used to playing Granny's Garden on the school micro, but a rather trendy teacher at the time brought a copy of the game in for us.
I only remember the really old Dr. Who episodes that they used to show on my local PBS station here in the US. I tried watching the newer ones but I didn't care for them. I did have one of the choose your adventure books that I got from the Salvation Army. I wonder whatever happened to it.
+Larry Bundy Jr I always mention your videos when people ask about good youtubers to watch, I love your videos, I grew up in the 80s and have had many nostalgic moments with your vids. Keep up the good work.
8:47 "...rather than do you any harm merely break your arms and legs" Well, thank FUCK they didn't do me any harm then! That would have REALLY hurt! Anyway, great video Larry, looking forward to the special edition :D
I think the first true Metroidvania type game is the 1984 Atari game Montezuma's Revenge. You're in some mysterious ruins, collecting stuff that helps you overcome dangers and obstructions in your way, and there's an item you need to find that opens up new areas to explore, so it just barely qualifies in my book.
Funny, I was just thinking to myself 'I wonder why there weren't any classic Doctor Who games back in the original series' days'. Now I've learned something.
When I was a kid I used to love Dr who but I lived in America so when my cousin (who lives in England) told me there was a Dr who I went crazy with joy. To only find out you had to have a PAL Atari 400 (or 800) to play it. Man I wish I lived in England
Hey Larry! I love this and I was wondering where part 2 is and when it will be out. In the comments you said early 2015 and a year later we are waiting. But if you want you can put all the other doctor who games in part 2. So will it be released in 2017!
This video is gold for a Yank who has been a fan since he was three during the Peter Davison era who would look at an old DWM magazine and hate the fact he did not have a BBC Micro to be able to play the Doctor Who game...thank you for this one. But did you have to do the 'winking McCoy' in your theme run??? ;)
I'm pretty sure there was a game on the ZX Spectrum in the late 80's called "Doctor What?" (It might not have been that title... my memory is not what it was!) But in the game you were able to switch between various Doctors and could throw a hat over a Dalek (that was one puzzle) and er... Anyone else remember this?
09:50 _"the mid naughties."_ And that's why most people either say the "two-thousands" or the "aughts." If you call it the _"naughties"_ it just sounds like you're scolding a small child.
@@George_Azeria I use the 2000s and it doesn't confuse anyone, they know it doesn't mean the whole millennium (when I do talk about the millennium then I say "post-2000"). I do agree however that naughties is also very common and doesn't confuse anyone either.
I just have to add in Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston. Tom was just that laid back, sarcastic and had the hair. Christopher was the only doctor who in my opinion picked up Tom perfectly and wore a leather jacket. The only one that actually fit right into our society in terms of style and attitude. David is just the one I fell in geek love and matt has River Song. My girl crush.
There was a commercial title that predated Doctor Who Adventure - it was Escape from Moonbase Alpha on the BBC model B microcomputer- released November 1983 The game featured a character referred to as "the Doctor", a fluffy haired character wearing a fedora hat and long stripey scarf who would appear on the final level, and a randomly appearing blue police box that acted as a teleport device. While he was never directly referred to as Dr Who specifically, just The Doctor it was pretty obvious who he was, and if you're going to count Sonic the Hedgehog's first game appearance as Quik and Silva (also never directly referenced as sonic and equally unlicensed) then this one counts too. The game also featured The Hulk, Evil Edna from Willo the Wisp (renamed Deadly Doris), Daleks (Metal Maulers), and Marvin the Paranoid Android who would drain your health by boring you to death - because who gave that much of a shit about copyright on some game probably programmed in a teenagers bedroom in 1983?
That Robo-cat looks sweet. Probably made by IBM-only parts only and is easily beyond punch cards and 8" floppies. Definately optimised for header-less loading with auto cassette reverse and 3000+ baud turbo mode. Easily loads faster than my work pc today.
Ah. The Mines of Terror was pirated by U.S. Commiedore users like crazy. I got a copy from a college roommate in the 1980s, and I don't even own a C64. Your video showed me more of the game than I've ever seen since we never knew how to fully play it. Some users were thinking about making a proper Atari 8-bit Dr. Who game as I found a demo disk but it was sadly incomplete. An intro demo screen and a character selection screen and that was it. I wonder if they ever did any more work on it.
