Are you an older gamer? If so then you will no doubt remember the Commodore 64! For many of us here at SPOnG (and yes, we are showing our age) it was the first gaming machine many of us owned.
So it’s in equal parts interesting/bizarre to hear that the brand is to return with the unveiling of a new range of high specification gaming PCs at Germany’s CeBIT later this month.
CeBIT is not really a must-attend show on SPOnG’s gaming calendar, although what with this news we may begin to change our minds.
"25 years ago, Commodore launched the best selling personal computer of the late 20th Century, the C64, and defined the early computer games experience for millions of people worldwide," said Bala Keilman, CEO for Commodore Gaming in a press statement just issued.
"We are privileged and excited to bring the Commodore brand back to the gaming community and mark a new chapter in its history with this exceptional machine. We're sure that it will deliver what gamers need and want."
Commodore Gaming is set to make further announcements at CeBIT with the promise that “there are some very exciting aspects of the product still to be revealed.”
SPOnG has put in a request for an audience with Commodore’s European marketing guys to find out more…
For more information go here.
So it’s in equal parts interesting/bizarre to hear that the brand is to return with the unveiling of a new range of high specification gaming PCs at Germany’s CeBIT later this month.
CeBIT is not really a must-attend show on SPOnG’s gaming calendar, although what with this news we may begin to change our minds.
"25 years ago, Commodore launched the best selling personal computer of the late 20th Century, the C64, and defined the early computer games experience for millions of people worldwide," said Bala Keilman, CEO for Commodore Gaming in a press statement just issued.
"We are privileged and excited to bring the Commodore brand back to the gaming community and mark a new chapter in its history with this exceptional machine. We're sure that it will deliver what gamers need and want."
Commodore Gaming is set to make further announcements at CeBIT with the promise that “there are some very exciting aspects of the product still to be revealed.”
SPOnG has put in a request for an audience with Commodore’s European marketing guys to find out more…
For more information go here.
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Rustman 6 Mar 2007 14:48
1/2
No... and indeed.... way!
Despite my love for the brand (one of the few brands in the world that doesn't give me a cold shudder at the thoughts of greedy stockholders and overpaid chairmen), I'm not convinced they can compete in this market anymore.
Maybe as a mobile phone game maker, but seeing as Commodore made machines and little software, I'd like to know what on earth they have in mind.
Despite my love for the brand (one of the few brands in the world that doesn't give me a cold shudder at the thoughts of greedy stockholders and overpaid chairmen), I'm not convinced they can compete in this market anymore.
Maybe as a mobile phone game maker, but seeing as Commodore made machines and little software, I'd like to know what on earth they have in mind.
tyrion 6 Mar 2007 14:52
2/2
So it’s in equal parts interesting/bizarre to hear that the brand is to return with the unveiling of a new range of high specification gaming PCs at Germany’s CeBIT later this month.
That's actually a bit unsettling because Commodore branching out into the PC market, combined with poor management is what killed the company in the first place! This then prevented the Amiga line from continuing, a sad day for hobbyist computer users the world over.