Is The Sentinel the best game on the C64?

[Adropac2]

the Amiga version is the definitive version I'd say because of the great music atmospheric by Dave Whitaker but the C64 is very good. I got up to around level 1100 back in the day and still have my codes. It would be nice to think that I go back it actually with a mind to finish those 10,000 levels

Luckily I don't think it gets progressively harder after so many levels but I could be wrong

[Megalomaniac]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Gee, ask 10 people what the best C64 game is and you get 10 different answers Its almost like the system has thousands of games.

Such is the beauty of computer retrogaming. Even if you had a C64 BITD, you will have missed or overlooked so many classics - maybe you arrived after Beach-Head, Archon, Impy Mish, Bruce Lee etc, or left before Creatures, Mayhem, First Samuari, Lions of the Universe etc, or didn't have a disk drive, or didn't fully explore adventures or RPGs, or only had NTSC rather than PAL - still loads that you missed.

And if, like me, you went from Spectrum to Amiga, you missed Cosmic Causeway, Project Firestart, Wasteland, Racing Destruction Set...

[malko]

Just had a quick go with the Amiga version and played level 0. Jumped to level 22 (96779955) then to level 60 (17474995). Now at level 99 (08568571) .

[trixster]

Originally Posted by Adropac2

the Amiga version is the definitive version I'd say because of the great music atmospheric by Dave Whitaker but the C64 is very good. I got up to around level 1100 back in the day and still have my codes. It would be nice to think that I go back it actually with a mind to finish those 10,000 levels

Luckily I don't think it gets progressively harder after so many levels but I could be wrong

Agreed, the Amiga music is absolutely superb

[Anubis]

Originally Posted by Mr Creosote

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%...-Sentinel.html

Definitely in my top 10 on that system!

Like others pointed out... no.

Turrican

Turrican 2

Bubble Bobble

IK

Originally Posted by gimbal

Gee, ask 10 people what the best C64 game is and you get 10 different answers Its almost like the system has thousands of games.

That is why RetroGamer's top 10 made me always laugh...

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Anubis

That is why RetroGamer's top 10 made me always laugh...

You mean different people like different things? No way

Not sure about 'best', but I'd give The Sentinal a 'very impressive'.

[ImmortalA1000]

Sentinel is bloody excellent....unless you mean the other game with the same name.

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[Mr Creosote]

Originally Posted by malko

Just had a quick go with the Amiga version and played level 0. Jumped to level 22 (96779955) then to level 60 (17474995). Now at level 99 (08568571) .

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[malko]

Originally Posted by Mr Creosote

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Seeing how the sentinel & sentries turn, then moving quickly is the clue

Edit : https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php...28#post1582528

[Jope]

Originally Posted by Adropac2

Luckily I don't think it gets progressively harder after so many levels but I could be wrong

The difficulty goes back and forth. Sometimes you end up in a really difficult place and have to go back to your previous code and complete that level again with a different amount of energy remaining before you jump forward, so that you get an easier level instead. :-)

You can make trees and boulders before you jump forward if you want to fine tune where you end up.