Top 50 Commodore 64 (C64) games of 1989 - in under 10 minutes

[@ihgday6103]

Thanks for putting this together. I had my c64 from 1983 -1988 when I switched to 16 bit Amiga. it's fun to discover the games I missed and can now relive today.

[@retrononame]

I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching!

[@goranroos1809]

Laser Squad! This is where it begun for me; UFO, Xcom and Chaos Gate. Love them all!

[@Jacky_man542]

Nice list,unfortunately I had upgraded to the Amiga so all of these games slipped by me.Still love the C64 to this day

[@CaptainRufus]

89 was the year it was clear the C64 was on its way out. The Genesis and NES were killing it for action and arcade ports, and EGA pcs were for your strategy rpg, and flight sims. Once VGA became the norm? It was all over for our beloved little machine. But we remember the good times. And giggle now knowing we can effectively play the best version of anything now with a quick internet search and a download or two.

[@doctorsocrates4413]

C64 was still selling substantial numbers even when commodore went bust.

[@eterenostalgia5088]

Fantastic games for the Commodore 64, i have the versions for my AMIGA 500 classic

[@merman1974]

I put so many hours into several of those games - Curse of the Azure Bonds, Grand Prix Circuit, Laser Squad, Space Rogue, Bushido. First Strike is a forgotten gem, so much better than the official Afterburner conversion...

[@Mr_Oggie]

I watched the previous years' versions of these videos and in all of them I can say I played at least half the games, in some almost all the games... watched this one I guess it was when I had to go with an IMB PC as I started going to a tech school in 1988 to learn programming. For this year I recognized only 5 games out of the 50 that I had played.

[@retrononame]

I got my first PC quite late in 91 (AT 286/VGA). So I was "stuck" with ZX Spectrum from 85 to 91. I did learn to program on the Speccy though, so it was worth it, and I did love that small black rubbery-keyed machine :) Played C64 with my cousin who owned one. And it was also a great machine.

[@lonardgetchell-bm9lc]

Street Rods was a lot of fun with those classic cars. Test Drive 2: The Duel was a good game. Rampage was too much fun. Loved eating the people.

[@retrononame]

TD2 was great - played it a lot back in the 80s. And Rampage... was an interesting one for sure :)

[@tamastabi3182]

Wow, what a year for the C64

[@madd20]

really great year in C64 game history :) but i believe i am writing this same comment again :P

[@retrononame]

As I mentioned in the notes below the video, I was quite surprised how many fantastic games were still released for C64 in 1989. So, agreed, another great year for C64 gaming :)

[@ArttuTheCat]

COMMODORE 64 FOREVER 😼🤘😺👍🕹️! Also, happy new retrospective year 2023 from Martinlaakso, Vantaa (Finland 🇫🇮) to all of you fellow retro gamers from around the world 😺👍🕹️.

[@retrononame]

Thank you! And the same to you too.

[@ArttuTheCat]

@@retrononame And i also promise to keep playing the original Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 in 2023 😺👍🕹️.

[@TS-gi8zm]

@@ArttuTheCat just like me

[@ArttuTheCat]

@@TS-gi8zm ✌️😺🕹️🕹️

[@SuperChaoticus]

I've been looking for a C64 version of Lode Runner. It was graphically pretty ugly, but the game play was addicting enough that I would still play it 40 years after the fact. I've found browser versions of it, but they just seem 'off'.

[@PumpedbyArcade]

Come on bro, Rampage was released in 1987.

[@retrononame]

I don't know why I included this. It is clearly a mistake as I also included it into the 1987 part (which is the correct year for Rampage). I noted all things you pointed out (Nebulus and this) and will fix them when I do a "remaster" of these "Top 50" videos (I will revisit these lists sometime in the future as I also need to fix the aspect ratio of the earliest Top 50 videos as well). Thanks for watching and for pointing out my mistakes. It's appreciated!

[@Nikioko]

I had Hostages on the Amiga. It looked of course a lot better than the C64 version.

[@Fridelain]

Do you realise how easily you could have made this a top 64?

[@ketri9055]

Ghost'n'Goblin must be way older then ´89. Like 85?

[@gipgap4]

This was Ghouls and Ghosts which was the sequel to Ghost and Goblins.

[@tofik5939]

👍👍

[@srksii]

Holly fuck! There were c64 new zealand story??

[@stefanschade6743]

Vermisse the Last Ninja 1-3

[@retrononame]

Last ninja was a 1987 game, the second part came out in 1988 and the 3rd part in 1991. This video shows C64 games that were released in 1989 ;) Thanks for watching!

[@betulaobscura]

I was good year for C64 games.

[@lukepaterson7425]

I farted...smells gasy