The 30 Best Commodore 64 Games of all Time! 

This video is an education in just how awesome the C64 was and still is today with the homebrew scene. Thank you pal for supporting me with this video it means a lot and well done on such a great collection of games. Some new ones for me in there that I will check out but there is no doubting no1 having completed it myself it is an amazing game that everyone should check out.

One thing you never ever forget is the game sounds of the c64!

Thats what I love about OSG; the ability to put aside nostalgia and make a video like this is not always easy! ;)

Paradroid, Raid Over Moscow, Uridium, Forbidden Forest, The Sacred Armour of Antiriad, Summer Games II, World Games, California Games, Thing On a Spring, Platoon, Wizball, Nebulus.

Great video! The C64 was the system I had growing up, so it's super cool to see so many videos chronicling the games...a lot of which I've never heard of. :) That just shows how many games were made for this thing! And on a side note...it looks like Ultimate Wizard is basically a reskin of Jumpman. XD Sound effects and all!

Awww man the f'ing nostalgia!! Love your channel, brings back such awesome memories

Wow what a list of games. I was pleased to see Slicks in there, that's a game I played to death back in the day. There is no argument about the game at number 1, its an absolutely stunning game, not sure we'll ever see a game like it again. Hope Martin gets some traction from this as well, such a nice guy with a great channel and class content.

really good selection, so many fan-made releases are included, and for good reason too.

Love your content and really enjoyed this video in particular. I noticed you used different video filters on the games like on "donkey kong jr" for example. I think the scanline or crt filter you applied in earlier videos look the best (or most authentic) for C64. Cheers mate

Damn epic timing, one of those days - get in from work and there's a new OSG video waiting - it's how to start the weekend IMO :D

Great, great list! There are so many good games, makes it hard to make this list. And amazing we still receive new games for the Commodore.

More games to try! Very cool! I just restored my old C64C, so this really hits the spot!

Interesting video, I have used the 64 but not played the games. It is good to see that games are still being made for it. I don’t play now, but I’ll keep on watching channels like yours.

Great list! There are quite a few new games I need to try.

You've got some absolute belters on this list! was only watching a vid on Slicks yesterday and I have to admit I can understand the hype, I would have absolutely loved that! Great vid mate.

Great list will be checking out the games myself. Might find a new favorite! Thank you!

Brilliant video as always. The best thing is that someone else could do an exact same title video but have 25 different games in it. The C64 really did have so many great games

Love your videos, love your no-nonsense approach to the commentary, and we have many, many similar favourites (whether nostalgia driven or not). BUT: Timing, mate, timing! A Pig Quest literally came out yesterday - if only you'd hung on for another few days... I'd LOVE to see how that may have slotted in here.

Excellent channel man , I am 54 y.o and grew up in Sydney and my first PC was the Commodore 64 and I still have it today albeit with a cassette player not the CD , however the immense library of C64 games was awesome!. Long live the 64

Great to see you giving Martin a shout out OSG, an awesome channel full of passion and he is a top top guy who I’ve had the pleasure to meet a few time now and proud to call a good friend Love to watch these videos seeing games from the other side (I grew up with the speccy) so that will always be my number 1 but I do love playing the other micros Some really interesting games I need to get onto my c64 maxi

Great list. I'd have included one of the Leader board golf games. It started the power and snap control method that is still being used in golf games. For a system as limited as the C64 they are really good games. I was hooked on them as a kid and still occasionally play them today.

One of the coolest things about Ultimate Wizard was being able to create your own levels. Spent many, many dreary winter nights growing up in Montana playing UW!

I grew up with a C64 and it's an absolute delight seeing how so many amazing games are being developed for it right now, some of them showing that the C64 could do so much more than we ever imagined. the only true limitation or problem I see with the C64 is that it only uses one button. but a new controller with remapped keys into the buttons could solve that. I hope new developers start using that resource.

Nice list! So many great games on the C64, I suppose you could have a number of these top 30s. I thought the Defender copy, Guardian, was awesome. Loved Boulder Dash. Pitstop was engrossing, really felt like a race, clever game. And there was a scrolling pinball game that I played for hours on end (recently rediscovered via emulation). Good work, OSG!

