Longplays & Retrospectives

Videos

Seven curated longplays covering Rainbow Arts’ flagship titles on C64 and Amiga. All footage from the original hardware platforms.

The Great Giana Sisters

The Great Giana Sisters — C64 Longplay

The World of Longplays full playthrough of Rainbow Arts’ 1987 platform game for the Commodore 64 — the title withdrawn after Nintendo legal pressure over structural similarity to Super Mario Bros. Chris Hülsbeck’s celebrated SID score plays throughout.

Longplay · World of Longplays · C64

Katakis

Katakis — C64 Longplay

Full playthrough of Manfred Trenz’s 1988 debut as lead programmer. A horizontal shoot-’em-up of extraordinary technical quality for the C64, with Chris Hülsbeck’s driving SID compositions. Zzap!64 awarded it one of its highest scores.

Longplay · C64

Turrican

Turrican — C64 Longplay

The World of Longplays C64 playthrough of Manfred Trenz’s 1990 masterpiece. The C64 version demonstrates Trenz’s ability to extract performance from hardware that most developers treated as exhausted. Hülsbeck’s SID score is career-defining.

Longplay · World of Longplays · C64

Turrican — Amiga Longplay

The Amiga version of Turrican in QHD quality — the graphically superior platform version with four-channel OCS audio. Compare with the C64 original to appreciate the scope of Hülsbeck’s adaptations across platforms.

Longplay · Amiga

Turrican II: The Final Fight

Turrican II: The Final Fight — Amiga Longplay

The definitive Turrican experience in QHD. Manfred Trenz’s final Rainbow Arts game surpasses its predecessor in every regard — larger worlds, the embedded shoot-’em-up sequence in World 3, and Hülsbeck’s orchestrated World 5 that anticipates cinematic game scoring by a decade.

Longplay · Amiga

X-Out & Z-Out

X-Out — C64 Longplay

World of Longplays’ full playthrough of the 1990 underwater shoot-’em-up on C64. The weapon shop system — spending credits between stages on ship upgrades — adds a strategic dimension unusual for the genre. Matt Furniss’s SID score throughout.

Longplay · World of Longplays · C64

Z-Out — Amiga Longplay

The 1991 sequel to X-Out on Amiga. Matt Furniss’s score continues the underwater theme. Z-Out refines the X-Out formula with tighter level design and expanded weapon options, making it an underrated entry in the Rainbow Arts catalogue.

Longplay · Amiga