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Games in .t64 or .d64 format — tested on VICE. These are the ones I enjoyed and still enjoy: some legendary, most quite addictive.
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03.2025 Added: Lazy Jones
01.2025 Added: Stunt Car Racer
12.2024 Added: Burger Time, Chuckie Egg, Platoon
10.2024 Added: Pit Stop, Pit Stop II, Die Hard
08.2024 Added: Blagger, Manic Miner, Koala Painter, MS Multiplan, Fairlight Intro Maker, Shoot Em Up Constr. Kit, Quantum Soundtracker, Ghostbusters, Prophet 64, MULE, Kikstart II, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander
02.2024 Added: Zaxxon, Skramble, Jungle Hunt, Defender of the Crown, Monty on the Run, Rambo-First Blood
08.2023 Added: Power Drift
07.2023 Added: Enforcer, Wizball, Commando, R-Type
06.2023 Added: Rastan, Saracen, Montezuma's Revenge, Test Drive II, Saboteur, Slamball, Who Dares Wins, Myth, C64anabalt, H.E.R.O., Project Firestart, Kraken, Batman, IK+, Raid over Moscow, Armalyte, Turrican, Turrican II; expanded screenshots
12.2022 Migrated to Nginx and Cloudflare. Using G.Analytics for statistics.
02.2019 Added HTML5 MP3 audio players for several games.
15.12.2016 Added YouTube videos and online versions. New WinVICE instructions page.
03.06.2014 18 years of these web pages (since Nov.1996). Code cleanup, new statistics.
26.03.2005 Got an original C64C in original box, with tape recorder and tapes. Picture gallery.
02.08.2004 Added new domain c64.kset.org (now defunct), some redesign.
14.04.2003 Forced to remove two games due to copyright (d0n_key k0_ng and Ma_ri_o).
25.08.2000 Added 17 games (80 total) and new [sports] and [utilities] sections.
17.02.1999 Separate screenshots page added.
01.2025 Added: Stunt Car Racer
12.2024 Added: Burger Time, Chuckie Egg, Platoon
10.2024 Added: Pit Stop, Pit Stop II, Die Hard
08.2024 Added: Blagger, Manic Miner, Koala Painter, MS Multiplan, Fairlight Intro Maker, Shoot Em Up Constr. Kit, Quantum Soundtracker, Ghostbusters, Prophet 64, MULE, Kikstart II, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander
02.2024 Added: Zaxxon, Skramble, Jungle Hunt, Defender of the Crown, Monty on the Run, Rambo-First Blood
08.2023 Added: Power Drift
07.2023 Added: Enforcer, Wizball, Commando, R-Type
06.2023 Added: Rastan, Saracen, Montezuma's Revenge, Test Drive II, Saboteur, Slamball, Who Dares Wins, Myth, C64anabalt, H.E.R.O., Project Firestart, Kraken, Batman, IK+, Raid over Moscow, Armalyte, Turrican, Turrican II; expanded screenshots
12.2022 Migrated to Nginx and Cloudflare. Using G.Analytics for statistics.
02.2019 Added HTML5 MP3 audio players for several games.
15.12.2016 Added YouTube videos and online versions. New WinVICE instructions page.
03.06.2014 18 years of these web pages (since Nov.1996). Code cleanup, new statistics.
26.03.2005 Got an original C64C in original box, with tape recorder and tapes. Picture gallery.
02.08.2004 Added new domain c64.kset.org (now defunct), some redesign.
14.04.2003 Forced to remove two games due to copyright (d0n_key k0_ng and Ma_ri_o).
25.08.2000 Added 17 games (80 total) and new [sports] and [utilities] sections.
17.02.1999 Separate screenshots page added.
[ Action ]
31 games
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Fast shoot-em-up from 2019 by RGCD Studio
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Firmly based on the movie in Nakatomi plaza. Great fun for diehard fans.
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Based on the movie. Great music, bit confusing gameplay, but OK.
