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: 2) by looorg on Wednesday October 04 2017, @04:55PM (1 child)
Yes. They are called TAP files, they are in essence just wave files. You can write them back to tape or convert them to .t64 files etc. So if the game had a 10 minute load the file will be a 10 minute wave etc. In that regard it's the complete classic feeling for the eternal loading screen. I guess it's as close to the real feel you come without running the actual thing.
http://wav-prg.sourceforge.net/ [sourceforge.net]
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Thursday October 05 2017, @09:52AM
sudo mod me up