★ SPECIAL · HISTORY OF THE C64
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COMMODORE 64
THE BEST-SELLING HOME
COMPUTER OF ALL TIME
THE BEST-SELLING HOME
COMPUTER OF ALL TIME
August 1982. $595. 64 KB of RAM, the SID chip that sounded like a synthesizer, the VIC-II with hardware sprites. Rivals like Apple II or Atari couldn't compete. 17 million units later, nobody has taken away the Guinness record.
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CPUMOS 6510 · 1 MHz
RAM64 KB
GRAPHICSVIC-II · 16 col.
SOUNDSID · 3 voices
PRODUCTION1982 – 1994
UNITS~17 million
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1984 · ACTION · LICENSED
GHOSTBUSTERS
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1986 · ACTION · PLATFORMER
GHOSTS 'N GOBLINS
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1988 · SPORTS
ASPAR GP MASTER
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1987 · SPORTS
EMILIO BUTRAGUEÑO ¡FÚTBOL!
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1984 · ACTION · PUZZLE
IMPOSSIBLE MISSION
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1987 · FIGHTING
IK+
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1987 · ACTION
COBRA
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AZPIRI: THE MAN WHO SOLD DREAMS IN A CASSETTE BOX
Nearly 200 covers, brushes without Photoshop and a week to deliver. A tribute to Alfonso Azpiri, the illustrator who promised more than 8 bits could deliver. And who was right to do so.
ARE GAMES EXPENSIVE TODAY? THE COMPARISON YOUR 12-YEAR-OLD SELF DIDN'T WANT TO SEE
In 1988 a game cost 875 pesetas and you earned 200 a week. Do the math. Now cry a little. Real data from official sources.
COMMODORE 64: THE FOUR RIDERS — ORIGINAL, MINI, MAXI AND ULTIMATE
My mother threw away the C64. Without asking. Forty years later there are four ways to have one at home. No-filter comparison.
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