C64 Longplay - He-Man

[spidermastermind100]

I love the music.

[BrianBeeby]

This is a typical example of people cashing in on a media brand.

The media rights holders aren't interested in making a "good" game. They are only concerned with the game selling by its brand name. The game developers merely comply with this outlook and quickly slap together a generic game with the brand's trappings. A quick buck is thus made.

Here, the controls seem really poor and there doesn't seem to be any challenge. The graphics are nice and the theme song is catchy, though.

[fearguis]

These games appear simple, but kids today don't realize that the controllers at the time were equally simple. The ability to choose the precise moment to yank that unwieldy joystick in the right direction would vex the "modern gamer" more than they can imagine. There was also no such thing as a "save game". You fuck it up... take it from the top.

[chriskallen1]

@fearguis Right on about the controls. In that respect this has to be one of the worst I've seen on the C64. I especially found it weird that you would die if you aren't facing the correct direction (??!) when you jump off those rotating platforms. He-Man in the series was never that much of a wimp!

[SoRandomName333137]

Looks like mw3

[Scrabbler27]

I was born 1980 and one of my first memeories was watching Heman on thhe tv aged 5 in 1985. Happy memories

[xsonaonesta]

i love this music!

[MystikWizard]

What a horrendous game.

[andyhunter140]

oh no he man, make sure you move out of that very very slowly projectile lol

[phoxxlotekk]

Well played!

Nice graphics, music's O.K, too, for the quite high C64 standards.

Game's crappy, though. LOL!

[stezkamilan]

I always preferred she-man

[kinnison]

But this is not the first stage is it?

I never got passed it. I sucked.

[DrMabuse2006]

Wow. Never knew there was a He-Man game.

[Evilmonkey66699]

@DrMabuse2006 there were two for the c64 this one and a graphical text adventure and there also was He-man for the Atari 2600 and Intelevision consoles

[DrMabuse2006]

@Evilmonkey66699

They should totally remake them to a 3rd person rpg.

[DrMabuse2006]

@Evilmonkey66699

And only a minute later I discover a video announcing that THQ, Dawn of War series, is making a Masters of the Universe game!!!^^

[Evilmonkey66699]

@DrMabuse2006 Seriously? well considering that the last Masters of the universe series was that failed Cartoon network reboot(which actually was the second reboot of He-man done there was a short lived 90's reboot as well) it stands to reason that the rumor of a third He-man/Masters reboot done by the team behind the Thundercats reboot in the works is true as I doubt THQ and/or Relic would bother making a game based on such a old ip.

[DrMabuse2006]

@Evilmonkey66699

Well, I did a bit more digging. And apparantly THQ bought the rights to the game along with Barbie, Hot Wheels and some other stuff from Mattel. But as of now there aren't any formal plans for a Masters of the Universe game. Maybe they are waiting for the reboot to begin. They are making a Barbie game however if your interested.^^ Wouldn't mind a Thundercats game either. I liked the 2002 CW series.

[Evilmonkey66699]

@DrMabuse2006 ahh I see, as for a new Thundercats game that would be pretty cool since I must of played the c64 Thundercats game to death

[DrMabuse2006]

@Evilmonkey66699

I never managed to finish it.

[Simon0]

he man jumps liek a frog.

[koolbiga]

LAG:-)

[yaronx]

Is he jumping so slowly because steroids make heavier?

[johannesskaun74]

It would be sweeeet to wake up every morning to an alarm clock that played this tune..

[Luigi84289]

I knew Skeletor was a pussy but shit, one hit?

[skinnyboymansell]

god im glad i could never get this to load now!

[psychobobek]

emulator sucks

[EmeraldWarrior420]

"skulls cracked"

lol

[hyphz]

Weird.. the guy you killed at 1:08 apparently had ten skulls??

[Ambrew11]

lol i remember this. i had no idea what to do when i used to play it but then again i was like 6 years old

[andrewbobbin]

I would have never spotted that switch to open the door as a kid :) 2.52

[wandererlain]

Funny how He-Man dances in a circle on moving platforms LOL

Pfft! Another anti-ending.

[VinceVicious1]

is that beastman throwing snot at he-man at the start?

[6MDMaster6]

This game really was a piece of crap, but to a he-man starved child this really didn't matter. What I never understood was the randomness of it all, it would have been better being a straightforward game but oooh nooo they had to go the way of 'collect things, go through strange doors, pass through walls'. And can anybody explain me why you could PASS THROUGH THE FLOOR of the hallway you begin in??? Was it some sort of punishment?

[RogueAndroid]

I loved this game, and i did like the soundtrack too.

Was one of the first English cartoons i ever saw too, back in the 80`s.

[Timo3459]

I remember playing this when i was 5 Years old, and at this time the music was so awesome. I couldn´t get enough of this stuff!!!

[tinotrivino]

HEEEEFTIG

i never played this through!!!!

[Xifihas]

The C64 rendition of the He-Man theme is horrendous! I know the C64 can do a lot better than that, it's just whoever was doing the music didn't care.

[tinotrivino]

you couldnt make it better or it would be more bytes to load!!! and more cpu core and c64 just had 1Mhz

[Johnlindsey289]

Who would love to see AVGN (Angry Video Game Nerd) to review all He-Man games? that would make a great episode and he can do a little history of He-Man for the viewers including throwing clips from the cartoon and live-action 1987 movie. Mike his buddy can be Hordak or Skeletor as he torments him to play the games.

[AbsurdistLover]

Why does the music slow down slightly, often when there are NO SPRITES onscreen?! *shudders*

[tinotrivino]

c64 only had 1Mhz cpu core also the SID Music Chip was very close to the calculation for than!

[SonGOKUSSJ6]

-_- wiesz...on nie zna polskiego. Pisz po angielsku.

[cujo9]

this music is tormenting !

[scythianus]

Epic boss fight!

[V0r4xiz]

@scythianus made my day ^^

[019208237]

Wow Skeletor was a hard boss to beat! haha

[nicholasthetaylor]

Whoever wrote that theme tune is a genius in sadistic comedy.

[SteveSpicerPortsmuth]

lol

[nicholasthetaylor]

My personal favourite bit is when the music loops. Leading up to this point the music gets fairly quiet and unobtrusive, but then ...NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH!!! The He-man theme screeches and squarks like a bird protecting its young! I can't help but laugh out loud.

[SteveSpicerPortsmuth]

I laughed even more by reading your really funny description of the theme.

Comedy gold. Now I've got to listen to this theme again and roll on the floor each time.

Thanks for the laughs.

[suspekt29]

I am glad I never played this game. Hearing the He Man theme the entire game is a tad too much

[RoderickStrong]

This game was OK, but it should have had more actual He-Man enemies other than Skeletor? I mean where was Beastman? Mer-Man?

[FreewareReviewer]

I agree, and they should have made Skeletor a little bit harder to beat, Say after at least three hits