Editing Commodore 64 software (section)

== Games ==
{{main|List of Commodore 64 games}}

{{quote|Think back for a minute to the first program you ever saw on a Commodore 64. Chances are it was a game, if you've had a 64 for more than a couple of years.|''Compute!'s Gazette'', 1986<ref name="Yakal198606">{{cite magazine |last=Yakal |first=Kathy |date=June 1986 |title=The Evolution of Commodore Graphics |url=https://archive.org/details/1986-06-computegazette/page/n35 |magazine=Compute!'s Gazette |pages=34–42 |access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>}}

[[Image:C64 Ghostbusters.png|thumb|''[[Ghostbusters (1984 video game)|Ghostbusters]]'' by [[Activision]], [[1984 in video gaming|1984]].]]

By 1985, games comprised 60–70% of Commodore 64 software,<ref name="128book">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/The_Official_Book_for_the_Commodore_128#page/n91/mode/2up |title=The Official Book for the Commodore 128 Personal Computer |publisher=Howard W. Sams & Co. |author1=Waite, Mitchell |author2=Lafore, Robert |author3=Volpe, Jerry |year=1985 |pages=80 |isbn=0-672-22456-9 |chapter=The C64 Mode}}</ref> driven by its advanced sound and graphics hardware. Over 23,000 unique game titles were released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gamebase64 Database |url=http://www.gamebase64.com/ |website=Gamebase64 |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref>

[[Image:C64 Winter Games.png|thumb|[[Winter Games]]: the "Hot Dog" event.]]

Notable titles included ''[[International Soccer]]'', ''[[Impossible Mission]]'', and Epyx’s multievent series (''[[Summer Games (video game)|Summer Games]]'', ''[[Winter Games]]'', ''[[World Games (video game)|World Games]]'', and ''[[California Games]]'').<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 100 Commodore 64 Games |magazine=Zzap!64 |date=December 1989 |url=https://archive.org/details/zzap64-issue-056 |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref> Other significant games were ''[[Boulder Dash (video game)|Boulder Dash]]'', ''[[The Sentinel (video game)|The Sentinel]]'', and ''[[Elite (video game)|Elite]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Maher |first=Jimmy |title=The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga |publisher=MIT Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0262017206 |pages=45–50}}</ref> Budget games from [[Mastertronic]] and [[Codemasters]] were popular on cassette.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mastertronic: Budget Games for the Masses |url=https://www.retrogamer.net/profiles/company/mastertronic/ |website=Retro Gamer |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref> In 1993, ''[[Mayhem in Monsterland]]'' earned a 100% rating from ''[[Commodore Format]]'' for its graphics and gameplay.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mayhem in Monsterland Review |magazine=Commodore Format |date=November 1993 |issue=38 |pages=45–47 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-38 |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref>