Why I love Commodore

[Mayhem]

Well why should anyone love Commodore? They laid the groundwork technology wise that so many companies since have copied. They owned MOS who produced the greatest video and sound chips (VIC and SID) that the 8bit scene saw. They are responsible for the C64, the greatest and best selling home computer ever, with an associated software base probably only exceeded by the PC. There'd probably be no Jeff Minter without it, and people are still to this day doing stuff on it that was never thought possible. They are also legendary in the way they killed themselves off through bankrupcy: all great companies have to try that once in their lifetime!

And the fact is, even though it isn't the same Commodore, it still lives on today and may well even produce a new piece of hardware shortly in the future. Not even Sega have managed that now.

[digitalpress]

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[Keir]

Commodore is indeed an amazing company. I think that Epyx owes some of it's success to its favored system, the Commodore 64. Or should that be the other way around? ;)

[Pop Culture Portal]

And where would the fine C64 tribe be without the launch of Archon, M.U.L.E., and The Pinball Construction Set waaay back in October of 1983 and The Seven Cities of Gold in February of 1984, hmmm?

[Dangerboy]

C64 will always be my original computer (I went form a C64 to a 133MHz Pentium...figure that one out...).

It will also be where I was first intorduced to Transformers, Jumpman, Maniac Mansion, and Defcon 1.

Load "*" ,8,1 - Forever.

[Flack]

Certainly Epyx, Electronic Arts, and Accolade all contributed to the great success of the Commodore 64 -- however, I couldn't limit myself to just one of those companies' great lines of games, so I had to go with the big C themselves.

How many of you still play C64 games? I'd say I do on a weekly basis, usually through emulation now just because it's more convenient.

[Mayhem]

Well I still use the real hardware myself here... gotta test all those originals ;)

[AB Positive]

C64 will always be my original computer (I went form a C64 to a 133MHz Pentium...figure that one out...).

It will also be where I was first intorduced to Transformers, Jumpman, Maniac Mansion, and Defcon 1.

Load "*" ,8,1 - Forever.

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[Flack]

It will also be where I was first intorduced to Transformers, Jumpman, Maniac Mansion, and Defcon 1.

And you're right, that's exactly what I love about the platform. Jumpman is still fun today, no matter who you are. You don't need 3D graphics, you don't need digitized sound, you don't need online play ... hell, you don't even need two buttons.

[Darth Vader]

Yeah, the games were awesome for it's time and still hold a dear place in my heart. Great sound and excellent graphics for the time. Atari is a system that was great and I enjoyed it immensely, but this was definitely my bread and butter. I still remember the day my mom bought me my 1541 disk drive. After that day, all was good. :) Enjoy whatever system you want, but for me, this will be my beloved system that started my video gaming craze.

Danny

PS Did I mention Raid over Moscow? Oh I love that game!!

[Porkchop]

Commodore is the best and the C64 was the best of the best! What other company produced so many wonderful game machines. They tried them all, starting out with VIC20 and C64 two great cart machines with lots of great games. Then they allowed you to continue to use you C64 games on the 128 and 128D. Next came the Amiga, it did not use carts but had lots of great games also. To make the Amiga a game machine they then tried to turn it into a set top box the CDTV. When that failed they made a true game machine called the CD32, which was big in the UK but went unnoticed here in the USA.

Commodore's problem was they made great hardware but just did not know how to market it. I remember reading in Commodore related mags back in the day how much better the C64's graphics and sound were compared to the NES and they wondered why Commodore did not produce all games in the cart form and advertise what a greate gaming machine it was. I guess they were stuck back in 1984 and didn't understand that video games hadn't crashed they had just gone through a market correction.

Commodore 64 who could ask for anything More!!!

[scooterb23]

I still play Commodore games, although they are mostly on emulator now as my originals are in the hands of others now :( I was a big fan of Access because I love golf and bowling games, and they made the best...they also made Beach-Head II. :)

I was also a fan of Sharedata...I love game shows, and they made some of the best game show conversions ever. And of course, they made Skaterock, my favorite C64 game ever.

Also, it was the first (and pretty much last) computer I was ever able to successfully program games for.

[SpasticFuctard]

You guys are forgetting, C= also turned out the Amiga, king of the graphics machine, lord of the sound makers, possesser of a Fat Angus. Home to some of the coolest games evar.

SF - C= pwns j00!

[anagrama]

Any computer that offers countless varieties of Guru Meditation is OK in my book :)