Commodore is returning as a gaming computer on the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64's release.
Many children of the 1980s fondly reminisce about their first computer experience manning the keyboards of a Commodore 64, Vic-20 or Amiga. Now Commodore is coming back to the United States, this time as a premium gaming computer.
Commodore, the commonly used name for Commodore International, was an American electronics company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania which was a vital player in the home/personal computer field in the 1980s. Commodore developed and marketed the world's best-selling desktop computer, the Commodore 64 (1982). Commodore soon had a profitable calculator line and was one of the more popular brands in the early 1970s, producing both consumer as well as scientific/programmable calculators. Commodore sold the C64 not only through its network of authorized dealers, but also placed it on the shelves of department stores, discount stores, and toy stores. Commodore claimed that the C64's disk drive was more expensive to manufacture than the C64 itself.
The Commodore 64 is commonly referred to as the C64 (sometimes written C= 64 to mimic the Commodore company logo) and occasionally known as CBM 64 (Commodore Business Machines Model number 64), or VIC-64[2]. During the Commodore 64's lifetime (between 1982 and 1994), sales totalled around 17 million units. Part of its success was due to the fact that it was sold in retail stores instead of electronics stores, and that Commodore produced many of its parts in-house to control supplies and cost. Approximately 10,000 commercial software titles were made for the Commodore 64 including development tools, office applications, and games.
The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. The Commodore 64 is still used today by some computer hobbyists, and emulators (see here for a list) allow anyone with a modern computer (or even smartphones) to run these programs on their desktop (with varying degrees of success and functionality). The Commodore 64 is commonly seen as an icon of the 1980s.
Commodore Gaming, the latest incarnation of the famous 1970s/80s computing brand, wants another stab at the big time. Commodore Gaming, the personal computer brand resurrected from the 1980s as a specialized gaming PC, announced that it has opened its North American headquarters in Stamford, Conn. Commodore Gaming is to make further announcements at the launch and promises that there are still some very exciting aspects of the product still to be revealed.
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The most immediate difference Commodore enthusiasts will notice about these new systems is the operating system — they no longer use AmigaOS; now they’re Windows-based. They use Intel microprocessors and feature Corsair memory and Nvidia GeForce graphics cards capable of rendering DirectX 10 graphics (DirectX 10 is featured in Windows Vista).
All the systems feature Intel Core 2 Quad or Core 2 Extreme quad-core microprocessors and are built on Nvidia nForce motherboards. Some also feature Scalable Link Interface (SLI), an Nvidia technology that enables two graphics cards to work together in parallel.
Each machine can be customized to the customer’s specification, and that includes “C-kin” painting process, which enables users to customize their computers’ case designs, with everything from gaming-inspired artwork to landscape photography, graffiti-style street art, classic Commodore graphics and more.
"25 years ago, Commodore launched the best selling personal computer of the late 20th Century, the C64, and defined the early computer games experience for millions of people worldwide," said Bala Keilman, CEO for Commodore Gaming. The new Commodore Gaming company—related to the old Commodore in name only—will have to offer something special in order to attract more than just the nostalgia crowd.
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