64er longplays
64er longplay rationale as published with the first longplay in issue 04/1989 in April 1989:
"Was ist ein 64'er-Longplay?
Im Gegensatz zu her kömmlichen Spielotests wollen wir ein populäres Spiol komplett durchspielen. Das heißt, wir zeigen anhand zahlreicher Bildschirmfotos und Problemboschreibungen, was den Spieler jenseits der ersten, zumeist leicht spielbaren Levels erwartet. Wir hoffen, dabei auf tolle Grafiken, umwerfende Sounds und faszinierende Spielsituationen zu stoßen, die der Durchschnittsspieler nie zu Gesicht bekommt, da ihm die nötige Ausdauer oder Fingerfertigkeit fehlt. Aber auch herbe Enttäuschungen werden uns wohl nicht erspart bleiben. Schließlich gibt es leider immer noch Programmierer, die darauf vertrauen, daß die ersten Levels ihrer Spiele bereits so schwierig und unspielbar sind, daß niemand auf die Einfallslosigkeiten oder Mängel höherer Spielebenen stoßen wird."
64'er magazine longplays[edit]
- Uridium (I or II??????????) (issue 04 / April 1989; Matthias Fichtner)
- The Last Ninja II (issue 05 / Mai 1989; Matthias Fichtner; part 1 and issue 08 / August 1989; Hendrik Schwarz; part 2)
- Ghosts'n Goblins (Schachtschober, Somogyl; issue 06 / June 1989)
- Katakis (Matthias Fichtner; issue 07 / Juli 1989)
- Wizball (Andreas Friedrich; issue 09 / September 1989)
- Grand Monster Slam (Andreas Friedrich; issue 10 / October 1989; Andreas Friedrich)
- Zak McKracken (issue 11 / November 1989; Stephan Bayer; part 1 and issue 01 / January 1990; Stephan Bayer; part 2)
- Spherical (Steve Kups; issue 12 / December 1989)
- Oil Imperium (issue 02 / February 1990; Steve Kups)
- Ultima (Bernd Wiebelt; issue 03 / March 1990; part 1 und issue 04 / April 1990; part 2 und issue 05 / May 1990; part 3)
- Ultima II (Bernd Wiebelt; issue 03 / March 1990 ??????????????????????????????)
- Ultima III (Bernd Wiebelt; issue 04 / April 1990 ??????????????????????????????)
- Ultima IV (Bernd Wiebelt; issue 04 / April 1990 ??????????????????????????????)
- Ultima V (Bernd Wiebelt; issue 05 / May 1990 ??????????????????????????????)
- Elite (Andreas Friedrich; issue 06/ June 1990)
- X-Out (Matthias Fichtner; issue 08/ August 1990)
- Maniac Mansion ( Michael Ziegler, Th. Wölflick; issue 11/ November 1990;)
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Sonderheft 60 / 23 November 1993; Harald Beiler)
- Turrican (Bärbel Gebhardt; issue 12 / December 1990)
- R-Type (Carlo Kühnast; issue 01 / January 1991)
- Dragon Wars (P. Kiel; H.J. Humbert; issue 02 / February 1991; part 1 und issue 03 / March 1991; part 2)
- Pirates! (Oliver Eckenberg; issue 04 / April 1991)
- Bard's Tale (Chr. Herker, St. Tyroller; issue 05 / May 1991; part 1 and issue 06 / June 1991 part 2)
- Turrican II (Carsten Schmitz; issue 07/ Juli 1991; part 1 and issue 08 / August 1991; part 2 and issue 09 / September 1991; part 3)
- Secret Silver Blades (Thees Lagerbauer; issue 08/ August 1991)
- The Last Ninja (René Windschmied; issue 09 / September 1991)
- Bard's Tale 2 (Chr. Herker, St. Tyroller; issue 10/ October 1991; part 1 and issue 11 / November 1991; part 2 and issue 01/ January 1992; part 3 and issue 02 / February 1992; part 4)
- Saint Dragon (Arno Meyer-Steinhaus; issue 11/ November 1991)
- Armalyte (issue 12 / December 1991; Andreas Jur and issue 02 / February 1992; part 2)
- Last Ninja 3 (Volker Siebert; issue 03 / March 1992; part 1)
- Defender of the Crown (Steve Kups; issue 4 / April 1992; Steve Kups)
- Buck Rogers (issue 05 / May 1992, Thees Lagerbauer)
- Pool of Radiance (Volker Siebert, Lutz Nowack, P. Klein; issue 06/ June 1992; part 1 and issue 07/ July 1992 part 2)
