The 30 Best Commodore 64 Games of all Time!
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Hey what's up guys OSG here with a video that has been long overdue and its one that has been really difficult as being a C64 owner my judgement will always be clouded by heaps of nostalgia. I have previously done a Best 30 C64 games list but that list was definitely driven by nostalgia, especially in the ordering but in today's video im putting all that to one side and making a list of the truly best 30 C64 games ever made not driven by nostalgia and these are all games that I would pick up and play today even if I'd never owned a C64
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Games in this video:-
intro @ 00:00
The Train: Escape to Normandy @ 02:11
Impossible Mission @ 02:46
Shadow Over Hawksmill @ 03:24
Ultimate Wizard @ 03:59
Slicks @ 04:34
Gunship @ 05:09
Ghosts 'N Goblins Arcade @ 05:44
Donkey Kong Junior @ 06:19
Project Firestart @ 06:55
Below the Root @ 07:32
Commando Arcade @ 08:07
Bubble Bobble @ 08:42
IK+ @ 09:19
Turrican @ 09:54
L'Abbaye des Morts @ 10:32
Katakis @ 11:07
Prince of Persia @ 11:44
Winter Games @ 12:23
Super Mario Bros 64 @ 13:00
Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo @ 13:35
Steel Ranger @ 14:12
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders @ 14:47
Soul Force @ 15:24
Stunt Car Racer @ 15:59
Maniac mansion @ 16:41
Last Ninja 2 @ 17:19
Sonic The Hedgehog @ 17:56
Pirates! @ 18:32
Turrican II: The Final Fight @ 19:07
Sams Journey @ 19:45 
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This video is an education in just how awesome the C64 was and still is today with the homebrew scene. Thank you pal for supporting me with this video it means a lot and well done on such a great collection of games. Some new ones for me in there that I will check out but there is no doubting no1 having completed it myself it is an amazing game that everyone should check out.
If only the C64 coders of today existed in it's prime Nintendo and Sega wouldn't have got a look in.
@@jackburton8352 oh man the games we would have played as kids, Steel Ranger, Shadow over Hawksmill, Guns & Ghosts, Sam's journey the list goes on and on of games that would have blown our minds as kids on the system........ oh and the music!
Ikr? Makes my ears bleed
One thing you never ever forget is the game sounds of the c64!
Rob Hubbard was the master!
Paradroid, Raid Over Moscow, Uridium, Forbidden Forest, The Sacred Armour of Antiriad, Summer Games II, World Games, California Games, Thing On a Spring, Platoon, Wizball, Nebulus.
I didn't grow up with the C64, only playing Atari 5200 and NES during the C64's heyday. I've been fascinated by the C64 for a while, and I'm glad that this video exists to help me try out the stuff I've missed out on. Thanks!
Thats what I love about OSG; the ability to put aside nostalgia and make a video like this is not always easy! ;)
I grew up with a C64 and it's an absolute delight seeing how so many amazing games are being developed for it right now, some of them showing that the C64 could do so much more than we ever imagined. the only true limitation or problem I see with the C64 is that it only uses one button.
but a new controller with remapped keys into the buttons could solve that. I hope new developers start using that resource.
Thats already a thing mate, ojbeez for one makes custom joysticks where a button can be mapped to up for jump
Actually you can add (at least) two more individual fire buttons (via the potentiometer lines). These have been used in some software already back in the commercial days of the C64, for example for the C64 mouse and a few games too (mostly 2 buttons there). Today there are 2 button patches for a number of classic games, but some of the more recent releases support up to 3 buttons from the start (like e. g. MW Ultra, Super Mario Bros.). There are some recent controllers that have that featres for the C64 available for purchase. I use a wireless dedicated gamepad that has those 3 buttons plus a fourth one for remapping the joystick up positiion.
Awww man the f'ing nostalgia!! Love your channel, brings back such awesome memories
Wow what a list of games. I was pleased to see Slicks in there, that's a game I played to death back in the day. There is no argument about the game at number 1, its an absolutely stunning game, not sure we'll ever see a game like it again. Hope Martin gets some traction from this as well, such a nice guy with a great channel and class content.
