Your top 10 games for the Lemon Forum c64 top list 2012

Canute · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:17 am Post subject: Re: and my TOP 10

drj0nes wrote:

1. Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
2. Castle Wolfenstein
3. Aztec
4. Conan : Hall of Volta
5. Karateka
6. Lode Runner
7. Gemstone Warrior
8. Crossfire
9. Hard Hack Mack
10. Diamond Mine

these games aare mostrly based on my Apple ][ experience Smile

but all of them are for C64 to Wink

so ..i think..they are GREAT games Smile

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Except, that Karateka on the Apple II plays so much better than on the C64. Smile

Check out the C64 version - incredibly slow! You won't believe it!

Karateka thread

If the C64 didn't get widespread usage in Bulgaria (in the Cold War), did Bulgarians use Apple II's in the 1980s ?

drj0nes · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:07 pm Post subject: re ;)

"..Except, that Karateka on the Apple II plays so much better than on the C64. Check out the C64 version - incredibly slow! You won't believe it!.."

i have working c64 just from few weeks Wink

.. and did not tryed Smile

yet...
BTW on apple ][ /Pravec '82 ..was name of Bulgarian clone Wink

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KARATEKA started just with same SLOW speed like on c64...
but after first fight /portal/ .. speed increase Smile

...and i thinked... on c64 must be same Wink

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"..If the C64 didn't get widespread usage in Bulgaria (in the Cold War), did Bulgarians use Apple II's in the 1980s ?...?

in Bulgaria... we did not seen different computers ..because we maked them /Apple II clones/ ..and we selled them to ex-easter union Wink

You can see these clones ..specifications here

http://www.pravetz.info/en/

this was 8-bit ..age for bulgarian ppl :0 ...i live in second biggest town here.. and in this town.. maybe have 5- commodore's ..maybe ..haven't Smile

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Canute · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:12 pm Post subject:

drj0nes wrote:

"..Except, that Karateka on the Apple II plays so much better than on the C64. Check out the C64 version - incredibly slow! You won't believe it!.."

i have working c64 just from few weeks Wink

.. and did not tryed Smile

yet...
BTW on apple ][ /Pravec '82 ..was name of Bulgarian clone Wink

/
KARATEKA started just with same SLOW speed like on c64...
but after first fight /portal/ .. speed increase Smile

...and i thinked... on c64 must be same Wink

..

"..If the C64 didn't get widespread usage in Bulgaria (in the Cold War), did Bulgarians use Apple II's in the 1980s ?...?

in Bulgaria... we did not seen different computers ..because we maked them /Apple II clones/ ..and we selled them to ex-easter union Wink

You can see these clones ..specifications here

http://www.pravetz.info/en/

this was 8-bit ..age for bulgarian ppl :0 ...i live in second biggest town here.. and in this town.. maybe have 5- commodore's ..maybe ..haven't Smile

Very interesting about the Pravec 82, drj0nes. Smile

Kareteka: No, I can absolutely assure you that the Apple II version is much faster throughout, compared to the C64 game. I've played both through to completion.

How about posting your above interesting comments, and others on 1980's computing in Bulgaria, to this thread: Commodore 64 in the Former Soviet Union (& Socialist Countries) ? Informative read.

thedaemon · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:51 pm Post subject:

1) Samurai Warrior - The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo
2) Mayhem in Monsterland
3) Impossible Mission
4) Starflight
5) Zork

Not really sure on 10 of them yet. I'll get back to you. It's a shame Usagi wasn't posted here, so I had to make sure it gets a vote.

kukoman · Newbie Joined: 20 Feb 2012 Posts: 3

On top of my head without playing for years i can comeup with something.

1. Boulder dash (all) (i hate when i get stuck, made me try harder)
2. Giana sisters (i love the power ups)
3. Krakout (probably the most i spend on a game, but after 200 lvl, i was like aww it never end?)
4. Bomb Jack (love the game and the tunes)
5. International karate(i kicked some asses there lol)

thats about it, rest i remember is all my failures, that dident went into my top 5
Zaxxon, well i never kinda figured out how to proceed, but i played it alot too to proceed lol.
thats just one, that may be great, but i dont finish, maybe ill try later Smile

Boulder dash has to be reinvented to today, it was so good we all liked it verry much i see.
All is not about graphics, its about gameplay, and imagine boulderdash was about 1 Mb in sice ? lol best game ever i played

Fiery Phoenix · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:01 am Post subject:

Thrust (10)
Gogo the Ghost (9)
Bruce Lee ( Cool

Wizball (7)
Head Over Heels (6)
Skool Daze (5)
Last Ninja (4)
Last Ninja 2 (3)
Bounder (2)
Frankie goes to Hollywood (1)
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Hend · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:16 am Post subject:

kukoman wrote:

imagine boulderdash was about 1 Mb in sice ?

