Top 50 Commodore 64 (C64) games of 1986 - in under 10 minutes

[@andreasu.3546]

It's incredible how much better these games look and sound compared to games from 1983 on the same hardware.

[@BobbyTastic]

1986 for me was one of the best years of C64 games. Very nostalgic looking back at these games. Great video!

[@retrononame]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it and that it brought back some nice memories.

[@DanElgaard9]

Never seen 'Ultimate Wizard' before - and, I must say, that it look an awefull lot like 'Jumpman' - one of my personal alltime favorites.

[@CaptainRufus]

Still amazes me how good Paperboy and Gauntlet turned out on the C64. .

[@bigmaxy07]

Agree this was peak C64 year for me. Finally off the tape games and with my 1541 disk drive I was trading & swapping mega-hard at high school ! I remember the concept of The Sentinel just blew my mind and still does.

[@marcblanchet678]

too few comments, too few views. Thanks for uploading this

[@retrononame]

Thank you for watching and for the kind words! I'm glad you like the videos. More to come soon!

[@cybergothika6906]

I remember some games were so limited-looking or weird they were actually scary (I was just a kid) But some were so fantastic looking it still impresses me to this date. To name a few, Uridium, Int Karate and of course Paperboy. As I remember the best, Saboteur and others were the gems of the past trying to stay, and created the industry, they weren't just passing by.

[@The_Last_Ninja]

Definitely the best year for C64 games. So many memories and more still trails to blaze as there are some games on this list I wasn’t aware of and look like great titles to check out!

[@retrononame]

I'm glad you liked the video and that you found a few new games to check out. Definitely a fantastic year for C64 games! Thanks for watching!

[@The_Last_Ninja]

@@retrononame Thanks for posting the video! That’s the beauty of the Commodore 64 thousands of titles, so there’s great games to found and new ones being made even to this day. What a brilliant machine it is 🙂

[@dennyhaynes3]

Fabulous video, one of the best years for C64 game releases. Some absolute triple A titles among them. Love these videos, keep them coming 🙂👍

[@retrononame]

Thank you! I agree. 1986 might just be the best year for C64 gaming.

[@magicmulder]

Totally had forgotten about Enigma Force, played that for days on end.

[@warpocmuse]

I'm surprised just how many of these games I either owned or played on a friends 64... On another note, did anyone else ever spend half a lifetime typing out a huge program script from a c64 magazine? Normally resulting in a ":syntex error in line> 123 (or something) when you went to /RUN the darn thing

[@FlagshipScience]

Mikie, Bomb Jack, Leaderboard Golf, 1942, Jack the Nipper, Ping Pong, International Karate,

[@HaquinusDeGothia]

Finally some recognition of Firelord! 😄 So many hours (countless!) spent there....❤❤❤

[@metheus108]

No SSI: Road War 2000? I didn't see it on the 1987 list either or Brian Jack's Uchi Mata?

[@howard7073]

Great list thank you for uploading it brought back some memories. Cauldron 2 that was an infuriating game

[@theguardian308]

OMG I played most of these and loved every moment.

[@hoagieimpact9189]

I think this 1986 Best Of needed more games like Fist II, Infiltrator, Lords of Conquest, Murder On The Mississippi, Parallax, and Tau Ceti.

[@steinarvilnes3954]

Played most of these games a lot. Got the C64 for christmas 1985 and played a lot during 1986. This was the "prime gaming year" for me as I started my record collection in 1987.

[@steinarvilnes3954]

@RoderickTheRed Yes, but you had Back to School which we did not get :) The guy with the Spectrum in the class loved to show it to me. The thing though, if you discard the custom sprites, sid chip and such, the ZX was actually faster than the C64.

[@jr8899]

Epic games of my childhood

[@gtowngtown1601]

Off the top of my head, top 5: Wizball, Head Over Heels, Parallax ... partly because of the brilliant music.

[@ketri9055]

So many memories!

[@fordprefect4728]

Didnt play most of the games on this list but loved playing ult wizard

[@gtowngtown1601]

Loved the magazines of the time too ... I was a Commodore User man, not a Zzap 64 man. Actually inspired me to eventually get into magazine journalism ... once I got there the good times had gone sadly so I quickly left.

[@DedsecEric]

@6:20 The Great Escape looks like it should be the first-ever open-world game hahaha . I've never seen it before. I imagine the entire game "scrolls" on the diagonal like Paperboy?

[@retrononame]

Similarly yes, but it scrolls in both directions not just in one like Paperboy.

[@DedsecEric]

@@retrononame Thanks!

[@lonardgetchell-bm9lc]

I only had 6 games on this list. Top 6: 1. Leaderboard Golf 2. Ninja 3. Super Cycle 4. Paperboy. 5. Donkey Kong 6. Mermaid Madness.

[@grzegorz__]

Good list :)

[@retrononame]

Thanks! 😄

[@michelegrassi4385]

6:38 i found it !!! Thank you :)))

[@NeotericBedlam]

Dragon Riders of Pern or Jumpman Series?

[@knarf2570]

Released both in 1983 by Epyx.. Theses games were three years old in 1986..... Source: English wikipedia

[@disgruntledtoons]

One of these (Ultima IV) is regarded as one of the best games of all time.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

I never had a C64 my neighbours had one though. I had the Amstrad CPC464 which had brilliant games such as Sorcery which was also on the C64 but just didn't look anywhere near as nice. To this day that game still looks amazing on the Amstrad. Then i got the Amiga 500.

[@VIC-20]

Great year for C64. A request, how about a C64 vs Atari 800xl video please?

[@retrononame]

I'll see what I can do about C64 vs Atari 800xl. Could be a fun project as I don't really know the Atari 800xl scene that much.

[@VIC-20]

@@retrononame here's a few to get you started : drop zone, international karate, the Lucas Arts games, many US Gold imports were on both systems, early Activision, mule, lots of early 80s arcade ports....

[@retrononame]

I started with 8 games from year 1983 (C64 vs 800XL). Was interesting and Atari looks like a very nice machine. Video should be up tomorrow or Saturday at the latest.

[@VIC-20]

@@retrononame wow! so quick. Thanks, can't wait!

[@kidkique]

Between 85 and 86 something dramatically changed

[@Edgel-in6bs]

Another great year

[@retrononame]

Agreed.

[@SHEARMINATOR]

Brilliant and to.think I had all the commodore computers and now I have a tiny emulator box with 175,000 games plugged into my television with games on it reviewed here lol 🤣

[@coverallfan]

That Enigma Force music sounded a lot like M.U.L.E.’s to me!

[@MephProduction]

having flashbacks

[@ZubairKhan-vs8fe]

When life was simpler

[@retrononame]

Indeed!

[@mediamike693]

+++🤣🛃+++FROM THE "GOOD OLE DAYS"+++COMMODORE 64 HAD IT+++🛂🛃+++

[@__Sending__It__]

Did I miss Castlevania?

[@retrononame]

Castlevania was originally released in 1986, but the C64 version was released much later (Lemon 64 database states it was in 1990). And Castlevania is indeed represented in the video I did for C64 top games in 1990 ;)

[@a.l.5266]

URIDIUM👍

[@bcbruno1974]

El mejor año para la C64

[@LouSkunt77]

Wizard!

[@fussliebhaber1967]

ULTRA MEGA OVER KULT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@javierdumond7054]

i wonder if the difficulty of c64 games is responsible for the resilience of this generation

[@ciabbi]

Never seen a worst c64 list likes this...