A very strong list for one of the strongest systems... Project Firestart, IK+, Turrican(s), Katakis, Winter Games, Steel Ranger, Stunt Car Racer, Pirates!, all solid classics. 👍
really good selection, so many fan-made releases are included, and for good reason too.
One of the coolest things about Ultimate Wizard was being able to create your own levels. Spent many, many dreary winter nights growing up in Montana playing UW!
The train is an amazing game. Truly ahead of its time. My version growing up was on the Amstrad CPC, it is a belter.
Damn epic timing, one of those days - get in from work and there's a new OSG video waiting - it's how to start the weekend IMO :D
Great video! The C64 was the system I had growing up, so it's super cool to see so many videos chronicling the games...a lot of which I've never heard of. :) That just shows how many games were made for this thing! And on a side note...it looks like Ultimate Wizard is basically a reskin of Jumpman. XD Sound effects and all!
Great, great list!
There are so many good games, makes it hard to make this list.
And amazing we still receive new games for the Commodore.
More games to try! Very cool! I just restored my old C64C, so this really hits the spot!
Great list! There are quite a few new games I need to try.
Great list will be checking out the games myself. Might find a new favorite! Thank you!
Love your content and really enjoyed this video in particular.
I noticed you used different video filters on the games like on "donkey kong jr" for example. I think the scanline or crt filter you applied in earlier videos look the best (or most authentic) for C64. Cheers mate
No Creatures? No Creatures 2? No Mayhem? No Nebulus? I would place all 4 of those ahead of anything on your list, except perhaps Sam's Journey.
Mayhem isnt for me mate, looks great ill give it that but gameplay wise its boring ...
Mail Order Monsters should have made the list. It was ahead of its time for features. The first game to have character development/upgrades (multiple creatures for each player name) that could be saved for future games and usable for both two player or single player. Many people never explored or found this feature as it was not available on easy or intermediate level, you had to play on the difficult setting to allow saving of monsters for future matches.
Edit: Wizzball should have also made the list.
Great video as always OSG! I can't go past the fact you put Impossible Mission in 29th especially considering some of the games you put ahead of it. It's your list of course but I have to make my case for Impossible Mission as it truly is an exceptional game on the platform:
A) there's more depth than you think. It generally has two major gameplay modes: 1) exploration/map-completion/puzzle piece collection. 2) Passcode deciphering.
Working towards these goals is really rewarding, and here are a few other things that make it great:
- while the room designs don't change, almost everything else in the game is randomised making it infinitely re-playable.
- first class graphics, sounds, player and robot movement and animation, and gameplay mechanics
It is hard, but you can beat the game repeatedly using the following strategy once you can reasonably control how often you die:
1) you need to collect 36 puzzle pieces to win the game, keep exploring the map until you collect them all
2) forget about solving the Passcode until you've got them all
3) Search each room as much as you can without dying too much (this is the key because dying takes time away from your deadline to win)
4) if a room is too hard to get to all the places to search without dying too much, use snoozes, or make a note of the room's position on the map so you can come back later with a snooze
5) Once you've finished the map, count your puzzle pieces and see how many you need to get 36
6) start going back over the rooms you marked until you get all 36, but go to the password rooms and collect more snoozes on the way (you should have noted these too, including Attombender's room)
7) Once you have all the pieces, start solving password letter puzzles - each letter in the password has four pieces that fit together. If you complete one but it doesn't give you the letter, keep changing its rotation until it clicks. Those pieces will now disappear from your inventory.
8) Once you have the password, go unlock Attombender's room for the win.
Sounds complicated? Well that's what I mean, more depth than you think. Such a great game!
Great vid again.
One of my favourite side scrolling shoot ups was Armalyte! Loved the graphics
Some of my favourites are Bruce Lee, FIST 2, Jammin', Paradroid and Wizball. Played those for hours at a time :)
You've got some absolute belters on this list! was only watching a vid on Slicks yesterday and I have to admit I can understand the hype, I would have absolutely loved that! Great vid mate.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@oldstylegaming brilliantly put together.
