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One of the best 8-bit computers ever made. It was produced from 1982 to 1993, and sold 30 million units.
History:
The C64's primary competition in the US in the '80s were the Atari 800 and Apple II, and it was highly superior to both in terms of graphics, sound, memory, price, and pretty much everything else. In Europe, and especially England, it competed against the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (which was a joke of a computer that somehow managed to be a success) and the Amstrad CPC (which was almost on par with the C64 and somehow managed to be a failure). It had several impressive features for its time: hardware-accelerated scrolling, eight hardware-accelerated sprites with automatic collision detection, and rudimentary scaling. It could also mix high-resolution and high-color graphics modes, providing extra detail in games; no other computer of the time could do this. Its software library is miles ahead of any other 8-bit computer, with thousands of games (some of its shoot-em-ups are good enough to rival R-Type), several word processing and spreadsheet applications, a few graphic editing programs, and even a window-based GUI. The C64 demoscene is still strong today, producing demos, graphics, and music that would have been thought impossible back in 1982 when the C64 was first released. The C64 is a true classic, and it deserves all of the respect that it gets.
History:
The C64's primary competition in the US in the '80s were the Atari 800 and Apple II, and it was highly superior to both in terms of graphics, sound, memory, price, and pretty much everything else. In Europe, and especially England, it competed against the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (which was a joke of a computer that somehow managed to be a success) and the Amstrad CPC (which was almost on par with the C64 and somehow managed to be a failure). It had several impressive features for its time: hardware-accelerated scrolling, eight hardware-accelerated sprites with automatic collision detection, and rudimentary scaling. It could also mix high-resolution and high-color graphics modes, providing extra detail in games; no other computer of the time could do this. Its software library is miles ahead of any other 8-bit computer, with thousands of games (some of its shoot-em-ups are good enough to rival R-Type), several word processing and spreadsheet applications, a few graphic editing programs, and even a window-based GUI. The C64 demoscene is still strong today, producing demos, graphics, and music that would have been thought impossible back in 1982 when the C64 was first released. The C64 is a true classic, and it deserves all of the respect that it gets.
Are you keeping up with the Commodore?
Because the Commodore's keeping up with you!
--Commodore 64 jingle/slogan
Because the Commodore's keeping up with you!
--Commodore 64 jingle/slogan
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Get the Helen Keller 64 mug.A very famous video game from 1996. It is often named "The greatest video game of all time". It was the first video game to have 3-d graphics. It is very unique and they had nothing to base it off of. As far as the game plot goes, Peach calls Mario to her castle for cake but Bowser kidnaps her and seals the star power inside these paintings that you must jump into. You will need to collect 80 stars to save Peach and watch the ending sequence but if you collect all 120 stars, the cannon outside the castle will open and you can blast yourself to the castle roof and you will meet Yoshi there. If you talk to him, he will reward you by congratulating you for completeing fun although at the end of the message, its says "The Super Mario 64 Team". He then rewards you with 100 lives and jumps off the roof. There is a total of 15 paintings and you must collect certain numbeers of stars to open each and some require keys. You can get keys by beating bowser in 3 places.
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Dave: Commodore 64 was a great computer
Scott: I look at it as more of a gaming console with a keyboard, but still an awesome alternative to the Atari, and even gave the first generation NES a run for it's money in terms of graphics and gameplay.
Scott: I look at it as more of a gaming console with a keyboard, but still an awesome alternative to the Atari, and even gave the first generation NES a run for it's money in terms of graphics and gameplay.
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