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8/1/12 at 3:40am

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It is 30 years since the Commodore 64 went on sale to the public.
The machine was hugely successful for its time, helping to encourage personal computing, popularize video games and pioneer homemade computer-created music.
The $595 (£399) device took its name from its US maker, Commodore International, and the fact it had 64 kilobytes of RAM memory.

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Found this interesting, remember using them at school.
Edited by Krahe - 8/1/12 at 3:46am

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8/1/12 at 3:51am

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they grow up so fast

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They bring a pretty good price if you get one in exceptional condition.

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Better get mine out the attic and have a play

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Wow. That would make my VIC-16 about 32. Me oh my how the time does fly. Time and the river keep a rollin on by.

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I remember watching a friend play Choplifter on his 64 back in the day. That was one of the things that got me interested in PC gaming along with the original Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II+.

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holy heck ! wow. I remember the first time I went out with my parents to buy a brand new, top-of-the-line 8inch floppy disk drive for our C64. The speed in which games loaded with that ! I miss the old gal, she's around here somewhere.

Edit: sorry It was the 5 1/2 inch floppy drives

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My physics teacher last year had a plug 'n play version because his original didnt last. Obviously it didn't have all of the games, and to be honest, some of them sucked, but I had just as much fun playing some of the games as I would a modern game.

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My cousin gave me a grocery bag FULL of 5.25'' floppies the year I got my 64, each crammed with games. It was like winning the lottery. Ah, Ultima 4... fun stuff!

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