I have two to add to the list!.... Action biker! oh and kickstart 2 aswell! 😁😁😁
Interesting video, I have used the 64 but not played the games. It is good to see that games are still being made for it. I don’t play now, but I’ll keep on watching channels like yours.
Love that you paint models too. we share some good hobbies! C64 games and painting..
Subbed to your friends channel, looks great
Excellent channel man , I am 54 y.o and grew up in Sydney and my first PC was the Commodore 64 and I still have it today albeit with a cassette player not the CD , however the immense library of C64 games was awesome!. Long live the 64
Brilliant video as always. The best thing is that someone else could do an exact same title video but have 25 different games in it. The C64 really did have so many great games
thats very true mate, and people like us can see that, some people dont understand the meaning of subjective though lol and no doubt there will be complaints but for me this is it...up to 2023
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I have started getting in to the C64 again and played some games I hadnt played for ages and played Raid on Bungeling Bay for hours. Others I have been hooked on are Koronis Rift, Rescue on Fractulus and The Sentinel.
@@geoffreyjohnstone5465 the sentinel is quality mate, like no other game
@@geoffreyjohnstone5465 Those last three you mentioned dominated my play time well into the mid nineties.
@@C64_Mat Quality never goes out of fashion. Still great to play in the 20s.....I wish someone would make a remastered Rescue on Fractulus or Koronis Rift
Pretty good list but the first Last Ninja imho should be number one and the sequel number two. Labyrinth isn't even in the list which was an amazing graphic adventure for its time. All in all, thanks for the great memories!
ACE, Navy Seals, Battle command, Saboteur, Platoon are all great games.
Great to see you giving Martin a shout out OSG, an awesome channel full of passion and he is a top top guy who I’ve had the pleasure to meet a few time now and proud to call a good friend
Love to watch these videos seeing games from the other side (I grew up with the speccy) so that will always be my number 1 but I do love playing the other micros
Some really interesting games I need to get onto my c64 maxi
Yeah Martin's a good un mate but ill promote anyone who puts the effort in that i know
awesome video thank you
Great list. I'd have included one of the Leader board golf games. It started the power and snap control method that is still being used in golf games. For a system as limited as the C64 they are really good games. I was hooked on them as a kid and still occasionally play them today.
Definitely. World Class Leaderboard against my best friend was probably the game we played the most. Introduced trees and bunkers over the weird islands of grass in water of the first so the courses finally felt like they could be real.
@@hazy33 yes indeed 😁. The introduction of the punch shot was good too and the added challenge on the hardest level when the putting gauge disappears. I have the tape version of World Class Leaderboard where every hole loads separately taking around 10 seconds to load each hole. The original Leaderboard game with the islands wasn't quite as good but one thing that was mighty impressive is that it's 72 holes in a single load.
@@andyhodgson7692 Ah yes good point. I was lucky enough to have got a disk drive by this time so games like World Class Leaderboard worked like a dream. It also came with a little anti pitacy dongle that fitted in the datasette socket.
Nice list. Plenty on there I've never played
Frankie Goes to Hollywood was an awesome game I spent many hours trying to complete with an awesome soundtrack and numerous mini games, it's one of the best.
Sure brings back a lot of memories. Easy to come up with more amazing games... World Games, Summer Games, California Games, Western Games ... Danger Freak, Mafia , Defender of the Crown, Rambo, The way of the exploding fist (Who doesn't remember the soundtrack) .. Fist 2 (another great soundtrack), Micropose Soccer , Wonderboy in Monsterland, Giana Sisters , Silent Service, Combat School. Yie Ar Kung Fu, Batman the caped crusader, Vermeer, To be on Top, Kaiser, Die Fugger, Oil Imperium .... jeeeez..... the list could go on and on and on.....
yes some good uns there. Sabatuer too
Oooh, I remember The Train: Escape to Normandy, just awesome, with the different parts! Very immersive.
