c64 Game Night

[eds1275]

So my brother and I decided we are going to do a c64 game night. Playing all the old favourites, minus the load times!

Here is the list so far of ones we want to play, but if there's a game you think should be on this list please mention it!

PARADROID
Maniac Mansion (I read about an ending I have not seen and want to do it)
Jumpman
Technocop
Airborne Ranger
Steel Thunder
Asylum
Pitstop II
Destroyer
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Ace of Aces
Impossible Mission 1&2
Spy VS Spy 1&2
F-15 Strike Eagle
Montezuma's Revenge
Games... California, winter, summer, etc etc
Karateka
Forbidden Forest
Wasteland
Raid Over Moscow
Rain on Bungeling Bay
Technocop
Fist
Way of the Exploding Fist
Racing Destruction Set
Test Drive
Zak McKrackin
Gunship
Indoor Sports
Knight Games
Test Drive
Alien
Aliens
Below the Root
Tai Pan
The Great Escape
Beach Head
Beach Head II
Entombed
Staff of Karnath
BlackWyche
Dragon Skull
Fort Apocolypse

I'm sure there are more I will add. The date is set for May 10. We don't plan on beating them all, but trying to play a little bit of everything.

[Kier]

Got some of my favorites on there, Karateka, Airborne Ranger, and Montezuma's Revenge.

For me I was a Jumpman Jr. Fan more than Jumpman.

Summer Games, we played the crap out of that game. (lol, I see you have that one down there)

Damn, I know there are more, I just can't think of them.

Castle Wolfenstein

[Malenko]

I remember a pretty great bowling game but I cant remember the name, also I have fond memories of the Bill and Ted game

[dfwdennis]

M.U.L.E.!

[eds1275]

I remember a pretty great bowling game but I cant remember the name, also I have fond memories of the Bill and Ted game

Indoor sports comes to mind!

[Malenko]

I remember a pretty great bowling game but I cant remember the name, also I have fond memories of the Bill and Ted game

Indoor sports comes to mind!

YUP! I had to look it up, but thats the one. I remember there being table tennis/ping pong on the B slide of the floppy. I had the worst timing, lol my bowler would always be catching his foot at the foul line.

[wp34]

I'm from the Atari 800 camp so I don't have a lot to contribute.  Sounds like a lot of fun though.

[eds1275]

I'm from the Atari 800 camp

SO IT WAS YOU THAT STARTED THE "CONSOLE WARS!"

[DeLuSioNal29]

Pitstop II !

[eds1275]

One of the greatest childhood victories I had as a child was shaking off the fear that plugging a sega genesis controller into my c64 would somehow fry it. I tried it, and the d-pad worked as well as the b-button. We (my brothers and I) had two lousy no-name joysticks we found somewhere in K-mart on clearance and one broke shortly after getting it. Now whoever had the genesis gamepad had a clear advantage... especially competitive games like Pit Stop II.

[DaveMMR]

Bruce Lee - my friends and I always played where the second player was the green person acting as a defense against the ninja. Fun game!
Ultimate Wizard - it's like Jumpman but a bit more challenging.
Street Surfer - simple but enjoyable racing game where you're a motorized skateboarder collecting pop bottles.
Legend of the Knucker-Hole featuring Jet-Boot Jack - starts off as a simple platformer, then a "collect all the MacGuffin" game, then a unique jet boot platformer on Level 5.
Knight Games - I think this was fun, been awhile since I played it.
World Karate Championship (International Karate outside the US) - well-done clone of Karate Champ (download the manual though)

[eds1275]

KNIGHT GAMES! I remember that one. We always had quarter-staff fights. Not because the event was the best, but because the guy looked like robin hood.

[mgb]

How about Maze Master.
And the Young Ones

[RandyT]

Uridium.

[lostboy4480]

Monty on the run....  Even if its just for the awesome music !

[ark_ader]

My c64 favourites:

The Eidolon
Way of the exploding fist
Great Giana Sisters
Kronus Rift
Zoids
Robin of the wood
Skyfox
Wizball
Thing on a spring
Parallax
Transformers
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Roland's Rat Race
F19 Stealth Fighter

I'll have to dig out my c64 cassette tapes.

