Commodore 64 nostalgia thread...

EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles.Portland, ORRegistered User regular
edited January 2007 in Games and Technology
So I just bought this off of Ebay. I have no idea what games are on those 113 disks, but I'm looking for recommendations for some of the greatest C64 games of all time (it's been a few years since I've owned one) to try and track down for my new baby. Definitely finding Below The Root and Alice In Wonderland along with all the Ultimas right off the bat.



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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Archon
    Adept
    Aliens
    Impossible Mission
    Racing Destruction Set
    Spy Vs Spy
    Batman
    Aztec
    Gateway to Apshai(I think that's what it's called)
    Robin Hood
    Knight Games
    Spy Hunter
    Spare Change
    Ghostbusters
    Yie Ar Kung Fu
    Epyx Karate series
    Fist II
    Attack of the Mutant Camels
    Space Taxi
    Boogaboo (fucking hard)
    Bag it Man
    Theatre Europe
    Jumpman
    The Last Ninja
    Mr. Do's Castle
    Rambo II
    Uridium
    Raid on Bugney(SP?) Bay

    To name a few.

    I'll probably keep remembering shit I used to play and update this.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Meiz wrote:
    Archon
    Adept
    Aliens
    Impossible Mission
    Racing Destruction Set
    Spy Vs Spy
    Batman
    Aztec
    Gateway to Apshai(I think that's what it's called)
    Robin Hood
    Knight Games
    Spy Hunter
    Spare Change
    Ghostbusters
    Yie Ar Kung Fu
    Epyx Karate series
    Fist II

    To name a few.

    Ah, the Apshai series. I remember having to read the books for the room descriptions.

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  • YoshuaYoshua Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Meiz wrote:
    Archon
    Adept
    Aliens
    Impossible Mission
    Racing Destruction Set
    Spy Vs Spy
    Batman
    Aztec
    Gateway to Apshai(I think that's what it's called)
    Robin Hood
    Knight Games
    Spy Hunter
    Spare Change
    Ghostbusters
    Yie Ar Kung Fu
    Epyx Karate series
    Fist II

    To name a few.

    :^: @this list

    There is also a sequel to Impossible Mission that was good. I think the C64 got a port of Karateka, that was fun if memory serves. And Loderunner.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Yoshua wrote:
    Meiz wrote:
    Archon
    Adept
    Aliens
    Impossible Mission
    Racing Destruction Set
    Spy Vs Spy
    Batman
    Aztec
    Gateway to Apshai(I think that's what it's called)
    Robin Hood
    Knight Games
    Spy Hunter
    Spare Change
    Ghostbusters
    Yie Ar Kung Fu
    Epyx Karate series
    Fist II

    To name a few.

    :^: @this list

    There is also a sequel to Impossible Mission that was good. I think the C64 got a port of Karateka, that was fun if memory serves. And Loderunner.

    Didn't one of the Impossible Missions have a bug making it unbeatable?

    Karateka was great. I need to find that for the Apple IIc I'm buying.

    Also, remember Infiltrator?

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Are there any games on the Commodore 64 that aren't available for the PC?

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  • GertBeefGertBeef Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Carrier Command

    CARRIER COMMAND

    CARRIER COMMAND

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  • Shooter McgavinShooter Mcgavin Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    My dad used to have one of these when i was like 2. I still remember playing a few select titles on it:

    Bruce Lee: An action-platformer where you controlled Bruce Lee (duh), or alternately, you can control some furry looking character that resembeled Chewbacca to me. Punching and kicking is standard fare for this game, but you could also shimmy across different gaps. Decent game.

    Potty Pidgeon: The name says it all. I don't know if this was a homebrew game or what, but you controlled a bird in the sky and your main goal was to take shits on the cars below, thus "destroying" them. Fun while it lasted.

    Congo Bongo: Classic isometric game where you run around collecting red gems. Memory is a little fuzzy on this one.

    Back to the Future: Yes, there was a Back to the Future game on the commodore. Again, fuzzy memory on this one, but I think I remember it playing similarly to Double Dragon.

    Jumpman, Boulderdash, Karateka: All classics that everyone should have played by now. Jumpman is notable for most likeley spawning today's modern platformer.

    Friday the 13th: Little is known about this game, other than it is played from an overhead perspective and you have a bow and arrow.

    Bards Tale, Legend of Kage: These game disks did not work for me, so thus I have no memory of them.

    Nick Faldo Golf: My dad played this one a lot. It's....golf. I think from more of a Links perspective.

    Spies Demise: I've never played this, but my dad claims it is his favorite game of all time, and he cannot find it anywhere anymore today.

    Jeopardy: You're standard Jeopardy game.

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  • SeagoonSeagoon Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Monty Mole
    Pitstop 1 & 2
    Annihilator

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  • Xenocide GeekXenocide Geek Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Fort Apocalypse

    One Man and His Droid.

