C64 games on Wii (Virtual Console)

thebman

http://digitalbattle.com/2006/09/30/commodore-64-on-wii/

Oh yeah, some C64 goodness. So far only Epyx are on board and they've not announced what they'll release on it but probably the best selling.

The list of their games is:

* 4×4 Off-Road Racing (1988)
* Axe of Rage (aka Barbarian II: Dungeons of Drax) (1988)
* Ballblazer (1984)
* Battle Bugs (1994)
* Blue Lightning (1989)
* Boulder Dash Construction Kit (1986)
* California Games (1987)
* California Games II (1990)
* Championship Wrestling (1986)
* Chip’s Challenge (1989)
* Crush, Crumble and Chomp! (1981)
* Death Sword (aka Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior) (1987)
* Destroyer (1986)
* Dunjonquest: Morloc’s Tower (1979)
* Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn (1979)
* Final Assault (1987)
* G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985)
* The Games: Summer Edition (1988)
* The Games: Winter Edition (1988)
* Gates of Zendocon (1989)
* Gateway to Apshai (1983)
* Impossible Mission (1983)
* Impossible Mission II (1988)
* Jabbertalky (1982)
* Jumpman (1983)
* Jumpman Junior (1983)
* Koronis Rift (1985)
* L.A. Crackdown (1988)
* Mind-Roll (1988)
* The Movie Monster Game (1986)
* Oil Barons (1983)
* Omnicron Conspiracy (1989)
* Pitstop II (1984)
* Project Neptune (1989)
* Purple Saturn Day (1989)
* Rad Warrior (1986)
* Rescue at Rigel (1980)
* Revenge of Defender (1988)
* Rogue: The Adventure Game (1983)
* Showstrike (1991)
* Silicon Warrior (1984)
* Space Station Oblivion (1987)
* Spiderbot (1988)
* Street Sports Basketball (1987)
* Street Sports Soccer (1988)
* Sub Battle Simulator (1987)
* Summer Games (1984)
* Summer Games II (1985)
* Super Cycle (1986)
* Sword of Fargoal (1982)
* Temple of Apshai Trilogy (1985)
* Gateway to Apshai
* Temple of Apshai
* Upper Reaches of Apshai
* Curse of Ra
* Hellfire Warrior
* Winter Games (1985)
* World Games (1986)
* World Karate Championship (1986)
* Zarlor Mercenary (1990)

Mr E

Would you pay $5 for a C64 game, though? Thats the question...

Retr0gamer

Good point. Sure they weren't even worth $5 when they were first released.

limey_tank

Bah! No Elite or Sentinel!!!1:p

BlitzKrieg

*imagines an elite style game controlled via the wii-mote*


drool...

limey_tank

BlitzKrieg wrote:

*imagines an elite style game controlled via the wii-mote*


drool...

I'll ring David Braben immediately and get him to put it in....

Hold on, he doesn't know me and I don't know him, oh well.

BlitzKrieg

Then be extra friendly!

DaBreno

No Bubble Bobble, Turrican or Turbo Outrun?
*Spit*

limey_tank

and the Dizzy games??

I could think of a couple of Minter favourites I'd like to see in there...

Head over heels...

Although, I've got a C64 emulator, I don't think I'd actually buy any of these games as I've got them all already.

Mr E

Anyone read the original post?

Only.... Epyx.... are.... on.... board.

If its a success with them, I imagine other companies will chime in. I'd love to be able to play old Thalamus and Hewson games on a TV again.

thebman

TmB wrote:

Would you pay $5 for a C64 game, though? Thats the question...

Some of those are worth that to me. Good memories and a hopefully improved loading times

d22ontour

/me cried at the loading times.I used to think if i left the room it was a failed loading.

savemejebus

i had the disc drive and was convinced that if i pressed down on the top of the drive while a floppy was in it, it wouldn't crash going on to the next level...

KdjaCL

d22ontour wrote:

/me cried at the loading times.I used to think if i left the room it was a failed loading.

Heh then sat looking at robocop for 3 hours wondering what to do once it loaded.


kdjac

Zombrex

TmB wrote:

Anyone read the original post?

Only.... Epyx.... are.... on.... board.

Of course they are. "Sir, would you like free money?" "Yes please"

thebman

KdjaCL wrote:

Heh then sat looking at robocop for 3 hours wondering what to do once it loaded.


kdjac

We had and have everything for ours. We have a Commodore monitor and printer aswell as tape drive and Floppy drive.

C64 was great. Anyone remember Batman for it or Micropose Soccer. Now those games I loved.

savemejebus

bah batman kept crashing after the balloon level...

thebman

savemejebus wrote:

bah batman kept crashing after the balloon level...

Not my version

My version was great.

Another god of a game is Flimbo's Quest.

Retr0gamer

Has anyone played C64 games recently? Other than a hand full of genuine classics like Sentinel, Mayhem in Monsterland and Uridium practically all of them have aged incredibly badly. Prepare to have those rose tinted specs shattered.

DaBreno

Aye, the load times were horrendus but at least we didnt know any better at the time. And we had all those fancy Splash screens with some music to pass the time. Ocean software were great for that. "Delta" by Thalamus used to have some sort of Mix screen where by you could change the Load music with close to a dozen different effects. Kept me entertained anyways.

Anyone remember the Last Ninja load music? Or the tune that used to Play when Robobcop loaded? Konami too had a distinct theme tune for their loads(have a lump in the throat just thinking about it)

They probably arent all as good as we remember em but the simple games Im sure have aged well. Bubble Bobble didnt really have much that could age badly, just simple and addictive gameplay.

Retr0gamer

DaBreno wrote:

They probably arent all as good as we remember em but the simple games Im sure have aged well. Bubble Bobble didnt really have much that could age badly, just simple and addictive gameplay.

Bubble Bobble is a great example. The game is still great fun and was an amazing conversion. It wsa arcade perfect depite the fact that it had to be programmed from scratch since Taito lost the source code. In fact it's the best version of the game available since it isn't emulated perfectly on Mame (there are bugs involving power up appearance epecially the EXTEND letter bubbles). The awful Probe Software handled conversions after the C64 and basically stole the Mame code to emulate the rom. All the bugs in the mame versions are present in the Probe developed versions.

zAbbo

Retr0gamer wrote:

Has anyone played C64 games recently? Other than a hand full of genuine classics like Sentinel, Mayhem in Monsterland and Uridium practically all of them have aged incredibly badly. Prepare to have those rose tinted specs shattered.

I've played Midnight Resistance, Impossible Mission and IK+, all of which were great.

Also Defender Of The Crown and Boulderdash are still classics.

Oh and Pirates! possibly the best ever

Retr0gamer

There's just something about impossible mission. No matter how old it gets it never seems dated in the gameplay department. Midnight resistance is a very dated and was always better in the arcade.

savemejebus

I used to love loderunner on it, it seemed simple but was so frustrating and addictive