Nostalgia (Commodore 64)
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I think they were around £400 when new.
It was called the Commodore GS (Games Station) and was, as other people have said, completely pointless.
Also the Expert Cartridge wasn't a patch on the Action Replay Mk VI. Fantastic piece of kit!
I love the C64 and still have one now. It is a fantastic machine with so many fantastic games it would take an hour to list them all out.
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Yup, my dad bought one for about £329 a few weeks after launch. Me and my brother got to pick one game each. I choose Blue Thunder, and he choose Beach Head.
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Input brings back fond memories for me as well.
Kids these days don't know how good they've got it
I know right..
How many 10 year olds knew how to play poker back then
A man after my own heart ... Rob Hubbard was the man
As for the pricing I can't really remember but when they were first released they never came with a cassette player which you needed (ideally) and I am sure that was £50 on it's own.
You couldn't use just any either like the Speccy because of the plugs / interface thingy.
Actually the more I think about it with the cassette player it did come to £400 ... A lot of money in them days considering 3 million unemployed and all that.
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Yes, the reason the Spectrum was such a big success was the price. The 48K version was £175 at launch before coming down to £129. It was less than half the price of the C64 or the BBC Micro.
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I was a C64 kid, then Amiga 500 and onto 1200.
So many great gaming memories. Recall playing Syndicate and UFO Enemy Unknown on the Amiga 1200. Absolutely loved it.
So many great gaming memories. Recall playing Syndicate and UFO Enemy Unknown on the Amiga 1200. Absolutely loved it.
If correct, £199 from 1985 in today's money = £572.08.
That makes modern console and gaming PC upgrades look reasonable!!!!
If correct, £199 from 1985 in today's money = £572.08.
That makes modern console and gaming PC upgrades look reasonable!!!!
C64 or 980ti..... hmm.
C64 everytime. You won't have any stutter or screen tearing with the C64, you also won't have to wait for drivers to play your games.
Ah some great memories there! I started with the Commodore 16 then went speccy 48k before saving enough paper round money for a C64. The C64 was far closer to the arcade machines of the time, especially the colors and sound. I remember copying games tape to tape with friends and then eventually upgrading to the disc drive, which was like the future!