Elite, beachead 2, Turrican, Leaderboard & Defender of the Crown mybe 90% of the games you shoulded here .. so so many i spent so much time on ... but 1 stands out over all for me was Project Stealth Fighter @@Retro_B8
Thanks Colin! Yeah I tried to fit as many of my favourite SID tracks in there between the games, glad you enjoyed the video, by no means a perfect top 100!!
Great video- brought back great memories of my high school years sharing games with my buddies. Impossible Mission, Space Taxi, Lode Runner and Jumpman were my favorites back the mid 80’s
Great list of classics, man! The only one missing in my papers, was Laser Squad 'sequel', Lords of Chaos. It is one of the best games ever created for 8-bit device.
HUGE thanks for this awesome video!!! I used to play the C64 in my youth. What a machine, what a time! It has been a long time since I played a C64 game (I think Impossible Mission about 10 years ago), but I will see whether I can interest my kids to play some of these gems.
Great list! Thanks for your efforts! Takes me back to being a 13 year old again, when I got my 64 in 1982.. Some of my faves were Shadowfire (great music), Skyfox, Mercenary, Attack Of The Mutant Cames & Revenge, The 4th Protocol, Hovver Bovver and System 15000 by Ferranti software, a hacking simulator with BBS's dialup modems and telephone number incorporated into the gameplay.
That would be awesome, I’m working on a top 50 personal favourites but it’s so hard to order them! Pirates is so many peoples fave and Ultima, I completely missed out on both as a kid and didn’t really discover them until much later!
Best part about C64 games was how they easy were to copy from your friends. I had a shoebox full of floppy disc bootleg games. But oh Lord, the worst was the cassette tape drive. It took like 9 hours to load Beach Head.
Great video! 👏 I’ve watched several “best of C64 games” videos lately and this is the best one. You had so many favorites: Jumpman, M.U.L.E., Law of the West, Forbidden Forest, Beachhead, and too many others to mention. And I was especially happy to see my all-time favorite, Impossible Mission, on your list. The only one from my top ten that you didn’t have is Rescue on Fractalus. I just about jumped out of my skin when the alien appeared the first time. 😂 I also enjoyed seeing Lemmings and Shoot Em Up Construction Kit for the C64 since I had both for the Amiga but had never seen the C64 versions before. Anyway, I bought my C64 way back in 1983 and I’ve own many others since but none had as a big influence on my life as the C64.
Great vid. Always love to see what somebody else's faves are on the old majestic breadbox... As a follow up, you could do one of these featuring modern C64 games (say, post Mayhem in Monster Land... or a little later).
Cheers mate, thank you for the kind words! Yes definitely after the feedback in comments a video based on the more modern games has to be in the pipeline! These were up to around 2015/16 I think overall!
A very good list and gets my seal of approval. With soooooooooooo many games for the C64, creating a top# list has to be a nightmare for anyone. There are still some games, even on this list, that I never had a chance to try. A few I would have liked to have seen: Pitfall II, 7 Cities of Gold, The Gold Box Games (AD&D as 1 entry), Ocean Ranger. I was very happy to see Wasteland hit your top 10. What a gem!
Ah thanks Twanki for the kind words, I had some great help from OSG, a top chap in the community. I’d say I like about 80% of these games but there are some glaring absentees. Commando for example
Hope someone can help me out. Been looking for 2 C64 games since forever. 1:Youre a triangle airplane that doesnt really fly but parkours the levels (and if i remember correctly, can morph into other vehicles) 2: Side scroller shooter. Guy in grey trenchcoat with a hat. first levels had a lot of crates you could jump on to. Thanks in advance
@@iamsancho443 ahh brilliant mate,OSG knows his stuff, just one more to go. Any more info on the first game? Isometric, side view, was there music or SFX, end of level bosses etc?
Definitely bringing back a LOT of memories. The music ALONE tells me which ones I remember playing, and which ones I didn't. The music in between clips was the best--Commando, wasn't it? I played that for HOURS! The best part of the C64 was BASIC. It was the EASIEST language to write in. I wrote a Banner program that created dot matrix banners, using each letter of a banner to create that letter...a Data Match program with 200 questions that I used on all my friends to match them up (I was always great at knowing what questions to ask, and knowing what made people compatible--I successfully created 22 different couples, 4 of whom ended up dating through high school and got married. They're welcome! LOL)...AND a great space-based game with glowing crystals you had to maneuver a ship down through tight spaces to destroy in order to move up through levels. I actually tried to sell that last one, but by then, Commodore was shutting down and wasn't interested.
Wow man your skills are amazing! Having played it back in the day I know it's not that easy to move around the complex without being hit by anything. Congrats! And thanks for unveiling the mistery of the final scene!
Hi Juris, wow thank you for the kind words! I tried to get a few of my favourite SID tracks between games, I’m glad someone picked up on that haha. Alas I’m only a small channel but hopefully this video will do well!
Awesome video as ever! Agree with others, a best of new/modern games including any that have been reworked (like ghost and goblins) would be good to watch.
