Frantic Freddie

Played it through with a trainer - died a hundred times - but had to try again and again. And the music (each level has it's own) is superb for a game from 1983. A good 7 I'd say.

Loved the music in this - played surprisingly good too.

My very first game when I got my C64 back in '84.
I played it to bits back then and I still love it today. Keep wanting to reach another level, not just to see it but also very much to hear it! :-)

Back in 1984 I was quite sure that "Frantic Freddie" was Freddie Mercury. Not only because of the title music, but also because in one interlude Freddie was attacked by a dragon, which I thought was a reference to Queen's "Dragon attack" from the same Album as "Crazy little thing called love".

Fantastic game!!! But the best with this game is that I come in good mood when I listen to that funny music!!!

BTW, despite the review on here, I don't see how the heck this is in any way a Lode Runner clone. It's not. It doesn't even have the same gameplay mechanics. Was the comparison drawn because of the ladders and brick platforms? Come on. If anything, I'd say this game more resembles Fast Eddie.

Looks like a run-of-the mill early 64 game with mediocre 1st wave graphics and sound, but the animation and controls are very smooth and the gameplay is addictive as hell.

Simple, but effective. But absolutely evil! Amazing variety in music for a game of its type, and although it looks simple to play, you can't walk through the pylons, only up then down the other side, which makes the game MUCH harder (and still LOADS of fun).

The Amiga conversion is faithful, and although some might complain the graphics are more or less the same, I think both pretty much rock their individual machines.

How can I do to play frantic freddie for free in a PC? Thank you

Hard, but fun game. Very playable even now. Loved the Beatles and ELO adaptations!

Kris, thank you very much. This is one of the games that truly shaped my life. I am a composer - sound designer specialized in games/toys. Thank you.

Difficult, I must say.. And I hate fact that you cant shoot or do anything to the enemies. But altough difficult, it still is a good game.

There is a unofficial conversation of this game in Amiga machine here lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=2244


I like both versions. Only tried C64 one once or twice times. But I like the music more then the Amiga version

8 out of 10 - C64 and Amiga versions

Its a frantic game. Its the best game of C64. (10/10/10)

Enjoyed it back then, still enjoying it now!
Fiendishly difficult though!

I loved this addictive game on the 64, and also enjoyed the Amiga fan version. A minor classic, 9/10.

Another comment from me (Kris Hatlelid) is if anyone has an original Frantic Freddie Box/disk, I'd like to buy it from you. I don't actually have one anymore, and I'd sure like one.

You can email me at khatlelid [at] canada.com

I wrote Frantic Freddie with Greg Larson back in 1982. Here's some answers to questions I've read here.

Freddie is not supposed to be Freddie Mercury. The name just sounded cool.

The character design and game play came about from a mix of our design, and a guy we had partnered with named "Vince Sorensen" who had written a Vic-20 game called "Panic City". Without Panic City there would be no Frantic Freddie.

The music was ... Ah... "inspired" by songs Greg, his brother Brian, and I listended to. The music system was really more Greg than me. He really showed me how to take my programming to the next level, and it's really because of him I wrote a lot of video game music and music drivers later on for DSI and Electronic Arts. I remember how painfull it was to enter the music; we did it as a series of hex paris, one value being the note, the next being the time for each track. There was a lot of toe tapping figuring out the timing. ;-)

The Amiga version, although flattering, never gave Greg or I credit. That made me sad.


I think the graphics are 9 out of 10 so there. ;-) We actually had to write our own sprite editor because there just wasn't a good one at the time.

For it's time, the music in Frantic Freddie was nothing short of superb and still stands up today!

Shaun.

Well, the reviewer's been a bit sloppy with the game music in there. As Hanzi back there mentioned, there's some Queen music in the game (Crazy Little Thing Called Love) which is possibly that A plus thingy the reviewer was wondering about. I'm also one of those who always wondered if the game creator was a Queen-fan and thus named the character Freddie. How about an interview... ?

An early gem on the commie.

This is the game that made me buy a C64! ... The music is the thing that done it!!! So many cool tunes

Crap graphics, OK music, annoying interlude screens, STILL A BRILLIANT GAME.. Play it even now when bored...

Ha ha ha! LOL, totally agreeing with dave

The reviewer must have been
drunk giving this game a
9 in graphics.

A crafty team of programmers converted this to the Amiga later on (look on Aminet - it's a carbon copy of the C64 version). A rather fun diversion, and surprisingly addictive.

Freddie is so frantic its scary good good game

This is the best c-64 game ever! Great gameplay! Best music! 10. 10. 10.

Where can I download a good Frantic Freddie

Is the "Freddie" in this game supposed to be Freddie Mercury?

Great game. Too hard though... I always want to hear the new music, and get killed because I'm enjoying it too much.

A great platform game with nice QUEEN tracks
playing along with the fun.

Very good music.

My favourite 64er Game! Great Music, Great Gameplay! 10 10 10 10 10!