That was a wicked compilation and such amazing value for money, I had most of the games on it so never picked it up, but my favourite compilation was The In Crowd on the C64, Platoon, Last Ninja, Gryzor heck even target renegade was worth it as the whole pack cost about £15, and it came with Karnov and Predator as well.
Solid compilation. I remember playing all of these as a kid with the exception of Infiltrator, I may have to rectify that at some point. I managed to beat Beach Head and Impossible Mission back in the day, both are particularly proud gaming memories.
Impossible Mission. IMO the best game on the C64 ever, and I love a lot of them. To this day I complete it many times every year. Even though it's just down to how fast I do it now, it just never gets old. Every play through is completely randomised and unique. And two distinct phases of the gameplay; puzzle collecting (the action); and puzzle solving for the password (tip: always complete the former before attempting the latter). Both heaps of fun.
Fantastic compilation. Even the "lesser" games are still great fun to play, and I never understood why The Goonies game is always so underrated. It's brilliant!
I was one of the few British kids that had a C64 and 1541, U.S. Gold allowed me to get much cheaper disk games, that before they arrived, I was having to buy imports!
I was british kid with a C64, 1541 and two datasettes with a copy dongle - press play on one record on the other - perfect copy - no copy software needed lol I also had COMPUNET modem with telephone extension in my room lol
A great budget compilation was Soft Aid with 10 games for £4.99 released in March 1985. The games were pretty average, but the value was incredible, just under 50p a game and if that wasn't enough, at the start on side 1 you also had an audio recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid. Here's the list of games: Gumshoe, Beamrider, Star Trader, Kokotoni, Wilf, China Miner, Gilligan's Gold, Fred, Gyropod, Falcon Patrol and Flak.
PS: The U.S. Gold - History in the Making compilation was probably the best compilation ever as in the best games and would have been incredible for someone new, but late to the C64 in Christmas 1988, but then I personally had all the games on it already. I however upgraded to a C64 in 1984 from a TI99/4A and by 1985 I only had one game on the Soft Aid compilation, also some games included were less popular, but still reasonable meaning less people had them. Budget titles were still new then too, Mastertronic released their first £1.99 games in April 1984 and most were poor at first, so 50p a game in early 1985 was a steal.
I remember Taito's Coin op Hits being a great compilation on the C64. Slap Fight, Bubble Bobble, Arkanoid 1 & 2 & Renegade all being fantastic ports. Flying Shark was an ok port and legend of Kage & Rastan, although not terrible are the weakest games on the pack. Well worth doing a vid on this gem of a compilation
Oh I just gotta rave about this collection taito legends two on PS2. 39 games loads of them freaking awesome. I been playing it for weeks. Also it got me onto the bust a move series! It's called puzzle bobble 2 on taito legends and I saw that title and immediately thought eh that's one I'll probably play once then never touch again. Liked it so much I ended up getting super bust a move for PS2 as well as bust a move four for playstation and even the ds bust a move. That series is awesome so intelligently designed. Although super bust a move 2 for PS2 (I got that as well! You can see I went crazy for this series lol) wasn't very good. There's a couple of things which ruined that game. Mainly the bomb bubble thing which breaks the game and uninspired level design. The others I've played are awesome though. Super bust a move 1 for PS2 is the best one. Anyway sorry for such a long comment 😂
@@Simon0 I would actually like OSG to look at some of these more recent arcade collections and let us know how many of the games have stood the test of time.
