Here I am in 2021. 40 years old. Remembering how great the TRS 80 was, and how much feels almost lost to time. It's too bad, it should be a requirement that all kids watch Indiana Jones movies and learn to use the TRS 80. Just certain experiences no one should miss. I remember playing this game with my brother. This and so many others, games on cassette tapes, ordering games through the mail out of a cheap black and white print out catalog. The games would arrive eventually a disc in a plastic sandwich bag. These times need to be remembered just like any other piece of video game history.
Man, I used to play this game ALL THE TIME on my CoCo2 when I was little. I had forgotten about this game until LGR just showed it when he was setting up his Dragon.
Oh damn all the moves still tight and clear as he progress! Wow! I'll tell you my dirty secret. I stoled this cartridge from a demo coco 2 in the mall just at the entrance of the Radio Shack. I told my father I got it from a friend at school who didn't like the game. Father asked how comes he gave it, not sold it. I said because the guy was a spoiled one who did not care giving it. All my neighbour friends including my father were saying how come he didn't like such a great game...
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST VIDEO GAME I REMEMBER PLAYING!!! OMG!!! I Would draw all of the stages on graph paper as my younger brother played so that we could remember the key locations. If memory serves me correctly, this game had no pause functionality, so I had to draw quickly and remember what door lead to where. And I used to take too long and time ran out and the bat came!!! That gave me and my hyperactive mind nightmares!!!!
I remember, I had this. I loved this. I got so good at it. Was doing entire loops without a single death. Was doing silly tricks like trying to wall jump where I shouldn't be able to... I put it away, and then forgot about it, completely. .. I think I used to be able to get the diamond in chamber 3... but I can't remember how, heh.
Holy hell. This is my childhood. This, Dungeons of Daggorath, Popcorn, Clowns and Balloons, Spidercide and whole slew of other that I can't quite remember. Some were cartridges, some were tapes, some were floppy disks and others were programmed in from magazines. There's was also this really cool space game that was a side scroller and you could go left or right and you had to refuel but the name of it escapes me.
Tips if you want to try completing the game for yourself - (1) Practice jumping the rubber ball in the first level. You need to jump early to clear it and here is a good place to practice and get used to it. (2) Hang off a low rope and try holding left and right. Get a feel for how long you can hold before you fall off. (3) Always hold a direction on the joystick as you jump to a rope. It will make sure you grab it (holding up or down are often safer than left or right). (4) Pause before taking any jump. If there's an acid drop, don't risk it. Patience. Ignore the timer (see below) (5) When you're outside of a room the timer fills up again. So if you're in Chamber 1 and the timer goes down 2000 points. Then in the chambers on either side, (e.g. Chamber 0 and Chamber 2), the timer has gone up by 2000 points. This is very useful for Chamber 6 where you can wait in the small room of Chamber 1 for the timer of Chamber 6 to refill. (6) Forget the gold and diamonds. You don't get extra lives so it's just temptation to be killed trying. MOST DANGEROUS PARTS - Chamber 1 Hold left, jump and bounce off the steps. If you can time the button press, you will get a little higher each bounce and get up the step in about three tries. Stop if you see any acid. Chamber 2 The ball has a pattern, bouncing in the middle of the bottom step, then the outside edge. The time to make your way up is after it has bounced in the middle. Then you can hide under the ledges. Chamber 5 Once you've jumped on to the wall on the left to get the key. Jump left into the wall again. You'll bounce backward and just hold up or down to grab the rope again. Chamber 6 If you've practiced jumping balls this shouldn't be too hard. Also, remember to hang around in the small cave on Chamber 1. This will refill the timer in 6 and give you plenty time to get back. Chamber 8 You need to jump right at the end of the rope swing. You should bounce back to grab the rope. The other key can be reached with a well timed jump from below. Good luck! Patience and practicing in Chamber 0 is the key.
I have it on my raspberry pi running retropie/emulationstation. The rpi3/4 can play tandy, NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Turbo Grafx 16, and some N64 games..and a lot of old computer games like doom/quake/unreal tournament, etc.
@@danielvondenstein498 if u care that a person/ me has finally found the game i have been searching for...over 2 decades. Then maybe walk me thru the steps slowly so i can play again?
If you hit jump just as you make contact with the passageway you will fall through the floor on the other side but it might take a few tries, I remember doing that way back just for fun, the game gets a little glitchy especially when the timer runs out and the bat starts flying. The bat would make a cluster of lines behind it and I think your guy will to. Ah, memories...
I got both this and Atom on my 13th birthday. Every time I got tired of trying to play Atom I'd go to this, so I always perceived this game as being easy.