I imagine not, Disk

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= ?

SLF · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:14 pm Post subject:

It's high time I replied to the thread I myself opened Smile

Troy wrote:

SLF wrote:

2. Uridium (9 points)

You completed that yet?

No, not yet. Frankly, I didn't have a lot of playtime recently. I just played (to completion) Knight'n'Grail (in two days). I'd never heard about it before this thread. Very nice, albeit too easy really.
I had a go at Uridium this past lunchtime, but I met my demise on Tungsten (Dreadnought 8 ). I'm rusty already. What a game! Very Happy

Troy wrote:

Here's a list from me, mostly based on the amount of time I spent with them rather than anything else. Boulder Dash is the only game out of this list that I still put on from time to time.

I intentionally left the criteria to make one's top 10 open. Are they the games you enjoy now? The games you enjoyed back then? A mixture of both? Whatever else? It's all good for me.

Troy wrote:

If I'd had a disk drive and some of those SSI Gold Box Games I can imagine they might have taken over my life. As it is, I've never played them.

Some of them are good (like Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn), but not really excellent. But I know the feeling, I'd try Ultima IV or Wasteland right now, if I wasn't afraid they would take over my life Smile

Rami Airola wrote:

This is great! In computer and game forums there are usually threads with people just listing their favourite games and reading that often becomes a bit tedious but this kind of a voting thing makes the whole thing way more interesting.

5. Batman: The Caped Crusader (6 points)

I'm glad you like it! Smile

I'm also a big fan of Batman - The Caped Crusader (even though not top10worthy fan)

malcontent wrote:

Knight n' Grail (1)

Thanks to you, LukasSid, Matt and Hend for mentioning that game, I never knew about it till now. Nice!

I also have to play Prince of Persia sometime.

Hend wrote:

Some changes from my previous list Smile

, my current top 10 games:

1. Rolling Ronny

That's another game I have to play extensively sooner or later Smile

Gurt wrote:

I'll come back to this in 10 months, no point doing it now Very Happy

I wouldn't say so! As I stated in the first post, you can change your top 10 even after you posted it, so you could post one now, and another at the end of the year. But yeah, let's hope we'll play fantastic games which will make us change our lists like mad.

Canute wrote:

1. Defender of the Crown
2. Alternate Reality: The Dungeon

Really? A decent, albeit limited bunch of subgames trown over a good but too easy strategy game, beating the almighty ARTD? I don't rate DOTC much, myself, to be honest.

Canute wrote:

May well edit this list by year's end. Will keep you posted, SLF. Might even do some gaming by then!

I'll be here! Very Happy

Backfire2187 wrote:

My Top 10

Stellar 7
Bruce Lee
Druid
Maniac Mansion
Forbidden Forest
Lode Runner
Jumpman or Ultimate Wizard
Mission Elevator
Raid over Bungling Bay
Racing Construction Set

Please choose between Jumpman and Ultimate Wizard, good sir.
Me, I like Ultimate Wizard very much!

Also, would you like each of your chosen games to get 5.5 points, or did you rank them?

thedaemon wrote:

1) Samurai Warrior - The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo
2) Mayhem in Monsterland
3) Impossible Mission
4) Starflight
5) Zork

Not really sure on 10 of them yet. I'll get back to you. It's a shame Usagi wasn't posted here, so I had to make sure it gets a vote.

Usagi is indeed very good, but it was posted already here, by Giana Brother. I'm sure he'll be glad about your vote anyways!
I'll be waiting for your games #6-10.
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My top games: 1.Hawkeye, 2.Uridium, 3.Creatures II, 4.Delta, 5.Bubble Bobble, 6.Ikari Warriors, 7.Armalyte, 8.Bionic Commando, 9.Archon, 10.Buggy Boy.