Fantastic compilation! Classic after classic, none of yer usual dud fillers either. I missed this having upgraded to Amiga that year, I would've deffo bought it even though I had a good few of the games alreadly just for the origianal boxes, a steal at £1.66 per title 👍
Express Raider - The arcade version has an American flag flying above the building on the first game screen, but yet the train is European. I'll never understand why all the developers of games with trains in them, did this. The Goonies - I liked this and managed to get to the last screen (the ship). I couldn't figure out what to do, and the need to start over from the beginning when you lost all your lives, kind of sapped my ambition to keep trying. Infiltrator - I had a copy of this, but never had the manual, so I had no idea what to do. In fact, I never even knew there was an on-foot section, I thought the entire game was flying the helicopter. Leaderboard - Actually, the original game, as well as the Tournament disk, had four courses each. Then there was Executive Leaderboard with only two courses, and finally World Class Leaderboard, which went back to four courses for the base game and each of the Famous Courses data disks.
Now, if you were a new C64 user in 1988 this represented very good value for money - there's a couple of all-time classics in there and some very good other games. A couple of weaker titles, and definitely better to play on disk than tape (Road Runner is a very long multiload, for example). Personally I think Magnificent Seven is the best ever compilation (three all-time greats on there) but this is up there among the best.
No no, è davvero il gioco originale, si tratta di un Easter Egg attivabile premendo Shift e G, un pò sulla falsariga della Machine Gun che potevi utilizzare in Super Hang-On.
I always found Kung Fu Master to be a bit "sticky" on the C64, easier to get bear-hugged than the arcade or console versions, almost like the controls are just a tiny bit unresponsive. Still at least 100 times better than the Spectrum port though 🙂
Osg that barrel jumping attempt was embarrassing. Landed right on the barrel lol. Just joking. I suck at that too. And in fact it was a decent jump. Make it two barrels shorter you would have been good. Ok ill stop commenting now i think its my fourth one lol 😁
@@oldstylegaming oh yeah I've not tried waggling with a thumb stick thing but yeah I can see how joystick would be easier. Thumb stick I would be afraid to break it if I waggled too hard. Joystick is more sturdy plus you have more to grab onto so you can waggle faster 😎
Super Cycle wasn't bad but the sound design was beyond horrible. The engine sound is torture to the ears. "AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
I was lucky enough to get this with my new c64 and what a great introduction to c64 gaming it was.
Man you’ve just unlocked a memory with this Road Runner game! I used to play the hell out of it! Totally forgot it existed.
That was a wicked compilation and such amazing value for money, I had most of the games on it so never picked it up, but my favourite compilation was The In Crowd on the C64, Platoon, Last Ninja, Gryzor heck even target renegade was worth it as the whole pack cost about £15, and it came with Karnov and Predator as well.
Have to admit, never seen any better compilation on C64.
Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for watching mate
LOL, playing "Raid over Moscow" in "communist" Poland in 1986... priceless :)
had this comp as a kid in the 80s! so much fun, it was amazing!!! :D
Great video OSG. Awesome selection of games in that set. Santa knows his C64 games well!
Solid compilation. I remember playing all of these as a kid with the exception of Infiltrator, I may have to rectify that at some point. I managed to beat Beach Head and Impossible Mission back in the day, both are particularly proud gaming memories.
Love memories like that
Seeing Beach head II gave me some "Ganja farmer"-vibes. Can't wait to see a review of that game :)
Beach head was just incredible! Medic! 😂
Your sense of humour is very slightly disturbing lol. Just joking 🙂
Impossible Mission. IMO the best game on the C64 ever, and I love a lot of them. To this day I complete it many times every year. Even though it's just down to how fast I do it now, it just never gets old.
Every play through is completely randomised and unique. And two distinct phases of the gameplay; puzzle collecting (the action); and puzzle solving for the password (tip: always complete the former before attempting the latter).
Both heaps of fun.
Fantastic compilation. Even the "lesser" games are still great fun to play, and I never understood why The Goonies game is always so underrated. It's brilliant!
Fantastic, I may have had this compilation 🤘🏻
I was one of the few British kids that had a C64 and 1541, U.S. Gold allowed me to get much cheaper disk games, that before they arrived, I was having to buy imports!
I was british kid with a C64, 1541 and two datasettes with a copy dongle - press play on one record on the other - perfect copy - no copy software needed lol I also had COMPUNET modem with telephone extension in my room lol
Fantastic collection of games.