I love how Doctor Who: The First Adventure represents "lives" as "regenerations". And it gives you way more than 12, at that! Maybe the developers of this game had the ability to see forwards in time to Christmas 2013.
I'm not a Whovian (though I'm blessed/cursed with doing a good impression of K9...John Leeson's K9 that is), but this was a very interesting video. Who would have thought that you could throw robot cats around on the BBC Micro in 1985? :D
To be honest there still hasn't really been any "proper" Doctor Who games, they're always budget titles at best, shoelware at worst. But surely the Commodore 64 versions of these games reached your shores?
@@Larry We didn't get a computer in my home until they released the Tandy 1000s, one of which we got. If it got a release here, I didn't hear tell of it. Bear in mind though, as a young female Whovian in the 80's, I wasn't exactly hanging out with other fans. I used to get bullied for talking about it in school, in fact. It still amazes me that the revival made it as popular as it is now!
"Like trying to release Pacman today to compete with modern first person shooters" ...Well, actually you probably could, purely for the nostalgia. People will still buy "classic game" collections or virtual console releases on the Nintendo e-shop, and there's also more recent games that have deliberately been made in "8-bit" style such as Cave Story, Shovel Knight, Undertale, or even Nidhogg that use pixel art to play on that nostalgic attraction.
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The walk of that Doctor sprite in The Mines of Terror is so genuinely pleasing to watch. It's wonderfully fluid for the scale.
Yeah, it's like a Lemming
Still looking forward to part 2, whenever that is.
awelcruiz I got a couple of other videos to do first, but I'm tempted to remake this one as I felt it was a little rushed.
As long as you don't get rid of the "SPLINK" joke.
awelcruiz
Of course not :D
I'm with this guy, although I'll admit I just stumbled across your channel tonight. Love it and subscribed! But a part two would be great., um.. I could have sworn your title said part two. Wow, weird how memory works. I guess the "80's" in the title implied there would be a version for the 90's, then after reading this guy's comment I must have added "part one" to my memory. I mistakenly closed the tab in mid video and had trouble finding it again before I remembered youtube has a viewing history. :P Anyway, keep up the good work! I'll spread the news of your channel to all of my friends I used to have that I miss.... :( I hate getting old.
Yeah, any word on a sequel to this yet?
It's 2022 and you still owe us part two Larry 😅
its only been ten years, give me some time :D
@@Larry It's 2024 and you still owe us part two :P
Makes me wonder what a Telltale Doctor Who game would be. The more i think of it, the more excited I get. Many of the classic doctors are already working with Big Finish to make audio books, imagine if they would lend their voices to a video game. Is that a multi regeneration saga i smell?
Evidently not it would seem
Is it only me that thinks Sphlinx should be called Kit-10?
Kit-T K@
6 years later, and this is still one of my favorite gaming videos on youtube. Well done
Ha, thank you :) I will do a follow up sometime!
There was an unlicensed "Doctor Who" game sold for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer around 1984. I forget the distributor (ordered via magazine). The game, written in BASIC, was actually pretty neat, but suffered from a poor user interface. It also played the John Denver "Country Roads" song at the start (instead of the Doctor Who theme). I wrote the author about it (wish I still had the letter) and her wrote back. Somewhere I probably still have that letter, and the cassette tape the software came on.
2020 and still hoping for the next one
Glad you finally got around to making this video, I remember you commenting on my channel that you were working on a Doctor Who video 2 years ago. Still it was worth the wait, this was an enjoyable video.
Please release the 1990's one!!!
Sadly that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.
I noticed that you said "zed" and "zee" for z both in the same review. You sneaky thing, you. XD
Tom Baker!? Hey, that guy looks familiar. I think he was the Doctor back when I used to watch Dr. Who on PBS. It came on right after Red Dwarf at around 1:00 AM on Saturdays. Those were some good times...
I love Tom Baker's Doctor.
Yeah, he was the 4th Doctor (and my personal 2nd favorite Doctor). He was definitely one of the best Doctors of all time.
red dwarf is the shit bruh
Still waiting for the eternity clock video 9 years later
The most british picture imaginable: the Queen, drinking a cup of tea, while watching Guru Larry's video about the Doctor Who PC games from the 80's. With a Motörhead shirt
Saxon would be more British than Motorhead.
