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Play Commodore 64 Games Online

Do you pine for simpler times when computer games were filled with two-dimensional sprites, 8-bit music and menu screens adorned with ASCII art?

Do you long to again play classic games like Wonderboy, Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Giana Sisters?

And all without getting your dusty Commodore 64 out of storage?

Well, now you can!

C64s.com gives you the opportunity to revisit a collection of classic Commodore 64 games through the wonders of simulation and Java.

A few caveats though. Despite the best efforts of the programmers both the simulator and some of the games can be a tad temperamental. While some games are clearly marked as being “buggy” even those which aren’t won’t necessarily respond in the same way they did on your faithful Commodore 64.

Also, Commodore 64 gaming was traditionally joystick orientated. Here games are played via a keyboard. Certainly the gaming experience is a different one. Some joystick commands translate awkwardly to the keyboard; and, frankly, some don’t translate at all! I couldn’t, for example, negotiate my way past the first screen of Ghostbusters.

If we can look past these ‘glitches’ we are projected into a gaming experience almost forgotten. And I don’t know about you but give me Giana Sisters over Tomb Raider any day!