Commodore 64 gets retro re-release Full-sized version of the 80's gaming goliath set to launch December 5

Haydn Taylor Senior Staff Writer Tuesday 25th June 2019 Share this article Share

Courtesy of Retro Games and Koch Media, the Commodore 64 is the latest classic console to receive a re-release.

Set to arrive on December 5, 2019 at a retail price of £109.99/€119.99, TheC64 is a full-sized replica, complete with keyboard, modernised to work with HD televisions.

Pre-installed on the console will be C64 classics such as California Games, Paradroid, and Boulder Dash, along with Attack of the Mutant Camels, Hover Bovver, Idris Alpha, and Gridrunner.

TheC64 will also come with 2017 shooter Galencia pre-installed, plus classic text adventure Planet of Death.

"We are delighted to be working with Koch Media once more to bring back even more of the most loved retro games ever on two of the most iconic home computers of all time, and which now has a full working keyboard", said Retro Games managing director Paul Andrews.

"TheC64 full size is a re-imagining of the classic C64 computer and the second in a planned series of products on the way."

This announcement joins the growing list of retro re-releases hitting the market, such as the NES Classic and SNES Mini, the PlayStation Classic, and the upcoming Sega Mega Drive Mini and Intellivison Amico.

Andrews was previously a director of Retro Computers, a company that was working on a handheld release of the ZX Spectrum.

However, he resigned from the company in 2016 following "irreconcilable differences" with the Retro Computers and its other directors.

After months of controversy, the delayed ZX Spectrum Vega+ landed with backers, only with a limited number of the promised games available resulting from a licensing issue.