50 TOP COMMODORE 64 GAMES FROM MY CHILDHOOD...ARE YOUR'S THERE? 

I used to work in a shop in Liverpool UK called Bits & Bytes when I was 16 -20 ..they were the BEST years of my LIFE !!!!

Played a good chunk of these back in the day! Good memories! I must find them again for my "The C64"...

im a full commodore kid. born in the early 70s . i love the eara . thanks for the music . it kicks me back .

So many memories in this list, including some I had forgotten about until either seeing the gameplay or hearing the music. Great list!

I loved Fist II also. I sold my C64 like most people did and bought an Amiga. One of my friends still had his C64 and Fist II and I borrowed it so I could play Fist II all the way through. It was definitly the exploration with fights that I liked about it.

Way of the exploding fist really did it to me.

The most complete best of c64 video I saw, great work!

Paperboy. I was also a Paperboy when I played it, though on the NES. There were customers on my route that I wished I could throw the paper through their window. Though, none of them had headstones in their yard.

Best C64 top list I have seen - some great games and I love all your little stories, a really enjoyable watch

I completely forgot about falcon patrol, I used to love that game! Thank you for reminding me of it

Wow this brings back memories for me.... I was big into the C64 as a kid and I remember almost all of these. Subbed, keen to check out your other content.

I LOVED my C64... My favorite games are (not in order): H.E.R.O., Lode Runner, Bubble Bobble, Commando, Montezuma's Revenge, Impossible Mission, Karateka, Way of the Exploding Fist, Usagi Yojimbo, Jumpman & Jumpman Jr., Hard Hat Mack, Squish 'Em, PaperBoy, B.C.'s Quest for Tires, Pooyan, California Games, Great Giana Sisters, Boulder Dash, Blue Max, Goonies, Spy vs Spy, Wasteland, and prolly a hundred more I forget at the moment...

This is probably the best of the 'Top 10/20/50 something' series I've seen because of your personal comments which so remind me of the old days where you'd sit and not understand what was going on because we didn't have the manual! Some great choices there (I think) with Paradroid being my all time favourite. Cheers from the other side of the globe.

Thanks for putting this list together. Most of my faves are there except Barbarian, Last ninja 2 and Predator!

Just discovered the channel am liking what I've seen thus far. As for my top 10 lets see - in no particular order - Bruce Lee, International Karate, Flimbos Quest, Hawkeye, Last Ninja, Warhawk, Target Renegade, Rygar, Cjs Elephant Antics and Drelbs.

Brilliant Games, such a throw back!!! Pretty much every game on the list was one of my favourite games at some point, fantastic video, thank you.

Wow! Thank you for the walk down memory lane! I just couldn’t remember the name of the game, but I knew it was by Broderbund, and it was on the C-64. Was glad to find it here, Raid Over Moscow. I completed that one. I watched the entire video wondering if I’d see some of my other favorites like Impossible Mission, Lode Runner, and Karateka. Two out of three isn’t bad. I was also blown away by seeing games I’d forgotten like Bruce Lee, Spy vs. Spy and Bubble Bobble. Once again, Thanks for the memories!

Great video. I had about half of these games when I was growing up. My all time favourite C64 game is Elite. I loved to play it in the dark imaging that I was flying through space.

Paradroid, turrican2, IK plus, last ninja 2, Barbarian, project firestart, stunt car racer were my favourites.

Omg thank you for putting out this video. I had a game in my mind for something like 35 years, but did not know the name. I could see the game in my head but was never able to find it, until now. It was Raid over Moscow and i also spend hours trying to find out how to leave the hangar. I got it right a few times by luck but never know how I did it as i was still a young kid at the time. Finally the mysterie has been solved. Thank you very much!

amazing video

Also got so many memories of family members failing to grasp the awesomeness of these games at the time lol.

