Once, and only once I got all 5 scientists. I was on my way back with number 5, the palms were sweating, I was on my last life and yes, I got killed two TWO bloody screens away from the end.
Flying this copter was harder than flying the real Airwolf. Probably.
9Pix9 is the master! He's the best speccy player on yt. With a redefine keys option it would have been easier. Saying that it was always impossible to get past the laser thing at the cannon.
Is that all that happens when you complete the game - a little noise and you carry on playing? Dammit, I'm quite glad I didnt persevere with this all those years ago if that was the only reward!
I just about made it past the walls, then got stuck on the big radars...happy days. Good work on finishing this one off, impressive!
This game was written by Richard Wilcox who, along with myself and several other old 8 bit coders went on to make the TV shows Gamesmaster and Games World which UK folks may remember from the early 90s.
Me and my brother spent hours trying to beat this game, we could only make it halfway. SO difficult! I slide an internet beer your way, fantastic job!
It took a lot of playing. You either gave up or persevered with it. My mate was good at it so I had to keep playing it to try and keep up with him. Thanks mate! I could do with a beer. Cheers!
One of the hardest games to play. It takes a lot of perseverence to get to grips with. It also helps playing it with a few mates to build up the competitive side of your game playing.
This brings back some memories alright, i recall being the only kid in my class who liked this game which took me about a month to complete. Yes it was extremely hard as i recall, but from reading the posts people seem 2 think you`ve finished the game, let me assure you if you thought level 1 was hard wait until you see the final level, it`s insane without doubt my greatest achievment in gaming until Gunsmoke & Rygar came out on the arcades. People would slag this game but 4 me it`s just so cool
No wonder they think I finished it. Most people never got this far. I saw the final level years ago and know how tough that was. Just repeat this 4 more times without your hands falling off. It's not worth the pain nowadays.
Hard. Too hard. But I still remember easier way to pass second wall: Pass the screen with the second wall (fly to another screen on your left). Then fly low, back to the scren with the second wall from left side and straight into the hole. This was the easiest part the game for me.
Airwolf 2 was also weird. It was a side scroller but from right to left, unlike any other game I know.
I know the technique for flying low back through the screen. It's easier but it takes up precious time which you need later in the game. Oh Airwolf 2 was terrible! I hated that game.
This was as tough as a whores heart m8.I remember trying to get by the 4th screen.Thanks for showing me i've only waited 20 odd years for it.lol.1 Tough mofo
As soon as you loaded this up some of your mates would start complaining because they wanted to play something else. Not a game for everyone. Very, very, very hard! No bother mate!
this game was so tough. probably got to about the third screen and i thought that was an achievement in itself. who ever programmed this needed hanging by his testicles!!
Initially, the 2nd wall where you go down was tough. Took quite a few games to pass it. Then you have the nice kind of 3D effect below. Richard Wilcox is the man who programmed this and nothing else. I can imagine the makers of Airwolf were not happy and Richard received his marching orders! It is a bastard of a game though! A redefine keys would have made it a lot easier, if that's possible! I blame my RSI on this game, lol!
Without a doubt you are the Airwolf don! This game was so hard - I used to come back to this and Murphy every few months for years when I was a kid. I never got past about 6 screens. I'm inspired!!
This was probably the most difficult game ever made and you need bucket loads of patience for it. ...That and the cassette tape loader ! (5 mins... what an eternity !!)
Without a doubt a tough game! After getting to the scientist your hands were aching and it would cost you lives on the way back. At the time I enjoyed the wait for loading and the screen would put you in the mood for the game. Then I got a +3 which was so much faster!
outstanding! I remember my brother doing this, it had all of us glued to the telly watching him and yes the only way passed the laser barriers was to use the pause, amazing i was on the edge of my seat again!
For some reason for the first time in 20 years I fancied having a game of Airwolf and came across your video first. It reminded me of how losing a life scared the crap out of me. Think I'll check out the game when I feel a bit braver. Thanks for the video!
It takes a few games to get back into it. Played 3 games the day before this video and just got frustrated. Next day played another 3 games and this was the result. Stick at it and you'll get a result. Cheers mate!
im sweating watching this the fucin hrs i played this when i was about 14 and couldnt get past the satellites hat off to ya youve made my day respect to you
I was using the pause key to get past the laser beam. It's a tricky part of the game trying to hover above it with a cannon firing at you all the time.
Wow that was a nostalgia trip for sure :) I loved the game but got stuck at one place I could never get past. Question: What happened in the ending? That noice and then nothing? Did it start over again? What?
For anyone who has never played this game, Spinnyfuck is probably more elite than number of people to have climbed Everest. I am sure that less people have managed to complete airwolf. Excellent job Spinnyfuck. (PS. Approximately 1400 people have climbed everest).
