Shortly before the 40th Amiga anniversary, Cloanto releases Amiga Forever 11 and C64 Forever 11. New is e.g. extended touch ...

The classic Commodore 64 8-bit home computer from the ‘80s was already given the miniaturised re-release treatment back in 2018 with The C64 Mini, but now Retro Games Ltd. has double-dipped and ...

The best-known of the Commodore 64’s chips these days is probably the 6581 SID synthesizer chip (center of photo), which creates the tinny, raspy sounds that people can’t get enough of.

There is a mystery at the heart of Too Much Fun, the new book about the history of the Commodore 64 by the Danish academic and game designer Jesper Juul:. Why is the C64—by far the best-selling ...

There’s also a direct link to CSDB, an online database of Commodore 64 programs and demos which you can now simply download and run directly on your C64 – in effect, a modern app store for a ...

The Commodore 64 turned 40 in 2022. If you owned one in the day, that’ll make you feel ancient. But rather than counting the years ticking by, let’s celebrate a home computer console classic, and mull ...

I probably don't deserve to write silicon.com's eulogy to the Commodore 64 because I have a shameful secret. A secret, nearly 20 years later, I only now dare tell. I'd had my C64 - a Spectrum ...

Fire up The C64 Mini and it immediately belts out a SID tune. Younglings will be all “chip tunes – whatev”, but old gits may pause for a moment to recall the days when Rob Hubbard noisily blared forth ...

The Commodore 64 needed a big, popular, and universally beloved title straight out of the gate to help boost sales and create a buzz around its video game potential. International Soccer, which ...

Like the Commodore 64, the C64 keyboard has limited keys, foregoing a number pad. The column of F-keys on the right side of the retro computer is abandoned in favor of today's standard navigation ...

The C64 needed an intelligent disk drive, by contrast. Another fairly simple design was the Apple Lisa, maybe. It was a very slow 68000 behemoth, but had good memory expansion and a high resolution.

The C64 Mini Review Quality emulation, a generous collection of games and external ROM support is hampered by a decidedly low quality controller that can prove to be more of a killjoy than a joystick.