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A timeless classic is being given a new lease of life with the launch of THEC64 Mini.

Developed by Retro Games Ltd. - and distributed by Koch Media – THEC64 Mini is a fully licensed reimagining of the 80’s bestselling home computer.

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Half the size of the original, THEC64 Mini connects directly to your television and comes with a classic joystick, that plugs into one of the two USB ports available, allowing you to play the built-in games.

Launched in 1982, the C64 home computer went on to dominate the home computer scene throughout the 1980s. Millions of units were sold across the world and have a special place in the hearts of its former owners.

35 years later and it’s back. THEC64 Mini plugs into any modern TV via its HDMI port and gamers can play any one of the 64 licensed classic pre-installed games. This includes games from original legendary developers such as Epyx, Gremlin Graphics, Hewson and The Bitmap Brothers; and boasting titles such as California Games, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Paradroid and Impossible Mission. Most of these were rated over 90% by leading publications of the day, with many winning coveted awards. From sports to shooters, platformers to puzzlers, there’s a plethora of titles to keep the most discerning retro enthusiast happy.

“We are delighted to be able to bring back some of the most loved retro games ever, on one of the most successful formats of all time”, said Paul Andrews, Retro Games’ Managing Director.

“THEC64 mini is a reimagining of the classic C64 computer and the first in a planned series of products on the way.”

As befits a home computer you can also plug in a standard USB PC keyboard and use as a classic C64 to type in those old BASIC computer listings or program new games.


THEC64 Mini will hit the shops in early 2018 with a suggested retail price of £69.99/$69.99/€79.99.

www.thec64.com

 

[Futurdreamz]

This is what Atari should've launched.

 

[jumpman17]

I want this. Do you still have to type Load"*",8,1 to play a game?

I spent so much time playing Commodore 64. Soooooooooo much time.

EDIT:
The games list is very underwhelming. And no Space Taxi. I demand Space Taxi.

 

[DaFixer]

Very nice, but I like to see a add on or interface that you connect a real C64 to a HDMI screen.
I have still my old C64 with dualSID,JiffyDOS with alot off stuff, but it is a pain in the ass to get a nice picture on TFT/HDMI screens.
For the ZX Spectrum/Amiga there are HDMI interfaces available to get a nice picture (with scanlines) on flat monitors

 

[vincentx77]

I'm curious to see what this actually is, though. Will we be able to load our own roms on it? Can it be hacked to run Amiga games? Atari? I wouldn't mind to have one of these things dedicated to run the computer games of my youth, but I really don't won't 4 or 5 'mini' classic computers taking up space. That sorta defeats the purpose them being 'mini'.

 

[orangy57]

I love how companies are all jumping aboard this bandwagon despite what others say
it would be cool to have a miniature version of every old computer or console

im just hyped for the CDI mini

 

[JLsoft]

The Commodore DTV from 12+ years ago was way more interesting since it was basically -meant- to be hacked up and act like a full C=64. I'd be hyped for a revamped version of that with some of the more complicated mods added on to it as a board revision.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

I'm more interested in this than the snes mini

 

[matthi321]

they really have found a good way of making money one these overpriced piece of plastic

 

[Veho]

EDIT:
The games list is very underwhelming. And no Space Taxi. I demand Space Taxi.

I'm sure it will be able to run all C64 games you *ahem* manage to *ahem* obtain *ahem* through other means *ahem hem*



Like converting them bit for bit from the original cassettes, of course. What did you think I meant

 

[Noctosphere]

Niiice?
Another company copying nintendo?
Had to be expected
Next, we will see psx hd or something like that

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Niiice?
Another company copying Atari?

FTFY

 

[Noctosphere]

FTFY

wait, the first old console to come back with modern specs like hdmi port was the nes classic, no?

 

[Ryccardo]

wait, the first old console to come back with modern specs like hdmi port was the nes classic, no?

Technically the Analogue NT (100% NES compatible, HDMI, wireless controllers) came first, but it's not an emulation machine and it's not small

 

[Futurdreamz]

Technically the Analogue NT (100% NES compatible, HDMI, wireless controllers) came first, but it's not an emulation machine and it's not small

Also the Analogue NT is $500 and the appearance has no nostalgia value.

 

[EmanueleBGN]

64 games, not 20 like (S)NES

 

[BerserkLeon]

PS2 classic when?

 

[smurf]

64 games of nothing, SNES mini has GAMES with thousand of the best gameplay of the world. THis is the difference!

 

[mechagouki]

They say it's fully licensed, but I can't help noticing it doesn't have "Commodore" or the Commodore "C" logo anywhere on it...

 

[chrisrlink]

I love how companies are all jumping aboard this bandwagon despite what others say
it would be cool to have a miniature version of every old computer or console

im just hyped for the CDI mini

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[Mariko]

suggested retail price of £69.99/$69.99/€79.99

Good luck selling your emulator shitbox for £69.99, idiots. Nice pricing, too.

US - $69.99
UK - £69.99 ~ $92.85
EU - €79.99 ~ $94.04

Why would anyone want this instead of a third gen Raspberry Pi? And you need a USB keyboard for a device pretending to already have one? Ridiculous. But hey, producing useless buttons is what must have driven the production costs up. This is disgusting in so many ways. Every single one of these mini-wannabe-consoles is such a total cash grab.

If you have money to burn, spend it on the real deal. If you're in it for emulated games, get a Raspberry Pi with a case. Even with additional cable and microSD card costs, it's nowhere near that ridiculous price-tag.

I'm getting nauseous reading posts like: "Cool! I want an Atari ST one, too!" "Super cool! I want a ZX Spectrum!" "And I want a BBC Micro!" "My pop had a gazillion of these! He'd love to have an overpriced mini version pretending to be one of the computers he got rid of because he didn't care anymore!" Jesus. Please, stop.