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Hit game, fast-paced shoot-em-up with dynamic music by Rob Hubbard.
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Spooky atmosphere, high level of details.
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Plane shootout, overhead view.
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Similar to 1942, more details and levels.
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Relive the Pacific battles, good graphics.
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Shoot-em-up, point and click.
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WWII, blow up the castle, nice graphics.
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Prohibition '30s, interesting ideas — each level is totally different.
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Space shoot-em-up.
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One of the best games ever — wander in rooms and collect puzzle pieces.
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One of the most popular games, great soundtrack and playability.
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Horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up with superb graphics.
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One of the legendary games: horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up.
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One of the best shoot-em-ups — fast paced, great graphics and sound. Highly rated.
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Famous game, lots of levels, incredibly complex. 2 disks.
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Even more famous, more levels, better graphics, faster scroll — stretching the C64 to the max.
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Horizontal shoot-em-up, one of the better ones. Same author as Turrican.
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Shoot-em-up with great graphics and playability, highly rated everywhere.
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Classic horizontal shoot-em-up, conversion from arcade machine.
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Shoot-em-up, great music and quite detailed levels. A bit hard, but there is a trainer.
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Isometric shoot-em-up.
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Obscure, but very playable horizontal shoot-em-up.
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Plane shootout, playable.
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Classic movie remake, quite good — cars + platform, very playable.
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Good graphics and sound, difficult to play.
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Combination of helicopter flight and wandering through rooms.
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Jungle, tunnel and trench levels — hard, but the tunnel level is worth it.
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Classic shoot-em-up vertical scroller.
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Collect people with a helicopter, playable and popular.
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Multi-discipline naval game of war.
[ Cars ]
17 games
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Vectorized race — one of the revolutionary in its genre, highly rated everywhere.
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Highway car race, probably the best arcade race overall. Absolutely great music (2 soundtracks).
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Driving simulation or race — hard to tell. 2 disk images.
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Good racing game, good dynamics. Arcade conversion — recommended.
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Car arcade, fast and hard, nice graphics and great sound.
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Motorcycle racing, better with 2 players.
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Multiplayer racing from 1984! Good and playable, difficult to control steering.
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Simple racing game from 1984. Personal nostalgia. Somewhat irritating sounds.
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Simple game from 1982 — for historical reasons. Playable and OK.
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Small car, push other cars off the road. Music from the Blues Brothers.
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Ride your jeep, addictive.
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Overhead car race, great details.
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Multigenre: car fight, then a plane.
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Small car races inside a track, complicated steering.
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Stone age race, quite popular game.
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Cute vehicle, overhead, just a bit difficult.
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Fine music, good graphics, just a bit boring.
[ Platform ]
37 games
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Legendary, a true classic — version of Mario. Catchy music, detailed levels. Spent so many hours on this.
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Definition of a platformer — a genre in itself.
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Platform — hard but very playable, perfect sound and atmosphere and graphics.
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Visually very impressive platformer — highly rated everywhere.
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Reach the top of a revolving tower. Unusual 3D view, great graphics and sound — original concept.
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Humorous platform — save the world from aliens, very good and playable.
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A sequel to the first part with new levels.
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Blow bubbles — best with two players. Reached the 100th (last) level. Great arcade.
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Ninja style platformer.
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Monty franchise, typical platformer, very acclaimed everywhere.
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Endless runner game, very fast. From the RGCD dev studio for C64 games — check out their other releases.
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Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation — fly around levels and save people.
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Famous for 2 things: lots of mini-games, and the in-game music — Kernkraft / Zombie Nation.
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Platform, nicely done and playable.
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Collect items — classic and highly regarded.
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Typical platformer — Indiana Jones clone.
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Based upon the movie, nicely done, good music, playable.
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Typical but somewhat obscure platformer, similar to Manic Miner genre.
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Simple platformer from 1984, more famous on BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum.
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Simple idea, but fun anyway.