Sixteen Plus · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:03 am Post subject: Re: and my TOP 10

1. Wizball [10]
3. Boulderdash [9]
2. The Great Giana Sisters [8]
4. Bombuzal [7]
5. World Class Leaderboard [6]
6. Bruce Lee [5]
7. Paradroid [4]
8. Pac-Land [3]
9. Hypersports [2]
10. Samurai Warrior [1]

It was tricky deciding and unfortunately this leaves DOTC of my list because of the awful cassette multiload copy I regretfully bought, the disk version however is fantastic but for this I'm trying to stick to single-loads as I prefer them (WCL don't count). The Sentinel & First Samurai also didn't quite make it, though First Samurai was a multiload but it was an easy one. Shit congrats screen though Sad

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Canute · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:25 am Post subject:

SLF wrote:

It's high time I replied to the thread I myself opened Smile

Canute wrote:

1. Defender of the Crown
2. Alternate Reality: The Dungeon

Really? A decent, albeit limited bunch of subgames trown over a good but too easy strategy game, beating the almighty ARTD? I don't rate DOTC much, myself, to be honest.

Canute wrote:

May well edit this list by year's end. Will keep you posted, SLF. Might even do some gaming by then!

I'll be here! Very Happy

Yes, I had an off day when I posted my Top 10: AR: The Dungeon is my favourite game for 99% of the year. Smile

(However, will be lucky to play it much this year).

Even so, as an entire package, good ol' Defender of the Crown is awesome! Playing it these days is like relaxation therapy. Too easy, but enough variety. Atmospheric fun. Smile

Gorgeous piece of work.

SLF · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:55 am Post subject:

Canute wrote:

Even so, as an entire package, good ol' Defender of the Crown is awesome! Playing it these days is like relaxation therapy. Too easy, but enough variety. Atmospheric fun. Smile

Gorgeous piece of work.

Yeah, I see your points. I like DOTC, I just don't rank it near the top of my list. It's a good, pleasurable game.
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My top games: 1.Hawkeye, 2.Uridium, 3.Creatures II, 4.Delta, 5.Bubble Bobble, 6.Ikari Warriors, 7.Armalyte, 8.Bionic Commando, 9.Archon, 10.Buggy Boy.

Troy · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:46 pm Post subject:

SLF wrote:

Troy wrote:

Here's a list from me, mostly based on the amount of time I spent with them rather than anything else. Boulder Dash is the only game out of this list that I still put on from time to time.

I intentionally left the criteria to make one's top 10 open. Are they the games you enjoy now? The games you enjoyed back then? A mixture of both? Whatever else? It's all good for me.

I don't play 64 games now apart from in the games comps. I never seem to have the time any more. But a list based on games I've played in the competitions would go,

1) Dropzone
2) Crossfire (never seen it before the comp)
3) Bubble Bobble (barely played it before the comp)
4) Uridium
5) Encounter
6) Bounty Bob
7) Batty (never seen it before the comp)
8] Pacmania (never seen it before the comp)
9) Lode Runner (barely played it before the comp)
10) Forbidden Forest

Mar · C64 Legend Joined: 21 Jun 2002 Posts: 662 Location: Sydney

1. The Last Ninja (10 points)
2. Turrican II (9 points)
3. Vampire (8 points)
4. Archon (7 points)
5. IK+ Gold (6 points)
6. Last Ninja 3 (5 points)
7. Last Ninja 2 (4 points)
8. Master of Magic (3 points)
9. Demon Stalkers (2 points)
10. Monty on the Run (1 point)

Stellar Jetman · Newbie Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Posts: 10

Ordered by preference:

1. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

2. Project Firestart

3. Metal Warrior 4

4. The Sentinel

5. Turrican II

6. X-Out

7. Portal

8. The First Samurai (Actually a port of an Amiga/ST game, but I prefer the C64 version.)

9. Heavy Metal Paradroid

10. Heli Rescue

Bailsofdoom · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject:

I don't tend to post in these things for subjective reasons, but decided it was a good challenge and a bit of fun to try to identify ten of my best. Here's what I managed to come up with:

1. Bard's Tale III: The Thief of Fate
2. Curse of the Azure Bonds
3. Fist II: The Legend Continues
4. The Last Ninja
5. Green Beret
6. Mystery Island
7. Galaxy
8. Street Rod
9. Colossus Chess 2.0
10. Wizard of Wor

Should be interesting to come back to the thread at the end of the year!
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flanimal · Groupie Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 216 Location: England

Come to think of it, Collosus Chess and Tetris should be the true number 1 and 2 top C64 games of all time, seeing as they are both still 'current' games, and you can't argue with 7 billion people. Smile

I still surprised me that almost all modern chess programs on PC and phone take longer to think for a half decent move than C64 Collosus chess did!

