Here are my 3 MSD drives that I've only had for a few years. They run disks in the Commodore 1541 format but are better drives. The capacitors used in them are all going bad & leaking corrosive fluid doing damage to the boards. I had Wes from Maine, an MSD drive expert repairman fix them for me #C64

Zork Zero was released 38 years ago today on Oct 19, 1988. Written by Steve Meretzky. It was Infocom's 37th game. Inhabitants are fleeing in the wake of a wizard's curse which threatens to destroy the entire kingdom, unless you can stop it. #Amiga #Commodore #Infocom #retrogames

Border Zone was released 39 years ago today on Oct 8, 1987. Written by Marc Blank. It was Infocom's 30th game. Set during the Cold War on the border in the 1980s. The game has 3 chapters. In each chapter, you play a different character, an American businessman, a Western spy and an Eastern spy. #C64

Suspect was released 42 years ago today on Oct 5, 1984. It was written by Dave Lebling. It was Infocom's 15th game. You are a reporter who was framed for a murder while attending a Halloween party. You must discover who did this to you and fast. #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #Infocom #retrogaming

Did you play this and if so on what? Donkey Kong is the 1981 product of Nintendo's efforts to develop a hit to rival Pac-Man and break into the N. American market. Project was assigned to 1st time video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. In 1983 Atarisoft ported the game to the VIC-20 & C64. #Commodore

Jupiter Lander is a clone of Lunar Lander. Lunar Lander was dev Atari, Inc. and released in Aug 1979. Jupiter Lander was dev by HAL Laboratory, a Japanese video game developer and pub by Commodore in 1981 for the VIC-20. In 1982, it was ported to the Commodore MAX Machine and C64. #Commodore64 #C64

Commodore sold software for 100s of different applications. Here are four that I have from the 80s. It seems to me that they kept the naming process super simple by just putting the word Easy in front of whatever the software did. #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64

My first console was an Atari 2600 with six switches or levers, a Xmas present in 1979. My first home computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000 that I bought myself in 1982 with money from my part-time job at McDonalds. What were your first console and computer? When did you get them?

Who else LOVED playing Sid Meier's Pirates! created by Sid Meier for the Commodore 64 and published by MicroProse in 1987. The game is a simulation of the life of a pirate, a privateer, or a pirate hunter. It was widely ported to other systems. #C64 #Commodore64 #Commodore

Did you play Defender of the Crown. It is a strategy computer game designed by Kellyn Beck. The game is set in England in 1149. It was Cinemaware's first game and was originally released for the Commodore Amiga in 1986. In 1987 it was ported to the Commodore 64. #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #Gaming

Who remembers playing Arkanoid, a 1986 block breaker game developed and published by Taito. It was created by Taito designers Akira Fujita and Hiroshi Tsujino. Arkanoid expanded on the concept established in Atari's Breakout. It was ported to the C64 in 1987. #Commodore #Commodore64 #C64

Did you play Castle Wolfenstein. If so on what computer. It is a 1981 action-adventure game that was developed by Muse Software for the Apple II home computer. It is one of the earliest games to be based on stealth mechanics. A C64 port was released in 1983 #C64 #Commodore #retrogaming #Commodore64

The #Commodore 1701 and 1702 CRT monitors appear identical. They share the same brownish beige Commodore 64 colored case. However, they couldn't be more different internally. The 1701 is 7 lbs/3.2 kg heavier than the 1702, they use different tubes, motherboards and transformers #C64 #Commodore64

I have the greatest doormat in history. 😉 #C64

Moonmist was released 40 years ago today on Sep 18, 1986. Written by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence. It was Infocom's 23rd game. You are a famous American detective, asked by your friend Tamara Lynd to investigate her new English Castle. #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #Infocom #retrogaming

Spellbreaker was released 41 years ago today on Sep 16, 1985. Written by Dave Lebling. It was #Infocom's 18th game. After saving your mentor Belboz in SORCERER, you have become the leader of the Circle of Enchanters. Now spells are failing to work or go strangely wrong. #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64

Infidel was released 43 years ago today on Sep 16, 1983. Written by Michael Berlyn. It was #Infocom's 10th game. You are an adventurer in search of a lost Egyptian Pyramid. Your companions have left you alone in the desert! #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #textadventure #retrogaming

#Commodore64 owners past & present what is your all-time favorite C64 game (no lists please only pick 1). My #1 game is from 1980 & came to the #C64 in 1982. It was the very 1st 5.25 game on disk I ever bought. I bought it Feb 1984 at the same time as my 1st 1541 drive. Mine is Zork I from #Infocom

Beyond Zork was released 39 years ago today on Sep 15, 1987. Written by Brian Moriarty it was #Infocom's 29th game. The Southlands of Quendor are in dark times. Enchanters have disappeared and monsters are roaming the countryside. The Implementors, godlike creatures have a task for you. #Commodore

Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy was released 42 years ago today on Sept 14, 1984. Written by Steve Meretzky and Douglas Adams. It was #Infocom's 14th game. What a bad day! As the story begins a bulldozer is preparing to level your house. DON’T PANIC! #Commodore64 #Commodore #C64

Here is my Commodore PET 2001-N, an 8-bit computer that was sold by #Commodore Business Machines from 1979-1980. The N stands for New representing the updated model with a full-sized keyboard and removed internal dattasette. This model was sold for a year following the original PET 2001 (1977-1979).

The Commodore C128DCR is the last 8-bit computer that was designed and sold by Commodore Business Machines. It was sold 1986–1989. It can run in C64 mode. It has two CPUs with one being a Z80 so it can run CP/M. It has a built in 1571 floppy disk drive. #Commodore #retrocomputing #retrocomputers

The Commodore 128, also known as the C128, is an 8-bit home computer sold by #Commodore Business Machines from 1985–1989. It runs in 5 modes one being C64 mode. Then C128 in 40 or 80 column mode. It has two CPUs with one being a Z80 so it can run CP/M in 40 or 80 column mode. #Commodore64 #C64 #C128

Here are my three Commodore SX-64 (aka the Executive 64). It is a portable #Commodore64 8-bit computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines from Dec 1983 – 1986. About 85,000 units were sold based on serial number data. It was the 1st color portable computer & weighed just 23 lb. (10.5 kg).

The #Commodore C16 & C116 are 8-bit home computers that were sold by Commodore Business Machines from 1984–1985. These two computers were part of the Commodore 264-ine of computers which consisted of the Plus/4 also. The C16 sold 1,266,000 unit. The C116 sold 51,000 units and was only sold in Europe

The Commodore plus/4 is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines from 1984 – 1985. The plus/4 refers to the four on ROM office suite applications it has. It was part of the Commodore 264-line of computers which also consisted of the C16 and C116. #Commodore

The MAX Machine (Model No. MAX-04) is an 8-bit home computer/Video game console designed & sold by Commodore International only in Japan, beginning in early 1982 & discontinued also in 1982. It has the same CPU (6510), video (VIC-II) & sound (SID) chips as the C64 but only 2k of RAM. #Commodore #C64

Here is my early VIC-20 with a PET style keyboard only used in the very early VIC-20 computers. The Commodore VIC-20 was named after its VIC chip, with the number "20" added by the product manager Michael Tomczyk simply as a "friendly number" to give the machine a warm, approachable feel. #Commodore

My newest addition. Commodore 64 Silver Label is the earliest C64 with about 80,000 of them built between early 1982 & early 1983. They featured metallic labels in the US & plastic or vinyl labels in Europe. Commodore recalled many of these early units due to technical defects with the video. #C64

Commodore has reached 30K in C64U sales! It's a GREAT day for Commodore! #Commodore #C64