{"id":21583,"date":"2026-01-15T10:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/commodore-64-ultimate-review-its-like-1982-all-over-again\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:37:27","slug":"commodore-64-ultimate-review-its-like-1982-all-over-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/commodore-64-ultimate-review-its-like-1982-all-over-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore 64 Ultimate review \u2013 it\u2019s like 1982 all over again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Showing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home computer seamlessly integrates modern tech with some wonderful additional touches<\/p>\n

The emotional hit was something I didn\u2019t expect, although perhaps I should have. The Commodore 64 Ultimate, a new version of the legendary 8-bit computer, comes in a box designed to resemble the original packaging \u2013 a photo of the machine itself on a background of deep blue fading into a series of white stripes. Then when you open it, you find an uncannily accurate replica of what fans lovingly referred to as the breadbox \u2013 the chunky, sloped Commodore 64, in hues of brown and beige, the red LED in one corner above the row of fawn-coloured function keys. It\u2019s like 1982 all over again.<\/p>\n

My dad bought us a C64 in late 1983. It was our second computer after the ZX81 and it felt like an enormous leap into the future with its detailed colour graphics, advanced sound chip and proper grown-up keyboard. We unpacked it on our dinner table, plugging it into a small portable TV and loading the one game we had, a very basic Donkey Kong clone named Crazy Kong. My life would never be the same again. This contraption was my obsession for the next four years \u2013 my friendships and free-time would revolve around games such as Bruce Lee, Paradroid and Hyper Sports. To this day, I treasure the memories of playing golf sim Leaderboard with my dad. The sound effects, speech samples and graphics conjured by that computer have lived rent free in my head for, god, almost 40 years.<\/p>\n

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\nShowing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home computer seamlessly integrates modern tech with some wonderful additional touches
\nThe emotional hit was something I didn\u2019t expect, although perhaps I should have. The Commodore 64 Ultimate, a new version of the legendary 8-bit computer, comes in a box designed to resemble the original packaging \u2013 a photo of the machine itself on a background of deep blue fading into a series of white stripes. Then when you open it, you find an uncannily accurate replica of what fans lovingly referred to as the breadbox \u2013 the chunky, sloped Commodore 64, in hues of brown and beige, the red LED in one corner above the row of fawn-coloured function keys. It\u2019s like 1982 all over again.
\nMy dad bought us a C64 in late 1983. It was our second computer after the ZX81 and it felt like an enormous leap into the future with its detailed colour graphics, advanced sound chip and proper grown-up keyboard. We unpacked it on our dinner table, plugging it into a small portable TV and loading the one game we had, a very basic Donkey Kong clone named Crazy Kong. My life would never be the same again. This contraption was my obsession for the next four years \u2013 my friendships and free-time would revolve around games such as Bruce Lee, Paradroid and Hyper Sports. To this day, I treasure the memories of playing golf sim Leaderboard with my dad. The sound effects, speech samples and graphics conjured by that computer have lived rent free in my head for, god, almost 40 years. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Showing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home computer seamlessly integrates modern tech with some wonderful additional touches The emotional hit was something I didn\u2019t expect, although perhaps I should have. The Commodore 64 Ultimate, a new version of the legendary 8-bit computer, comes in a box designed to resemble …<\/p>\n

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