There is no shortage of retro compilations on the PS5, but very few of them feature Commodore 64 games.
That all changes with the upcoming Cosmi: Forbidden Forest & Beyond, a ten game bundle featuring Paul Norman’s 1983 home computer classic among others.
While you’ll get the original Forbidden Forest in this bundle, you’ll also get a pretty neat remake, which features a refreshed visual style.
And the bundle will be bolstered by the following:
- Aztec Challenge
- Caverns of Khafka
- Chernobyl: Nuclear Power Plant Simulation
- Chomp!
- Delta Man
- Navcom 6: The Persian Gulf Defense
- Seal
- Spite & Malice
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You’ll also find various comic books, manuals, and other ephemera from the time to round out the package, while the games themselves will be upgraded with save states and rewind.
This looks like a lovely little bundle, then. I’ll definitely be checking it out.
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I saw the word "Delta" and I thought for a second they were bringing back the game Delta from the Commodore 64. But it turns out it's Delta Man, a game I've never heard of before.
Either way, the more retro compilations, the better, in my opinion
There is no way I'm not trying Chernobyl: Nuclear Power Plant Simulation. I played one called Chornobyl Liquidators and went in expecting another Powerwash Simulator. Instead experienced a very harrowing, raw but deeply educational game about the clean-up operation. It was historically accurate, definitely a tough play. Important too.
Back to school please. And the game with ade Edmonson who's title i cannot type on this wrbsite, also please.
Forbidden Forest was pretty scary when I was small. Nice to see it still gets some love.
Hmmm I don’t think I have experience with those particular games, but I would love to see some other C64 collections come down the pipeline.
I don’t think I could justify spending more than around £1 per game though, and I bet this collection will be £15-£25.
Will this appeal to anyone who didn't have a C64 themself as a kid, or at least a friend with one?
I went from the Atari 2600 to a Sanyo MBC550 (an early DOS machine, predating the IBM PC - it had an overwhelming 256k RAM, when the C128 was shiny, new, and overpowered). That means I mostly skipped the C64, and this does nothing for me. I suspect anyone with less than half a century under their belt will be skipping this one - or am I wrong?
Anybody old enough to remember Barry mcguigan boxing? Or The og Prince of persia?
I feel ancient 🤣
From now on if any C64 games are announced for PS5 I demand that the headline state whether any of the games are Treasure Island Dizzy because I gotta tell you, I opened this article with hope, and I'm leaving it sour.
Aztec Challenge. Yes!!!
Commodore 64 was the first system I ever played games on. We had Flimbo's Quest, Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o' Fun, International Soccer, Klax and Postman Pat. Postman Pat was brutal, but it and the other games ignited my love for video games.
Best sign I ever saw held up by a spectator at a WWE event said simply "REMASTER FLIMBO'S QUEST".
No Sierra _______Quest games, no buy.
I had been thinking about getting the C64 Ultimate for the nostalgia hit. This collection might save my wallet some stress!
This was a little before my time…Sega Genesis/SNES was the start of my gaming journey as a kid, still cool tho
I loved Skate or Die! Spent a lot of time on Club Caribe and RabbitJack’s Casino on Q-Link as well.
OSW Review reference?
@RobN you are correct, this project only appeals to a very small group of people who play these games back then. Which is fine, not every game is for every player.
Would have nice to have Beach head 1 and 2. Loved those games.
Would love some Leaderboard Golf.
Oh damn, would kill for Turrican
@kyleforrester87 Get where you're coming from. Whilst there's a lot of murky legals as to if/whom a lot of C64 games even belong to, this lot seem to be among the older titles.
Have read of a few of Thalamus's titles,(reborn as Thalamus Digital these days),have appeared on Evercade,a couple have had or having remasters for C64 players (& emulation), on Itch_io, in between publishing indies. Recently released a long dormant Head over Heels sequel on Amiga,with multiplatform versions planned.
Wouldn't be surprised current Atari has some given they own a lot of back catalogue stuff like Microprose but never seen any outside of mostly pc related on GOG. 🤔
We did get that System 3 collection but did regard they were asking a bit much & I loved their C64 stuff BITD!
@species There's already the Turrican Anthology out there,but ownership issues only saw the Amiga games bundled with the C64 Turrican/Turrican II still remaining with the original programmer & designer afaik.
Hopefully with recent settlements of the messy legals of OS rights with the current Amiga/Hyperion & cross licensing with the nouveau Commodore publishing some of old games might be less messy on current platforms.🙏
I think the nearest computer our family had to a C64 was the Amstrad 6128, which was great at the time, but I have no hankering to play such basic games again really.
Amiga-era games are more appealing to me really (though even that's probably mainly nostalgia too).
@species You should check out the Turrican collection on Evercade, it is a good cart!
Aztec Challenge was one of my first every gaming memories when I was about 5 years old playing it in my room on a crt with my Dad, good times, I'll have to pick it up depending on the price
The Switch got the last Ninja, we get these. Not complaining, love the c64 getting love 30 odd years after I retired mine.
I'm gonna wait for my Commodore 77 and play them on there instead.
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