Sean Heber
What's your favorite or most fun C64 game I should download?
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Show threadChris MarquardtJan 10

@bigzaphod loved Impossible Mission, the villain SPOKE (*gasp*)

https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64388

Atombender's speech in 'Impossible Mission'

Hello forum. I'm new here, just registered a few hours ago and I have a first question: What does Elvin Atombender in the game Impossible Mission really say?…

Lemon64 - Commodore 64
Show threadDougJan 10
@chrismarquardt
Omg LOVED this game!!
@bigzaphod
Show threadJohn LenaghanJan 10

@chrismarquardt @bigzaphod Impossible Mission was one of my favourites too. Along with Below the Root.

https://www.lemon64.com/game/below-the-root

Below the Root

Below the Root is a Commodore 64 multi screen platformer game released in 1984 by Windham Classics.

Lemon64
Show threadA. Lee Bennett Jr.Jan 10

@bigzaphod My favorites were Space Taxi, Gunship, and (yes this one makes me weird) Archon.

Not necessarily favorites but I remember enjoying all the various incarnations of Summer Games, Winter Games, and World Games.

Show threadJames ThomsonJan 10
@bigzaphod Mercenary: Escape From Targ, the absolute best C64 game.
Show threadRonnieJan 10
@bigzaphod Archon
Spy vs Spy
Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds (but you have to love D&D)
Bard’s Tale (more D&D)
Frogger
Sid Meier’s Pirates!
Defender of the Crown
Forbidden Forest
Show threadAsh DoyleJan 10
@bigzaphod California Games
Dungeons & Dragons: Pools of Radiance
Bard’s Tale III
Show threadStuart GibsonJan 10

@bigzaphod I never had a C64, but did have the contemporaneous Amstrad CPC464.

The Codemasters’ Dizzy games are great “explore and use items to solve puzzles” games.

Specifically, Fantasy World Dizzy and Magicland Dizzy, because they really had the formula nailed by then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_(series)

Dizzy (series) - Wikipedia

Show threadGabriel Adrian SamfiraJan 10
@bigzaphod Double Dragons was my fav. And Robocop.
Show threadDavid NasonJan 10
@bigzaphod My favourite C64 game as a kid was Rick Dangerous.
Show threadTimothy PerfittJan 10
@bigzaphod blue meanies from Outer space
Show threadDougJan 10

@bigzaphod
Kane - cowboy Olympic games :)

Beach Head - a compilation of stages based on war

Aces - flight "sim" WW2

Kick Start - motorbike /motorcross Stunt racer with a level designer! Best £5 i spent my summer holiday money on!

Show threadDougJan 10
@bigzaphod
Also shout out to Jeff Minter for the superb Hover Bovver. He's famous for so much more (llama and camel related, and Tempest) and is still making games and streaming from his farm on fedi every day.
Show threadSean HeberJan 10
@doug sounds like someone cool to follow if he's on fedi - what's his username?
Show threadDougJan 10
@llamasoft_ox
Show threadJonathan GerlachJan 10
@bigzaphod I loved this game. https://www.mobygames.com/game/29161/wizard/ The sound effects route directly into the reward center of my brain.
Wizard (1984) - MobyGames

Wizard is a puzzle game with arcade action elements. The premise of the game is to run around the screen collecting various treasures for points, avoiding monsters. The player character must find the key, which gives him the ability to cast magic...

MobyGames
Show threadPatrickJan 10
@bigzaphod ghosts & goblins! so buggy you’re bound to smash your screen with your controller!
Show threadWTLJan 10
@bigzaphod Gunship. Elite. Sunk so many hours into those two.
Show threadTimJan 10

@bigzaphod We were obsessed with Delta Man as kids. Have not returned to it as an adult so I have no idea if it is good.

Sex Puzzle on the other hand, not very good. Even as a 10-12 yr old we thought it was pretty bad.

Show threadTimJan 10
@bigzaphod Oh and Elite was a lot of fun.
Show threadnarya.deJan 10
@bigzaphod Jumpman Junior (distant 2nd Bruce Lee)
Show threadkenwJan 10

@bigzaphod Bruce Lee. Jump and kick your way through levels, lighting lanterns while avoiding traps, ninjas, and a green sumo wrestler we called “Yamo” for some reason. IIRC, Yamo can be controlled by player 2. Press down to make him yodel… or maybe not; I haven’t played the game in like 40 years.

My friend and I played this so much we developed meta games: reach certain levels while constantly jumping, player 2 decides lantern lighting order, etc.

Show threadJoe OrtizJan 10
@bigzaphod Blogger for sure!
Show threadJoe OrtizJan 10
@bigzaphod Blogger for sure!
Show threadJoe OrtizJan 10
@bigzaphod Frogger for sure!
Show threadMarc DoucetJan 10
@bigzaphod impossible mission (by far!) also , ghostbusters
Show threadMichael SmithJan 11
@bigzaphod I loved the Ultima franchise. Also most Sierra On-line games were fun, like Kings Quest
Show threadPaul StocktonJan 11
@bigzaphod Never had a C64 but was there Paradroid?
Show threadSean HeberJan 11
@pauls never heard of it, but it looks like there's a version for the C64!
Show threadPaul StocktonJan 11
@bigzaphod was rather addictive once you got into it
Show threadSeanFeb 11
@bigzaphod Ghost & Goblins, International Karate plus and Commamdos.