C64 Longplay - Beyond Forbidden Forest (HQ)

Video from the C64 game "Beyond Forbidden Forest" The video is downloadable at http://www.archive.org/details/C64GVA213-BeyondForbiddenForest

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Entertainment

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• c64
• beyond
• forbidden
• forest
• longplay

[KaitainCPS]

The tune that plays when you first enter the cave has been emblazoned on my brain for 20 years.

[PuppetXeno]

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!

[theverbalrelease]

The song played when you face the final big snake headed boss is also the theme song for Delta Man.

[Mastertronic]

Von diesem spiel hatte ich damals angst,keine ahnung warum^^

Aber die Musik ist nicht schlecht,gefällt mir sehr gut.

[AmayirotAkago]

The music in this game is frigging EPIC.

[somdie666]

this tune makes me feel evil.. alive.. demonic Oxo

[jdsco37]

I used to play the crap out of that game!

[Svenyip]

@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]

@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]

@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!

[Tamanozke]

@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!!

[35november]

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