Great video! I really like how you added lots of cool memories while recounting your experience. 👍🏼

Excellent selection and excellent video, thanks for the memories

Thanks that really was great. I grew up with these games and it brought back memories indeed. The music and graphics loved it. Remembering the compressed loading screens and other cool ways to make life faster on the C64. Jeff Minter games were some of my favourites too. Went into the Amiga after C64. Cheers loved it. PS: great name Justin :-)

Great list of games! One of my favourite games which I am missing on your list is Katakis! A fantastic game which showed the technical abilities of the C64.

very cool was a bit shocked being a spectrum kid that some of the spectrum games that where converted to 64 didn't improve the graphics and colours.

My all-time favorite game on the C-64 was "Space Taxi", but I did enjoy your video.

These were my top 10 games: Paper Boy, Monty on the Run, Grog's Revenge, Street Hassle, World Games, IK+, Barbarian, Predator, Rambo, Ninja.

Great list! And as always a few I haven't seen before... Sim City!?! Some great games I would add - King's Bounty, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Maniac Mansion, Boulderdash, Super Sprint... One game that really swept my friend's group back then was "hounded" - we were a group of 12-ish years olds spending hours betting (fake of course) money on the greyhounds - probably a bit inappropriate lol

Good video. My fav C64 game had to be midnight resistance. I pretty much agree with the rest of your list.

This is a great list, and awesome to see some love for some obscure classics like Rocketball. I probably would have included Delta or Io over some of the less well known shmups mentioned, and maybe thrown in River Raid, Boulderdash and Pathfinder, but this list has come closer to matching my personal favourites than any other I've seen. Oh, and IK+ wins all the karate games, hands down.

Fun to revesit these games, Fist II (loved the music), Pirates and Elite were awesome time killers

Good list, Raid on Bungeling Bay was one of my favs.

Finally a list I can get behind!!!!!

Excellent video. Thank you for uploading. Subscribed! Peace from Perth Western Australia.

Love the list and thanks for explaining your reasons. I used to think I'd played them all but looking at this I realise there were a bunch I missed. I loved HERO. I always made it a point to try and complete games and that's one that got the better of me but I liked the challenge. I used to think that the thing you got to at the end of the level was like a fire hydrant or something but looking at it now it seems it is someone you are rescuing lol. For some reason I don't remember Beach Head 2 as much as the first but I definitely have fond memories of the level you like. Action Biker was awesome. The items you collect are in order, Once you collect one the next appears somewhere on the map. I presume the point was to collect them all but while I collected loads of stuff (maybe 15 or so from memory) I still never finished it. It's pretty tough to collect so many without dying. My favourite on California Games was half pipe or surfing. I love the look of Thunderbirds - one that escaped me that looks like I'd enjoy. It's a bit difficult to cram my favourites into a top 10 as I'd be missing so many. I'd need more like 50. But these ten could pass as my top 10 I guess. Bubble Bobble Rainbow Island Ricochet Kickstart 2 Rambo Cliffhanger Oink Football manager Jack the Nipper 1 and 2 Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Great selection!! I had an Amstrad CPC so it is fun to go to the dark side and check out C64 games... 😈

Only 2 on the list , Pirates and Elite that I played alot. I was in my 20's during this era and I probably didn't have more than 25 games I purchased. 7 Cities of Gold, Xcom, Temple of Apshai, M.U.L.E., F15 Strike Eagle, Forbidden Forest, Star Control, Ascendency, Don Budge Pinball construction set, Blue Max, Airborne Ranger, Dune, to name a few. As you can see arcade games weren't something I played much of.

Falcon Patrol is a good choice - especially loved part 2 and its music. Raid Over Moscow left quite the impression on me... very cool game for its time.

Excellent list 👍 I think my Top 10 list would be (in no particular order): The Bards Tale, Myth History in the Making, Last Ninja 2, Paradroid, Feud, Lords of Chaos, Masters of Magic, Storm, Turrican 2, Silent Service.

