Nintendo has announced that titles from the Commodore 64 will join the line-up of existing Virtual Console games later this year.
Two of the first titles to make their way over will be International Karate (a beat-'em-up, if you believe it) and Uridium (a sci-fi shooter).
Bala Keilman, CEO of Commodore Gaming, commented, “The massive impact the Commodore 64 had on video-gaming is still evident today with many gamers remembering the computer and its games with great fondness. By working with Nintendo of Europe, we are ensuring that future generations of gamers can play some of the best and most popular titles that kick-started the computer games revolution and so keep the C64 legacy in gamers hearts.”
Awww... Because any relationship is a partnership, we also have a spot of comment from Laurent Fischer, MD of European Marketing & PR for Nintendo Europe.
“We are extremely pleased to be working with Commodore Gaming to provide even more retro hits for Wii owners to choose from on Virtual Console”, he said. “With over 184 classic titles now available to enjoy, Virtual Console on Wii is a great way for users to access a breadth of classic retro games. We hope that this great choice of games will bring nostalgia to our gaming fans, while an entirely new generation of video game players can experience a host of classic games for the very first time.”
There's no word on exactly when we'll see C64 titles appearing or how much they will cost as yet.
If (like some SPOnG staffers who got cursed at for mentioning this) you're too young to remember the C64 – it was the best-selling single computer model of all time and gave many of your older brethren their start in gaming. An estimated 22 million of them were sold over its lifetime, while some 4,000 games were released for it.
The residents of the SPOnG underwater castle that are old enough to remember the C64 would dearly like to see Powerdrift, Defender of the Crown, Arkanoid, The Last Ninja II, Elite and Wizball and spew forth from Virtual Console as soon as is humanly possible.
Of course, not being North American, what we'd really like to see would be Amiga (and maybe ST) games getting out there as well...
What about you? Tell us in the Forum.
On the more contemporary online front for the Wii, Nintendo has put a date on its upcoming WiiWare service for the States, telling us that 100 or so games are already in development for it.
Two of the first titles to make their way over will be International Karate (a beat-'em-up, if you believe it) and Uridium (a sci-fi shooter).
Bala Keilman, CEO of Commodore Gaming, commented, “The massive impact the Commodore 64 had on video-gaming is still evident today with many gamers remembering the computer and its games with great fondness. By working with Nintendo of Europe, we are ensuring that future generations of gamers can play some of the best and most popular titles that kick-started the computer games revolution and so keep the C64 legacy in gamers hearts.”
Awww... Because any relationship is a partnership, we also have a spot of comment from Laurent Fischer, MD of European Marketing & PR for Nintendo Europe.
“We are extremely pleased to be working with Commodore Gaming to provide even more retro hits for Wii owners to choose from on Virtual Console”, he said. “With over 184 classic titles now available to enjoy, Virtual Console on Wii is a great way for users to access a breadth of classic retro games. We hope that this great choice of games will bring nostalgia to our gaming fans, while an entirely new generation of video game players can experience a host of classic games for the very first time.”
There's no word on exactly when we'll see C64 titles appearing or how much they will cost as yet.
If (like some SPOnG staffers who got cursed at for mentioning this) you're too young to remember the C64 – it was the best-selling single computer model of all time and gave many of your older brethren their start in gaming. An estimated 22 million of them were sold over its lifetime, while some 4,000 games were released for it.
The residents of the SPOnG underwater castle that are old enough to remember the C64 would dearly like to see Powerdrift, Defender of the Crown, Arkanoid, The Last Ninja II, Elite and Wizball and spew forth from Virtual Console as soon as is humanly possible.
Of course, not being North American, what we'd really like to see would be Amiga (and maybe ST) games getting out there as well...
What about you? Tell us in the Forum.
On the more contemporary online front for the Wii, Nintendo has put a date on its upcoming WiiWare service for the States, telling us that 100 or so games are already in development for it.
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Daz 21 Feb 2008 13:50
1/6
Cool, I owned a C64 NEw Zealand story was good, and Kliks (think that was the name, you had pile coloured blocks up(not much to go on I know)) then theres Outrun and ghostbusters.
DoctorDee 21 Feb 2008 22:03
2/6
Daz wrote:
CKliks (think that was the name, you had pile coloured blocks up(not much to go on I know))
But enough! It was Klax, from Tengen Domark.
Domark was started by Dominic Wheatley, Grandson of spooky Author Dennis Wheatley, and Mark Strachan, who started Gameplay, and is now a director of In2Games.
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SPInGSPOnG 21 Feb 2008 22:06
3/6
DoctorDee wrote:
Mark Strachan, who started Gameplay, and is now a director of In2Games.
Do you mean the same Mark Strachan who conned investors out of millions with Gameplay and who regularly screws 10% of all donations out of the ESC?
Daemon 22 Feb 2008 00:40
4/6
While this is awesome news, won't some of the games be difficult to emulate due to the keyboard? I guess not if support for the USB keyboard is included with these Virtual Console titles, but I'm not holding my breath that Nintendo won't see this as a little too challenging to implement.
Likewise, while I'd LOVE to see Miggy (Amiga) games see Virtual Console releases, the majority of really good ones had some mouse support, and while the Wii pointer makes a fair mouse, it's not quite the same thing.
Likewise, while I'd LOVE to see Miggy (Amiga) games see Virtual Console releases, the majority of really good ones had some mouse support, and while the Wii pointer makes a fair mouse, it's not quite the same thing.
Daemon 23 Feb 2008 10:21
5/6
Sorry to double-post.
For anyone who didn't catch this on any another news site, the Commodore 64 VC titles will apparently go for 500 points each.
For instance, Murdoch sez so: http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/853/853828p1.html
For anyone who didn't catch this on any another news site, the Commodore 64 VC titles will apparently go for 500 points each.
For instance, Murdoch sez so: http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/853/853828p1.html
Wayne 25 Feb 2008 16:33
6/6
Yeah, Amiga games too, Venus the fly trap (was that the name) the best demo I ever had on the Amiga.