Veteran technology firm Commodore has launched a new generation of high-end gaming computers at the Cebit trade fair in Germany… but first a little history on the Commodore brand.
The company released its first home computer, the PET, in 1977. It had a monochrome display and a “datasette” for storing information.
The Vic 20 arrived in the US and Europe in 1981, and was one of the first home computers to feature a color display. Owners could expand its 5K RAM with expansion cartridges.
The C64 became a 1980s icon. It remains the biggest-selling computer model of all time, selling more than 17 million units worldwide.
The Commodore 64 was the first computer I ever owned and I still have it to this day more then 25 years later. The best part, it still works.
Despite its name, the Commodore 64 had only 38K of usable RAM for programming in the BASIC language.
Thousands of games were released for the Commodore 64 including the split-screen driving game Pitstop II.
Many veteran gamers still play Commodore 64 games on PC’s using emulation software.
1985 saw the launch of the Amiga. The successor to the Commodore 64, the Amiga was designed to compete with Atari’s ST computers.
The Commodore brand has been resurrected in recent years and has now released a new range of high-end gaming PCs.
The new machines have two video cards, up to 4GB of RAM and customized artwork on the outer case.
Commodore was so ahead of their time and fell to the wayside over the past decade but it now with this new line of machines, it looks like they are ready to kick it up a notch and bring some needed competition to the computer world.
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Who doesn’t want to have a case with the Commodore logo on the side of it?
I grew up entirely on the Commodore line until the x286 entered the house. BLAST those stupid IBM clones. They ruined my games for the next 8 years after that.
I was playing in 10-bit AGA while all of my friends were sitting in front of their little TVs playing 256-color Nintendo.
It wasn’t until Monster 3D came out around 1997 that games started to make me forget about my old Amiga 4000.
I love retro gaming thanks for this nice article!