Okay, this actually isn’t the FIRST experience at running games since I restored this C-64, but I didn’t write anything down then, so I’m starting over.
Put in my first disk which was labeled with multiple games. Clearly this is a pirated disk, but it’s been nearly 40 years (or more so), so I imagine I’m in the clear on this one. If not, I didn’t pirate the games and I don’t imagine I can contact the content owners, so if there is anything I can do please let me know.
Now is the time for the familiar C-64 command to see what’s on the disk:
The pictures might look crummy but that’s due to my taking actual screen shots instead of using an emulator for better pictures.
First up…Mario Bros! To my surprise, the disk loaded and the game actually run!
Mario Bros ran and played normally so I took a stab at it. Let’s fire this thing up.
That’s-a-me, Mario! Nice! The joystick I have is kind of lame so it’s kind of hard to play. Further, I wasn’t a fan of this one in the arcade because Mario slicks around and doesn’t stop very well. But this one was still kind of fun, if nothing else for the nostalgia.
I spent most of my time dodging turtles rather than actively playing the game. I’d still give it about a 6.5/10.
Now let’s play another classic…DEFENDER OF THE CROWN!
I didn’t care for this one in the 80s tbh. The graphics were incredible and the idea that they made the game like a movie was outstanding but it sucks that the gameplay wasn’t nearly to the same level.
The credit scene was pretty cool. But then the disk stopped spinning and nothing happened. Okay, I’ll have to cross this one off the list. SIGH.
More games coming up!