I was thinking of climbing Everest but too many people have completed it - no challenge anymore! Is that 1400 people successfully climbing it? Cheers mate!
You sound a bit like a Codemasters inlay card...lol! I know what you mean though. Once you take off there's nowhere to land until you get back to the beginning. Pressure or what!
i think you'll find that the music to Streethawk or The Equalizer was way better. Was there ever a computer game based on The Equalizer? Old Edward Woodwardwood would(!) have raked it in...
No Equalizer on the speccy I'm afraid. Old Ted wouldn't have got a penny from it anyway as CBS would have taken it all. Just like when Buck Rogers got nothing when Fairlight came out.
Probably would have been better if I had added the theme music but I don't have it unfortunately. Difficult game to get to grips with because of the keys. All I can say is practice helps. It can be a very frustrating game. Cheers mate!
Wow! I'm sitting here in absolute awe and jealously. I wasted HOURS as a teenager in the 80s trying to complete this game from Elite. Never got any further than half way. Respect.Totally agree about the lack of any physical tie-in to the actual TV series (have you all bought it on DVD yet? 1st Season's the best)... like where did Airwolf get skids from?... and the joys of that theme tune would have been great if the Elite programmers had worked out how to do Multi-channel music by then.
everyone raved about this game at the time but i couldnt see the attraction - plus, it's got nothing in common with the tv series! where's the old duffer that sits in the back??
A request! Can you post a video of you doing Airwolf and Airwolf 2? If you get the time,and there's no rush, a bit of Technician Fred would be great. I used to love that game! ;)
Is that the spectrum beeper in action?
telemetry9 5 months ago
@telemetry9 Nice early use of the beeper.
SPINNYFUCK 5 months ago
much prefer the beeper to the AY chip that replaced it.
1970moggs 5 months ago
Wow i love those sounds :P. Never owned a Spectrum back in the days but i like what i have seen so far. A neat lttle maschine!
lordoid 6 months ago
I had to quit this game, so difficult.....
Jaiv74 9 months ago
My mate hates this game, he never got past the wall at the start.
ordeathind 1 year ago
Once, and only once I got all 5 scientists. I was on my way back with number 5, the palms were sweating, I was on my last life and yes, I got killed two TWO bloody screens away from the end.
Flying this copter was harder than flying the real Airwolf. Probably.
I never played it again after that.
A tough game that wasn't all that great.
DingKong 1 year ago
Jesus Spinny your a master at this game- I remember it well and it was bloody hard!
ianwilson1978 2 years ago
9Pix9 is the master! He's the best speccy player on yt. With a redefine keys option it would have been easier. Saying that it was always impossible to get past the laser thing at the cannon.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
To me this was always harder then flying helis in Battlefield 2. I consistently sucked at Air Wolf.
zver711 2 years ago
Is that all that happens when you complete the game - a little noise and you carry on playing? Dammit, I'm quite glad I didnt persevere with this all those years ago if that was the only reward!
I just about made it past the walls, then got stuck on the big radars...happy days. Good work on finishing this one off, impressive!
flammy1976 2 years ago
Well, it's not actually completed. You have to rescue 5 scientists to complete the game. 9Pix9 has put the complete walkthrough up.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
This game was written by Richard Wilcox who, along with myself and several other old 8 bit coders went on to make the TV shows Gamesmaster and Games World which UK folks may remember from the early 90s.
ZKad 2 years ago
I used to watch Gamesmaster but I don't remember Games World. I must have been down the pub when that was on. Thanks for the background info.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
i mean cheat because i kept saving on my spec emulator couldnt do that in the 80s!
mojopin70 2 years ago
yes took me 20 years to complete this i had to cheat though
mojopin70 2 years ago
I wonder how many young players (me included) became completely mad with this kind of games.
So hard that nervous breakdown is guaranteed.
Clive0075 2 years ago
More a game for older players. This still stressed me out making the video.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
i think they coded the gravity last thinking it'd be cool without realising how completely impossible it made it
cuntscab555 2 years ago
They got it wrong with the helicopter handling. Not impossible, but took a massive amount of playing and persevering.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
Me and my brother spent hours trying to beat this game, we could only make it halfway. SO difficult! I slide an internet beer your way, fantastic job!
Revels 2 years ago 2
It took a lot of playing. You either gave up or persevered with it. My mate was good at it so I had to keep playing it to try and keep up with him. Thanks mate! I could do with a beer. Cheers!
