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Commodore is back baby.

Started by RockViper, March 16, 2007, 02:38:51 PM

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RockViper

March 16, 2007, 02:38:51 PM
It looks like Commodore is coming back into the PC market with a huge bang this spring, and this bad mother  is now on my next computer wish list.

http://www.commodoregaming.com/pcshop/Home.aspx
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Blue Devil

#1
March 16, 2007, 05:12:48 PM
Quote from: RockViperIt looks like Commodore is coming back into the PC market with a huge bang this spring, and this bad mother  is now on my next computer wish list.

http://www.commodoregaming.com/pcshop/Home.aspx

Wow, just WOW.

Looks like they are using the commodore name and making IBM Compatiable games.   At least that is what I am getting from their pretty bare website.

Michael M

#2
March 18, 2007, 11:02:14 AM
wow.

you could save on heating bills just by turning this thing on...

i wonder if their keyboards will have the commodore key instead of the windows key? =P
 

David Johansen

#3
March 18, 2007, 12:26:54 PM
It's not the next Amiga :(

But I guess it'll do...
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#4
March 18, 2007, 01:34:11 PM
Its just a fancified PC, not a REAL Commodore. :( But at least it'll have an emulator built-0in and comes with old games. :)
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Quire

#5
March 18, 2007, 03:28:56 PM
Yeah baby! Now we have an alternative to overpriced gaming rigs! OTHER overpriced gaming rigs! WOO HOO!

Still, just the commodore logo on them made me almost weep with nostalgia.

- Q, runs off to PEEK and POKE a bit of RAM.

Blue Devil

#6
March 18, 2007, 07:55:39 PM
Quote from: QuireYeah baby! Now we have an alternative to overpriced gaming rigs! OTHER overpriced gaming rigs! WOO HOO!

Still, just the commodore logo on them made me almost weep with nostalgia.

- Q, runs off to PEEK and POKE a bit of RAM.

Yeah I am sure they are hoping the nostalgia will help them and I am sure that was their reasoning for using the name.

Dominus Nox

#7
March 18, 2007, 09:37:45 PM
Dammit, you reminded me how much I loved my Amiga 500. :bawling:
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Blue Devil

#8
March 20, 2007, 07:59:48 PM
Quote from: David JohansenIt's not the next Amiga :(

But I guess it'll do...

It's sad, if Commodore had been run correctly and had abandonded everything but the Amiga and pushed it hard it makes you wonder if things would be different now.

They would have at least lasted longer that's for sure.   I am reading the book One The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore and it amazes me how poorly that company was run.

Gunslinger

#9
March 20, 2007, 08:10:52 PM
As long as it comes standard with Pools of Radiance I'm there.
 

stu2000

#10
March 20, 2007, 11:19:36 PM
All my friends had 286s in college. I went up with a Commodore 64. What a bumpkin. What a maroon! I would turn it on, go take a shower, get dressed, go downstairs for breakfast, have a leisurely cup of coffee and chat with friends, look at the newspaper, come back up to my romm, and I only had to wait a little longer for it to load up. I had such a love/hate relationship with that machine. Finally, I got a little shoebox Mac.
Somehow, I miss the Commodore. I would get a new one for pure nostalgia, I think.
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flyingmice

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March 21, 2007, 07:51:55 AM
Quote from: Dominus NoxDammit, you reminded me how much I loved my Amiga 500. :bawling:

You old Amiga guys should try the Amiga Forever emulator, it works beautifully.

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#12
March 21, 2007, 10:58:28 AM
Its just the name people, in the same way Escom bought Commodore, not for anything else other than its name.
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#13
March 21, 2007, 04:46:20 PM
I like the "comes pre-loaded with a Commodore 64 emulator" bit :)
 

Quire

#14
March 21, 2007, 08:50:27 PM
Quote from: stu2000Somehow, I miss the Commodore. I would get a new one for pure nostalgia, I think.

Christmas before last, a mate bought me one of those combo console/joysticks that plugs straight into the telly and lets you play a bunch of old school games.

It was an ENTIRE C64 MAN. In the base of a fucking joystick. For like, TEN QUID.

I didn't know whether I was crying with joy or sadness, but I do know my hand hurt like hell after an hour of Uridium...

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