Commodore 64

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Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. It made it's way into the 2001 and 2002 editions of the Guiness Book of World Records. Between 20-30 million units were sold from 1982-1992.

Here's a peek at the great old machine. AND have a look at the reinvented Commodore Gaming PCs of 2007, the All New Commodore 64s of 2012, and beyond.

*The Commodore 64 is back! Take a Look!*

1 <3 Commodore 64

This was my very first computer back in the early 80s. I had this in my room from 4th grade till I graduated highschool. My parents gave it away when I was off to college (Let me hear you...awwww).

I miss all of those old games! Pole Position, Lode Runner, Space Taxi...and remember the Summer and Winter Olympic Games? Not only would I spend hours playing games but also making cards and calandars with the Print Shop, drawing with the Koala Painter Tablet and playing music with my Music Maker keyboard attachment.

Classic Commodore Commercial

Commodore 64
by IncRaven | video info

372 ratings | 270,475 views
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Ahead of it's time

  • 8-bit MOS Technology 6510 microprocessor
  • 64 kibibytes of RAM
  • VIC-II 6567 graphics chip featured 16 colors
  • SID 6581 sound chip had three channels
  • Commodore 1541 was a 170 kilobyte drive for 5¼" floppy disks

28 Games in 4 minutes

Commodore 64 Classics (28 Games) (Original Audio)
by tr0d | video info

433 ratings | 233,624 views
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Commodore 64 on Wikipedia

Click the small link at the bottom to be taken to the full article.

The Commodore 64 was an 8-bit home computer introduced by the now defunct manufacturer Commodore International in January 1982. Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore PET machines, the C64 features 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM, hence the name, and had favourable sound and graphical specifications when compared to well-known contemporary systems such as the Apple II, particularly as the price was well below that demanded by Apple. It is commonly known as the C64 or C=64 (after the graphic logo on the case) and occasionally as the CBM 64 (for Commodore Business Machines), or VIC-64.

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Space Taxi!

Space Taxi - Commodore 64
by discolando | video info

97 ratings | 49,480 views
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Old school gamer gear

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The Commodore 64 in Pictures

Commodore 64 by shaniber
C64Rainbow64 by Conor Lawless
Commodore 1541 Disk Drive by shaniber
Commodore 64 by Regorius
Commodore 1702 Monitor by shaniber
The return of Commodore by James Cridland
I Adore My (Commodore) 64 by jm3
C64T by Conor Lawless
Image066.jpeg by believekevin
C64 Archon by 南宮博士
C64SerNo by Conor Lawless
MMM Cake by vonguard
curated content from Flickr

Nostalgic?

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Commodore 64 on Rocketboom :)

Space Telescoping
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Commodore Gaming PCs of 2007

Commodore Gaming PCs

Interchangeable casing panels, ready to be personalized with your choice of artwork

High density layered sound insulation

Extensive stress test performed on every system

Unique floating full front door that can be closed with your USB cables still connected

Two independently illuminated fans with eight changeable colours that you control

Preloaded with Windows Premium

ASUS® P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI motherboard

Philips® DVDRW optical drive

Preloaded with a C64 emulator, containing more than 50 classic games

You could customize your PC with artwork from Commodore's C-Kin Library. There were a number of Art Photography, Classic Commodore, Colours. Gaming and Street Art skins to choose from.

Commodore C-Kins

The All New Commodore 64

C64x

It's back! The new Commodore 64 is a modern PC that looks just like the original.

Commodore C64x


The Keyboard includes:

  • Mini-ITX PC motherboard
  • Intel's 2.13Ghz 64-bit Dual Core D2700 Atom processor
  • nVidia GeForce GT 520 graphics chipset
  • 4Gb of DDR3 memory
  • Multi format card reader/writer
  • USB slots
  • Optional slot load R/W DVD or Blu-ray drive
Check it out at commodoreusa.net.

Commodore 64 in the News

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  • studyaids Aug 28, 2011 @ 1:57 pm | delete
    I still prefer my CBM 64 over my PS3... Commando beats MW2 hands down !
  • mcochs Apr 12, 2011 @ 8:18 am | delete
    My brother had one! Wonderful lens! Blessed by a Squidoo Angelon 4/12/2011. Have a great day!
  • Bus_Stop_Toy_Shop Jan 12, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    We were a ZX Spectrum family - I remember my cousin having a C64 and being so jealous. There was a Zorro game he had that I remember really liking.
  • fanfreluche Jan 12, 2011 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    Wow a real trip back in time! I had a commodore 64 and all my friends where just sooo jealous!! I love the 28 Games in 4 minutes videos, pretty cool, I had some of them...plus many that where just so filled with bug it was unplayable.
  • pmolinero Sep 17, 2010 @ 1:32 am | delete
    Awww, bringing back some memories. But as I can see, you started already with the top-notch configuration of a 5.25'' floppy. My first storage device was a datasette.
  • Brookelorren Oct 24, 2009 @ 4:12 pm | delete
    My mom bought me one for Christmas one year. It was the best present ever!
  • naturegirl7 Oct 23, 2009 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    Yep, lots of memories there. A Commodore 64 was our first computer, except we were out of college. Hubby loved the games & I used it for word processing. Neat lens.
  • Webcodes Aug 26, 2008 @ 1:35 am | delete
    Man! You bring back old memories. I loved the commodore 64, and was addicted to all its games. Archon was my favorite. 5* lens. I can't believe how time flies...boy I am gettin' old.
  • retrogarden Jun 28, 2008 @ 4:23 am | delete
    Big Commodore 64 fan. Got one late in the day, and enjoyed it immesnsely. Flimbo's Quest rules!
  • crushwb Jun 1, 2008 @ 2:13 am | delete
    good job hehe
  • kab Apr 10, 2008 @ 11:24 pm | delete
    Oh, I just remembered a command prompt King Tut game we had...it said "You have walked into the tomb" and you replied "turn left" and it said "you found a ring" then you typed "walk straight" and it said "you've been killed by a goblin".
  • lens4Him Mar 18, 2008 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    I used to have a Commodore 64, it replaced the Vic-20 and at the time nobody thought you would ever need more memory LOL.

    Learning BASIC was my introduction to programming
  • JayMaster Mar 10, 2008 @ 6:00 am | delete
    Great work Christine. 5 stars!
    I just created a lens about Demoscene. Of course it isn't better then yours. I can really use some advise of yours. :)
  • kab Feb 16, 2008 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    Our whole family was addicted to Qix.
  • adez7 Jan 14, 2008 @ 3:14 pm | delete
    Hi Christine, I love this lens. You know that this sort of stuff can date you! Ha Ha 5*'s from me for a job well done.
  • MaartenC Aug 2, 2007 @ 2:40 pm | delete
    Great lens!!! Thanks for bringing back the memories; 5 stars and thnx for joining The Eighties Group!!
  • Arizona-Snow Jul 27, 2007 @ 6:20 am | delete
    Nice lens, 5*.
    I still got my commodore 64 and I still think that the games for the 64 were the best games ever made. All these new games might look good nowadays but they ain't got the playability of the original 64 games. The programmers pushed that little machine to its limits.
  • Edmands Jul 26, 2007 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    I started using the commodore Pet computer in Jr. High School. I owned a Vic 20, Commodore 64 then a Commodore 128. When I went to college I switch to a Macintosh. This lens bring back those good old memories of programming in Basic with only 64K of memory.

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