The 20 Greatest Commodore 64 Games Of All Time 

50 - Toy Bizarre 49 - Zak McKracken 48 - Last Ninja 47 - Archon 46 - World Is Carmen Sandiego? 45 - Karateka 44 - Nebulus 43 - Barbarian 42 - Gridrunner 41 - IK+ 40 - Yie Ar Kung Fu 39 - Stunt Car Racer 38 - MicroProse Soccer 37 - Power Drift 36 - 720 35 - Mercenary 34 - Pirates! 33 - OutRun 32 - Flimbo's Quest 31 - Salamander 30 - Great Giana Sisters 29 - Raid Over Moscow 28 - Bubble Bobble 27 - Turrican 26 - Ultima IV 25 - Space Taxi 24 - The Way of the Exploding Fist 23 - Delta 22 - Summer Games 21 - Winter Games 20 - California Games 19 - Uridium 18 - Bomb Jack 17 - Ghostbusters 16 - Maniac Mansion 15 - Attack of the Mutant Camels 14 - Impossible Mission 13 - Beach Head 12 - Boulder Dash 11 - Paradroid 10 - Panther 9 - Armalyte 8 - The Bard's Tale 7 - Blue Max 6 - Wizball 5 - Commando 4 - Ghouls 'n' Ghosts 3 - Buggy Boy 2 - Dropzone 1 - The Last Ninja 2

Oh, only one of my favourites made the top 20. Maybe I was to young to appreciate many of these games, but see that a lot of my older brothers favourites made the list. Here are my top ten. 1. IK+ 2. Kickstart II 3. Decathlon ( The Joystick killer ) 4. Donald Ducks Playground 5. Outrun 6. Giana Sisters 7. Barbarian 8. Commando 9. Super Pipeline 10. Delta Thanks for a nice video, those commercials were awsome haha.

Thanks for including my comment on the Ghostbusters entry. It's a great list, every game worthy of its inclusion.

I am surprised that Turrican (1 or 2) is missing.

Would have expected IK+ in a top 20. But really nice to see some early 80s games as well.

Pleasant surprise to see my comment about Ghouls'n Goblins! Thank you! As for the list, it's really nice. I am still challenged and troubled by the isometric view and pixel perfect jumps of The Last Ninja 2 (and the series in general), but the soundtrack... What an amazing soundtrack it is, indeed!!! I could've remembered Maniac Mansion and Impossible Mission, by the way... They are two real favorites of mine on C64.

Games that would be in my Top 20 list: International Karate +, Smash TV, Zack McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Archon, Barbarian, Samurai Warrior and Saboteur.

Must of been only c64 player that disliked all the last ninja games, but loved games like Mr Do, superpipline, crystal castles, paradriod, Uridium, Delta, Spy v Spy, Wizball

So interesting that Bard's Tale ranked, but no Ultima game. There were a number of big CRPG franchises on the C64, but there was never any question about which one had the most prestige and was the most anticipated by C64 gamers.

Jumpman and Jumpman Jr. Matrix (Gridrunner 2). Also, I spent most of the summer of 1983 playing Ultima II.

I forgot how many hours I spent playing Ghostbusters, never actually winning the game. It's great to see it and others I played make the list, such as Blue Max and Beach Head. It's a shame Zenji didn't make the cut, as its gameplay and music still haunt my brain to this day.

Some really awesome games included: Pirates!; Heart of Africa; Silent Service; Super Huey; Stealth Fighter; Elite; and many more that required strategy. A different genre, really, not included here.

The sacred armour of atriad.

Thanks - and nice to see Bard's Tale in there. I would have thought Elite and International Karate+ would have also been...

Growing up, I had all these games in my library and many more - Good times! I agree that the Commando soundtrack is phenomenal, but The Last Ninja 2 has always been my favourite in terms of music. Thanks to everyone who voted and to you for compiling this list for the C64 fans out there. Cheers 🥂

Last Ninja had the greatest soundtrack, it was a favourite of my Brother and I when we were kids!

Nice list. A lot of great games. I would probably have added Bubble bobble and Salamander to the list...and Outrun :)

Its amazing really, you could pick almost any of 300 C64s games as a top 20 and it would be hard to argue against their merits. It would just come down to what genre you may favour. I didnt like point and click adventures so the wouldnt make my list but I know a lot of people do like them. Surprised Elite didnt feature and I would have games like Bubble Bobble, IK+, Turrican/II, Koronis Rift, The Sentinel and Rescue on Fractulus in my list

Nice list. Brought back a lot of memories. Was kinda surprised to not see BUBBLE BOBBLE in the top20. I loved that game. I have two less likely favourites as well. BC's QUEST FOR TIRES was silly and I loved it. But I also had a copy of KATAKIS, which was the best version of R-TYPE on the C64. (The R-type port was shite) There was a motocross game that let you make your own levels as well which was great fun. So many brilliant games. Cheers for making this list.

No Elite? Guess I should have voted.

The tape extension was shite. No saves. I had to leave my c64 on when I went to school so I could save my progress.

Just bought a c64c and using the kung-fu flash cartidge which works very well..Just populating it with games at the moment,some work some don't.

Bomb Jack is in there?? Facebook might not be the best source for voting, should have included large C64 forums, e.g. forum64 or lemon...😢

British top 20 tape arcade games. American top 20 disk games, SIMs and role-playing, like F-17 Stealth Fighter, Gunship and the Gold Box series of RPGs!

So many childhood memories

Couldnt get past... l think: level 4 in Thrust, level 18 in Boulderdash

Excellent work on this video sir. The C64 hold a special place in my heart for sure.

Rick Dangerous, Salamander, Yie Ar Kung Fu, To Hell and Back, The Last Ninja are my top picks. Edit : forgot to mention Karnov and Ghouls n Ghosts of course!

Armalyte looks remarkably similar to Io. Was one a rebrand of the other? Or was it the same person who did both?

bomb jack was dreadful on the system,

where is elite?

What no Turrican 2 or mayhem in monsterland

🎅🏻😇 P.S. What are the greatest 20 Atari 8-bit games? 😜🕹

Oh yeah, this will be good!

No Spy vs Spy or Gunship!

I'm trying to find a commodore 64 game Don't remember the name of it It had a guy with a red balloon in it I remember that and I remember there was a couple caves in the game and it said AC/BC on the caves It was kind of like a RPG game It was really fun Love that game I just wish I remember the name of it If anyone knows the name of this game please respond I would really appreciate it

Used the computer, but never played the games.

Well done

Firetrap

Love the C64, but, Bomb Jack lmao, terrible port. Spectrum version much better.

This list is pretty awful, almost random. Something is wrong either with your methodology or the user base. Mediocre arcade stuff like Arkanoid, Bombjack, Ghostbusters, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Beach-Head, Buggy Boy, Drop Zone have absolutely no business in a "Greatest of all time" list. They were badly dated already when the C64 was as its peak and never really that good to begin with. Who in their right mind can prefer any of these to the likes of Pirates!, Defender of the Crown, Ultima V, M.U.L.E, Elite, Microprose Soccer, Nebulus, Antiriad, Katakis, Pool of Radiance and many, many more classic masterpieces?

Bit surprised at not seeing iconic games like ELITE and Cauldron 2 in the top 20.

The C64 sucks ! With it's pathetic 1.0 MhZ CPU ! No wonder it was outsold 3 to 1` in the UK by the Spectrum.