@35november Plot-wise, it's because you're supposed to be using the arrows gained by the "Celestial Orb" when fighting the Bats/Hydra/Demogorgon - I guess they're a lot stronger than your standard arrows in the overworld.
Manual even made it sound like you would LOSE an arrow every time you fired in the cave (and two when you died), but fortunately you only seemed to lose the arrows for dying.
Running out of gold arrows in the cave turned you to stone and ended the game in failure.
@35november Plot-wise, it's because you're supposed to be using the arrows gained by the "Celestial Orb" when fighting the Bats/Hydra/Demogorgon - I guess they're a lot stronger than your standard arrows in the overworld.
Manual even made it sound like you would LOSE an arrow every time you fired in the cave (and two when you died), but fortunately you only seemed to lose the arrows for dying.
Running out of gold arrows in the cave turned you to stone and ended the game in failure.
@OBSysteme I remember you needed to actually press a function key to get the game out of "practice mode" and start the monsters coming out (beginning with the Scorpion). I want to say it was F7, but don't quote me on that. It was one of the odd numbered function keys, though.
This video is great but you should have included at least one death and resurrection. It's for this that when I show people a vid of this game, I just use the one with the 4 overworld deaths.
this game scared the absolute crap out of me when I was little, even though I've played far worse and more terrifying games, this still gives me chills
@Tamanozke I still remember the description in the manual (which was written to describe the enemies like a "journal" of the archer's exploits). For the bats: "I was hit several times and finally overcome and collapsed." In the actual gameplay, I remember if you took enough hits your character would just fall to the ground (in awkward animation), it'd play the "death song," and a few seconds later you'd get up to try again - minus two Golden Arrows. Only "G-Rated" death scene in the game.
@Svenyip: That's awesome. Game manuals and presentation suck now. I miss the days when people put heart into their creations.
I finally got around to playing these games. Holy cow... I never was a big fan of the C64 but the Forbidden Forest games are definitely something special! The atmosphere and gameplay are very unique and the music only makes the entire experience amazing! Also this game in particular is WAY harder than it looks! That fourth monster scares the crap out of me!!
@Tamanozke This whole GAME scared the crap outta me back in the day - I could never play with the music on in my younger years. :)
I think the fourth enemy was called the Tarrasque. The game knew that guy was hard - the manual even used it as a lead-in to explain the resurrection scene. "... it leaped over yards of ground and landed right on top of me. The next few seconds were a blur of flailing limbs, its and mine, and blood and encroaching darkness." Freaky stuff!
@OBSysteme Hey, man, sorry, forgot to check back here. I'm sincerely glad to hear it wasn't just me, I was really wondering if I was losing my mind! No idea what accounts for it, for a while I was thinking it was date related, until I remembered that the C64 didn't have a clock chip... I suspect we'll never know, but it's nice to know that I didn't just imagine it! ;-)
This game did the weirdest thing, it randomly broke. I played it for ages on my 64 and slowly mastered how you beat each monster (and which tune meant which monster). But I never finished it. Couple years later, I went back to it again but now no monsters would appear. Ever. I could wander the forest for half an hour, and none would ever come. Loaded and retried several times, same every time. No idea how, it utterly defies logic. Ah well. At least I can come here for closure!
Can't tell you how many of my C64 games randomly broke like that. 5 1/4 inch floppies were certainly not known for their resiliency. One little dent in the cover or bend when trying to insert it; game gone. Though I accidentally saved over the entire game of Autoduel. Guys who programmed it never put in a catch in case you tried to use the game disk as a data disk to save your current game. I was 4, I didn't know what I was doing.
Every death except turning into stone! I had this game for years with no instructions, so I had no idea about the underworld until 97, 98...thanks internet.
Paul Norman is a pretty damn awesome composer as well as programmer. I absolutely LOVE the music from the first and second Forbidden Forest games! Thanks for posting this up letting us stroll down memory lane!! :D
Epic game...anytime I died the sound effects would send chills down my spine. I just Googled Paul Norman, seems he's not doing game programming anymore, nor has been for a long time. Says the IBM PC greatly discouraged him, heh. C64 ftw.
After completeing the Forbidden Forest that i couldn't do in my childhood i tried this one. I REALLY like the soundtrack in there as well as the game. The Monster(4th Demogorgon's Minion) gives me shivers no matter what. THose who are interested i am uploading the entire soundtrack from this game. Also...Whenether i look at the main hero i think the game happens in the modern times having the predecessor's bow from the 1st game wearing sports suit(Probably a good archer in sports)
Nothing was scarier than the saw wave music from the C64 games like this one. God damn. I couldn't play either Forbidden Forest almost at all they just creeped me too much.
