C64 games

This is the page dedicated to games. You can download some games which are in .t64 or .d64 format only for emulators (tested on VICE). This games are the ones that I enjoyed and still enjoy playing, some of them are legendary. Most are quite addictive, try them. Online versions require Java to be installed for your browser.
Instructions for installing WinVICE emulator.
Separate screenshots page with a subset of here presented games.
Separate page with videos (demos, SID music etc.).
Zip archive with all games from this site. Page with projects , more like my personal drawing board.
- - Online game - - Review of game
- - Box art

12.2024. Added: Burger Time, Chuckie Egg, Platoon
10.2024. Added: Pit Stop, Pit Stop II, Die Hard
08.2024. Added: Blagger, Manic Miner, Koala Painter, MS Multiplan, Fairlight Intro Maker, Shoot Em Up Constr. Kit, Quantum Soundtracker, Ghostbusters, Prophet 64, MULE, Kickstart II, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander
02.2024. Added: Zaxxon, Skramble, Jungle Hunt, Defender of the Crown, Monty on the Run, Rambo-First Blood
08.2023. Added: Power Drift
07.2023. Added: Enforcer, Wizball, Commando, R-Type
06.2023. Added: Rastan, Saracen, Montezuma's Revenge, Test Drive II, Saboteur, Slamball, Who Dares Wins, Myth, C64anabalt, H.E.R.O., Project Firestart, Kraken, Batman, IK+, Raid over Moscow, Armalyte, Turrican,Turrican II; expanded screenshots page
12.2022. Migrated to Nginx and Cloudflare. Due to migrating providers, page was offline and Google reduced visibility. Hope that will be fixed. Using G.Analytics for statistics.
02.2019. Added some HTML5 MP3 audio players for several games, so you can listen to game music inline. For a webpage that is more than 22 years old, that is an improvement
15.12.2016 Adding some YouTube videos (not mine) for every game, some online versions of the game (requires Java). New page for WinVICE emulator instructions under Windows. 15th google result for "c64 games"!! It was worth updating the page with extra elements. Thank you for your support.
03.06.2014. 18 years of these web pages (if we consider Nov.1996 as a release date... I did some code cleanup, new statistics... Planning for some redesign, dark background was a fad back then, web has evolved, mildly said. In those days, my web was one of the top 10 links on Google when searched for c64 games. Lack on involvement on my side made it on the 11th page (that is, around 110th link with that query.
26.03.2005. Finally, got an original C64C in an original box, with a tape recorder and a few tapes. Will go to a flea market to get additional equipment. I'm having trouble loading games from tapes either because of old tapes or misaligned tape head. Will look up some of the alternative game loading ways - like connecting to a PC. If you have information about building a cartridge (like Final Cartridge), please let me know. A picture gallery.
The logo on top is a transparent PNG, seen as such in everything except MSIE. Switch to Opera or Firefox.
02.08.04.Added new domain: c64.kset.org (now defunct), some redesign of pages
14.04.03. Forced to remove two games due to copyright? The names are d0n_key k0_ng and Ma_ri_o (misspelled to fool search engines)!
25.08.'00. Added 17 games (80 total)and a new [sports] and [utilities] section.
15.08.'00. Rreplaced some screenshots, placed many new ones, started using VICE for testing, .png file formats instead of gif 10.03.2000.
17.02.1999. separate page added with screenshot for each game on the page. 186 kB.

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  • Die Hard 
    		•  - - - - - Firmly based on a movie in Nakatomi plaza. Great fun for diehard fans of the movie
  • Rambo - First Blood 
    		•  - - - - - - Based on a movie, obviously. Great music, bit confusing gameplay, but OK
  • Commando 
    		•  - - - - - - Another hit game, fast-paced shoot-em-up with dynamic music (by Rob Hubbard)
  • Soldier of Fortune 
    		•  - - - - Spooky atmosphere, high level of details...
