Top 50 Commodore 64 (C64) games of 1984 - in under 10 minutes

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  • Опубліковано 9 сер 2022
  • Hello and welcome to the second episode of TOP 50 Commodore 64 (C64) games in under 10 minutes.
    1984 gave us some real classics like Mission Impossible, Ultima 3, Bruce Lee... and also quite a few lesser known gems.
    Games are, as always, presented in no particular order.
    Have fun and let us know in the comments if you agree with our choices (and if we missed a title that should be on the list).
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  • @bobbyhulll8737
    @bobbyhulll8737 Рік тому +5

    The beauty of the C64 you could get so many games and join clubs and copy them for a fraction of buying the new ones . We had over 400 games to choose from in one year .. the first bear share ..

    • @SG-er8cx
      @SG-er8cx 25 днів тому

      Ya I remember when I finally got a modem for my 64 at xmas and had 100s of floppys in months full of games. Good ole days

  • @KristerNielsen
    @KristerNielsen Рік тому +10

    This is the year when games on the C64 really started to get good. So from 1984 up to around 1987-1988 were some great years.

    • @bigmaxy07
      @bigmaxy07 9 місяців тому +2

      totally right, those 4 years were right in the slot for me and my C64. Amazing games around.

  • @EyeQQQ
    @EyeQQQ Рік тому +3

    No "Space Taxi" on the list - that is ridicoulous!😁

  • @danjmcs
    @danjmcs Рік тому +6

    Played SO many of these great games in that era, thanks for the video and reminder I need to dig out some of these games again!

  • @christianjosephkarner
    @christianjosephkarner Рік тому +4

    Loved Spy vs Spy. I have a lot of great memories on that game. All three of them... 😄

  • @dennyhaynes3
    @dennyhaynes3 Рік тому +10

    What a brilliant year for the C64. Absolutely wonderful video as always, can't wait for 1985 👍

  • @bbartky
    @bbartky 4 місяці тому +2

    0:29 Impossible Mission! My all-time favorite C64 game.

    • @laszloposzmik5829
      @laszloposzmik5829 2 місяці тому

      My one also :) Even better then I.M. 2, it was more complex but more difficult as well. Still playing with the first one occasionally.
      My friend told me: "Once you will beat the game, after that you will always do." And he was right. The first walkthrough was the most difficult at all.

    • @SG-er8cx
      @SG-er8cx 25 днів тому

      There were so many but ya mission impossible was one of my favorites too

    • @richtakings3359
      @richtakings3359 2 дні тому

      Do do do check out the recent release of a 2024 "revised version" for C64, if you haven't already. Wow, so many nice touches, bug fixes, the lot !! It has been quoted, "How can you make this game more perfect?"....but they did. Enjoy.

  • @lonardgetchell-bm9lc
    @lonardgetchell-bm9lc Рік тому +1

    I have 12 favorites off this list. My top 5: 1. Bruce Lee (played that for hours) 2. Cliff Hanger 3. Boulder Dash 4. Pitstop 2 5. BC's Quest for Tires.

  • @leeannewillson7342
    @leeannewillson7342 Рік тому +3

    played nearly all them to death back in the day , still remember buying Booty from our local record shop bck in the day and still play quite a few games in this list today

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому +1

      1984 was quite a good year for C64. Originally I played most of these in the late 80s on my cousin's C64 (I owned Spectrum in the 80s). But was fun revisiting them (and finding more interesting games from 1984) while creating this video.
      Thanks for watching!

  • @MrArcher7
    @MrArcher7 Рік тому +2

    Raid over Moscow and Raid on Bungelin Bay, two of my favorites.

    • @LastMumzy
      @LastMumzy Рік тому +1

      Same.. I used to stay up all night playing Raid on Bungelin Bay!

    • @MrArcher7
      @MrArcher7 Рік тому

      @@LastMumzy I remember beating it one time after the battleship sank the carrier. There was a spot in the bay to land to restock your weapons.

  • @edhouse4826
    @edhouse4826 27 днів тому

    My teenage years. Raid on bungeling bay, mario bros, zaxxon, Bruce Lee and impossible mission. Wow, memories

  • @fordprefect80
    @fordprefect80 Рік тому +2

    1984 was a very good year for me for two reasons. I got to play a Commodore 64 for the first time at a friends house and later that year for Christmas, our family got one as well. At the mates house I was truly blown away by the games (aged 13) as even the crap c64 games were better than anything on the Atari VCS. But what really did my head in was the fact that you could easily copy the games from one person to another. Free games, yes please.

    • @KristerNielsen
      @KristerNielsen Рік тому

      It's interesting that close to 10 000 games where officially released on Commodore 64/128. Don't think there are any exact numbers, but that's the general number that is cited.

  • @DerBesa
    @DerBesa 10 місяців тому +2

    Cool. I never knew there was BC II.

  • @ShadowBBR
    @ShadowBBR Рік тому +2

    I remember so many of these. Being born in the early 70’s has some advantages, oh the memories of decades of gaming.
    My stand out…. “Another visitor, Stay a while, Stay forever…..Hahaha!” (Name the game)
    And the music from Jet Set Willy….A true masterpiece.