As a kid I always found this game to be so scary that I wouldnt play it by myself. A friend om mine played the game until the final boss which he never managed to kill despite shooting over 200 arrows. :/
Paul Norman took great care in those death animations. His games certainly have a special taste to them, because of that. Great walkthrough btw though the original is always best!
The song played when you face the final big snake headed boss is also the theme song for Delta Man.
theverbalrelease 6 days ago
Von diesem spiel hatte ich damals angst,keine ahnung warum^^
Aber die Musik ist nicht schlecht,gefällt mir sehr gut.
Mastertronic 1 month ago
The music in this game is frigging EPIC.
AmayirotAkago 2 months ago
this tune makes me feel evil.. alive.. demonic Oxo
somdie666 5 months ago
I used to play the crap out of that game!
jdsco37 5 months ago
i never understood why the scorpion could be hit 5 times, and the hydra quite a few... but the final boss was just one hit
35november 5 months ago
@35november Plot-wise, it's because you're supposed to be using the arrows gained by the "Celestial Orb" when fighting the Bats/Hydra/Demogorgon - I guess they're a lot stronger than your standard arrows in the overworld.
Manual even made it sound like you would LOSE an arrow every time you fired in the cave (and two when you died), but fortunately you only seemed to lose the arrows for dying.
Running out of gold arrows in the cave turned you to stone and ended the game in failure.
Svenyip 5 months ago
@35november Plot-wise, it's because you're supposed to be using the arrows gained by the "Celestial Orb" when fighting the Bats/Hydra/Demogorgon - I guess they're a lot stronger than your standard arrows in the overworld.
Manual even made it sound like you would LOSE an arrow every time you fired in the cave (and two when you died), but fortunately you only seemed to lose the arrows for dying.
Running out of gold arrows in the cave turned you to stone and ended the game in failure.
Svenyip 5 months ago
@OBSysteme I remember you needed to actually press a function key to get the game out of "practice mode" and start the monsters coming out (beginning with the Scorpion). I want to say it was F7, but don't quote me on that. It was one of the odd numbered function keys, though.
Svenyip 5 months ago
I seriously dig the archer's afro/mullet combo.
TweedProductions 5 months ago
The music that plays at 1:14 when that thing gives you an arrow...
I'd like to hear that remixed.
Giving someone an arrow has never been so epic.
davedetrick 7 months ago
This video is great but you should have included at least one death and resurrection. It's for this that when I show people a vid of this game, I just use the one with the 4 overworld deaths.
kennethofoh 8 months ago
this game scared the absolute crap out of me when I was little, even though I've played far worse and more terrifying games, this still gives me chills
tstaggsjr 9 months ago
What's the death like for the bats?
These two games look AWESOME. I want to play them really badly.
Tamanozke 9 months ago
@Tamanozke I still remember the description in the manual (which was written to describe the enemies like a "journal" of the archer's exploits). For the bats: "I was hit several times and finally overcome and collapsed." In the actual gameplay, I remember if you took enough hits your character would just fall to the ground (in awkward animation), it'd play the "death song," and a few seconds later you'd get up to try again - minus two Golden Arrows. Only "G-Rated" death scene in the game.
Svenyip 5 months ago
@Svenyip: That's awesome. Game manuals and presentation suck now. I miss the days when people put heart into their creations.
I finally got around to playing these games. Holy cow... I never was a big fan of the C64 but the Forbidden Forest games are definitely something special! The atmosphere and gameplay are very unique and the music only makes the entire experience amazing! Also this game in particular is WAY harder than it looks! That fourth monster scares the crap out of me!!
Tamanozke 5 months ago
@Tamanozke This whole GAME scared the crap outta me back in the day - I could never play with the music on in my younger years. :)
I think the fourth enemy was called the Tarrasque. The game knew that guy was hard - the manual even used it as a lead-in to explain the resurrection scene. "... it leaped over yards of ground and landed right on top of me. The next few seconds were a blur of flailing limbs, its and mine, and blood and encroaching darkness." Freaky stuff!
Svenyip 5 months ago
Is it ever explained WHAT is giving you the arrows? The Nemesis of Demo?