They are!
A great budget compilation was Soft Aid with 10 games for £4.99 released in March 1985. The games were pretty average, but the value was incredible, just under 50p a game and if that wasn't enough, at the start on side 1 you also had an audio recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid. Here's the list of games: Gumshoe, Beamrider, Star Trader, Kokotoni, Wilf, China Miner, Gilligan's Gold, Fred, Gyropod, Falcon Patrol and Flak.
PS: The U.S. Gold - History in the Making compilation was probably the best compilation ever as in the best games and would have been incredible for someone new, but late to the C64 in Christmas 1988, but then I personally had all the games on it already. I however upgraded to a C64 in 1984 from a TI99/4A and by 1985 I only had one game on the Soft Aid compilation, also some games included were less popular, but still reasonable meaning less people had them. Budget titles were still new then too, Mastertronic released their first £1.99 games in April 1984 and most were poor at first, so 50p a game in early 1985 was a steal.
I remember Taito's Coin op Hits being a great compilation on the C64. Slap Fight, Bubble Bobble, Arkanoid 1 & 2 & Renegade all being fantastic ports. Flying Shark was an ok port and legend of Kage & Rastan, although not terrible are the weakest games on the pack.
Well worth doing a vid on this gem of a compilation
Oh I just gotta rave about this collection taito legends two on PS2. 39 games loads of them freaking awesome. I been playing it for weeks.
Also it got me onto the bust a move series! It's called puzzle bobble 2 on taito legends and I saw that title and immediately thought eh that's one I'll probably play once then never touch again. Liked it so much I ended up getting super bust a move for PS2 as well as bust a move four for playstation and even the ds bust a move. That series is awesome so intelligently designed.
Although super bust a move 2 for PS2 (I got that as well! You can see I went crazy for this series lol) wasn't very good. There's a couple of things which ruined that game. Mainly the bomb bubble thing which breaks the game and uninspired level design. The others I've played are awesome though. Super bust a move 1 for PS2 is the best one.
Anyway sorry for such a long comment 😂
@@Simon0 I would actually like OSG to look at some of these more recent arcade collections and let us know how many of the games have stood the test of time.
@@ravengaming2597 yeah that would be great.
Had other game concerns at the time but WHAT a box set!
"Beach Head" was great, especially for 1983... we hacked that game, my father had 6-digit scores, the counter couldn't even display them :)
Had Bruce Lee did u ever come across a bug that crash whole game after u clocked it
@@jonnysmith7962 I don't think so but I'm not sure. I liked the Spectrum version more, anyway.
"Who remembers the piss-poor version of Hang-On we got on the C64?" 5:22 Nobody. But we remember the piss-poor version of Super Hang-On. ;-)
Yeah hang on super hang on same thing mate to me it was shit
Awful game (Super Hang-On) but the music was very good...
I had a lot of these on other compilations or on budget. My favourite compilation was the Magnificent Seven by Ocean.
Just for a second I heard "multiple flaws" until you added the context. I thought, "It wasn't _that_ bad...oh." :-) 2:04
Fantastic compilation! Classic after classic, none of yer usual dud fillers either. I missed this having upgraded to Amiga that year, I would've deffo bought it even though I had a good few of the games alreadly just for the origianal boxes, a steal at £1.66 per title 👍
Yeah mate I was a late starter, I only got my c64 in 88 lol
To be honest, I'm probably glad I didn't see that at the shops here at the time because I simply wouldn't have gone to school.
Hahaha
Express Raider - The arcade version has an American flag flying above the building on the first game screen, but yet the train is European. I'll never understand why all the developers of games with trains in them, did this.
The Goonies - I liked this and managed to get to the last screen (the ship). I couldn't figure out what to do, and the need to start over from the beginning when you lost all your lives, kind of sapped my ambition to keep trying.