Pirates
Elite
Table tennis konami
Thrust
Revs ? (or was that bbc)
The Last ninja 2
Prince of Persia
Gunship
Russin Attack


I'm sure I have some zzap64! Magazines somewhere...

[Kier]

I forgot about Bruce Lee, and Pitstop II . God those were fun.

We were so addicted to Summer Games, everything centered around the dash, I think it was where you ran as fast as the joystick could be pushed back and forth. We all had holes burned into our palms, huge scabs, from placing our hand on top the joystick and shaking it back forth. We burnt through so many of those atari knockoff joysticks that year.

[Vigo]

Kikstart I & II
Trailblazer
Castle Wolfenstein & Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
Cosmic Relief (aka Terramex)
Zak Mckracken
Samurai Warrior:: Usagi Yojimbo
Wizball
Realm of Impossibility
Ghettoblaster (Aka Street Beat)
High Noon

[DaveMMR]

If you also want to play a terrible game, check out Attack of the Phantom Karate Devils.


Oh and also check out Hover Bovver - it's a YARD WORK SIMULATOR! (Actually it's a game where you have to mow your lawn while avoiding your neighbor (whose mower you "borrowed") and other crap.

[RandyT]

If you also want to play a terrible game, check out Attack of the Phantom Karate Devils.

When I try to think of great C-64 titles, I always look for Commodore ANSI graphics   

Use of character set graphics was one of the most innovative programming techniques, but they could have at least attempted to re-define them.

[Vigo]

Worst game I remember *That was by a legit software company* was Intergalactic Cage Match. Worst mechanics imaginable. You literally cannot defeat you opponent in the game. You just have to be the first to climb out of the cage.

[Xiaou2]

I used to have and play these on my C-64

The Last V8 - Pure awesome.   Difficult, but fast speeds, with very precise scrolling and control.
Scarabaeus / Invaders of the lost Tomb - A Psychologically trip.
Skate or Die - Fun.
Kickman - used to play this a lot.  Of course, you can play the real deal in mame, with proper controls.
Karate Champ - I recall having a lot of fun with this too.
Out Run - Though nothing like the real deal, is quite surprising on what it can do, as far as the C-64s abilities.
Sigma 7 - Interesting shooter with 3 different kinds of stages
Bruce Lee - Fun little jump and kick
Raid over Moscow - was awesome.

[RandyT]

Worst game I remember *That was by a legit software company* was Intergalactic Cage Match. Worst mechanics imaginable.

wow....I can't believe someone actually took credit for that soundtrack.  A random note generator would probably sound better 

[CraftyMech]

I was happy to see Raid on Bungeling Bay on your list!

I played the crap out of that one on my c64. The parade at the end was awesome to my 12 year old mind.

[DaveMMR]

The Last V8 - Pure awesome.   Difficult, but fast speeds, with very precise scrolling and control.

I remember this game being the few titles you can actually play on the 128 without having to go into 64 mode. Since you're using an emulator, not an issue. (From what I've read: 128 mode has three levels as opposed to two in 64 mode.)

[ark_ader]

The Last V8 - Pure awesome.   Difficult, but fast speeds, with very precise scrolling and control.

I remember this game being the few titles you can actually play on the 128 without having to go into 64 mode. Since you're using an emulator, not an issue. (From what I've read: 128 mode has three levels as opposed to two in 64 mode.)

I had a C128.  Two 128 Modes 40 column and 80 column and your third CPM.  C64 mode only had the 40 column.  Unless the 2 modes was power on C64 mode than the go64 mode.  I also had the 1902a monitor which would be awesome for Mame.  Sadly not enough of the C128 games existed.  It had the best keyboard. 

[eds1275]

I used to drool over the commodore 128. I did a lot of programming at the time, and the idea of a number pad blew my mind.

[ark_ader]

I just powered up my game server (its been poorly for a few months) and I found I had a 2 gb C64 complete archive, with every  game ever made and all the magazines too. Its surprising how many games and demos they made for it, which continued right through to the CBM Amiga.  I'll be going through your list this weekend also.   

[Xiaou2]

A great little game I used to play on grampa's  128, was this driving game, where the surface was all ice.  One screen, with lot of walls... you had to made it into the garage in a set time limit, without hitting the walls.  Great fun.

