Commodore 64 ultimate

[ForrestGrump]

Will anyone be getting one?

I myself never owned a commodore 64 back in the day. Having an Amstrad.

The device looks amazing. Ive seen videos where they swap out their original C64 with genuine peripherals and it just works.

I even saw someone take the top case and keyboard off a C64 and it lined up perfectly and just worked.

I love the modern amenities introduced into it. Such as wifi, hdmi, usb. And virtualised tale/disc drives.

im seriously considering getting one to experience what it would be like to own a C64.

im hoping because its the actual commodore commodore making this that they also do an amiga version.

That would be a day one purchase for me.

I used to love my amiga.

Having a legit 2026 amiga would be amazing

 

[mcdermotx]

An 'official' Amiga is a way off purely down to the splitting of rights from back in the 90s/00s, so the Amiga as we understand it is completely divorced from Commodore. Unless there is a business licensing deal put in place with the new Commodore with the various stakeholders such as Cloanto and others - not to mention the existing Commodore brand shenanigan - there is zero chance of it happening. Plus the very nature of how the C64 Ultimate came together allowed for a shortened design and development - an Amiga would require a lot more work - though cases and keyboards are out there. There are obviously MiSTer project related efforts, some with limited IO functionality, but none really applicable to a final production design
TheA1200 from Retro Games due in the summer is the closest option as an all-in-one device. Not everyone's cup of tea, but will hit the spot of those just looking for hits of nostalgia and those unwilling to invest a bit more money in an actual A1200 that is properly serviced and maintained. Won't have the legacy compatibility factor of the C64 Ultimate all the same, more just akin to a mini console with a keyboard. .

FWIW, the C64 Ultimate is excellent and would highly recommend it to anyone looking to get back into the C64 or looking for a modern drop-in replacement. Received it before Xmas and have spent a good few hours with it and love what they've cobbled together from existing projects. Already had a build with an Ultimate 64 Elite for the last few years, so was pretty familiar with the guts of the new device, but it's a great effort to bring together it in one retail product at a decent price level - U64 Elite II, RetroFuzion case and new mechanical keyboard separately is not a cheap or immediately available option by comparison, plus it looks as though they may no longer be as Gideon has effectively discontinued U64 mainboard production and it is under Commodore's umbrella. Plus the actual Commodore branding and roms doesn't hurt.

 

[darkgen]

Yes. I ordered the beige on October 11 (yet to be shipped).

Like comments above. I could only dream of a C64 as a pauper and would often spend hours on end in Holborn Library (reference floor) where they had a selection of 8-bit systems to book. I eventually got an ex-display rubber-keyed Spectrum from WHSmith, High Holborn for a fiver (grandmother gave me the money). Good times, although father was initially disappointed as getting the speccy relegated the Acorn Electron to the cupboard!

I jumped on this as soon as it was announced. Like-wise I'd go for an Amiga too, as my 16-bit journey went via the ST. More good times and rivalries!

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As a side-note, I'm gutted I missed out on the Spectrum Next Issue 3 kickstarter.