- IO (Jürgen Hindemith; issue 08 / August 1992)
- Dirty (Olaf Dzwiza; issue 09 / September 1992)
- Curse of the Azure Bonds (Thees Lagerbauer; issue 10 / October 1992)
- Ultima VI (Volker Siebert, Lutz Nowack; issue 11 / November 1992 and issue 12 / December 1992)
- King's Bounty (Markus Burkhart; issue 01 / January 1993)
- Creatures 2 (C. Klockhaus, M. Schrameyer; issue 02 / February 1993)
- Crime Time (Sylko Jeschke; issue 03 / March 1993)
- Soul Crystal (Christian Grebe; issue 04 / April 1993)
- Catalypse (issue 05 / May 1993 and (issue 06 / June 1993)
- Elvia 2 (Manfred Hirt; issue 07 / July 1993 and issue 08 / August 1993)
- Times of Lore (issue 09 / September 1993; Volker Siebert; Lutz Nowack; part 1 and (issue 10 / October 1993; Volker Siebert; Lutz Nowack; part 2)
- First Samurai (Volker Siebert; Lutz Nowack; issue 11 / November 1993)
- Elvira (issue 01 / January 1994)
- Centauri Alliance (Dieter Kral; issue 02 / February 1994 and issue 03 / March 1994)
- Rick Dangerous (Volker Siebert, Lutz Nowack; issue 04 / April 1994 and issue 05 / May 1994)
- Die Prüfung (Volker Siebert, Lutz Nowack; issue 07 / July 1994)
- Spirit of Adventure (Volker Siebert, Lutz Nowack; issue 09 / September 1994 and issue 10 / October 1994)
- Lemmings (Volker Siebert; issue 04 / April 1995 and issue 05 / May 1995)
- Mercenary - Escape from Targ (Markos Themelidis; issue 08 / August 1996)
64'er Top Spiele[edit]
- Bard's Tale 2 (issue 02 / post Feb 1992????)
- Zak McKraken (issue 02 / post Feb 1992????; Stephan Bayer)
- Turrican (issue 03 / 1992)
- Death Knights of Krynn (issue 03 / 1992)
- Maniac Mansion (issue 04 / 1993)
- Gateway to the Savage Frontier (issue 04 / <Oct 1993 but ????)
- (issue 05 / August 1993> but ????)
See also: https://recordedc64games.org/
64'er Longplays book[edit]
64’er Longplays is a book containing 51 C64 longplays originally published in the German 64’er magazine from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s.
Book details[edit]
Title: 64’er Longplays – Spiele Klassiker für den C64 komplett durchgespielt
Editor: Harald Horchler
Publisher: Skriptorium Verlag
Year: 2004
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 3-938199-00-8
ISBN-13: 978-3-938199-00-8
EAN: 9783938199008
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3938199008
Longplays in the book[edit]
- Armalyte – The Final Run
- Bard’s Tale – Tales of the Unknown
- Bard’s Tale II, The – The Destiny Knight
- Buck Rogers – Countdown to Doomsday
- Catalypse
- Centauri Alliance
- Creatures II – Torture Trouble
- Crime Time
- Curse of the Azure Bonds
- Defender of the Crown
- Dirty
- Dragon Wars
- Elite
- Elvira – Mistress of the Dark
- Elvira II – The Jaws of Cerberus
- First Samurai
- Ghosts’n Goblins
- Grand Monster Slam
- IO – Into Oblivion
- Katakis
- King’s Bounty
- The Last Ninja
- The Last Ninja II – Back with a Vengeance
- The Last Ninja III – Real Hatred is Timeless
- Lemmings
- Maniac Mansion
- Mercenary – Escape from Targ
- Oil Imperium
- Pirates!
- Pool of Radiance
- Die Prüfung
- R-Type
- Rick Dangerous – The Adventure Starts Here
- Saint Dragon
- Secret of the Silver Blades
- Soul Crystal
- Spherical
- Spirit of Adventure
- Times of Lore
- Turrican
- Turrican II – The Final Fight
- Ultima I – The First Age of Darkness
- Ultima II – Revenge of the Enchantress
- Ultima III – Exodus
- Ultima IV – Quest for the Avatar
- Ultima V – Warriors of Destiny
- Ultima VI – The False Prophet
- Uridium
- Wizball
- X-Out
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders