https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oklCFMq7iwc&list=RDoklCFMq7iwc&start_radio=1 This was just released, an amazing remake of the 1982 Commodore Christmas demo. Seeing things like this makes me realize how much potential in still in the C64!

My latest C64 coding effort. (The picture is a conversion from the Sierra AGI Christmas demo and the snow fall routine is from a YouTube video by Josip Retro Bits)

Personally, Spy vs Spy 2 was my fave, but most likely because I'd played it before the first one, which I think most people would say is the best, and certainly most challenging. I remember when I first played the 3rd one, I pretty much instantly dismissed it. I'm not sure if it was because it lacked the atmosphere of the others, or because it just felt like more of the same. However, I played it again yesterday with an open mind and it's actually quite good fun. It's a shame it was a bit of a commercial flop, as apparently there was a 4th one planed which was going to be in space. This makes sense as in the 3rd one, when you complete the level, you get in a rocket and blast vertically out of the screen. What's your thoughts on this game or any of the others in the series?

Anyone play and enjoy Telarium's adventure games? They made several including Amazon, Fahrenheit 451, and Rendezvous with Rama. They were "illustrated adventures" with graphics up top and text below. There was also music for some scenes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5_kcDmQbvU&

Which games hide their greatness behind either a high initial difficulty level, unintuitive control or complexity meaning somebody who played the game for 5 mins (especially if they had no instructions) would dismiss it as a bad or average game not giving it chance for its strengths to shine through? I know @Phil Wheatley mentioned Wizball in his latest Zzap review video as an example of game that would be easy to give up on when you are just bouncing around until after you get the first couple of power ups it’s true genius shines through! A game I recently got an original copy of was New York City and I’ve had this game for years not knowing what to do and now I have the instructions and know what to do it’s a fun little game. Any other games you can think of that people should invest time that have that difficult initial “in”?