NumbersGirl Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Commodore 64 comeback priced, dated by Geoff Gasior — 11:27 AM on April 7, 2011 The Commodore 64 is set to make a comeback. Seriously. Engadget is reporting that Commodore USA has started taking pre-orders for a new spin on the classic PC-in-a-keyboard concept. At first glance, little has changed, which may or may not be a good thing depending on how fondly you remember the original. Ooooh, just look at all that beigeness. Despite its retro exterior, the updated C64 comes with modern hardware, including a dual-core Atom D525, second-gen Ion graphics, and options for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a Blu-ray drive, and up to 1TB of storage and 2GB of RAM. The system is expected to be available in June with a starting price of nearly $600, which sounds a little steep for what amounts to a nettop. Vintage keyboard cred doesn't come cheap, I guess. If your tastes run a little more modern, Commodore is also offering a VIC-Slim model based on what looks like a much newer, slimmer keyboard design. That system will reportedly sell for only $400, putting the cost of nostalgia at exactly $200. Unfortunately, we can't tell you how the VIC-Slim's specs compare because Commodore USA website appears to have crashed. I'll let you make your own jokes about what they're hosting it on. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/20733 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 First computer I played on. Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitta Rensolo Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 That's really cool. Does anybody on here remember california games or winter games? This stuff rocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Only 2GB RAM? That's not a lot nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an angel Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 My Commodore 64 is my friend. I thought I could have some more of my friends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 This is still awesome tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wherrwhfer Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 california games :awesome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitta Rensolo Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 hahaha [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2S5CSc97M]YouTube - C64 California Games Surfing - 10.0 -[/ame] I remembered that music in the background as high quality stuff (must have been what my mind made of it when I was younger)....this is :awesome: anyway [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTnHvVcMWk]YouTube - ? National Anthems (1985 Epyx) ?[/ame] yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 What about the Amstrad?:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Was this like those "BBC computers"? I remember when I started school in the mid nineties, my class had one of those despite it being probably 13 years old at the time (now nearly 30 years old - time flies)! I remember a game on it called Granny's Garden which we used to play on in Primary 1 which would be a treat for anyone who finished their work, all done correctly though! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2J5dLZNRQ]YouTube - Granny's Garden - Part 1[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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