Commodore going to start making high end PC's

[Chris369]

A bit like Alienware does from what I gather.

http://www.videogame-news.com/2007/03/06/commodore-is-back-with-gaming-pcs/

Thoughts?

 

[AtreuS]

They still exist as a company? i thought they died years ago?

Did someone buy the name then?

 

[NathanE]

Does this mean Escom are coming back?

 

[eddiemcgarrigle]

Does this mean Escom are coming back?

Or Spectrum?

 

[Chaos]

Pfft who needs high end, I just bought a c64 the other day

 

[ShiWarrior]

Does this mean Escom are coming back?

who

remebrer the RM nimbus ?

RM are still going!

 

[NathanE]

Escom... one of the first highstreet PC shops They started off selling IBM PC's then for some reason decided that the IBM PC and Windows were doomed and thus switched to exclusively selling Commodores... I think it's obvious what happened next

 

[Killerkebab]

I can't wait for people to get these and to wonder what you type after 'load'

 

[ShiWarrior]

Escom... one of the first highstreet PC shops They started off selling IBM PC's then for some reason decided that the IBM PC and Windows were doomed and thus switched to exclusively selling Commodores... I think it's obvious what happened next

lol

actually now u mention it, it does ring a bell

 

[ShiWarrior]

I can't wait for people to get these and to wonder what you type after 'load'

or how to load the 5 1/4"
or on the BBC/Acorn it was Chain

 

[Noxis]

Awesome! I want to be able to own an Amiga again

 

[ShiWarrior]

anyway, back to the link...

GO COMMODORE!
BRING BACK THE AMIGA!!!!!!! lol

 

[alex2zulu]

i saw some *first* atari games second hand the other day in "lame-station". Was a combat game like tanks or something, was fromt he 70's. my brother saw it and thought it was for a old mobile phone....(hes 12)

 

[melchy]

anyway, back to the link...

GO COMMODORE!
BRING BACK THE AMIGA!!!!!!! lol

The Amiga name isnt owned by Commodore anymore, so no Amiga's im afraid.

 

[Bane]

Commodore Gaming appear unsure of how to sell the brand going by the website.

If it's a Microsoft Windows power system, then using retro appeal isn't going to backup it's modern game playing credentials.

Still wish them luck.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

All I want is a lightening-quick Amiga so I can have the fastest machine that can run Amiga OS 4, which was released on Christmas Eve 2006.

 

[Gimpymoo]

Escom..

If I remember correctly, didnt their TV adverts and instore literature contain some undercover detective trying to "track down the best prices" ?

The only other place selling Word Processors at the time on the high street was Tandy

Those were the days.

 

[FoxEye]

I can't wait for people to get these and to wonder what you type after 'load'

Haha, I can see it: the blue screen with white text saying "PRESS PLAY ON TAPE". Good times And it was RUN you had to type, unless the game ran automatically which most commercial software did

 

[Elston]

It's not the first time the commodore name has been on PC's. Escom (German company) used the name on a range of PC's and peripherals back in 1995/6, poor sales meant it died very quickly. I remember it being sold again and their were plans to release Commodore 64 products or something like that.

Not heard any more from the name until now. Commodore gaming - using a classic name to try and make sales. I smell 'Atari' all over again.

 

[LizardKing]

A couple of months ago there was rumors there were going to get into the mobile market, would make better sense! playing all those classic games on a mobile would be great