(Also love Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion , Stunt car racer and Pirates. Great games. )
Thak you sir, you really make me wish I had space to set up my c64. Maybe someday soon
Get it set up man
Love your videos, love your no-nonsense approach to the commentary, and we have many, many similar favourites (whether nostalgia driven or not). BUT: Timing, mate, timing! A Pig Quest literally came out yesterday - if only you'd hung on for another few days... I'd LOVE to see how that may have slotted in here.
Lol theres new games out all the time.... i might do a quick review of pigs quest and i can reference where it would be in this list
@@oldstylegaming That would be great, but please give it some loving time. I'm certain it'll be right up your street!
@@C64_Mat will do mate.
Fort Apocalypse and Oil's Well are my favorites.
There were so many games for the Commodore 64 that were awesome it must have been hard to choose just 30 games.
Great choices. I would have had CREATURES in there somewhere personally. And don't forget to wait until the title music ends. Change joystick port and waggle like crazy until Clyde turns grey. Infinite lives😍
Needs a bit more Eye of the Beholder in it, but yeah, great list! :D
Just ordered a C64 mini, need that good old 8 bit Nostalgia Hit!! 🤟🏻
Nice list! So many great games on the C64, I suppose you could have a number of these top 30s. I thought the Defender copy, Guardian, was awesome. Loved Boulder Dash. Pitstop was engrossing, really felt like a race, clever game. And there was a scrolling pinball game that I played for hours on end (recently rediscovered via emulation). Good work, OSG!
I was one of those on alice and wonderland. I am so happy to see below the root on this list. One of my favorites as a child.
It's so good!
Yes! Below The Root was such a revolutionary game (maybe the first ever 'action RPG'?), and perhaps inspired games like Zelda, afterwards (i played BTR before Zelda, as a kid, and i love both...both such whimsical adventures, for the time).
Here I was racking my brains to remember a favorite game from my youth and voila! Ultimate Wizard …much obliged, good sir and keep up the great work :)
Glad to be of service ;-)
Turrican will always be number 1.
fantastic video - must have been tough
sam's journey lived up to the hype
prince of persia was magnificent
ln2's soundtrack was the best i agree
& stuntcar racer still astounds me to this day
What I appreciate about the Commodore 64 is that unlike Nintendo, Jack Tramiel pretty much let anyone make games for the C64 without having to worry about any kind of licensing fee. Commodore was a hardware company, and the availability of a huge library of games would drive sales of the C64 and give them a huge chunk of market share.
A fantastic array of C64 goodness. If this video doesn't finaly nail what was the best ever 8-bit micro what the hell will!? Great vid m8 :)
True that mare i cant think any of the others could knock out such a solid list
Some great memories right here
Dont know why i have said Huilsbeck did commando soundtrack its not like that in my script... my bad slipped up sorry
Impossible Mission was to hard for me too back then. I still played it fairly often to listen to the scream of the guy falling off a ledge.
If at least one game by Sarah Jane Avory didn't appear on this left, it would've been a crying shame! So it's good to see an entry.
Soul Force is awesome mate, probably the best 8bit shooter...alongside the likes of Space Manbow
Sam's Journey deserves first place. brilliant game.
Sam's journey isn't legit as it's a bootleg of Mayhem in Monsterland. At least make a reference to the original game if you're going with a bootleg.
@@MultiScooter68 r´you kidding??? anyone who has played both games can realize that Mayhem in Mosterland is only a shadow of Sam´s Journey is!!
I absolutely love it I got you to play slicks on a live stream. And now you consider it a top 30 game. Remember when you had no clue it existed haha x
Yeah mate cant believe id never played it...what an absolute cracker of a game it is
Games that come to my memory that weren’t listed were: Bill & Teds, Burgertime, Archon, and Ghostbusters.
Best for me was Giana Sisters and The Last Ninja.....great vid zthx 4 the memories
Great video! I know you're not in to role-playing-games, otherwise you might have included gems like the Ultima or the D&D Gold Box series. RPGs aside, I would have included Paradroid, Bruce Lee and Archon.
Loads on the list I owned back in the day. Loved the epyx summer , winter games the graphics stunning
So many great homebrew releases too that I need to check out
Great stuff as always OSG but now that A pig quest is out I am afraid you have to do it again!
