Ollie's Follies (Atari 800XL)

[jojolakost]

absolument mythique ! ! ! Comme la plupart des jeux sur Atari ^_^

[mushypeas20]

you just brought 1986 back to me! One my favourites on the 800xl

[jellytots1972]

i owned this game as a child.it was very hard and frustrating .but still happy memories

[RPKGameVids]

Is this emulation or the real thing? It's kinda faster than my version.

[MrHeli]

It's emulation! I think I was emulating NTSC, which runs at 60fps, so if you originally played it on a PAL system (50fps), this version would be faster.

[GreatLakesDrifta]

The protagonist looks like the mail-boy from cohen's towers and even jumps the same! Not surprising seeing how they were made by the same developer

[AbsurdistLover]

Reminds me of Beer Brew Biz or whatever it was called on the C64

[MaToMaStEr]

Never played this game, but it has the same sounds as Ghost Chaser, also from Fanda which I use to own for my Atari 800XL !

[MrHeli]

Haha, it does! They're both by Frank Cohen, so I guess it was easier for him to use the same sounds. The bassline on the title screen music is very similar, too!

[zeroganci]

oh man! you made me almost cry/...what a remembering...but the video is incomplete!! I was playing it on C64..thanks anyway

[MrHeli]

I didn't get very far, did I? Sorry about that; I'm not as good at it as I used to be.

[spheresoftware]

Wow. I watched this video.. thought 'this game looks pretty good', so downloaded it to try it out... and what can I say but... what a great game!!

Can't believe I missed out on this one when I was younger.. I would have -loved- this when I was a kid! They don't make em like this any more!

[gazzaboy2531977]

great game remember it now !!

[MrHeli]

Wow, really? I'm intrigued! I should play it again, and see how far I can get.

[bastardtubeuser]

this game is a bit of a mystery, when you get to the later levels you suddenly come up against one that is swimmingly impossible, i and my friend have been going back to this game since its release originally on the C64, and still cant get past it or find any information about it online.

[sspoke]

looks awesome for 1980s anyone who says its horrible like ThundaLippz are just jealous that they are losers lolz

[svtcontour]

This was a great game. I loved it.

[ThundaLippz]

im 34 and iv never seen/played this game.seems pretty horrible.

[MrHeli]

Yeah. You should probably play Gears of War instead.

[julhynes]

I completely forgot about this game but played it so much when I was little. Thanks! :)

[MrHeli]

You're welcome!

[davidvandayscousin]

I remember level 14 been near impossible...so much harder than any of the others. I still LOVE this game though to this day.

[CABBAGES]

i dont remember this game but it is like a cross between 2 other games i had back then (and still have i think)

[steveasat2]

This game would have been SO much easier if it weren't for the optical illusion of a third dimension. Compare to Ghost Chaser, for instance). Wanna see what I looked like playing Ollie's Follies? Do a search for "Angry German Kid" and turn your speakers up real loud.

[SuperPostman]

ha ha this game made me crazy too ^_^

[frankcohen]

I want to thank you for posting the video of this game and your comments. It's a treat to know that this work lives on. -Frank Cohen, Author of Ollie's Follies

[MrHeli]

Wow, thanks for commenting, and thanks for creating one of the games that defined my childhood!

[RossPK81]

Hi Frank, I really enjoy some of the games you've made.

I have the game 'Scooter' which you can see me talk about on my channel.

Could you explain what a lot of the things mean in the game, like for example what is the character picking up? The instructions really don't seem to explain anything, apart from giving you the story.

Thanks.

Ross.

[darkstonecastle]

Definitely remember this one.

[lashutterbug]

Another blast from the past. I remember this game being very hard to master because of the difficulties in getting Ollie to get moving, and then stop.

[MrHeli]

Yeah, he had a really awkward kind of inertia that I could never really get the hang of. Possibly due to eating too many pies.

[Ranxerox2006]

shigeru miyamoto basically ripped this off when he made the first mario games. FACT.

[MidnightBallSac]

i LOVED THIS GAME!!!!!! no one ever knows what it is when i tell them.........i still remember some cheats for it

[MrHeli]

Frank, Fanda, Norbi, Zooom, and.. hmm, was there a fifth password?

[MidnightBallSac]

well lol you named the ones i remember

[keithhopkin]

Haaaaa! yeah! I used to love this game!

[StaxX28]

yes I remember this game, I had forgotten :)

thanks for reminding me