Here is a remix of an old Commodore 64 game that I wrote a few years ago. The game is "Action Biker" by Mastertronic, and the original music was written by Rob Hubbard.
I also filmed myself playi...
Here is a remix of an old Commodore 64 game that I wrote a few years ago. The game is "Action Biker" by Mastertronic, and the original music was written by Rob Hubbard.
I also filmed myself playing the game and managed to finish it within 24 minutes (although I have sped it up for this video)
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I spent so much time playing that game as a child. I got to the end only once; when I was about to pull up to the starting line, the game told me that I was too slow, and that I had to start over. I pulled the disk out, tried and failed to rip it to pieces, smashed my joystick against the wall, screamed for about ten minutes, and generally vowed to never play again. I think I never did, and now I can see how truly thrilling the conclusion that I missed was. Haha.
Rob Hubbard rules. I always thought this was the one game the music didn't necessarly seem to fit but it's still a great song- kinda Chet Atkins, Motel 6-ish. Nice remix- though I pictured it being an old time jazz band playing it- maybe with acoustic guitar, upright bass, clarinets/oboes, all that jazz. I wish there was a rock band that did Rob Hubbard covers- namely Chimera!
Thank you for writing this game. We had great fun with this, and thanks to emulation I still play it occasionally. Think I've still got the cassette in the cupboard..
Your reworking kind of emphasises the slight similarity of the music to the theme of the BBC's show "Kickstart" which was about.... stunt biking, coincidentally enough. :-)
BTW, the C64 version (which I think you based this on?) seemed to have more music than the Atari version which just repeated the main melody in a simple loop. Maybe the Atari programmers were trying to retain compatibility with older 16-48K models, maybe they were just lazy, who knows :-)
this was one of my most played games.. this and jumpman.. (jumpman jr. as well) I also loved maniac mansion and zac mc.crackin (if I spelt it correctly) Then again I always thought it was spelled I-T! lol.. I think as simple as the C64 was.. It brought hours of enterainment to me.. I think I used the C64 more than any other game console or computer (and it lasted longer than any of them too!!) There was also the atari and the collico-vision (again I hope I spelled it correctly!)
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I can't take the credit for writing this great game though - It wasn't me!! I only wrote this remix to the main theme tune.
I grew to like the full version because I had a type-in BASIC listing that played it in the same beepy style. :-)
BTW, the C64 version (which I think you based this on?) seemed to have more music than the Atari version which just repeated the main melody in a simple loop. Maybe the Atari programmers were trying to retain compatibility with older 16-48K models, maybe they were just lazy, who knows :-)
Nice work anyway!
pong
Anyone remember that console?
it was simply called pong..
this and jumpman.. (jumpman jr. as well)
I also loved maniac mansion and zac mc.crackin (if I spelt it correctly)
Then again I always thought it was spelled I-T! lol..
I think as simple as the C64 was.. It brought hours of enterainment to me.. I think I used the C64 more than any other game console or computer (and it lasted longer than any of them too!!) There was also the atari and the collico-vision (again I hope I spelled it correctly!)