The 49 best Commodore 64 games

Ranked by the scores that magazines gave these games when they came out. The list draws on 11,556 review scores of 3,064 Commodore 64 games; 1,796 of them have enough reviews to be ranked.

#	Game	Platform	Year	Score
1	Spellbreaker	C64	1985	98.7
2	The Dallas Quest	C64	1984	97.9
3	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	C64	1985	97
4	Doomdark's Revenge	C64	1986	96.9
5	Jumpin' Jack	C64	1984	96.7
6	Raid on Bungeling Bay	C64	1984	96
7	First Samurai	C64	1992	96
8	The Pawn	C64	1986	95.7
9	The Hobbit	C64	1983	95.5
10	Summer Games II	C64	1985	95.5
11	Nobby The Aardvark	C64	1993	95.2
12	Ballyhoo	C64	1986	94.8
13	Head Over Heels	C64	1987	94.7
14	Last Ninja 3	C64	1991	94.4
15	Exile	C64	1991	94
16	Alter Ego	C64	1986	93.8
17	Leather Goddesses of Phobos	C64	1986	93.8
18	Chuck Rock	C64	1992	93.8
19	Creatures II	C64	1992	93.8
20	The Fourth Protocol: The Game	C64	1985	93.8
21	Suicide Express	C64	1985	93.8
22	Poster Paster	C64	1984	92.9
23	Trailblazer	C64	1986	92.7
24	Stationfall	C64	1987	92.6
25	Red Moon	C64	1985	92.5
26	Turrican	C64	1990	91.9
27	Tass Times in Tonetown	C64	1986	91.9
28	Turrican II: The Final Fight	C64	1991	91.7
29	Smash T.V.	C64	1991	91.7
30	Space Crusade	C64	1992	91.7
31	Turbo Charge	C64	1991	91.5
32	The Blues Brothers	C64	1991	91.3
33	The Price of Magik	C64	1986	91.2
34	Last Ninja Remix	C64	1990	91.2
35	Out Run Europa	C64	1991	91.2
36	Rainbow Islands	C64	1990	91
37	Supremacy: Your Will Be Done	C64	1990	90.8
38	Winter Games	C64	1985	90.8
39	Borrowed Time	C64	1985	90.7
40	Moonmist	C64	1986	90.7
41	Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe	C64	1991	90.7
42	Neoclyps	C64	1983	90.6
43	The Worm in Paradise	C64	1985	90.6
44	The Sentinel	C64	1986	90.4
45	The Way of the Exploding Fist	C64	1985	90.4
46	Hollywood Hijinx	C64	1986	90.2
47	Match Point	C64	1984	90.1
48	Revenge of the Mutant Camels	C64	1984	90
49	Return to Eden	C64	1984	90

Highly rated, with fewer than 3 reviews

77 Commodore 64 games have a score of 90 or more, but from only one or two reviews, and no Metacritic score.

Game	Platform	Year	Score
Planetfall	C64	1985	100
Valhalla	C64	1984	100
Abrasco Golf	C64	1983	100
Adventure Quest	C64	1983	100
Adventureland	C64	1984	100
Altair 4	C64	1983	100
Aztec Tomb Adventure	C64	1983	100
Below the Root	C64	1984	100
Bumblebee	C64	1984	100
Colossus Chess 2.0	C64	1984	100
Critical Mass	C64	1983	100
Fast Tracks: The Computer Slot Car Construction Kit	C64	1985	100
Flight Simulator II	C64	1984	100
Galaxy Conflict	C64	1982	100
Grand Slam: Bridge Player	C64	1984	100
Infidel	C64	1983	100
Knightmare	C64	1984	100
Man from Granny	C64	1984	100
Metagalactic Llamas: Battle at the Edge of Time	C64	1984	100
Pro Tennis Simulator	C64	1989	100
Pub Quest	C64	1984	100
Ski Weltcup	C64	1984	100
Skramble	C64	1984	100
System 15000	C64	1984	100
The Mask of the Sun	C64	1984	100
The Witness	C64	1983	100
Trax	C64	1983	100
Ultima III: Exodus	C64	1983	100
Mayhem in Monsterland	C64	1993	98.5
Operation Hongkong	C64	1986	97
Scapeghost	C64	1989	97
Time Thief	C64	1988	96
The Lords of Midnight	C64	1985	95.5
Quo Vadis	C64	1984	95
Brainstorm	C64	1988	94
Daffy Duck	C64	1992	94
Nick Faldo's Championship Golf	C64	1992	93.5
Deadline	C64	1983	93
Sword Of Honour	C64	1992	93
Insects in Space	C64	1989	92
Super Seymour Saves The Planet	C64	1992	92
Buckaroo Banzai	C64	1985	92
Bobby Bearing	C64	1986	91.5
Draconus	C64	1988	91.5
Elvira II - The Jaws Of Cerberus	C64	1992	91.5
Jumpman	C64	1983	91.5
Liverpool	C64	1993	91.5
Sleepwalker	C64	1993	91
Erotika	C64	1987	91
Kinothek	C64	1986	91
League Challenge	C64	1989	91
Suspended	C64	1983	91
The Myth of Darkness	C64	1987	91
Count Duckula in No Sax Please - We're Egyptian	C64	1989	90.5
Lemmings	C64	1993	90.5
Corruption	C64	1988	90
Killer Watt	C64	1983	90
Kong Strikes Back!	C64	1985	90
Les Shadoks	C64	1985	90
Trolls	C64	1993	90
Wanted! Monty Mole	C64	1984	90
Wizard's Crown	C64	1986	90
B.C. Bill	C64	1984	90
Brimstone: The Dream of Gawain	C64	1985	90
Clik Clak	C64	1992	90
Cyberdyne Warrior	C64	1989	90
Deadline	C64	1995	90
Eagle Empire	C64	1984	90
Empire: Wargame of the Century	C64	1988	90
Flight of the Albatross	C64	1995	90
Fun School Special: Spelling Fair	C64	1993	90
Heavenbound	C64	1993	90
Mission Impossibubble	C64	1989	90
Mystery	C64	1995	90
Penguin Towers	C64	1994	90
Son of Blagger	C64	1984	90
The Sporting News Baseball	C64	1988	90

How the ranking works

The scores are the ones magazines gave when the games came out, all converted to a 0–100 scale. Only one review per magazine counts for a game: the most recent.
A game's score is half the average, half the median of its magazine reviews. A title opens the game's page on uvlist.net; a score opens the report with every review behind it.
A game needs at least 3 magazine reviews to be ranked. With equal scores, the game with more reviews comes first.
Metacritic already sums up many reviews, so it is never mixed with the magazines: it is used only for games with fewer than 3 magazine reviews, as their only score.
Each list shows every game with a score of 90 or more. Games with fewer than 3 reviews and no Metacritic score are shown apart: their score is promising, but rests on one or two opinions.

The lists are rebuilt each time reviews are added. To filter by genre, year, magazine or publisher, explore all the scores in the report.

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