Commodore 64 & Amiga computers coming back!

**GazzF6** · 10-04-2011, 11:33 AM

Yes, it's true, the Commodore 64 and the Amiga computers have been updated and will be available soon!

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx

Everything old is new again!

**Fordman1** · 10-04-2011, 11:39 AM

The big cardboard box of games in the garage may have to make a come back

**SSD-85** · 10-04-2011, 11:45 AM

This is nuts!! I sure hope its not some sick joke. To bring things like this back in hardware form & not just an emulator on a normal PC is just simply an old school nerds wet dream.

mik · 10-04-2011, 11:49 AM

they where good the old commodore/amiga computers in their day, we still have an A2000 and an A3000 poking around somewhere.

FordACE · 10-04-2011, 11:50 AM

looks pretty fake to me

**Cav** · 10-04-2011, 11:52 AM

I never owned a Commodore 64, I had the Commodore Vic 20. It had THREE kb of memory!! It was the biggest selling home computer in the world at the time. To upgrade another THREE kb cost $167, too expensive for little gain.

The kids liked the games. They came on cassette tape which took ages to load, or my wife splashed out and bought a couple of plug in games. These were about the size of a mobile phone these days and the graphics and sound were sensational.

They connected to your TV via a little do dad. I think it was called an RF modulator, whatever that is.

Competition was fierce: Microbee, Atari, Amstrad, Tandy, Dick Smith, BBC, oh and a really expensive mob called Apple. They would never catch on, especially as Microbee, an Australian developed computer, came with a word processor included in the price!!

But Apple had a marketing coup. They offered their computers cheap to teachers. The rest is history.

Jim Goose · 10-04-2011, 11:56 AM

I had an Amstrad64 with.... COLOUR MONITOR!!!

pottery beige · 10-04-2011, 11:57 AM

lounge lizard larry and his crack pipe...

Rodp · 10-04-2011, 12:18 PM

Don't see the point when you can run them up on an emulator on any half decent PC for free these days.

I've done it a few times for nostalgia reasons but quickly gave up when Workbench loaded. Was pretty back in the day but an eyesore today.

mik · 10-04-2011, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodp

Don't see the point when you can run them up on an emulator on any half decent PC for free these days.

I've done it a few times for nostalgia reasons but quickly gave up when Workbench loaded. Was pretty back in the day but an eyesore today.

on the Amiga in those days you could run a pc emulator also, my old 2000 had one fitted(hardware).

mik · 10-04-2011, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cav

I never owned a Commodore 64, I had the Commodore Vic 20. It had THREE kb of memory!! It was the biggest selling home computer in the world at the time. To upgrade another THREE kb cost $167, too expensive for little gain.

The kids liked the games. They came on cassette tape which took ages to load, or my wife splashed out and bought a couple of plug in games. These were about the size of a mobile phone these days and the graphics and sound were sensational.

They connected to your TV via a little do dad. I think it was called an RF modulator, whatever that is.

Competition was fierce: Microbee, Atari, Amstrad, Tandy, Dick Smith, BBC, oh and a really expensive mob called Apple. They would never catch on, especially as Microbee, an Australian developed computer, came with a word processor included in the price!!

But Apple had a marketing coup. They offered their computers cheap to teachers. The rest is history.

yep, as my introduction to computing i had a dick smith model ...Aqaurius i think it was called, 1.8 k of memory........all that power

, but it was a good learner to basic computing or how a computer worked at least, you could type in lines of code to put a magenta dot in the middle of the screen

or or make a running man stick figure out of dots , it also had game cartridges for pacman type games ( oops my age showing).

AUIII · 10-04-2011, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mik

yep, as my introduction to computing i had a dick smith model ...Aqaurius i think it was called, 1.8 k of memory........all that power

, but it was a good learner to basic computing or how a computer worked at least, you could type in lines of code to put a magenta dot in the middle of the screen

or or make a running man stick figure out of dots , it also had game cartridges for pacman type games ( oops my age showing).

Ahh memories I remember I had a small Tandy computer that you plugged into the TV. I spent a week after school typing in a code that came in a book with the computer to get a square pixelated train to run across the screen.

LTDHO · 10-04-2011, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mik

they where good the old commodore/amiga computers in their day, we still have an A2000 and an A3000 poking around somewhere.

I still have my A500...

I wonder if it still works?