Thanks for the kind words Matt, I definitely agree. This list is up to about 2015/16 I’d say so would love to do something with a more modern twist. Still, some absolutely corking games didn’t make this 100 and some stinkers that did!
cool vid bro 😍Katakis at #34 looks like a corker! That's some kind of list from the Lemon'ers very interesting results. Surprised that Speedball 1 or 2, Super Cars, Slicks, Lotus, Green Beret, I.O. and a few others didn't make the list, but it is based on 100 votes and those games I see on Lemon 64 didn't reach that mark. I would have thought this would have been the top 10 not in any order just as the top 10 games - 4. IK+ 6. Turrican II: The Final Fight 7. Last Ninja 2 11. Elite 16. Impossible Mission 18. Bruce Lee 33. Wizball 53. Stunt Car Racer 60. Spy vs Spy 86. Lemmings
Great list and a lot of titles I still remember. Just thought by myself which were the 10 games on C64 that come to my mind at first. Power at Sea, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, Defender of the crown, Archon, the last ninja, International Karate, Winter Games, Gunship. All spread over your list (except power at sea - or i missed it ^^)
Cheers Steve, it felt like it was never going to be finished at times but glad to finally get it out there. Some classics, some not so classics in there!
I seen several top 100 game list from the C64. This is the best one. Many of my fav games were listed. I may not agree with the place on all, but still a good top 100.
Chilly Willy, 4th and Inches, SimCity, Green Beret, Qix, Sid's PIRATES!!, MANIAC Mansion, Three Stooges!! , I was adding while watching.. Glad MM made it.. Pirates was my jam.. Thanks for the memories.. lots of time in the basement with Dad on the C64
Just stumbled across this. Interesting to see that it's been filtered to omit any recent games, when there are quite a few that deserve their place in that list, and that people might not be aware they exist.
Hey me buddy I'm so sorry has taken me this long to respond. Watched this one a few times now and honestly is an incredible list. Jist shows how much of a ground breaker of a micro the c64 was back in the day. So gorgeous games and that sound really does put ma beloved speccie in the shade. Been loving the 10 of lists you've been doing too bud. Really great to watch a reminisce while doing me dishes 😉👍🏴
Surprised that none of the Cauldron games got higher votes. Although very difficult, had a ton of fun with those games as a kid. Fist 2 and Armor of Antiriad are also 2 titles that seem to be underrated. Love the fact you snuck some Fist 2 music in! That said can’t argue with the quality in the top 10, all stone cold classics!
Many good games here! But I miss International Soccer, Styx, Super Scramble(Terminal Software), Jawbreaker, Super Pipeline 2, Pooyan, Popeye, Revenge of the mutant camels, Motor Mania, Skier, Boulder Dash, Lode Runner, Oils Well, 1942, The Boss, Olympic Skier and Frantic Freddie 🙂
THANK U VERY MUCH for the compilation !!!! That was nice :) memories over memories, all time favorites r wizball bruce lee maniac mansion zak mckracken california games skate or die :) oh man thanx again ;) cheers
There’s some great games in the 100 but also some glaring omissions I think. Some games I love like commando don’t make the list but I guess it’s not everyone’s cuppa tea!
Well, I only knew one kid growing up who had a C64, but I remember 2 of his favorite games were Maniac Mansion and Zack McKraken.. so I think you’re on the right track here!
I missed Delta, Wizardry, Who dares wins, Spellbound, Frantic Freddie, Beach head, Super pipline 2, Spy vs spy 2, Monty on the run, Commando and Fist 2. Some music from Fist 2 and Commando was added in the video tough.
So this 100 is purely based on the very popular C64 website Lemon64 where everyone can vote for their favourite games etc. stipulations are, must have at least 100 votes and that’s it! The lowest score here is 7.95 which believe it or not is just a little higher (with 100 votes) than all the games listed although personally a few of yours would make my personal top 100, which I’m working on! I love the music from commando and fist II especially!
Hi there. Anyone of you's remember the game where you play as a brown hooded mage, gathering components to make a spell? There was an ominous music score, and you had to travel from screen to screen.
@@TheUndertaker19 no worries mate, it’s actually been remixed as well I used it for the intro music, I think the link is somewhere in the description. They really were mate, great memories!
Interesting list. I loved the Turrican games and Airborne Ranger. Some of my favourites I don't see on your list include: Batman The Movie Spike in Transylvania Star Paws Hero Quest Shadow of the Beast Shadow Dancer Batman. It was two games in one. James Pond 2: Robocod Dan Dare Aliens
What's amazing about this "top 100" list is that there were so many games made for the C64 (over 5000) that even this list is missing DOZENS of my all-time favorite titles. :)
I've been an avid C64 fan since the 80s and still saw a couple here I haven't played (e.g. Newcomer). Thanks. Side note: games like Mayhem in Monsterland always make me sad cos they remind me of the 64's dying days and how desperately it tried to emulate NES 😢
Could any one tell me what's the song on the top 70 - 69 - 68 presentation? I used to play it and it's the most wonderfull one I've heard on my C64, minute 22:12
The hours and hours I spent creating tracks for Racing Car Destruction Set… A lot of the best games I liked were because of the phenomenal music in them, like Iron Lord (almost all I gravitated to I subsequently found out were composed by Jeroen Tel from Maniacs of Noise)
I have to completely agree, my nostalgia for the C64 is fuelled by the music in these games, people like Jeron Tel, Martin Galloway, Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish, Chris Huelsbeck, Matt Grey to list just a few embedded the Sid chip into my DNA! Amazing times
@@Retro_B8 I got into composing music using trackers on the C64 like Future Composer which resulted in knowing hexadecimal too well but never produced anything notable since the sound digitiser cartridge our group got was destroyed by our main coder experimenting on it.
Ah it must be amazing to have the knowledge to actually create something on the C64, sadly I managed to write a few lines of basic but that’s the limit of my skills. Is the digitiser cartridge rare hardware?
