Perifrantic makes an interesting point in anticipation of critics that will chime in to assert “this will never be the original Commodore.” In his defense, the retro tech enthusiast says “what if we got 47 trademarks from 1982, or original Commodore engineers back, original executives, assistants, ROMs, Amiga? I mean, at some point, it does start to become the real Commodore, right?”
An interesting thought. I’m sure like many here, the C64 was what sparked my interests in gaming, computing, and technology. It even went a bit beyond that to influencing my tastes around music, design and aesthetics, and is probably one of the major reasons I’m working in digital today. Keen to see what they do for the nostalgia.
crq-yml · 3m ago
Peri's approach is built around his Hollywood production experience: you don't have to be the real thing, you have to be believably close to the real thing. IOW, verisimilitude.
And that's exciting, that's the path to a lot of creative answers. It's a good response to the shareholder-centric corporate idiom: don't look at the balance sheet as the game. Look at the people and the assets as elements used to stage a show, and put on a show that people want to believe in. And it's a good answer for the AI-saturated landscape we've entered: make products that are very similar to the best ones of the past.
II2II · 1h ago
I can't wait for the new Commodore calculators, filing cabinets, telephones, and typewriters!
(All of these were actual Commodore products, a couple of which I have seen in the wild. The computers that we all know and love only represent half of the company's history.)
EvanAnderson · 59m ago
A friend has a Commodore filing cabinet. It's not anything fancy, as a filing cabinet goes, but it does have the Commodore name on it.
reaperducer · 1h ago
I received a vintage LED Commodore calculator as a gift a few years ago. I guess it's time to move it from the closet to my desk.
wileydragonfly · 3h ago
If they can sell me something for $500 or less that will let me shove in original cartridges or floppy disks, I am cash in hand. If they can’t, they go away.
selcuka · 2h ago
Cartridges I can understand, as they are hardware, but why floppy disks? It's just data and it's better to back them up to a more reliable format anyway.
Would be cool to have a C64-inspired line of Linux laptops with a custom C64-themed distro of Linux, rock-solid drivers, and an app store of well-tested applications.
duskwuff · 50m ago
Best we can do is an overpriced SBC in a decorative case running VICE.
An interesting thought. I’m sure like many here, the C64 was what sparked my interests in gaming, computing, and technology. It even went a bit beyond that to influencing my tastes around music, design and aesthetics, and is probably one of the major reasons I’m working in digital today. Keen to see what they do for the nostalgia.
And that's exciting, that's the path to a lot of creative answers. It's a good response to the shareholder-centric corporate idiom: don't look at the balance sheet as the game. Look at the people and the assets as elements used to stage a show, and put on a show that people want to believe in. And it's a good answer for the AI-saturated landscape we've entered: make products that are very similar to the best ones of the past.
(All of these were actual Commodore products, a couple of which I have seen in the wild. The computers that we all know and love only represent half of the company's history.)
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