    Awesomely awesometastic.

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  • Eggplant WizardEggplant Wizard Little Rock, ARRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Thumbs up on Below the Root.

    Other games I liked:

    Archon
    Summer/Winter/California Games
    Jumpman
    Leaderboard Golf
    F-15 Strike Eagle
    Skyfox
    Some air combat game whose name I can't remember where one person flew the plane and the other person controlled the weapons that my brother and I loved to play
    Beach Head
    Space Taxi
    Some weird German porn games that my dad had hidden in the back of the box with his business disks

    Edit: Holy shit, Karateka. How could I forget Karateka?

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    titmouse wrote:
    Are there any games on the Commodore 64 that aren't available for the PC?

    I'm going to pretend you didn't ask that question. Close the door on the way out behind you.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Army Moves (Simply because it's the hardest game ever invented)

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  • NaloutoNalouto Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Frantic Freddie.

    Tai Pan.

    Mondo's Fight palace.

    Kickstart (the original excitebike)

    Rampage

    Wizard of Id Typing/Math game. (I played the shit out of this game, and maybe even learned from it too)

    there was a great music proggy named songwriter or songbird or something, that was fantastic.

    there were also a couple great cart games (plugged into the back on the commodore, no disk)

    Battle Tanks, or Tank Wars or whatever that was called.

    Jumpman was also a favorite of mine.

    oh oh and California Games (I'll never hear "Louie Louie" without thinking of this game anymore)


    I miss those days =0

    LOAD "*",8,1

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    edited January 2007
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  • Shooter McgavinShooter Mcgavin Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Nalouto wrote:
    LOAD "*",8,1

    Wow, yes. I remember when we had it, my dad kept a piece of notebook paper by the computer with a bunch of instructions like that on it that you had to type in to play a game. I remember a few years later when I dug the thing out of the closet, I couldn't find that paper (and Internet was nonexistent yet), so I wasn't able to play any games at all.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2007
    I remember when I used to be into nostalgia.


    Meiz, :^: to army moves. Took me nearly 20 years to find out the music was 'Colonel Bogey March'.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    load "$",8

    I'll be doing a lot of that with those 113 disks I can imagine.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Meiz wrote:
    Archon
    Adept
    Aliens
    Impossible Mission
    Racing Destruction Set
    Spy Vs Spy
    Batman
    Aztec
    Gateway to Apshai(I think that's what it's called)
    Robin Hood
    Knight Games
    Spy Hunter
    Spare Change
    Ghostbusters
    Yie Ar Kung Fu
    Epyx Karate series
    Fist II
    Attack of the Mutant Camels
    Space Taxi
    Boogaboo (fucking hard)
    Bag it Man
    Theatre Europe
    Jumpman
    The Last Ninja
    Mr. Do's Castle
    Rambo II
    Uridium
    Raid on Bugney(SP?) Bay

    To name a few.

    I'll probably keep remembering shit I used to play and update this.

    Bungling Bay

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  • thinkspinkthinkspink Registered User new member
    edited January 2007
    My first post, but I couldn't resist this thread - I had a C64, and the games I remember most are :

    Wizball
    Dropzone
    Paradroid
    Turrican (& Turrican 2)
    Rainbow Islands
    The Eidolon (get the disk version - the cassette will send you mad)
    Skate or Die (ditto)
    Rescue on Fractralus (sp?) - It'll make you jump.
    International Karate Plus
    Myth (hard)
    SNARE (v. hard)
    Mercenary
    Hawkeye
    Pathfinder
    Shoot em up Construction Kit (exactly what it says on the tin)
    Plus all of the Games Series (California & World esp.)

    These are all UK games, so don't know if the US versions are a) any good (apparently some US versions are completely different games), & b) even available. Also, I haven't played any of these for over 15 years, so who knows if they will stand the test of time.

    Finally - games that are worth it for the music alone :

    Turbo Outrun
    I-Ball

    Friday the 13th is possibly the worst game of all time - get Forbidden Forest instead.
    There's not only a Back to the Future game, but also a Back to the Future 2 & 3 - I remember #2 had a puzzle bit where you had to avoid meeting other versions of yourself.

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  • s3rial ones3rial one Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Blue Max. Isometric scrolling shooter... awesomtastic.

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  • MarlorMarlor Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Archon
    Summer/Winter/California Games
    ...
    Leaderboard Golf

    Also pick up some of the Epyx and Imagine games collections if you can find them. I played them to death when I was younger. Literally in some cases: the tapes died.

    I had an Imagine games collection with: Arcadia, BC Bill, Pedro, Jumping Jack, and Cosmic Cruiser that ate up more of my life that I would be willing to admit (BC Bill even ended up as my PA avatar). All of those games are recommended, despite their simplicity.

