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All the Best Commodore 64s That Retro-Loving Gamers Should Know
Go on, break out the hairspray and that Bryan Adams cassette and game on a new Commodore 64.
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No computer since the Commodore 64 has broken its record of being the best-selling computer model of all time. Nope, not any one model of MacBook, nor the IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad, nor that colorful iMac G3 you keep seeing in Millennial movies and TV shows.
I wonder, though, if that means that the number can now start going up again? Commodore introduced it in 1982 and manufactured the last units in 1993, although that date is a bit fuzzy. But hey, you can once again buy a new Commodore 64. Several of them, in fact.
why the commodore 64?
Aside from the fact that everything 1980s is finally having its resurgence moment, years after the 1990s had its? The Commodore 64 was a popular phenomenon, and with its sheer numbers many peoples’ favorite games were played on a C64. There’s a powerful mix of nostalgia, both for real experience (here’s looking at you, Gen Xers) and for what’s known only secondhand through pop culture, along with a widespread hunger for more analog experiences.
There are several Commodore 64 remakes on the market from a few different........