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sb:recommended:c64 [2012/12/23 22:41]
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   ***//Archon 2: Adept//**   ***//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.      *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//**   ***//Battle Through Time//**
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   ***//Bubble Bobble//**   ***//Bubble Bobble//**
     *Greng: suited the chunky pixels and lots of colours perfectly.     *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//​**   ***//​Bulldog//​**
-    *wourme: A pretty good scrolling shooter with excellent title screen music.+    *wourme: A pretty good scrolling shooter with excellent ​[[pattern:​title_screen|title screen]] music.
  
   ***//​Burning Rubber//**   ***//​Burning Rubber//**
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   ***//Lode Runner'​s Rescue//**   ***//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. ​     *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. ​
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 +  ***//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//**   ***//Manic Miner//**
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   ***//​Trashman//​**   ***//​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!      *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! 
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 +  ***//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//**   ***//Wavy Navy//**
 
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