    • @laszloposzmik5829
      @laszloposzmik5829 2 місяці тому

      Yeah, it was Impossible Mission. We didn't even understand the other sentence: "Destroy him my robots!". We tried to translate it around 1990, without any success until the internet era :)

  • @rarararararara9673
    @rarararararara9673 Рік тому +1

    So glad I found this! Thank you!

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому

      I'm glad you liked the video.
      Thanks for watching!

  • @st04bez
    @st04bez Рік тому +2

    Some great games. Loved the Ultimate games but often frustrated by them in equal measure. Pyjamarama was the first game I ever completed, so always had a soft spot for the Wally games. Great video 👌🏻

  • @klaushoschi2143
    @klaushoschi2143 Рік тому +1

    Awesome list! I hadn´t even heard of some titles (e.g. Maziacs - really looks beautiful).
    Some other great games of 1984: Breakdance, River Raid, Jumpman Jr, Gyruss, Dropzone, Saucer Attack, Up´n´Down and probably many, many more... Hope you´ll make 1985, 1986, etc. videos, too.

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому

      Thank you.
      Year 1985 almost ready (in the middle of editing as we speak). Took a pause from producing content as I had (and still have) some issues with my left hand that I need to take care of.

  • @TheBigp767
    @TheBigp767 11 місяців тому +1

    O.m.g?......so many memories..the games today are stunning compared

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  11 місяців тому

      Hey, thanks for watching and I'm glad the video brought back a few memories from the 80s.

  • @Harbinger1984s
    @Harbinger1984s Рік тому +1

    excellent list, many memories.

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому

      Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video!

  • @sunglassesron9464
    @sunglassesron9464 11 місяців тому +3

    Oh Impossible Mission I miss you so...

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  11 місяців тому +2

      Great game, Impossible Mission.

  • @xxBigDazxx
    @xxBigDazxx Рік тому

    Bruce Lee and Raid Over Moscow definitely the best games that year

  • @warpocmuse
    @warpocmuse Рік тому +1

    I loved Raid over Moscow, there was a real feeling of drifting that plane

  • @triptothebeach
    @triptothebeach Рік тому +1

    Boulder Dash of course!

  • @hoagieimpact9189
    @hoagieimpact9189 2 місяці тому +1

    1984! Grwat times with Boulder Dash, Impossible Mission, Pitstop II, Bruce Lee, Decathlon, H.E.R.O., Park Patrol, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, Montezuma's Revenge, and Elite.
    Was C64 Mario Bros. really released in '84?

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  2 місяці тому

      Thanks!
      Mario Bros was indeed released in 84 (at least the C64-Wiki page says so).

  • @VanderbiltMr
    @VanderbiltMr 2 місяці тому

    The Castles of Dr Creep was a great puzzle game. However I remember a map “Doublecross” which was just that. Sort of killed the fun.

  • @mrpickles3479
    @mrpickles3479 Рік тому

    I had the speccy 128, loved it!

  • @doctorsocrates4413
    @doctorsocrates4413 2 місяці тому

    I use the kung fu flash cartidge with my commodore64c and it is a pleasure to use..turns the old commodore into a fast gaming console.

  • @Edgel-in6bs
    @Edgel-in6bs Рік тому +3

    Absolutely love the fact you couldn't get the hangar open in Raid over Moscow. Welcome to the club :)

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому

      Shhhhhhhhh! Don't tell everyone! :)
      Yeap, couldn't remember procedure and then couldn't be bothered to search for it. Was thinking that I only have a couple of seconds per game and most of the C64 Raid over Moscow players will remember hangar scene the most anyway :)

  • @gdawwg1125
    @gdawwg1125 Рік тому

    LOL Olympic skier
    I totally forgot about that game

  • @bugpadzero
    @bugpadzero Рік тому

    Spent so many hours playing Pitstop II 😃

  • @robertdecker146
    @robertdecker146 8 місяців тому

    "Kung Fu Master" and "Summer Games" are Good C64 games from 1984.

  • @TopRetroGames
    @TopRetroGames Рік тому +3

    Good games.

  • @KristerNielsen
    @KristerNielsen Рік тому

    I wonder if we will ever get times like this again, where gaming was exciting, exotic and really fun. Don't get me wrong. There are some excellent games today, but it's not the same as back then. Was it part of being a teenager, or perhaps that consumer electronics were new? Whatever it is, the mid 80s were a fantastic time to be alive for gamers and computer nerds.

  • @Edgel-in6bs
    @Edgel-in6bs Рік тому

    Have to view these games in the context of what had been released previously for other machines. Impossible mission (still brilliant today - amazing how each game is different) - was that eras GTA5!

  • @groovykid
    @groovykid Рік тому

    i played nearly half of the games but on msx at the time. nearly 80% first half of the video but the second half, most games sounds unknow to me. 1984 was a great time, i was 10yo and terminator on the big screen that i didnt saw, but i saw ghostbusters, indiana jones and the temple of doom , the karate kid and gremlins. big brother fictional date was a really cool year in reality 🙂

  • @kidkique
    @kidkique Рік тому

    loved donald ducks playground and bc and agent usa!!! and Ghostbusters !! and spy va spyyyy! !

