Commodore 64 games now available on Wii Virtual Console

Brian Ambrozy 23 Feb, 2009 at 3:42pm ET Article published in Gaming

I have to admit that this is a direction I could not have predicted. Nostalgia gaming is in high gear lately. Wii Virtual Console has brought back tons of classic games, Sega has released a huge compilation of Genesis games for PS3, and now Nintendo has begun delving into classic 8-bit computer gaming by bringing three Commodore 64 classics to Wii Virtual Console with The Last Ninja, International Karate, and Pitstop II.

There is a huge wealth of excellent 8-bit computer games to be mined, now that the subject has been broached. I’d love to see Karateka, Lode Runner, Droll, the “Gold Box” SSI D&D games, and most especially, Alternate Reality.

Comments

23 Feb 2009 ~ 3:47pm Myrmidon And yet, they leave out the IMPORTANT virtual console games.

I'm talking BATTLETOADS.
23 Feb 2009 ~ 3:54pm primesuspect Impossible. People complained about Mega Man being too hard....
23 Feb 2009 ~ 3:56pm MiracleManS Battletoads was epic though.
23 Feb 2009 ~ 4:38pm Bandrik Ahh, the Commodore 64 and I are old buddies. Though I never played these three. Games I would like to see "resurrected" would be Black Magic, Time Tunnel, Great Giana Sisters, and Krakout for good measure.
24 Feb 2009 ~ 7:33am Zuntar wow, soooo long ago...