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<onlyinclude>Commodore 64 – advertised as '''''the computer of the nation''''' – was a very popular computer in Finland towards the end of the 1980s. The largest group of home computer users was gamers, and the great number of games available on the Commodore played a key part in its popularity. What also affected the popularity of the Commodore was its importer PCI-Data’s marketing tactics that made the brand known to many. The computer was sold more per capita in Finland than anywhere else in the world.</onlyinclude>

Games developed by Finns were often made by one coder. What sometimes started off as a hobby became a commercial success. The most known Finnish game developers were [[Stavros Fasoulas]] and [[Jukka Tapanimäki]] who both worked for foreign companies. The games that they developed included, for example, [[Sanxion]] and [[Quedex]] by Fasoulas, and [[Netherworld]] and [[Zamzara]] by Tapanimäki. The most well-known domestic game publisher was [[Amersoft]], who published the first commercial Finnish game for the Commodore 64, [[RahaRuhtinas]].

Games were acquired by buying them from the store, getting them directly from the developer himself, or by copying from friends. Games developed by amateur developers were also published as code lists in magazines like MikroBitti and Floppy Magazine. Games and programs were also distributed by the radio, where the program code was recorded on a cassette tape at home.

== Game publishers ==

=== Amersoft ===

[[Image:Amersoft_logo.png|thumb|right|[[Amersoft]] logo]]

: ''Main article: [[Amersoft]]''

{{:Amersoft}}

=== MikroBitti ===

: ''Main article: [[MikroBitti]]''

{{:MikroBitti}}

=== T&T-SOFT ===

[[Image:TT-Soft_logo.png|thumb|right|[[T&T-SOFT]] logo]]

: ''Main article: [[T&T-SOFT]]''

{{:T&T-SOFT}}

=== Triosoft ===

: ''Main article: [[Triosoft]]''

Triosoft bought the rights for a game called [[Aikaetsivä]] by Jukka Tapanimäki, but they never actually published it.

=== Weilin+Göös ===

Weilin+Göös published a game for the Commodore 64 in 1984 called [[Tietomestari]], which was a Finnish translation by Juha Veijalainen from the original game by Ivan Berg Software.

== Most famous game developers ==

=== Jukka Tapanimäki ===

: ''Main article: [[Jukka Tapanimäki]]''

{{:Jukka Tapanimäki}}

=== Stavros Fasoulas ===

[[Image:Sanxion_Loading_Screen.png|thumb|right|[[Sanxion]] was the first Finnish game that ended up in the international markets.]]

: ''Main article: [[Stavros Fasoulas]]''

{{:Stavros Fasoulas}}

== Other game developers ==

=== Aleksi Eeben ===

: ''Main article: [[Aleksi Eeben]]''

{{:Aleksi Eeben}}

=== Lasse Öörni ===

: ''Main article: [[Lasse Öörni]]''

{{:Lasse Öörni}}

=== Pasi Hytönen ===

Developed the game [[Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle]].

=== Simo Ojaniemi ===

Developed the game [[RahaRuhtinas]].

=== Teijo Pellinen ===

Developed the game [[Painterboy]].

== Video ==

126 Finnish Commodore 64 Games in 9 Minutes.

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== See also ==

* [[Finnish Amiga games]]
* [[Finnish PC games]]
* [[Finnish video games]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/commodore/arkisto.htm Finnish Commodore Archive]
* [http://videogames.fi/vgfi/index.php?title=Luokka:Commodore_64 Commodore 64] at Videogames.fi


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