Needs a bit more Eye of the Beholder in it, but yeah, great list! :D

Here I was racking my brains to remember a favorite game from my youth and voila! Ultimate Wizard …much obliged, good sir and keep up the great work :)

One of my favourite side scrolling shoot ups was Armalyte! Loved the graphics

fantastic video - must have been tough sam's journey lived up to the hype prince of persia was magnificent ln2's soundtrack was the best i agree & stuntcar racer still astounds me to this day

The train is an amazing game. Truly ahead of its time. My version growing up was on the Amstrad CPC, it is a belter.

I didn't grow up with the C64, only playing Atari 5200 and NES during the C64's heyday. I've been fascinated by the C64 for a while, and I'm glad that this video exists to help me try out the stuff I've missed out on. Thanks!

I absolutely love it I got you to play slicks on a live stream. And now you consider it a top 30 game. Remember when you had no clue it existed haha x

Great video as always OSG! I can't go past the fact you put Impossible Mission in 29th especially considering some of the games you put ahead of it. It's your list of course but I have to make my case for Impossible Mission as it truly is an exceptional game on the platform: A) there's more depth than you think. It generally has two major gameplay modes: 1) exploration/map-completion/puzzle piece collection. 2) Passcode deciphering. Working towards these goals is really rewarding, and here are a few other things that make it great: - while the room designs don't change, almost everything else in the game is randomised making it infinitely re-playable. - first class graphics, sounds, player and robot movement and animation, and gameplay mechanics It is hard, but you can beat the game repeatedly using the following strategy once you can reasonably control how often you die: 1) you need to collect 36 puzzle pieces to win the game, keep exploring the map until you collect them all 2) forget about solving the Passcode until you've got them all 3) Search each room as much as you can without dying too much (this is the key because dying takes time away from your deadline to win) 4) if a room is too hard to get to all the places to search without dying too much, use snoozes, or make a note of the room's position on the map so you can come back later with a snooze 5) Once you've finished the map, count your puzzle pieces and see how many you need to get 36 6) start going back over the rooms you marked until you get all 36, but go to the password rooms and collect more snoozes on the way (you should have noted these too, including Attombender's room) 7) Once you have all the pieces, start solving password letter puzzles - each letter in the password has four pieces that fit together. If you complete one but it doesn't give you the letter, keep changing its rotation until it clicks. Those pieces will now disappear from your inventory. 8) Once you have the password, go unlock Attombender's room for the win. Sounds complicated? Well that's what I mean, more depth than you think. Such a great game! Great vid again.

Some awesome games on that list, and many childhood memories. Just surprised you put Katakis so low ;)

Love that you paint models too. we share some good hobbies! C64 games and painting..

A fantastic array of C64 goodness. If this video doesn't finaly nail what was the best ever 8-bit micro what the hell will!? Great vid m8 :)

Subbed to your friends channel, looks great

Thak you sir, you really make me wish I had space to set up my c64. Maybe someday soon

Great stuff as always OSG but now that A pig quest is out I am afraid you have to do it again!

A very strong list for one of the strongest systems... Project Firestart, IK+, Turrican(s), Katakis, Winter Games, Steel Ranger, Stunt Car Racer, Pirates!, all solid classics. 👍

Just ordered a C64 mini, need that good old 8 bit Nostalgia Hit!! 🤟🏻

Great updated list. Many games i would have in my same list, and that first place would also be the same, and maybe the first place could be beaten if we ever got a sequel! 😄😉

WOW, what a collection of games here mate, even a couple I’ve not played which is awesome and yes, all my faves are in here even gunship! Phew, glad stunt car racer made it, the best c64 racer ever!! LN2, just that music alone gives me goosebumps, brilliant. Fair point on sonic, we need more REU’s, still it’s stunning to play via other means. Ah, glad to see the No1, stunning game, the absolute best that’s ever been made on the c64, I can’t see it ever being bettered. I hope Martin gets some traction as well, awesome bloke, awesome channel and a good friend, top stuff mate, awesome video!!

Nice list. Plenty on there I've never played

awesome video thank you

Very cool list and brilliant video. I miss Creatures2, wizard of wor, mayhem in monsterland only. And from your list one exception is Sonic, as it cannot run on a basic c64.

Loads on the list I owned back in the day. Loved the epyx summer , winter games the graphics stunning So many great homebrew releases too that I need to check out

Great video! I know you're not in to role-playing-games, otherwise you might have included gems like the Ultima or the D&D Gold Box series. RPGs aside, I would have included Paradroid, Bruce Lee and Archon.