 Never remembered the name...  but just found it was called  "Miami Ice".

 It exists now in several ported versions, including the 64.

http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue73/miami_ice.php

[eds1275]

Ahhhh this morning I just wanted to test everything to make sure it all worked and BAM 3 hours later I had to stop myself.

[wp34]

I'm from the Atari 800 camp

SO IT WAS YOU THAT STARTED THE "CONSOLE WARS!"

 

Some of my best friends had C64's.

[RoyalScam]

My top 4 arcade type games on the C-64 were Archon, Beach Head, Blue Max and Hard Hat Mack.  Archon causing the most grief between my friends and myself.  In reality, though, most of my time spent with the 64 was either getting into trouble via telnet, running a BBS or playing Infocom adventures. 

Regards,
Scam

BTW, I should mention that the 64 a 128D, two monitors and several disk drives are still set up in the garage and still being used.  Sometimes for a quick game, sometimes just to write a quick program to do some calculation or other, and quite often to hook things up via the User Port and a solderless breadboard.  They're always fun.

[vorghagen]

The Last Ninja - Awesome soundtrack, check out this link for amazing classical guitar cover
Aztec Challenge - The first level is the hardest
Airwolf - If you can find a map online - all the better
Barbarian - If only for the novelty of beheading your opponent
Hover Bovver - As DaveMMR said steal your neighbours mower and mow your lawn while avoiding them and stop your dog pissing on the mower.

[DaveMMR]

I just fired up my C64 and played "(Ultimate) Wizard" and I forgot how really fun this game is. I also found a disk of my level creations (it's a "construction set" game) and outside of the stupid naming convention ("David's whatever"), I was kind of impressed with my my 11-year old counterpart came up with. They all had "triggers" where grabbing a treasure would change the level in minor ways.

[eds1275]

I'm using the Vice (I think? I dunno, I'm at work) emulator and I can tell you I am freaking happy not waiting for load times. I enjoyed a round of Tai Pan and it was a lot of fun. I did have to use an eq to tame the high frequencies, they were sharp and annoying after a while.

[Benzinbruder]

OMG, I'll definitely have to do this with my brother once my project is finished. 

I remember having fun with Donald Duck's Playground.
On the contrary, there's also been this game where a guy had to escape (?) a house full of traps, like rays that made your head explode...

A game I'd really love to play again was this space game:
First, you had to safely exit the hangar with your ship. Then you flew to some planet, shooting asteroids and enemies (?).
The second level was played from the top down perspective. You flew over the surface of the planet, dodging obstacles and stuff.
The third level started with you side-scrollingly exploring a station (on the planet) you reached at the end of level 2. Never made it to level 4...

Does anybody know the name of this game? 

[Vigo]

Is it Paradroid?   


Hrm.... First game sounds like impossible mission 1 or 2. Probably not that easy though. Could be a lot of games.

Second game, I'm sure I am wrong, but it sounds a bit like cosmic tunnels. You actually land on the planet though.
It also reminds me of Star Ranger, but the perspective never changes in that game.

[Benzinbruder]

It's not Paradroid. 
Impossible mission could be right. I've looked up some screenshots and remember a different artstyle though (more black backgrounds)...

The space game I am looking for had much better graphics than cosmic tunnels. 
I think I didn't express myself very well concerning the end of level 2: You actually land on the planet and then play as the pilot, exploring the station on the planet.
There've been those doors openening with this "swosh" sound... 

I've been looking for this game for a while now. I'd be really interesting if I would do any better now that I had years to train my videogame-skills. 

And there's another one I remember:
You're a knight and have to collect pieces of a door on the screen. As soon as you have all the pieces, you can enter the door and andvance to the next level.



eds1275, how can it be Bubble Booble is not on that list!?

[DeLuSioNal29]

How many of your remember making a 5 1/4 inch floppy double-sided by using a hole punch? 

Even though I knew it would screw up your drive's heads in the long run (or rumor had it that it would) I still did it to save money.  (P.S. - My 1541 drive never died).

DeLuSioNaL29

[yotsuya]

Swiss Family Robinson, bitches!