Cassette Tapes

Many VIC-20 games were distributed by Commodore and third-party companies on standard Compact Cassette[1] tapes. Games published on this type of magnetic media were less expensive to produce than ROM cartridges and also cheaper for the consumer. The fact that most Commodore VIC-20 owners had purchased a datasette tape drive provided a large customer base for games distributed in this fashion already existed. Below is a list of VIC-20 games distributed on Compact Cassette.

Cassette list by Company

Abacus Software

Cribbage - 1983

Abrasco Ltd.

Android Attack (Small Clam Style Case) - 1983
Fly Snatcher (Small Clam Style Case) - 1982
Vixplode (Small Clam Style Case) - 1983

Academy Software

A 121 Typing Tutor & Word Invaders (Box) - 1982

Addictive Games Ltd.

A09 Football Manager (16k) - 1984

Advanced Computer Entertainment

ACE 002 Quasimodo (Small Clam Style Case)(8k) - 1984

Advantage

Coco 2 (Box) (16k) - 1982

Ala Software

VCG 14081 Delivery Alert (Box) - 1983
OX 1523 Safe Cracker (Box)(8k) - 1983

American Peripherals

V 180 Artist - 1981
V 31 Data Files - 1981
V 24 Graphics - 1981
Missile Command (Box) - 1981

Anirog Software

Amok - 1981
Battlefield - 1983
Bongo (Small Clam Style Case)(16k) - 1984
Bongo (Single Cassette Case)(16k) - 1984
Cosmic Commando (16k) - 1983
Crawler - 1983
Dark Dungeons (16k) - 1983
Dot Man - 1983
Dungeons, The (16k) - 1983
Fire Galaxy (16k) - 1983
Flight Path 737 (16k) - 1984
Frogrun! - 1983
Galactic Abductor (16k) - 1983
Krazy Kong (16k) - 1983
Krazy Kong (Different Inlay/Cover & Year)(16k) - 1984
Las Vegas - 1985
Max - 1984
Mini Kong - 1983
Minipedes (16k) - 1985
Minitron - 1984
Pharaoh's Tomb (16k) - 1983
Space Division (3k) - 
Star Defence (16k) - 1983
Star Defender (16k) - 1984
Tom Thumb (Small Clam Style Case)(16k) - 1984
Xeno II (16k) - 1983
Zok's Kingdom (16k) - 1983

Applied Systems Knowledge Ltd.

VPL001 Facmaker (Box)(16k) - 
Hide & Seek (Box)(8k) - 1983
Number Chaser (Box)(8k) - 
VPM003/5 Number Gulper (Box)(8k) - 1982 
VPM005/5 Number Puzzler (Box)(8k) - 1983
VSM 00109 Twister (Box)(16k) - 
VPM 00109 We Want to Count (Box)(16k) - 

Arctic Computing Ltd.

Frog Chase - 
Martians - 
Scram 20 -

Argus Press Software

Victape Computing Issue No. 2 - 1983
Victape Computing Issue No. 4 - 1984
Victape Computing Issue No. 5 - 1984
Victape Computing Issue No. 8 (16k) - 1984

ASP Software

Detective (Small Clam Style Case)(16k) - 1983

Atlantis Software Ltd.

Cops 'n' Robbers - 1985
Death Race (8k) - 1985
Forbidden Tower (8k) - 1985
Mosquito - 1984
Operation Ganymede - 1984
Space Escort - 1985
Super Break Out - 1985

Audiogenic Ltd.

Alien Blitz
Alien, The
Amok
Blockade
Bonzo
Boss
Castlemath
Cloudburst
Code Maker + Code Breaker
Country Garden, A
Golf
Kaktus
Kiddie Checkers
Kosmic Kamikaze
Magnificient 7
Master Wits
Minikit
Outworld
Space Division
Spiders of Mars
Star Wars
Super Screen
Tomb of Drewan, The
Vi Calc
Vic Trap + Seawolf + Bounce Out

AVS

Flight Zero-One-Five - 1983

Beau-Jolly

Value Pack (Box)(16k) - 1984

Bubble Bus

Antimatter Splatter - 
Catch, The - 
Exterminator - 1982
Krazy Kong - 

Bug-Byte Ltd.

Another Vic in the Wall - 1982
Asteroids - 1982
Backgammon (3k) - 1982
Chess (16k) - 1982
Cosmiads - 1982
Panic - 1982
Scramble - 1983 

C.S.P. Microgame

Avalanche Express (V07) - 1983

Cascade

Cassette 50 (16k) - 1983

Century City Software Ltd.

Sea Quest (16k) - 1985

Comclub

Wordsearch (8k) - 

Computer Classics Pty. Ltd.

