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Best Commodore 64 arcade games?

RJS (undefined) posted this on Wednesday, 20th April 2011, 18:29

I managed to get VICE (C64 emulator) working nicely on my arcade cab (where it is sitting nicely alongside MAME, Daphne and Stella) but since I was very late to the C64 game (tended to play round friends houses as a kid and borrow one occasionally) I don`t quite have the knowledge of the best games that will suit the arcade cab experience.

So far I`ve got it set up for...

Wizball.

That`s it. :( Problem is as its a cab it has to be joystick only games, as I don`t think vice even lets you map keys around so it can`t use anything but a joystick really.

Any suggestions from an old C64 devotee?


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Jitendar Canth (Reviewer) posted this on Thursday, 21st April 2011, 10:54

I can`t remember which games needed keyboard input or not, I think most of them must have used keys for selecting options after loading...

But games I recall that were fun, after going through Wiki getting my nostalgia buttons pushed...

IK+
Cybernoid 2
Uridium
Speedball 2
Pitstop 2
Nebulus
1942
720°
Ace II
Arkanoid
Beach Head
Outrun
Crystal Castles
BMX Racers
Bomb Jack
Bubble Bobble
Buggy Boy
Flying Shark
H.E.R.O
International Soccer
Paperboy
Sanxion
Skool Daze
Space Harrier
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
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Miles (Elite Donator) posted this on Thursday, 21st April 2011, 11:35

I have very fond memories of Ikari Warriors & Bionic Commando!

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RJS (undefined) posted this on Thursday, 21st April 2011, 12:02

Cheers for the effort, I`ll check some of those out. Others I recognise from the arcades so obviously aren`t going to get played when I could play them on MAME. :)

I`d forgotten about Cybernoid tho, and Uridium! Actually I seem to remember some side scrolling shoot-em-ups that were great on the C64, but I can`t remember their names. Might have to google!

International Soccer reminded me of the fun we used to have with Microprose Soccer and it`s banana kicks. When you turned them up to the max they`d do 360s!

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Jitendar Canth (Reviewer) posted this on Thursday, 21st April 2011, 12:46

Awk,

I got Skool Daze mixed up with Mikie!

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Si Wooldridge (Reviewer) posted this on Thursday, 21st April 2011, 18:18

What about Paradroid?  Awesome game, one of my all-time favourites...

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RE: Best Commodore 64 arcade games?

admars (Elite) posted this on Thursday, 21st April 2011, 18:34

Dizzy - platform game from Codemasters and Eggcellent sequals ;)

X-Out - brilliant side scrolling shooter
Xenon - scolling shooter music by Bomb The Bass I remember!

I had them on my Amstrad but I`m sure they were on Amstrad, C64 and Spectrum

RE: Best Commodore 64 arcade games?

RJS (undefined) posted this on Friday, 22nd April 2011, 13:44

Found this list of Zzap 64 (remember that mag? obviously I was a Crash subscriber. I think both used artwork from Oliver Frey) readers highest rated games:

The Zzap!107 Top 50 Commodore 64 games of all time...

1. Paradroid
2. Wizball
3. Elite
4. Impossible Mission
5. The Sentinel
6. International Karate
7. Mercenary
8. Head Over Heels
9. Boulderdash
10. Thrust
11. Great Giana Sisters
12. Dropzone
13. The Last Ninja
14. Bubble Bobble
15. Uridium
16. Ghosts `n` Goblins
17. Archon
18. Defender of the Crown
19. Pirates!
20. Bruce Lee
21. World Games
22. Maniac Mansion
23. Bard`s Tale Trilogy
24. Laser Squad
25. Last Ninja 2
26. Tetris
27. Turrican 2
28. Krakout
29. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
30. Zenji
31. Montezuma`s Revenge
32. F19: Project Stealth Fighter
33. Hunter`s Moon
34. Leaderboard
35. Armalyte
36. Buggy Boy
37. Creatures
38. Creatures 2
39. Space Taxi
40. Spindizzy
41. California Games
42. Gribbly`s Day Out
43. Mayhem in Monsterland
44. MULE
45. Skool Daze
46. Psi-5 Trading Company
47. Toy Bizarre
48. HERO
49. Kickstart II
50. Winter Games



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Jitendar Canth (Reviewer) posted this on Friday, 22nd April 2011, 13:54

I remember Armalyte, that was brill.

It also had a cool game to play while the tape was loading, almost as much fun as the shoot-em-up itself.

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RE: Best Commodore 64 arcade games?

alfie noakes (Elite) posted this on Friday, 22nd April 2011, 14:10

Zzap 64!!! my brother used to get that. Mullet-tastic.

Was Spindizzy C64, or was that Amiga?

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