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Typical platformer, simple graphics.
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Very simple graphics, but nice and playable.
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Arcade classic, could be better in graphics.
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A kind of labyrinth, nothing hard, 100 levels!
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Platform with a level editor — endless possibilities.
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Not a typo — it's spelled Skool. School situations, interesting to kids and nostalgic parents.
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Platform — Giana Sisters 2.
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Like the cartoon — use your sword to conquer evil forces.
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Platform, simple but nice.
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Rescuing people — great graphics and great gameplay.
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Cute platform with lots of different levels and original ideas — well worth trying.
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Timed jump game, best known for its soundtrack.
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Step on every brick in a level — creatures will (try to) stop you.
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Explore the underworld, spooky atmosphere.
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Save dinosaurs from extinction.
[ Sports ]
9 games
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One of the best fighting games — Rob Hubbard music, lots of moves.
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Great sports in one place — ride your BMX, skate, board...
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3 winter Olympic sports.
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Skate madness.
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Chess — first game I ever played on a 64 (came with a cartridge).
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Golf.
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Well, ping pong — nicely done, supports different kinds of shots.
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Named after the famous basketball stunt team. Lead the ball — nothing too complicated.
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Fire at ships with a submarine.
[ Other ]
22 games
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Absolute cult game — first cinematic survival horror, multiple endings, best reviews, pseudo-3D. 4 floppies!
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Legendary simulation in space — space wars and trade. An all-time classic.
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Quest at sea — a true classic, loved by many.
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One of the most visually polished games of all time. Campaign, a bit slow at times.
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Cold war drama — action, multiple gameplay types. Trivia: it was banned in Germany.
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Build your own city — infrastructure, roads, make money, get powerful...
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Based on the '80s movie, follows the plot, good sound — playable but a bit repetitive.
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Trading-based game, 1-4 human players, popular with many. Primitive graphics and sound. Manual
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What else to say? Great ambient music for great atmosphere.
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Arcade classic — shoot out bricks above you.
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Similar to Arkanoid, rotated 90 degrees.
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Puzzle — aim is to detonate a few bombs. Complicated.
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3D version of Tetris — adds more fun to one of the best games ever.
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Collect and arrange tiles.
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Guide your marble — fun levels, hard to control. Damn that gravity :)
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New idea — construct pipeline and maintain a flow of water. Good.
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Make your paper rounds with a bicycle.
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Earn money and buy toys for playground. Original ideas, mini-games.
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Inspired by Tron, the movie.
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Classic board game — select fields and sink opponent's ships.
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First ever game for C64 in Aug. 1982 — for historical reasons. Base of many similar landing games.
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Select and fill an area to win.
[ Pinball ]
7 games
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Phenomenal 3D graphic, realistic sound, true feeling, good physics.
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Detailed pinball, multiple boards — not that famous, but consider it a hidden gem. CRT cartridge format.
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Scrolling pinball with many details.
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Another pinball worth mentioning — famous back in the day.
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Pinball — nice, some claim it as the best pinball ever, but lousy graphics.
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Very simple pinball — only one board, but very playable and dynamic.
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Design your own pinball board — drag and drop.
[ Utilities ]
13 items
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UNIX-compatible C64 operating system.
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Internet-enabled graphical multitasking OS!! (needs modem for internet)
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Wonderful 3-channel tracker with great sound quality (16kHz). Homepage
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Music sequencer and MIDI player — better with hardware MIDI keyboard, but works anyway.
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Quite popular and intuitive drawing program.
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Not a game, but a drawing program — my first contact with computer graphics.
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An app to create your own shoot-em-up type of game.
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Iconic Fairlight cracking group intro, with custom text.
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More serious CAD program for business usage.
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An actual spreadsheet — made by Microsoft (yes, that one).
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Text editor — I used this program so much.
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Great text editor with plenty of possibilities and many advanced functions.
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Edit and play drum patterns with this music program.
