World Games

Another epic Epix title. I like it nearly as much as Winter Games. Some great events, but others were pretty lame (Canada and Japan weren’t my taste). Graphics are incredibly good for the C64.

You can see the improvements in EPYX
The Games series with each release, here is on of the best competition games released on the commodore. Graphically it's an improvement over Summer and Winter Games and the gameplay seems more varied. The only events I didn't love are Log toss and Sumo. Cliff diving is superb! Barrel jumping is challenging, weightlifting is cool and err log rolling is kinda strange. World Games is better than Daley Thompson and Combat School IMO. Give it a shot and see for yourself.

Another absolute classic multi-event game from the kings of the genre EPYX.
Music and sound and graphics especially were all exceptional.
Played this a LOT with friends on its release and its still on the playlist (as are Summer, Summer 2, Winter and California Games) when we have C64 retro nights some 35 years later.

I had this on Reel Action #29 with Commodore Force (The last ever issue to have hit the shelves before closing its pages for good). Each event took time to load, but it was most definitely worth the wait. Each event had a certain level in difficulty and proved pretty challenging. There was a good variety of sports in which to participate in. This was a great way to see the last ever cover tape. Along with US Gold's conversion of 1943 - Yet another enjoyable game

How exactly do you download this???

I LOVED this game. Have a lot of good memories competing against my mates with this, and of course, being Scottish, the recognition with the caber tossing event went down well with us as well!

Some fun challenges.

Great game, but not so great as Winter Games. Barrel jumping and cliff diving the most funny events.

I found this totally boring, almost! I did actually the cliff diving but apart from that I didnt enjoy this game.

Weight lifting and alpine skiing appear to be leftovers from the Summer Games II and Winter Games programming sessions, but they still fit in well. In fact, this is the best part of the now legendary Games series. If one wishes to list, say, those ten games that represent the Commie era in th best possible way, this one should be included.

Along with California Games, thisis the ultimate C64 party game.

Wonderfully varied, playful, extensive music score. 10 Tracks by Steve Mage! The SID bag pipes can give me shivers!!

Also a compliment to the women who drew the artwork - one of the best balanced pixelworks in Commodore64, history in my opinion.

One of the best aspects I find the playabilty. I remember playing this game over years since its release date, never getting tired of the concept. The joystick-tricks are just the right difficulty, so you can advance and improve with better reaction - from Kindergarden to High-School, from Mid-life-crisis to nursing home!

Barrel jumping reminds me of that tv show Dancing on Ice lol

This must be the best game out of all the game's series

Only fun in multiplayer, if you ask me. I prefer CGames

Total class, still miles ahead of current generation efforts. Cliff Diving was my favourite!

Log rolling!! Log rolling!!! Log rolling!!!

Ah yes, I used to play this in grades 3+. Really fun game, this game was hilarious.

Multiple events equals multiple hours of fun, at least when you load up World Games. Totally new events when compared to traditional events in Summer & Winter Games. Epyx knew how to make great sport games, thank god for that!

Absolute great game but Slalom Skiing was a pain in the ass.

Great Game! Cliff Diving was my favourite. Another Epyx classic.

Fantastic game. I only wished that I had more time on the sumo.
Great range of events.

With california games my favourites from the epyx game serie. I like the cartoon like animation if you failed in one disciplin.

This game was fun to play and indeed it did have some filler events but a lot of em like the weightlifting, caber toss and sumo were not only funny but kept me going for hours... 1 of the great sports games! Now where is microprose soccer again!! Hahaha

My first full price game. Really had great fun with ths but there were some weak events though. Log rolling was utter crap and caber toss and sumo seemed like fillers. The fun games are at the start of the game.

World Games was awesome. My favourite was the cliff diving and barrell jumping. EPYX Games were generally fun to play.

I was watching the Olympic weightlifting and my mind drifted back to World Games, expect in real life the lifter's faces don't turn quite so multicoloured and I've not seen an athlete get driven in to the ground for not completing the lift in time! It was a classic, apart from the log rolling, which wasn't saved even by the inspirational Monty Python music.

