The 20 Best Commodore 64 Codemasters Games In Order Of Greatness

[@yolkfolk_com]

One of the best top 20 lists we've seen for a while! ;)

[@oldstylegaming]

I've took a bit of stick about having so many dizzy games in but you can't have a codemasters list without them

[@nickbrown5719]

I’ve never played the C64 version of Kwik Snax, but that’s a totally different game to the Spectrum and Amiga game!

[@skijumpnose]

Dizzy is awesome and cool to see Cj's Elephant Antics, I played that on the Spectrum

[@TheRiddle1981]

I always felt that Codies nailed the packaging for their tape games. My eye was always drawn to them when browsing.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah unlike some of the mastertronic games the boxart on codemasters was always eye-catching

[@glennmk5167]

BMX Sim would've been the one I played the most and remember the most, Dizzy games use to frustrate the hell outta of me, I will have to give Slicks a go for sure as never heard of it, another great video

[@oldstylegaming]

I was playing slicks till 2am last night ...it's ruthless though but brilliant

[@glennmk5167]

@@oldstylegaming I will have to try it for sure, challenging games with good playability is always a good combination

[@oldstylegaming]

@@glennmk5167 I guarantee you will hate it at first unless you some kind on super human gamer... But stick with it and I promise you will love it

[@glennmk5167]

@@oldstylegaming I like car racing games, looks one mistake costs u, if made list worth trying, as all your videos nail the games on head

[@infinityeight8705]

Fantasy world dizzy and Magicland dizzy were (and still are) 2 of my favourite c64 games! The music on these games I could listen to forever!

[@oldstylegaming]

i actually did listen to them forever when i got stuck as a kid lol

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Still waiting for a proper Dizzy comeback!

[@SamM-oh2cx]

Love you, love this series!!! Brilliant selection of code master games, was great to see so many Dizzy games in the top 20, just goes to show how amazing the Oliver twins where and still are to this day! Every game is worthy of its place in your top 20 sir OSG!

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah i was fighting against myself on whether to have so many in but in the end i just had too as they are all so good

[@TheOriginalNCDV]

I must admit I'd never seen any of these back in the day. They look great, I must check them out!

[@gamescoffer]

CJ was great in two player, my sister and I completed it (after many attempts). The Dizzy games were excellent, and will always be my favourite.

[@Simon0]

I liked treasure Island dizzy as a kid

[@FatherStack]

Magicland Dizzy is definitely my favourite Dizzy game. It's probably the most nostalic game of all time for me.

[@talideon]

Tilt blew my mind as a kid. I remember when I got it: it was just before Christmas, and my father let me get a game when we were heading into one of the neighbouring towns as a treat. I spent ages trying to figure out how they got the 3D working smoothly, and it didn't hurt that it was a really good game too!

[@talideon]

One other thing to notice is how many of these are Ash and Dave games: it's hard to go wrong with anything they were involved in as they wrote some real classics for the platform.

[@oldstylegaming]

True that :-)

[@marcusmalone]

Really weird to think what Codemasters were then and what they've become!

[@Retro_B8]

how could i forget about slicks loved that game! class video mate

[@jurispurins8065]

If not come across any of these as I had an Amiga at the time they came out along with a PC and a Neo Geo Thanks for reviewing these - very informative

[@ncf1]

So many of these I'm seeing for the first time.. I jumped off board before many of these were released.. so its great, youve given me lots to choose from to get stuck into :)

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah some of these are good mate especially if you want something that will last a while

[@deathybrs]

My top two out of that list would've been tied between Tilt and Elephant Antics. Brilliant games.

[@oldstylegaming]

Tilt is extraordinarily good

[@basvanharen2904]

I’m a great fan of c64 and Amiga, so I love these series👍😁 Best thing though is that I see new titles everytime, its amazing! Thanx and thumbs up!