Hi! Thank you for a great nostalgia trip :-) I´m Jonas, from Sweden and 44 by now. Got my C128 in 1986 when I was about to turn 9. Before that I had an Intellivision and a ZX Spectrum. And after that I got a few Amigas before I got stuck with PC-gaming. Still playing, of course :-) The best games for me on the c64 are as follows (even though, not necessarily in the right order) -The Last Ninja (Sort of the reason I wanted a c64 so much) -Pirates -Bubble Bobble -Microprose Soccer -California Games -IK+ -The New Zealand Story -Commando -Nebulus -Ghosts and goblins Ten games which made me spend a lot of hours in front of the computer. There are many more, but those are the ones I can think of right now.

I had a C64 with a ton of games. I remember most of these. Fun times!

Rolling Thunder!!!! I have been lookkng for this game for ages! Did not know the name for the game. Remember as a kid, playing it on arcade, and used alot of coins, then I got it on my c64 kasette and played it for hours! Nostalgia!

Cool idea! The best for gameplay and responsiveness to the joystick was Toy Bizarre. Uridium very good too.

Great video and thanks for all the hard work that went into it 👍 I'm imagining you using the phrase "Let me know in the comments below" in your day to day life 🤣

Hi, my favourite games are Exploding Fist, Mario Bros, Bruce Lee, Choplifter, Taipan, Black Hawk, Pole Position, Speed King, Pit Stop 2, Bristles, Crystal Castles, Decathlon, Mr Robot and many others I can not remember now. Keep the good job.

Oltre a 'Impossible mission', il gioco che ho preferito su tutti i miei circa 500+ giochi su cassetta, e che ho portato a termine solo tre volte, un altro gioco mi appassionava e di cui non ricordo il titolo. Era un classico arcade ma con una grafica ben fatta ed una musica eccezionale. Il gioco era piuttosto frenetico e ricordo che c'era anche una parte di parlato: piccoli versi degli oggetti mangiati ed un "You are here!" quando si passava ad un nuovo livello. Grazie dei bei ricordi :)

The way of the exploding fist was a real eye opener when it 1st arrived , uridium , the last ninja......the 80's were awesome ..arcades , great films , good music , video , and home consoles.

24:00 I just can't get over this part no matter how many times I see it. Those shadow effects are absolutely jaw-dropping for a 1987 game! The shadows even change appropriately to match the characters' movements. I have no idea exactly how hard it was for them to pull that off, but I would assume that it wasn't easy. It's just a shame that they couldn't (or maybe didn't have the time) to have it continue past the pillar and all the way to the end of the room.

Great content, thank you very much! 👍

Pirates!, Creatures 2, Slicks, Turbo Outrun, L'Abbaye des Morts, Myth, IK series, Barbarian, Buggy Boy, Bruce Lee, California Games, Armalyte, Paradroid, Jumpman, Shinobi, Alien, Project Firestart, Knight n Grail... oh, you said 10!

I remember I bought Wiz Ball in the discount bin and i loved it

I wanted to comment on a game that I thought was my favourite, then. While watching your video I've stated realising that I really can't mark any of them as my favourite. Each of them was a milestone in the history of gaming. 👌 And the childhood... Oh, the childhood and the privilege of being there when it all stared!

Great list. As a Kiwi myself I checked out New Zealand story for the exact same reason. Amstrad CPC464 was the first computer I got when I came to England but got a c64 a few years after that. As for my list. Not any particular order. Raid over Moscow. Usagi Yojimbo Mercenary. Project Firestart. Thanatos. Gunship (this was probably my most played game). Creatures. The Forbidden Forest. Exile. Little Computer People.

I used to have a c64 when I was a kid an just absolutely loved it. Great memory's but I sold it to get the megadrive later on but now I wish I hadn't. But I did buy the c64 mini recently to pay homage to my childhood.

