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@petercortens6019
2 ай бұрын
The first V mini series were great. This game looks really solid, especially that transporter animation. Thanks for the nice premiere!
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Graphically it's great, but it's a HUGE game and I got lost in the corridors many times 🤣 I did like the ability to attempt to decipher the hieropglys though - kept me busy 🕹😇
@YoStu242
2 ай бұрын
I never got through the first door when I tried to play this as a kid hehe. Must be the shortest game experience in my life
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Those reptilian codes were hard to decipher! 😇🕹👌
@roguerifter9724
2 ай бұрын
I remember watching the two miniseries and the TV series when I was a kid, I still have them because I own DVDs of the miniseries plus own the TV series and moth miniseries on Prime video. I even have most of the novels between my best friend giving me a ton he found cleaning out his grandparents' house and a few I found in used bookstores. I think I played this when I was a kid and was wondering why I couldn't crouch and shoot when the character could in the show.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Yeah why couldn't you do a prone shot like in the game Gryzor? 😁🕹😇
@sharkymouth
2 ай бұрын
I remember my Mum had to return this to Boots for me. I couldn’t work out how to get past the first door! I remember them saying they’d had loads of returns, so I wasn’t the only one too dim to work it out at least.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Ahh bro, that hit me in the heart-strings... I know how you must have felt though as it was a mega-tough game to comprehend, especially back in 86 when we were all kids. The manual was useless too! Hopefully the dudes at Boots swapped it for something better! 86' was a great year for C64 games. I only had my brother to help me out, thankfully he's 10 years older than me otherwise I'd have been stuck in around 70% of the games that came out back then, hehe 😇🕹️👌
@matslarsson5988
2 ай бұрын
Confusing is the word. I was absolutely extatic getting this game back then. I LOVED the TV-series and read the comics as well. I really wanted to like the game. But I made like zero progress. I remember having to ask my dad if he could figure things out. I think he solved some stuff but I never got anywhere in that game. The box was cool though.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Me & Bro didn't have the foggiest idea either, but eventually we figured our how to use the comniputer but after 5 minutes we just said 'sod it' and loaded Leaderboard Golf haha 😇🕹👌
@MurderMostFowl
2 ай бұрын
I had no idea there was a “V” video game! I was a c64 owner in the 80’s and loved the original V mini series ( though I was young enough that the big reveal and the mouse scene absolutely freaked me out ) Great review!
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Thankyou - yeah the gerbil eating scene properly freaked me out as a kid 😆🕹😇
@letMeSayThatInIrish
2 ай бұрын
I recall playing what perhaps was a demo or modification of this game with Rob Hubbard's Spellbound playing in the background. Being and idiot, I of course had no idea what was going on. But it was fun to just run around, shoot the flying bots and do somersaults.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
It seemed like a brilliant game when I first fired it up on my C64 as a kid, but I didn't have a clue what was going on. Sometimes the developers of these games were massively daring! Thats the way it was in the 80s 😇🕹️👌
@benrichards6087
2 ай бұрын
Man i love V, i must have seen the miniseries at least 6 times...and the remake was ok (2011). But i had no idea they made a game, damn. Thx for bringing another obscure game to the surface bro!
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Like all good 'cult' Sci-Fi series... its one of those I need to watch back again after all these years. Initially watched it as a very young kid and it scared the crap out of me, watched it again in my teens... but I think I'd appreciate it more now in my early 40s. I love all things Sci-Fi! Crazy game though isn't it and... where are those reptillians and sexy ladies?!?! Gutted the enemies were all robots haha 😇🕹️👌
@jormalindgren4865
2 ай бұрын
I know I played this when I was young but I don’t remember any of it. Most likely was to complex for young me. Loved the tv-series.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Series was fantastic, at a time where special effects didn't matter. The innocent of youth 😇🕹️👌
@Zaraustra74
2 ай бұрын
I love the TV series when I was very young but not the video game for c64
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
I loved the TV show too... and also agree, that the C64 game wasn't 'brilliant'. I cant believe how much this game goes for on Ebay! Wowzers (£100/200/300+) 😇🕹️👌
@MorrisseysMonkey
2 ай бұрын
As a 16 year old lad 'Diana' was pretty saucy! But the game was a bit frustrating.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
She was fit as fook mate, her & Belinda Carlisle... game, frustrating as hell 😇🕹️👌
@CaptainXJ
2 ай бұрын
Definitely a nice looking game especially as far as Movie/TV adaptations go. I will always remember the TV show. Think I was around 8 to 10 when it started and the V Queen was when little me realized how much he "liked" pretty girls. I remember cutting her picture out of the TV Guide and hanging it on my wall.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
You and me both! She was a sexy lady! My Dad reminds me that when I was 7 or 8 I'd look through the 'shopping catalogues' just to look at the bra section. We all did it, didn't we?! Hahahah 😇🕹️👌
@Syragar
2 ай бұрын
I also remember freaking out when I watched the original series as a kid. I didn't care much for the newer series... but I went back and watched the original series again a few years ago and laughed at the effects. I couldn't believe younger me was so shocked by it. LOL! I missed out on the game. When I was a kid, I joined a small group (and I emphasize "small"... because there weren't many C64 gamers in my area) that would meet at a local mall once a month. Someone had this game, and I... um... "obtained" this game from him. The game I "obtained" never worked, so I ended up missing out. Looks like it might be fun, though.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
