As you all know there are a ton of games for this system, and I'm having a hard time figuring where to begin. Are there any 'must play' games that you'd specifically recommend?
Some games that I played are:
Rockstar Ate My Hamster - I liked it. It was a colorful strategy/management game with lots of humor. 9/10
President - I really liked the country building aspect. It was a little slow going in the beginning, but I highly liked it. 8.5/10
The Election Game - It was a relatively simple game that was easy to just pick up and play. I enjoyed it. 7.5/10
Battle of Normandy - This was a game that I wanted to like so bad. I can really appreciate the amount of depth put into it, but I feel it was too much for me. Maybe there's a less complex hex strategy game out there. 6/10
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Oh wow, there are sooo many great games for the C64 that it would take too long to tell them all to you, but two games off of the top of my head that I'd recommend are M.U.L.E. and Paradroid.
M.U.L.E. (published by the still-existent Electronic Arts) is maybe the most unique game you might ever play. Defying genre, it's never been duplicated. It's a big laugh too with whimsical graphics and sound and wacky humor.
I don't know the current status of netplay on C64 emus, but it's definitely a game you'd not only enjoy playing against the computer but also with your friends (up to four players).
Paradroid is an innovative arcade-type game that takes skill AND smarts. I mean it's like it's not just a game, but it turns your (emulated) C64 into a remote-control station for your droid infiltrating a ship far, far away in deep space. It contains thorough records of the ship's floor-plans and overlays for your benefit.
It's a *beep*load of fun! And it's quite challenging too--I still have yet to clear out that ship!
Hmm...OTOH there's also The Master of Magic, another game that's rather unique. And OHH if they only made games like that these days anymore! It's a graphical Adventure game that is, in a nutshell, complexity simplified. You choose your actions from menus with a joystick (or emulated substitute), doing all that you need to do in the game easily.
It features superb, primo graphics (I mean by C64-standards, obviously) and super-excellent music. The music is so good that I would sometimes just let the game run the music in the background while I did other things, just listening to it play.
And speaking of Adventure and RPG games, there's Pool of Radiance. When it comes to pure Adventure/RPG games (i.e., barring like Action-RPGs, MMORPGs, et al), this one is no less than the greatest I've EVER played! I *beep* you not! The only other Adventure/RPG that I can think of that's ever came close in terms of quality is Betrayal at Krondor [DOS]. Yes, it's really that good!
It features excellent graphics, but--since it is an Adventure/RPG after all--what makes it so great is that it's totally, 100% based in AD&D (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons), and that to the "T". Somehow they managed to stuff all those particular, specific rules of AD&D into Pool of Radiance, and by playing, you might wonder why you ever bothered with graph-paper, pencils, and Dragon Dice hehe LOL Add to that an easy-to-manage control-interface and you've got a gaming experience you'll never forget!
Whoops! I said two games but gave four--I get carried away hehehe LOL
Oh yeah, welcome!
M.U.L.E. (published by the still-existent Electronic Arts) is maybe the most unique game you might ever play. Defying genre, it's never been duplicated. It's a big laugh too with whimsical graphics and sound and wacky humor.
I don't know the current status of netplay on C64 emus, but it's definitely a game you'd not only enjoy playing against the computer but also with your friends (up to four players).
Paradroid is an innovative arcade-type game that takes skill AND smarts. I mean it's like it's not just a game, but it turns your (emulated) C64 into a remote-control station for your droid infiltrating a ship far, far away in deep space. It contains thorough records of the ship's floor-plans and overlays for your benefit.
It's a *beep*load of fun! And it's quite challenging too--I still have yet to clear out that ship!
Hmm...OTOH there's also The Master of Magic, another game that's rather unique. And OHH if they only made games like that these days anymore! It's a graphical Adventure game that is, in a nutshell, complexity simplified. You choose your actions from menus with a joystick (or emulated substitute), doing all that you need to do in the game easily.
It features superb, primo graphics (I mean by C64-standards, obviously) and super-excellent music. The music is so good that I would sometimes just let the game run the music in the background while I did other things, just listening to it play.
And speaking of Adventure and RPG games, there's Pool of Radiance. When it comes to pure Adventure/RPG games (i.e., barring like Action-RPGs, MMORPGs, et al), this one is no less than the greatest I've EVER played! I *beep* you not! The only other Adventure/RPG that I can think of that's ever came close in terms of quality is Betrayal at Krondor [DOS]. Yes, it's really that good!
It features excellent graphics, but--since it is an Adventure/RPG after all--what makes it so great is that it's totally, 100% based in AD&D (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons), and that to the "T". Somehow they managed to stuff all those particular, specific rules of AD&D into Pool of Radiance, and by playing, you might wonder why you ever bothered with graph-paper, pencils, and Dragon Dice hehe LOL Add to that an easy-to-manage control-interface and you've got a gaming experience you'll never forget!
Whoops! I said two games but gave four--I get carried away hehehe LOL
Oh yeah, welcome!
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Are you running the GB64 with the frontend? If so I could use a little help setting mine up.
THANKS !
John in Ohio
Re: Hi guys, I'm new here and to C64 gaming in general
My all-time fav is Impossible Mission.Demonolith wrote:As you all know there are a ton of games for this system, and I'm having a hard time figuring where to begin. Are there any 'must play' games that you'd specifically recommend?
Are you running the GB64 with the frontend? If so I could use a little help setting mine up.
THANKS !
John in Ohio
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Sure, maybe I can help. What's your question?
Hehe Nice screenname! I wish I'd thought of that one first hehehe8BitBrain wrote:[...]I could use a little help setting [my GameBase64] up.
THANKS !
Sure, maybe I can help. What's your question?
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Is there a step by step for adding my games?
Thanks, John
THANKS ! I seem to have the ccs64 running properly as I can manually load my programs, but I am confused about the frontend loader. I dl it and can run it, but MY games arent in it.The Lord of the Flies wrote:Hehe Nice screenname! I wish I'd thought of that one first hehehe8BitBrain wrote:[...]I could use a little help setting [my GameBase64] up.
THANKS !
Sure, maybe I can help. What's your question?
Is there a step by step for adding my games?
Thanks, John
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Ah! It seems that .mad. has begun to help you in this thread:
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Let's continue this discussion there hehehe
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Let's continue this discussion there hehehe
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