Paradroid 90 (1990)

Paradroid was the most underrated game on the C64.

Danny Flynn, Paradroid 90 box art for Hewson Consultants (Amiga, Atari ST), 1990

Paradroid 90
Source: Megazone 10 (November 1990)
Scan Source: RetroMags

#retrogaming #amigagaming

Paradroid on the C64 was the greatest game of its generation. Simple, quirky, but devastatingly addictive.

Someone really should make it. Paradroid meets spelunky!

Paradroid (Commodore 64, 1985)

I finished my port of legendary game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro! Check it out here to download the disk, play in the emulator or read through the code: bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/...

[Disclaimer: AI assisted with Claude Code.]

#retro #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #demoscene

40 years ago; C64 Paradroid was completed and sent off for duplication. I`m still amazed both at how quickly it was put together and how it has stood the test of time. I`ll be celebrating Paradroid until Christmas at least.

Since Mr. Rignall's lovely book has a whole page of my Paradroid artwork, I should sign it.

fuck paradroid hätt ich mal für den amiga nehmen sollen

Btw, this was the official Paradroid game art. Doesn't quite have the dark, gritty atmosphere of Oli Frey's magazine cover art, which I always thought represented the game far more effectively.

Paradroid c64, when the odds are against you ! #c64 #commodore

It was Paradroid`s 40th anniversary last Autumn, and already we are approaching Uridium`s 40th anniversary. I was always chasing arcade quality, and the mindset of the time was to see how far you could get, and have an exciting time doing it.

#BackLog64 Paradroid

For us over in Europe and likely Australasia, Paradroid was as well-known as, maybe not Sonic the Hedgehog, but something very similar. Everyone knew what Paradroid was. It was only on the #C64 and it was an absolute belter of a game around 1985. Gorgeous. Smooth. Great. Aces.

40 years ago, Paradroid was on ZZAP!'s cover. We rated this amazing game 97%. Other top reviews: Little Computer People Discovery Kit (97%), Epyx' epic multisports sim Winter Games (94%), Wizard's Lair (89%), Hacker (87%), and Infocom's stellar Starcross text adventure (94%).

I almost always typo this as PARADROID as I am also a child of 1980s home computers.