The original series shit me right up! Literally... I was scared to death haha, mind you I was probably 5 or 6 year old maybe? Going to your point, back in the day there was me & my brother who had the C64. We lived in a poor area... my neighbour had the VIC-20 and my best buddy across the road had the ZX Spectrum +2.... but my bro could get every game from his 'friends' at school... hmmm, I'll ask him HOW tomorrow haha 😇🕹️👌
@Syragar
2 ай бұрын
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer I also grew up in a poor area... so "obtaining" games the way I obtained this one was not uncommon for me. I didn't know many C64 gamers around here, but I found a few and we stayed in contact for a while. 🙂
@user-po4kb2lw5t
2 ай бұрын
I never understood this game. I had to wait decades to watch a playthrough on KZitem to see what the game was about.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Its a tough game to play, takes a lot of patience and a brilliant memory for where all the rooms/levels are! Reminds me a bit of the structure of the game 'Aliens' from Electric Dreams (Not the USA version) 😇🕹️👌
@geofftottenperthcoys9944
2 ай бұрын
Jane Bader had a big cabaret music career here in Australia after she finished with TV.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Good to hear she had a good career, following this TV series. I remember being head over heels in love with her as a young kid - her and Belinda Carlisle! haha 😇🕹️👌
@stormshadow2k
2 ай бұрын
I had this game as a kid. But just hearing the code stuff explained as an adult gives me a headache.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
We're not build for these sorts of instructions all these years later! I agree... haha, kids seem to fathom things 108,000 times faster than me thats for sure. But remember, back in 86' - we'd have probably figured the whole game out and completed it in one afternoon. Time flies. I'm old. That sucks. Haha 😇🕹️👌
@djrmarketing598
2 ай бұрын
I never understood the game as a kid, but it looks pretty interesting. Most of the time back then I got bootleg games without manuals so it was always confusing lol
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
I had so many games that were bootlegs and likewise, never had a clue what was going on half of the time. Only with perseverance would we figure out what the objectives were 😁🕹😇
@LevitatingCups
2 ай бұрын
I have not seen V at all, this one kind of reminded me of mission impossible, on post persective, as per usual i had no clue what to do, just the dread of running was fun enough. It did have a crack intro so probably through the airways...
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
The TV Mini-Series has definitely not aged well... but I was always majorly disappointed that the lizards I mention in the beginning of the video were not mentioned in the game itself. Nor did it have pretty ladies hehe 😇🕹️👌
@maxmirni2768
2 ай бұрын
i loved when the babies were born - the first one they thought was great, until it had a forked tongue........... then they said, wait, there's another one, and it was great bundle of green lizard crud.... looked like oscar the grouch...... true fun.... those were the days
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Haha yeah the visual effects were definitely 80s that's for sure. Loved the series back in the day though 😇🕹👌
@clray123
2 ай бұрын
I've never played it and don't intend to, but just in case I did a few sommersaults in my room.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
You're more nimble than me! I is old 😇🕹️👌
@vidarlystadjohansen9829
2 ай бұрын
just spoke about this series , still haven't seen it. so didn't get the game, but liked the animations
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Super expensive trying to get this game now on ebay, not sure why but its such a pricy collectable 😇🕹👌
@lurkerrekrul
2 ай бұрын
I loved the mini-series (both of them), and even the TV show, although I do acknowledge the severe drop in quality. I had a pirated copy of this game, but I never had any idea how to play it. I always thought it looked like a decent game, but I always wandered around not having any idea what to do.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Many saying the same - I wish we had google back then! 😆🕹😇
@AJDonnelly
2 ай бұрын
man, such an iconic show! Loved it so much. I felt such joy when the human's 'won' at the end end of the first season/series. :D As for the game, honestly looks a bit like an Impossible Mission /Nexus rip off, with the dual screen design. Interesting info though!
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Very similar to Impossible Mission/Nexus, but with less depth unfortunately. A shame as the TV series was a cult classic 😇🕹👌
@banditkfk1463
2 ай бұрын
I never got out of the first hangar. But I guess it's a good game
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
That darned Communiputer! 😇🕹️👌
@mgsalmon79
2 ай бұрын
I had this on a copied tape when I was kid. I’m sure it was missing some of the graphics shown in this video. Maybe some old school pirating protection? 🤔 Anyhow, I could never do anything in this game… and watching this nearly 40 years later, I still don’t think I’d be able to play it.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Very frustrating game especially when de-coding the 15th door I'm a row! 😆🕹👌
@TheJosep70
2 ай бұрын
I wasn't aware of this game, it reminds me of Impossible Mission. Loved the V miniseries, then it got quite boring.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
It's similar to that and Nexus I thought, but Impossible Mission was the best of the crop in my opinion 😇🕹👌
@exidy-yt
2 ай бұрын
While I LOVED the miniseries as a kid, this game was a bit too much for us pirating guys who had no manuals and more games then we could possibly play anyway. I gave up on this super-fast. As I think I mentioned before, the only games of this side-scrolling exploration and puzzle-solving type that I really enjoyed were Countdown to Shutdown and if you want to count it, Infiltrator although that was isometric.
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
We had it named 'Countdown To Meltdown' here in the UK. I'll ad that to the list - planning on a video for 'Infiltrator- very soon 😇🕹👌
@exidy-yt
2 ай бұрын
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Great to hear on both parts. 2 fantastic 8-bit classics.
@LoganHunter82
2 ай бұрын
What music is being used in the video?
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
The official music from the show I think, I'll check the files later 😇🕹👌
@azrael1982PL
2 ай бұрын
...and where are the actual aliens? :)
@CheekyCommodoreGamer
2 ай бұрын
Precisely! Can't believe they were all replaced with robots 😆🕹👌
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