Arcade Lounge

Based around PC hardware, the new Commodore 64 is one to get if you yearn for those good old days, but also want some up-to-date functionality.

On power-up, it will be able to launch into a media centre PC or into Commodore OS 1.0.

The only downside to emulation on the C64 is not being able to re-live the wait with the loading music. I swear this is what got me into electronic music. Martin Galway, Rob Hubbard and Fred Gray (for my favourite, Mutants) to name a few of my heroes. All from 3 sound channels! Oh dear, I’ve slipped into childhood digression. OK, one more shout out for International Karate! Now where was I…

The new Commodore 64 features genuine Cherry brand key switches, which provide a feel much better than the original, with a lovely IBM classic mechanism and click sound. The keys are the exact same shape as the original and are color matched.
The new C64 will be available in levels of hardware, starting off at a barebones and topping out at PC with 1TB HDD, Blu-Ray, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 4GB DDR3 RAM.

It houses a DVD drive and a bunch of different card readers, so it’s clearly aimed at the lounge market as a HTPC.

It also includes VGA, DVI and HDMI outputs. Plus the usual USB and Ethernet ports.

There is an option to buy now from commodoreusa.net though these are clearly renders, and the availability of the OS will come at a later date.

I want!

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