My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.24 Druid After Gauntlet hit the 80s 8-bit computer scene, a flood of similar games followed, and Druid is one of the best. Colourful, instantly playable and full of charm, it’s a cracking fantasy action game — especially when tackled in two-player mode.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.25 Trailblazer Part Pitstop II, part Bounder, Trailblazer is a blisteringly fast split-screen futuristic racer. Simple, slick and seriously addictive, it really comes alive in head-to-head mode. A brilliant two-player blast.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.26 Ballblazer A Lucasfilm future-sport classic and a technical marvel in 1985. With its fast, fluid 3D, split-screen action and banging soundtrack, Ballblazer feels instantly exciting. Original, addictive and enormous fun when played head-to-head.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.27 Rally Speedway An absolute blast in two-player mode, Rally Speedway's head-to-head racing is brilliant fun, with plenty of crashes, chaos and last-second wins. Add in the track editor, humorous touches and sandbox-style gameplay, and it’s a real C64 gem.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games - No.28 Kik Start Inspired by the popular 80s TV show, this head-to-head motorbike racer can be tricky to master, but the satisfaction of completing a course is immense and crossing the finish line a millisecond before your mate is pure C64 two-player joy.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.29 The Goonies The classic 80s adventure movie was turned into a fine computer game that’s atmospheric and highly playable. Graphics and sound are average, but the puzzles are well-designed and the 2-player co-op gameplay is excellent.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.30 Mega-Apocalypse With an amazing Rob Hubbard soundtrack, excellent speech and intense, exhilarating, action-packed gameplay, the sequel to Crazy Comets is a brilliant blaster - especially in co-op 2 player mode. GET READY!

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My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.31 BMX Simulator A mega-seller in the mid-80s, BMX Simulator is basically Super Sprint on bikes. Simple, fast and great fun with mates, it’s a brilliant little budget racer — and that action replay feature felt seriously cool at the time.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.32 Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing Arguably the best boxing game on the C64, BMWCB is an absolute knockout. With smart graphics, smooth animation and management elements that add real depth, it’s much more than just another beat ’em up.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.33 Combat School After the more sophisticated Epyx sports sims, Combat School saw a return to good old-fashioned button-bashing action. With great graphics, varied events and an excellent 2-player mode, it delivers plenty of military-themed head-to-head fun.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.34 Batty After Arkanoid’s enormous success, a wave of Breakout-style games hit the C64 in the late 80s. With great graphics, cool power-ups and a brilliant 2-player co-op mode, Batty stands out as one of the best.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.35 Match Day 2 Packed with features, MD2 is a comprehensive football title. Its relatively complex controls make it harder to get into than most footy games, but it's great fun when it clicks. Only its slow-motion speed prevents it from being a C64 classic.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games No.36 International Tennis Hot on the heels of International Soccer and International Basketball came (you’ve guessed it!) International Tennis. Its unique side-on perspective, hugely enjoyable gameplay & excellent two-player mode make it a terrific tennis game.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.37 Zybex An superb Side Arms-style shooter, Zybex is a brilliant budget blaster. Great graphics, slick simultaneous 2-player action, cool power-ups and 16 addictive, challenging levels made it outstanding value at £2.99 BITD.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.38 Super Off Road Racer Super Sprint meets Racing Destruction Set in Graftgold’s excellent conversion of the 80s arcade original. With jumps, water hazards and plenty of crash-and-smash action, it’s fantastic 2-player, and even 3-player, fun.

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My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.39 Rampage Activision inflicted some truly horrific arcade conversions on C64 gamers — Karnov, Quartet, Enduro Racer, Afterburner 🤮 — but their take on Rampage bucks the trend: tidy graphics, brilliant 2-player co-op and smashing fun from start to finish!

My favourite #C64 two-player games - No.40 Knight Games A refreshing change from the usual martial arts-themed beat ’em ups, this medieval-set title boasts excellent graphics, fantastic sound effects and a variety of innovative events, including quarterstaff, archery, ball & chain and pike staff.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.41 Fight Night Big, brilliantly animated sprites, loads of humour and a 'build-your-own-boxer-construction-kit' make Fight Night stand out from most C64 boxing titles. The simple gameplay hampers its lastability, but a 2-player punch-up with a mate is fun.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.42 Hypa-ball A brilliant concept (a futuristic sport with jetpacks, a floating metal ball & a constantly shifting goal), Hypa-ball is simple, fast & great fun against a mate. A bit limited as a one-player experience, but as a 2-player contest, it’s a belter.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games No.43 Super Bowl XX Despite naff graphics and a woeful 1-player mode (the computer is laughably easy to beat), Super Bowl really shines as a 2-player game. Against a friend, it’s tense, competitive & great fun, with each drive a battle of strategy and reactions.

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.44 Match Point Despite its naff graphics and sound, Match Point is a cracking tennis game. It’s easy to pick up and play, and the two-player mode is fantastic fun, and smashing a winner past your mate at the end of a rally is hugely satisfying. 🎾

My Favourite #C64 Two Player Games – No.45 Uchi Mata The only Judo game on the #C64 - and a decent effort too. It takes a while to get to grips with the moves (ahem), but once you do the 2-player bouts are great fun. Perfect for throwing your mate around the gaff without risking a trip to A&E. 🥋

New list incoming… 🕹️👀 My favourite 2-player Commodore 64 games. Brutal head-to-head brawlers, superb sports sims and chaotic co-op classics – these were the games that gave us epic moments, massive laughs, lasting memories and forged friendships for life.

