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Commodore 64 Titles Join Wii's Virtual Console
TechDock writes "Gamasutra reports that several Commodore 64 games will be emulated on the Wii's virtual console." From the article: "Although no specific titles were named, the only indications so far are of titles from now defunct U.S. developer Epyx, maker of the likes of Impossible Mission and the Summer/Winter/World/California Games series. Best known for their work on the 8-bit Commodore 64 home computer, Epyx also designed the prototype Lynx console for Atari as well as several of its games." I'm thinking we need Ghostbusters, Defenders of the Crown, Maniac Mansion, and (of course) Boulder Dash.
I echo a previous poster's vote for M.U.L.E. The article also mentioned the Impossible Mission titles (I much preferred the first).
I'd also like to see Forbidden Forest, the Jumpman series, and the Apshai games.
And of course.... ADVANCE OF THE MEGA-CAMELS!!!!!
"I don't get it." -- ObviousGuy
A good roundup of Epyx games can be found here. Lots of screenshots, ratings, and scans of old ads. (Not my site, but this topic reminded me of it.)
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Port the C64 version? MULE was released for the NES.
Paradroid is an absolute classic (and the first game I ever bought on diskette). The "battle for control" of other droids brains is one of the most fun action-puzzles I've ever played. The smooth scrolling 'hi-res' graphics were a class above at the time. And finally, one of the robots you could take over was a Dalek in all but name! Mmmm Daleks. The control felt great, the tension and challenge are also superb -- this is from back when games weren't soothingly easy. And the flavor and illustration of the wide variety of droids is also fun.
Everyone else, if you haven't played Paradroid, find it and run it under emulation (or download it for Wii if it ever makes it). It's definitely one of those games that has aged well and is still both challenging and fun.
Or... try one of these remakes for some flavor:
http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/
http://www.jpct.net/paradroidz/paradroidz.html
http://www.paradroid.ovine.net/
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On the Wii Channels page, it lists "NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis and NEC TurboGrafx platforms" So I count 5, plus the Commodore 64 bringing it up to 6. If you count the backward compatibility with the GameCube, that is 7 older platforms they support. Not too bad in my opinion.