Some awesome games on that list, and many childhood memories. Just surprised you put Katakis so low ;)
In my head I had it top 5 :-) but dont tell no one
What’s the tune playing at the start? Great vid!
Cracking list buddy and gave a sub to the other guy as i do like my retro stuff 🙂🙂 take it easy.
Agree with Sam's Journey, its the equivalent of Mario 3 for the c64. I hope those developers are working on a sequel
An excellent video
My brother had an Amiga. I had the 64! Pretty cool childhood
WOW, what a collection of games here mate, even a couple I’ve not played which is awesome and yes, all my faves are in here even gunship!
Phew, glad stunt car racer made it, the best c64 racer ever!!
LN2, just that music alone gives me goosebumps, brilliant.
Fair point on sonic, we need more REU’s, still it’s stunning to play via other means.
Ah, glad to see the No1, stunning game, the absolute best that’s ever been made on the c64, I can’t see it ever being bettered.
I hope Martin gets some traction as well, awesome bloke, awesome channel and a good friend, top stuff mate, awesome video!!
he is a great bloke and a quality channel too
Thank you buddy!
@@oldstylegaming I dont think I can say it enough but thank you.
@@TheHobbyLodge you dont need to say thankyou mate, its like 2 seconds of my time to splice this into a video, hope you get more subs you deserve them
I'm shocked that Elite isn't on this list.
The game was ground-breaking and had an amazing opening song.
Yeah the keyword there is "was" ... it was great yeah but compared to these hasnt aged well in my opinion
Great updated list. Many games i would have in my same list, and that first place would also be the same, and maybe the first place could be beaten if we ever got a sequel! 😄😉
Sams Journey 2....that would be class, I know Protovision watches my videos so maybe they will see this and comment
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Great list. I used to play Impossible Mission a lot! Honorable mentions for games that I used to play are The Human Race, Lode Runner, Aztec Challenge, Mr. Do, Leaderboard Golf and Transformers (Terrible game I know but I was 7 at the time). They are just a few that I can remember. There was another one but I can't remember the name. You flew a plane and had dogfights with others above an Aircraft Carrier. It wasn't one of those that were trying to be realistic. You could see your plane and it was tiny. Great game nevertheless. 👍
The new games for commodore 64 are amazing: it is still alive!!
No "Raid over Moscow"!? Hands down the best C64 game ever made imo!
When are the amazing things about project fire start is that it basically has all the features of a survival horror before Resident Evil did it.
Donkey Kong Jnr looks amazing !!
What about Pogo Joe? Raid Over Moscow? Bruce Lee? Pool of Radiance? Jumpman Junior? Lots of great games on your list but those should be up there too! :)
Commando, Kung-fu Master, Giana Sisters, Mikie, Micropose Soccer, World Geography.
Very cool list and brilliant video. I miss Creatures2, wizard of wor, mayhem in monsterland only. And from your list one exception is Sonic, as it cannot run on a basic c64.
Still a c64 game though, i mean its a bit like discounting aga games on the amiga cos they dont run on a a500, a600
@@oldstylegaming for me rather like amiga with mem expansion only. But yes, still a c64, i hope once i have a reu or similar, and i can try to run Sonic. Great job!
You forgot MULE, Lords of Midnight, Colonial Conquest, Montezuma's Revenge, and Seven Cities of Gold.
Brilliant choices! I wish there would have been a spot for Briley Witch Chronicles but... I'm biased on that.
you are allowed to be mate, the truth is, I could redo this list in a years time and it would probably look much different, loads of old and new games that I havent given the time to get into...like Steel Ranger...if I went off my first go I would never have gone back cos it was like meh but after 10 20 mins of gameplay that game goes to whole new levels of greatness for a run and gun platformer
Cool picks! Interesting lack of CRPGs, a genre which dominated the "AAA" game scene here in the USA. Also interesting that one (mostly) BASIC game made it into your list, but that's not TOO surprising considering how great Pirates is.
CRPG development has continued in the modern era, which is a bit surprising considering the vast amount of effort they require (compared to other types of game). I mean ... the amount of effort put into something like Ultima IV Remastered or Eye of the Beholder is mind numbing, not to mention the effort required to put together an original CRPG of significant scale.