My dad had this computer too! This was my favorite game for it too, and was my first video game and one of my earliest memories. I remember the day me and my dad were on the way home in his truck and he pulled out a bag with a couple games he had just picked up from a computer shop. This game instantly entranced me from the moment I saw the cover of it. I was made a lifetime gamer from the NES at age 5 or 6; however, this playing this game pre dates my NES days even as I must have only been 3 or 4 when I played this. I always remembered this game but the name of it had been lost to my memory for so long I could never find it online. I have tried several time over the last 5 years to find it online and failed mainly because I kept thinking it had the either the word Cave or Miner in it. It also didn't help that I would have never remembered what exact Tandy computer we had (of course now I know it was the CoCo2). I actually finally found it now because I was still using the word Cave to find it and happened upon Cave Walker, which looks a lot like this, but that is because it is apparently the sequel to this game.
@@skeletankmcgraw7343 I have it on my raspberry pi 3 running retropie/emulationstation. I remember it was tricky to get it running on earlier windows emulators, but it was easy peasy on the rpi....this is the only Tandy game I have on there because it's the only one I ever really played much on my older brothers coco2
Here I am in 2021. 40 years old. Remembering how great the TRS 80 was, and how much feels almost lost to time. It's too bad, it should be a requirement that all kids watch Indiana Jones movies and learn to use the TRS 80. Just certain experiences no one should miss.
I remember playing this game with my brother. This and so many others, games on cassette tapes, ordering games through the mail out of a cheap black and white print out catalog. The games would arrive eventually a disc in a plastic sandwich bag. These times need to be remembered just like any other piece of video game history.
this is the first game I ever remember from my life, I have never beaten it, cool upload.
I completed all the levels, my recollection is that it started over at the first level again. I was a tough game.
I played this all the time. I've been trying for years to remember the name. So happy to see the play through.
God bless you for this, man. I keep forgetting the name of this thing, but I played the hell out of it as a kid.
was trying to explain this game to friends and they kept assuming i was talking about mario bros
Wow, never was much of a mario person but this character actually kinda looks like him.
Man, I used to play this game ALL THE TIME on my CoCo2 when I was little. I had forgotten about this game until LGR just showed it when he was setting up his Dragon.
I think this was my first one. Got about to the bat scene and no further. Sure is a great addition to my childhood memories.
Oh damn all the moves still tight and clear as he progress! Wow! I'll tell you my dirty secret. I stoled this cartridge from a demo coco 2 in the mall just at the entrance of the Radio Shack. I told my father I got it from a friend at school who didn't like the game. Father asked how comes he gave it, not sold it. I said because the guy was a spoiled one who did not care giving it. All my neighbour friends including my father were saying how come he didn't like such a great game...
This was the very first game system I owned including this game. Thanks for uploading this.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST VIDEO GAME I REMEMBER PLAYING!!! OMG!!! I Would draw all of the stages on graph paper as my younger brother played so that we could remember the key locations. If memory serves me correctly, this game had no pause functionality, so I had to draw quickly and remember what door lead to where. And I used to take too long and time ran out and the bat came!!! That gave me and my hyperactive mind nightmares!!!!
I remember back when I kept hitting reset on the back of the computer because I couldn't make up my mind on playing in a red or blue cave.
8 year old me thanks you for this.
i loved this game as a kid!
I remember, I had this. I loved this. I got so good at it. Was doing entire loops without a single death. Was doing silly tricks like trying to wall jump where I shouldn't be able to... I put it away, and then forgot about it, completely. .. I think I used to be able to get the diamond in chamber 3... but I can't remember how, heh.
Omg!! I so remember this!!! I think it's the first game I ever played! Thanks for sharing!!
Holy hell. This is my childhood. This, Dungeons of Daggorath, Popcorn, Clowns and Balloons, Spidercide and whole slew of other that I can't quite remember. Some were cartridges, some were tapes, some were floppy disks and others were programmed in from magazines. There's was also this really cool space game that was a side scroller and you could go left or right and you had to refuel but the name of it escapes me.
Wow, I had this game as a kid. I completely forgot about it until now.
I had this back in the day! Hard as BALLS!
This, Cashman, Abbys of Earland some of my favorites!
Nostalgia at its finest
Tips if you want to try completing the game for yourself -
(1) Practice jumping the rubber ball in the first level. You need to jump early to clear it and here is a good place to practice and get used to it.
(2) Hang off a low rope and try holding left and right. Get a feel for how long you can hold before you fall off.
(3) Always hold a direction on the joystick as you jump to a rope. It will make sure you grab it (holding up or down are often safer than left or right).
