Did you boughtered the new Commodore? Back when vidya was vidya, zero AI.
Even the most antiquated shitboxes can emulate Commodore 64 games at 100x speed.
Is that a bunch of plastic with a 40 year old trademark? Woah momma.
>>731019765This isn't emulation, it's the real deal.
>>731019827Nobody who wants to play games gives a shit.
>>731019827I'll show you the real deal *unzips dick*
>>731019695ai was actually pretty hip and cool during that time
>>731019695What are the top three C64 games? I've never touched the console
>>731019827lol
>>731019695I got two of the original ones downstairs. Picked them up from my parents' place a few months ago.
>>731019934Maniac Mansion, Pirates!, Elite
>>731019695Cool for enthusiasts I guess, I'll just emulate it though
>>731019695we are so back gramps
Another generation, another small tech company buying the C64 trademark and using it to sell a cheap-ass plug-n-play PC.
>>731019695is the SID actually replicated at the logic gate level?, or did just compile some c++ emu code like most FPGAs do?
>>731020387This one seems like an expensive passion projectIt is an actual C64 you can put dual SIDs in and has the expensive hard to find memory expanders built in The case is a perfect match to the original to where if you had an original upper shell keyboard assembly it is a drop in replacement.
>>731019878Why do I care what a bunch of retarded zoomies who don't "give a shit" about where or how their games come from think? This isn't for them. There are always going to be poorfags and leeches who try to pirate games, but their abilities to do so are intrinsically tied to the troons who make their emulators. Someone with real tech isn't going to have their games taken away if ROM sites and torrenting suddenly disappears.
>>731020580malding unc
>>731020463 (me)as expected it's emulated... UltiSID
>>731019827The real deal? So it has a 6502 built into it? Otherwise fuck off shill.
>>731020561That's a bit better at least. Though I still wonder a bit who this is for. I've always seen projects like this as novelties for people interested in experiencing "the real deal" for a console generation they missed. Real hobbyists will want the real hardware, and people just interested in trying the games will turn to emulation.
>>731019827Still emulation we've been over this.
>>731020048>Lucasfilm and Sid MeierDidn't know they did C64 stuff, neat
>>731020580You could have downloaded the entirety of the Commodore 64 game library in the time it took you to type all that stupid shit.
>>731019934ultima iv is up there but it's actually a pretty bad port all things considered
>>731019695name 5 games on the commodore worth playing.
name one good commodore game
>>731021981I just recently watched Majuular's entire Ultima retrospective series, what an interesting part of game history they were.
>>731019775It actually took until very recently for the reborn Commodore ran by ex-Commodore people to get all of their trademarks back. It's not like Atari.
>>731022223Maniac Mansion (1987)A pioneering point-and-click adventure where you control multiple teen characters to rescue a kidnapped girl from a mad scientist's mansion. Its puzzle-solving, humor, and character-switching mechanics influenced countless games like Monkey Island.Impossible Mission (1984)One of the C64's defining platformers: infiltrate enemy bases as a secret agent, using elevators, collecting passwords, and battling robots amid digitized speech ("Destroy him, my robot!"). Incredibly replayable and tense.Pirates! (1987)Sid Meier's masterpiece: sail the Caribbean as a pirate captain, plundering ships, trading, dueling, and dancing. An open-world strategy-adventure blend with endless depth and historical flavor.Elite (1984)The groundbreaking space simulation: trade goods across galaxies, dogfight pirates, and explore procedurally generated universes in a wireframe 3D world. Revolutionary for its freedom and complexity.Paradroid (1985)Hack and possess enemy droids in a top-down shooter aboard spaceships. Strategic robot-swapping for abilities makes every level a puzzle-shooter hybrid—pure C64 innovation.
>>731022524And what do I care about that? Are the games better now that they've got the trademark?
>>731019934Turrican 2, that's basically it and it has to compete with the Amiga version. I like International Karate+ and Barbarian, but those arguably aged very poorly. The Last Ninja is overrated as fuck. Creatures 1 and 2 are notable. Cybernoid might be decent. The games: summer edition (not to be confused with The summer games) is also fairly decent outside of the biking game. The c64 Ghosts'n'goblins is kinda jank, but fine from the C64 perspective. You could try out Total Eclipse just to see how something a step above an a etch-a-sketch could render 3D
>>731019934>>731022223>>731022375For the people asking about games:https://www.lemon64.com/games/votes_list.php
neighbor gave me his old c64 when he movedi was pretty baffled that games could be on cassette tapes
>>731019695To anyone looking to buy that thing, don't buy the one with the transparent plastic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtLR4nXAm4w&t=575s
>>731019695I think it's cool, and I'd buy one if it was $100 cheaper. A brand new FPGA C64 that has 98% compatibility with original software and peripherals is pretty cool. The goycattle who say "just emulate bro" don't understand the importance of having a dedicated device for one thing, that doesn't connect to the internet. For the money though, I'd rather just get an original and refurb it myself.