  • 1942
    		•  - - - - - - Plane shootout, overhead view
  • 1943
    		•  - - - - - similar to 1942, more details and levels
  • Wings Of Fury
    		•  - - - - - Relive the pacific battles, good graphics
  • Operation Wolf
    		•  - - - - - shoot'em up, point and click
  • Into the Eagle's nest
    		•  - - - - - WWII, blow up the castle, nice graphics
  • Untouchables 
    		•  - - - - Prohibition '30s, has some interesting ideas, each level is totally different
  • Warhawk
    		•  - - - - - Space shootemup
  • Deceptor
    		•  - - - 3D, aim is to collect pieces, vehicle can transform into a plane or robot
  • Nexus
    		•  - - - - Similar to impossible mission, man in the corridors
  • Impossible Mission
    		•  - - - - - One of the best games ever, wander in rooms and collect puzzle pieces
  • Last Ninja 1
    		•  - - - - - - Last Ninja, one of most popular games for many people, great soundtrack and playability
  • Seafox
    		•  - - - - Fire at ships with a submarine
  • Space Pilot
    		•  - - - - Plane shootemup, not much, but very playable
  • Falcon Patrol
    		•  - - - - - Plane shootemup, not bad
  • Blue Max
    		•  - - - - - Wonderful WWII game, very popular at the time
  • Marauder
    		•  - - - - Typical shootemup with exceptional graphic details
  • Uridium
    		•  - - - - Horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up with superb graphics
  • Paradroid
    		•  - - - - - This is one of the legendary games: horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up
  • Wizard Of Wor
    		•  - - - - - Fast and dynamic, raises adrenaline, best with two players
  • Blasteroids
    		•  - - - - Destroy asteroids flying round your ship
  • River Raid
    		•  - - - - - - Plane shootout, playable
  • Cybernoid 2
    		•  - - - - - - Shootemup, great music, and quite detailed levels, a bit hard, but there is a trainer
  • Choplifter!
    		•  - - - - - Collect people with a helicopter, playable and popular
  • Beach Head 1
    		•  - - - - - Multi-discipline naval game of war
  • Who Dares Wins II
    		•  - - - - - Classic shoot-em-up vertical scroller
  • Batman - The Movie
    		•  - - - - - Classic movie remake, quite good, cars+platform, playable
  • Armalyte
    		•  - - - - - - One of the best shoot 'em up so far, fast paced, great graphics, sound effects and playability
    highly rated in reviews
  • Turrican
    		•  - - - - - - Famous game, lots of levels, incredibly complex; 2 disks
  • Turrican II
    		•  - - - - - - Even more famous than T1, even more levels, better graphics, faster scroll,
    stretching the C64 to the max
  • Enforcer
    		•  - - - - - Horizontal shoot-em-up, one of the better ones, same author as Turrican
  • Wizball 
    		•  - - - - - Shoot-em-up with great graphics and playability, highly rated everywhere
  • R-Type 
    		•  - - - - - - Classic horizontal shoot-em-up, conversion from arcade machine
  • Navy Moves 
    		•  - - - - Good graphics and sound, difficult to play
  • Zaxxon 
    		•  - - - - - Isometric shoot-em-up
  • Skramble 
    		•  - - - - - - Obscure, but very playable horizontal shoot-em-up
  • Infiltrator 
    		•  - - - - - Combination of helicopter flight and wandering through rooms
  • Platoon 
    		•  - - - - - Action game, jungle, tunnel and trench levels, hard, but the tunnel level is worth it
    CARS
  • Jeep Command
    		•  - - - - - ride your jeep, addictive
  • L.E.D. Storm
    		•  - - - - car arcade, fast and hard, nice graphics and great sound
  • Out run
    		•  - - - - - highway car race, probably the best arcade race overall,
    absolutely great music (2 soundtracks)
  • 5th Gear
    		•  - - - - - - overhead car race, great details
  • Road Warrior
    		•  - - - - Fine music, good graphics, just a bit boring
  • Action Fighter
    		•  - - - - - Multigenre: car fight, then a plane
  • Spy Hunter
    		•  - - - - - - Small car, push other cars off the road, music from the BluesBrothers
  • Super sprint
    		•  - - - - small car races inside a track, complicated steering
  • Wheelies
    		•  - - - - cute vehicle, overhead, just a bit difficult
  • BC's Quest For Tires
    		•  - - - - - - Stoneage race, quite popular game
  • Test Drive II, The Duel
    		•  - - - - - - Driving simulation or a race, hard to tell. 2 disk images
  • Power Drift
    		•  - - - - - - Good racing game, good dynamics, overall recommend, arcade conversion
  • Kikstart II
    		•  - - - - - - Motorcycle racing, better with 2 players
  • Le Mans
    		•  - - - - - Simple game from 1982. For historical reasons. Playable and OK
  • Pit Stop
    		•  - - - - Simple racing game from 1984. Personal nostalgia. Somewhat irritating sounds
  • Pit Stop II
    		•  - - - - - Multiplayer racing game in 1984! Good and playable game, difficult to control steering
    PLATFORM
  • Giana Sisters
    		•  - - - - - legendary, a true classic, version of Mario, spent so much hours,
    catchy music, detailed levels...
