Rygar

This was not a good year for coin op conversions. Heres another abomination with small indistinct sprites on bland backgrounds. Control is slippery and imprecise, especially the jumping and the collision detection is truly terrible. Another one to avoid at all costs.

Rygar was one of the first coin-ops I played as a kid but it never did it for me like Wonderboy or Xain’d Sleena did. The c64 port is kinda middle of the road as far as conversation go, it plays like the original and looks similar but is missing some features.
Of course this was expected, the controls will take some getting used to for arcade veterans but if you need to play Rygar and get a chance, try this version out. It’s not too bad.

I found it mildly enjoyable but the gameplay was too fast and too hard compared to the source material. It feels unfair in many ways and many of the game levels from the arcade are missing as well - particularly the final boss.
A missed opportunity.

I spent many hours just watching the Arcade version as a kid when on holiday abroad. Occasionally my parents would give me a coin to play it.

I fell in love with the music and still to this day, I love it.

Bad colors and graphics in general. It's a mess. Amstrad version has better graphics. But C64 plays well too. 6/10

I never really got to play the arcade so my opinion is based purely on the fact its enjoyable and kept me busy as a kid.

nowdays I can still play this and enjoy it, its by no means perfect but I love the way it plays and the fact its quite tough to beat.

my rating is high, but I guess some games just grow on you!

I have to agree with the reviewer on this game, I was a huge fan of the arcade version and this conversion was pure garbage. 1 of those huge disappointments like double dragon.

Rygar is a mediocre, but relatively fun (if repetitive and unimaginative) sidescrolling beat'em'up.

The Arcade and Atari Lynx-versions are of course the best ones, but this Commodore 64 version is definitely below par.

I mean, how could they mess things up this bad, in the same year games like Maniac Mansion and Defender of the Crown were made? If they could create Shadow of the Beast for the C64, make Midnight Resistance really good, and make so many games look beautiful, why couldn't they do anything like that here?

I hate when this happens - a game appears on the C64 that proves that the authors were only thinking of money or schedules.

It's so sad to see games that exist as better versions on lesser systems, because they utilize only 10% of the C64's power.

This is in no way fair.

Still, Rygar was never a brilliant masterpiece to begin with, but it does bug me a heckuva lot sometimes, to see the potential of the magnificent C64 wasted like this. In the same vein, Ghouls'n'Ghosts could also have been a lot better.

On the NES, this kind of ugliness is the standard, of course, but on the C64, you'd expect something much better.

That said, the gameplay is quite good, and the musics are ok. But if I had to choose between this and Atari Lynx-version, I would go for the handheld version every time.

It's ok. Very tough, but I'm not sure I have the patience. Again, if I'd bought it, I'd get a fair few hours out of it to get me money's worth.

Nice simple, scroller with a few hours fun!

Feels much like a NES game. It feels a bit weird to fight frogs and birds, but it's okay. The control is good and it's a very intensive game, you won't get a second to do something but shoot or run.
8/10

I know, the sprites and the backdrops are quite awful, BUT it plays really well!!! Rygar is one of the best jump'n'shooter on the C64!
i have to rate 10/10

The arcade game is great... This version isn't (great). The C64 can do much better than this

In its own way this is as bad as the overhyped arcade original. Very poor graphics but it's the dull gameplay which destroys this one.

So many coins wasted on the great arcade and so lucky I was to get hold of the DOM crack of Rygar. The game is great. Graphics are colourful and nice. The famous Rygar tune is well converted. Game-play is everlasting fun. What a superb game it is. (...And the SUPER RYGAR was eaven better, since the sprites were improved. You want it? Just mail [email protected]!!!)

Easily overlooked at a first glance, this game has a strange addictiveness and keeps you coming back for more. I've finished it 'back in the days' with trainers, but it's very playable without them as well!

Ugly graphics, but high on playability and lotsa fun