Finally, right? We know many of you have been waiting for a Commodore 64 episode, so tonight's your night. I could pretend I know what I'm talking about and go on about floppy discs and keyboards, but I never had one of these things, and it's not polite to lie one's face off. Good thing Conrad will be joining us tonight.
Hit the comments and leave us your questions, as well as any fond memories you might have of the little 8-bit computer that could. Lord knows I've only got a couple of my own. But Conrad and Colette know what's up, so we'll just let them do the talking this week. Get ready to hear said talking tomorrow, and we'll catch you then!
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3:00 PM on 04.16.2009
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Was the c64 anybodies first console?
What is the most underated C64 game?
Also topher off topic i've been thinking off you and your ds challenge thing. So keep at it, or start soon if you haven't already!
My question is this; if you where a breakfast cereal what would you be? I would be Cookie Crisp.
It doesn't actually but I wanted to make that double entendre.
I love you guys.
For those of you who had the amazing experience and are of the right age range - did any of you frequent any BBSs and play some of the text based BBS games? From what I understand, there is still a couple BBSs in existence that are running on C-64 and 128s.
Also - Summer Games...Platform Diving...hold left, push button, push up at last second...perfect somersaulting dive with 4.0 difficulty...smirk to friends who totally fail.
Thanks,
Dr. Spaceman
Have fun, guys!
This episode + no Dizzy = RetroForceFail
Let us say that Topher and Stella are walking down the stree, they run into Vin Diesel, he starts to flirt with Stella, and so Topher, being the gentleman that he is, takes off his shirt and challenges him to some type of competition. What would it be? And who would win?
Here is a serious one: The C64 has become very popular over the years with gamers, why do you think they have never released another one, or a collection of games on other systems?
Have the games for the C64 aged well or would they be hard for someone to go back today and play them who doesn't have any experience with them?
Would you recommend to someone who has never played the system to purchase a used one today or is it more of a nostalgic system that only appeals to those who played it back when it was released?
Thanks so much! You guys are AMAZING!!
Track and field is all I got to say.
Unfortunately, my father sold the system along with all the games about seven years ago. Wish I would have stopped him...
COMMODORE SIXTYFOUUUR!!
Since I have incredible love for my C-64, I'll just keep throwing out posts as my mind allows.
other great games I enjoyed :
-Phantasie
-BCs Quest for Tires
-all of the 'Olympic Games' series from Epyx
-Ultima III Exodus
-Impossible Mission (f'ing hard as hell - never finished it)
-Raid Over Moscow (took me a month to figure out I needed to use the function keys to move my ship up and down and allow me to exit the hangar)
-Beach Head
-Spy Hunter
-Commando
-The Way of the Exploding Fist (I used to LOVE cranking the volume, starting the disk load, and leaving the room to watch the reaction of any unsuspecting victims when the title screen appeared)
-Boulderdash
-Bruce Lee
-JUMPMAN and JUMPMAN Jr.!!!!
-Pitstop I and II
-Rambo
-too many text adventures to name
more later if I think of them...
It was a scrolling platform style game and Dali-esque backdrops decorated each screen. You played some little man (who may or may not have been wearing a hat) who had to collect pages from a book, possibly a musical book, possibly not. That, my friends, is the most vague and worthless description you'll ever hear, but it's as good as I can give you. If you can think of anything remotely like it, I'll be thrilled.
Also, who played Head Over Heels?
Also also, you MUST talk of Wizball.
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What was your favorite form of game copy protection? Mine was using red-lens glasses to see the obscured copy protection codes in the manual.
Some C64 favorites: Bruce Lee, Mail Order Monsters, Barbie, Hot Wheels, and one of my favs, GI Joe! Epyx was the best dev at the time!
Do you remember Neuromancer on the C64 (with theme song by Devo in Double Dribble speak)? It was part adventure, part RPG, part organ-trafficking sim, and part incoherent 3D maze thing. It was pretty awesome.
Mean Streets (the first Tex Murphy game) and Battletech on the C64 were pretty awesome as well.
Did you play with an Atarti 2600 joystick or a Sega Master System pad? Both worked. I remember chewing the rubber off of my Atari joystick though. Then it was sharp. Bummer.
Wasn't it great to be in a time with licenced games that didn't suck! Or probably for me, to be too young to judge them harshly...
Was that Batman game any good? I should fetch it out and give it a go again..
What was your favorite text adventure on C64?