  • Bomb Jack 2
    		•  - - - - - platform, nicely done, playable
  • Hard & Heavy
    		•  - - - - platform, Giana sisters 2
  • Ghosts'n' Goblins
    		•  - - - - - platform, hard but very playable, perfect sound and atmosphere and graphics
  • Cloud Kingdoms 
    		•  - - - - - Cute platform, with lots of different levels, and some original ideas, well worth of trying
  • Miner 2049'er
    		•  - - - - - platform
  • Manic Miner
    		•  - - - - - - Definition of a platformer, genre in itself
  • Bounty Bob Strikes Back
    		•  - - - - - step on every brick in a level, there are creatures that will (try to) stop you
  • Blagger
    		•  - - - - - Typical, but somewhat obscure platformer, similar to Manic Miner genre
  • Nebulus
    		•  - - - - - reach the top of a revolving tower, unusual
    3D view, great graphics and sound, original concept
  • Olli & Lissa 
    		•  - - - - Cute caracters in quest for items.
  • Gordian Tomb
    		•  - - - Timed jump game, best known for its soundtrack
  • Lode runner
    		•  - - - - - Collect items, classic and highly regarded
  • Ograton
    		•  - - - Original concept, collect balls
  • Indiana Jones Last Crusade
    		•  - - - Based upon a movie, nicely done, good music, playable
  • Masters Of Universe: He-Man
    		•  - - - - Like the cartoon, use your sword to conquer evil forces
  • Saracen 
    		•  - - - - a kind of labrynth, nothing hard, 100 levels!
  • Rastan 
    		•  - - - Arcade classic, could be better in graphics
  • Octoplex 
    		•  - - - - Another version of pac-like game, but worth trying
  • Rick Dangerous
    		•  - - - - - humorous platform, save the world from aliens, very good and playable
  • Rick Dangerous 2
    		•  - - - - - - A sequel to the first part, new levels added
  • Montezuma's Revenge
    		•  - - - - - Typical platformer, Indiana Jones clone
  • Bubble Bobble
    		•  - - - - - blow bubbles, best with two players, reached 100th (last) level, great arcade
  • Dino Eggs
    		•  - - - - Save dinosaurs from extinction
  • Popeye
    		•  - - - - - platform, simple but nice
  • Mr. Robot
    		•  - - - platform, has a level editor, endless possibilities
  • Skool Daze
    		•  - - - - not a typo, it's spelled Skool, school situations, interesting to kids and nostalgic parents
  • Star Quake
    		•  - - - - Explore the underworld, spooky atmosphere
  • Heli Rescue
    		•  - - - - Rescuing people; great graphics, great gameplay
  • Fire Ant
    		• - - - - Several levels, playable, and not so easy
  • Hunchback
    		•  - - - - - - Typical platformer, simple graphics
  • Saboteur
    		•  - - - - - Ninja style platformer
  • Myth: History in the making
    		•  - - - - - - Visually very impressive platformer, highly rated everywhere
  • C64anabalt
    		•  - - - - Endless runner game, very fast, from the RGCD dev studio for C64 games,
    check out their other releases
  • H.E.R.O.
    		•  - - - - - Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation, fly around levels and save people
  • Jungle Hunt
    		•  - - - - - Very simple graphics, but nice and playable
  • Monty on the Run
    		•  - - - - - Monty franchise, typical platformer, very acclaimed everywhere
  • Chuckie Egg
    		•  - - - - - Simple platformer from 1984, more famous on machines like BBC Micro and ZX
  • Burger Time
    		•  - - - - Simple platformer from 1984, more famous on machines like BBC Micro and ZX
    sports
  • Rollerboard
    		•  - - - - skate madness
  • Olimpic skier
    		•  - - - - - 3 winter olimpic sports
  • Colossus 4
    		•  - - - chess, first game I ever played on a 64 (came witha cartridge)
  • Leaderboard
    		•  - - - golf
  • Ping Pong
    		•  - - - well, a ping pong, nicely done, supports different kinds of shots
  • California Games
    		•  - - - - - Great sports in one place, ride your BMX, skate, board...
  • The globetrotters 
    		•  - - - - Named after a famous basketball stunts team, just lead the ball, nothing much
  • IK+ Intl. Karate+ 
    		•  - - - - - One of the best fighting games, Rob Hubbard music, lots of moves
    OTHER
  • Project Firestart 
    		•  - - - - - - Absolute cult game, first cinematic survival horror game, multiple endings,
    best reviews, pseudo-3D. 4 floppies!
