Commodore 64 added to the VC

[megaseadramon]

http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2006/09/28/epyx-to-bring-commodore-64-games-to-the-virtual-console/

Seems like we will get more classics. Now if we can get arcade support it will be complete.

[daroga]

Ahh, the C64. Lots of great times on that computer. Had one long before I ever had an NES.

[FriskyTanuki]

Meh. Seems like more games I couldn't really care less about.

[jkam]

Pretty crazy...keep em coming.

[VanillaGorilla]

Commodore 64 support eh? Man, Nintendo is REALLY desperate for that baby boomer market! Screw putting more NES/SNES games on the thing, we need more text based adventure games!

[Cao Cao]

"Another Visitor. Stay awhile... STAAY FOREVER!!!"

[io]

Meh - never had a C64, it was always too rich for my family.

Now, if they could put Atari and Colecovision games on the VC then I could relive my (late) childhood. My true childhood would be, like, Pong and maybe Space Invaders, or perhaps just riding my bike :D.

[Friend of Sonic]

Hey, that's awesome. I'm not a huge Commodore Fan, but the Virtual Console is a little more complete.

[Ikohn4ever]

give me Yaer Kung Fu or whatever the hell its called and I will be happy

[lordwow]

$5 for a C64 game... ya...

[daroga]

$5 for a C64 game... ya...
I'm hoping that they're smart enough to not charge that much for them, but we'll see I guess.

[Richlough]

Cool , I can't wait to play all of the old EPYX games .

[Wet Ninja]

This is great news. I hope they have Mini-Putt. I used to play that all the time with my cousin on his C64.

[keithp]

I think this is great news, even if you couldn't care less about the C64 stuff.

The more games and systems the VC supports the better the chance of Nintendo taking over the world again! Muah-ha-ha!!!!!!!

(cue music)

Seriously, there are a bunch of games I'd get, if they're cheap enough to download. Summer/Winter Games I never got into as a kid, although I tried it, so that doesn't interest me. Bring on the Lode Runner though, and I'd be all over it!

[tomfoolery]

is there going to be versions of all new/snes games? has anybody heard a specific finalized list of what's being put out. i know they had a launch list but as far as everything whats up?

T. Foolery

[BustaUppa]

$5 for a C64 game... ya...Honestly, I would consider that worth the trouble of tracking the game down. I don't have much memory of the c64, but I would gladly pay $5 for, say, an old Amiga game. Many times it's just about what you have fond memories of.

I think the real story is that the the VC is embracing some obscure territory here. Nintendo KNOWS that large portions of today's gaming community (including like 99% of "casual" gamers) couldn't care less about C64 games. But they're doing this anyway. This bodes well! There's no telling which of your favorite games might get resurrected next!

[Plinko]

Space Taxi!

[6669]

Wow, and I thought the original NES games were old.

[jm2u]

I had Dark tower, Ghosts and goblins, and my favorite was Ghostbusters. I still have all my C64 floppys.

[eljedi13]

I started playing video games on the Commodore 64. Space Taxi, Ghostbusters, Impossible Mission, Summer Games.....but I can't see paying $5 a piece for them. A dollar or two each and I'd think about it.

[screwkick]

Sweet. No more typing: Load "*", 8, 1

[BustaUppa]

Sweet. No more typing: Load "*", 8, 1omg! Wow, you just woke up some obscure memories of me messing around on my cousin's commodore. And I still think $5 is entirely reasonable. I might get "Commando" if they have that, since I had a lot of fun playing that on my cousin's computer back in the day.

[projecteightysix]

i had this game called mario's brewery on commodore. i dont think it was legit though.