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Also known as | C64GS |
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Manufacturer | Commodore International |
Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Third generation (8-Bit era) |
Release date | December 1990[1] |
Units sold | ~20,000 |
Units shipped | ~80,000 |
Media | Cartridge |
Predecessor | Commodore MAX Machine |
Successor | Commodore CDTV |
The Commodore 64 Games System (often abbreviated C64GS) is the cartridge-based home video game console version of the popular Commodore 64 home computer. It was released in December 1990 by Commodore into a booming console market dominated by Nintendo and Sega. It was only released in Europe and was a considerable commercial failure.
The C64GS came bundled with a cartridge that featured four games: Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun, International Soccer, Flimbo's Quest and Klax.
The C64GS was not Commodore's first gaming system based on the C64 hardware. However, unlike the 1982 MAX Machine (a game-oriented computer based on a very cut-down version of the same hardware family), the C64GS is internally very similar to the complete C64, with which it is compatible. Out of the approximately 80,000 consoles produced,[2] only 20,000 consoles were sold.[3]
External links[]
- "The C64 Console!" / "Inside the future: The C64GS" – By Ed Stu, Zzap 64 magazine, issue 66, October 1990
- The Commodore C64 Games System – Photos and information from Bo Zimmermann's collection
- 8Bit-Homecomputermuseum – Nice pictures of the C64GS
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Third-generation video game consoles (1983–1987) |
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Action Max • Amstrad GX4000 • Atari 7800 • Atari XE Games System • Casio PV-1000 • Commodore 64 Games System • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES-101) • RDI Halcyon • Sega Master System • Sega SG-1000 • Super Cassette Vision • VTech Socrates |
- ↑ "Retro Treasures: Commodore 64 GS". retro-treasures.blogspot.se. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
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: - ↑ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
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: - ↑ "Commodore 64 Games System". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
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