Me too. I'm 47. It just blasts me that how in earth somebody can do this kind of game only with 64 kilobytes of memory. Now finally I saw the ending the player almost dies on his journeys.
"Best game i've ever played on c64." For me: Pirates. :) Way of the Exploding Fist II has been pretty similar, I played that a lot. And then there was International Karate II...
Honestly, with its long history, a sizable cast of characters and multiple guest appearances on TMNT, I'm surprised that Usagi Yojimbo doesn't have more games based on it
Too violent for kids, too cartoony for adults, most likely why there is little media outside the comics and the turtles cameos. Even that recent netflix show had to change settings to make it more kid friendly.
They was a franchises Howard the Duck???? that was "mature" and was based on a anthropomorphic animal that bombed economical. That did make the ground radioactive for not already established anthropomorphic animals.
@@kirgan1000 Usagi Yojimbo is an award winning comic series, so it gets some love actually. It just unfortunately hasn't been able to make the jump to TV and games much. The "Space Usagi" comic almost got a TV show, and had a short pilot made, but networks refused it, because it reminded them of Bucky O'Hare, which didn't do well.
Loved this game back in the day. The fact that you could be passive towards those who were not immediately your enemy and benefit from that, and it had the early elements of real-time RPGs, made it a favorite for me. Loved the Bhuddist quotes as well. Player screwed up on this playthrough with the boar who challenged him to first blood; as long as you swing first then sheathe your sword, he allows you to pass unharmed, and you gain more karma for not killing him.
Cool game!!!! one of my first games on floppy disk!!!! Good old times, nice memories when i was in the 7th grade,changed school, everything was gettin´better from that point !!!! Good to see that on youtube!!! Thanx for uploading !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was one of my first c64 games I had and played but never understood it as was very young when I had it. I loved the graphics so used to just admire them and then move on to another game once I got stuck
This was a one of those things, that got me excited about samurais. These days I have studied history of samurai, watched & read many samurai stories & movies and even build a little spirit & mind of these legendary warriors. Thank you Usagi Yojimbo for showing me the way of an honorable samurai.
@Epoch plus5 You do realize we're talking about the graphics capabilities of a system that was designed and started being sold nearly 40 years ago, right? Or are you really that oblivious to the context? If you're in the mindset of comparing this to modern systems then you really have no idea what you're talking about. In either case you're just bloviating in an attempt to make yourself look better than others.
Nothing but good memories here. Loved the gameplay, colourful graphics and soundtrack. Got pretty good at it too after hours of practice. I miss my c64. Thanks for the video 👍🏻
Visually this game is really amazing on C64 standards, has numerous colors and everyone is extremely recognizable and the music is actually very good and catchy. This was the high peak of graphical achievement and relaying visual information at that time. Compare this to say, The Last Ninja or the Batman game and you'll see a huge difference in the graphical levels. Of course these videos make this game look super simple but it was complex for its time.
@@sasapetrovic2556 Prave samo to ninasta ne lici. Isto ko novi filmovi i serije. Potonuli smo u mracni srednji vijek nazalost. Ima usagi na steamu novi samo mi ne pada na pamet da to uzmem.
I've been carrying that saying around for most of my life, but i never knew where i got it from... Usagi yojimbo makes total sense! Favorite comic from childhood
I'll admit this way better on the C64, so much more to it compared to the Speccy version I played and I still loved it. Wish they'd dome a 128k version so it was closer to this one.
Usagi Yojimbo definitely appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) as a loyal friend to Leonardo However, the evil Shredder wants the lonesome rabbit for himself, turning against the Turtles, as instructed by Krang after Donatello brought the rabbit warrior here to New York during a incident with Dimension X
I Was in a summer camp in 1988 to get some more English education for a month. When I returned home, mom gave me money to buy some games. I bought this one with rimrunner (and ATF - I got 8 games in total that I know but which ones I am not sure). And played Usagi Yojimbo all through the summer.
I remember playing this game as a young kid. I was way too young to understand anything and I just runned around murdering everything. Eventually I would reach the seppuku (always in the same spot). Now that I know there's more to this game I'm tempted to play it again.
This game was so addictive, the ability to interact with characters was a novelty. Such good memories. Anyone else ever accidently whip out their sword when offering money to folk? 😂
I've succeed to beat this game by eating enormous amount of food. Even your health is full (displayed on screen), when you eat ,, it actually grows, and that way I made my character almost like unlimited energy. I am not sure if that was a bug, or programmers intention. Anyway, I doubt I could beat the game if that was impossible, because my skills was much worse then shown in this video. Nice play bro.
Same here, I gambled until I had over 20 coins and then ate a lot. I also discovered that if you ate too much, then the next attack killed you in one hit.