  • @dorelle
    @dorelle Рік тому +1

    man, so many of these sounds scared the living hell out of me as a kid lol

    • @SG-er8cx
      @SG-er8cx 25 днів тому +1

      Lol the robot buzzing Lazer sound from mission impossible. Your comment made me laugh as I thought same

    • @dorelle
      @dorelle 24 дні тому

      @@SG-er8cx bless your soul LMFAO. I hope you can move passed the trauma. Haha

    • @dorelle
      @dorelle 24 дні тому +1

      ​@@SG-er8cxactually, I must ask. What are your thoughts on the Dotmatrix printer? That one also caused deep seeded pain. Lol I have a memory of visiting my aunt and being terrified to sleep in the same room as that pre-dial-up electronic-horror-scream-machine! Lololol

    • @SG-er8cx
      @SG-er8cx 24 дні тому +1

      @@dorelle omg hearing and remembering all these comments are a hilarious stroll down memory lane...

    • @dorelle
      @dorelle 24 дні тому

      @@SG-er8cx lolol 😂😂👊

  • @lordraydens
    @lordraydens Рік тому

    jet set willy reminds me of brian bloodaxe. and is that a razor blade??

  • @barry5751
    @barry5751 Рік тому +3

    Raid over Moscow, great game!

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому +2

      It was ... once I figured out how to open the damn door on level 1 :)

    • @laszloposzmik5829
      @laszloposzmik5829 2 місяці тому

      @@retrononameFor me it was ages to learn how to fly through the gate safely :) Also the program code was very similar to Beach-Head.

  • @mrscruffy8045
    @mrscruffy8045 Рік тому

    Hmmm... Ant Attack--- i remember a different game under that name.

  • @bulletgaming5712
    @bulletgaming5712 Рік тому

    Raid over Moscow unlocked

  • @dr.ignacioglez.9677
    @dr.ignacioglez.9677 Рік тому

    I LOVE C64 👍🥂🎩

  • @kidkique
    @kidkique Рік тому

    most of my games were from 84 i guess. what about hotwheels??

  • @tofik5939
    @tofik5939 Рік тому

    👍👍

  • @Nevidimka0
    @Nevidimka0 Рік тому

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @hai.1820
    @hai.1820 Рік тому

    Zorro was a good game also.. law of the west

  • @AzzureSky
    @AzzureSky Рік тому

    Anybody knows name of game similar to Bagitman? Almost identical concept, slightly different graphics and different music.

    • @Inaflap
      @Inaflap Рік тому

      Bagitman was an unofficial clone of the arcade game Bagman (1982). There was a similar arcade game called Arabian (1983). The Nintendo NES had Super Arabian (Japan release 1985). Tales of the Arabian Nights on C64 had elements of both Arabian and Hunchback.

    • @postamesta
      @postamesta 11 місяців тому

      Le Bagnard

    • @AzzureSky
      @AzzureSky 11 місяців тому +1

      @@postamesta Thanks. It wasn't that, but after trying to find your sugestion, YT recommended me game I was seeking. It was Gilligan's Gold

  • @b213videoz
    @b213videoz Рік тому

    Underwurlde 😊

  • @philipcass6275
    @philipcass6275 Рік тому

    Dizzy wow

  • @Dan-in-Virginia
    @Dan-in-Virginia Рік тому

    BC is harder than it looks.

  • @sabek10001
    @sabek10001 Рік тому

    Where is a Giana Sisters?

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому

      This episode covers top 50 C64 games in 1984 only. You can find Giana in the episode "Top 50 C64 games of 1987" because 1987 was the year Giana sisters was released.
      Thanks for watching!

    • @sabek10001
      @sabek10001 Рік тому

      @@retrononame Sorry, my mistake.

  • @obregr
    @obregr Рік тому

    bcs quest in chuckie egg legendarne igre,oljmpic skier sem po nesrec hacka,da sem skakal na dno in bruce lee ,automania ,fred,spy vs spy,clifhangertud

  • @MephProduction
    @MephProduction Рік тому +1

    booty was so bad on he c64

    • @retrononame
      @retrononame  Рік тому

      I don't know. I kind of like the game. Not the best amongst the games released in 1984, but not horrible (at least for me).

    • @MephProduction
      @MephProduction Рік тому

      @@retrononame the speccy version was really good, but the c64 had many cheap deaths.. there's that one door that kills you instantly for example... plus it's so ugly and slow compared to the speccy..

  • @chrismcfizzle
    @chrismcfizzle Рік тому

    I grew up on Atari and C64....my dad still has both, they both still work, and me and my brother still play them.

  • @marcusmalone
    @marcusmalone Рік тому

    Some of these were incredible feats of programming for '84, e.g. Impossible Mission. I mean, compare to stuff on the 2600 at the time, or even something like BC Bill here.