[[Castle Tollenkar (Box) - 1983
Crazy Kong (Box) - 1983
Falcon Fighter (Box) - 1983
[[Secret of Bastow Manor (Box) - 1983
Snackman (Box) - 1983

Contronics

Long Addition (Box) - 1983
Long Subtraction (Box) - 1983

Cosmi

Aztec Challenge (Box)(8k) - 1983

Creative software

[[City Bomber + Minefield (Box) - 1981
Household Finance (Box) - 1981
Seahunt + Vic Trap + Bounce Out (Box) - 1981

Creative Sparks

Computer War (Small Clam Style Case)(8k) - 1984
Fourth Encounter (8k) - 
Submarine Commander (Small Clam Style Case)(16k) - 1984
Tank Commander (Small Clam Style Case)(8k) - 1984
Tower of Evil (Small Clam Style Case)(8k) - 1984

Cronosoft

Astro Nell (VIC1) - 
Blue Star - 2008
Vicolumn - 

Cymbal Software Inc.

Trivia 1 (Box) - 

Commodore

17+4 (Blackjack)
An Introduction to Basic: Part 1
An Introduction to Basic: Part 2
Arithmetic
Arithmetic One
Arithmetic Two
Auto-Rallye
Autobahn
Basic-Kurs
Biology
Biorhythm Compatibility
Biorhythmus
Black Max
Blitz
Blue Meanies From Outer Space
Bomber Mission
Brennball
Car Chase
Chemistry
China-Clan
Commodore Computer Educator: Chemistry Book I
Commodore Computer Educator: Elementary Science
Commodore Computer Educator: English Book I
Commodore Computer Educator: English Book II
Commodore Computer Educator: French Book I
Commodore Computer Educator: Geography Book I
Commodore Computer Educator: Math Book I
Commodore Computer Educator: Math Book II
Commodore Computer Educator: Math Book III
Commodore Computer Educator: Physics Book I
Commodore Computer Educator: Sosial Studies
Earth Defence
Emmet Attack
English Language
Expense Calendar
General Knowledge
Geography
Gobang
Grub & Defender
Hell Driver
History: 20th Century
Home Inventory
Hoppit
Invasion Aus Dem All
Jigsaw
Junior Maths: Birds & Apple Tree
Junior Maths: Engineshed
Junior Maths: Fun Series-1
Junior Maths: Snowmen & Maths Maze
Junior Maths: Sub-Traction & Lighthouse
Kanone
Know Your Childs IQ
Know Your Own IQ
Know Your Own Personality
Loan + Mortgage Calculator
Mastermind
Mastermind Data: Films & TV
Mastermind Data: General Knowledge 1
Mastermind Data: General Knowledge 2
Mastermind Data: General Knowledge 3
Mastermind Data: General Knowledge 4
Mastermind Data: Sport & Games
Mastermind Data: Wine & Food
Matchmaker
Mathematics 1
Mathematics 2
Money Decisions II
Music Writer
Number Challenge
Nursery Songs
Parachute
Patience
Personal Finance I
Personal Finance II
Physics
Presentation Programs
Quest, The
Quizmaster
Race
Race + Hoppit + Type-A-Tune + Blitz
Rapier Punch
Reading
Rechenspass
Road Rally
Robert Carriers Menu Planner
Simplicalc
Sir Hero
Ski
Slither + Super Slither
Space Math: Math Improvements Grades 1-4
Spacesnake
Spelling One
Spelling Two
Spieleautomat
Starbase
Start Programming with Gortek and the Microchips
Strategic Advance
Super Games Pack 1
Super Games Pack 2
Super-Cobra
Synthesizer
Trap
UFO
VIC 21 Casino-Style Blackjack
VIC Money Manager
VIC Road User and Highway Code
VIC Typewriter Wordprocessor with Typing Tutor
VICWriter
Vielsaitig

Datamaxx

Bewitched (209)(Small Clam Style Case) - 

EPYX

216C Temple of Apshai(16K)
366C Sword of Fargoal(16K)
416C Rescue at Rigel(16K)
426C Crush, Crumble and Chomp(16K)
526C Ricochet(16K)

Galactic Software

3D Maze
Bug Diver
Games Designer
Space Shuttle

Interceptor Software

Alien Attack
Crazy Kong
Falcon Fighter
Fantazia
Frog
Galaxzions
Jupiter Defender
Penny Slot
Pit, The
Vic Rescue
Villain
Wunda Walter!

Llamasoft

Abductor
Andes Attack
Blitzkrieg
Deflex
Gridrunner
Hellgate
Laserzone
Matrix
Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time
Rox III
Traxx

Mastertronic

3D Maze
Bullet
Crazy Cavey
Doodle Bug
Duck Shoot
Hektik
King Tut
Neutron Zapper 
New York Blitz
Phantom Attack
Psycho Shopper
R.I.P. the Game
Rockman
Space Scramble
Sub Hunt
Undermine
Vegas Jackpot

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