Commodore 64 PC.


The Super Nintendo Entertainment System isn't the last time we'll see a re-release of retro gaming hardware.


In one of the most surprising moves of the week, Retro Games has announced that it's reviving the Commodore 64. Called THEC64 Mini, the device will plug into a display using HDMI providing access to 64 games that the world hasn't seen since George H. W. Bush took office.


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The 64 games bundled into the hardware include: 


Epyx, 

Gremlin Graphics

Hewson and The Bitmap Brothers

California Games

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

Paradroid

Impossible Mission


The Commodore 64 was an 8-bit home computer that debuted in 1982, arriving three years before the Nintendo Entertainment System revolution saved what at the time was a floundering industry. 



Originally priced at $595 ($1,477 when adjusted for today's inflation), it would manage to sell two million units per year during its initial push, leading to reasonable financial success and a whole lot of hardcore fans that have since become Boeing engineers.


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Its form factor was and remains unlike anything else on the market, housing all hardware within a large keyboard. Additionally, it has a joystick, making it a favorite among space and flight sim fans that don't have time to get into a real plane.


The THEC64 Mini will have pixel filter options, accurate 64 operation, save game functionality, a much smaller size, along with two in-line USB ports. Better yet, it'll be priced at $69.99 when it comes out in early 2018. Sign me up.