I had this game for the Commodore 64, until i made a bad mistake and sold it at a flea market in 2015. Luckily i'm still reading Stan Sakai's comic books because i'm about to learn drawing the comic books. Which also means - back to school in october 2021. =)
If you give money to a peasent, you get 10 karma. If you give money to a brown monk, you get 20 karma. And if you give money to a purple monk, you get 30 karma.
@The Gray Ghost if you pull a sword on a peasent and don't have enough karma, yes. But if you have enough karma, you can scare or even kill a peasent. If you pull a sword on monks, you're in trouble as they fight you and they're tough to beat.
I remember imagining there being two usagi yojimbo games one for snes and possibly the other for sega. One where you play as usagi and Gen as well as fight the goblin of Agachigahara, while the other you play also Usagi but Jei instead of Gen and fight the Nue.
Do enemies react if you sheathe your blade while they're in a surrendering pose? Like for instance, when that first swordsman offered to duel "to first blood" at 4:43 he stopped and bowed to you after you both missed your first swings. A bounty hunter crouched and attempted to surrender later, at 7:02, and several of your swings didn't connect until that animation finished. I also noticed that you lost karma for fighting the monks at the end. I'm guessing that they don't attack you if you don't have your sword out.
man I remember only one thing from this game; god have mercy on your soul if you forgot to sheethe your sword because those guys with walking sticks will not
![C64 Longplay [117] The Great Giana Sisters](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nmDN-VZzGz4/mqdefault.jpg)
![C64 Longplay [054] Batman the Movie](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jfAOp43OUVo/mqdefault.jpg)
I was playing this game on my Commodore 64. It was early 90s. Ah memories, nostalgia.
I remembered my childhood and my commodore 64. I am 45 now, as time goes by :(
Me too my brother, c.64 👍🏻
Born 1977, times goes fast
I feel the same and we are almost the same age now.. im 49.. glad im not the only who feels this longing now.
Me too. I'm 47. It just blasts me that how in earth somebody can do this kind of game only with 64 kilobytes of memory. Now finally I saw the ending the player almost dies on his journeys.
...so do I;)
I am 41 now.
Me 45 🖖 my first game yie ar Kung Fu ❤
Damn after 25 years this suddenly came into my mind and had to start looking. Best game i've ever played on c64. Beats even Rambo and Stunt Car Racer.
Well all these games are of different genres. :) Could be more fun than any of these. I quite liked the game in 1988 I guess?
Absolute classic
@@collectivesartori your mums breets are classic
"Best game i've ever played on c64."
For me: Pirates. :)
Way of the Exploding Fist II has been pretty similar, I played that a lot.
And then there was International Karate II...
Honestly, with its long history, a sizable cast of characters and multiple guest appearances on TMNT, I'm surprised that Usagi Yojimbo doesn't have more games based on it
Too violent for kids, too cartoony for adults, most likely why there is little media outside the comics and the turtles cameos. Even that recent netflix show had to change settings to make it more kid friendly.
They was a franchises Howard the Duck???? that was "mature" and was based on a anthropomorphic animal that bombed economical. That did make the ground radioactive for not already established anthropomorphic animals.
@@kirgan1000 Usagi Yojimbo is an award winning comic series, so it gets some love actually. It just unfortunately hasn't been able to make the jump to TV and games much. The "Space Usagi" comic almost got a TV show, and had a short pilot made, but networks refused it, because it reminded them of Bucky O'Hare, which didn't do well.
This game is an absolute work of art. Its simplicity, yet so deep.Its absolutely unique.
Loved this game back in the day, I bowed to everyone lol
Loved this game back in the day. The fact that you could be passive towards those who were not immediately your enemy and benefit from that, and it had the early elements of real-time RPGs, made it a favorite for me. Loved the Bhuddist quotes as well.
Player screwed up on this playthrough with the boar who challenged him to first blood; as long as you swing first then sheathe your sword, he allows you to pass unharmed, and you gain more karma for not killing him.
I think I played this as a kid but totally forgot about this until now. To be fair I was probably like 4 or something when we had a C64.
One of my favorite on the c64. I remember humming it's music in my spare time. Great game.
Dukefazon play it free on Vizzed
I loved this for my 64 in 1988 i was 14.
Gotta say, this game has a surprising amount of detail put into it.
Greetings to everyone from the 80's
One of the best games, I've ever played. And listened.
Cool game!!!! one of my first games on floppy disk!!!! Good old times, nice memories when i was in the 7th grade,changed school, everything was gettin´better from that point !!!! Good to see that on youtube!!! Thanx for uploading !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was my childhood right here. Loved this game!! ❤
This was one of my first c64 games I had and played but never understood it as was very young when I had it. I loved the graphics so used to just admire them and then move on to another game once I got stuck
This was a one of those things, that got me excited about samurais.