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
@Revels i don''t remember completing a single zx spectrum game they were all hardcore lol
dave00dance 8 months ago
Soooooooooooo much respect is due due to you for being so good at this. My childhood was tortured by this game!!!
tomosoniq 2 years ago 2
Holy crap!!! I had this game for years and never got past 0:26!! Haha
burnisgood 2 years ago 4
One of the hardest games to play. It takes a lot of perseverence to get to grips with. It also helps playing it with a few mates to build up the competitive side of your game playing.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
good game for 84.
rocksoliddude1 2 years ago
Very well played, a ridiculously hard game and I never had the patience to get half as far as you did.
therideguide 2 years ago
I never played it, but it seems pretty easy on this video... I suppose it wasn't?
Mees401 2 years ago
I assure you, this game is not easy. You mention Airwolf to any Spectrum fan and they know what it was like. Immensely difficult.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
Then you did an excellent job! ;)
Mees401 2 years ago
The key layout made it damn hard. This game would drive anyone mad.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
I've never before seen that done and never thought I would. I used to hate that game for being so stupidly difficult ( hell, I was 9!).
Thank god for Spinnyfuck and Spewtube
UncleSqualid 2 years ago 2
I didn't think I would be able to do it 20 years later.
Cheers mate!
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
This brings back some memories alright, i recall being the only kid in my class who liked this game which took me about a month to complete. Yes it was extremely hard as i recall, but from reading the posts people seem 2 think you`ve finished the game, let me assure you if you thought level 1 was hard wait until you see the final level, it`s insane without doubt my greatest achievment in gaming until Gunsmoke & Rygar came out on the arcades. People would slag this game but 4 me it`s just so cool
Jammyfish 2 years ago
No wonder they think I finished it. Most people never got this far. I saw the final level years ago and know how tough that was. Just repeat this 4 more times without your hands falling off. It's not worth the pain nowadays.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
super
Yaycetryas 3 years ago
Thank you!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Hard. Too hard. But I still remember easier way to pass second wall: Pass the screen with the second wall (fly to another screen on your left). Then fly low, back to the scren with the second wall from left side and straight into the hole. This was the easiest part the game for me.
Airwolf 2 was also weird. It was a side scroller but from right to left, unlike any other game I know.
Kanizatime 3 years ago
I know the technique for flying low back through the screen. It's easier but it takes up precious time which you need later in the game. Oh Airwolf 2 was terrible! I hated that game.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
This was as tough as a whores heart m8.I remember trying to get by the 4th screen.Thanks for showing me i've only waited 20 odd years for it.lol.1 Tough mofo
bigjimfaestirling 3 years ago
As soon as you loaded this up some of your mates would start complaining because they wanted to play something else. Not a game for everyone. Very, very, very hard! No bother mate!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
this game was so tough. probably got to about the third screen and i thought that was an achievement in itself. who ever programmed this needed hanging by his testicles!!
nick25clark 3 years ago 2
Initially, the 2nd wall where you go down was tough. Took quite a few games to pass it. Then you have the nice kind of 3D effect below. Richard Wilcox is the man who programmed this and nothing else. I can imagine the makers of Airwolf were not happy and Richard received his marching orders! It is a bastard of a game though! A redefine keys would have made it a lot easier, if that's possible! I blame my RSI on this game, lol!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
this pooor guy musthave died a thousandf times before he could do this
:)
nephildevil 3 years ago
Well, not quite! This is the third attempt on the same day. Surprised myself really!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
damn
u must have a real airwolf talent then
nephildevil 3 years ago
Just lucky at the time, I guess. If I hadn't succeeded on this attempt it was going to get switched off and probably forgotten.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Without a doubt you are the Airwolf don! This game was so hard - I used to come back to this and Murphy every few months for years when I was a kid. I never got past about 6 screens. I'm inspired!!
Etcher 3 years ago 4
dude, you're awesome. long time ago, i only manage to past 5 frames only! lol
bebekteruk 3 years ago 2
Thanks mate! A very tough game.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
RESPECT !
This was probably the most difficult game ever made and you need bucket loads of patience for it. ...That and the cassette tape loader ! (5 mins... what an eternity !!)
smidsyonfire 3 years ago
Without a doubt a tough game! After getting to the scientist your hands were aching and it would cost you lives on the way back. At the time I enjoyed the wait for loading and the screen would put you in the mood for the game. Then I got a +3 which was so much faster!
Cheers mate!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Dam this brings it all back for me. The good old days.
JonBenson 3 years ago
aggree! :)
bebekteruk 3 years ago
outstanding! I remember my brother doing this, it had all of us glued to the telly watching him and yes the only way passed the laser barriers was to use the pause, amazing i was on the edge of my seat again!
mooog1 3 years ago 2
That sounds strangely familiar! This game had me re-living all those moments again. Had to take a rest at the last wall with one copter left.
