Untouchables, The

An excellent movie tie-in from Ocean; beautiful backdrops, stunning sprites and an amazing soundtrack from the legendary Jonathan Dunn.
The newspaper headlines whenever you win or lose a level are brilliantly done as well ("Ness Dies In Bloodbath" and "Police Clean Up Alleys" were always my favourites!).
The game is, however, let down by the ridiculously difficult and overlong first level, which I suspect quite a few people never managed to pass back in the day, meaning the subsequent more enjoyable levels were unfortunately missed.
To the game's credit, the levels follow the plot of the movie quite nicely, and if you make it to the end you get to shoot Nitti off the roof to avenge Malone's murder. Very satisfying! 😁

Excellent tie-in from Ocean, among their best ones, mixing different styles into a single game as they often used to do (with various degrees of success); here the plot of the movie is followed with a certain accuracy, alternating a shmup/platform first level (the best), a number of point & shoot stages from different angles and a weird strategy/shmup stage where you have to protect a baby carriage. Very challenging but worth the time, with some of the best graphics of those years.

I just realised the 'trick' on the notorious Level One. Once you see the pointer indicate a hoodlem has the evidence, then make it to the the highest crate somewhere towards the left-hand side of the warehouse and wait. He will always try to seek lower ground so wait untill the pointer turns to 'down' then you can get the drop on him as he runs to the bottom-left.
Well, only took me 30 years work this out!
Brilliant Game!! - 10/10

The objective of the first level was nuts, as there was too much evidence to collect among so much violence and tricky places. I had fun with it anyway in my teens but I would have got much better out of it if the budget release at least put the TECHNIQUE cheat in the instructions. How was I supposed to know I could do that??

Like with Platoon, it was a decade or so later, when I found hacked versions, that I enjoyed level selection and things to make the game really that much more accessible and enjoyable.

It's starts hard and remains hard. IMO it's a flawed climb to the top platformer. I put it down the nth time I missed a platform and fell a mile. Also not being able to move everytime you get hurt is a major annoyance.

6/10.

Some of the best shooting moments on the C64. The Bridge, alleyway and rooftop fights are all excellent and I would repeatedly die with the cheat on (TECHNIQUE) just to stay on those levels. However, the first level and protecting the baby were some of the most frustrating moments of my childhood!

A good game, but as with many Ocean licensed games, had a prohibitively difficult and long first stage (*cough*Platoon*cough*), though I did actually manage to finish this one.

Lovely hires sprites filled in with colour was the Ocean way and it brought the commy's GFX a step further and this was no exception. Variety in levels was nice (once again an Ocean trait) and this was damn tough but rewarding with it. I still remember the great ending sequence with Al Capone. Great stuff.

Good graphics, frustrating gameplay. Good variation in the levels, but almost all of them are pain to play. Level 5 missing from my tape version (level 6 comes after 4).

Magnificent graphics, sprites in hi-res and great details on backgounds.. Incredible scenario variations and music. I'm still admired today like 20 years ago as a teenager. I've never had many difficulties in improving, but this game is'nt easy, tho..

Good game. Addictive and fun

First stage drove me nuts until I did it, then I seemed to get past it easily every time I played it after that. I adored this game and just check out the loading screen. This game is gangster through and through.

First level drove up the wall, I was about 2 give up after collecting 90% evidence and couldn't find that Nitti guy. But suddenly he appeared.. BANG BANG BANG... The rest was classic shit!!!

Great game overall but that first level was way too frustrating!

This game was brill, like a megadrive game ior something. I think, also, this will always be in my mind as the first game we ( me and my bro) ever used a cheat on. I cried when he typed it in, I really did. I thought it somehow 'broke' the game. End sequence was great. Al capone off the top of a skysracper?? See ya!!!

Good to play, good action, not to bad graphics, but WAYYYYYYY to difficult.
I played it a couple of times on VICE so I could use warp mode during loading, and it still lasted long. Nice audio btw. XI

3 different gameplay in one game and it is done very well. You have a platform action game and a crosshair shooting game.
Than there is that top view save the baby lever that is kinda frustration but a nice challenge.

Graphics are very well done, nice soundfx or music.

The movie was super btw.
Costner, Garcia, de Niro and don't forget a great role of Sir Sean!!!

A great movie-game! A nice mash of different gameplay modes.

Great game! Top notch GFX and atmospheric music. My only personal gripe is that first level. It's way too hard. Get past that level and the real fun begins! Oh, and BTW... The movie sucks shit!!! Watched it again the other day, and it was sooo crappy. Go see the Godfather or even Once upon a Time in America, you'll get something better.

That level with the crib that you had to protect from gangsters (and falls) always made me very jumpy when I was a kid.

God wasn't the first level hard. Could never get past the first level. Would like another go just to see if it was that hard. Makes you wonder if some games ever get Gametested.

This is one of those games that I enjoyed playing with cheats on. Granted, it wasn't really all that challenging then, but the graphics were great, the music rocked and the atmosphere and variety of levels were enjoyable enough, that you could play through it over and over again. Great way to unwind after a long day.

I really liked the graphics... The sound was ok... I didn't enjoy playing this though.

That superb movie as a 64 game. Graphics are brilliant and colourful. The music is great. Game-play is divided in 4 parts and is fun as hell. This you should not miss. (and once again IKARI showed their class... )

Paints some pretty pictures, fills your ears with some of the best SID sounds ever heard in a game, but the gameplay... ZZz.. Boring and frustrating.
not just the first part. They're all lacking in one way or another.

shame.

I can be realy short this time. Score 9. 5

Graphics top-notch, gameplay so-so. Yep, the first level is too bloody frustrating, but I didn't find later levels all that enjoyable, bar the last Nitty confrontation (and what a great end sequence!). Sound on most levels doesn't suit to the game, imo.
Still, a first rate production.

This is one of my all time favourite C64 games. Yes the first level was tough but persevere folks. Master the art of timing, duck n shoot and collect the time and gun upgrades and you, ll be fine. I highly recommend this game for those that haven't yet played it. Pure Class 10/10

That's right... Never got past that bitchin' first level!

This game features som of the best GFX ever on the 64. The first level is so hard it probably put a lot of people off. Luckily there's a cheat mode. Once you get passed the first level the rest of the game is a delight. One of the last truely great games (along with Project Firestart) made for the C64.