I had a Vic 20 before that, but the C64 began my love for games. I got it with GORF (what the hell did that stand for anyway? Was it just Frog backwards?) which seemed to be a Space Invaders rip-off until you got to the second level.
I mostly played the hell outta Archon and Street Surfer (skateboard down the highway stealing cokes from peoples' cars and watch out for chickens).
Playing with BASIC programs and making my first pixel art, I always missed its versatility in later mainstream consoles. The sound chip was pretty badass and the whole system overall was impressive for being made of essentially off-the-shelf junk.
I did own one, but it was much after the fact and I bought it from a garage sale. I don't think I had any games for it.
Concerning Phantasie (any of them, though 2 was the best), Questron 1 & 2, and Legacy Of The Ancients...did you beat any of these, and if you have played Legacy Of The Ancients, how badass did you think the inclusion was of those codecharts that were sort of like copy protection and allowed you to use the portals?
Did you own any of the Infocom games and love the included products as much as I did? I still have my Lucky Palm Tree Swizzle Stick from Hollywood Hijinx.
Can you think of a game more badass than Demon Stalkers? That's a trick question, there isn't one.
Also, did you play any memorable Loadstar games? There was some one I remember that had worms in it and had a SID for Axel Foley's Theme from Beverly Hills Cop as the background music. Other than that, I can't remember too many Loadstar games. But it was neat having a monthly set of games and programs sent by magazine. :)
Wasn't this awesome? It was unecessarily hard. I really want this to come out on Virtual Console so I can try to actually beat it, equipped now with a modern controller.
*I was never here.*
@tornotlukin - no question mark needed, no prompts :-)
@Haxan - Pirate's Cove and maybe Voodoo Castle?
My Vic-20 story...my dad bought us one for X-mas. I had no clue what to do with it when I first got it. I turned it on and typed 'GAME' and hit enter. And thus began my delving into the instruction book and basic programming when it responded to me with 'What the f_ck are you asking me to do you idiot?'
Oh yeah, and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein kicked ass as well.
Do you guys prefer the C64 version of Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (a really underrated game imo) or the Amiga version? The Amiga one has better graphics and sound while the C64 has that retro charm.
Another spin on the question is what version of games that where originally on the C64 and then got ported to the Amiga do you like the best?
And just for the book, here's the Amiga and C64 version of Zak.
Any Commodore game you'd like to see remade? Attack of the Mutant Camels perhaps?
I loved Qix, Archon, Boulder Dash, Lode Runner, Impossible Mission, Stun Runner, Maniac Mansion, Montezuma's Revenge...
Perhaps it was Weird Dreams? It's described with words like Dali and Terry Gilliam and "weird."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Dreams
I remember either the Buck Rogers show kicking ass and being disappointed by the game or vice versa.
For me it was all about Mission Impossible though and quite thankful for the DS port since I think I only got 3/4 through with the game during my visits.
I guess my question is a multi tier one. First pick your favorite C-64 game for those of you that played em. Now put it against the front runner 2 other computer system games you played like the apple or Vic 20. What would those games be and out of the three who would win. Example.... Commodore 64 would be Mission Impossible...Apple since I can't remember that well would be Fish vs Otter game and Vic 20 would be Mouse Attack. I think Mouse Attack wins....sorry C-64 You ARE the weakest link...g'bye.
I guess i was picturing
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What was the first Commodore 64 game they 'copied' from a friend?
And what did you do during the lengthy loading times? With some games, you could have taken an extended afternoon nap and still woken up before the game had loaded...or crashed.
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@wilbo - That's like asking who's the better band, Iron Maiden or the Jonas Brothers?
I didn't have the system when it first came out, however, because my Dad was the cheap guy that he was, mostly we got game systems later on (like when we were 5 or 6) by going to garage sales and getting them for dirt cheap.
For those of you trying to remember titles of games that you once played when you were younger, I found a site www.c64.com that has a whole shit load of c64 games and you can download them for free to your computer and play them! You don't need a c64 to go down memory lane!
Also, I just love looking at the titles of the games. They were awesome.
Like Killed Until Dead.
Ghostbusters was an awesome game and Paperboy, Spy vs. Spy, Sex Games (oh yes...sex games), The Way of the Exploding Fist, etc.
So hopefully that site helps you guys out a little. I'm scrolling through it now to download some fond memories.
For Topher:
Good luck quitting!
And that's all I got, I have to go get ready for a band concert.