I was one of those on alice and wonderland. I am so happy to see below the root on this list. One of my favorites as a child.

Cracking list buddy and gave a sub to the other guy as i do like my retro stuff 🙂🙂 take it easy.

Surprised "Creatures" didn't make your list. Great game and the BEST soundtrack of any C64 game.

No Creatures? No Creatures 2? No Mayhem? No Nebulus? I would place all 4 of those ahead of anything on your list, except perhaps Sam's Journey.

An excellent video

Best for me was Giana Sisters and The Last Ninja.....great vid zthx 4 the memories

I have two to add to the list!.... Action biker! oh and kickstart 2 aswell! 😁😁😁

Oooh, I remember The Train: Escape to Normandy, just awesome, with the different parts! Very immersive. (Also love Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion , Stunt car racer and Pirates. Great games. )

Great list. I used to play Impossible Mission a lot! Honorable mentions for games that I used to play are The Human Race, Lode Runner, Aztec Challenge, Mr. Do, Leaderboard Golf and Transformers (Terrible game I know but I was 7 at the time). They are just a few that I can remember. There was another one but I can't remember the name. You flew a plane and had dogfights with others above an Aircraft Carrier. It wasn't one of those that were trying to be realistic. You could see your plane and it was tiny. Great game nevertheless. 👍

Brilliant choices! I wish there would have been a spot for Briley Witch Chronicles but... I'm biased on that.

Some great memories right here

What’s the tune playing at the start? Great vid!

Great choices. I would have had CREATURES in there somewhere personally. And don't forget to wait until the title music ends. Change joystick port and waggle like crazy until Clyde turns grey. Infinite lives😍

Nothing like a top 10/20/30 list on YT to bring folks out of the woodwork to let you know your objective opinion is wrong. These are all solid games!

Agree with Sam's Journey, its the equivalent of Mario 3 for the c64. I hope those developers are working on a sequel

Frankie Goes to Hollywood was an awesome game I spent many hours trying to complete with an awesome soundtrack and numerous mini games, it's one of the best.

Sure brings back a lot of memories. Easy to come up with more amazing games... World Games, Summer Games, California Games, Western Games ... Danger Freak, Mafia , Defender of the Crown, Rambo, The way of the exploding fist (Who doesn't remember the soundtrack) .. Fist 2 (another great soundtrack), Micropose Soccer , Wonderboy in Monsterland, Giana Sisters , Silent Service, Combat School. Yie Ar Kung Fu, Batman the caped crusader, Vermeer, To be on Top, Kaiser, Die Fugger, Oil Imperium .... jeeeez..... the list could go on and on and on.....

Some of my favourites are Bruce Lee, FIST 2, Jammin', Paradroid and Wizball. Played those for hours at a time :)

Pretty good list but the first Last Ninja imho should be number one and the sequel number two. Labyrinth isn't even in the list which was an amazing graphic adventure for its time. All in all, thanks for the great memories!

Great list, despite how much I hate Slicks, lol. If it were my list, I would swap out Manic Mansion for Labyrinth, I always enjoyed that one so much. I would have had Last Ninja as well as Last Ninja 2, Turbocharge, Pitstop II, Locomotion, Ace II and Ghouls n Ghosts.

My brother had an Amiga. I had the 64! Pretty cool childhood

Good list mate and great video, very much enjoyed. I figure you don't like sports ? Theirs no sports games on there (unless you consider Karate a sport). Thanks for posting saw some games there that I didn;t know existed that I must get my hands on!

Donkey Kong Jnr looks amazing !!

There were so many games for the Commodore 64 that were awesome it must have been hard to choose just 30 games.

Turrican will always be number 1.

Good choice but more and more very good games :)

Impossible Mission was to hard for me too back then. I still played it fairly often to listen to the scream of the guy falling off a ledge.

Wonderful selection of games, though it's all very subjective - I have my own favourites that I'd add (e.g. Whizball, Exploding Fist II, Nebulous, Elite, The Hobbit etc etc). A fantastic computer all round, no wonder it sold very well.

