So that’s a C64 chassis with a contemporary linux motor inside, I presume? Charming…
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Oh… uhm… ok. I guess I wish them luck, but the niche they’re trying to occupy seems extremely small…
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C64 was the coolest shit in… primary school, I think? 
What I am curious about is, can you plug in modern screens, external harddrives, printers, keyboards? Or do they have to be from the 80s as well?
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I remember having two commodores very early on that I’d watch my brother play. One had cassettes and then later one had kinda cartridges though I may be confusing that with an Amstrad he also had.
I remember he used to get copied cassettes from his friend too.
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Oh yes, I agree. I am not convinced they can somehow keep this alive without trying to come up with something new and interesting. And I do have my doubts there will be something new and interesting for the foreseeable future. We’ll see, but it’s fun to me for however long this will last.
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You can have a lot more modern ways, but can also still do pretty much everything the oldschool way.
I’ll just link to the product page, which describes it and has the technical specifications.
Oh and let me include this IGN review, which at least gives an idea of what it is and what it can do.
Edit: Actually, if I find a better video I’ll replace it. This feels like an ad that lasts way too long 
A different video, unboxing and look into features as well as internals, albeit a C64 enthusiast, it seems much more genuine.
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I learned to program on a C64. Indiana Jones. That was my go-to game. Print shop…oh yeah. 
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When I was a kid, visiting my dad (divorced parents), I played and learned on the Atari 800XL with cassette. My mom and stepdad got us a MSX1 quite a bit later. I remember how I envied my friends who were lucky enough to have a C64, as it always seemed to me it was easier to work with, had the better games, and was generally considered the real deal. It was therefor also hard finding friends to be able to copy games from. It wasn’t until my late teens that I got more into C64, because my grandma got into video games and bought one. Oh my, loved staying up late visiting my grandparents as you can imagine. She also got into CD-i games which was my first introduction into Myst actually.
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I can remember Sears sold games for C64 into the early 90’s. They were on floppy disc. I had a collection. Batman and Spiderman are 2 I remember. How did they fit a game onto those things?
I also had a few cartridge games which fit into a slot in the back of the keyboard. Star Wars was one I played quit a bit.
Then came Echelon with its fancy little headset you could say '“Fire!” into. 
We really thought that was awesome. Voice command…what would they think of next?
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The C64 never really took off in the UK. We could get Spectrums a lot cheaper - they weren’t as powerful, or as well designed - but we didn’t earn as much as Americans.
Then somewhere between 1985 and 1987 the whole market changed. If you just wanted to play games, you got and Amiga or an Atari - and if you wanted an actual computer, you got one of the many cheap copies of the IBM PC.
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They should rename the game “The Long Wait” because ive been waiting for them to finish the story for 9 years. Lol.
But im just glad its finally coming to a close. Hopefully TLD2 doesnt let several years go by between chapters.
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Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Ordinary meeting Committee on Legal Affairs Committee on Petitions European Citizens’ Initiative “Stop destroying videogames”.
Includes full live stream recording.
Also available on Youtube here, but missing 10 mins.
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It would be easier to follow if they published the transcript…
So they proposed it now. And the next step is “thinking about it”?
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Oh cool, let us now how the burger tastes!
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Spicy! And currently a bargain at that price 
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