Retro Video games Restricted simply launched a brand new model of its miniature Commodore 64 dwelling laptop. The C64 Mini – Black Edition is a restricted launch that celebrates the proficient builders who create trendy Commodore video games. The Black Version comes preloaded with The C64 Mini’s unique 64-game lineup and 25 trendy titles, together with all-time C64 greats like Sam’s Journey and A Pig Quest.
The C64 Mini – Black Version retails for $120 and is unique to Amazon in the USA. Amazon is “briefly out of inventory” on launch day (October 24), however you possibly can nonetheless place an order. The unique C64 Mini launched in 2018 with a $70 MSRP–you can grab one today from Amazon for only $51. The substantial worth hike might be partially tied to financial adjustments and tariffs, however the inclusion of the trendy video games possible performed a a lot bigger position.
The overwhelming majority of the brand new games–19 to be exact–are offered on itch.io by massive Commodore 64 publishers, together with Psytronik and Protovision. Psytronik’s video games are normally 5 bucks or much less, however titles printed by Protovision have a tendency to hold increased worth tags. There are 4 preloaded Protovision video games that may usually value round $55 mixed: Sam’s Journey ($24), A Pig Quest ($11.61), MW Ultra ($11), and Yeti Mountain ($9). These are among the many most bold C64 video games round. As an illustration, developer Knights of Bytes created over 2,000 screens for Sam’s Journey’s 30 extraordinarily lengthy ranges. It is among the best retro platformers I’ve ever performed (it is also available on NES). Briefly: The $50 worth improve appears greater than cheap.
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The Black Edition comes with the same items as the original: The C64 Mini computer, a classic USB joystick, USB power cable, HDMI cable, and instruction manual. Like numerous other mini consoles, it doesn’t come with an AC adapter, but basically any USB brick will work. Or you can just power it through one of the USB ports on your TV.
The C64 Mini is approximately half the size of the original Commodore 64 computer. The “keyboard” is decorative–none of the mini home computers have functioning keyboards. But if you want to use the BASIC interpreter to write your own programs and/or boot games you add to The C64 Mini via USB stick, you can plug just about any keyboard into the second USB port. You can also connect a second joystick for multiplayer. A solid, budget-friendly option is the Hyperkin Trooper for round $18.
The C64 Mini shows video games in 720p decision in pixel excellent or unique 4:3 facet ratios. You may add scanlines (CRT filter) if you wish to replicate the basic look. All preloaded video games have 4 save slots, and it can save you your progress at any level.
This is the total checklist of recent Commodore 64 video games included on The C64 Mini – Black Version out of the field. The costs subsequent to every title are what you’d pay on itch.io. Video games with out costs can be found to obtain without spending a dime. As a reminder, these are simply the brand new video games; the Black Version nonetheless comes with the unique 64 video games.
25 New Video games:
- A Pig Quest ($11.61)
- Caren and the Tangled Tentacles (~$80, Bodily)
- Galencia ($5)
- Good Kniight ($4)
- Grid Pix ($2)
- Weapons ‘N’ Ghosts ($3)
- Hessian ($2)
- Hunter’s Moon Remastered ($5)
- It is Magic 2 ($2.22)
- Joe Gunn: Gold Version
- Metallic Warrior Extremely ($11)
- Millie & Molly ($2)
- Nixy and the Seeds of Doom
- Ooze: The Escape
- p0 Snake
- Pains ‘N’ Aches ($5)
- Planet Golf (~$43, Bodily)
- Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis ($5)
- Runn ‘N’ Gunn ($2)
- Sam’s Journey ($24)
- Shadow Switcher
- Spinning Picture
- Metal Ranger ($5)
- Yeti Mountain ($9)
You could find loads of different trendy C64 homebrew on itch.io. In the event you purchase a ROM from itch.io or one other web site, you possibly can load it on The C64 Mini through USB.
Try the unique C64 Mini beneath to see the checklist of basic ’80s video games.
$51 (was $70)
The C64 Mini and The C64 Mini – Black Edition have the following preloaded games from the ’80s.
- Alleykat
- Anarchy
- Armalyte – Competition Edition
- Avenger
- Battle Valley
- Boulder Dash
- Bounder
- California Games
- Chip’s Challenge
- Confusion
- Cosmic Causeway
- Creatures
- Cyberdyne Warrior
- Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
- Cybernoid II: The Revenge
- Deflektor
- Everyone’s a Wally
- Firelord
- Gribbly’s Day Out
- Hawkeye
- Heartland
- Herobotix
- Highway Encounter
- Hunter’s Moon
- Hysteria
- Impossible Mission
- Impossible Mission II
- IO
- Jumpman
- Mega Apocalypse
- Mission A.D.
- Monty Mole
- Monty on the Run
- Nebulus
- Netherworld
- Nobby the Aardvark
- Nodes of Yesod
- Paradroid
- Pitstop II
- Ranarama
- Robin of the Wood
- Rubicon
- Skate Crazy
- Skool Daze
- Snare
- Speedball
- Speedball 2 – Brutal Deluxe
- Spindizzy
- Star Paws
- Steel
- Street Sports Baseball
- Summer Games II
- Super Cycle
- Temple of Apshai Triology
- The Arc of Yesod
- Thing Bounces Back
- Thing on a Spring
- Trailblazer
- Uchi Mata
- Uridium
- Who Dares Wins II
- Winter Games
- World Games
- Zynaps
$93.49 (was $110)
As mentioned, any USB keyboard should work with The C64 Mini, but it’s worth shouting out the awesome 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard: C64 Edition. The Commodore-inspired keyboard comes with detachable Super Buttons and a detachable arcade stick. This is a wireless keyboard with 2.4GHz and Bluetooth support for PC, Mac, SteamOS, Android, and iOS. That said, you can use it as a wired keyboard by connecting the included USB cable.
The C64 Edition 8BitDo Keyboard is discounted to $93.49 (was $110). If this deal disappears, there’s another listing for $95.
8BitDo additionally makes keyboards themed round different basic gaming platforms, together with NES, Famicom, and the unique Xbox. The clear inexperienced Xbox-inspired model is formally licensed by Microsoft and is on sale for $92.40 (was $120) at Amazon. The NES-inspired edition is only $80 (was $100). Try the checklist beneath for extra offers:
$120
Retro Games Limited has manufactured numerous mini retro computers in addition to The C64 Mini. The other one that you can buy in the United States for its MSRP is The 400 Mini. It plays all Atari 8-bit games, including titles for the 400, 130XE, 800XL, and other home computers. It also plays Atari 5200 console games.
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