I must admit, I have never completed this game because at the age of 8 when I was playing it FQ proved to be too challenging for me. I’ve got as far as the last level, but the friggin ghost always managed to take away my last life. However, thanks to my dear friend I got the chance to see the ending (thanks Adam). I have many fond memories connected with this game. It was one of my first and certainly my favorite game for the C64.
Flimbo’s Quest is a run’n;gun platformer with a fairly high difficulty level.
It tells a story of Flimbo (obviously) whose fiancee was kidnapped by an evil scientist - Fransz Dandruff (imagine that :)). The bigot created a machine that draws life energy from others and prolongs Dandruffs life.
Flimbo must get through seven levels the last being the mad scientist’s laboratory. On each level Flimbo needs to find a number of magic scrolls and bring them to Dazz Bazian – a helpful wizard running a small shop in each level. To find the scrolls however, you need to find a glowing GUM (Genetically Undesirable Mutant). Along the way Flimbo will need to fight off other GUMs and pick up coins (to buy stuff from the shop) and occasional powerups (including an hourglass to increase the time to finish the level, weapon upgrade and a bomb that destroys all enemies on the screen). Each level has a different theme and different enemies.
The graphics are very good for C64 standards with great use of colour, fluid screen scrolling and nice character animations. There is a nice variety in enemy types and there are leves specific creatures to avoid repetitiveness.
The controls are fast and responsive which is something not very often seen in C64 games.
The game featured two music tracks and I swear to God I still can hum them after all those years:)
Besides the tape version the game was also distributed on a cartridge with 4 other games (including my Dad's all time favourite - Klax). The cardridge version was superior in that respect that there was no loading :D
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The Game was so nice!I loved it! I finished this game....maby 2 times ever. It was fairly difficult, but not annoying. I broke 2 or three joysticks(?)/joypads(?) on this:)
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