Top 60 Commodore 64 Games

[Kid Ice]

Lose the stinky RPG Times of Lore, add Law of the West.

Lose Ultimate Wizard, add Zorro.

Err, umm...Zork, anyone? Lose Satan's Hollow.

Trade Rambo II for Who Dares Win II.

Lose Legacy of the Ancients, add Phantasie.

Trade Buggy Boy for Super Off Road. The arcade game was better than SOR, but not the C64 version.

[FooFighter]

Missing 2 R's and an H!!

Rags To Riches (Very unique idea for a game, and fun!)

Raid Over Moscow. I loved this game, short but fun. This was great in the 80's..whipping the Soviets

Hardball by Accolade, I loved this one and I havent liked a baseball game since. My friend Paul and I played this for hours.

[Nubiandaze]

Hey All,
Yes, I agree, 'Law of the West' should be on this greatest c-64 games list. I had so much fun with that game when I was about 14. I also agree 'Archon' should be on the list. And two Melbourne House adventures could be added which are 'Terrormolinos' and 'Hampstead'. Good old Melbourne House! Does anyone remeber these two games?

Regards,

Nubian.

[lmacho151]

I noticed nobody mentioned the game Cliffhanger. It's my personal fav from the Commodore, and I was wondering if anyone else remembers it.

[Ruudos]

Micropose Soccer must be on that list. That game is great.
Run the Gauntlet was fun too, just like Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold.

[Flack]

I've tried doing this before and can't get a Commodore list under 200 games. As I've said many times, the Commodore 64 was my major gaming console from about '84-'91, and there were SO many good games for that system it's ridiculous. Finding games that need to be added is easy -- it's removing some that's so hard!!!

[Raedon]

I've tried doing this before and can't get a Commodore list under 200 games. As I've said many times, the Commodore 64 was my major gaming console from about '84-'91, and there were SO many good games for that system it's ridiculous. Finding games that need to be added is easy -- it's removing some that's so hard!!!

Amen Brother!! *DANCES AROUND* the C64 has the largest library of every gaming console on the planet by 10.. but if you look at just the carts.. it's hard to find 20 that kick ass.

[Ze_ro]

Here's some that I would add:

Ultima 3 and 5 (although 4 was the best, 3 and 5 are still amazing)
Pretty much all the SSI Gold Box AD&D games, especially Curse of the Azure Bonds and Pools of Radiance
Alter Ego (One of these days, The Sims will catch up with Alter Ego...)
California Games
The Legend of Blacksilver
Star Control (The sequel (which never hit the C64) really overshadows the original, but it's still an excellent action/strategy game)
Gateway to Apshai / Temple of Apshai
Archon & Archon II (Am I the only one who REALLY liked the sequel)
Mail Order Monsters (remember when EA used to be good?)
Friday the 13th
all the Dizzy games (Well, *I* liked them anyways)
Below the Root
Pharaoh's Curse
Maniac Mansion
Zak McKracken
Crossroads (This was a Compute!'s Gazette type-in game, but I absolutely loved it. Try it if you find it!)
Head Over Heels
Spelunker
Ghostbusters
Deceptor
One On One
Psi-5 Trading Company
The Goonies
Conan
Mainframe
Tag Team Wrestling
Montezuma's Revenge
Up 'n' Down
Robot Rascals (This one is geared towards kids, but trust me, it's excellent)
Floyd of the Jungle
Portal (Actually, I never figured this one out myself, but I always got the feeling that this one never got the attention that it probably should have)

I also think the lack of Infocom titles is a glaring omission! I wasn't the biggest fan of theirs, since my short attention span makes interactive fiction games a little too much for me, but Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Planetfall, and a number of others were definitely well done.

I noticed nobody mentioned the game Cliffhanger. It's my personal fav from the Commodore, and I was wondering if anyone else remembers it.

Indeed, I remember this one quite well, and played it quite a bit myself. Not sure if I'd include it in my top-100 though... after you get past the first level, things just get ridiculous, with non-sensical deaths and near-impossible timing on a lot of the scenes. That, and the rather messed up control (try walking up to a cliff edge, then try to walk away, and most of the time your guy will just keep walking off the edge!) kind of screw up a game that otherwise might have been excellent.

--Zero

[Cauterize]

Count Duckula!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!