The Amiga provided a significant upgrade from 8-bit computers, such as the Commodore 64, and the platform quickly grew in popularity among computer enthusiasts.

With hindsight, the machine lacked the RAM ( a typical program would need to fit in only around 20 kB once display memory is subtracted ) and processing power to take on the prevailing Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

Whilst it may not have been as popular as the Spectrum, Commodore 64 or Amstrad CPC, it did sell in sufficient numbers to ensure that new software was being produced right up until the early 1990s.

Although not as well supported by the biggest software publishers as rivals like the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a good range of games were available for the Electron.

It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the German-speaking parts of Europe.

The expedition, consisting of the Grafton, 70 guns, Elizabeth, 74 guns, Europe, 64 guns, and the Iphigenia frigate, sailed on 16 January 1783, under the command of Commodore Robert Kingsmill.

Finally, dropping prices of home computers like the Commodore 64 had caused many to believe that buying a home computer was a better investment because it provided more detailed gameplay and could be used for other purposes such as word processing.

Powering the system was an Atari SALLY 6502 ( Atari's slightly custom 6502, sometimes described as a " 6502C ") processor running at 1. 79 MHz, similar to the processor found in home computers ( Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64 ) and other consoles ( Atari 5200 and Nintendo Entertainment System ).

During the mid-1980s, many sysops opted for the less expensive, ubiquitous Commodore 64 ( introduced in 1982 ), which became popular among software pirate groups.

For example, a Commodore 64 user calling an Atari BBS would use ASCII rather than the machine's native character set.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

Category: Commodore 64 games

The Commodore 1541 ( also known as the CBM 1541 and VIC-1541 ) is a floppy disk drive ( FDD ) which was made by Commodore International for the Commodore 64 ( C64 ), Commodore's home computer.

In 1983, the 1541 switched to the familiar gray case and a front label reading simply " 1541 " along with rainbow stripes to match the Commodore 64.

There were at least one or two " home remedy " software products on the market during the heyday of the 1541 drive and Commodore 64 computer that could be used to re-align the drive yourself and save a costly trip to a repair center and down time.

As implemented on the VIC-20 and Commodore 64, CBM DOS could transfer only about 300 bytes per second-compare the 300 baud data rate of the Commodore cassette storage system-which translated to about 20 minutes to copy one disk — 10 minutes of reading time, and 10 minutes of writing time.

Category: Commodore 64

** Commodore 64 ( or C64 or C = 64 ), an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August 1982, the single best-selling personal computer model of all-time

Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal is a 1987 video game for the Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Amiga based on the comic strip.

The Spectrum was among the first mainstream audience home computers in the UK, similar in significance to the Commodore 64 in the USA.

The Commodore 64, BBC Microcomputer and later the Amstrad CPC range were major rivals to the Spectrum in the UK market during the early 1980s.

Jeff Minter ported some of his Commodore VIC-20 games to the ZX Spectrum.

The primary gaming computers of the 1980s emerged in 1982: the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

2000AD video games for 8-bit computers include games based on Strontium Dog by Quicksilva for the ZX Spectrum in 1984, Nemesis the Warlock and Sláine bu Martech in 1987, Rogue Trooper written by Design Design / published by Piranha in 1986 and Judge Dredd by Virgin Games in 1990, all released for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum platforms.

Melbourne House also released a Judge Dredd game on the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1987.

and Rebel Planet ) for the Commodore 64, Amstrad, BBC, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum ( 1984 ) and Deathtrap Dungeon video game for the PC and PlayStation by Eidos Interactive ( 1998 ).

Together they developed and commercially produced 20 games for the Sinclair ZX81, Commodore VIC-20, Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

In 1988 Sokoban was published in US by Spectrum HoloByte for the Commodore 64, IBM-PC and Apple II series as Soko-Ban.

While many 8-bit home computers of the 1980s, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II series, the Atari 8-bit, the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum series and others could load a third-party disk-loading operating system, such as CP / M or GEOS, they were generally used without one.

