It is hard to tell exactly how many games were released on the Commodore 64 since it depends on what definition you have of a game. Here are some possible variations:
- Commercial boxed games sold in the shops
- Commercial home brew games that were sold by mail order only
- Downloadable free games from Bulletin Boards
- Type-ins from magazines and books
- Magazine tapes and disks
- Newly created home brew games that still come out every month
If you take one of the largest databases available on the internet today, the Gamebase 64, that has 21000 entries there already and this database includes all these types above and in many cases the same game can be found many times but perhaps translated to a different language - even a fair decent lot of Italian bootlegs.
As for unique commercial boxed games a "guesstimate" is between 10000 and 12000 different boxes, this includes all media variations, regions they were released in as well as game compilations. But this excludes unlicensed pirated productions like the ones frequently found in Italy and some other European countries at the time.
No, the Commodore 64 was not the first home computer. The first widely successful home computer was the Commodore PET, which was released in 1977.
The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. Released in August 1982 by Commodore Business Machines, the Commodore 64 is commonly referred to as the C64 and occasionally known as CBM 64 (its model designation) or C-64. Introduced by Commodore Business Machines in August 1982 at a price of US$595 (then later reduced to US$200 in late 1983), it offered 64 kilobytes of RAM with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of that time. During the Commodore 64's lifetime (between 1982 and 1994), sales totaled around 17 million units.
A MOS 6510 microprocessor
The Commodore 64 was equipped with 64 kilobytes (KB) or 65536 bytes of memory (64*1024). It was possible to expand this memory with a memory expansion plugged in the back although the 6510 CPU could only address 64 kb so these had methods for copying data up and down from the memory expansion to the system memory.
Jack Tramiel. He just died. Age 83. Was a Holocaust survivor.
Yes, the Commodore Sx-64 does play Commodore 64 games. However, it does not have a Datasette port like a standard C-64, so you can only use software that is on a 5 1/4 disk.
The device number connected on a Commodore 64 system relates to the number of controls connected. This determines how many players can interact with games simultaneously.
i have some games approx.30 if you are interested
The Commodore 64 games ceased to be produced just like any other computer during that time. 1970s, and 1980s were around the time that it happened! That's awesome!
Commodore has written: 'Commodore 64 Users Guide'
David Estall has written: 'Adventure games for your Commodore 64'
Yes, I use to play Oregan Trail on my Commodore 64.
Dale Disharoon has written: '41 1/2 fun projects for the Commodore 64' -- subject(s): BASIC (Computer program language), Commodore 64 (Computer), Computer games, Programming
The Commodore 64 computer used 8-bit MOS Technology.
the commodore 64
The Commodore 64 Orchestra - 2008 TV was released on: USA: 12 October 2008
Robert Camp has written: 'Creating arcade games on the Commodore 64' -- subject(s): BASIC (Computer program language), Programming, Commodore 64 (Computer), Video games 'Love Cards' 'Your birthday, your card' -- subject(s): Fortune-telling by cards, Fortune-telling by birthdays