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C64 graphics explorer shows 8-bit pixel art the way it was

Anyone can load a PNG on an LCD panel, and that's how most of us end up viewing the pixel art we first saw on cathode ray tubes. József "angelday" Schaffer's C64 Graphics Explorer honors one platform, ...
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C64 Gets A Graphics Upgrade Courtesy Of Your Favorite Piano Manufacturer

The Commodore 64 was quite a machine in its time, though a modern assessment would say that it’s severely lacking in the graphical department. [Vossi] has whipped up a bit of an upgrade for the C64 ...
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40 years of the C128: Commodore's last 8-bit attempt

Forty years ago, on January 6, 1985, the then home computer king Commodore announced the Commodore 128 at the “Winter CES 1985”. In the biggest boom in the computer industry up to that time, ...

I’ve spent many hours walking down memory lane with the Commodore 64 Ultimate, and it’s wondrous if sometimes intimidating

More than just an emulation of the iconic home computer, the Commodore 64 Ultimate is a fantastic project for fans of that era. It’ll take some practice and memory recall from a bygone time, but it’s ...