Planet Bob

Andrew Braybrook was one of the most talented programmers in classic gaming history. He also wrote Paradroid and Uridium. I spent well over 100 hours on each of those three games. Gribbly's Day Out is among my top 10 all time favorites for the C64. I think the farthest I ever got is either level 4 or 5. This was a very tough game. I got pretty good at avoiding the maniacal black crab creature, but doing this while avoiding collisions with the landscape is nearly impossible. This would be a good game to hack just to see all 16 levels. I'm pretty sure there's a trainer version of this game out there.

Andrew Braybrook was one of the most talented programmers in classic gaming history.

 

Yup. Too bad his games never made him big money, so he's working for an insurance company these days

 

He also wrote Paradroid and Uridium.

 

Those will be covered in my next two entries

 

I spent well over 100 hours on each of those three games.

 

Hm... I never had Gribbly, but the 100 hours for Uridium may be close. Paradroid though... I think it would be a lot more than 100 hours. Maybe 500, maybe more. In fact to this day, I never really *stopped* playing it

 

Gribbly's Day Out is among my top 10 all time favorites for the C64 ... I'm pretty sure there's a trainer version of this game out there.

 

I just checked, but unfortunately neither a Remember nor a Nostalgia version is availabe. Maybe some day in the future?

 

Greetings,

Manuel

It just occurred to me that if I wanted to get through this game, I won't need a trainer. I can use the save-state feature in the emulator, and save the game every time I make reasonable progress.

 

When I get some free time (arg) I'll do this, and post some screenies.

Excellent! I'd love to see everything that's in the game

BTW: I requested the "ending" at C64 Endings, so even if TROGDOR doesn't make it, we'll hopefully see it some day soon!