These days I have studied history of samurai, watched & read many samurai stories & movies and even build a little spirit & mind of these legendary warriors.
Thank you Usagi Yojimbo for showing me the way of an honorable samurai.
I love the background scenery in this game. It's really well designed.
Skyfox True, resemble a lot the feudal Japan 👍
@Epoch plus5 Who are you referring to, and why? I complimented the graphics, and Emils agreed. Did you intend your comment for some other thread?
@Epoch plus5 You do realize we're talking about the graphics capabilities of a system that was designed and started being sold nearly 40 years ago, right? Or are you really that oblivious to the context? If you're in the mindset of comparing this to modern systems then you really have no idea what you're talking about. In either case you're just bloviating in an attempt to make yourself look better than others.
The whole game is.
Skyfox was a pretty cool game too on the c64 !!!!!!!!!💪👍
Brings back memories. I often think about this game, then I thought, I'll look it up. Cheers for the memories
This game is surprisingly well made. High production value for C64.
Have you played any Cinemaware games? ;)
My favorite C64 game. A true classic.
Nothing but good memories here. Loved the gameplay, colourful graphics and soundtrack. Got pretty good at it too after hours of practice. I miss my c64. Thanks for the video 👍🏻
26 years ago I was playing for the first time to Usagi , Butasan & International Karate . Even now I am among my favorite games
Visually this game is really amazing on C64 standards, has numerous colors and everyone is extremely recognizable and the music is actually very good and catchy. This was the high peak of graphical achievement and relaying visual information at that time. Compare this to say, The Last Ninja or the Batman game and you'll see a huge difference in the graphical levels. Of course these videos make this game look super simple but it was complex for its time.
Loved this game, spent hours playing it in '88 and great to see it on here
My soul is empty, I must atone for my shame..
The first time I saw that my jaw dropped. Seppuku in a kids game? Back then it was unheard of.
I will never forget this game 😊
Zamisli danas da ovim mozgovi koji su radili ovakve igre koriste na taj način resurse modernih računara. UH !
@@hurricane7puertorican582 ne znam zasto ne prave rimejkove ovih legendarnih igara sa c64.?
@@sasapetrovic2556 Prave samo to ninasta ne lici. Isto ko novi filmovi i serije. Potonuli smo u mracni srednji vijek nazalost. Ima usagi na steamu novi samo mi ne pada na pamet da to uzmem.
Moja najlepsza gra na commodore 😊😍
Kolega z dawnych lat pocinał w to namiętnie, przez lata nie mogłem jej odnaleźć, a niedawno dowiedziałem sie że bohater tej gry to postać z mangi :).
I remember that you could eat well after your health bar gets full and your energy doesn't get depleted😊
I watched Trey to Yomi trailer and this game came out of my childhood memories.
4:45 that first blood went south quickly
Yeah... you were supposed to sheath your sword right after the first swing (or ignore him, and have your karma be lowered).
Ghost's and goblins on c64 was my Dark Souls..this was my Sekiro: shadows die twice ;]
Love it!
great comparisons, concur
Used to play this game ALL the time. Great soundtrack. Spent much time betting i seem to recall
One of my favorite classics I had. This is before he was with the Turtles.
I have an action figure of him I bought back in the 90s.
Legendary theme music
Before enlightenment chop wood carry water. After enlightenment chop wood carry water.
Masterpiece you can tell alot of love from the devs went into it
ive literally been looking for this for almost 8 years
Your eyes must be tired.
This blew my mind as a kid
AMAZING GAME!!!! I simply loved it as a kid!
One of my favs on C64.
Mine too.
Cool game and music especially
I had no idea this game existed. This is amazing!
c64 to był super komputer i piękne gry.
This game is AWESOME!!!
i love this game, one of the best of c64 :)
Who else used to start fights with people for fun and get their arse kicked?
That was super sweet.super win with last heart:)Commodore magick
I forgot this game existed.
pretty good graphics for c64
One of the first I ever played...
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
I've been carrying that saying around for most of my life, but i never knew where i got it from... Usagi yojimbo makes total sense! Favorite comic from childhood
I used to play that in the 80's on a monochrome green screen
Ha ha, me too! It looked great even in green.
Fantastic game one of my favourites
Great music.
Wow... Looks outstanding 4 C64 game
++ the way of the ronin is long and sad ++
THERE'S A VIDEO GAME OF USAGI YOJIMBO?!?! Dammit! why haven't I heard of it before?! im ashamed of myself..
The first game I ever played on the C64.
I'll admit this way better on the C64, so much more to it compared to the Speccy version I played and I still loved it. Wish they'd dome a 128k version so it was closer to this one.
