Last week a truly remarkable programming feat came to light with the release of Super Mario Bros. 64, a port of the original NES Super Mario Bros. for the Commodore 64. Seven years in the making, it ...

Over on YouTube, [Ben Eater] pursues that classic 8-bit sound. In this video, [Ben] integrates the MOS Technology 6581 Sound ...

In the early 1980s—when the average cost of a personal computer was $2700, and the average American earned just over $14,500 per year—Jack Tramiel decided to do for computers what Henry Ford had done ...

You don’t need to go searching for a Commodore 64 on Ebay to relive the vintage PC’s glory days. Avid gamer Petri Wilhelmsen is providing a way to write and run C64 programs on Windows PCs for ...

Released in 1984, the Commodore SX-64 Executive Computer was one of the first portable luggable color computers. It cost twice as much as a Commodore 64, had a tiny 5″ diagonal screen, and couldn’t ...

The Commodore 64 Mini is coming out on October 9. The plug-and-play version of the classic PC system is 50 percent smaller than the original. It comes with 64 built-in games (hooray for branding) and ...

The Escapist brought you news a short while ago that YouTuber Peri Fractic had seemingly been successful in his crusade to rescue the much-loved Commodore brand and hopefully re-ignite a future for ...

“Planned obsolescence” is one of the most controversial topics in the tech industry. Many believe that companies make their products less and less durable to force you to replace them more often. Well ...

The legendary Commodore 64 turned 30 years old today. You'd have thought that might be long enough for people to stop banging on about it, but no, apparently it still matters. That's because the ...

The accordion is possibly the most nerdy instrument on the planet, until someone figures out a way to operate a digeridoo with a Guitar Hero controller. But for now, the crown certainly goes to ...