Nice selection of games.. I loved Monty in the run, Bruce Lee and ghost's n goblins, platoon - especially the FPS style level.. lode runner, H.E.R.O. Rocket Ball, 10th Frame, paradroid, paperboy, Manic Miner, goonies, shinobi, jump man, pitstop ii among many many other games. I still love playing them today on C64.emu on my Galaxy Note10

Omfg I thought I was literally the only person who loved Fist 2! Had great atmosphere, huge and mysterious game world and quite ahead of its time as an action adventure/exploration game. Shaky execution what whatevs.

Thanks dude 👍

I had most of them games really bring back fond memories

Great list and great content!

I played many of these. Missing, but part of my own top 10: Gauntlet, madballs, flip & flop, thing on a spring

My all time top 20 Commodre 64 games. 1. Bubble Bobble 2. The Great Giana Sisters 3. Cauldron 2 - The Pumpkin Strikes Back 4. Jet Set Willy 2 - The Final Frontier 5. IK+ 6. The Last Ninja 7. The Newzealand Story 8. Wonder Boy 9. Rick Dangerous 1 & 2 10. Repton 3 11. Rainbow Islands 12. Monty On The Run 13. Ghosts 'n Goblins 14. Yie Ar Kung Fu 15. Bumble Bee 16. Blagger 17. Terramex 18. Manic Miner 19. Jack The Nipper 2 - In Coconut Capers 20. All Dizzy Games Really sweet video good buddy, it brought back many memories of an era now lost forever by the hands of time.

Omg, I proper loved led storm, I forgot I even had that wow

I played The Last Ninja 1, 2 and 3. Also played "Combat Leader" a lot. Turrican II was fun, and "Beach Head II". I also played "A.C.E.", "Mission Impossible", "Scramble" and at least a dozen others.

Nice list with a lot of good games. But Im surprised that international karate isn't on your list 🙂 Also Year kungfu

I still have a C64 but so many games here I had not heard of and also so many not on this list. My favourite was 'Phantoms of the Asteroid'

Wow, I'm getting old. I remember the Usake Yojimbo comic books.

---- games i played : - platoon - buggy boy - commando, indeed the sound is damn good, loved it, never got far - giana sisters , loved it man , never heard of mario bros at the time as well.. now have the DS version - hero , but it was never one of my fav games. - inpossbile mission , never got to finish it but i still love it - into the eagle's nest .. loved it to death .. played it also on atari st and pc but this was my fondest version - new zealand story .. man i still look around for new version to get.. got it on sega master system, atari st.. - paper boy , nice game , but not one of my favs , very collectible really - paradroid , man i read zzap 64 , and this one features in one of their making of dairy series... love it still - beach head 2, i got this first before i got beach head 1 , the few voicesamples in here are also great - raid over moscow .. loved it but never got far.. - bleu max , always loved it, so relaxing to play.. taught me a few things on aerial targeting - Sanxion , this one is my first game on c64 ever, loved it to death, never got far - simcity, loved it so much i had to get it on every system i had - uridium , loved this to death, never got far , kinda a sequel or prequel to paradroid btw - exploding fist, had it but did not really like it , i preferred International Karate - defender of the crown, i got this on any system i had.. and i got as many clones as i could - california games, i got this on every system i could possibly get it for - the goonies,a bit weird for me .. liked it tho - test drive, great man ... loved it so much i bougth testdrive ii without hesitation - pit stop 2 , loved it , got it on several systems - bubble bobble , got every version i could get my hands on.. also the Bust a move sequels on playstation - pirates .. loved it man - The Last NInja .. loved the series, never managed to get far .. still haven't finished any of them - Falcon Patrol , played this to death i loved it so much - Elite, loved it, never got far, played it on every system i had - rambo, did not really like it .. i preferred commando over this one - ikari warriors , did play it , but it did not really catch me - spy vs spy, ah man, such hilarious comics.. and a great set of games.. :-) ----- games i didn't play : - alien syndrome - project firestart - led storm. , dang that intro music ..... - lode runner - monty on the run, only saw it when i had already moved on to playstation games.. but that music.. wow - roadrunner - usagi jojimbo aka samurai warrior which is a mistranslation since it should be 'Bunny Bodyguard' .. nice one - rocket ball - thunderbirds , loved the tv series, never got this game - west bank , never knew about this one - wiz ball , never had it... but that music .. i loved that - zynaps , never had it.. what a shame - action biker, never had it - first 2 , never had it , heard the music a lot tho .. - darts 180 , never even seen it - kokotoni wilf , never seen it - jet set willy 2.. i never had any jet set willy - bruce lee .. never played this , when i saw plays of it there simply is no appeal for me - rolling thunder, never even saw it.. - treasure island, never came across it BTW: if you record yourself live again, please make sure to use some curtains or blankets hung around you to dampen the echoing