Infiltrator - I had a copy of this, but never had the manual, so I had no idea what to do. In fact, I never even knew there was an on-foot section, I thought the entire game was flying the helicopter.
Leaderboard - Actually, the original game, as well as the Tournament disk, had four courses each. Then there was Executive Leaderboard with only two courses, and finally World Class Leaderboard, which went back to four courses for the base game and each of the Famous Courses data disks.
I've been playing Bruce Lee again lately, I'm still bad at it but not as bad as back in the day! Great game.
I remember thinking that "Thalamus The Hits" was an excellent compilation.
A hidden gun in kung fu master?! Mind blown indeed! Then again, if I'd known about the gun, the game would've been too easy, i reckon!
Press 'Shift' & 'g'
those are great gamez my favorite being bruce lee!!! me and my friend thom usedto play c64 alot...
Now, if you were a new C64 user in 1988 this represented very good value for money - there's a couple of all-time classics in there and some very good other games. A couple of weaker titles, and definitely better to play on disk than tape (Road Runner is a very long multiload, for example). Personally I think Magnificent Seven is the best ever compilation (three all-time greats on there) but this is up there among the best.
Amazing value for money, keep u busy for weeks
Well i learned something there. Kung fu master guy has a gun 😳. Kind of defeats the purpose of being a kung fu master 🤣
Gun fu master
Penso che tu abbia ragione, questa è la miglior compilation di sempre! (Però kung Fu Master è una mod!! 😅)
Nah the Kung Fu master gun is in the original game
No no, è davvero il gioco originale, si tratta di un Easter Egg attivabile premendo Shift e G, un pò sulla falsariga della Machine Gun che potevi utilizzare in Super Hang-On.
@@Clicloc Grazie mille, non ne ero a conoscenza.
I always found Kung Fu Master to be a bit "sticky" on the C64, easier to get bear-hugged than the arcade or console versions, almost like the controls are just a tiny bit unresponsive. Still at least 100 times better than the Spectrum port though 🙂
There's a new spectrum version called Mr Kung Fu and it's class, you should check it out if you haven't seen it
@@oldstylegaming I'm aware of that game but appreciate the heads up =)
What is the song called that you use in your intro/outro? I loved it back in the day.
That's a remix of Martin Galway's Parallax theme.
@@talideon It's actually one of the Ocean loading themes, which was included in many games, including Parallax.
Yeah it's a remix of ocean loaders
Your rep may have taken a hit after the Roadrunner comments...
roadrunner (this version) aint that bad, the Hi Tec version was shit though
DESTROY HIM MY ROBOTS!
I think you will find it's destwoy him my wobots lol
@oldstylegaming LOL those Wobots are pretty menacing!
Osg that barrel jumping attempt was embarrassing. Landed right on the barrel lol. Just joking. I suck at that too. And in fact it was a decent jump. Make it two barrels shorter you would have been good. Ok ill stop commenting now i think its my fourth one lol 😁
Lol I'm good at the barrel jumping with a real joystick but using thumb sticks on a ps5 controller to waggle is a nightmare
@@oldstylegaming oh yeah I've not tried waggling with a thumb stick thing but yeah I can see how joystick would be easier. Thumb stick I would be afraid to break it if I waggled too hard. Joystick is more sturdy plus you have more to grab onto so you can waggle faster 😎
As a German I'm still confused that Epyx thought jumping over barrels is some kind of national sport here! 😄
@@Markusewitz yes you do it every morning admit it. Lol just joking
Any chance you could have the game music quieter after each voice over. I love your videos but hate bleeding from the ears 😂
Be glad this isn't ZX Spectrum! :)
Super Cycle engine sound was melting my brain 🤣
ill take that into consideration :-) and sort it for future sorry
@@oldstylegaming no need to apologise keep up the great work!!❤
Super Cycle wasn't bad but the sound design was beyond horrible. The engine sound is torture to the ears. "AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
True that