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Online C64 emulator with games - Time Waster
by Jason Clarke Feb 12th 2008
Ahh, the good old Commodore-64. Many of us here at Download Squad count the C-64 as one of their first computers. While the Apple IIc was arguably more important, nobody would dispute the fact that the C-64 had what kids want: games, and lots of them. It was also pretty cool that the operating system was also a BASIC interpreter. How many young programmers learned GOTO and LOOP commands in those days, only to have to unlearn them later on?But even with the educational value that the C-64 could provide, its place in our collective heart was cemented by all of the great games that were available for the platform.
While C-64 emulators are available for every platform from XBox and PSP to Windows, Mac, and Linux, many of them can be finicky to set up. If you're looking for a quick hit of C-64 goodness but don't want to commit to a hackathon to get things working right, check out Commodore Gaming's Play Classic Games page.
The list of games that are available is not as long as we might like, but you'll almost certainly find an old friend in there. For us it was Jupiter Lander; this game has been made and remade seemingly a million times, but none have the charm and addictive game play that can be found in the original.
To play, simply click on the screenshot of the game you'd like to try in the scrolling marquee on the left. Click the Stick 1 button, then remember to click inside the game window before resorting to your number pad for controlling the game. We forgot that at first, and were frustrated at not being able to control anything.
What's your favorite old C-64 game? Anybody remember M.U.L.E.?
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