@@Hellwyck and the Queen's fucking german
The Daleks are those blocks from Code Lyoko! :P
The Dr. who theme at the beginning made my ears melt.
My ears had an orgasm so I think it's just you
it was because i had my sound up way too much.
I love text adventures and still play them to this day. Making your own maps and imaging the setting can really get you in to things in a way that sometimes feels diminished in modern games. It is true that they're not 'exciting' in the same way and sometimes are stupidly cryptic. At least we don't have to oodles of money by the minute to long distance dial in to a BBS (or find someone who's beat it, or wait for a monthly magazine to come out, or send a SASE to the company) when stuck today.
"...If you want to be pedantic about it."
Isn't that the point of this show?
Nice, I look forward to seeing it :) I'm liking the theme too, can't wait for the 50th.
Are you familiar with "The Boggit" (Bored of the Rings) on Spectrum? Was a TBA I grew up playing. One of the first things that happens is Gandalf tries to murder you with a box of explosive Cadbury's Millk Tray. It was awesome :)
7:00 It's like battleship but through time as well as space. I kinda love how actually fitting that idea is?
Damn, you're both incredibly informative and incredibly entertaining. Awesome job.
2:46 Wow Im impressed that you actually show the real code from 'Doctor Who Adventture'!
Great video Barry
That was fantastic! I've dabbled in Doctor Who games since the mid to late nineties (my first Who game being 'Attack of the Daleks'). All of the past history of the BBC's financial troubles not being allowed to the use the Daleks (thanks to the Terry Nation estate) was fascinating! When can we expect the next episode? :D
You told me you were working on this when I released my Doctor Who review and that was back in like February xD I'm so happy to finally see it released ;D
Everytime I see a video of you it makes me flying happy! Thanks!
Part 2 for the 60th?
....Fact Hunt Video on Top 5 cancelled Guru Larry Videos ? : P
I love your artwork! Looks oldschool ^-^
2024 and im starting to think part 2 may never happen.
I think i'd make it one long video from scratch now if I ever got back to this, I wasn't too happy with this one really.
@@Larryit's a good one Larry, seem it many a time 😊
Cool, nice history of the early Doctor Who games. For a show that has so much information, story and characters it really is surprising how little of that has made it into any of the games. Look forward to future episodes.
I had a pirated copy of Mines of Terror in the USA. It looked like an interesting game, but I never knew what I was supposed to do.
Glad to see you haven't fallen out of the saddle, Larry.
Welcome back. We missed you.
I loved the typeins in an Amstrad CPC magazine. I learnt to code from them. happy memories as a child (im 35 now )
Dr Who and the Warlord blew me away at the time. We were used to playing Granny's Garden on the school micro, but a rather trendy teacher at the time brought a copy of the game in for us.
+Adolf Shitler I can always remember my primary school having it on their BBC on their last day of term days!
Dalek Attack was - and still is - my fave Dr Who game though ;-)
Adolf Shitler
Lol, there's not really much to choose from, most Doctor Who games are pretty crap. :D
***** Another fine video by the way mate. I'm currently working my way through most of em ;-)
+Larry Bundy Jr DUDE WHATS DA OPENING SONG 4 DIS VIDEO
Nice to see you'll be covering that weird FMV game from the 90s and that really difficult "Day of the Daleks" game.
WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS THAT CHIPTUNE VERSION OF THE DOCTOR WHO THEME FROM THE BEGINNING I WANT IT NOW
How can you fucking stand it?! Its almost as terrible as that PC rendition of Axel F Theme!
Glad you're involved in this week, larry. Congrats :)
I hope you're still planning to release a Part 2. Also, any word on your coverage of the Castlevania series?
I only remember the really old Dr. Who episodes that they used to show on my local PBS station here in the US. I tried watching the newer ones but I didn't care for them. I did have one of the choose your adventure books that I got from the Salvation Army. I wonder whatever happened to it.
Dropped by to sit on a rift and refuel. Just wanted to tell everyone that the wait was paid off, Part 2 was worth every second of the 10 year wait
It's so Shan that you don't have many subs, you have such good content and deserve to be a more well known youtuber
+iamnyamgamer Tell me about it, I wish I knew how to get more people to see my content :(
+Larry Bundy Jr I have been watching gaming videos for quite a few years, and last week you popped up in my suggestions. good stuff.