Start of the game, 3 Ryo
End of the game, 2 Ryo
Feels vagabond ronin, man
Usagi Yojimbo definitely appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) as a loyal friend to Leonardo
However, the evil Shredder wants the lonesome rabbit for himself, turning against the Turtles, as instructed by Krang after Donatello brought the rabbit warrior here to New York during a incident with Dimension X
Yeah I watch a ready🙋🏻♂️
I Was in a summer camp in 1988 to get some more English education for a month. When I returned home, mom gave me money to buy some games. I bought this one with rimrunner (and ATF - I got 8 games in total that I know but which ones I am not sure). And played Usagi Yojimbo all through the summer.
I remember playing this game as a young kid. I was way too young to understand anything and I just runned around murdering everything. Eventually I would reach the seppuku (always in the same spot).
Now that I know there's more to this game I'm tempted to play it again.
When I was a kid, I learned that if you donated to the first beggar, you gained enough karma to offset killing him.
Looks like a fun game. C64 is so impressive
One game I actually finished. Great game.
This game was so addictive, the ability to interact with characters was a novelty. Such good memories.
Anyone else ever accidently whip out their sword when offering money to folk? 😂
Samurai warrior with no master
I've succeed to beat this game by eating enormous amount of food. Even your health is full (displayed on screen), when you eat ,, it actually grows, and that way I made my character almost like unlimited energy. I am not sure if that was a bug, or programmers intention. Anyway, I doubt I could beat the game if that was impossible, because my skills was much worse then shown in this video. Nice play bro.
I played this game as a kid, and I could not get far as I remember :-) Boy, I wish I could go back to those days
I remember doing that. Discovered it by accident. I'd forgotten how short this game is.
Same here, I gambled until I had over 20 coins and then ate a lot. I also discovered that if you ate too much, then the next attack killed you in one hit.
I did the same thing. Won money on gambling then eat🤑
Same thing.
I had this game for the Commodore 64, until i made a bad mistake and sold it at a flea market in 2015. Luckily i'm still reading Stan Sakai's comic books because i'm about to learn drawing the comic books. Which also means - back to school in october 2021. =)
Loved this game
Thank you for posting this.
If you give money to a peasent, you get 10 karma. If you give money to a brown monk, you get 20 karma. And if you give money to a purple monk, you get 30 karma.
@The Gray Ghost if you pull a sword on a peasent and don't have enough karma, yes. But if you have enough karma, you can scare or even kill a peasent.
If you pull a sword on monks, you're in trouble as they fight you and they're tough to beat.
@The Gray Ghost not a problem.....
awesome game, gfx and audio, wow and I always was just slaughtering everyone just for the fun of it
Reminds me of fist 2 for some reason
I remember imagining there being two usagi yojimbo games one for snes and possibly the other for sega. One where you play as usagi and Gen as well as fight the goblin of Agachigahara, while the other you play also Usagi but Jei instead of Gen and fight the Nue.
I looved this game >:)
Beside Last Ninja My favorite C64 music theme.
It was my Favourite game on c64
The Rabbit from Ninja Turtles had a game??? LOL wow 👏
The rabbit has a very extensive life before and after showing up in tmnt. He even met Groo once upon a time!
Before enlightenment, chop wood, draw water.
After enlightenment, chop wood, draw water.
Until now, I never realized Usagi was a crossover to TMNT.
"I challenge you to a duel to first blood", *decapitates the opponent.*
Do enemies react if you sheathe your blade while they're in a surrendering pose? Like for instance, when that first swordsman offered to duel "to first blood" at 4:43 he stopped and bowed to you after you both missed your first swings. A bounty hunter crouched and attempted to surrender later, at 7:02, and several of your swings didn't connect until that animation finished.
I also noticed that you lost karma for fighting the monks at the end. I'm guessing that they don't attack you if you don't have your sword out.
uschido miyamoto
I could never even make it to two minutes. This was a HARD game.
1:00 dino 6?
Najbolja !!!!
This looks Awesome wish I could play this game right now !!! I probably would rather play this instead of any New game that is out right now.
The bow was something totally mind blowing for me 25 years ago :) Aaaaaand kill the wabit ;)
Actually, unless they attack you first, you lost Karma for attacking the Wabbits!
man I remember only one thing from this game; god have mercy on your soul if you forgot to sheethe your sword because those guys with walking sticks will not
I loved to hit the shurikens with my sword.
This game is really weird. Still remember playing it a lot back in the day.
I had this on the Spectrum, the C64 version has better music and graphics though.
You killed the dude who challenged you to first blood. Bad karma!
You cannot be an Honored Ronin.... it's a counterintuitive comment, LOL.
Kocham tę muzyczkę ❤
Just like all those years ago, i forgot how to put away the sword 😑
Diagonal downwards with the button. :) Diagonal upwards with the button to take it out.
Holy shit, the music in this game is awesome
Who developped this game? I heard it was a Hungarian group.