One of the very first games I ever played on the Commodore 64 was Zork III. I loved it, and that led to Zork II and other Infocom games which kept me entertained for years. The Zork franchise expanded greatly over time, and kept going even after the demise of Commodore. I played several of them to conclusion, but interestingly enough never played Beyond Zork. I have added scans for this Commodore 128 only set to the site now, and perhaps that will spur me to finally play this game! Be sure to check out the gorgeous manual and all the scans for it.
We have been busy here at c64sets.com for the past two months! Here are some additions and recent changes we've made:
I hope you enjoy the changes!
I was introduced to the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons when I was just 8 years old. I loved playing the scrappy characters who tried to defeat evil monsters. But even more than that I loved to create adventures for my brother, sister and friends to go through. The latest set for this site, Adventure Construction Set, allows you to play and create fantasy adventures as well as adventures for other genres too. This would have delighted my 8 year old self, except for the fact that it didn't come out until I was 13! If you are a fan of role-playing games then be sure to take a look at the scans for this classic game from EA.
Bill C. has sent me some nice images for the First Over Germany manual - a game by SSI. Be sure to take a look at this interesting World War II B-17 bomber simulation!
Hello everybody! I have been busy making a bunch of smaller changes to the website this past month. Here is a list of what has happened:
Stefano has sent me some great scans of the game Platoon - which I have now added to the site. Take a look - there are so many images of a man being shot in the back that it'll make you want to watch yours! :-)
I loved the text adventure games from Infocom! I thought they were super fun to play, and quite humorous as well. I started with Zork II, but as time went by the games became more and more complex, and eventually moved on from text-only play to include graphics too. I continued playing them throughout the 1990s on a PC. Funnily enough, I never played The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but I did read the novel it was based on. Whether you played the game or read the book (or neither) I still think you'll get a kick out of the package and "feelies" for this wonderful game. Take a look!
Last year I watched an old American movie, Battle of the Bulge, which came out in 1965. I thought it was an OK movie, but after watching it I read the Wikipedia page for it and found out that it was full of historical inaccuracies. (I guess I shouldn't have been surprised - this is Hollywood we're dealing with after all!) That made me want to scan my copy of The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow that I had. I did so, and have now added those scans to the web site. However, keeping in line with the bad reviews, I see that this game was also panned - this time for its relatively bad graphics and game play. Oh well, you can't win 'em all! At least the package is pretty - so take a look and see what you think.
When I was young my grandparents had a pinball machine in their basement. It was so much fun! I spent hours playing that old, analog machine and really came to love pinball. (They also had a gumball machine - but that's another story!) Years later I remember seeing ads for Pinball Construction Set and thinking how much fun it would be to build your own game. I never got the game when I was younger and in prime Commodore days, but I did buy it on eBay a while ago, and now I have added scans of it to the site! Take a look, and maybe play it - see if you can create the ultimate pinball machine. Enjoy!
Chess - is there a greater board game in the world? I don't think so. I have loved it since I was a small child and my mother taught me to play. When I was a teenager I was ecstatic to finally get a computer chess game and hone my skills while playing against it. Of course that game was Sargon III, and I have now added scans for it to the site. And if you are a chess fan too, then be sure to browse through the user's guide as it comments on many of history's greatest chess games - which are included on the disk!
Happy holiday season everyone! Many years ago, in the late 1980s, I received a great Christmas present: Jumpman Junior! I was super excited, for two reasons: First, Jumpan was my favorite game, so I really wanted to give its sequel a try. And secondly most copies of Jumpman Junior were in the cartridge format - but this one was a disk. I am not sure why, but back then I preferred disk format to cartridge, so I was happy to finally have this game in the format I preferred.
Anyway, I have now added scans of Jumpman Junior. This is from my personal collection, and sadly I long ago got rid of the box for this fine game - so I have only added the manual and disk scans. Hopefully someday I'll be able to find the box again. But until then enjoy the manual for this great sequel to a great game!
I love comic books - I have since I was a child. What does that have to do with this site? Well, I have finally finished my backlog of sets that were sent to me, and have added Stefano's scans of Dr. Doom's Revenge - which includes its own comic book! Not only that, but the instruction manual is in four languages - so hopefully that will be helpful for some people. Check it out today!
Hi everyone - I am back with some new scans after a year and a half since the last set was added! This time we have some beautiful scans of Cinemaware's Rocket Ranger interactive movie. Our fine friend Stefano sent these to me a few years ago, and I am finally getting around to adding them to the site. (Sheesh - I really need to speed things up!) Be sure to check out the scans of the Secret Decoder Wheel and see which country Stefano set it to - I'll give you a hint: it is his own beautiful country!
Two new items of note.
First: I have been working to make this site more privacy focused. As such I have removed all trackers, cookies, ads and affiliate links from the entire site. I figure user privacy is more important than the few bucks I make each year from affiliate links. Plus I am becoming more and more disgusted by all the ads, cookies and trackers on other web sites, and so I thought I'd make this site an example of what I'd like to see on the web.
Second: I have added, deleted and updated several links in the links section of this site. If you haven't visited it in a while then take a look at my favorite retro sites listed there.
OK, a couple of news items:
1. I have completed the transition to responsive pages. This means that every page on this site now works with (and looks good on) smaller screens - like tablets and mobile phones! Since so many people browse the web on their phones now-a-days, hopefully this will make their experience better and introduce awesome Commodore 64 games to more people.
2. I have also added a secure, HTTPS option to the site. This means you can now browse c64sets.com securely and more privately. Try it out at https://www.c64sets.com/ if your browser is not already using it.
I have been in the mood for CP/M on the Commodore 128 lately. Can you tell?! :-) As such I have been playing around with the old text adventure game known as "Adventure" or "Colossal Cave Adventure", and I finally decided to write a how-to for getting and playing it on the C128. This is the latest addition to my Commodore 128 CP/M tutorial and is now live. Check it out!
Now that I have my new page for Commodore 128 stuff, I decided to make a how-to for using CP/M on the x128 emulator. It has taken me a while, and I'll probably add more to it later, but the first draft is now up on the site. If you are interested in the CP/M operating system on the C128 then take a look. (And even though it is specifically for the x128 emulator, the instructions should work on a real C128 with only minor tweaks.)
Enjoy!
I've added a new section to the site: Commodore 128 Stuff! It is in the menu now, so take a look. There are a couple of pages from our site on there, and a few links to other sites as well. It will be an ongoing project, so be sure to check back once in a while and see if there is anything new.
Also, I am still working on making this entire site responsive. I have about 95% of the whole site done now, just a few more one-off set pages need to be updated. If you haven't tried it on your mobile phone then give it a go and see how much nicer it is now!
I have added a couple of new links to some cool Commodore related web sites: "I Still Adore My 64 & 128" and "Commodore Server" Check them out on our links page.
I have also decided that it is time to start making this site responsive, so that users of smaller screen devices like phones and tablets can have a good experience here. That will be a long process to get the whole site changed, but I have updated the main page to be responsive now. Check it out on your small screen today!
I am in the midst of moving c64sets.com over to a new web hosting site. It has been a lot of work, and in the process I am also moving and cleaning up some other web sites that I host. As such I have moved a few retro-computing articles here, and you can view them on the articles page. They are a bit old, so I will be re-doing them eventually, once I am finished with the more important stuff. In the meantime you can check them out.
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