Aaah I remember the time when my old friends and myself sat down and played this game for hours.
They don't make games like this anymore.

Can't believe I've not written a comment for this one yet! *slaps forehead* Actually introduced my girlfriend to the tasty multi-event goodness that is this game recently - we ate cereal and played this for HOURS! (well, the playing bit... Eating cereal for hours on end is probably not good for you, no matter where it sits on the food pyramid) Faves include cliff diving, with its many variables making for endlessly entertaining (and sometimes wince inducing) fun. Plus there's weightlifting, with its different styles and precise timing. The whole product is chock full of brilliant little touches, right down to the pre-game history of each event... Truly Epyx were the multi-event masters! Now I'm off to the shops to buy more cereal...

World Games was the first ever game I played, right after the Summer Games. Some events are easy, some not easy, but it was worth a go, my favourite one was the Cliff Diving. However I've been trying to beat the world record in some events, but it wasn't easy, but I did get one in Barrel Jumping by jumping over 16 barrels. Excellent game, quite better than Summer Games from my point of view. All the music in all events in World Games are fantastic, my favourite one is in Caber Toss, with the good old tune of Scotish bands. Good one EPYX!!!

This is by far the best of the Epyx games series. The bullriding, the cliff-diving, the memories.

I like games like this because they can be played through to completion regardless of your standard. With most games, if you suck it's game over instantly and you have to start over again and again and...

Ah, great fun. While summer and winter were more intense... These were just a lot of fun... Bouncing along barrels on your bum... Cliff diving head first into the sea bottom... With the pelican shaking its head... And last but certainly not least the caber toss when you don't act quick enough and you drop it on your toe... Or better tilt too far back and Bang! Bang! Bang! You get hammered into the ground by your own caber... These people who desinged these games were nothing short of artistic genius... A 10 for challange, quality and comedy.

Like the other crazy epyx sport games this is another mutlplayer gem
always fun playing this with friends. 10/10

Brilliant game, loved every event except for skiing which I found extemely difficult.

The best sport game ever... Top game!!!

Another C64 classic: just had a read through the posts below, and cant agree enough - the cliff driving was definitely the most memorable event. Crackin' stuff!!

Barrel jump is way cool.
Cliff diving is way cool.
It's all cool!!!
oh... I forgot Log rolling... It sucks

This game is hard...

Brillant game! Cliff Driving was my favourite, the graphics and sound were fantastic!

This was the best and most funny, addictive Multiplayer Sports Game Ever done.
Every german speaking person still wonders in which part of Germany, Austria, Switzerland they do this "barrel jumping" ;-)

Absolutely brilliant!
And I got 100 at cliff diving <boast boast> :-)

Yeah. This game was one of the funniest. Cliff diving!! Just wait for half an hour and the bird will fly away :--)

Very fun indeed! Especially "cliff diving" and "barrel jumping" is quite addictive!

The Tour De Force of MultiSport gaming, flawless programming together with unparalled originality. As Marc mentioned, the cliff diving is worthy of a full price game in itself!

This game beats most of the other multiplayer sports games hands down! Years ago we would play this game on crappy old tape, and it rocked, even though it took ages to load. My favourite was cliff diving. I think I got a 94 one time! Beat that!

Quite funny, some boring events though like logrolling and bullriding

I need to replace the Commodore Force tape that featured this. I used to love the sumo wrestling event.

Epyx rulez!

I love this game, best of it is Cliff diving.

My favourite event was Cliff Diving. Its look increbley resistic. And u can bang your head on the rocks. Ouch

A great game... And I agree to Migil. I also liked barrel jumping and cliff diving the most.

I liked barrel jumpig on ice and cliff diving especially )

Me and my mates played this for the whole summer that it came out in. Loved all the events except log rolling. The bit I enjoyed most was smashing the cliff diver into the rocks. Ouch! 9/10

This is the king of all sports games to the C64. My favourite event is the Slalom.

I remember playing this game years ago, its a wonderful game with real good graphics, but theres no beating that bull riding event.