Commodore 64 Games Coming to Wii

In a move that is sure to surprise almost everyone above the age of 25 it appears that later this year Commodore Games will begin to release Commodore 64 games on the Wii’s VC later this year. In case you don’t remember the Commodore 64 because, say, you weren’t born yet, the system was an 8-bit computer that is still the best selling pc model of all time and had a handful of “classic” games that don’t really stand the test of time.

I don’t mean to be rude but was the demand for these games really that high and is anyone going to be willing to pay 500 Wii points for games that cost half as much when they were originally released? I mean, have you been really craving a go at playing International Karate or Uridum, the first two games being released? Does the average person even know what these games are? OK to be fair I am looking forward to being able to play the two games in the Creatures series and as the chances of actually getting your hands on a working Commodore 64 aren’t all that great this is actually a great chance to play some games that you might never be able to play otherwise. Still 500 points…ouch.