+Larry Bundy Jr I always mention your videos when people ask about good youtubers to watch, I love your videos, I grew up in the 80s and have had many nostalgic moments with your vids.
Keep up the good work.
I didn't notice how little he had! Jesus mate Tf?!
Monkeyboysteve
thanks matey!
8:47 "...rather than do you any harm merely break your arms and legs"
Well, thank FUCK they didn't do me any harm then! That would have REALLY hurt!
Anyway, great video Larry, looking forward to the special edition :D
Everything you did to the radio was right
game logic flaw
Guru WIN!
Ironically, the text adventure in Serious Sam 4 was entertaining as heck. And all because you wanted to go through a door.
Amazing that I didn't find this channel sooner.
oh my god O_O that opening was amazing! also really neat video, always wanted to look some of these up to see what they were like xD
Its about time he got a proper video out.
#savetheday
A decent Dr Who game is very much needed. Another great Vid Mr B
I hope you are working on the next part of this, I remember these
Should've really waited till November for this video :) Love your stuff and even more so now XD
I think the first true Metroidvania type game is the 1984 Atari game Montezuma's Revenge. You're in some mysterious ruins, collecting stuff that helps you overcome dangers and obstructions in your way, and there's an item you need to find that opens up new areas to explore, so it just barely qualifies in my book.
Eeehee...I could have taken another "SPLINK" clip at the very end, but other than that, another fabulous review, Larry!!
Funny, I was just thinking to myself 'I wonder why there weren't any classic Doctor Who games back in the original series' days'. Now I've learned something.
13:28 Daleks climbing stairs. Technically the very first case of them doing so!
it's a controller :P
TheGeekyPenguin 1st there not daleks two this game is not canon
PLEASE do the follow up ive been waiting years! PLEASE LARRY!!!
Well, The Master still being The Master in "Mines of Terror" lol
When I was a kid I used to love Dr who but I lived in America so when my cousin (who lives in England) told me there was a Dr who I went crazy with joy. To only find out you had to have a PAL Atari 400 (or 800) to play it. Man I wish I lived in England
Haha i loved the intro. Great work man :)
You should make another series called "Games Gaijin can't win." Time to give the east games some love.
Larry, talking about old games ?
It's so beautifull O_O
Hey Larry! I love this and I was wondering where part 2 is and when it will be out. In the comments you said early 2015 and a year later we are waiting. But if you want you can put all the other doctor who games in part 2. So will it be released in 2017!
Obviously it wasn't : /
This video is gold for a Yank who has been a fan since he was three during the Peter Davison era who would look at an old DWM magazine and hate the fact he did not have a BBC Micro to be able to play the Doctor Who game...thank you for this one.
But did you have to do the 'winking McCoy' in your theme run??? ;)
Nice vid mate. Always a pleasure. I always learn something awesome watching your stuff :)
Waited so long for this! Thanks Larry :)
I have to admit that I really do like the intro music.
Who is your favorite Doctor?
Love the music and your opening theme!
The mines of terror was pretty cool having played it quite recently.
I'm pretty sure there was a game on the ZX Spectrum in the late 80's called "Doctor What?" (It might not have been that title... my memory is not what it was!) But in the game you were able to switch between various Doctors and could throw a hat over a Dalek (that was one puzzle) and er... Anyone else remember this?
Great stuff, love the intro and look forward to pt 2
My dad had an entire book of those "type-in" games done for BASIC... ah memories...
09:50 _"the mid naughties."_
And that's why most people either say the "two-thousands" or the "aughts." If you call it the _"naughties"_ it just sounds like you're scolding a small child.
Sam Vimes don't know where you're from mate but Naughties is much much more common than 'aughts', and makes more sense than 'the 2000s'
@@George_Azeria I use the 2000s and it doesn't confuse anyone, they know it doesn't mean the whole millennium (when I do talk about the millennium then I say "post-2000"). I do agree however that naughties is also very common and doesn't confuse anyone either.
Beileve it or not, I just watched Doctor Who for the first time this past week. Consiquently, I enjoyed the shit out of this video. Well done!