By, computers such as the BBC Micro, Atari XL, Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum had launched in Europe and were selling extremely well there, dominating the European games market and growing throughout and.

These first appeared on ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC games that were distributed around the world via Bulletin Board Systems ( BBSes ) and floppy disk copying.

A computer game version of Yes, Prime Minister was released in 1987 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

Datasoft produced a Goonies video game for 8-bit computers including Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari and Apple II.

The first was in 1987, released on the Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and Commodore 64, and the second Knightmare game in 1991, released on the Amiga and Atari ST. A PC version was proposed for 1995, but the programme finishing put an end to these plans.

Sony Imagesoft released versions of the game for the NES and Game Boy, while Ocean Software released it for the Commodore 64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, and Atari ST.

Peter Clarke, Tim Follin and David Whittaker converted the music for the home computer ports ( some versions feature the ending sequence track for the title screen music, such as on the Commodore Amiga version by David Whittaker ).

Commodore 1541-II, the second of two upgraded versions of the CBM 1541.

Mature versions of the Commodore, SWTPC, Atari and Apple home computer systems all featured a disk operating system ( actually called ' DOS ' in the case of the Commodore 64 ( CBM DOS ), Atari 800 ( Atari DOS ), and Apple II machines ( Apple DOS )), as did ( at the other end of the hardware spectrum, and much earlier ) IBM's System / 360, 370 and ( later ) 390 series of mainframes ( e. g., DOS / 360: Disk Operating System / 360 and DOS / VSE: Disk Operating System / Virtual Storage Extended ).

Amigas produced from 1990 onwards featured a mix of OCS and ECS chips, such as later versions of the Amiga 500 and the Commodore CDTV.

Guru Meditation is an error notice displayed by early versions of the Commodore Amiga computer when they crashed.

UAAI resulted in Holden selling rebadged versions of Toyota's Corolla and Camry, as the Holden Nova and Apollo respectively, with Toyota re-branding the Commodore as the Lexcen.

Originally developed for the Atari 400 / 800, versions were also released for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, and Colecovision.

The Atari and Commodore versions were released on disk and cassette tape, the Apple and IBM versions only on disk.

NOTE: Games without an explicit platform noted next to them indicate Jochen did both the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST versions.

Simple ported versions were also released for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

Examples for the mixed reviews the game received are 97 % and 92 % ratings from Zzap! 64 magazine for the C64 and Amiga versions respectively, compared to a review in Commodore User magazine awarding a mere 49 %.

In 1984, Coleco made versions of Root Beer Tapper for their proprietary ColecoVision game console, as well as the Atari 2600 console and the Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC ( DOS ) computer systems, designed by David James Ritchie.

It was originally written for the Atari 400 / 800, and was later ported to the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System and the IBM PC Jr. Japanese versions also exist for the PC-8801, the Sharp X1, and MSX 2 computers.

( This was not present on the Spectrum version and some of the early Commodore 64 versions.

Under an unsuccessful model sharing arrangement as part of the Hawke Labor government reforms in 1989, Toyota began badge engineering versions of the VN Commodore.

From a modern programming point of view, the earlier versions of Commodore BASIC presented a host of bad programming traps for the programmer.

Later BASIC versions on Commodore and other platforms included a DELETE and RENUMBER command, as well as an AUTO line numbering command that would automatically select and insert line numbers according to a selected increment.

Furthermore, the 80 character line limit in earlier versions of Commodore BASIC often meant splitting tasks up into multiple routines, often resulting in spaghetti code.

The KERNAL is Commodore's name for the ROM-resident operating system core in its 8-bit home computers ; from the original PET of 1977, followed by the extended but strongly related versions used in its successors ; the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Plus / 4, C16, and C128.

Although versions of Infection were programmed for Amiga, Commodore 64 and Atari ST, none saw a commercial release.

While the arcade version amassed moderate sales, the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Atari ST versions received mixed praise and criticism, whereas the Amiga version ( directly ported from Atari ST ) received mostly negative reception.