We've known since late 2006 that Nintendo intended to add classic titles from the Commodore 64's library to its Virtual Console service, but Nintendo of Europe has been hesitant to reveal any concrete details until now.
According to NoE, the C64 games are only planned for release in Europe so far, and they will be available to purchase for 500 Wii Points (€5, approximately $7.35) later this year. 500 Wii Points?! That's as much as an NES release on the Wii Shop Channel!
Nintendo has already confirmed Uridium and International Karate as potential VC titles, both of which you can find video for after the post break. The 25-year-old console has a line-up of over 4,000 games to draw from, so it's guaranteed that we'll see regular C64 releases for years. Maybe this means that Nintendo will start putting out three to four Virtual Console games a week again.
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2-21-2008 @ 9:50AM
Roto13 said...
Like hell am I paying 500 points for that crap. It's hard enough to sell me on NES games for 500 points.
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2-21-2008 @ 9:59AM
Nigeria said...
Ah great, more crap.
I'm sure there are many people who love the Commodore 64, but this looks a little too "retro" for me. Maybe I'm not old enough to appreciate this, but I have no desire to spend 500 points on any game from this console.
Hell, I love Sega but there is no way I'm downloading any Master System games, let alone this.
There is too much mediocrity on the Virtual Console: not enough Kirby.
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2-21-2008 @ 10:03AM
Adv2k1 said...
I'll buy that for a dollar
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2-21-2008 @ 10:09AM
Garu said...
What? No "Pogo Joe"? No "Minor 2049er"???
500 Wii points is way too much for C64 games. Maybe if they were ina pack of three games for 500 points. How much will they charge for Atari 2600 games eventually?
I don't mind seeing stuff like this on the VC... even if I'm not interested, I'm sure someone is. But there are so many better options and titles that should be released. Not to mention Arcade ports. I want to play Popeye again!
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2-21-2008 @ 10:10AM
Brandisis said...
I agree with all the previous posts so far. The price of the games on the virtual console are just too much for games that are this old. Nintendo should be pricing these titles so much lower that they're more like advertising for the Wii console. "Look how great our console is. You can even download great, classic games for practically nothing." Paying 5 bucks for a game from the Commodore 64 feels like a slap in the face.
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2-21-2008 @ 10:18AM
Rocketman said...
A lot of the Electronic Arts games (and graphics) are head and shoulders above Nintendo graphics.
That having been said, it's not like you can't download an emulator and play the rom for free if downloaded online.
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2-21-2008 @ 10:19AM
Michael Sliczniak said...
M.U.L.E. pretty-pretty-please (oh and with USB keyboard support)
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2-21-2008 @ 10:25AM
Garu said...
Here's a quote for the photo above:
"Hello? Is it Wii you're looking for?"
(It's better if you sing it.)
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2-21-2008 @ 10:27AM
BrandonIT said...
Man, I would LOVE to see the C64 library come to the Wii. It was my first computer and I still have fond memories of playing it for hours after school.
Karate Champ, M.U.L.E., Darkhorn, some great stuff there. I do agree that $5 may be a bit much. Maybe $2.50. Obviously I wouldn't download all of them but there's definitely some gems there that I would love to have.
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2-21-2008 @ 10:35AM
saylorsgang said...
Sorry Nintendo I'm not paying 5.00$ for a C64 game, a dollar at the most. How long has it been since the last C64 rolled of the line anyway? This is crap they should put up for free on one of there upcoming channels.
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2-21-2008 @ 10:47AM
James said...
If they'd just add Flash 9 support to Opera (get on it, dammit!) you could run FC64, a Flash-based Commodore emulator. Or, uh, just do that on your PC =-)
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2-21-2008 @ 5:36PM
Undead Priest said...
Which won't happen until Abobe allows licensing of Flash 9 for anything outside of the PC arena. It's not Opera's, or Nintendo's fault.
2-21-2008 @ 11:09AM
Matt Paliga said...
I ownded a commodore 64 when I was young, I had butt loads of games...and not by a long shot are they worth 500 wii points. I already think what they are asking for VC games, which they have already made money off of years ago is outrageous, and reading this just angers me even more.
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2-21-2008 @ 11:12AM
dsendecki said...
Beach Head, Wolfenstein, Summer/Winter/California Games, Impossible Mission, Magic vs Bird — I'd be all over this.
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2-21-2008 @ 11:15AM
Sisyphus said...
I doubt I'd play these for free, but I certainly wouldn't pay more than a dollar. I hope someone was working on getting these to the VC on their own time and not being paid for the effort, effort that could've been used getting better VC games released.
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2-21-2008 @ 11:19AM
natureboy46 said...
I'd be more than willing to pay $10 for a version of Hounded (brilliant greyhound racing game) and maybe a few bucks for the Summer/Winter/Cali games but I can't imagine too many other games that I want to play now.
If they bring me some Amiga games though I might be interested.
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2-21-2008 @ 11:33AM
Perverted said...
Actually according to the post it's $7.35 and 5 euros.
So lets see a C64 game(s) or a WW game? That's such a hard choice.....
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2-21-2008 @ 11:53AM
Brendon said...
LOAD "*",8,1
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2-21-2008 @ 12:37PM
Ethan Rom said...
I wouldn't pay 7 bucks for these old ass games. I still have my C64 sitting in my closet with about 100 games. I tried to break it out a few months ago but the disk drive doesn't work. Do these things go for good money on EBAY??
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2-21-2008 @ 1:09PM
iMarc said...
Well, it looks like you have roughly $500 worth in games.
;)
2-21-2008 @ 2:00PM
baronjon said...
i would pay $5 for IK. i actually just paid twice that amount for a psone copy of IK+ im going to play on my ps3. you ppl should get a job or try living in europe for a while. $5 is nothing.
is it IK or IK+ they are going to release? the vid above is IK+.
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2-21-2008 @ 5:47PM
Razor said...
Oh ya baby, bring on the Castle Wolfenstien!
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