The Best Commodore C64 Games From 1988

[@markadshead4214]

Great list and another great year. Like you I loved EH soccer, still liked MP soccer though. Played Batman a lot as well. Cheers for the memories!!

[@Retro_B8]

It really was a brilliant year, hard to follow ‘87 tbh and ‘89 again there’s just more awesome games, we were so lucky! EH pips it for me, I played the original international soccer so much as it was one of the few cartridges I had so I think I just gelled with it more but like you say MicroProse was still a fantastic alternative! I probably preferred this Batman to the movie title, just the presentation of the comic book style as well as the investigation part of the game gave it that little bit more but again, I enjoyed them both! Cheers for watching mate, I really am enjoying looking back at my personal favourites so far

[@AmigaVR]

Awesome video, thanks for bringing back the memories 🤘🏻

[@Retro_B8]

My pleasure, I love looking back at these games!

[@nerdygeezer78]

So many awesome games in this list

[@Retro_B8]

1988 was a great year!

[@richardm6332]

Loved Microprose Soccer. It made a football game fun to just pick up and play. Operation Wolf and the sequel Operation Thunderbolt were my go to in the arcade.

[@Retro_B8]

Microprose was just so much fun especially in two player, I’ll never forget “banana power” 😂😂 Yeah I loved those two arcades, alongside Robocop and super off road they destroyed my pocket money!!

[@richardm6332]

@@Retro_B8 what about trying to do a sliding tackle in the rain 😂😂

[@Retro_B8]

Hahaha, didn’t you used to spin around like in a tumble dryer!!

[@seanfeeney2374]

midnight resistance was my fave game

[@Retro_B8]

I totally agree, what an absolutely brilliant game. I’m pretty sure it’ll have to be in 1990’s wonder years video in a few weeks mate

[@gingerhippygaming7962]

Out run was alot better than we got on the spectrum

[@Retro_B8]

The US version is even better. The European version gets a fair bit stick and I can’t argue that, I did however still love it so it had to be in here

[@retrovin9269]

Used the love C64 box art especially the compilation sets✌️

[@Retro_B8]

Ah sweet, which ones? I had a few good compilations back then. As for artwork, the late Bob Waiklin and Oli Frey were my faves!

[@reinhard3209]

Great video, thanks a lot. 🙏 1988 - what an amazing year for the C64! 👍 My TOP3: 1. Last Ninja II 2. Micropose Soccer 3. Zak McKracken 😉

[@Retro_B8]

Can’t argue with those mate, if I was better at games mine would look more like that but I was rubbish at LN2 and I never even knew Zak Mc even existed. Sacrilege!!

[@Steve_UK77]

Love this series! I think we have lost the ability to remember what we felt when a game was launched and what else was available. All the moaning about the quality of certain games is ridiculous. We were about ten years old and absolutely loved what we had!

[@Retro_B8]

Ah thanks mate, it’s been great remembering how much I loved these games! We never really had much money back then so I used to look on seeing all these new games whereas I’d maybe have the demo from a cover tape! I used to play them eventually when they came out on budget a year or so later but there were so many great games to choose from I didn’t really think about it too much tbh!

[@EddsBoxOne]

Always remember Last Ninja, being frustrated at trying to pick up items, you had to be exactly the right spot.

[@Retro_B8]

It’s technically stunning, as you say though the precision needed through out the game made it incredibly frustrating when I was a kid, nowadays it’s not so bad as my gamingn has improved a little bit over the years. The music though, just sublime.

[@nightbeast8105]

@@Retro_B8 the soundtrack turned this from great game to epic. the first one had an amazing one too but this just had that extra x-factor thematically and perfectly timed. these two we're imho (remember from a time it was just slap any old tune on for practicality/memory limitation reasons), the ninja soundtracks were the first proper game soundtracks tailor made to fit a game, like we take for granted these days, even the level loader tunes were bang on.

[@Retro_B8]

The music fit the game perfectly as well, even the different tracks for different levels just fit so well!

[@richardmunoz4771]

Outrun on commodore 64 looked great and awesome. I had to suffer the spectrum version😢

[@Retro_B8]

Yeah I remember having a few turns on outrun in the speccy, tbh there’s probably more decent racing games all together on the speccy but outrun definitely wasn’t one of them!

[@eveningtsar]

I LOVED that Batman game! Did you ever pass it? My mates and I could never figure it out. . .

[@Retro_B8]

Absolutely no chance haha, maybe now I could but back then I was too young really to understand what was going on fully. My dad used to help me out a lot with the investigation parts

[@Codetapper]

A solid list, I would have had Microprose Soccer ahead of Emlyn Hughes (and agree that MS is much better on the C64 than the Amiga) and Operation Wolf much further down the list but overall some very nice games!

[@Retro_B8]

Thanks mate, yeah that’s fair enough, I think as I’d played a lot of international soccer on the cartridge I kinda just gelled with that one more, in those days pre sensible soccer I always preferred a side in view. MicroProse was amazing also of course and I can easily see why probably most people preferred it! I operation wolf’s position is definitely a nostalgia thing, I adored the arcade version so much and as a 9 year old kid the ability to play it at home blew my mind, even if we had to use a fair bit of imagination haha

[@scottythegreat1]

Zak McCracken and the alien mindbenders. Despite its many ways to get stuck, its got its loyal fan base today. This was Lucasfilm games best era...before they just kept making Star Wars games

[@Retro_B8]

It’s such a cool game, back then though I’d never played it which is a bit of a travesty as I know I’d of loved it, I’ve put that right now though!

[@SeanONeill-ef5vb]

I had Outrun and enjoyed it.

[@Retro_B8]

Got to admit so did I, the music especially!!

[@thefonzeful]

nice

[@Hologhoul]

Wow, Zamzara is amazingly polished. Way too difficult for a wine-drinking idiot like me on a Sunday night though!

[@Retro_B8]

Haha, Sunday is a school night for me but after a bottle of Rioja Friday/Saturday I struggle with any game, Zamzara is beautiful but brutal!

[@MarDerfoufi1978]

1988 Roy & Mary Buy Me My 1st Computer - Commodore C64 Games From 1988

[@twankistevenson3884]

Not quite the legendary year 87 was but not far off it

[@Retro_B8]

‘87 was always going to be a tough year to follow mate, of course there’s bette games overall I suppose but these were the ones I loved!

[@gingerhippygaming7962]

Sorry still not a fan of last ninja just can't get anywhere on it

[@Retro_B8]

Don’t be, it’s an incredibly tough game mate. Pixel perfection is the name of the game and back than I just didn’t have that. Amazing music and stunning visuals nevertheless

[@jordandbbrewer8794]

Bright 🍬 🙏🏼🖤

[@Retro_B8]

Cheers!