Commodore Format ran from 1990 to 1995. That’s a fair while after many people had stopped using a C64 and moved on to the Amiga or whatever, and they missed out on some of the best games ever! Here in the games features section, we’ll be talking about some of the most interesting ones, uncovering their quirks and talking to the creators. CF

BEST OF BUDGET – The top rating £3.99-ers from the CF years. Includes CJ’s Elephant Antics, Tilt, Arnie and loads more.

BOD SQUAD – How Kent Murray made the popular squidge-’em-up. Plus, its unusual back story.

CODEMASTERS MULTIHACK – Yer man Warren Pilkington walks you through how he made some super spicy code.

COVERTAPES – the story behind a British magazine phenomenon. And part 2: Five Great Power Pack Moments

CREATURES: UNSEEN ISSUE 1 ARTICLE PROFILING THE GAME AND JOHN AND STEVE ROWLANDS

DICK TRACY – it’s the infamous 11% disaster. But there’s a story behind this legendarily awful game, and we got to the bottom of it. One of our fave pieces on the site, this.

ESSENTIAL ’90s GAMES TO SIDELOAD ON YOUR C64 MINI – PARTS 1 AND TWO

FAMOUS FIVE: FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND

GAMES THAT WEREN’T – the stories behind some of the ’90s great lost titles.  Includes Beavers and Chuck Rock.

HI-TEC FEATURE Yogi, Top Cat, Potsworth and Co, Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Wacky Races

HUDSON HAWK’S ONE BYTE BUG

INDIANA JONES AND THE FATE OF THE BUGGED TITLE TUNE

MCDONALDLAND

MIDNIGHT RESISTANCE 

MAYHEM IN MONSTERLAND – the ultimate guide! 

MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS – the making of

ROLLING RONNY part 1; and THE MAKING OF ROLLING RONNY

TOP RATED GAMES – The corkiest of Corkers! Here are the highest rating games in CF history, including Speedball 2, Smash TV and First Samurai.

TRAFFIC – and how Hungarian games made their way to the West in the ’80s.

TURBO THE TORTOISE

VIZ

WEIRD GAMES LICENSES– with Monty Python, McDonaldland, Viz and Famous Five,

WORST RATED GAMES – Includes the 11% rated stinker Dick Tracy, and the full story behind the creation of one of the worst C64 games ever! Er, and nine others to make you cry too. Soz.