My uncle Paul Stephenson designed this game. Wonderful unique man. Physics professor in Louisiana, who built his own geodesic-frame house!
@hegan1
2 жыл бұрын
Spent hours playing this as a kid ... in green though, not full color. How cool that your uncle made it!
@sweepkick
2 жыл бұрын
Props to your brilliant uncle!
@jackcoleman5955
2 жыл бұрын
@@sweepkick :). He also made a simple monochrome fencing game (reminded me of Sid Meier's Pirates simple swordplay). My Aunt Janie still lives in their old home, and found competent carpenters who maintain the house. Happy internet memories to you!
@Jairogut360
Жыл бұрын
I think this is the first computer game I played, I was 5 or 6 by then
@trimbandit9636
Жыл бұрын
Aztec and Swashbuckler were both great. I used to play Aztec all the time at the local library, which had some Apple II computers you could book time on.
@ericspero996
5 жыл бұрын
Loved playing this game when I was a kid. It was the early 1980's and I could not believe how great the graphics seemed!
@Tom-it2ge
Жыл бұрын
I remember in junior high school having access to the Apple II after school (I'm 54 now.) I played this until dinner time (my house was a 5 minute walk from school.) Just great wonderful memories of a simple time long gone. Thanks for the post.
@tanunes7928
Жыл бұрын
I remember playing this game on the Apple 2 in our high school computer lab. This was considered good graphics for the time. The Apple 2 was extremely expensive, we only had 1 in the lab, and it was always being used during lunch by gamers. Those were good times.
@AthleticDesign
7 жыл бұрын
Ugly??? I find the graphics quite beautiful and expertly designed around the hardware limitations. It would be much more appealing if movements were smooth but the graphics themselves look very very good IMO.
@bmatt2626
Жыл бұрын
When I played "This War of Mine" sifting through trash piles triggered a memory of the ones here, and a concern that it might explode, but until today I couldn't remember where it came from.
@caseytwill
Жыл бұрын
This was such an ambitious game... way ahead of its time.
@pentelegomenon1175
4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this was released in 1982. And I read that this game has randomized layouts, this seems crazy ahead of its time. Looks a little slow though, maybe more than a little actually.
@royhsieh4307
3 жыл бұрын
at the time this was released, monsters following to the next scene/room is way ahead of its time.
@IanUniacke
Жыл бұрын
I'm convinced that if not the first rogue like (discounting rogue itself and its predecessors) this is at the very least the first rogue lite, by many years in fact. I think it was just so far ahead of its time that people didn't see the connection at the time. However if you compare this to say spelunky you can see how this is basically spelunky twenty five years or so earlier.
@conejopestilente
7 жыл бұрын
ok this is not a request, it's just a question, inb4 big fan of your channel, you just brought back to me memories of lost loved games. Did you made a playthrough of Dangerous Dave?
@misteuraxe691
7 жыл бұрын
yay! more apple II games please :)
@Rarestgameplayer
7 жыл бұрын
It was one of famous games in Apple 2. haha
@balaam_7087
7 жыл бұрын
How anyone could ever figure out what to do or where to go in games like these is beyond me.
@nopenothappening2242
2 жыл бұрын
oftentimes you'd either have an instruction manual that came with the game, or if you had a pirated copy and no manual, just push all the keys on the keyboard / joystick until something happened or you got bored and switched to a a different game (for what to do) as for where to go, this game's map is procedurally generated each time you play, so where to go is different each time, but the idol's on the lowest level so "go down until you can't anymore" is about all the consistent direction you get
@mikerights
4 жыл бұрын
OMG...how many hours spent to play this game... maybe 40 years ago...
@danielf.argianto5495
Жыл бұрын
Wow! This is one of my childhood games played at the Apple II computer. I wonder if there's any software that I can buy to play with current computer. I miss those happy days 😊
@slickx45
Жыл бұрын
Just search for Apple II emulators
@generalzod7959
6 жыл бұрын
This was probably my favorite game on the apple 2e. The best challenge is not a speed run. The best challenge is to do total extermination! You must wipe out every single monster in the game before leaving with the idol. I've done it on levels 1-5. 6-8 remain to be conquered by me though! I'll have to start playing it again!
@TobyPasman
7 жыл бұрын
Can you be able to do longplays of Ace Combat 04 (PS2), Ace Combat 5 (PS2), Ace Combat Zero (PS2), Ace Combat 6 (Xbox 360) and Ace Combat Assault Horizon (PS3)? And also Hidden Mysteries Titanic (PC) and Hidden Mysteries The White House (PC)?
@amandakelly7991
4 жыл бұрын
the controls to this game god damm...used to like flooding the rooms many hours wasted playing this game one of the best apple games.
@PlasticCogLiquid
3 жыл бұрын
Is this the Below the Root engine? I swear it's the exact same engine.
@nightcrayon
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing. I don't know of any actual connection (devs/publisher/etc) between the two games, but the character movement (especially the jumps) sure is similar.
@matthewyip8695
2 жыл бұрын
Sweet walk through!!
@gamerzeven6227
7 жыл бұрын
Damn... rough times for gaming xD...
@brokaroz
7 жыл бұрын
What was the logic of the game?
@johnnycats5157
5 жыл бұрын
I remember having a cracked copy of this on a big arse floppy when i was a kid. yes, i'm that old.
@jimking8342
10 ай бұрын
Idol acquired at 8:45
@andoverkansas2581
7 жыл бұрын
man! very shitty graphics, but this brings back so many good memories when I was a kid. I was born in 1981 btw. :)
@Gueeru
2 жыл бұрын
this level of graphics is a fucking hell lol
@pigpenpete
7 жыл бұрын
To be fair, this was meant to be seen on a TV/composite monitor where the colours would blend together and probably look a lot better. It just looks like garbage on a modern display.
@asgerms
7 жыл бұрын
You're exactly right. I still have the real hardware (real a2 and real CRT-monitor; not LCD) and confirm that the graphics are a lot smoother looking; like anti-aliased. This is not just some "nostalgic" memory from the 80s. Imho, A2-emulators are generally terrible due to their lack of emulating the peculiar video-output of an A2, the characteristics of a composite analog signal and the filtering that goes on in an analog display. (Emulators of other systems are a generally lot better. C64 emulators often look better than the real thing)
@francistaylor1822
2 жыл бұрын
I remember it still looking similar-ish on a green monitor when I was a kid. Loved the game though.
@3rdworldvictimyouvebeenlie817
7 жыл бұрын
Kinda "zoado"...
@mike309game
7 жыл бұрын
earrape
@Nachiittow
7 жыл бұрын
these kind of games look so ugly haha
@Nachiittow
7 жыл бұрын
I know. I'm just sayin
@tanunes7928
7 жыл бұрын
1982, *sigh*, freshman in high school. Apple 2e had some good games. This was not one of them. Very ugly graphics, bad sound, and very buggy game play.
@haseo8244
7 жыл бұрын
TA Nunes lol
@haseo8244
7 жыл бұрын
TA Nunes I have played Mac games that was more simple than this and they were made several years later than this.
@haseo8244
7 жыл бұрын
TA Nunes when games were copied on floppy disks not much thicker than a piece of paper and copied and passed around without virus worms etc on them.
@generalzod7959
6 жыл бұрын
TA Nunes: this game rules!
@wishusknight3009
5 жыл бұрын
This game was buggy if it was copied. I remember trying to get a good copy both with Bit Nibbler and Copy][+ and it always bugged out later in the game.
@Antonio-hx7yh
Жыл бұрын
I hatd this one on C64 but it was called Quetzalcoatl
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