@@Retro_B8 Super rare iirc, we never got another one and the group disbanded very soon after losing that one. I just located a Christmas carol medley I did aged 14 for an "Aussie Xmas" demo in 1990. Again, not notable but relevant to the season 😁 It's on the CSDB uncredited as "/DEMOS/UNKNOWN/Unknown_136.sid"
A decent list. Played quite a few of them. Definitely missing Retrograde, a few movie tie-ins and perhaps Ghouls'n'Ghosts, Hanmerfist & Blood Money or Dominator. Turbo Outrun at 99 is a shock! Guess we have to make room for those point & click adventures.
Totally agree there’s some absolutely stone cold classics missing from this 100. This specific top 100 is voted for by the website Lemon64 with a minimum of 100 votes. My personal top 100 is way different and would include way less point n clicks! Gonna try and finish my personal top 50 but it’s just fining the time
For me the best C-64 game by far was M.U.L.E. played in the "Expert mode". It had so much dependencies, the game is an exercise in supply and demand economics involving competition between up to four players (2 Joysticks / 2 keyboard). If you played with less players you got computer opponents. See the Wikipedia article for more details. P.S.: I caught the mountain swampus 😃
MULE was like nothing I’d played before, I was too to young to really understand it at first but a few years later when playing with friends it really was a class game to play, I couldn’t imagine playing on expert mode though!!
@@Retro_B8 Expert mode just had the additional feature that the store ran out of stock and so the prices increased for every rare resource up to maximal amounts. E.g. if energy ran out of stock the store offered e.g. 100 credits, but the players with demand could bid higher (running up), while the supplying player could wait and sell short before time ran out. This meant that the wealth of players could increase making the entire game wealthier. I loved it...
How about a top 100 c64 tunes from games next? I can give you my top 20 (in no particular order):- 1) bump set spike 2) delta 3) eagles 4) L.O.C.O. 5) commando 6) Lazy Jones 7) thrust 8) robocop 9) Monty on the run 10) spellbound 11) crazy comets 12) bomb jack 13) wizardy 14) international karate 15) bounder 16) master of magic 17) ghetto blaster 18) the last ninja 19) break street 20) one man and his droid Regards to everyone from Brad, a 51 year old Aussie dude that will always love sid tunes. 😎✅
I don't see Last Ninja 3, Flimbo's Quest, Newzealand Story, Vendetta, The Untouchables, Hudson Hawk, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Driller, 3D pool, R-Type, Retrograde... Maybe next time!😃
So this 100 is purely based on the very popular C64 website Lemon64 where everyone can vote for their favourite games etc. stipulations are, must have at least 100 votes and that’s it! The lowest score here is 7.95 which believe it or not is just a little higher (with 100 votes) than all the games listed although personally a few of yours would make my personal top 100, which I’m working on!
I wish i still had my 128 and 64 with all my games. Stealth Fighter and Gunship were my 2 fav's. Followed close by Raid on Bungling Bay and Red Storm Rising. Last Ninja, Spy Hunter so many games i had back then. Stealth Fighter and Gunship u could not play without the keyboard overlays so many controls lol.
Gotta tell ya as a seasoned C64 user (52 years old rn) there was only 3 games in your list that I rate. Elite (yes I am, thank you), Yosagi Youimbo, and Turrican II. I can whip Turrican II with 17 lives remaining. But then again, I'm an old bastard with plenty of practice :P Keep on doing what you're doing. Peace brother.
24:15 , 24:55 , 25:34 , 26:17 , 27:01 This is a music from a game that is not even on a list... One of the best games of which I can't remeber the title for the life of me... There were thugs you couls kill with rocket laucher on a machinegun. Medics were cleaning their corpses or pile of meat. You could make them "dance" next to the wall". What was the title? Also there was Dizzy III, or this caveman who was using his pants as parachute, or Elvira (still have it). I remembe anothe cool game with ninja. More like side scrolling. If you went to the left there was a huge drop I usually died at trying to drop lower. Also can't remembet the title.
I heard that M.U.L.E. was available on Nintendo game system when they were popular. Any info on that? Or any info on it being available on other gaming platforms (old or new)?
As always an excellent video mate and I know you put a lot of effort in, some fantastic games in there but I bet if they added modern releases it would look very different.
Ah thanks Martin for the kind words! Well, next I want to do my personal top fifty. It will be a lot different to this with way more newer games included. Problem is so many new games are coming out at the minute it’ll almost be instantly out of date be release haha!
Thanks mate, yeah this 100 is based on the popular website lemon 64’s top one hundred that’s been voted for by the general public. Stipulations were that the game had to have a minimum 100 votes and of had an official release. There’s some games missing here that would definitely make my personal list like commando etc but working on a personal top 50 which I think blows these games away!
It’s a mixture of my own gameplay, some footage may be from UA-cam but if so they’re credited and also footage donated from other UA-camrs that I speak to etc. I’ve never had a copyright strike for this video so I don’t think any is copyright, especially as these games are generally well over 30 years old. Hope that helps
@@Retro_B8 yes very very helpful thank you so much! I am thinking of doing short music videoclips with commodore games extracts (vertical cut outs). Would you be willing to share some of this material or is it possible to download just here? THANK YOU!
@user-lr2ny2pj9u use whatever you need from here I’ve no problem with that whatsoever, be great to get a tag so I can watch as I love C64 SID music! Some composers of C64 music do unfortunately claim ownership of music they composed for games made years ago but I’m not so sure which ones and it seems random if they do or don’t. Look forward to hopefully seeing your video!
It's a good collection, clearly everyone has their own. I would have removed something and inserted Guardian (best 8-bit conversion of Defender), Encounter by Novagen and Space Rogue.