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Thats understandable at that point i needed to rest as well!
mooog1 3 years ago 2
You're an airwolf mastah!!!!
dezm0nd 3 years ago 2
Hey, high fives dude! Thank you!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
For some reason for the first time in 20 years I fancied having a game of Airwolf and came across your video first. It reminded me of how losing a life scared the crap out of me. Think I'll check out the game when I feel a bit braver. Thanks for the video!
paulhowes 4 years ago
It takes a few games to get back into it. Played 3 games the day before this video and just got frustrated. Next day played another 3 games and this was the result. Stick at it and you'll get a result. Cheers mate!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
im sweating watching this the fucin hrs i played this when i was about 14 and couldnt get past the satellites hat off to ya youve made my day respect to you
regards sizzy
sizzy1969 4 years ago
Cheers mate! Sounds like all the bad memories came back to you watching this. Hope you've got rid of the demons now...lol!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
l HATED this game. l couldn't get past the first screen. l wasn't very good at this type of game.
bratattack5 4 years ago
Needs lots of practice. But the keys can be tricky. Maybe easier on a joystick for some people but not me.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
what is happening at 1:25 and 1:50???
fnarsh47000 4 years ago
I was using the pause key to get past the laser beam. It's a tricky part of the game trying to hover above it with a cannon firing at you all the time.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
You need to rescue another 4 scientists after this and then you get the end message "Congratulations Pilot".
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Wow that was a nostalgia trip for sure :) I loved the game but got stuck at one place I could never get past. Question: What happened in the ending? That noice and then nothing? Did it start over again? What?
panboy18 4 years ago
For anyone who has never played this game, Spinnyfuck is probably more elite than number of people to have climbed Everest. I am sure that less people have managed to complete airwolf. Excellent job Spinnyfuck. (PS. Approximately 1400 people have climbed everest).
matjohnroe 4 years ago 2
I was thinking of climbing Everest but too many people have completed it - no challenge anymore! Is that 1400 people successfully climbing it? Cheers mate!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Yep 1400 successful attempts.
matjohnroe 4 years ago
I don't think I want to hear about the unsuccessful ones that never made it back. That must be pretty high as well.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
This game....this game is superb. When u die, u know it is your fault 100%. Just one more go... I can do it
madderscientist23 4 years ago
You sound a bit like a Codemasters inlay card...lol! I know what you mean though. Once you take off there's nowhere to land until you get back to the beginning. Pressure or what!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
i think you'll find that the music to Streethawk or The Equalizer was way better. Was there ever a computer game based on The Equalizer? Old Edward Woodwardwood would(!) have raked it in...
keeprighton2007 4 years ago
No Equalizer on the speccy I'm afraid. Old Ted wouldn't have got a penny from it anyway as CBS would have taken it all. Just like when Buck Rogers got nothing when Fairlight came out.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
biddy,biddy,biddy...
keeprighton2007 4 years ago
Twiki, Twiki, Twiki...
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Probably would have been better if I had added the theme music but I don't have it unfortunately. Difficult game to get to grips with because of the keys. All I can say is practice helps. It can be a very frustrating game. Cheers mate!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Wow! I'm sitting here in absolute awe and jealously. I wasted HOURS as a teenager in the 80s trying to complete this game from Elite. Never got any further than half way. Respect.Totally agree about the lack of any physical tie-in to the actual TV series (have you all bought it on DVD yet? 1st Season's the best)... like where did Airwolf get skids from?... and the joys of that theme tune would have been great if the Elite programmers had worked out how to do Multi-channel music by then.
markjcairns 4 years ago
everyone raved about this game at the time but i couldnt see the attraction - plus, it's got nothing in common with the tv series! where's the old duffer that sits in the back??
keeprighton2007 4 years ago
A tv tie-in at the time would sell anything. I've got the original speccy tape signed by Airwolf. The old duffer is Koktoni Wolf...respect man!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Old duffer was Ernie Borgnine
markjcairns 4 years ago
Now I remember! It's been a long time since I saw the series, I'm probably the old duffer now. Airwolf 3 anyone?
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
I,ll give it ago as i,ve been a bit too negative about speccy games just recently to my eternal shame :( born again Fawltykog
Fawltykog 4 years ago
A request! Can you post a video of you doing Airwolf and Airwolf 2? If you get the time,and there's no rush, a bit of Technician Fred would be great. I used to love that game! ;)
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Totally useless game, played it a few times got absolutly no where and gave up in frustration :(
Fawltykog 4 years ago
I think you need to give it a chance. Trying playing it again and see if you're right...lol!
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
one of the first games i played. Hard, really hard. I remmember dreaming of hellicopter crashing and crashing ;-)
kalateur 4 years ago
It was the constant hovering and moving in confined spaces that made it so hard. Touch anything in this game and you lose a life.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago