Archived News
December 4th, 2009
After what seems like yet another long while there's some nice things to report. First and foremost: I've finally finished my training as a geriatric nurse - I know, about time at age 33 - and secondly I've been writing articles for the new german game magazine "Return". Since I've grown up with 8 bit machines and did get my hands on a lot of games while working on this project, covering the games section seemed like the natural thing to do.
In the first issue I'm reviewing Space Taxi and Lazy Jones. The following one will be about Spy vs. Spy and Bruce Lee as well as starting off my special on the complete NES-Megaman-Series which includes side notes and background info on the development process. To make it perfectly clear: this is a print magazine, no PDF file but something physical and to skim through. You can order it from the official site over at RETURN MAGAZINES.
And now I'm requesting help from our skilled players: Since my strong suit certainly isn't Adventures/RPGs and I can't finish the year 1985 without Mercenary or Elite, I'd need someone skilled at these games to do those longplays for me. I know, Elite surely amounts to being a mega project but playing the game through in it's entirety isn't necessary. Unfortunately our Bard's Tale-Longplay isn't available yet so I can't demonstrate what I have it mind. But this would be the way to go: record only the elemantary scenes and add an audio commentary to explain what happens. This way, the Elite longplay would span roughly 1 1/2 hours.
But like I said, I'm not up to it. I've never played Elite and my english isn't good enough. Moon is busy with real life so I'm happy he's found the time updating the page and translating this news for me. So, in case you're interested in any of those games please contact me by mail. And now, off you go to watch those videos starting at #231.
Nuff said,
Reinhard
August 19th, 2009
Returning from yet another dry spell we're able to present quite a bunch of longplays for our Gamevideoarchive. Apart from that our last mini update had some newly compressed or even played versions of older games which are downloadable by doing a right-click > save target as on (HQ) behind any game's title. And in case you're wondering if they've been worth the effort check out these streams:
Space Taxi,
Below The Root,
Spelunker and
Let me stress that again: not only did I manage to squeeze out better audio and video quality but some of the new recordings have more fluent gameplay than their original counterparts. So download em, they're free! Of course the old versions are still available for download.
Despite my previous efforts I'd also like to officially announce that I'm giving up on regular or frequent updates of this project. I simply lack the time to sit in front of my PC for hours on end and I'm also trying to include all important games of a certain year before starting the next. So whatever's coming up next depends on how fast I'm getting there and what longplays are being submitted to us. Some longplays on my HDD are already scheduled for later numbers so they may take a while before getting online. So if anyone wonders why their longplay isn't online yet this may very well be the reason. I'm also trying to mix genres a little and I'm pretty short on anything but simple arcade games.
Apart from that, some games on our wanted list are already done or replaced by new titles we'd like to see submitted. The only rule of thumb here is that I don't need games that already sucked at the time of their release (like Strider, Game Over or Mercs). Of course games of any year can be submitted but will take longer to release due to our numbering scheme. Currently I'm waiting for 2-3 announced longplays to close the longplay series for good in december. Anything not submitted by that time just won't make it. I might transfer all longplays to archive.org eventually, however our focus is on the Gamevideoarchive.
BTW, in case you're interested in more than C64 longplays, check out arcade versions of R-Type and R-Type 2 and visit our affiliate sites Recorded Amiga Games und Longplays.net.
Greetings, Reinhard
June 18th, 2009
Returning from a long break (I'm currently preparing for final exams) and the original longplay series we're presenting remakes of 50 important games I've re-encoded as an comprehensive overview of the first 3 years of C64 games. Even if you've already seen our previous 199 longplays we recommend you to have look at their new counterparts starting with entries 1-35. For one, their quality has improved and secondly some of them were even played anew. Newbies to C64 games will get a solid foundation concerning important games from 1982-84 to use as a starting point to our running series.
Once those 50 remakes are done we'll continue our regular archive adding new entries from the year 1985 which is already quite covered. However, I won't get embarassed again by giving any definitve release dates I won't be able to keep anyway so have fun with those remakes. Also check out the links Moon added to a game's details page over at Lemon 64. He also removed the target code from all links so you can decide whether you want to open them in a new browser window (middle-click or CTRL-left-click) or not.
Assuming all goes well, I'll be done with education in September so I'll be able to devote more time to this project. In case you're interested check out my NES-MegaMan longplay I've done a while ago.
Greetings,
Reinhard
March, 30th 2009
Again it's been a while since our last update, I'm still quite busy with school. On top of that I'm gonna be hosting a cut together of Gamevideoarchive 200-204 which is also time consuming and makes for no new longplays this time. My apologies to anyone admitting histories lately, your entries will be treated preferentially. Numbers 200-204 should be done in 4-5 weeks and then it's back to longplays.
Since there's been a lot of requests for our original longplay series I've partially upload fixed versions of them. After all some had to suffer from extensive codec experiments back from when I had no clue about video encoding. I'm not really satisfied with their overall quality but I still think it'd be a shame if the old series were lost. However, I'm not very motivated to add another table for them so I'm linking to their respective sections over at Archive.org: Longplays TOS 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-120, 121-140.
