Exile C64

STORY: The player takes the role of Mike Finn, a leading member of a space-exploration organisation called Columbus Force, who has been ordered to the planet Phoebus as part of a rescue mission. Finn is tasked with abetting Commander David Sprake and the surviving crew of the disabled Pericles ship from a psychotic renegade genetic engineer, Triax (the Exile of the game's title), who appears briefly at the very start of the game removing a vital piece of equipment called a Destinator from Mike's ship, the Perseus. As with Elite, a novella (written by Mark Cullen, with input from the game's authors) was included to set up the story, and to provide some clues as to the nature of the planet Phoebus' environment.

GAME MECHANICS: The game contains other characters to interact with as well as a physics model with gravity, inertia, mass, explosions, shockwaves, water, earth, wind, and fire. Energy is required to power the weapons and jetpack system, and needs to be collected throughout the game. Finn cannot die: when he reaches a point near death he is automatically teleported to safe locations previously reached and designated by the player, and ultimately back to his orbiting spaceship: consequently in many cases it is still possible to complete the game.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Exile
• C64
• Commodore
• Space
• Imps

[robrec0rd]

BBC version was the best in my opinion.. different in a few ways, perhaps harder.. but better sound effects. Cool game!

[Jarren202]

At last someone uploads a proper video of Exile!

Thank you very much, this was one of the top 10 c64 games ever. I may be saying that because it has fond memories for me, but I think many c64 gamers will agree.

Never before (or after) was there a game that combined adventure with action, in such a natural and fluid way.

Pity the Amiga version lacked the soul of the c64 version, but go figure.

[countrybluegrass]

This is an important reminder not to give jetpacks to drunks.

[blackcountryme]

I absolutely adored this game, i had the demo from the magazine and couldn't find the real game as the local game shop Comtazia in Dudley closed down dammit.!

I might just by a C64 just for this....hmmm.

[homeworld4]

Those enemies around the middle of the vid literally made my skin crawl until they were gone, damn!

[SpacePilotJohnLee]

I used to hate those pesky bird things!!!

[wandererlain]

There's a new game called Capsize inspired by this.

[paulrichardson10]

Great memories of the c64,top game.

[TheNecronomican]

@robrec0rd ugh. ive played both and the bbc version is very ugly. i really cant see how bbc had better SFX either, unless you mean the very ropey speech. c64 was a better programed game IMO. 

[Kijinn]

I'd love to see a playthrough of the game.

At best one with commentary.

Unfortunately I lack the patience to finish the game by myself, nowadays.

[Kijinn]

@ianholmes

Not proud to say I had a version without a manual. But indeed, that just made the game more fascinating. It was really compelling to figure out all the little features this game had. I cannot describe how I felt when I discovered I could "grab" other creatures. And to this day I still don't know if putting a bee into a jar had any purpose, but it so amazed me that I could do that.

Many of today's games lack the depth of gameplay seen in Exile.

Progress via experimentation.

[rob39uk]

i loved the amiga version best i loved the game but god was it hard lol