What a great selection, Sanxion was amazing. Raid over Moscow. Beach head! grea games.

That’s nuts!

Love the music in Spy Vs Spy.

I am jealous as you guys had this c64 to play around with. lol.

Loved It!

Oh man... Such nostalgia!!! Here's my top 10, from favorite to absolute favorite (no crappy ones here); 10 - Ghostbusters 9 - Spelunker 8 - Spy vs Spy 7 - Commando 6 - Spy Hunter 5 - Bruce Lee 4 - Racing Destruction Set 3 - Karateka 2 - Paradroid 1 - Impossible Mission While I had a mountain of games I loved on the C64, here's some honorable mentions that were very close to making the top 10 list; - Summer Games / Winter Games - Project: Space Station - Donald Duck's Playground (educational fun) - Jumpman - Law of the West

Thank you.

Usagi Yojimbo is the best. I still nod to people in real life, because it's free karma. As a kid I was quite baffled by "If you meet Buddha on the road kill him" but later I read about it. Blue Max and Bruce Lee are also long time favorites for me. You didn't have Space Taxi? Cheers from Finland, where the C64 was "The Computer of the Republic".

I have a huge collection of commodore 64 gear with over 3000 games and programmes on floppy discs. What I would give to go back to the 80s.

Have you checked out the other levels in Platoon? First one was fun, but the second part in the tunnels and night watch after that was brilliant. The third level was really hard. I really liked Pirates!, Falcon Patrol and Blue Max, and off the list Oil Imperium and Infiltrator. The name Oil Imperium is pretty self explanatory (business management), but Infiltrator is a really cool game, where you first fly a helicopter to an enemy base, trying not to get shot down or noticed. In the base you need to go in and steal some documents, escape, and fly off with the chopper. It's really sweet, definitely worth checking out!

C64 was my first computer (i think 1986) the gemes that i played (and remember) are - raid over moscow - aztec challenge - river raid - H. E. R. O. - falcon partol - bubble bobble - pole position - test drive - zaxxon - yie ar kung fu - fort apocalypse - lode runner - int. karate I gave the C64 to the shop and paid the rest to get my Amiga 500

After 2 hours of RU-vid 'research', this top 50 list is quite accurate for my C64 time: - M.U.L.E - Archon - Archon 2 - Summer Games - From Rags to Riches - Wizard of Wor - Choplifter - Space Taxi - ACE: Air Combat - Kennedy Approach - Space Taxi - Beach Head - Green Beret - One on One - Pirates - Defender of the Crown - Elite - Rocket Ball - Soccer - Raid Over Moscow - Blue Max - Ace of Aces - Hanse - Kaiser - Football Manager - H.E.R O. - Pitstop 2 - Spy vs Spy - Bruce Lee - Gunship - Touchdown Football - Falco Patrol - Championship Sprint - Match Point - 1942 - Thai Boxing - B.C.s Quest for Tyres - Bombjack - Moon Patrol - David's Midnight Magic - Zorro - Pharao's Curse - LaZarian - Katakis - West Bank - Law of the West - Piracy - International Karate - G.I. Joe - Racing Destruction Set

Old school no save game crap. My friend and I finished bubble booble. Took us entire winter to complete. Finished rolling thunder as well.