BTW, I've realized our old longplay of Master Of The Lamps is useless since it's showing the bad ending. So if anyone feels compelled to redo it with the good ending, feel free to do so. This also applies to requests made for certain games in our guestbook. We do take notice of them but we're swamped with stuff we like to see ourselves (Moon e.g. is working on Koronis Rift and Ultima IV) so we can't do them too. I just want to make it clear that you're not being ignored but I'm afraid you gotta have to wait for someone else to do them. Or have a try for yourself, as explained in our tutorial.
On another note, I've recently been hired to write a game review colum for the german C64 mag Cevi Aktuell and I've finished longplays of the console versions of the Contra series. In case you're interested check out
Contra 1-3 and Contra-Hardcorps.
Greetings, yours truly (stressed out)
Monty
December, 31st 2008
Well,
having survived X-mas I can spend my well deserved holidays getting back to work on our C64 project. There's finally time to release the promised Longplay update. Originally this was planned to be the final one, but since I do have more histories in stock than expected I'm gonna release another batch in February.
There's been some confusion on this so take it straight from the horses mouth: me shutting down the longplay project simply means that it'll be replaced by it's official successor, the C64-Gamevideoarchive. However, since we're finally through with 1982-84, I don't need any more histories from these years.
Here's a little preview of what's coming up next. First however I'd like to fill in the enumeration gaps which will take me some time. I wanna be at least half way through this list before releasing anything from 1986. Of course if anyone wants to contribute some longplays I'd be very grateful. In case you wanna try it, please have a look at our tutorial. As usual this list isn't set in stone so you can submit other games too, as long as it's not the 100th clone of Pacman or a simple text adventure. Also games done with game creator software are of no interest.
While I'm at it, we've also added some new videos to the Gamevideoarchive starting with #194.
Have fun,
Monty
October, 29th 2008
Hiya,
again it's been quite a while since our last update. This isn't due to a lack of interest on my part but because I'm currently studying to join the workforce as a geriatric nurse :)
In case you're wondering bout our rate of release: I'm still working on some games from 1984 that are a bit tougher to solve than expected so I slipped in a few of 1985. Apart from those I'm already finished with all videos up to number 220, so as soon as I'm through with 1984 there'll be a lot of updates. Till then check out our new entries starting with #161 or do submit histories for 1985. The more we get the better ;)
However, please do check this list of already submitted games as well as our list of wanted games first. We don't have a list for 1986 up yet since it'll takes us some time to get there, but if you want to submit something for this year please mail me about it.
Last but not least I'd like to inform you about our webmaster Moon having started his own page on The Castles of Doctor Creep featuring walkthroughs, maps and longplays. In case you're fan of this great classic you should definitely take a look at Doctor Creep Real Estate.
Have fun,
Monty
Juli, 2nd 2008
Hiya,
finally we've gone through our dry spell and updated this page. The promised final update to our longplay section isn't here yet but we've got a lot of new entries to our Gamevideoarchive including an almost completed year 1984. I'm already working on videos from 1985 which will be online as soon as I'm done with 1984 which includes the following unfinished games:
BaggitMan (already done, I'm just too lazy to edit audio)
Rally Speedway (same as above g* )
Agent USA (working on it)
Encounter (working on it)
Pitstop 2
On-Court Tennis
Firequest
HES Games
All other longplays of 1984 are already up and will sum up that years with those games listed above. In case you think silly Monty has overlooked an important game of that year, be my guest ;) Feel free to add any game of 1984 except the likes of "Jungle Story", "Eskimo Eddie" or yet another Pacman clone. You'll have time till our next update for Gamevideoarchive scheduled for October. Admissions beyond this date will be discarded since all videos are enumerated. BTW, I do know Summer Games is missing, I'm gonna add it with part II in 1985.
Of course you can already submit videos for 1985 as well. The more we get the better ;) However, please do check this list of already submitted games as well as our list of wanted games first. We don't have a list for 1986 up yet since it'll takes us some time to get there, but if you want to submit something for this year please mail me about it.
Have fun,
Monty
March, 25th 2008
Happy Easter!
Those of you who do speak german I wanna point to an interview, André Eymann of Atari.Spielanleitungen.de did with me. Thanks again for the opportunity and the nice chat.
You may have noticed the few longplay updates over the past 6 or so months. This is because I've spent most of my time working on the Gamevideo Archive but also because I'm running out of material. So let me cut to the chase: June this year marks the end of the Longplay project when it will be replaced by the Gamevideo Archive which has become an official part of this page as of this update.
Over the past 5 years I've done all games I've been personally interested in. The majority of recent updates were only done to keep the project going but honestly haven't been too much fun. And if this has to become some really tedious work at times I really wanna make it count for something outside the realm of fandom.
This is one of the reasons why I spent more time working on the Gamevideo Archive than on Longplays. Of course it's basically the same kind of work but it offers the opportunity to build a structured video archive to embrace the history of C64 computer games. The videos are now ordered by year of release, have a better quality and sometimes even come with embedded manuals to help outsiders get what a game is about.
