A Commodore 64 Walkabout

By Robinson Mason

Open the door to your retro computing adventure! The Commodore 64 is alive and well in a thriving community of enthusiasts. Updated for 2017 with additional content, the third edition of this book is your gateway to understanding and enjoying the C64 scene today whether it be through emulation or original hardware. With tutorials, reviews, personal stories, interviews, and links galore, the wide world of the C64 is at your fingertips!Have you ever wanted to know more about the Commodore 64 and how you can enjoy the thousands of programs developed for it, or perhaps create your own? Whether you are a newcomer to the still active Commodore scene, or someone who owned a C64 back in the 80s or 90s who would simply like to play an old game once again, this book will set you on the right path.Squarely targeted at the C64 novice, but with plenty for veterans as well, A C64 Walkabout discusses the old and the new, with reviews of great old games and information on new products still being developed for the C64 and VIC-20 home computers of the 1980s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521441685
• ISBN13: 9781521441688
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A must-have for cultural awareness

For C64 owners or previous owners, this is a walk down memory lane or maybe an excuse to reach into the back of the closet and dust it off. I no longer have mine. Gave it to Goodwill and fantasize it is still out there in the ether doing its thing. While most people installed games like early Star Trek (in BAIC), adapted from the trash-80, I had it connected to a portable typewriter. No one wanted a dot matrix at the time. Then it became a terminal at 2:00 AM to the local university computer. Well enough memorizing, let's see what we missed with this book.