The mythical Commodore 64 returns

The British company Retro Games will launch in early 2018 the C64 Mini, a miniature version of the iconic Commodore 64, which will be sold with 64 preinstalled eighties video games.

Many are the homes that in the '80s welcomed their first personal computer. And many of these computers had the same name: Commodore 64. Whether it was in a place of privilege in the living room or embedded in a desk in a room, these primitive computer machines were fascinating.

In the midst of pixilated beeps lit up a screen that was not television and you could decide what happened with each of your actions. In the years it was in the market, between 1982 and 1994, between 12.5 and 17 million Commodore 64 were sold.

It has been one of the mythical computers for the great public of that time. Because it was not all about playing: you could also write or work with them. Because in the end it was for what the first personal computers were created, to replace the typewriters. But what really shaped the myth of the Commodore 64 were video games: there were many children who took their first steps in computing with this computer and usually these little pins were made playing.

Children and not so children enjoyed for years at the rate of individual pixels, with shots, jumps and speed. Now the children have become adults with purchasing power and inclination to nostalgia ... and that is why the British company Retro Games has seen it clear and will launch the miniature version of the Commodore 64. It will come with 64 pre-installed video games and will respond to the commercial name of C64 Mini.

The launch is scheduled for early next year, although the date has not been clarified. What has been announced is the price: 80 euros, as you can read on the official website of the product.

Among the video games that will include the C64 Mini are Paradroid, Speedball, World Games, Rubicon, Jumpman, Impossible Mission or Battle Valley. The product will have its own joystick and will allow to connect a keyboard to play as was done before, with commands using keys. If that were not enough, it will include a way for the games to look the way they looked 30 years ago, with perfectly differentiated lines and characters with staggered shapes.

It seems that nostalgia has become a selling engine in the video game industry. Nintendo has already released its own current version of the NES console and this has been followed by the corresponding Super NES. Several Atari Flashbacks have also been released, honoring the classic consoles of the brand, as well as a Sega Genesis, with the intention of resurrecting the appeal of the Mega Drive. Oh, the nostalgia.