OK old farts - the Commodore is back

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:55 pm

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?optio ... 2&Itemid=2

The classic home computer and gaming brand Commodore is back, in the guise of a handheld device sporting downloadable arcade games.

The much-traveled brand is now owned by Commodore International Corporation (formerly Yeahronimo). The company has used CES to detail its new product; the Commodore Combo.

The device is being offered with five 8-bit games included, and another 90 or so available for online downloadable purchase. It comes with a 20GB hard drive running Windows CE, and offers GPS functionality.

Commodore says it wants developers to create content for the devoice, which will then be sold via kiosks in selected retail outlets.

Here is a little bit about Commodore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:42 pm

Awesome! I wish I could find a good emulator for the C64.. There were a ton of games on it I used to love playing, not limited to Pitfall and Pitfall II as well as "Ninja" lol

RaT · Post by **RaT** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:53 pm

cool... a Commodore 64 was my first ever computer!!

Spy vs Spy rules

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:15 pm

The Commodore PET 2001 was my first computer... predates the C64:

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:36 pm

I still have a PET 2000 w/a whopping 16k of RAM!

lol

eGo

NubyCanuby_OFC · Post by **NubyCanuby_OFC** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:23 am

Don't make me fire up my TI-99/4A.

Trianon · Post by **Trianon** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:46 pm

yeah, see my sig

UberNeuman · Post by **UberNeuman** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:31 pm

I'm more interested in the GP2X

It's very new, but it's got a large user support. You can play Duke3D and Quake on it. You can play Divx/Xvid on it. and emulators for Commodore, Mame, Snes are working and are being improved on...

FanTum · Post by **FanTum** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:39 pm

Lol, my first computer was a Vic20...ah the good old days of typing in hundreds of lines of text to save a game on cassette tape!!!!

theophilusmousse · Post by **theophilusmousse** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:49 pm

Thats great.

My first was a C64...

those were the days,
Just enough knowledge to be dangerous.

I trashed my first game disk by notching it so I could save the game...

from there it was no turning back, I had saved over the original starting settings!!!

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:52 pm

Ahh C-64 fond memories.......Pogo Joe, Summer Games and my altime favs...Alternate Reality and The Bards Tale.

Post by **MidnightSin** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:46 am

First comp was a TI 99 4A with a cassett tape drive,,, Had to hit rewind if I messed you in a game.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:47 am

My first comp was a C64.. Pitfall II, Ghostbusters, NINJA were a few of my favorites that I can remember the name of. heh..

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:26 am

Ya tape drives until we could upgrade to a 1541 5.25" disk drive. was a slow mythodical piece of hardware very sensative and prone to heat so I did my first mod ever by installing a 80mm fan to the top of it to extract hot air away from it. Another cool game i played was 7 cities of gol from EA I beleive.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:42 pm

i had a vic20 and then moved up to a C64. mmmmmmmmmmm...

awesome games. Bruce Lee Fists of Fury, Winter Games, Karateka, and so many others.