Solid list. I'd include M.U.L.E., Archon, Bruce Lee, Wizball, Sword of Fargoal. Honorable mentions: Mayhem in Monsterland, Defender of the Crown, Leaderboard Golf, Hardball, Pitstop II, Kickstart II, Racing Destruction Set, Jumpman/Jumpman Jr, Raid Over Bungling Bay, Raid Over Moscow, Beachhead. You already have WInter Games, but California Games and World Games I'd consider as equals. If including nostolgia: Test Drive, Temple of Apshai, Might & Magic, Outrun, GI Joe, Ghostbusters So many more could easily be included...lol

If at least one game by Sarah Jane Avory didn't appear on this left, it would've been a crying shame! So it's good to see an entry.

ACE, Navy Seals, Battle command, Saboteur, Platoon are all great games.

What about Pogo Joe? Raid Over Moscow? Bruce Lee? Pool of Radiance? Jumpman Junior? Lots of great games on your list but those should be up there too! :)

@osg good video fella👍

Mail Order Monsters should have made the list. It was ahead of its time for features. The first game to have character development/upgrades (multiple creatures for each player name) that could be saved for future games and usable for both two player or single player. Many people never explored or found this feature as it was not available on easy or intermediate level, you had to play on the difficult setting to allow saving of monsters for future matches. Edit: Wizzball should have also made the list.

Cool picks! Interesting lack of CRPGs, a genre which dominated the "AAA" game scene here in the USA. Also interesting that one (mostly) BASIC game made it into your list, but that's not TOO surprising considering how great Pirates is. CRPG development has continued in the modern era, which is a bit surprising considering the vast amount of effort they require (compared to other types of game). I mean ... the amount of effort put into something like Ultima IV Remastered or Eye of the Beholder is mind numbing, not to mention the effort required to put together an original CRPG of significant scale. I'm not into most platformers, so I'd easily slot in Ultima IV over many in your list. (Personally, I prefer the single colored tiles of the original, over the more Ultima V style pixel art of Ultima IV Remastered.)

Sam's Journey deserves first place. brilliant game.

Knights of Bytes ARE working on a port of Sam's Journey for the NES

thank you

Fort Apocalypse and Oil's Well are my favorites.

Dont know why i have said Huilsbeck did commando soundtrack its not like that in my script... my bad slipped up sorry

some years ago I saw a cmd64 enthutiast make his own RTS game on the CMD64 right here on youtube. It was apparantly hailed as being really good. I forgot the name of him and the game he made sadly.

This must of been a tough list to make

Games that come to my memory that weren’t listed were: Bill & Teds, Burgertime, Archon, and Ghostbusters.

What I appreciate about the Commodore 64 is that unlike Nintendo, Jack Tramiel pretty much let anyone make games for the C64 without having to worry about any kind of licensing fee. Commodore was a hardware company, and the availability of a huge library of games would drive sales of the C64 and give them a huge chunk of market share.

Great list i would have replaced Last Ninja II with Last Ninja II Remix though.

some good ones here, gunship and pirates were always favorites. a pity there were no rpgs. the dnd goldbox games were heaps of fun. for pvp we always played knight games or spy vs spy

Slicks was a great game. I did have to connect my Mega Drive pad to the C64 to play it though!

There is a hidden gem called Highway Encounter. It doesn't have a lot of replayability but original. Winter Games. Spy vs Spy, Archon 2 etc.

Pirates passed me by on the C64, but became my favourite NES game as a kid, so great to see it was good on the C64 too. Also, out of interest, is Mayhem In Monsterland highly regarded enough to have been considered for this list, nowadays?

Well, I had a C64 growing up, and when you said the graphics are amazing for the first time in this video, I thought eh, not really. But then you got to IK+, Turrican and TLN2 and I can't deny they look, sound and play fantastic, and that reminded me: A good game is a game that you want to come back to. Any other factors only aid in making a game great. Edit: And to make it absolutely clear, there are many C64-games I love to come back to every now and again. Personal favourites include Zack McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Wintergames, TLN2, Commando, Cauldron 2, IK and IK+, Boulderdash 1-3, Spy vs Spy, Bop 'n Rumble and Rock 'n Wrestle.

Interesting... The only games I played back in the day from this list was The Last Ninja and IK+. My list would have had Monty on the Run, Uridium and Paradoid in the mix....

Great upload Matey 👊🏻😁🇦🇺🍻🍻

The new games for commodore 64 are amazing: it is still alive!!