I'm gonna put up a wanted list for the Archive by the end of June since I'm happy for any help you can provide by adding game history files. There are about ten years worth of games ahead, you'll find more info in the FAQ. In case you still wanna contribute to the Longplay project please file your history by the middle of June to make it for our final Longplay update due at the end of June. Of course all previous Longplays will continue to be hosted here, there just won't be any new additions after that.
Regards,
Monty
January, 11th 2008
After a long timeout we're back again with lots of new longplays. Don't be mistaken, I haven't abandoned this project over the last 3 months. As mentioned on my previous update I have started and been working on our sister project, the C64-Gamevideo-Archive. In the meantime I've been given webspace for this at Archive.org which allows me to offer higher quality videos. My sincere thanks go to Renata Ewing for setting up my subdomain as well as helping me out with technical difficulties. For additional info be sure to check out our C64-Gamevideo-Archive page here which also temporarily hosts the first 100 videos in rar packs until Bartman is running out of webspace/traffic. When that happens you'll still be able to download them piece by piece over at Archive.org.
Back again to our current Longplay update. There've been a lot of admissions and since you guys have waited long enough I've put all of them online as well those I've been saving up for dry times. This adds up to one heck of an update which tops all previous ones and I'm taking this as an opportunity to officially announce that I won't play any longplays myself. Due to my collaboration with archive.org the webspace at my disposal is practically unlimited which encourages me to focus on the C64-Gamevideo-Archive. So hopefully what started out as a fan based project will turn into a high quality work of reference of C64 gaming history.
Have fun with this update and a happy new year,
Monty
August, 20th 2007
Hiya,
again it's been quite a while since our last update. Admittedly I've taken my time which is due to my work on my other C64 project, the C64 Gamevideo Archive, more on that below.
I've decided to update C64-Longplays.de on a non-regular basis. There's no point in keeping such a schedule when there's always massive delays. And since I'm doing this solely for fun I don't like getting stressed out about it.
There's been a lot of good admissions this month and since my harddrive's maxed out I decided to release the largest update ever! That's also the reason why I'm not listing the files here on the news page, just browse the downloads page for titles in bold.
Some visitor over at our guestbook offered to host our blacklisted longplays on an australian server. Dude, I'm sorry, but I've lost your email adress so I wanna thank you publicly for making this offer. However, since I intend to be on the safe side I'll be offering them with some kind of age verification system instead.
As for our new C64 Gamevideo Archive: I originally planned to host an IPTV show where I would review the most important games of a year. Since the whole idea went up in smoke and I did not wanna drop all the stuff I'd already prepared for it I went for it with said archive.
Best regards,
Monty
July, 19th 2007
This just in,
we've taken down all videos of games that are still 'blacklisted' in Germany. While I consider the longplays of:
Barbarian 1+2
Arnie
Beach Head
Blue Max
Commando
Flying Shark
Forbidden Forest 1+2
Gryzor
Infernal Runner
Raid Over Bungelin Bay
Rambo 2
Robocop
Renegade
Target Renegade
to be a document of computer games history rather than advertisment for the games, the german law for the protection of the youth (Jugendschutzgesetz) leaves room for interpretation. To be on the safe side those videos are offline until further notice. Sorry about that, I'm not thrilled of it either but I don't make the laws.
Best regards,
Monty
June 9th, 2007
Hiya,
with our usual delay (albeit for a different reason) I'm able to present a small but fine update:
Lady Tut (Dominic Vogt)
Pooyan (Dominic Vogt)
Rainbow Islands (Moon)
Terramex (Reinhard)
Wizball (Moon)
Thanks go to everyone sending in longplays. I haven't put them all up yet but don't worry, you're not forgotten.
Best regards,
Monty
June 3rd, 2007
Hiya,
just popping in to let you know there will be yet another delay this month. I'm still been busy preparing for my appearance tomorrow night on GameTV at around 7 p.m! I hope I'll be able to put up the new longplays next week.
Thanks go to Moon again for once more souping up our new design.
Tune in,
Reinhard "Monty" Klinksiek
May 7th, 2007
Hiya,
I'm proud to present the very late (even for the likes of me) May update. Over the last month an amazing amount of longplays has been submitted by contributers so I dug a little deeper into my archives. *g*
My thanks this month go to Tayo, Oil, Cybergoth and Moon who also did the new page design you're looking at. I'd never anticipated to do a real homepage since I figured learning to code HTML and stuff would be too much work. *g*
However, Moon suprised me with a completely finished design of such simple code that I'll be able to continue doing the updates myself ;)
And now for the latest longplays:
Airwolf (Reinhard)
Bomb Jack (Reinhard)
Die Hard (Tayo)
Hungry Horace (Dominik Vogt)
Jammin (Dominik Vogt)
Psycho Pigs UXB (Oil & Reinhard)
Rick Dangerous (Reinhard)
Space Harrier (Reinhard)
The Eidolon (Moon)
The Human Race (Reinhard)
Thunder Blade (Reinhard)
Uridium (Cybergoth)
BTW, I'm looking for longplays of Wizardry and Blade Of Blackpoole (1982). In case you're up to the challenge and a little bored please send them in, you know how to reach me (MontyMole2000.at.hotmail.com). And now have fun with those longplays!
Reinhard "Monty" Klinksiek