Dudes got the TMNT blue game box. I remember the game had a booklet full of codes that you had to enter every time you loaded it to prevent piracy. The codes was printed on a deep beefy day colour paper with an almost metallic silver font for the codes and the contrast of the two made it almost impossible to read!

Loved the list, love the c64, but HERO plays better on the 2600....

So for me it was Ghostbusters that I bought. Couldn't resist, it was left running in my local computer store and spoke!!! Other games include .......... Impossible Mission, Choplifter, Beach-Head, Kennedy Approach, Dropzone, Buggy-Boy, Thrust, Speedking, Leaderboard Golf, pitstop 2...... the list goes on..........

Awesome list, the C64 is the computer of my childhood, I love it and the memories, o play it loads on my channel, anyway, subbed!!

I remembered plying most of the games on a 14" TV with cassette tapes and tape recorder radio. I cannot recall the name of a game which looks like H.E.R.O. I think the character is on a jet pack entering a beautiful & colorful cavern.

I loved Fist2 as well! Loved the atmosphere in it. Never owned a C64 myself, but pestered my friends who owned them. My list in no particular order: - Outrun - Kikstart 2 - World games - Bruce Lee - Barbarian - Hero - Soldier One - Pitstop 2

Impossible Mission was the ultimate and Spy vs Spy

Wizball, The Last Ninja, Commando, Boulderdash, Pitstop 2, Monty On The Run, Head Over Heels, Mighty Bomb Jack, Impossible Mission and Summer Games 2. Honourable mentions........Arcadia, Jumpman and Caverns Of Eriban 😀

This really brings back some memories! I was totally addicted to Pirates!. You can still download it and a lot of other old games on gog.com.

I loved spy hunter and pitfall aswell as some others I had hundreds of games

Here are 10 games I liked: 1. Archon 2. Toy Bizarre 3. Microprose Soccer 4. Sabre Wulf 5. Championship Tennis (I think that's the name) 6. Blagger 7. Pitfall 2 8. Yes - Monty on the run 9. Space Ace 10. Blue Max

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar was THE best game on the C-64, PERIOD!

My favorites in no particular order - buggy boy , paperboy , the great giana sisters, who dares win , Ik+, boulder dash, Bruce Lee, California games, bubble bobble, ghost n goblins, rygar, maniac mansion, spy hunter, micropose soccer, West bank ,defender of the crown,

Bard's Tale was also one of the greatest games on C64!

I love my commodore64 loved copying friends games with twin cassette recorder . Am I right in remembering it coming with green screen? I’m sure I remember my dad buying me some adaptor, that made it colour. This is the first time that I’ve ever checked out any Commodore 64 games since I had 1 in around 1988 😭 I’m shocked at how good they looked. Especially for the 80’s and how the hell did they get on cassette?

Some of my favourites: Kikstart II (with the course designer, and the theme tune from the TV show Kick Start) Robin of The Wood (great music and sprawling adventure) Pitstop II Emlyn Hughes International Soccer Micropose Soccer World Class Leaderboard IK+ Exploding Fist Last Ninja Bruce Lee Commando Beach Head II (Medic!) R-Type (had the floppy disk version on the old 1541 disk drive) great game Uridium Gauntlet The Epyx Games series (Summer I and II, Winter, California) IO Graham Gooch's Test Cricket Out Run Paperboy

I liked way of the exploding first, found it easier to play the ik+ and I liked the old master sitting and watching

i had commando, impossible mission ahhhhhhhhhhhh lol, paperboy omg zanxion, i couldn't remember the name. goin down memory lane california games...is there a summer games? i played a winter games too pistop was a fun game cuz it brought something else to just racing to a finish line