Mini Consoles coming back, pre-loaded with all of your favourite games are all the rage at the moment. We've had the NES and SNES take off with such force that scalpers are making a fortune on Ebay thanks to artificial scarcity. SEGA's classic Mega Drive also got brought back, though not to the same level as its NES and SNES counterparts. The next retro classic to come straight from the mini-verse is the Commodore 64.

Introducing the C64 Mini.

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Launching 35 years after the original, the C64 mini will come with 64 (of course) pre-installed games. It will connect to modern displays via HDMI and feature a "pixel perfect" display mode at a 4:3 ratio. The console will have two USB ports for the Keyboard and Joystick. It will come in at roughly half the size of the original console.

I have my doubts that it will take off with the success of the NES or SNES minis. Nintendo's consoles had something special about them, particularly as the company is still going strong to this day. However, I can see this being a small hit for the nostalgic crowd. It could possibly be a bit of a hit with geeks who want to mess about with Commodore BASIC.

Here's the full list of games that the C64 Mini will launch with:

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Alleycat

Anarchy

Armalyte - Competition Edition

Avenger

Battle Valley

Boulder Dash

Bounder

California Games

Chip's Challenge

Confuzion

Cosmic Causeway

Creatures

Cyberdyne Warrior

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine

Cybernoid II: The Revenge

Deflektor

Everyone's a Wally

Firelord

Gribbly's Day Out

Hawkeye

Heartland

Herobotix

Highway Encounter

Hunter's Moon

Hysteria

IO

Impossible Mission

Impossible Mission II

Jumpman

Mega Apocalypse

Mission A.D.

Monty Mole

Monty on the Run

Nebulus

Netherworld

Nobby the Aardvark

Nodes of Yesod

Paradroid

Pitstop II

Ranarama

Robin of the Wood

Rubicon

Skate Crazy

Skool Daze

Snare

Speedball

Speedball 2 - Brutal Deluxe

Spindizzy

Star Paws

Steel

Street Sports Baseball

Summer Games II

Super Cycle

Temple of Apshai Trilogy

The Arc of Yesod

Thing on a Spring

Thing Bounces Back

Trailblazer

Uchi Mata

Uridium

Who Dares Wins II

Winter Games

World Games

Zynaps

As for the price of the C64 Mini, it has a recommended retail price of £69.99/$69.99/€79.99 respectively. Amazon is currently listing it at £64.99 here in the UK.

Here's a little promo video to watch while you wait for it to launch on the 29th of March.