SLF · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:37 am Post subject:

Here are the current standings:

1. Boulder Dash

2. IK+
3. Turrican II – The Final Fight
4. Impossible Mission
5. Archon
6. Bruce Lee
7. Armalyte
8. Bubble Bobble
9. Pirates!
10. Wizball

11. Paradroid
12. Project Firestart
13. Last Ninja 2
14. The Last Ninja
15. The Great Giana Sisters
16. Mayhem In Monsterland
17. Prince Of Persia
18. Head Over Heels
19. The Sentinel
20. The Bard's Tale III – Thief of Fate
Maniac Mansion
22. Knight 'n' Grail
23. Gogo the Ghost
24. Zak McKracken & The Alien Mindbenders
25. Wizard of Wor
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My top games: 1.Hawkeye, 2.Uridium, 3.Creatures II, 4.Delta, 5.Bubble Bobble, 6.Ikari Warriors, 7.Armalyte, 8.Bionic Commando, 9.Archon, 10.Buggy Boy.

mcm · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject:

1. Space Taxi(Still plenty of fun)
2. Head over Heels
3. Maniac Mansion
4. Elite
5. Exploding Fist
6. Last Ninja(Loved it at the time. Today, kinda crap)
7. Jumpman Jr.
8. Deactivators
9. Summer Games 2
10. Hyper Sports

Bane · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:15 am Post subject:

1. Rags to Riches
2. Pirates
3. Alice in Wonderland
4 Legacy of the Ancients
5. Ultima IV
6. Below the Root
7. ACE
8. The Pawn
9. Deceptor
10. Portal

victor_schan · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:12 pm Post subject:

Hi, first post Wink

1) Paradroid
2) Paradroid ( I just love it)
3) Mad Doctor
4) Sucide Express
5) Giana Sisters
6) Turrican
7) Wolfenstein
Cool

Last Ninja
9) Lords of Midnight
10) H.E.R.O.

Sixteen Plus · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject:

victor_schan wrote:

Hi, first post Wink

1) Paradroid
2) Paradroid ( I just love it)

You could've at least stated which 2 versions you mean Wink

Welcome to Lemon Very Happy

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gazj82 · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:54 pm Post subject:

Ok my Ten - More ranked in the amount of hours enjoyment I think I got from them when growing up

1 - Elite - The reason is in the title!
2 - ACE
3 - Cyberdyne Warrior
4 - Catalypse
5 - Magicland Dizzy
6 - Ghostbusters
7 - Kikstart II
8 - Football Manager - So simple but so satisfying and I don't even like football!
9 - Rodland
10 - Maze Mania

These could just have easily made it in

Squirm - I actually had this on a C16. my mate gave me the C16 as he thought it was crap once he had a Mega Drive - Idiot!
HERO - (Only recently discovered this, if I had it as a kid, I'm sure it would be in the ten)
Head over Heels
Hover Bovver
Batakyx
Bubble Dizzy
Leviathan - (First game I ever loaded on my original 64, think it's why I have a soft spot for it)
Slicks

Elvir · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject:

victor_schan wrote:

1) Paradroid
2) Paradroid ( I just love it)

Also!

Special Heavy metal edition Smile

SLF · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:06 pm Post subject:

victor_schan wrote:

Hi, first post Wink

1) Paradroid
2) Paradroid ( I just love it)
3) Mad Doctor
4) Sucide Express
5) Giana Sisters
6) Turrican
7) Wolfenstein
Cool

Last Ninja
9) Lords of Midnight
10) H.E.R.O.

Hi, welcome!

I was thinking about resurrecting this thread (as the deadline is approaching), but you did it already, thank you Smile

I'm afraid I can't count Paradroid twice, though. Please choose another game in your top 10.
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My top games: 1.Hawkeye, 2.Uridium, 3.Creatures II, 4.Delta, 5.Bubble Bobble, 6.Ikari Warriors, 7.Armalyte, 8.Bionic Commando, 9.Archon, 10.Buggy Boy.

Vanvincent · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:28 pm Post subject:

Picking just ten great games is really difficult! For now I'd say:

1. Pirates! (never get bored with this one)
2. AR: The Dungeon (best RPG on the C64 - I'm a connaisseur like Canute)
3. Psi-5 Trading Company
4. Lords of Midnight
5. Laser Squad
6. Bubble Bobble (co-op is best)
7. Blue Max
8. Paradroid
9. Toy Bizarre (one of my favourite platformers on the C64, not that well known unfortunately)
10. Gunship (never did get that CMOH though)

That's not even mentioning many of my other favourites like Fort Apocalypse, Styx, Speedball, Microprose Soccer, Lords of Conquest, Dino Eggs, Ultima III and V...

And recently I very much enjoyed Knight 'n' Grail, Soulless and the C64 port of Canabalt. Just goes to show there's a lot of life left in the old machine.