(4) Pause before taking any jump. If there's an acid drop, don't risk it. Patience. Ignore the timer (see below)
(5) When you're outside of a room the timer fills up again. So if you're in Chamber 1 and the timer goes down 2000 points. Then in the chambers on either side, (e.g. Chamber 0 and Chamber 2), the timer has gone up by 2000 points. This is very useful for Chamber 6 where you can wait in the small room of Chamber 1 for the timer of Chamber 6 to refill.
(6) Forget the gold and diamonds. You don't get extra lives so it's just temptation to be killed trying.
MOST DANGEROUS PARTS -
Chamber 1
Hold left, jump and bounce off the steps. If you can time the button press, you will get a little higher each bounce and get up the step in about three tries. Stop if you see any acid.
Chamber 2
The ball has a pattern, bouncing in the middle of the bottom step, then the outside edge. The time to make your way up is after it has bounced in the middle. Then you can hide under the ledges.
Chamber 5
Once you've jumped on to the wall on the left to get the key. Jump left into the wall again. You'll bounce backward and just hold up or down to grab the rope again.
Chamber 6
If you've practiced jumping balls this shouldn't be too hard. Also, remember to hang around in the small cave on Chamber 1. This will refill the timer in 6 and give you plenty time to get back.
Chamber 8
You need to jump right at the end of the rope swing. You should bounce back to grab the rope. The other key can be reached with a well timed jump from below.
Good luck! Patience and practicing in Chamber 0 is the key.
I'm really digging the graphics mode. It's very Astrocade lookingI have a CoCo 2...I'll have to look at that one of these days!
Thanks for this, oldentimes!
Wow, this takes me back! I was so addicted to this game. I hated Chamber 7 with a passion.
Miss this one!!!
This game was SOO addictive.
Very first game I ever played.
This was my first game. Still is my favorite game. Wish I had it so that I could play it.
I MISS THIS GAME!!!! I'd give anything to play it again
You can :) haplessgenius DOT com/mocha/
I have it on my raspberry pi running retropie/emulationstation. The rpi3/4 can play tandy, NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Turbo Grafx 16, and some N64 games..and a lot of old computer games like doom/quake/unreal tournament, etc.
@@danielvondenstein498 Damn, I'm jealous. Enjoy it! :)
@@danielvondenstein498 if u care that a person/ me has finally found the game i have been searching for...over 2 decades. Then maybe walk me thru the steps slowly so i can play again?
Pretty pretty please? Ive got begging puppy eyes. Lol.
Thanks for this play through! I've beat this game, but only when I revisited it as an adult!
Me, 9 years ago!
i played the absolute fire out of this game when it came out...
it's nice to see it again. thanks!
If you hit jump just as you make contact with the passageway you will fall through the floor on the other side but it might take a few tries, I remember doing that way back just for fun, the game gets a little glitchy especially when the timer runs out and the bat starts flying. The bat would make a cluster of lines behind it and I think your guy will to. Ah, memories...
Old memories.
I was bad ass on this game.... but I never passed it.
awesome!
I got both this and Atom on my 13th birthday. Every time I got tired of trying to play Atom I'd go to this, so I always perceived this game as being easy.
Pro.
reminds me of my dad's computer, this was my favorite game to play
My dad had this computer too! This was my favorite game for it too, and was my first video game and one of my earliest memories. I remember the day me and my dad were on the way home in his truck and he pulled out a bag with a couple games he had just picked up from a computer shop. This game instantly entranced me from the moment I saw the cover of it.
I was made a lifetime gamer from the NES at age 5 or 6; however, this playing this game pre dates my NES days even as I must have only been 3 or 4 when I played this. I always remembered this game but the name of it had been lost to my memory for so long I could never find it online. I have tried several time over the last 5 years to find it online and failed mainly because I kept thinking it had the either the word Cave or Miner in it. It also didn't help that I would have never remembered what exact Tandy computer we had (of course now I know it was the CoCo2). I actually finally found it now because I was still using the word Cave to find it and happened upon Cave Walker, which looks a lot like this, but that is because it is apparently the sequel to this game.
@@skeletankmcgraw7343 I have it on my raspberry pi 3 running retropie/emulationstation. I remember it was tricky to get it running on earlier windows emulators, but it was easy peasy on the rpi....this is the only Tandy game I have on there because it's the only one I ever really played much on my older brothers coco2
NOW YOU MUST COMPLETE CAVE WALKER
I liked the Coco machine, but egads some games just weren't coded with the feedback energy. The main character moves so slow.
what is the name