Commodore 64 Longplay [259] The Running Man (EU)
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Played by: MadMatty
The Running Man, developed by Emerald Software and published by Grandslam in 1989. Released on most of the 8/16bit Home Computers of the time.
"In the year 2019 an innocent Cop is accused of a crime he did not commit. Ben Richards must face his punishment. In the highest rating gameshow in history, prime time real life and death TV action. Television is King. You are the ultimate Star - it is time to be THE RUNNING MAN. Do you have the courage???"
This game is tragic on all platforms but maybe less so on the C64. The game is quite short, having only 5 similar sections split by a puzzle minigame. In each level, you just run to the stalker and defeat them which isnt that difficult in this version as the stalker is overly stupid. On level 5 you have to defeat at least 4 guards before you can walk up the stairs to give Killian a good send off.
I never liked the puzzle sections and you don't need to complete them unless going for score although I have done them for this video, taking it slow on the first one to show what's going on.
While the game is ok for a c64 game, it's more the fact that this would have initially cost at least £10.99 on release and there is just no game there. 15-20 mins and you are done. The presentation is there but those title screens look a little basic for 1989. The ingame graphics are passable but the music is god awful and I debated if I should turn it off in game even though it's a rare case of music + sfx. Other versions are more difficult than this one however but that doesn't make them better games. I'm left wondering what would have Ocean done with this movie licence.
00:00:00 Title Music
00:01:40 Gameplay starts here!!!
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