I just have to add in Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston. Tom was just that laid back, sarcastic and had the hair. Christopher was the only doctor who in my opinion picked up Tom perfectly and wore a leather jacket. The only one that actually fit right into our society in terms of style and attitude. David is just the one I fell in geek love and matt has River Song. My girl crush.
There was a commercial title that predated Doctor Who Adventure - it was Escape from Moonbase Alpha on the BBC model B microcomputer- released November 1983
The game featured a character referred to as "the Doctor", a fluffy haired character wearing a fedora hat and long stripey scarf who would appear on the final level, and a randomly appearing blue police box that acted as a teleport device.
While he was never directly referred to as Dr Who specifically, just The Doctor it was pretty obvious who he was, and if you're going to count Sonic the Hedgehog's first game appearance as Quik and Silva (also never directly referenced as sonic and equally unlicensed) then this one counts too.
The game also featured The Hulk, Evil Edna from Willo the Wisp (renamed Deadly Doris), Daleks (Metal Maulers), and Marvin the Paranoid Android who would drain your health by boring you to death - because who gave that much of a shit about copyright on some game probably programmed in a teenagers bedroom in 1983?
When is part two for this video coming out?
Probably never : /
That Robo-cat looks sweet. Probably made by IBM-only parts only and is easily beyond punch cards and 8" floppies. Definately optimised for header-less loading with auto cassette reverse and 3000+ baud turbo mode. Easily loads faster than my work pc today.
Very nice video, ill look forward to the extended edition
Ah. The Mines of Terror was pirated by U.S. Commiedore users like crazy. I got a copy from a college roommate in the 1980s, and I don't even own a C64. Your video showed me more of the game than I've ever seen since we never knew how to fully play it. Some users were thinking about making a proper Atari 8-bit Dr. Who game as I found a demo disk but it was sadly incomplete. An intro demo screen and a character selection screen and that was it. I wonder if they ever did any more work on it.
I toughly enjoyed this video Larry, I've been on a Dr. Who kick again since Capaldi came on, plus I'm in love with Jenna Coleman. Good stuff Larry.
those high notes killed my ears at the beginning.
I love how Doctor Who: The First Adventure represents "lives" as "regenerations". And it gives you way more than 12, at that! Maybe the developers of this game had the ability to see forwards in time to Christmas 2013.
I'm not a Whovian (though I'm blessed/cursed with doing a good impression of K9...John Leeson's K9 that is), but this was a very interesting video. Who would have thought that you could throw robot cats around on the BBC Micro in 1985? :D
LEGEND! i would have exploded if i had one :D And i was looking into your window when it arrived ;)
as an American this is interesting
your intro nearly gave my cat a heart attack larry...
Man, as a Canadian Whovian and a gamer, I would have LOVED to play these as a little girl! It took so long to get merch over here
To be honest there still hasn't really been any "proper" Doctor Who games, they're always budget titles at best, shoelware at worst.
But surely the Commodore 64 versions of these games reached your shores?
@@Larry We didn't get a computer in my home until they released the Tandy 1000s, one of which we got. If it got a release here, I didn't hear tell of it. Bear in mind though, as a young female Whovian in the 80's, I wasn't exactly hanging out with other fans. I used to get bullied for talking about it in school, in fact. It still amazes me that the revival made it as popular as it is now!
Excellent retrospective!
Will the next part include the Accursed Toys game for the Amiga?
I love text-based adventures. Zork and Hitchhikers Guide were my childhood.
Fuck me, that music at the start was brutal to the ears.
Well done Larry, great video
Anyone else notice that the Doctor walks like a pigeon in the Mines of Terror?
LARRY! How did you get the duck tales gold cart? Its my fav game of all time and i really want to buy one :(
Glad my DW art could be put to some good use!
Great video larry, Geek Week will hate me tomorrow :)
Miss the games yanks cant wank intro :( so awesome :D owell intro was awesome enough :)
"Like trying to release Pacman today to compete with modern first person shooters"
...Well, actually you probably could, purely for the nostalgia. People will still buy "classic game" collections or virtual console releases on the Nintendo e-shop, and there's also more recent games that have deliberately been made in "8-bit" style such as Cave Story, Shovel Knight, Undertale, or even Nidhogg that use pixel art to play on that nostalgic attraction.
Please do a part 2 to this, I want to hear your thoughts on Destiny of the Doctors.
Wheres the part 2? I want more doctor who games