The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games – No.20 Ark Pandora Ark Pandora brings welcome variety to the arcade adventure genre with its innovative icon-based controls. Colourful graphics, catchy music, challenging puzzles and quirky enemies combine to make a strange but thoroughly engrossing game.

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games – No.21 Arcade Classics Four classic arcade games for less than £2? Yes please. Solid versions of Asteroids, Snake, Space Wars and Space Invaders made this C64 title a bargain must-buy. Worth it for the outstanding Rob Hubbard theme tune alone.

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games No 22 Automania The first of 5 Wally Week games, Automania introduced players to Mikro-Gen’s hapless everyman & launched one of the 80s’ most beloved series. Graphics & sound are basic, and it's rock hard, but it offers a good burst of quirky, platforming fun.

The #C64 A to Z My Fave A Games No.23 Attack of the Mutant Camels Jeff Minter’s mutant shoot-’em-up was clearly inspired by the Atari VCS game Empire Strikes Back. Packed with addictive arcade action, its trippy sound & psychedelic visuals turned blasting giant camels into a surreal C64 classic.

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games – No.24 Avenger One of the C64’s earliest titles, Avenger is a Space Invaders clone so close you half expected Taito’s lawyers to invade. Basic sights and sounds, but the arcade tension is bang on.

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games No.25 Army Moves With nice graphics and music, this Moon Patrol, Blue Thunder & Green Beret mash-up has lots going for it. Unfortunately, the stupidly hard gameplay spoils things. A shame. It could’ve been a top title if they’d dialled down the difficulty.

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games No.26 Astro Chase Very well presented with a cool intro/outro, nice graphics, decent music, and fast multidirectional scrolling, Astro Chase was pretty darn impressive in 1984. Under the gloss, it’s a simple space shooter, but it’s still good fun for a while.

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games – No.27 Amazon Warrior/Arcana Geoff Sumner only made two C64 games—and both were shameless rip-offs. Amazon Warrior stole from Forbidden Forest, while Arcana copied Entombed & Staff of Karnath. How New Generation ever got away with publishing them is beyond me!

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games – No.28 (The) Adventures of Basildon Bond One of many terrible 80s TV tie-ins (who thought a Russ Abbott game was a good idea?!) TAOBB is a poor Impossible Mission clone with crap graphics and dull gameplay. It is to computer games what ‘Atmosphere’ is to music.

Welcome to September ... 1987 and Software Creation's awesome #C64 conversion of Bubble Bobble.

My Fave ‘A’ Games – No. 29 Arcadia 64 Imagine’s early zapper is initially intriguing as it's fast and frantic, but enjoyment quickly evaporates as the gameplay is super repetitive and ridiculously hard. It's also glitchy and flickery, and the controls are very poor. Nice artwork, though!

The #C64 A to Z My Fave ‘A’ Games – No. 30 Automan Bug Byte’s game of the 80s TV show was a big disappointment. Part second-rate Manic Miner clone, part painfully slow 3D racer, it has poor graphics, dire sound and abysmal gameplay. Less Automan, more Auto-meh.

🗺️ New list incoming! The A to Z of the C64 is your retro street map through the machine’s greatest games – navigating from Ace of Aces and Action Biker all the way to Zybex and Zynaps. Buckle up for a nostalgic tour down memory lane, one letter at a time. #C64 #RetroGaming #Commodore64

All these years later, this time of year still gives me the ick. #skooldaze #C64 #ZXSpectrum #backtoschool #summerisover #septembersadnness

Welcome to August ... 1987! This month, 38 years ago, Ocean released Sensible Software's psychedelic shooter Wizball. #C64

My Top #C64 Football Games - No.1 Emlyn Hughes International Soccer EHIS took the brilliance of International Soccer and turned it up to 11. Tactical depth, enhanced gameplay and a massive selection of features turned this into the complete football package. Back of the net! ⚽⚽⚽

My Top #C64 Football Games No.2 International Soccer The C64’s killer app, International Soccer blew me away in ‘83. Once I’d seen it, I had to get a C64! No loading times, colourful, chunky sprites & packed with instant, addictive, footy brilliance, it was pure childhood joy. An all-time classic.

My Top #C64 Football Games - No.3 Microprose Soccer Inspired by the arcade classic Tehkan World Cup, MicroProse Soccer (grandad of Sensible Soccer) is superb. With crisp visuals, toe-tapping tunes, and a dash of tongue-in-cheek humour, it’s fantastic fun from kickoff to final whistle.

My Top #C64 Football Games - No.4 Football Manager The world’s first football management game (first published in 1982) is impressively sophisticated for its time. It was one of my first C64 games, and I spent many happy hours engrossed in its touchline tactics and match-day action sequences.

My Top #C64 Football Games No.5 Match Day 2 The rather Marmite Match Day 2 is undeniably slow (it’s more strategic than fast-paced footy action) but it's still a highly enjoyable experience; and building a well-worked move up the pitch then smashing the ball home is wonderfully rewarding.

With the UEFA Women's Euro in full swing, now's a good time for a new list...

My Top #C64 Tennis Games - No.1 Match Point The C64’s first tennis game (1984) is also its best. The graphics are simple, and the sound is almost non-existent, but the physics are excellent, and it's fantastic fun to play. Game, Set and Championship to Psion!

My Top #C64 Tennis Games No.2 International Tennis Following the success of International Soccer & Basketball came the superb International Tennis. Nice, colourful graphics, a unique side-on perspective & original & hugely enjoyable gameplay make this a terrific tennis game.