LoewenPforte 10 months ago
i like how the worm retches up your bow. it's the little things that count.
parser9 10 months ago
@OBSysteme Hey, man, sorry, forgot to check back here. I'm sincerely glad to hear it wasn't just me, I was really wondering if I was losing my mind! No idea what accounts for it, for a while I was thinking it was date related, until I remembered that the C64 didn't have a clock chip... I suspect we'll never know, but it's nice to know that I didn't just imagine it! ;-)
damageYT 10 months ago
forests will never be the same for me O.O
KirbyY15 11 months ago
This game did the weirdest thing, it randomly broke. I played it for ages on my 64 and slowly mastered how you beat each monster (and which tune meant which monster). But I never finished it. Couple years later, I went back to it again but now no monsters would appear. Ever. I could wander the forest for half an hour, and none would ever come. Loaded and retried several times, same every time. No idea how, it utterly defies logic. Ah well. At least I can come here for closure!
damageYT 11 months ago
@damageYT
Can't tell you how many of my C64 games randomly broke like that. 5 1/4 inch floppies were certainly not known for their resiliency. One little dent in the cover or bend when trying to insert it; game gone. Though I accidentally saved over the entire game of Autoduel. Guys who programmed it never put in a catch in case you tried to use the game disk as a data disk to save your current game. I was 4, I didn't know what I was doing.
VulpeRenard 8 months ago
Every death except turning into stone! I had this game for years with no instructions, so I had no idea about the underworld until 97, 98...thanks internet.
CornerBoy 11 months ago
Paul Norman is a pretty damn awesome composer as well as programmer. I absolutely LOVE the music from the first and second Forbidden Forest games! Thanks for posting this up letting us stroll down memory lane!! :D
hellmoto191 11 months ago
Is it just me, or does the main character have a reverse erection the whole time?
SFCatgirlFanatic 1 year ago
Thank you so much for the death sequences! :D Awesome
Black665 1 year ago
Epic game...anytime I died the sound effects would send chills down my spine. I just Googled Paul Norman, seems he's not doing game programming anymore, nor has been for a long time. Says the IBM PC greatly discouraged him, heh. C64 ftw.
kronnyqq 1 year ago
After completeing the Forbidden Forest that i couldn't do in my childhood i tried this one. I REALLY like the soundtrack in there as well as the game. The Monster(4th Demogorgon's Minion) gives me shivers no matter what. THose who are interested i am uploading the entire soundtrack from this game. Also...Whenether i look at the main hero i think the game happens in the modern times having the predecessor's bow from the 1st game wearing sports suit(Probably a good archer in sports)
SonGOKUSSJ6 1 year ago
Why is there no dancing? Fail.
meyerphillip2008 1 year ago
lol the Gorgon at the end explodes into.... TV STATIC!! hehe
jerryfudala 1 year ago
I wanted to see him get eaten by the worm and the mosquito. The death animations are hilarious,.
infinitycrops 1 year ago
@infinitycrops
The death scenes are all at the end of the video.
nemirn 1 year ago
Forbidden Forest: Tracksuit Warriors
Mangina9000 1 year ago 2
when we were little we used to call the guy you use michael jackson lol
BennieAA 1 year ago
That victory jingle after the final boss is magical.
Grobda 1 year ago
I remember being very scared of tyhis game. So brutal
liquid49286 1 year ago
that damn worm thing still freaks me out
16fcali 1 year ago
Nothing was scarier than the saw wave music from the C64 games like this one. God damn. I couldn't play either Forbidden Forest almost at all they just creeped me too much.
Deioth 2 years ago
Wow, talk about an anticlimax boss. One hit and he's dead and it took what, 3 seconds to get an opening?
Xifihas 2 years ago
@Xifihas Hitting his heart is not easy...The hole is pretty damn small to hit it.
SonGOKUSSJ6 1 year ago
This game is so intense.
The death animations... DX
Vivendium44 2 years ago
As a kid I always found this game to be so scary that I wouldnt play it by myself. A friend om mine played the game until the final boss which he never managed to kill despite shooting over 200 arrows. :/
TorpedTure 2 years ago
The tune that plays when you first enter the cave has been emblazoned on my brain for 20 years.
KaitainCPS 2 years ago 13
Why do you play as obama?
deesies 2 years ago
Why does a giant circle appear and leave an arrow on the floor sometimes???
windego999 2 years ago
I think he's like some divine hero or something and he gets a golden arrow when he slays an evil enemy. That's just my guess though
Celeron917 2 years ago
Paul Norman took great care in those death animations. His games certainly have a special taste to them, because of that. Great walkthrough btw though the original is always best!
PuppetXeno 2 years ago 8
awesome game! really good playthrough
dezm101 2 years ago
The guy with the bow looks like Michael Jackson
alogusz 2 years ago