There are some glaring omissions for me, commando being one that immediately springs to mind, these are in order as voted for on the Lemon64 website with a minimum 100 votes. My personal top 50 would be vastly different! Guardian, class game and should definitely be in there!
The problems with list made from a voting base, is brigading. It's why "gamers choice" awards is always to the blandest most coockie cutter fps every year. /rant over @@Retro_B8
@@matthewkennedy5177 this top 100 is based on public votes from the popular website lemon64 with a minimum of 100 votes. It’s a complete travesty that commando isn’t in there I completely agree mate!
Hi Steve! Got to agree KS2 is way low, I live making my own courses in the editor! This list is compiled from the Lemon64 site where games must have a minimum 100 votes to be counted. These are in order by their rating on there mate.
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c64 sounds were incredible
I completely agree 100%
Lots of my nostalgia is linked to the game music even to this day. Nothing come close to the SID chip
Was just thinking the same proper takes me back
The sid chip was amazing.
@@jevogroni4829 8 bit
i still have my C64 and all my games ... im 50 years old i will never sell it
Ah, brilliant to hear mate, any favourite games that come to mind?
I’m not far behind you, 46 this year, where did the time go!
Elite, beachead 2, Turrican, Leaderboard & Defender of the Crown mybe 90% of the games you shoulded here .. so so many i spent so much time on ... but 1 stands out over all for me was Project Stealth Fighter @@Retro_B8
i also miss the magazines like ZZap 64 the game reviews where great
What if I gave you a cool 100 dollars for it?
@@BlightyUK12345 same here only I'm 40, but still have the same Commodore I grew up with
So many games on this list I had completely forgot about over the years. Thanks for bringing back a lot of good memories!
Glad you enjoyed it, hoping to complete the Amiga top 100 soon!
I was 10 in 1981. The creativity on even figuring out what a videogame _could be_ still fascinates me
Good list. What about Superstar Ice Hockey / Trashman / Paperboy / Pinball / Cobra /Thundercats / Vermeer / Kaiser / Ace of Aces / Pitfall
@@diamat3159 Yes. There's some missing games, like Renegade too
Racing destruction set music rocked.. also setting gravity off... haha
Great upload buddy much appreciated 👊🏻😁
@@bigstackD thanks mate!
Decathlon, the game that was invented to sell new joysticks
@@djcasl also World Games Barrel Jump if I remember correctly :)
Brilliant Video. Enjoying those Sid Tunes as well.
Thanks Colin! Yeah I tried to fit as many of my favourite SID tracks in there between the games, glad you enjoyed the video, by no means a perfect top 100!!
Great video- brought back great memories of my high school years sharing games with my buddies.
Impossible Mission, Space Taxi, Lode Runner and Jumpman were my favorites back the mid 80’s
Great list of classics, man!
The only one missing in my papers, was Laser Squad 'sequel', Lords of Chaos. It is one of the best games ever created for 8-bit device.
HUGE thanks for this awesome video!!!
I used to play the C64 in my youth. What a machine, what a time!
It has been a long time since I played a C64 game (I think Impossible Mission about 10 years ago), but I will see whether I can interest my kids to play some of these gems.
Ah I’m glad you enjoyed it mate, things were a lot simpler back then as a kid with not so many worries playing your favourite games with your mates!
Great list! Thanks for your efforts! Takes me back to being a 13 year old again, when I got my 64 in 1982.. Some of my faves were Shadowfire (great music), Skyfox, Mercenary, Attack Of The Mutant Cames & Revenge, The 4th Protocol, Hovver Bovver and System 15000 by Ferranti software, a hacking simulator with BBS's dialup modems and telephone number incorporated into the gameplay.
Great list, I need to make a top 100!. You reminded me about a lot of games. I can say for sure that Ultima IV is my number 1 and Pirates is number 2.
That would be awesome, I’m working on a top 50 personal favourites but it’s so hard to order them! Pirates is so many peoples fave and Ultima, I completely missed out on both as a kid and didn’t really discover them until much later!
Best part about C64 games was how they easy were to copy from your friends. I had a shoebox full of floppy disc bootleg games. But oh Lord, the worst was the cassette tape drive. It took like 9 hours to load Beach Head.
Ah I never had a disk drive they were super expensive so I had a tape deck. I did try to copy those, and failed miserably!!
Great video! 👏 I’ve watched several “best of C64 games” videos lately and this is the best one. You had so many favorites: Jumpman, M.U.L.E., Law of the West, Forbidden Forest, Beachhead, and too many others to mention. And I was especially happy to see my all-time favorite, Impossible Mission, on your list. The only one from my top ten that you didn’t have is Rescue on Fractalus. I just about jumped out of my skin when the alien appeared the first time. 😂
I also enjoyed seeing Lemmings and Shoot Em Up Construction Kit for the C64 since I had both for the Amiga but had never seen the C64 versions before.
Anyway, I bought my C64 way back in 1983 and I’ve own many others since but none had as a big influence on my life as the C64.
stay a while....staaaay foreeeeveeeeerrrr ;)
So glad you enjoyed it, a trip down memory lane. Not all my choices of games tbh but the vast majority I really loved
Great vid. Always love to see what somebody else's faves are on the old majestic breadbox... As a follow up, you could do one of these featuring modern C64 games (say, post Mayhem in Monster Land... or a little later).
Cheers mate, thank you for the kind words!
Yes definitely after the feedback in comments a video based on the more modern games has to be in the pipeline! These were up to around 2015/16 I think overall!