Spudz27 · 10-04-2011, 02:48 PM

Last I checked the old commodore 64 was still in it's original packaging. Not sure the model we had but it was the one with the floppy drive. I tried to play it 12yrs ago when I was 15, but could not remember the code to load games. The whole thing booted up fine and read the disks, just couldn't remember how to load them and as I had no net back then I wasn't able to find out how, so it was boxed back up. I remember playing it quite often as a child. My pop also had one and whenever I was at his house I would play pole position or whatever the F1 game was. I always chose the williams car.

Edit: Realised we had the 1541 version.

This just brought back heaps of memories, Space Taxi, Ghost Busters etc. We had about 100 disks.

Rodp · 10-04-2011, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mik

on the Amiga in those days you could run a pc emulator also, my old 2000 had one fitted(hardware).

Never got the card - wasn't it basically a PC on a card..? I had a 500 and then a 2000 and was able to emulate some rudimentary crap through WB and software - but back in ~91, I didn't really care about emulating a PC. My 500 replaced my monochrome AT.

vztrt · 10-04-2011, 10:47 PM

Haha, have mine all shashed in the draw. Disk drive failed and keyboard keys were not responding without effort.

MInd you was awesome back in the day when it worked.

Maggot · 10-04-2011, 11:03 PM

Its a pc with a case.. so its just an emulator anyway.

Plus.. to play the games you realy need a digital joystick (and a tough one).

Having said all that.. I would consider one, for the kids of couse.. especially if you could get an atari.

uranium_death · 10-04-2011, 11:37 PM

This game is the main reason I'd want another Commodore 64...

**Professor Farnsworth** · 10-04-2011, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spudz27

Last I checked the old commodore 64 was still in it's original packaging. Not sure the model we had but it was the one with the floppy drive. I tried to play it 12yrs ago when I was 15, but could not remember the code to load games. The whole thing booted up fine and read the disks, just couldn't remember how to load them and as I had no net back then I wasn't able to find out how, so it was boxed back up. I remember playing it quite often as a child. My pop also had one and whenever I was at his house I would play pole position or whatever the F1 game was. I always chose the williams car.

Edit: Realised we had the 1541 version.

This just brought back heaps of memories, Space Taxi, Ghost Busters etc. We had about 100 disks.

something like load a:\*.*,8,1

loved wonderboy, and used to play pit stop, river raid and lode runner all the time

Donny · 10-04-2011, 11:47 PM

Impossible Mission... Raid on Bungelling Bay, Beach Head, Jump Man... Sooo many good games in those days..
Iv still got a C64 kickin around in my stuff with a 1541 and 1541 mkII drives.. Tunns of discs still etc..

Bout the only good thing to ever come out with the name commodore on it..

**Professor Farnsworth** · 10-04-2011, 11:52 PM

ah yes jump man that was great fun. Also Pitfall, liked that.

we've still got a working 128D, 128 and 64 somewhere.

**Cav** · 11-04-2011, 09:49 AM

A Commodore 128?

You are the man!

FGII-XR6 · 11-04-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Scotty85

This is nuts!! I sure hope its not some sick joke. To bring things like this back in hardware form & not just an emulator on a normal PC is just simply an old school nerds wet dream.

If you read the specs it is just an Intel atom based PC with an emulator. I still have fond memories writing and debugging code I had written in BASIC, fun times

Ducati888 · 11-04-2011, 10:43 AM

Commodore 64? Can I put Chev badges on that?

rux · 11-04-2011, 11:38 AM

LOL! I remember overclocking a MicroBee! 2MHz to 4MHz!

blueoval · 11-04-2011, 11:57 AM

My mouth is watering at the anticipation of reliving my childhood memories

Buttnekid · 11-04-2011, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

lounge lizard larry and his crack pipe...

I beleive you mean Leisure Suit Larry

dave289 · 11-04-2011, 12:56 PM

I had the commodore 128d back in about 87, and also the beam stick...

Geez Louise · 11-04-2011, 02:42 PM

I remember we had a PC that was from Dick Smith if I remember correctly. A VZ something or other...You would type in code forever and a day just to make a smiley face...

Riksta · 11-04-2011, 04:56 PM

I'm seriously considering ordering one, and have been since about Wednesday when my mate showed them to me.

They're shipping with Ubuntu Linux, but they're working on their own Commodore OS which will ship to owners once its done.

They're a whole lot of retro with modern ability. They'd be good for LAN, just take the C64 & a monitor!