My Top #C64 Tennis Games No.3 International 3D Tennis While its graphics look a bit naff with wireframe players resembling bent coat hangers, I3T’s animation is nice & the gameplay, while tricky at first, is super rewarding once mastered. An original & engaging tennis title from Sensible Software.

My Top 64 #C64 Tennis Games - No.4 On-Court Tennis With nice, colourful graphics and easy-to-get-into gameplay, 1985's On-Court Tennis is a solid tennis title. Playing against the computer is fun, but the game's at its best when you go head-to-head against a friend.

Welcome to July ... 1986 and the brilliant Time Bandits, an early title for the Atari ST.

My Top 64 #C64 Tennis Games - No.5 Passing Shot A conversion of the Sega arcade original, Passing Shot contains a mix of top-down and 3D arcade action. Graphics are nice, and it's easy to pick up & play, and while it's not an 'ace' title (sorry) it's fun for a bit.

Seeing as it's Wimbledon fortnight....

July 2025 and we have The Great Ghiana Sisters on the #C64! Bring on the lawsuits, #Nintendo! Oh, wait, that's not actually a joke..? Oh, right. And that mellow SID - can you hear it..? I can. ☺️ I am sure @c64reloaded.bsky.social will be taking Christmas Orders for his calendars soon! They are fab!

Welcome to July ... 1988! 37 years ago this month, Rainbow Arts released The Great Giana Sisters on the #C64

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No. 1 Dropzone A blisteringly fast, Defender-inspired blaster packed with pulse-pounding action, Dropzone looks brilliant, sounds awesome, and is utterly thrilling. My favourite C64 clone and one of the machine’s all-time greatest shooters, it's an absolute classic. 🕹️🔥

Welcome to June ... 1987 and the brilliant Barbarian from Palace. A fantastic hack and slash game with some gratifyingly gory moves!

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No. 2 The Way of the Exploding Fist While later beat ‘em ups in the style of Karate Champ offered more polish, none matched the groundbreaking impact and jaw-dropping brilliance of Fist when it landed in 1985—a legendary title that struck like a flying kick to the head.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones No. 3 Pitstop 2 Pitstop 2 took the Pole Position premise and shifted the genre up a couple of gears. Its split-screen head-to-head action was utterly mind-blowing in 1984, and it didn’t just look stunning; it played brilliantly too, especially when competing against a friend.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones No. 4 International Karate With fluid animation, responsive controls, beautiful backgrounds, superb sprites, a stunning soundtrack, lots of humour & truckloads of playability, this Karate Champ-inspired beat ‘em up is utterly fabulous. One of the C64’s greatest-ever brawlers.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones - No. 5 Lode Runner Lode Runner doesn’t look or sound amazing, but don’t be fooled. Beneath its modest exterior lies one of the most addictive games on the C64. Influenced by the arcade game Space Panic, this platform puzzler is enormous fun and still plays brilliantly today.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No 6 Microprose Soccer Influenced by Tehkan World Cup, Microprose Soccer is one of the best football games on the C64. With brilliant graphics, great gameplay and lots of humour, it’s a typically highly polished title from the computer-footy-legends-to-be Sensible Software.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No. 7 The Great Giana Sisters Notoriously nobbled by Nintendo, this Super Mario Bros clone is an absolute joy to play. Cute & colourful graphics, brilliant music & instantly addictive action spread across an enormous 32 levels make this one of the 64’s greatest platformers.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No. 8 Thrust It may not look like much, but Thrust is up there with the greatest C64 games of the 1980s. With flawless level design, excellent physics and insanely addictive gameplay, it’s a superb Asteroids/Gravitar-inspired game that still plays beautifully today.

Sorry for the interruption to my 'Attack of the Clones' list. Had a lot of stuff going on, but back on it now.

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My Top 64 #C64 Clones - No. 9 Who Dares Wins 2 Infiltrate enemy territory, rescue hostages & destroy enemy strongholds, armed only with grenades and a machine gun, WDW2 is classic Commando clone stuff but slower paced & more strategic. A kind of thinking man's run & gunner, it's a cracking game.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones No 10 Spindizzy A cross between Marble Madness and Ultimate’s isometric platform/arcade adventures, Spindizzy is a beautifully designed game where you control a guy called G.E.R.A.L.D. Gorgeous graphics, loads of atmosphere, & tough but utterly absorbing gameplay. Brilliant.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No 11 Armalyte One of the C64’s greatest-ever shoot ‘em ups, the R-Type/Salamander-inspired Armalyte is a shining example of the C64 at its very best. Technically stunning & with gorgeous graphics, superb sound & thrilling & engrossing gameplay, it’s an outstanding blaster.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No. 13 Super Cycle The nearest C64 gamers got to Hang-On, Super Cycle is a typically classy Epyx release. Beautifully presented and with gorgeous graphics and instantly addictive and exciting gameplay, it’s one of the best racing games on the machine.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No. 14 Rambo A fast-paced run-and-gunner with a cool helicopter-flying twist, Rambo has nice graphics, addictive gameplay and an unforgettable soundtrack by Martin Galway that still gives me goosebumps. A simple but enjoyable Commando clone that delivers plenty of fun.

Welcome to May ... 1986. 39 years ago, Electric Dreams had gamers in a spin with the isometric platform puzzle game, Spindizzy.

My Top 64 #C64 Clones – No. 15 Decathlon Activision’s answer to Track & Field is a superb sports simulation from coding genius David Crane. Its graphics and animation were state of the art in 1984, and its joystick waggling gameplay (the 1500 metres is incredibly punishing!) was an absolute joy.

Is it just me, or does Bicep's Water sound like it's been made using a Commodore 64?! youtu.be/Ab2HTbjssRc?...

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