# What games did you play on your C64? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653 "2007-06-04T04:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/41 "2007-06-04T16:26:57Z")
The Last Ninja trilogy Red Storm Rising Buggy Boy Daley Thompsons’ Decathlon Microprose Soccer And there was a cool RPG whose name excapes me. It came with a map of the island and a sheet of stickers with the names of villages on. So you had to complete the map as you played. Above ground it was viewed from overhead, but the dungeons were 3D. ---
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Many of the ones already named, as well as: **Lords of Conquest** **Gangbusters** (I think that was the name . . . kind of a mostly-text game where you had to manage resources and not get busted by the cops as you bet on horses, rand bootleg operations, and so forth) **Spy vs. Spy** **Bards Tale III** There was one game I remember, where you were this guy who was a painter, and you had to paint rooms in a house a certain color against a timer(?) or bad guys(?) or something. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/43 "2007-06-04T17:00:43Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Super Mario Brothers (yes, on the C64) [/QUOTE] You sure Super Mario Brothers was released on the 64? Or was it a hack of some sort? I remember Great Giana Sisters, and I know there was a “Super Mario Brothers” hack for it that altered the sprites (which is what I had), but it wasn’t Super Mario Brothers like the NES version at all. (Well, maybe “at all” is stretching it. Great Giana Sisters was forced to be withdrawn due to Nintendo’s legal action against the company that made the game. The game looks similar, but I remember the level layouts being completely different and the gameplay was choppier than on the Nintendo. I was very disappointed by the game.) My faves: Archon Maniac Mansion & Zack McCracken Summer Games, Summer Games II, World Games, Winter Games The Detective Game Montezuma’s Revenge Trolls & Tribulations F-19 Stealth Fighter Bee-Gee Air Rally Grand Prix Circuit Mail Order Monsters Lazy Jones Impossible Mission Marble Madness ---
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I would like to take this moment to observe a moment of silence for my sidekick and friend, Floyd. … Thank you. (i.e. many of the above plus Planetfall) ---
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[QUOTE=pulykamell] You sure Super Mario Brothers was released on the 64? Or was it a hack of some sort? [/QUOTE] Perhaps **Zipper** is thinking of [Mario Bros.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.) ---
**Author:** ![HighFructose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@HighFructose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HighFructose)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/46 "2007-06-04T17:50:31Z")
[QUOTE=Long Time Lurker] It was actually Yie Ar Kung-Fu: [Yie Ar Kung-Fu - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yie_Ar_Kung-Fu) [/QUOTE] That’s it! I also enjoyed: B.C.'s Quest for Tires Steve Garvey vs. Jose Canseco in Grand Slam Baseball Not a game, but we thought GEOS was pretty advanced technology at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/47 "2007-06-04T18:00:22Z")
Wow, this brings back memories. Let’s see… _Defender of the Crown Test Drive Dr. J and Larry Bird go One-on-One Michael Jordan and Larry Bird go One-on-one GBA Two-on-two basketball Fast Break Fourth and Inches John Madden Football (the original!) Bard’s Tale 1-3 Street Sports Basketball Karateka Karate Champ Beyond the Forbidden Forest Ninja (mastertronic) Five-a-side Soccer Black Crystal World Games Budokan The Hobbit (I, too, never finished that one. I always ended up in a prison with Thorin and I think I would get tired of waiting and type something like, “Throw map at Thorin” and it would respond, “With one well-placed blow you cleave Thorin’s skull. Thorin is dead.” They don’t make maps like they used to!) Knight Games Kung-fu Master Heroes of the Lance_ I’m sure there were dozens more, they just didn’t stay in my memory as strongly… ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/48 "2007-06-04T18:04:53Z")
Was I the only one in the world playing _Wizard_? Damn, I miss that game! Played my share of _Marble Madness_ and _Jumpman_, too. ---
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[QUOTE=norinew] Was I the only one in the world playing _Wizard_? [/quote] No. > **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! [QUOTE=norinew] Damn, I miss that game! [/QUOTE] Me too! > [@](#): > > All manners of menacing monsters.. > > dastardly demons, > > and perilous pitfalls, > > Attempt to thwart your quest for knowledge and treasure! I liked also \*Impossible Mission \*. \*Garry Kitchen’s GameMaker \* made me once get an “A” in a community college class presentation. ---
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_Castles of Dr. Creep_ _Boulder Dash_ _The Way of the Exploding Fist_ _Rock 'n Bolt_ _Beach Head II_ Also spent a good deal of time staring at the kaleidoscope feature in _Print Shop_, back when I… consumed certain things. It was black-and-white and far more primitive than anything you’d find in a screensaver these days, but in the right frame of mind, it seemed like interdimensional travel through a cosmic birth canal. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/51 "2007-06-04T18:57:46Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] Perhaps **Zipper** is thinking of [Mario Bros.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.) [/QUOTE] Quite possibly. We played it a lot and it failed a lot 🙂 I also just remembered Burger Time. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/52 "2007-06-04T20:14:02Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Rendezvous with Rama - never got very far [/quote] I remember one puzzle early on where it was obvious you had to stick a particular object in a hole, only I could never get it to recognize the verb. I almost think it had a bug (since I remember finding a cheat guide and thinking I tried what it said). > [@](#): > > plus a disappointing version of the Star Wars arcade game. The controls were upside down to me (you pulled the joystick down to move up) so I never did as well on it as I did on the arcade machines. Yes, I remember having to practically lean forward over the joystick to get the controls right. It was like trying to pee with morning wood. Of the many mentioned here that I played, Red Storm Rising is what I consider one of the greatest computer games ever. It was amazingly complex while being accessible; incredible how much detail there was on a game for the C64. The Command Series (Decision in the Desert was one, there was a 1944 France and even a Vietnam one as well) which was co-designed by Sid Meier, was in my opinion one of the best ‘playable’ wargame systems ever. It was ‘accelerated real-time’ (think Europa Universalis, not Starcraft), with a real feel that you were actually a general ordering your divisions around. It took into account manpower, experience, troop strength, division type, and formation when computing battle results; battlefield intelligence was occasionally imperfect (leading to some fantastic moments of panic), and supply and air support were also figured in. It’d be nice to see this with a more powerful AI behind it. Autoduel - a great way of realizing the board game (Car Wars) on the computer. Racing Destruction Set - endless fun with just the options on the cars. This one screams would be great as a remake. Agent U.S.A. - may have been ‘educational’, but I liked it. Buck Rogers - more like what Star Wars should have been. Echelon - anyone have this? It came with a ‘voice recognition’ headset to fire the joystick button, which also came in handy on games like Spyhunter. The game wasn’t so bad, though it was so big I never finished it. GI Joe - more fun than it sounds, but not a whole lot more; just enough. ---
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Anyone else show off their L33T graphics skillz with Koala Stick, the joystick-controlled graphics program? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653/54 "2007-06-04T22:38:34Z")
Side C64 question: How long was the longest you ever had to wait for a game to load (doesn’t count waiting for a game to load that froze up… I’m talking about “this game generally took X time to load”) For me it was probably one of the Ultima games, which seemed to take 15 or more minutes. ---
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[QUOTE=OpalCat] Side C64 question: How long was the longest you ever had to wait for a game to load (doesn’t count waiting for a game to load that froze up… I’m talking about “this game generally took X time to load”) For me it was probably one of the Ultima games, which seemed to take 15 or more minutes. [/QUOTE] Forbidden Forest, on Datasette (the cassette tape), took about 10-15 minutes to load. I used to wake up, “Press Play On Tape”, eat breakfast, and when I came back, it usually was done. ---
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[QUOTE=OpalCat] Side C64 question: How long was the longest you ever had to wait for a game to load (doesn’t count waiting for a game to load that froze up… I’m talking about “this game generally took X time to load”) For me it was probably one of the Ultima games, which seemed to take 15 or more minutes. [/QUOTE] I do remember that in one game, though I don’t remember which one, the load screen had the sentence “Patience is a 1541 disk drive”. ---
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[QUOTE=OpalCat] Side C64 question: How long was the longest you ever had to wait for a game to load (doesn’t count waiting for a game to load that froze up… I’m talking about “this game generally took X time to load”) For me it was probably one of the Ultima games, which seemed to take 15 or more minutes. [/QUOTE] Two words: cassette drive. It took nearly twenty minutes for me to load up anything on it. There were plenty of games on disk, though, that took five to ten minutes. ---
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Pool of Radiance Wasteland MULE Space Taxi Epyx Karate Championship Autoduel Ultima IV (never got into 5 or the later ones) Project Stealth Fighter (later release was F19 Stealth Fighter) Gunship Hardball! Sporttime Ice Hockey Bard’s Tale Archon II and the Ne Plus Ultra of C64 games… Mail Order Monsters (kudos to the winner!) ---
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Apparently I’m the only one that played _Family Feud_!? I also played the hell out of _California Games_ – I was awesome at hackeysack. My friend (who had the C64, it wasn’t mine) also figured out that a certain “load” code would load any game. (IIRC the load code was an attempt at copy protection) I think it was LOAD “\*”,8,1 ---
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[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] Perhaps **Zipper** is thinking of [Mario Bros.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.) [/QUOTE] I clearly remember playing Super Mario Bros on the C64. In fact, I had it on a floppy disk and I sold it on ebay a couple of years ago for $10. My favorite game is probably Boulderdash, although when I was 12 I remember spending a lot of time playing a game called Stroker which involves jerking the joystick back and forth at just the right speed and rhythm without allowing the penis on the screen to ejaculate before becoming completely hard. It was not an easy game to master. I also remember getting music files on the C64 which I thought was cool at the time, even though a one minute clip of a song in extremely poor quality would take up an entire disk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-did-you-play-on-your-c64/406653.md?page=4)