A very good list and gets my seal of approval. With soooooooooooo many games for the C64, creating a top# list has to be a nightmare for anyone. There are still some games, even on this list, that I never had a chance to try. A few I would have liked to have seen: Pitfall II, 7 Cities of Gold, The Gold Box Games (AD&D as 1 entry), Ocean Ranger. I was very happy to see Wasteland hit your top 10. What a gem!
Excellent vid. Thanks for the effort. Gotta say in agreement with most of the list too
Ah thanks Twanki for the kind words, I had some great help from OSG, a top chap in the community. I’d say I like about 80% of these games but there are some glaring absentees. Commando for example
Hope someone can help me out. Been looking for 2 C64 games since forever.
1:Youre a triangle airplane that doesnt really fly but parkours the levels (and if i remember correctly, can morph into other vehicles)
2: Side scroller shooter. Guy in grey trenchcoat with a hat. first levels had a lot of crates you could jump on to.
Thanks in advance
Hmm, I’m not so sure but I’ll ask my mate who’s a bit of an oracle when it comes to C64 games that may be a bit more obscure!
@@Retro_B8 Thanks a lot, appriciated
@iamsancho443 the second one could be the untouchables?
@@Retro_B8 IT IS!!!!! Thank you so much man!! I've been looking for it for 25 years :')
@@iamsancho443 ahh brilliant mate,OSG knows his stuff, just one more to go. Any more info on the first game? Isometric, side view, was there music or SFX, end of level bosses etc?
Definitely bringing back a LOT of memories. The music ALONE tells me which ones I remember playing, and which ones I didn't. The music in between clips was the best--Commando, wasn't it? I played that for HOURS!
The best part of the C64 was BASIC. It was the EASIEST language to write in. I wrote a Banner program that created dot matrix banners, using each letter of a banner to create that letter...a Data Match program with 200 questions that I used on all my friends to match them up (I was always great at knowing what questions to ask, and knowing what made people compatible--I successfully created 22 different couples, 4 of whom ended up dating through high school and got married. They're welcome! LOL)...AND a great space-based game with glowing crystals you had to maneuver a ship down through tight spaces to destroy in order to move up through levels. I actually tried to sell that last one, but by then, Commodore was shutting down and wasn't interested.
One of my all time faves was Maniac Mansion (and then of course Zak McKracken, and the rest of the Lucas Games to follow)
Wow man your skills are amazing!
Having played it back in the day I know it's not that easy to move around the complex without being hit by anything. Congrats!
And thanks for unveiling the mistery of the final scene!
Really Great Format
Excellent Sid Tunes
Gameplay and a bit of publisher info
How does this not have a million views?
Hi Juris, wow thank you for the kind words! I tried to get a few of my favourite SID tracks between games, I’m glad someone picked up on that haha. Alas I’m only a small channel but hopefully this video will do well!
That's a pretty good selection! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video as ever! Agree with others, a best of new/modern games including any that have been reworked (like ghost and goblins) would be good to watch.
Thanks for the kind words Matt, I definitely agree. This list is up to about 2015/16 I’d say so would love to do something with a more modern twist. Still, some absolutely corking games didn’t make this 100 and some stinkers that did!
cool vid bro 😍Katakis at #34 looks like a corker! That's some kind of list from the Lemon'ers very interesting results. Surprised that Speedball 1 or 2, Super Cars, Slicks, Lotus, Green Beret, I.O. and a few others didn't make the list, but it is based on 100 votes and those games I see on Lemon 64 didn't reach that mark. I would have thought this would have been the top 10 not in any order just as the top 10 games -
4. IK+
6. Turrican II: The Final Fight
7. Last Ninja 2
11. Elite
16. Impossible Mission
18. Bruce Lee
33. Wizball
53. Stunt Car Racer
60. Spy vs Spy
86. Lemmings
Great tunes between the Games .)
Fist II is very Great
Thanx for the Video
I had more fun playing on my C64 than my PS5. Those were great days.
What game was the main menu music between sections from? It’s been driving me crazy :)
Commando
Great list and a lot of titles I still remember. Just thought by myself which were the 10 games on C64 that come to my mind at first. Power at Sea, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, Defender of the crown, Archon, the last ninja, International Karate, Winter Games, Gunship. All spread over your list (except power at sea - or i missed it ^^)
Great job ! Amazing memories. What about Another World, Rambo;Commando or Co&Co ? :)
Eine wunderbare Zusammenstellung der Spiele.
Tolles Video 😍
Vielen Dank 😊
Great video mate .. enjoyed watching ...
Cheers Steve, it felt like it was never going to be finished at times but glad to finally get it out there. Some classics, some not so classics in there!
Nostalgic nice to see many games I played back then on cassette tape on my C64. Used to play Ultimate series
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it!
I seen several top 100 game list from the C64. This is the best one.
Many of my fav games were listed. I may not agree with the place on all, but still a good top 100.
Chilly Willy, 4th and Inches, SimCity, Green Beret, Qix, Sid's PIRATES!!, MANIAC Mansion, Three Stooges!! ,
I was adding while watching..
Glad MM made it.. Pirates was my jam..
Thanks for the memories.. lots of time in the basement with Dad on the C64
Beans on toast generously topped with grated and melted red Leicester and a drizzle of HP sauce is the perfect post spliff snack
Hahaha, that sounds absolutely delicious, nice with brainstorm pickle as well!
@@Retro_B8 I'm going to make a logical assumption and guess you meant Branston 🤣
@@purplehaze2342 hahaha, yes mate exactly! My fat fingers!!