  • Sim City 
    		•  - - - - Build your own city, infrastructure, roads, control it, make a lot of money, get powerful...
  • Stix 
    		•  - - - Select and fill an area to win
  • Gridrunner 
    		•  - - - - Inspiration in Tron, the movie
  • Omega Mission 
    		•  - - - Get yourself a bunch of robots, and guide them around, quite popular game at a time
  • Battle Ships 
    		•  - -  - - Classic board game of sinking ships, select fields and sink opponent's ships
  • Paperboy
    		•  - - - - - make your paper rounds with a bycicle
  • Donald Duck's Playground
    		•  - - - - Earn money and buy toys for playground, original ideas, mini-games
  • Pirates!
    		•  - - - quest at sea, a true classic, loved by many
  • Elite
    		•  - - - - legendary simulation in space, space wars and trade, an all time classic,
  • Super Pipeline
    		•  - - - - - New idea, construct pipeline and maintain a flow of water, good
  • Blockout 3D tetris 
    		•  - - - 3D version of tetris, adds more fun to playing one of the best games ever
  • Tetris
    		•  - - - - what else to say? Great ambiental music for great atmosphere
  • Klax
    		•  - - - - - collect and arange tiles
  • Arkanoid
    		•  - - - - - arcade classic, shoot out bricks above you
  • Krakout
    		•  - - - - - Similar to Arkanoid, rotated 90deg
  • Nonsense
    		•  - - Two player combat, funny characters
  • Bombuzal
    		•  - - - puzzle, aim is to detonate a few bombs, complicated
  • Marble Madness 
    		•  - - - - Guide your marble, fun levels, hard to control, damn that gravity :)
  • Kickman
    		•  - - - Kicking baloons like a clown, not much
  • Raid over Moscow
    		•  - - - - - - Cold war drama, action, multiple types of gameplay.
    Trivia: it was banned in Germany.
  • Defender of the Crown
    		•  - - - - - - One of the most visually polished games of all times
    Campaign, a bit slow at times
  • Ghostbusters
    		•  - - - - - - Based on a good 80s movie, follows the plot, good sound, playable, but a bit repetitive
  • M.U.L.E.
    		•  - - - - - Trading based game, 1-4 human players, popular with many,
    primitive graphics and sound Manual
  • Jupiter Lander
    		•  - - - - - First ever game for C64 in Aug.1982. For historical reasons.
    Base of many similar games of landing on another planet
    pinball
  • Night Mission
    		•  - - - pinball, nice, some claim it as best pinball ever, but lousy graphics
  • 3D Pinball Power
    		•  - - - - Phenomenal 3D graphic, realistic sound, true feeling, good physics
  • David's Midnight Magic
    		•  - - - - Another pinball worth mentioning, famous back in a day
  • Slamball
    		•  - - - - - Scrolling pinball with much details
  • Mechanicus
    		•  - - - - - Detailed pinball, multiple boards, not that famous,
    but consider it a hidden gem. CRT cartridge format
  • Micro Ball
    		•  - - - A very simple pinball, only one board, but very playable and dynamic
  • Pinball Construction Set
    		•  - - - - Design your own pinball board, drag and drop
    UTILITIES
  • Lunix
    		•  - - UNIX compatible C64 operating system
  • Con Tiki
    		•  - - - Internet enabled graphical multitasking operating system!! (needs modem for Internet)
  • The Art Studio
    		•  - - not a game, but a drawing prg., my first contacts with computer graphics
  • Easy Script 
    		•  - Text editor, I used this program so much
  • Vizawrite 
    		•  - - - Great text editor, plenty of possibilities, has many advanced functions
  • Amica Paint 
    		•  - - - Paint program, so complex it takes hours just to explore it, let alone work with it
  • Drum Master 
    		•  -  - You can edit and play patterns with this music program
  • Giga CAD Plus 
    		•  - - - - More serious CAD program for business usage
  • Koala Painter II 
    		•  - - - Quite popular and intuitive drawing program
  • MS Multiplan 
    		•  - - An actual spreadsheet, and made by Microsoft (yes, that one)
  • Quantum Soundtracker 
    		•  - - - Wonderful 3-channel tracker (sound sampling) with great sound quality (16kHz). Homepage
  • Shoot Em Up Constr. Kit 
    		•  - - - - An app. to create a shoot-em-up type of game
  • Fairlight Intro Maker 
    		•  - - Iconic Fairlight cracking group intro, with custom text
  • Prophet 64 
    		•  - - Music sequencer and MIDI player, better with hardware MIDI keyboard, but works anyway

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