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| ***//B.C. Bill//** | ***//B.C. Bill//** | ||
| - | *wourme: A prehistoric man hunts dinosaurs and other odd-looking creatures, with the goal of amassing and supporting as many wives and children as possible. The children eventually leave, and the wives sometimes attempt to. | + | *wourme: A prehistoric man hunts dinosaurs and other odd-looking creatures, with the goal of amassing and supporting as many wives and children as possible. The children eventually leave, and the wives sometimes attempt to. |
| - | ***//Beyond The Forbidden Forest//** | + | ***//[[gsme:forbidden_forest_series#Beyond The Forbidden Forest]]//** |
| ***//Booga-Boo//** | ***//Booga-Boo//** | ||
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| ***//Caesar the Cat//** | ***//Caesar the Cat//** | ||
| *wourme: Run around on a table and catch mice before they eat all the food. If you run into something heavy at the wrong angle, it takes you down with it. | *wourme: Run around on a table and catch mice before they eat all the food. If you run into something heavy at the wrong angle, it takes you down with it. | ||
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| + | ***//California Games//** | ||
| + | * vamos: The BMX and hackysack events are brilliant, and I had a lot of fun with rollerskating too. Still a great party game that is guaranteed good times. | ||
| ***//Castle Wolfenstein//** | ***//Castle Wolfenstein//** | ||
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| ***//Commando//** | ***//Commando//** | ||
| *wourme: I think it's amusing to compare the anemic music in the NES version to that of the C64 version. | *wourme: I think it's amusing to compare the anemic music in the NES version to that of the C64 version. | ||
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| + | ***//Cosmic Causeway//** | ||
| + | * vamos: Even my mum liked this, and she hates games. | ||
| ***//Crush, Crumble and Chomp!//** | ***//Crush, Crumble and Chomp!//** | ||
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| ***//Deceptor//** | ***//Deceptor//** | ||
| *wourme: A very challenging game in which you can switch between three forms (shown at the bottom of the screen). | *wourme: A very challenging game in which you can switch between three forms (shown at the bottom of the screen). | ||
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| + | ***//The Detective Game//** | ||
| + | * vamos: This still intrigues me, and would be my recommendation for an obscure game that's still worth checking out --- atmosphere-packed murder mystery with a lot of interesting ideas but an awkward menu system. | ||
| ***//Demon Stalkers//** | ***//Demon Stalkers//** | ||
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| ***//Falcon Patrol//** | ***//Falcon Patrol//** | ||
| *wourme: A nice jet fighter game. Bombs and crashed planes can damage things on the ground. | *wourme: A nice jet fighter game. Bombs and crashed planes can damage things on the ground. | ||
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| + | ***//Fire King//** (also on: PC) | ||
| + | * kthorjensen: //Fire King// is like Gauntlet: The RPG before //Diablo// was and needs to be rediscovered. | ||
| ***//Flimbo's Quest//** | ***//Flimbo's Quest//** | ||
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| ***//Impossible Mission//** | ***//Impossible Mission//** | ||
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| + | ***//International Karate +//** (also on: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, ZX, ST, Amiga CD32, GBA, PlayStation, WiiVC) | ||
| + | * vamos: still brilliant, from the inventive move list to the animations in the background to the ball-repelling bonus game. | ||
| + | * Bennett: Don't play the C64 IK+, play the Amiga one which is even more fluid and playable. | ||
| ***//Jammin'//** | ***//Jammin'//** | ||
| *wourme: When you carry an instrument, you play the level's music. When a monster grabs an instrument from you, it plays a distorted version of the music. | *wourme: When you carry an instrument, you play the level's music. When a monster grabs an instrument from you, it plays a distorted version of the music. | ||
| *Loki Laufeyson: [...] pretty and poetic. it had some kind of spiritual effect on me for some reason. | *Loki Laufeyson: [...] pretty and poetic. it had some kind of spiritual effect on me for some reason. | ||
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| + | ***//Kikstart 2//** | ||
| + | * vamos: Many happy hours spent with the easy-to-use track editor and split-screen multiplayer. A game about balance. | ||
| ***//Knight Games//** | ***//Knight Games//** | ||
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| ***//Mancopter//** | ***//Mancopter//** | ||
| *wourme: I like this game better than anything I've seen in the current console generation. Okay, I guess that goes for a lot of these [C64 games]. | *wourme: I like this game better than anything I've seen in the current console generation. Okay, I guess that goes for a lot of these [C64 games]. | ||
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| + | ***//Mayhem in Monsterland//** | ||
| + | * vamos: A speedy console-style platformer with great music, level design packed with secrets and cute dinosaurs. | ||
| + | * Tulpa: definitely worth it, it's a great game. | ||
| ***//Mission Elevator//** | ***//Mission Elevator//** | ||
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| ***//Mr. Robot//** | ***//Mr. Robot//** | ||
| *wourme: This is somewhat similar to //[[game:Manic Miner]]//, but the difficulty is more reasonable and it includes bombs, magnets, and a level editor. | *wourme: This is somewhat similar to //[[game:Manic Miner]]//, but the difficulty is more reasonable and it includes bombs, magnets, and a level editor. | ||
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| + | ***//Nebulus//** | ||
| + | * vamos: Rotary tower scrolling! An irritatingly punishing and unfair game where the only way to win is to memorise the locations of unsignposted traps... but I can't help but love it. | ||
| ***//Odell Lake//** | ***//Odell Lake//** | ||
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| ***//Ollie's Follies//** | ***//Ollie's Follies//** | ||
| *wourme: A fun platformer with pretty good animation and physics. When you have an egg on your head, you can destroy the killer robots. | *wourme: A fun platformer with pretty good animation and physics. When you have an egg on your head, you can destroy the killer robots. | ||
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| + | ***//Oubliette//** (also on: PC) | ||
| + | * T.: //Oubliette//! huge variety of classes, monsters, spells. stupidly hard and broken. It's lovely!! | ||
| ***//Outrun//** | ***//Outrun//** | ||
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| ***//Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper//** | ***//Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper//** | ||
| *wourme: A lot of fun with one or two players. I liked this game better than the original (which is also available for NES). | *wourme: A lot of fun with one or two players. I liked this game better than the original (which is also available for NES). | ||
| + | *Take It Sleazy: I spent some long hours on C64 with that one. It's still one of my all time favorites and I always thought it was weird that it wasn't more influential. | ||
| ***//Spy's Demise//** | ***//Spy's Demise//** | ||
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| ***//Wizard of Wor//** | ***//Wizard of Wor//** | ||
| *wourme: A classic maze game. I recommend Jph Wacheski's [[http://www.iterationgames.com/thePAST.html|remake]] (and all of his other games, for that matter). | *wourme: A classic maze game. I recommend Jph Wacheski's [[http://www.iterationgames.com/thePAST.html|remake]] (and all of his other games, for that matter). | ||
| - | *dessgeega: the c64 port of wizard of wor is pretty much perfect | + | *dessgeega: The C64 port of //Wizard of Wor// is pretty much perfect. |
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| + | ***//Wizball//** (also on: Amstrad CPC, ZX, Amiga, ST, DOS) | ||
| + | * kthorjensen: //Wizball// is really excellent and easily emulated, go for it. | ||
| + | * cake: //Wizball// is my favourite game of all time. | ||
| + | * vamos: It's interesting, but I've given it a go several times and never found it to live up to the hype. It has a [[http://retrospec.sgn.net/game-links.php?link=wizball|nice remake]]. | ||
| ***//Yie Ar Kung Fu//** | ***//Yie Ar Kung Fu//** | ||