We Tried Gaming on a 40 Year Old PC...

We bought the legendary Commodore 64 along with tons of accessories and a couple games! We have no clue how to work this stuff so join us on our journey to get this 40-year-old equipment working!

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[kaisanarij]

My dad: "That computer was for the rich people back in my day I still had to walk 20 miles to school while starting a business with the other leg."

[computerwoespastpresentand]

I am a veteran Commodore 64 computer user, and WOW, it is so freaky to see guys admit that they weren't BORN during it's peak! Very cool!

[justjoshp]

honestly its crazy that it is only 40 years old, people always say "40" is old but when we see the tech now its crazy how far we come in a little amount of time

[pedrothevenard]

Man, those 2 not knowing how to operate a floppy disk hits me hard, I feel old, even though I feel like I was 11 years old like yesterday, but in reality I was 11 in 92 lol, I still remember the first time I played the original Prince of Persia, 2 floppy disks and you had to switch them like a million times to work, but it was the first time that I thought that games were like movies, it had credits and everything, it was a surreal experience, also extremely hard game to finish, but awesome.

[ytmandrake]

I grew up with this thing! I had a cassette player instead of the floppy disk reader which was reserved for the rich kids - it took around 45 mins just to load a game and had it hooked to Stilandia 35cm CRT TV - it was f..cking amazing!

[linuxlol]

Extreme respect to all the PC veterans in this comment section, I was born much after the C64's release and i am amazed by old computers.

[paulmitchell]

This was my 3rd computer. Started my addiction with a Timex-Sinclair ZX81 followed by a Kaypro II. Bought the C64 for the kids to mess around with. We may have been the last family on the block with a VCR, but the first with a computer! The C64 was a great little computer in its day and no doubt introduced many people to the world of computing.

[davidappleton]

My dad bought me a Vic 20 and a datasette back around 1981 or 1982 and I sold computer books, cartridges and a 16k expander for $125 then I bought the C64 when that came out.

[enderlore]

"Do they run floppies in SLI?"
Yes, yes they do

Also, you cant upgrade it to the 6502 because the 6510 is essentially a 6502 but it has some stuff to make it compatible with all of the features of the C64

[Delsanium]

I'd like to see you guys "game" on an Atari 2600. Epic console, and was the first commercially successful game console.

[grimss]

you guys helped me build my very first pc and can run most games at 100 fps thankyou!

[xtremezone]

Thanks for a trip down memory lane with this old school tech. We used to actually have a Commodore 128 when we were kids. It's amazing how far technology has come here in 2022 when you compare it to the 1980's. Maybe if you're interested or fairly inexpensive try out a Tandy computer ? I played around with one once for my aunt. Boy what an experiment. :)

[DackMan]

This was my first computer. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[aarianthepanther]

My mom had one of these and it still works. I was playing Pac-Man last time I had used it. I had no idea it was worth thousands of dollars. It has all the accessories and everything it mint condition.

[linuxstuff]

The C64, my all time favorite PC ever. There was so much great software for it too, in some instances it was distributed in listings in magazines and publications. Also it had one of the best versions of BASIC ever. Its Engineers designed it to be what I call hacker friendly. Also had GEOS, which was its GUI once GUIs started to become popular, and it was a very nice one to use at that. They bundled that with their mouse that later released, but it worked fine with a joystick too. The mouse plugged into the same ports as the joysticks! People out there are still doing things with these.

[ChrisFaulkner]

It was fun watching you n00bs mill about with the c64. C64 was one of my first computers as a young child in the 80s. Also, when you get a C64, be sure to chck the voltages of the power supplies as the PSU is known to break down and will destroy the C64/128. Reason being is there is DC and AC current flowing through there and a 40 year old PSU is not to be trusted these days. If the return key doesn't work, try hitting "Control M" (ASCII for Return/New Line), also, removing the keyboard from the C64 and cleaning the keyboard really good would help. you can check each individual key. I use PB blaster/wd40 on the keys to help with the cleaning. 8-bit guy on youtube may be able to help with a lot of your issues.

[OutlawNix]

I spent countless hours on the Commodore 64. Oh boy the memory's. 😊😊

[asteele]

The floppy disk drive is so big because it actually had its own CPU, they were almost miniature commodores. Most people would have used more than one so that you wouldn't have to swap disks so much. My grandpa had one and he used the tape drive instead of disks, great memories

[lurkerrekrul]

The C64 was my first computer, and I have incredible nostalgia for it. Not only was it my frist experience with computers, it was my first exposure to any kind of programming, and my first exposure to going online. It was also my first exposure to game piracy. I had hundreds of games for the C64. So many great memories of playing games with friends and by myself.

Aliens
Archon 1 & II
Barbarian
Boulder Dash
Destroyer
Elite
Ghostbusters
Gyruss
Impossible Mission
International Karate
Leaderboard Golf (and all the variants)
Lode Runner
Realm of Impossibility
Stealth

[PeBoVision]

Most owners of 8-bit computers who were lucky enough to own floppy drives (they weren't cheap) usually owned 2. When games came on multiple 96K floppies (170 K for Double sided), you wanted to reduce swapping as much as possible. (no one would ever use them for copying commercial releases of course)

I'll never forget when I got my first 20MB hard drive. Wow that was SO huge! Cost me $600 in 1985 $'s ($1700 in 2022).