Que excelente video! Gracias por tu dedicación. Abrazo desde Argentina!
1. The Last Ninja
2. Street Rod
Just stumbled across this. Interesting to see that it's been filtered to omit any recent games, when there are quite a few that deserve their place in that list, and that people might not be aware they exist.
Hey me buddy I'm so sorry has taken me this long to respond. Watched this one a few times now and honestly is an incredible list. Jist shows how much of a ground breaker of a micro the c64 was back in the day. So gorgeous games and that sound really does put ma beloved speccie in the shade. Been loving the 10 of lists you've been doing too bud. Really great to watch a reminisce while doing me dishes 😉👍🏴
Nobody can imagine but we actually played those games. And we absolutely enjoyed it! There was nothing better at those times. So many good memories.❤
1:06:38 I still remember that big ninja image on the bottom right was intimidating. lol
Have you seen the intro to last ninja remix? Some absolutely stunning gfx at the start of that one as well mate
Surprised that none of the Cauldron games got higher votes. Although very difficult, had a ton of fun with those games as a kid. Fist 2 and Armor of Antiriad are also 2 titles that seem to be underrated. Love the fact you snuck some Fist 2 music in!
That said can’t argue with the quality in the top 10, all stone cold classics!
You know... Last Ninja 1-2 eats 90% of the rest for breakfast.
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Fantastic list to show the kids what I played as a kid
Skool Daze and Paper Boy were my top games. Surprised you didn't have those on your list. Great to go down memory lane though
Many good games here! But I miss International Soccer, Styx, Super Scramble(Terminal Software), Jawbreaker, Super Pipeline 2, Pooyan, Popeye, Revenge of the mutant camels, Motor Mania, Skier, Boulder Dash, Lode Runner, Oils Well, 1942, The Boss, Olympic Skier and Frantic Freddie 🙂
@@heianorgetralalaI watched the whole video, Lode Runner at 27:02 and Boulderdash at 50:56
@@C64C Thanks :-) Happy gaming !
THANK U VERY MUCH for the compilation !!!! That was nice :) memories over memories, all time favorites r wizball bruce lee maniac mansion zak mckracken california games skate or die :) oh man thanx again ;) cheers
Comments like yours make me happy to do this as my hobby!
Thank you!!
#91 Krackout.. got goosebumps. Played it all day long.
Gladly agree with most of the titles mentioned.
I vote that "Mercenary Escape from Targ" needs to be on the list.
There’s some great games in the 100 but also some glaring omissions I think. Some games I love like commando don’t make the list but I guess it’s not everyone’s cuppa tea!
Not played mercenary escape from targ, I’ll add it to my to play list!
One of my all-time favorite games. Hope you'll like it. There is also a very good, true to the original, port to PC.
32:00 .... OMG .... I still LOVE JumpMan ! So cool to play on rainy days !
Well, I only knew one kid growing up who had a C64, but I remember 2 of his favorite games were Maniac Mansion and Zack McKraken.. so I think you’re on the right track here!
Ah they’re excellent games, I struggled with them when I was a kid and probably enjoy them more now! Thanks for the kind words mate
I missed Delta, Wizardry, Who dares wins, Spellbound, Frantic Freddie, Beach head, Super pipline 2, Spy vs spy 2, Monty on the run, Commando and Fist 2. Some music from Fist 2 and Commando was added in the video tough.
So this 100 is purely based on the very popular C64 website Lemon64 where everyone can vote for their favourite games etc. stipulations are, must have at least 100 votes and that’s it! The lowest score here is 7.95 which believe it or not is just a little higher (with 100 votes) than all the games listed although personally a few of yours would make my personal top 100, which I’m working on!
I love the music from commando and fist II especially!
Hi there. Anyone of you's remember the game where you play as a brown hooded mage, gathering components to make a spell? There was an ominous music score, and you had to travel from screen to screen.
Hmm, it doesn’t ring a bell for me personally mate unfortunately, sorry
@@Retro_B8 managed to find it. Game's name 'feud'
@@KowalDWR ahh, I remember the front cover of the game wasn’t it mastertronic?
@@Retro_B8 you got that right:-D
@@KowalDWR it looks pretty good tbh, added to my ever growing to play list!
my favourite is: Impossible Mission 2!
Such an amazing game, I loved the first one as well and we have a third due out this year!!
I would add Pools of Radiance! Excellent AD&D game for C64.
What’s the Song name of #72 fort apocalypse (20:45) , can’t find it, it’s not the games theme, like it lol help 😅
The one in between the games? If so that’s commando music by Rob Hubbard mate!
@@Retro_B8 thank you appreciate it, what times they was 😁
@@TheUndertaker19 no worries mate, it’s actually been remixed as well I used it for the intro music, I think the link is somewhere in the description.
They really were mate, great memories!
Was relieved to see Ghosts N Goblins on this list. I think the C64 and NES versions are the best with the C64 having a soundtrack that hits hard!
Interesting list.
I loved the Turrican games and Airborne Ranger.
Some of my favourites I don't see on your list include:
Batman The Movie
Spike in Transylvania
Star Paws
Hero Quest
Shadow of the Beast
Shadow Dancer
Batman. It was two games in one.
James Pond 2: Robocod
Dan Dare
Aliens
No commando was my surprise, and all those you must I’ve enjoyed too. Which aliens did you prefer, I liked the US version better but both were great.
such a blast from the past! :)
Beach Head II was great. The sound effects were classic!
What's amazing about this "top 100" list is that there were so many games made for the C64 (over 5000) that even this list is missing DOZENS of my all-time favorite titles. :)
I hope you were able to play C64 Aliens game based on the movie. That game was so much fun back in the day.