Welcome to March ... 1986! 40 years ago this month, Yie Ar Kung Fu punched, kicked and leapt its way onto the #C64

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.1 Bubble Bobble Pure arcade perfection. Fab graphics, irresistibly catchy music and superb two-player co-op combine to create an experience that’s endlessly replayable. Cute, colourful and utterly addictive, it’s one of the greatest C64 games ever made.

The #C64 A-Z My Fave 'B' Games - No.2 Boulder Dash With clever level design, mounting tension & that ever-present threat of falling rocks, Boulder Dash is one of the most enduring & addictive games on the C64. Blending fast reactions with careful planning, it's an utterly compelling 80s classic.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games No.3 Beach Head II This superb sequel contains 4 fantastic sub-games, each packed with tension. Slick animation, awesome speech & fiercely addictive gameplay combine to make it an absolute standout — particularly when battling it out head-to-head with a mate.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.4 Bruce Lee Although graphics & sound are fairly naff, when it comes to gameplay, Bruce Lee is magnificent. Brilliantly designed, ridiculously addictive & endlessly entertaining, it’s a true C64 classic — especially when you’ve got a mate playing as Yamo.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games No.5 Buggy Boy It may not look like the original, but C64 Buggy Boy nails the feel of it. Blisteringly quick and with razor-sharp controls & courses packed with risk-and-reward moments that keep you coming back for more, it's one of the C64’s greatest racers.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games No.6 Barbarian This brilliant beat-'em-up is best remembered for its gory decapitations & controversial ads. Easy to pick up & play, and with fab graphics & animation, atmospheric arenas & a fantastic two-player mode, it’s one of the best of its kind on the 64.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.7 Bombuzal A clever and demanding puzzle game built around logic, forward planning and precise movement, Bombuzal features striking isometric presentation and fiendishly crafted levels. Original, absorbing and immensely rewarding to master.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.8 Bionic Commando An excellent conversion of the Capcom arcade platformer that trades traditional jumping for an ultra-cool grappling arm. With excellent mechanics, a superb soundtrack and brilliant gameplay, it’s a fantastic title.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.9 Barbarian 2 The Dungeon of Drax ditches the one-on-one arena combat in favour of a sprawling fantasy adventure. More complex & ambitious than the original, it mixes exploration and brutal action, with gorgeous graphics and a suitably macabre atmosphere.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.10 Batman Caped Crusader One of three Batman titles released by Ocean in the 80s, this excellent game is a two-in-one arcade adventure/beat 'em up, featuring a very cool comic-book style, easy pick-up-and-play controls and genuinely brilliant gameplay.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.11 Beyond the Forbidden Forest Following a legend ain't easy, but Paul Norman rose to the challenge. Not quite matching the original, yet boasting suitably ghoulish graphics, spooky sound and absorbing, atmospheric gameplay, it remains a superb effort.

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The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games No.12 Bounder This novel twist on the platformer is challenging but highly addictive. Brilliantly original, with excellent graphics and compulsive gameplay, it's a cracking title that earned Gremlin their only ZZAP! Gold Medal, scoring 97% back in January 1986.

My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.13 Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing Easily the best boxing game on the C64, BMWCB is an absolute knock-out. With nice graphics, neat animation and management elements that add depth and longevity, it’s much more than just a simple fighting game.

My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.14 Ballblazer This Lucasfilm future-sport title was a technical showpiece in 1985. Fast, fluid 3D action and a cracking soundtrack deliver instant excitement, while its originality and addictive gameplay make it huge fun, particularly in two-player mode.

My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.15 BMX Simulator Loads of BMX games hit the C64 in the 80s, and most of them were pants. But BMX Simulator—essentially Super Sprint on bikes— bucked (bunnyhopped?) the trend. Fantastic fun, especially when played with a mate, and also amazing value, at just £1.99.

My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.16 Bounty Bob With blocky graphics and naff sound, Bob hardly makes a strong first impression, but what it lacks up front it more than makes up for in gameplay. Brilliantly designed, ultra-playable, and let's not forget one of the best high-score tables ever made!

My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.17 Beach-Head The first of many cracking titles from the Carver brothers, Beach-Head’s excellent graphics & innovative mini-game structure set it head and shoulders above its 1983 contemporaries. Tense, compulsive and great fun, it's a genuine landmark game for the C64.

Welcome to February ... 1988! 38 years ago this month, Ocean released Platoon. An excellent title, made up of mini-games based on scenes from the film, it was a critical & commercial hit for Ocean & signalled a major improvement in the quality of tie-in titles from the Manchester software house.

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The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.18 Blue Max Take Zaxxon, tweak the gameplay and shift the setting from deep space to World War One, and the result is the brilliant Blue Max. One of the C64’s standout early titles, it’s absorbing, fast-paced and highly playable - even today.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.19 Batman: The Movie This multi-stage adaptation of the Tim Burton film, combining platforming, driving and shooting sequences, has varied gameplay, decent graphics and an excellent soundtrack. One of the better movie tie-ins on the old breadbin.

The #C64 A-Z My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.20 Blackwyche Blackwyche casts Sir Arthur Pendragon adrift on a cursed, multi-deck galleon, mixing arcade adventure action with puzzle-solving and a satisfyingly spooky atmosphere. Very reminiscent of TSOK and Entombed, but still a highly enjoyable game.