[@oldstylegaming]

Thanks for continuing to watch my stuff mate :)

[@eskey691]

So So So many dizzy games i would like to say i didn't have any of them but that would be a lie as had them all haha. But did have a lot of fun playing a lot of these games and it brings back so many memories. Great list buddy catch you on the next one keep up the great work :-)

[@oldstylegaming]

Its nothing to be ashamed of mate...i really dont know where this Dizzy hatred has come from ...they were and still are great games

[@eskey691]

@@oldstylegaming I loved them some more than others also had many hours of fun with CJ's Elephant Antics. Fun fact if you had an action-reply MK3(i think it was the MK3) you can swap out CJ for Clyde from creatures and you would have Clyde doing CJ's dance on the title screen like he was ment to be in the game :-) If you have one give it ago trust me :-)

[@clausgedved8728]

Wow I don't think I ever tried any of these games except the BMX games. That big nose game would have driving me crazy with those ladder issues😀

[@refractionpcsx2]

It's quite refreshing seeing a retro channel actually liking the Dizzy games! I used to love them as a kid but all the channels I watch seem to dislike the Dizzy games lol. That was a great list, but made me realise how few decent Codemasters games I'd played as a kid!

[@oldstylegaming]

Im not like all the other sheep mate...we all played them and they are a massive part of my childhood ... i dont understand why people seem to hate them now they are as good as any adventure game on the system

[@refractionpcsx2]

@@oldstylegaming Right on buddy! I loved the Dizzy games as a kid, it was the best we got for that kind of puzzle adventure on the 8-bits and I don't regret liking them one bit!

[@marcusmalone]

Kinda feel like crystal kingdom has an awkward hybrid look between speccie port and chunky 64 sprite graphics.

[@oldstylegaming]

i think its like the Amiga

[@comrade177]

Great line up, glad to see Slicks near the top!

[@djrtg]

Grand Prix Simulator wasn’t a bad little Sprint clone. Sure the cars were just rectangles but you could slide them around the corners which made it good fun to play.

[@oldstylegaming]

Did you play slicks?

[@Barcrest]

This is the one I mentioned in my comment. The way the cars handled was really great.

[@djrtg]

old style gaming No, never played it. Looks good though.

[@PJBonoVox]

@@oldstylegaming Slicks was fantastic. I bought it after playing a demo on a covertape and lost hours to it.

[@Jonny-Chemical]

The first Dizzy was my all time favorite on my Amstrad CPC 464. 10yr old me struggling to figure out what to do with all the items ❤️

[@oldstylegaming]

Weve all been there mate lol

[@Lucasrainford]

Sadly, I sorta forgot about the C64 in '88 so It's nice to see all these great games being released into the '90's, I'll deffo check some of em out, nice one m8 :)

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah mate well I found slicks cos of you so I am forever grateful for that :-)

[@Turrican60]

The level design shown in the clip of Stuntman Seymour looks suspiciously like that seen in DJ Puff's Volcanic Capers, another Codemasters release, as I recall. The graphics look virtually identical too, to be honest. Anyway, a nice, interesting video once again...but it's a shame you didn't like Kwik Snax as I absolutely loved it, lol.

[@SaMiK81]

My favorite Codemasters game is ATV simulator on C64. That game doesnt seem to be very liked by others, but i played it a lot with my cousin as a kid. Simultaneous 2-player mode was so much fun.

[@oldstylegaming]

I love ATV I think I've mentioned it in some earlier comments but there were like 99 games most of which I had so choosing 20 was very difficult

[@Fox8ball.]

Just chilling and I'm like I wanna see a codemasters video this comes up although I've seen it before it's just what I wanted 🤣

[@Fox8ball.]

I remember almost all of these and enjoyed them but bmx simulator holds a special place in my memory

[@Corsa15DT]

Such smooth scrolling on Rally Cross. Can rarely be reproduced on the Amiga or Atari

[@Lennymcgra]

Some classics there, I remember buying the first dizzy on tape for £1.99, the playability is still there these days, going back through them now on a modded xbox. Nice one.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah those Dizzy games are still great even today

[@Lennymcgra]

old style gaming Thanks for the content mate.

[@oldstylegaming]

and thanks for watching i wouldnt do it if no one watched :-)

[@painkillergko]

Thank you for amayzing game list:). There will be a nice gameplay by the evening :D:D:D

[@MrUncledarth]

Another great video OSG. Some classics here. I need to check out Kamikaze.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah its a good one mate, dont get too annoyed at first give it some time and then its a great game

[@homejonny9326]

There is a particular pleasure of playing games with only ost, I mean, without sound effects. Most console owners never had that chance. I mean, NES, Super NES, Master System, Mega Drive... They rarely had a turn off sound effects option.

[@fatherjack636]

I adored BMX Simulator when I first brought it.

[@djmcintyre2360]

That Rally Cross owes a lot to Sega’s Hot Rod

[@Barcrest]

Pretty much a straight rip off.

[@Awinnerwasyou]

Watching these C64 top 20 videos has made me want to try emulating the games, since I never got the chance to play any of them back in the day (I was a console kid, lol.).May I ask where you get the roms for the games you featured, please? I'd love to try them myself!

[@oldstylegaming]

Inbox me at [e-mail]

[@MephProduction]

thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/ you can play them in your web browser.. plus you've got c64, Spectrum and Amstrad versions available

[@awatson3367]

Rally Cross looks very clearly like the progenitor of Micro Machines.

[@nikobellic570]

Here after Codemasters bought by EA for over billion dollars! It's probably nothing like what it was back in the c64 days, but it's a name we remember from childhood

[@kevinjones7870]

I also used the hotline for the Dizzy games as well lol

[@glennmk5167]

Sorry this a different issue, I recently purchased a Amiga 500, but want to keep the original 3.5 floppy disc drive, anyway I've ran into problems keyboard issue with 6 keys no working (checking the membrane) on the weekend, plus now the drive everyone is telling me to go Gotek, but to me it's not the option as I would just build my retropie, I've searched internet for floppy drive problems, my issue it won't read(cleaned) did boot up one disc lol, it's those 2 black pins......anyway can these be repaired or need to replaced? Conflicting info I seem to be getting

[@oldstylegaming]

You have a few options mate. I was like you and didn't want to change to gotek but have now and it's great ...all you miss is the sound of the drive, I've even mounted it in the a500. The problem with floppies are they degrade with age so that can stop some disks from reading but chances are its your drive. You can use a standard pc floppy drive by changing a chip position on the board not sure which one as it's been a while since I did it but it was dead easy or buy a new drive ...I did this a few times before getting sick of disk fails etc then went to gotek ... You can get a splitter so you can have both gotek and original drives so as not to get rid of the disk loading option .

[@glennmk5167]

@@oldstylegaming thanks for the information, I will bite the bullet and go with a Gotek

[@hugosantos1476]

Pleased to see that you use the intro music from the C64 game "Myth - History in the making"! =)

[@oldstylegaming]

I love that tune

[@hugosantos1476]

@@oldstylegaming There is a new mix by Jeroen Tel himself on his Soundcloud page @ soundcloud.com/maniacs-of-noise/jeroen-tel-myth-history-in-the-making-preview Sounds more modern but keeping some of the original SiD sounds. Not as impressive as the original because making that music at the time with so many limitations was a feat on itself.

[@DirkDierickx]

This video could have been called - An ode to the Twins ;)

[@simonharding1572]

some classics there bmx simulator for me however I did normally get mastertronic games mainly due to the 1.99 price point vs 2.99 for codemasters

[@chloedevereaux1801]

the main sprite in spikey in transylvania is hagar the horrible from the sun newspaper...

[@Corsa15DT]

So many good games, I am feeling dizzy

[@jezol007]

Striker sounds like Spiderman on SEGA MS

[@willrobinson7599]

So many fond memories of going and getting new codies game for 2.99. Rarely disappointed. I still prefer the old games now than the modern ones. I must be getting old lol

[@oldstylegaming]

no it means youve got taste

[@BloodyCactus]

bmx simulator was so awesome.