I'm not into most platformers, so I'd easily slot in Ultima IV over many in your list. (Personally, I prefer the single colored tiles of the original, over the more Ultima V style pixel art of Ultima IV Remastered.)
I agree with you with rpg's as the C64 greats. Its almost impossible to compare Bard's Tale , Pool of Radiance and my personal fav Ultima 5 to any thing arcade like. You need a separate list, one I'd like to see cause lists like this let me see all the good stuff I missed
@@El_Guapo74 There are a ton of mostly overlooked CRPGs and proto-CRPGs. Of course, they aren't as good as the big popular ones, but they can still be interesting for what they were.
The big problem with trying to compile a list of them is that they usually take some deep diving to even see if there's something special or noteworthy to them. It's often not obvious how to "get" what you're supposed to do or what the interesting challenge is.
Good choice but more and more very good games :)
Well, I had a C64 growing up, and when you said the graphics are amazing for the first time in this video, I thought eh, not really. But then you got to IK+, Turrican and TLN2 and I can't deny they look, sound and play fantastic, and that reminded me: A good game is a game that you want to come back to. Any other factors only aid in making a game great.
Edit: And to make it absolutely clear, there are many C64-games I love to come back to every now and again. Personal favourites include Zack McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Wintergames, TLN2, Commando, Cauldron 2, IK and IK+, Boulderdash 1-3, Spy vs Spy, Bop 'n Rumble and Rock 'n Wrestle.
some years ago I saw a cmd64 enthutiast make his own RTS game on the CMD64 right here on youtube. It was apparantly hailed as being really good. I forgot the name of him and the game he made sadly.
This must of been a tough list to make
it was mate, there are loads of games that if i let myself get clouded by memories would have been in here...like Kikstart 2 etc. but are they really great games now..... maybe not
Great list, despite how much I hate Slicks, lol. If it were my list, I would swap out Manic Mansion for Labyrinth, I always enjoyed that one so much. I would have had Last Ninja as well as Last Ninja 2, Turbocharge, Pitstop II, Locomotion, Ace II and Ghouls n Ghosts.
thank you
Solid list.
I'd include M.U.L.E., Archon, Bruce Lee, Wizball, Sword of Fargoal.
Honorable mentions: Mayhem in Monsterland, Defender of the Crown, Leaderboard Golf, Hardball, Pitstop II, Kickstart II, Racing Destruction Set, Jumpman/Jumpman Jr, Raid Over Bungling Bay, Raid Over Moscow, Beachhead.
You already have WInter Games, but California Games and World Games I'd consider as equals.
If including nostolgia: Test Drive, Temple of Apshai, Might & Magic, Outrun, GI Joe, Ghostbusters
So many more could easily be included...lol
Yeah theres loads or substitutes that could be made and it would still be a solid list
I owned a C64 back in the day and it had some amazing games, but some of the modern games here are off the chart. I didn't realise games were still being made for it. Don't know how some of these games were made on such limited hardware.
commando, hulsbeck soundtrack???? think mr hubbard would have something to say about that osg!!!!
Yeah, given the popularity of Rob Hubbard it had me wondering how anyone familiar with the C64 could get that wrong. ;D
Saboteur II, International karate, Mission elevator, Soy vs spy would have been on my list.
Knights of Bytes ARE working on a port of Sam's Journey for the NES
Interesting... The only games I played back in the day from this list was The Last Ninja and IK+. My list would have had Monty on the Run, Uridium and Paradoid in the mix....
Wonderful selection of games, though it's all very subjective - I have my own favourites that I'd add (e.g. Whizball, Exploding Fist II, Nebulous, Elite, The Hobbit etc etc). A fantastic computer all round, no wonder it sold very well.
great games mate
some good ones here, gunship and pirates were always favorites. a pity there were no rpgs. the dnd goldbox games were heaps of fun. for pvp we always played knight games or spy vs spy
Slicks was a great game. I did have to connect my Mega Drive pad to the C64 to play it though!