C64 - What are the most awesome games YOU played in the 80's?

[trouba]

I'm glad to hear that. Did I warn you that the game is highly addictive? 

[piete]

I'm glad to hear that. Did I warn you that the game is highly addictive? 

Good that you warned. I never played it, so have to have a try, but maybe better leave it to my next vacation then...

[Tei]

Turrican 2 killed all platform games for me.  Since It was perfect, I see  no point to play any other platform game.  Also, Turrican 2 was Epic in scale and deep, in a time where Epic was a rarely used word. 

Tie Fighter killed space games for me.. but thats another history.

[MrBrown]

Turrican 2 killed all platform games for me.  Since It was perfect, I see  no point to play any other platform game.  Also, Turrican 2 was Epic in scale and deep, in a time where Epic was a rarely used word.

I mostly played Turrican 2 on the AMIGA. The soundtrack is legendary, Chris Hülsbeck and Jochen Hippel created the 7-voice-routine for Turrican II, a true gaming audio milestone. I recorded it to tape and listened to it on my walkman back then, and I still like to listen to it today 

[egrutt]

Any of the goldbox D&D games
Zork
Mail oder monsters
Archon
Ultima series
Load runner
Maniac Mansion
Bards tale
Wasteland
Hitchikers guide to the galaxy
Leather Godess of phobes
There was also a post-apocalypse car game (not Auto Duel) where u drove cross cuntry picking up cars and people to join your gang, had turn based combat where u drive down the highways shootingup people.  Cant think of the name but had a sequal that took place in Europe.... anyone remember the name?

oh and also, Farmers Daughter 
SSI as my favorite publisher, then guys who did ultima...then prob EA

[Mega Byte]

MULE
Anything INFOCOM (Zork, Leather Goddesses, HHG, etc).
Phantasie (I, II, III)
AD&D (Gold Box series)
Seven Cities of Gold
Leaderboard Golf
Impossible Mission (wish they would remake that one)
Defender of the Crown
Alice in Wonderland and Below the Root
Elite
Raid on Bungling Bay
Wizard of Wor (with the "voice module")

Those seem to be the shining stars.
-S

[Prez]

Italy

Reac For The Stars :   This is The better
Soccer : the second
follows
Fort Apocalypse
Aztec Adventure
Summer/Winter Games
Archon
Arkanoid

Fabio

[trippt]

cops and robbers!!
impossible mission...stay a while-stay forever!!! lol did anyone finish that game ever??


also does anyone remember a game that involved a gnome who travelled through time?  you would go to the stone age then you would go to persia and then to space collecting things??

[C64]

I don't think anyone has mentioned:

Paradroid
The Sword of Fargoal
4th and Inches
Law of the West
Pitstop 2
Realm of Impossibility
Mission Elevator (Elevator Action knockoff)
Paperboy (a good arcade adaption, easy to play)
Ballblazer
International Karate
Yie Ar Kung Fu

And I'll give another thumbs up for "Raid on Bungling Bay" and Bruce Lee.

[Keybounce]

Ohh -- Pitfall 2. (One of the few cases where the arcade was better than the home)

[Tom Gordon]

There was also a post-apocalypse car game (not Auto Duel) where u drove cross cuntry picking up cars and people to join your gang, had turn based combat where u drive down the highways shootingup people.  Cant think of the name but had a sequal that took place in Europe.... anyone remember the name?

Given the genre's small offerings on the Commodore 64, if it wasn't Autoduel, it's likely you were playing "Roadwar 2000" or its sequel "Roadwar Europa" instead.

also does anyone remember a game that involved a gnome who travelled through time?  you would go to the stone age then you would go to persia and then to space collecting things??

Never played it, but that definitely sounds like the premise in "Time Tunnel".

I still play C64 games from time to time on an emulator (Power64). The turn-based "Lords of Conquest" would probably appeal to a lot of MULE fans, I suspect; it's like a customizable 'deluxe' version of the boardgame Risk, and was also similarly enjoyable to play with three other players.

What was REALLY fun back then, though, were the graphics and game editing utilities. A good-sized chunk of my adolescence was spent writing stories, creating graphics and working out programming in Activision's "Gamemaker" and EA's "Adventure Construction Set". Some years back I conducted a 'salvage operation' and converted all my old five-inch Commodore floppies into emulator-readable disk images; it was totally worth it...

[trouba]

No one mentioned Red Storm Rising? Shame! 

[Chuckie Chuck]

I missed this thread!

Ok, must try to remember...

M.U.L.E. was always my number 1
Archon
Jumpman Jr.
Summer/Winter Games
Zaxxon (Just cause it's the first game I ever played on the 64)
Pacman
Ms. Pacman
Impossible Mission
Toy Bizarre
River Raid
Lode Runner
Spy vs Spy
Racing Destruction Set
Frogger
Raid over Moscow
Space Harrier

More... ...can't remember them all.

[MuleyMan]

Atari / Ohio, USA

Mule / Elum  (Elum was my adult version remake)
Joust
Colonial Conquest, (risk)
Lords of Conquest (remade @ http://members.cox.net/rgettman/
Archon I,II
Gladiator (wish someone else has heard of this one)
Boulder Dash series
Fort Apocalypse, Montezuma's Revenge
Jumpman, Jumpman Jr, Loderunner series, Miner 2049'er
Ali Baba, Age of Adventure (also called Return of Heracles)
Gorf, Missile Command, Choplifter
Apple Panic
F15 Strike Eagle
Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus
Karateka, Bruce Lee, International Karate, Ninja, Zorro
California Games (joystick breaker)
Seven Cities of Gold
Realm of Impossibility (there was another in the series but I forget the title)
Raid over Moscow, Gorf Digdug, Mouseattack
Zaxxon I,II (II was way too hard)
Zybex, Draconis
One on One
Crossfire (pwned), Arena, Berzerk, Robotron 2041, Gauntlet
Gyruss
Pharoah's Curse
Thrax Lair
Shamus I,II
Flip Flop, Kangaroo, Popeye
Preppie I,II
BlueMax (great 16 bit music)
Kangaroo, Donkey Kong
Spelunker
Kaboom
Satan's Hollow
Master Blaster
Hacker
Jawbreaker (pacman clone)
Getaway (I was a tester)
Serpentine
Ghost Encounters
Eastern Front (by Chris Crawford, genuis), Legionaire (sequel)
Spyhunter, Buried Bucks
Castle Wolfenstein, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
Crystal Castles, Captain Beeble
Beachhead
Drol
Saracen
Galaxian, Kaboom, Planetary Defense
Floyd of the Jungle
Hardball
BC quest for tires
Xevious, Caverns of Mars
Tempest

Any of these bring back memories?

[Chuckie Chuck]

Yes, quite a few of them, and several I played often.