You don’t need to go searching for a Commodore 64 on Ebay to relive the vintage PC’s glory days.
You don’t need to go searching for a Commodore 64 on Ebay to relive the vintage PC’s glory days.
Avid gamer Petri Wilhelmsen is providing a way to write and run C64 programs on Windows PCs for tech-savvy gamers who want to go old-school.
Wilhelmsen has put up a primer on Github for coding Commodore 64 applications for Windows PCs. Wilhelmsen holds a day job as a senior program manager for gaming at Microsoft.
The guide provides basic instructions on how to put a game together by writing applications, creating graphics and compiling music.
Writing Commodore 64 applications means writing code in assembly language for the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 processor, which powered the computer at the time.
The Commodore 64 first went on sale in 1982 for US$599, and the price came down to $199 over time, said Jack Tramiel, former chairman of Commodore International, during a panel discussion in late 2007.