[@djthashock]

8:23 The Real Elder Scrolls!! xD

[@robchissy]

there are so many dizzy games, you could do a best of dizzy video

[@oldstylegaming]

See I thought of that before doing this and missing the dizzy games out but then this list just wouldn't reflect codemasters

[@robchissy]

@@oldstylegaming there are a hell of a lot of great codemasters games, and this list just felt like a dizzy video, i'm glad you had the BMX games in there though, i played them to death

[@oldstylegaming]

@@robchissy but it would be like making a Spielberg best movies list and not having the Indiana jones films in

[@mrk45]

Would be nice to see Codemasters make another Dizzy game, since 2D platformers seem to be back in fashion, but I guess they're too occupied with F1 now.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah I wonder why that hasn't happened

[@Barcrest]

@@oldstylegaming Quote from Wikipedia, " the Oliver Twins eventually fell out with Codemasters, and stopped working with or for the company. Since intellectual property rights for the series were split between the two parties, with the Olivers owning the copyright and Codemasters the trademark, this effectively put an end to the series."

[@MephProduction]

The Oliver Twins are making a new Dizzy game for the Zx Spectrum Next.

[@locutus6437]

You forgot about the Dizzy series.

[@oldstylegaming]

Lol

[@raggeragnar]

The Dizzy games took a big chunk out of all game-time for me. Excellent games. Laughed my /\$$ of to ”Rockstar” too.

[@oldstylegaming]

Haha it is a stupid game ...stupid in a good way though

[@Barcrest]

Robin hood, how did that not make the list? Also a good single screen f1 game they did. Graphics not amazing but the way the car controlled was great.

[@oldstylegaming]

There were 99 games to pick from mate...i had to get it down to 20 i had to leave some ones i liked out too like ATV

[@Barcrest]

@@oldstylegaming I understand. I had the Pro BMX sim and it was more expensive and came on 2 tapes. Each side of the tape had different tracks so it was really like 4 games. My second tape wouldn't read on my tape deck so I could only play those sets of tracks at a friends.

[@oldstylegaming]

@@Barcrest I think bmx pro was re released as a higher priced game with more tracks and renamed bmx simulator 2 so that's probs the one you had

[@Barcrest]

@@oldstylegaming quick google. It was bmx pro. £4.99 and it came with a poster and sticker.

[@oldstylegaming]

@@Barcrest BMX pro is BMX 2 though

[@seymourc64]

seymour goes to Hollywood?!?!?!?

[@marcusmalone]

Video game helplines - the original dial up internet!!

[@oldstylegaming]

Lol

[@gamescoffer]

Well, the more expensive version :)

[@waynerafferty1048]

To many dizzy games, slicks should be No1. Codemasters made some great sporting games to IE snooker.

[@philbc3]

Love your vids, but always struck by the incongruence of a Geordie saying marster ...

[@oldstylegaming]

hahaha i have this conversation all the time with work mates from different parts of the country... I say Marster, I say Plarster (for Plastering walls) they laugh...but its just how i talk mate

[@Corsa15DT]

First time I see kamikaze

[@frankschneider6156]

Not sure if Codemasters ever made a great game. They just made solid platformers, racers and "simulators". Solid and thus excellent value for money as they were pretty cheap, but none of them were outstanding. Solid and playable: surely, great ? Dunno. Well possibly with the exception of "Rockstar ate my Hamster". Frome a gaming perspective it was an incredibly cheap and bad game, but the humor was great. I loved it. Kamikaze looks good, but I've never played that one.

[@oldstylegaming]

Slicks is outstanding

[@ja37d-34]

They did some good shit.. :)

[@krissymarklewis1793]

Kwik Snax was far better on the speccy, never played this version but it looks like a different game.

[@poppinandrottin]

Most of these i don`t remember playing.

[@oldstylegaming]

You must remember the dizzy games surely? Have you not played tilt and slicks?

[@poppinandrottin]

@@oldstylegaming I got a feeling i might have some Dizzy(s) but not had the patience to play them. I had much games that were really hard or vague. But many of those were really interesting thou. There was a platformers on your list i will try in the future. :-)