OK, it was cool when they offered the joystick full of games from Atari as that game console truly offered the new era of video games in the home. But to do this with the old Commodore 64 as well? Man, it just seems a little overboard to me I think.

The Commodore 64 (C64) was the best gaming machine available to many folks during the 1980s. Intellivision, Atari, and Colecovision consoles had hit their limits, and the Commodore stole the hearts of gaming and computer enthusiasts. The Commodore was a fantastic hybrid between a computer and a game console. You could program in BASIC, or pick up the joystick for gaming and enjoy some of the best graphics of the day. Best of all, it worked on your home television screen. With such functionality and ease of use, over 30 million Commodore 64 units were sold.

I remember my first Commodore VIC 20 (the predecessor of the C64) and the great arcade games I could play on it. No longer did I need to go out and spend my quarters at the arcade - the fun was in my living room. When the C64 came out, my family upgraded to the best at the time. We also got the Commodore 1541 external 5 1/4″ disk drive. It weighed a ton and got really hot, but it was much better than that slow Datasette (cassette tape) drive. You could even make your own double sided diskettes with an ordinary hole punch - if you put the hole in the right spot, of course!