The Commodore 64 is coming back, in a form that owes a debt to both Nintendo's shrunken Mini SNES and thee[sic] Vega+ Sinclair ZX Spectrum reboot.
The due-in-early 2018 “C64 Mini” matches Nintendo's plan to shrink an old machine, in this case by 50 per cent. Like the Mini and the Vega+ the revived Commodore will pack in pre-loaded retro games, 64 of them to be precise. The device will also ship with a USB joystick boasting 80s styling, HDMI out so it can connect to modern tellies and USB-mini for power.
[...] Price has been set at £69.99/$69.99/€79.99 and the machine will “hit the shops in early 2018” with Koch Media handling distribution
There's plenty of nostalgia surrounding the C64, but is it worth reviving?
(Score: 1) by zzarko on Wednesday October 04 2017, @04:47AM (1 child)
I can see the purpose of mini replica console with non-working keys, but for a mini home computer - sorry, but no...
C64 BASIC: 1 a=rnd(-52028):fori=1to8:a=rnd(1):next:fori=1to5:?chr$(rnd(1)*26+65);:next
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @10:13AM
Many people will only be interested in it for the games, and I'm sure all the included games can be played without a keyboard. But if you need/want a keyboard, you can just plug one in. And if this just isn't the product for you, that's fine, I'm sure there will be other people who are interested in it.