Top Ten C64 games to sink hours into.

[@christurnbull2421]

Love Ghostbusters! Such a blast from the past. Great video again 2000DC

[@2000DC]

Thanks!

[@RokkitGrrl]

For years, I assumed my copy of Lords of Midnight was broken, because after the first night, all I saw was a black screen that lasted for a very long time. One afternoon, I got distracted with something else and stepped away from the computer. Came back an hour later and saw that the night had passed and it gave me a status update on what had happened. I felt both very dumb but also overjoyed that it wasn't broken. I was just being impatient.

[@2000DC]

Ah! Some of those waits can be pretty long, glad you managed to play it properly in the end 👍

[@mcd3379]

Pirates is definitely the king of Commodore 64 games! Still as playable today as when it was first released.

[@2000DC]

Yeah I enjoyed playing it when recording just as much as back in the day ☺️

[@Nightshft42]

I loved Ghostbusters on the C64, it's awesome. Pro Tipp: Like told in the video: when the Marshmallow man comes (at the city map) press B quickly to bait it. But only press B once! When you press it more often you actually use up your baits. And you don't want that, because Marshmallow Man will visit the city at least a second time again. I always wondered why it only works "once" - it took me quite a while to realize this.

[@oscarjimenezgarrido7591]

I'm missing Gunship, Airborne Ranger and Defender of the Crown here. To each their own, of course.

[@2000DC]

I played quite a bit of gunship, but I never enjoyed it as much as other flight sims.

[@oscarjimenezgarrido7591]

@@2000DC I guess that's fair. Me, I absolutely loved it to death and it still remains one of my favorite simulators of all time - taking context and hardware limitations into account. It was EXTREMELY technical, complex and considerably more strategic than other flying sims, even its own Microprose siblings, because of the peculiarities, physics and, of course, the role that attack helicopters play on real life battlefields - all of these aspects were captured with mind-boggling fidelity and made to fit into the humble 64k of the Commodore. True tech magic, if you ask me.

[@2000DC]

I think that was part of the problem when I was younger. I played it like it was a jet, I didn't get the concept of popping up behind a hill to fire off a few rockets then drop back down and head off.

[@oscarjimenezgarrido7591]

@@2000DC But you get it now, I see!! You absolutely should give it another go, I reckon you'd appreciate it now way more than you did back then :)

[@Nightshft42]

Defender of the Crown is even better than the Amiga version because they implemented the gameplay logic better.

[@Larry]

Great video Sir, love your voice too, very calming! Did the original Chaos come out on the C64? I used to play that for hours with friends on the spectrum.

[@2000DC]

Hello you! Thanks very much Larry, really appreciate it. Just looked it up, I don't think Chaos came out on the C64. Looks like it's worth a go at though!

[@federicoalbesa3748]

Ghostbuster had The feeling of improving your business was great

[@caeserromero3013]

I had Ghostbusters, Silent Service and Project Stealth. I played GB a lot but could never beat the marshmallow man. I got into SS right at the end of my time with my C64 when I got my Sega Megadrive. I was even playing it Xmas eve before I opened my Megadrive on Xmas day. Project stealth I could never take to...

[@2000DC]

Think I only beat the marshmallow man once when I was a kid. I get that with silent service, it cuts to the action from the map, while with PSF you have to travel quite a while to find the targets.

[@scottbreon9448]

I had Ghostbusters on both the C64 and the NES...wish i never owned the NES version though. It just felt extremely dated on that system

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

i guess Exile is made in bitmap mode that makes it difficult to scroll because a huge amount of data needs to be moved in memory to scroll. that makes it a bit slow

[@marksims3904]

Brilliant vid, loves the inclusion of Tracksuit Manager. Spent so many hours on that getting England to major championships. I would have included The Sentinel, only because I spent almost two years getting to level 9999..........

[@2000DC]

I had the sentinel but didn't really get it, need to go back to it.

[@marksims3904]

@@2000DC Its brilliant, so immersive. Even now I dig out the c64 version and dive into it, fantastic.

[@Nightshft42]

My Favs here are Ghostbusters, Elite (which I played to deadly) and Pirates. I also quite enjoyed Action Biker, Hacker II, Project Firestart, Ugh Lympics, Thrust, IK+, Nexus, Killed until Dead and more...

[@2000DC]

That's a pretty good list of games 👍

[@stevesgaming7475]

For me it was pretty much anything by Microprose. So Pirates, Red Storm Rising, Covert Action, F117 Stealth Fighter, M1 Tank Platoon etc etc.

[@scottbreon9448]

Truthfully, I never owned an actual C64. I know, shocker. I went right from the VIC-20 to a Commodore 128. But I spent at least 95 percent of the time in C64 mode.

[@JustJamie1983]

I will play Exile one day..

[@williamwood363]

Out of those had F117, silent service and Pirates. Spent many late night into early AM as a kid on Pirates and trying to take over the spanish! Also on F117. Don't think I got into Silent Service all that much.

[@2000DC]

It was annoying flipping Spanish towns and finding that they had been taken back next time you visited 😂

[@oscarjimenezgarrido7591]

What'd we ever did to you guys?

[@2000DC]

It was simply business, there were a lot more of their towns 🙈

[@oscarjimenezgarrido7591]

@@2000DC I didn't know a word of English back then and never got a translated version of the game - if that existed, of course; truth is, I have no idea - so I just kind of fumbled around aimlessly without a clue of what I was doing, simply enjoying the action, the great music and the overall ambience.

[@davidharris8444]

I always liked Where In Time is Carmen Sandiego?

[@2000DC]

Pretty good series generally. 👍

[@TheJosep70]

I would add The Sentinel to the list.

[@2000DC]

It's a good game, I did think about putting it in, might end up on another video some day.

[@TheJosep70]

@@2000DC So far ahead of its time and better than the Amiga version and even Sentinel Returns imo.

[@scottbreon9448]

Exile was a good game, although I prefer the original Beeb version. I would have had football manager on my list as well.

[@stunthumb]

Love Ghostbusters, but the games account system is a lie... it makes it so much more difficult to try and cheat it - always best to have your own account and grow it slowly. Plus, StayPuft goes fkn mental when you have a lot of money, like you don't get enough bait to stop him.

[@2000DC]

Yeah I remember that, always seemed harder with all the good gear and better cars.

[@zulucain]

Laser Squad if you have a little brother :-D

[@TheRetroBear]

Ghostbusters I coukd never get into, and the music is horrendous. I love a fotball management game and Tracksuit Manager holds up really well today. Other than that the rest I dont think I have played on the C64, if at all. Looking forward to tracking some of those down 😁👍

[@2000DC]

The Ghostbusters tune does get a bit repetitive, but I was humming it for days after doing the recording 🙈

[@oscarjimenezgarrido7591]

Downvoted for the bit about GB's music. Sorry, but I just had to...

[@mediamike693]

++++++++WHAT !!! NO "BOUDER DASH ?+++++++i I SPENT HOURS PLAYING AND ENJOYNG THAT GAME AND WAS SURPRISED THAT IT DIDN'T GET A MENTON+++++++

[@2000DC]

It's a very good game, but wasn't really the kind of game I was aiming for with this video. It's more about strategy and depth here.

[@stuartedwards6996]

​@@2000DC So Ghostbusters?!?!?! Love the game but it does not come under the "strategy and depth" category.