Way back in 1979 in Japan, Hiroshi Suzuki programmed a game for the Commodore PET that many consider the first-ever Stealth game: Manbiki Shounen aka Shoplifting Boy. Predating Castle Wolfenstein, it's a game in which a young shoplifter attempts to clear a supermarket of all items on the shelves without being caught. While this game has been ported to other platforms and those versions survive, the original PET game was considered lost! But now it's been found. Today we'll play this "lost" game on the Tynemouth MiniPET 40/80 produced by The Future Was 8-Bit, as well as on a mostly-working vintage PET 2001-N from 1979. I also explain the alternate control schemes and optimized version I created, while trying to preserve the legacy of this game. Finally, the game is now available as a .d64 download to play on your PET or emulator. Also, thanks to Rudy's Retro Intel for his PET Companion which assisted in the audio and video capture. Check the many links for more information.

Download the game: https://8bitshowandtell.com/downloads...

Play the game online: https://masswerk.at/pet/?run=manbiki....

Tynemouth Software Blog: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2...

MiniPET 40/80 available again, SD2PET SD Card Disk at The Future Was 8-Bit:
https://www.tfw8b.com/product/minipet...
https://www.tfw8b.com/product/sd2pet-...

Rudy's Retro Intel:    / @rudysretrointel  
PET Companion purchase / inquiries: [email protected]

"The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1": http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/book...

Stealth Docs / First Stealth Game:    • The 'First' Stealth Game | Stealth Ga...  

Jim Gerrie MC-10: http://jimgerrie.blogspot.com/2019/04...

RAM Magazine / Manbiki Shonen scan: http://www.junirose.com/manbiki/

2022 Manbiki Syonen footage (bad scaling?):    • Video  

Interview with Hiroshi Suzuki: https://readonlymemory.vg/ascii-corpo...

Thanks again to Ryan Devan for the great info that started all this!!

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Original title for video: Found: "Lost" 1979 Stealth Game: Manbiki Shounen / Shoplifting Boy - Commodore PET (Japan)

Index:
0:00 The first Stealth game - lost?
4:25 Manbiki Shounen - found in RAM Magazine!
8:25 Tynemouth Mini PET 40/80, SD2PET, Commodore PET Companion
9:46 RUNning Manbiki Syonen - Menu, Title, Intro, controls
12:10 Playing the original game
14:27 Why 6 versions - the menu
17:45 The optimized version - Shoplifting Boy
21:48 One problem I learned
23:15 Flowchart / High-level code walkthrough
31:25 History of game: Hiroshi Suzuki
36:05 Manbiki Shonen on vintage PET 2001-N
40:50 Thanks