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>>731019695I kind of want one just to fuck around with. Haven't ordered yet. If I do get one, it will be the Beige one.
>>731019695>Game-reactive LED case & keysHow very modern.
>>731025472You can have a dedicated emulation device for C64 that doesn't connect to the internet but I get what you're trying to say.
>>731019827My mate just bought a mister. He's fallen for all the memes like "it's not emulation" "it's real" "there's no input lag and screen tearing unlike software emulation" etc etc etc.....I've had to burst his bubble a few times and correct him. It's really annoying.
>>731019934You can't get it down to just 3.Bruce Lee and Paradroid are both excellent though.
Commodore emulation should be sufficient in this day and age.Also why the hell isn't this a Commodore 128? There's no reason for it not to be.
>>731020730>>731019695>Not an emulator. Not a PC. Retrogaming heaven in three dimensions: silicon, nostalgia, and light. Powered by a FPGA recreation of the original motherboard, wrapped in glowing game-reactive LEDs (or classic beige of course)>FPGAlmao
>>731021981The load times make it an atrocious experience on the c64
So is this just some kind of really expensive keyboard or what? I don't see what the big deal is
>>731026641You try sourcing a MOS Tech 6150.
>>731026876It's for old people to pay few hundred bucks so they can feel like they're young again for 5 minutes and then put it on a shelf for "display".
>>731027021Why should I when a logo is enough to fleece money out of some gullibles?
>>731027021or I can just emulate commodore 64 for free like a normal person instead of blowing money on literal meme tech
>>731027108Well what if you have Commodore carts but your C64 is broken?
>>731026876It's a FPGA based recreation of a 80s computer. Something a bit like the NES Classic Edition (that one was ARM based, though).
>>731027194That's a bad way of looking at it. FPGAs sort of transcend the barrier between software and hardware. Those mini consoles are just running an emulator inside a software environment.
>>731027180Fix the C64? Either that, or back up the carts using someone else's cart reader (if they aren't downloadable on the internet already), then emulate them as though nothing happened.Did you really think that was a gotcha? I've always emulated vidya and it's virtually no different from real hardware in terms of user experience.
>>731027021The promise of the FPGA based retro systems was to replicate old chips at the logic gate level and AFAIK the 6502 is well documented enough.
>>731021079It's ultimately for the first camp, time and scarcity makes these revival projects handy
>>731027319That'll be true if and when they replicate the chips, instead of being just another compiler target for a software emulator.
>>731019695Why would I care if I have a regular breadbin and a 1702 monitor?
What are the odds of my C64s working today? I have two, but they haven't been used since the 90s.I assume there shouldn't be a problem, considering they don't have an hdd or any moving parts, unlike an old PC.
>>731019695nah, still have my original one.
>>731027771Don't plug the power supply unit without checking it with a multimeter first! They are known to go bad over the years and fry the C64 PCB.
>>731027771Pretty high, but replace the power supply when you can. They have a tendency to overvolt and kill the computer these days.
>>731019934Not a top game because it's too "console-like", but I always loved Flimbo's Quest. It has near zero loading, fucking fantastic music, parallax scrolling, great enemy animation, great level design with tons of secrets (try to find the secret locations where you can unlock a powerup via crouching), and it's nintendo hard. Well, if you know what you are doing then it's not THAT hard but there's always the chance that if you mess up once, you are nearly completely fucked because of how intense the final few levels can get.>I've never touched the consoleThe C64 is not a console. It's a computer. You can write your own games on it if you want. It comes with a full manual that details all the nooks and crannies of every register.
>>731027840>>731027847Thanks. That's the exact kind of thing I didn't know, that I figured could go wrong.Murphy's Law is real, and I've had too many bad experiences with shit like this.
>>731019695I still have a drawer of old floppies with cracked games on it, will this read it?
>>731021981Expound please, what made it bad?
>>731029381watch Adrian's basement, he has fixed dozens of those shits
>>731029639If you have a disk drive, yes.
>>731029867Does it come with one? Or has one as an accessory? Our 1541 gave up the ghost a long time ago.
>>731030575It doesn't come with one, there are some repros out there, but they cost twice as much as the computer itself.