I've been an avid C64 fan since the 80s and still saw a couple here I haven't played (e.g. Newcomer). Thanks.
Side note: games like Mayhem in Monsterland always make me sad cos they remind me of the 64's dying days and how desperately it tried to emulate NES 😢
Could any one tell me what's the song on the top 70 - 69 - 68 presentation? I used to play it and it's the most wonderfull one I've heard on my C64, minute 22:12
It’s the music from commando when you input your high score. Glad you like it!
The hours and hours I spent creating tracks for Racing Car Destruction Set…
A lot of the best games I liked were because of the phenomenal music in them, like Iron Lord (almost all I gravitated to I subsequently found out were composed by Jeroen Tel from Maniacs of Noise)
I have to completely agree, my nostalgia for the C64 is fuelled by the music in these games, people like Jeron Tel, Martin Galloway, Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish, Chris Huelsbeck, Matt Grey to list just a few embedded the Sid chip into my DNA!
Amazing times
@@Retro_B8 I got into composing music using trackers on the C64 like Future Composer which resulted in knowing hexadecimal too well but never produced anything notable since the sound digitiser cartridge our group got was destroyed by our main coder experimenting on it.
Ah it must be amazing to have the knowledge to actually create something on the C64, sadly I managed to write a few lines of basic but that’s the limit of my skills. Is the digitiser cartridge rare hardware?
@@Retro_B8 Super rare iirc, we never got another one and the group disbanded very soon after losing that one.
I just located a Christmas carol medley I did aged 14 for an "Aussie Xmas" demo in 1990. Again, not notable but relevant to the season 😁
It's on the CSDB uncredited as "/DEMOS/UNKNOWN/Unknown_136.sid"
Getting actually emotional watching this! 😱🎮😭
I hope in a good kind of way, sometimes nostalgia can be very overwhelming
@@Retro_B8 can remember opening the Hollywood pack C64 on Xmas morning, one of the few memories from simpler times. Great times
@@louminarty I wanted the Hollywood pack but got the mindbenders one, no where near as much fun!
My favourite game on the C64 was Blitz. It was a simple game but great for hand and eye coordination and timing.
I remember it well, great game. Simple but addictive!
A decent list. Played quite a few of them. Definitely missing Retrograde, a few movie tie-ins and perhaps Ghouls'n'Ghosts, Hanmerfist & Blood Money or Dominator. Turbo Outrun at 99 is a shock! Guess we have to make room for those point & click adventures.
Totally agree there’s some absolutely stone cold classics missing from this 100. This specific top 100 is voted for by the website Lemon64 with a minimum of 100 votes.
My personal top 100 is way different and would include way less point n clicks!
Gonna try and finish my personal top 50 but it’s just fining the time
Ps, love the username!!
@Retro_B8 looking forward to it when you get around to it 😅
@@OceanLoader cheers mate!
For me the best C-64 game by far was M.U.L.E. played in the "Expert mode". It had so much dependencies, the game is an exercise in supply and demand economics involving competition between up to four players (2 Joysticks / 2 keyboard). If you played with less players you got computer opponents. See the Wikipedia article for more details.
P.S.: I caught the mountain swampus 😃
MULE was like nothing I’d played before, I was too to young to really understand it at first but a few years later when playing with friends it really was a class game to play, I couldn’t imagine playing on expert mode though!!
@@Retro_B8 Expert mode just had the additional feature that the store ran out of stock and so the prices increased for every rare resource up to maximal amounts. E.g. if energy ran out of stock the store offered e.g. 100 credits, but the players with demand could bid higher (running up), while the supplying player could wait and sell short before time ran out. This meant that the wealth of players could increase making the entire game wealthier. I loved it...
@Floridaadler ahh, ok of course that makes sense!
was mich damals am meisten genervt hat war, das IMMER alles um zeit ging...man konnte nicht mal einfach so aufs klo gehen :-)
How about a top 100 c64 tunes from games next?
I can give you my top 20 (in no particular order):-
1) bump set spike
2) delta
3) eagles
4) L.O.C.O.
5) commando
6) Lazy Jones
7) thrust
8) robocop
9) Monty on the run
10) spellbound
11) crazy comets
12) bomb jack
13) wizardy
14) international karate
15) bounder
16) master of magic
17) ghetto blaster
18) the last ninja
19) break street
20) one man and his droid
Regards to everyone from Brad, a 51 year old Aussie dude that will always love sid tunes. 😎✅
I don't see Last Ninja 3, Flimbo's Quest, Newzealand Story, Vendetta, The Untouchables, Hudson Hawk, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Driller, 3D pool, R-Type, Retrograde... Maybe next time!😃
So this 100 is purely based on the very popular C64 website Lemon64 where everyone can vote for their favourite games etc. stipulations are, must have at least 100 votes and that’s it! The lowest score here is 7.95 which believe it or not is just a little higher (with 100 votes) than all the games listed although personally a few of yours would make my personal top 100, which I’m working on!
Great video. Note: you have Number 19 listed as "Paranoid" in your list under the video. It is, of course "Paradroid".
Thanks mate, ah bloody spell check, I’ll correct it. I also spelled kikstart wrong in the video but don’t tell anyone haha. Thanks for watching
I wish i still had my 128 and 64 with all my games. Stealth Fighter and Gunship were my 2 fav's. Followed close by Raid on Bungling Bay and Red Storm Rising. Last Ninja, Spy Hunter so many games i had back then. Stealth Fighter and Gunship u could not play without the keyboard overlays so many controls lol.