    I also had an Epyx game collection with: Impossible Mission, Pitstop II, Summer Games, Fire One, Starfire, and a few others. These are all highly recommended too, especially the first three.

    I'd also recommend:
    Firetrap
    River Raid
    The Last Ninja series
    International Karate+
    Green Beret
    M.U.L.E
    Galactic Games

    And Labyrinth, if you liked the movie.

    The C64 is really a great machine. You make me want to go dig mine out of the cupboard now, and stick the Leaderboard Golf game in. I loved the way you often ended up stranded on little islands.

    POKE 53280, 11
    POKE 53281, 6

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  • Shooter McgavinShooter Mcgavin Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
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    My dad went absolutely bananas for this game. I too must admit that it was pretty fun for it's time.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    <3 the demo scene.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Marlor wrote:
    Archon
    Summer/Winter/California Games
    ...
    Leaderboard Golf

    Also pick up some of the Epyx and Imagine games collections if you can find them. I played them to death when I was younger. Literally in some cases: the tapes died.

    I had an Imagine games collection with: Arcadia, BC Bill, Pedro, Jumping Jack, and Cosmic Cruiser that ate up more of my life that I would be willing to admit (BC Bill even ended up as my PA avatar). All of those games are recommended, despite their simplicity.

    I also had an Epyx game collection with: Impossible Mission, Pitstop II, Summer Games, Fire One, Starfire, and a few others. These are all highly recommended too, especially the first three.

    I'd also recommend:
    Firetrap
    River Raid
    The Last Ninja series
    International Karate+
    Green Beret
    M.U.L.E
    Galactic Games

    And Labyrinth, if you liked the movie.

    The C64 is really a great machine. You make me want to go dig mine out of the cupboard now, and stick the Leaderboard Golf game in. I loved the way you often ended up stranded on little islands.

    POKE 53280, 11
    POKE 53281, 6

    I always wanted to play the Labyrinth game but couldn't find it as a kid for some reason.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
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    My dad went absolutely bananas for this game. I too must admit that it was pretty fun for it's time.

    I remember playing that in the arcade.

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  • n00bishn00bish Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Thumbs up on Below the Root.

    Amen to the extreme.

    Street Beat was hella fun. Dr. Destructo. Boot Camp if you hate yourself or your wrist joints. Such a long time since I've seen the old C64.

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  • TurnpikeLadTurnpikeLad Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I never owned a C64, but I hear that Last Ninja was pretty darned good.

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  • corin7corin7 San Diego, CARegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    God I loved my c64. Pools of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds and Wargame Construction Set stick out in my mind as the games I played the most.

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Shadowfire wrote:
    Blue Max. Isometric scrolling shooter... awesomtastic.

    Dear God Yes. I can't even put into words how much I loved that game.

    BTW, for those that mentioned it, there was a C64 version of Yie Ar Kung Fu???

    Also, BC Quest for Tires...awesome game.

    Fuck, now I need a C64.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Herby wrote:
    Shadowfire wrote:
    Blue Max. Isometric scrolling shooter... awesomtastic.

    Dear God Yes. I can't even put into words how much I loved that game.

    BTW, for those that mentioned it, there was a C64 version of Yie Ar Kung Fu???

    Also, BC Quest for Tires...awesome game.

    Fuck, now I need a C64.

    I was thinking the same thing and popped onto Ebay and that auction I bought had 37 seconds left. That was a sign from God.

    I had BC on cartridge back in the day.

    That reminds me. I need to find a Fast Load cartridge and some joysticks...

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  • natxcrossnatxcross Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm gonna throw in a suggestion for Mayhem in Monsterland. It's a really nice, fast, cutesy platformer.

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  • MarlorMarlor Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    natxcross wrote:
    I'm gonna throw in a suggestion for Mayhem in Monsterland. It's a really nice, fast, cutesy platformer.

    Yeah, it's a great game. It was released a bit late in the life of the C64 to be very popular, but it pushed the hardware to its limits, and was really fun.

    It's amazing that such a great game was released 11 years after the C64 launch, and it was fantastic that it took advantage of graphical "features" in the VIC chip that hadn't been exploited by anyone (other than the demo scene) up until then.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited January 2007
    Cauldron 2!

    Here's an awesome remix of the music by Press Play on Tape.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Archon is pretty good actually. Think battle chess.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Oregon Trail!

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    My only memory of the commodore 64 was being clustered around one with a bunch of friends taking turns playing strip poker..it was so incredibly pixelated :o but fascinating when your 9 or 10 years old :shock:

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I have a C64, but I need a cord to hook it up to my computer so I can transfer games onto it.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited January 2007
    Real live action Monty on the Run

    Great music, that game had.

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    n00bish, what's your sig and avatar from? I used to have that game. There neeeds to be a remake dagnabit!

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