Transformers - C64, Activision, 1986

[megamanrocks99]

Locked in MORTAL KOMBAAAAAT!

[summer20105707]

This game was fun.

[clydecromey]

I remember this game when I was younger...and I also remember never being able to finish this game too.

[DrMabuse2006]

OMG!!! I never knew there was a Transformers game on the C64.

[alienkid]

I remember I sucked at this game, I'm tempted to download the rom to see how I would do today with years of gaming experience under my belt

[gjc82071]

Hello EdwardianTeaChest. Have you ever tried playing C64 online with Kaillera client? So far only CCS64 has Kaillera support. So, I am looking for people to play with online. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks! :-)

BWT, how did you capture this footage? VICE internal, which I can't get to work, or external screen recording software?

[Lameazoid]

Haw, I love how Rodimus Prime transforms then immediately after that Hot Rod Transformer.

[Oskarmandude1]

WTF on the boringly long transforming sequence they had Rodimus Prime AND Hot Rod.

[SJHFoto]

I remember this! Thanks for posting!

[Miyakolover]

You really must appreciate the designers hard work on this game despite not having the best graphical resolution to pull these scenes off

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

wtf they did with rodimus prime?

that looks nothing like him!

[HardWarUK]

This was from a time when big game companies cared about their games and gamers. Where did it all go wrong.....?!!!!

[chemicalglee]

So that's how the oil rig exploded...

[BillxMach]

If you can not hear it properly, ive written what the movie clip said.

Many millions of years ago, there was life on the planet, Cybertron; but not life as we know it today. the intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the planet. They were called Autobots and Decepticons. The brutal Decepticons were driven by a single rule: total domination. They set out to destroy the peace loving Autobots as a war between the forces of good and evil raised across Cybertron.

[BillxMach]

The war devistated the planet (and) drained it's once rich sources of energy. The Autobots and Decepticons left Cybertron in search of energy, taking their battle into space. Locked into mortal combat, they spiraled into Earth's gravity field and crashed. All remained *tired?* as they lay dormant for millions of years. 4 million years later,An Earth tremor re-activated the ship. The robots were repaired into modern machinery.

[pqshindelus]

I thought this game sucked, all you did was position the target over a Decepticon and hold your finger down shooting it until it went away. That said, it is cool to see this game gain, it's a nice window into my childhood.

[nrdesign1991]

how did they squeeze so much voice data on a single floppy!?

[tsuihark]

Quantity over quality :)

[peppermintoilcapsule]

I had this game. The trick was to deploy each Autobot depending on his skills; Hot Rod wherever you anticipated a gunfight because of his firepower, Blurr furthest away because of his quick refuelling time, Bumblebee along the road between landmarks because of his vision, etc.

[RalphyX]

Probably one of the worst C64 games. It was practically unplayable and impossible to beat.

[dirtyichikiller]

I got a transformers game for the c64 , don't know if it is this one. But I couldn't do anything haha and I tried everything I came to think of.

[Groome007]

I had this game. It was terrible. I loved the transformers, so i wanted it to be good ... but playing it was a pretty stupid experience. There was another c64 side scroller for the c64 that was a little better but not much.

[juasha]

Very clear voice for a C64 game.

[Sutsu]

I loved this game, never had a problem running it but the disk drive would get so hot I couldn't play it twice in a row.

I just remember Bumblebee being the WORST in the game, took 10 hits to kill anything. Hot Rod just one shotted everyone.

[deesies]

I remember buying this in leven one day and not having a clue what I was doing :P

[SamYarbrough77]

did u hear that they were playing Mortal Kombat!!!!!

[Rufio80]

It's just like Transformers the Movie! ;D

[Wiilovewii]

rofl! :D

[Miyamotofan64]

@Rufio80 No it isn't it's just clicking numbers and shooting! How is that a movie?

[Rufio80]

@Miyamotofan64

Sarcasm dude. It's NOTHING like the movie...

[warwick2155]

@Rufio80 its better than that piece of shit micheal bay crap

[wandov8]

ducaraio!

[cliffjumper1984]

someone fucking tell how Hotrod AND Rodimus Prime are in this? Fucking stupid

[accent364]

actually guys,that was transformers the computer game the battle to save the earth game on commodore 64.

[kojiki1976]

I don't know about the game but the intro is really impressive! Some lovely C64 artwork...

[simplyok]

oh my god..this takes me back when I was only 11!!...now I´m 33..!! thank you!!!

[jconchicago]

I saw Blur And Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime

That was very interesting

[brandon9271]

I really think the games budget went into the intro.. and maybe 5% into the actual game... I can't remember any gameplay at all actually... but the intro rocked!! LOL

[AreYouWetYet]

I remember baCK in school, even my friends were a REAL SON OF A B|tch when I wanted games.

ALWAYS had to have something to trade WORTH trading, and I NEVER got this one.

GREEDY FUX!

[FrozenSilence]

This is the first video game I ever played... @_@

[cheesepuff9]

cool

[sadeviant]

You rule for posting this! I have neither the patience nor the know-how to get a C64 emulator running properly. :P It's great to see this game again after so many years.

Did you edit out the load times in the intro? I seem to recall longer pauses between screens...

[EdwardianTeaChest]

Thanks.

Yes, I removed all the loading pauses in the intro.

[gjc82071]

@sadeviant It is not very hard. You load a game and run it (then play it). Very easy. Just try VICE 2.2 emulator.

[RSKINNER51]

I had the Mastertronic budget version and it didn't include this intro, my version also crashed all the time too, must have been a fault with the original code.

[dlawlan23]

This takes me back. My copy always crashed though when i needed to go to the zoo!

[Djclyve]

I don't think anyone's copy of this game ever worked. That beginning was so elaborate, it tired the c64 disc drive.

[GODCONVOYPRIME]

Where did you find this? and where can I find more information on this?

[EdwardianTeaChest]

I created the clip from footage I had captured whilst playing the game on a C64 emulator. There is some information about the game on Lemon 64.