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   ***//Archon 2: Adept//**
     *wourme: Rather than resembling chess like the first //[[game:Archon]]// game, this one has a fantasy theme with elemental magic. As in the original game, an action battle takes place whenever enemy characters meet up.
+    *Felix: I like the original better (partially for historical import; it's probably the oldest non-arcade game that I think actually holds up today), but this is good too.
   ***//Battle Through Time//**
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   ***//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.
-  ***//Beyond The Forbidden Forest//**
+  ***//[[gsme:forbidden_forest_series#Beyond The Forbidden Forest]]//**
   ***//Booga-Boo//**
     *wourme: A cricket explores an alien world. You can jump very high, and you need to as you avoid the dragon and the carnivorous plants.
-  ***//Boulder Dash//**
+  ***//Boulder Dash//** (also on: Wii VC)
     *wourme: One of my all-time favorites. I'd still rather play this than most modern games.
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   ***//Bubble Bobble//**
     *Greng: suited the chunky pixels and lots of colours perfectly.
+    *Felix: Notable for being just about as good as the NES version. I think the C64 organ grinder music sounds great here.
   ***//Bulldog//**
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   ***//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.
+  ***//California Games//** (also on: Wii VC)
+    * 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//**
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   ***//Commando//**
     *wourme: I think it's amusing to compare the anemic music in the NES version to that of the C64 version.
+  ***//Cosmic Causeway//**
+    * vamos: Even my mum liked this, and she hates games.
   ***//Crush, Crumble and Chomp!//**
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   ***//Deceptor//**
     *wourme: A very challenging game in which you can switch between three forms (shown at the bottom of the screen).
+  ***//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//**
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   ***//Falcon Patrol//**
     *wourme: A nice jet fighter game. Bombs and crashed planes can damage things on the ground.
+  ***//Fire King//** (also on: PC)
+    * kthorjensen: //Fire King// is like Gauntlet: The RPG before //Diablo// was and needs to be rediscovered.
   ***//Flimbo's Quest//**
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   ***//Impossible Mission//**
+  ***//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'//**
     *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.
+  ***//Kikstart 2//**
+    * vamos: Many happy hours spent with the easy-to-use track editor and split-screen multiplayer. A game about balance.
   ***//Knight Games//**
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   ***//Lode Runner's Rescue//**
     *wourme: An odd spinoff of the [[game:Lode Runner series]]. I always thought the protagonist looked like Lewis Carroll's Alice. Like the other Lode Runner games, this one has an editor.
+  ***//Maniac Mansion//**
+    *Felix: The later SCUMM games are pretty hit or miss for me, and I really wish this one got the sort of attention that Monkey Island does nowadays. Feels like it bridges Sierra/edutainment aesthetic with what came later and into the 90s. A classic.
   ***//Manic Miner//**
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   ***//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].
+  ***//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//**
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   ***//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.
+  ***//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//**
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   ***//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.
+  ***//Oubliette//** (also on: PC)
+    * T.: //Oubliette//! huge variety of classes, monsters, spells. stupidly hard and broken. It's lovely!!
   ***//Outrun//**
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     *wourme: One of the first [[hardware:C64]] games I ever played. The whole game takes place on one screen, and I like that about it.
-  ***//Pitstop 2//**
+  ***//Pitstop 2//** (also on: Wii VC)
     *wourme: A fun racing game. I remember being impressed with the way the tires gradually wear down.
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   ***//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).
+    *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//**
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   ***//Trashman//**
     *Cycle: Originally a [[hardware:spectrum|speccy]] game, the [[hardware:c64|C64]] version of this game is probably the more famous one. Well, it's the one I'm familiar with anyway. I've always enjoyed games that make mundane things entertaining, and this is one of the first! Well, there was //[[game:Hovver Bovver]]// and apparently [[people:jeff_minter|Minter]] felt //[[game:Trashman]] was inspired by his title, but the creator denied it. Anyway, you have to grab the trashcans from people's houses and put them in the truck before it drove off. You got bonus points for talking to residents and had to avoid stepping on the grass (though it could be a shortcut) and avoiding cars, bikes and the like. I always thought a remake of this game in //[[game:gta_san_andreas|GTA:SA]] would be a fun extra job players could do!
+  ***//Ultima IV//**
+    *Felix: I always thought the C64 version of this was the definitive one. Playing it today is veeery borderline -- there are wrappers to make the DOS version run properly on modern computers, and if you're accustomed to roguelikes, you'll find it cohesive enough, but combat isn't balanced well and it takes a lot of patience to find many of the quest items. That said, there are very, very few games with a better take on morality.
   ***//Wavy Navy//**
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   ***//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).
-    *dessgeega: the c64 port of wizard of wor is pretty much perfect
+    *dessgeega: The C64 port of //Wizard of Wor// is pretty much perfect.
+  ***//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//**