Gotta tell ya as a seasoned C64 user (52 years old rn) there was only 3 games in your list that I rate. Elite (yes I am, thank you), Yosagi Youimbo, and Turrican II. I can whip Turrican II with 17 lives remaining. But then again, I'm an old bastard with plenty of practice :P Keep on doing what you're doing. Peace brother.
24:15 , 24:55 , 25:34 , 26:17 , 27:01 This is a music from a game that is not even on a list... One of the best games of which I can't remeber the title for the life of me... There were thugs you couls kill with rocket laucher on a machinegun. Medics were cleaning their corpses or pile of meat. You could make them "dance" next to the wall". What was the title?
Also there was Dizzy III, or this caveman who was using his pants as parachute, or Elvira (still have it).
I remembe anothe cool game with ninja. More like side scrolling. If you went to the left there was a huge drop I usually died at trying to drop lower. Also can't remembet the title.
It’s the classic commando or space invasion in Germany! Absolutely ridiculous that it doesn’t make the top 100 I completely agree!
I was about 12 bk then i had all these games on the c-64 ended up with over 300 games ye good fun in the 80,s
Pirates should be #1!! Defender of the Crown was #1 for me. Silent Service was maybe my #2
Class games those mate, these were voted by the website Lemon64 with a minimum 100 votes.
Solomon's Key and Labyrinth were my favs
Wow, this will be good!
Thanks Thomas, hope you enjoyed it mate
I heard that M.U.L.E. was available on Nintendo game system when they were popular. Any info on that?
Or any info on it being available on other gaming platforms (old or new)?
My brother still has our working Commodore
7 cities of gold..
I’ve never played that one mate, added to the playlist!
Sos un genio absoluto!!!! No puedo creer recordar todos estos juegos! Gracias!!!!
I never owned a c64 but I would regularly borrow out my nes then my mega drive and snes for the Commodore goodness.
Ah nice Andy, you can pick one up for reasonable enough or emulate. So many nostalgic games to play and loads of new ones as well
The Sid chip was amazing
As always an excellent video mate and I know you put a lot of effort in, some fantastic games in there but I bet if they added modern releases it would look very different.
Ah thanks Martin for the kind words! Well, next I want to do my personal top fifty. It will be a lot different to this with way more newer games included. Problem is so many new games are coming out at the minute it’ll almost be instantly out of date be release haha!
I forgot about Jumpman. I love that game
Kickstart2 und Buggyboy ewig gezockt
Great list, but no Ducks Ahoy! or Amazon?
Thanks mate, yeah this 100 is based on the popular website lemon 64’s top one hundred that’s been voted for by the general public. Stipulations were that the game had to have a minimum 100 votes and of had an official release. There’s some games missing here that would definitely make my personal list like commando etc but working on a personal top 50 which I think blows these games away!
Hi! May I ask if this image/video material is available without copyright? And who the owner is? Thank you!
It’s a mixture of my own gameplay, some footage may be from UA-cam but if so they’re credited and also footage donated from other UA-camrs that I speak to etc. I’ve never had a copyright strike for this video so I don’t think any is copyright, especially as these games are generally well over 30 years old. Hope that helps
@@Retro_B8 yes very very helpful thank you so much! I am thinking of doing short music videoclips with commodore games extracts (vertical cut outs). Would you be willing to share some of this material or is it possible to download just here? THANK YOU!
Of course I could tell you exactly which ones ;)
@user-lr2ny2pj9u use whatever you need from here I’ve no problem with that whatsoever, be great to get a tag so I can watch as I love C64 SID music! Some composers of C64 music do unfortunately claim ownership of music they composed for games made years ago but I’m not so sure which ones and it seems random if they do or don’t.
Look forward to hopefully seeing your video!
It's a good collection, clearly everyone has their own. I would have removed something and inserted Guardian (best 8-bit conversion of Defender), Encounter by Novagen and Space Rogue.
There are some glaring omissions for me, commando being one that immediately springs to mind, these are in order as voted for on the Lemon64 website with a minimum 100 votes. My personal top 50 would be vastly different! Guardian, class game and should definitely be in there!
No Oil Emperium/Black Gold, Street Rod, Mars Saga? List need to expand.
Unfortunately not, these are the top rated games according to the popular Lemon64 website with games that have over 100 votes.
Yeah I saw. People have a right to be wrong, but abusing that right should be punishable :D @@Retro_B8
@@Kar4ever3 haha, yes it should! I’m working on a top 50 c64 games which I think has way better games than this 100 tbh!
The problems with list made from a voting base, is brigading. It's why "gamers choice" awards is always to the blandest most coockie cutter fps every year. /rant over
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@@Kar4ever3 yeah I can’t argue that tbh, there’s games here I’ve never heard of or have the want to play!
using the commando sound track but not including commando on the list, or did i miss it?
@@matthewkennedy5177 this top 100 is based on public votes from the popular website lemon64 with a minimum of 100 votes. It’s a complete travesty that commando isn’t in there I completely agree mate!
Are these in order? Just Kick start II 87 😮 that is some my favourite memories of my C64. I under stand it’s opinions though👍🏻
Hi Steve!
Got to agree KS2 is way low, I live making my own courses in the editor!
This list is compiled from the Lemon64 site where games must have a minimum 100 votes to be counted. These are in order by their rating on there mate.
Where can I find information about this c64 epic adventure game? It seems to be lost in time!?!
I am using the kung fu flash with my c64c and it is an incredible piece of kit...games are loaded in seconds.