The official launch date for the Commodore 64 Mini has been set by Retro Games and Koch Media. You can expect to get your hands on the C64 Mini starting March 29th, 2018 for $69.99. The miniature gaming PC device will come with 64 pre-installed games and will also support homebrew.
TheC64 Mini comes with an HDMI port so you can plug it directly into your TV, along with a joystick and two USB ports on the side.
As noted by Paul Andrews, the managing director at Retro Games, TheC64 Mini will also make its way to retail shops, too. Andrews mentions in the press release…
“We are delighted to bring to retail THEC64 mini and let both original fans of the machine, and all-new generations of games players discover this amazing system, as well as maybe even have a go at programming it for themselves!”
Obviously a lot of people are probably curious what sort of games will be available in the line-up of 64 titles from the Commodore 64’s heyday. There’s actually a complete list of the games in the press release for those of you interested in finding out what comes packed into the miniature retro re-release:
- AlleyKat,
- Anarchy,
- Armalyte: Competition Edition,
- Avenger,
- Battle Valley,
- Boulder Dash,
- Bounder,
- California Games,
- Chip’s Challenge,
- Confuzion,
- 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,
- Impossible Mission,
- Impossible Mission II,
- IO,
- Jumpman,
- Mega Apocalypse,
- Mission A.D,
- Monty Mole,
- Monty on the Run,
- Nebulus,
- Netherworld,
- Nobby the Aardvark,
- Nodes Of Yesod,
- Paradroid,
- Pitstop II,
- Rana Rama,
- Robin Of The Wood,
- Rubicon,
- Skate Crazy,
- Skool Daze,
- Snare,
- Speedball,
- Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe,
- Spindizzy,
- Star Paws,
- Steel,
- Street Sports Baseball,
- Summer Games II (inc. Summer Games I),
- Super Cycle,
- Temple of Apshai Trilogy,
- The Arc Of Yesod,
- Thing on a Spring,
- Thing Bounces Back,
- Trailblazer,
- Cosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II,
- Uchi Mata,
- Uridium,
- Who Dares Wins II,
- Winter Games,
- World Games,
- Zynaps.
You’ll have to decide for yourself if that’s worth the $69.99 price tag. TheC64 Mini was originally announced last year back in October, but some of the details on the game selection and the launch date were sketchy. Now that everything is clear as day, does this Commodore 64 re-release seem worth it?
For anyone who has tried emulating the games and went through the troubleshooting hassles of trying to get them to work right, I imagine this looks like some sort of benison from Retro Games. How well it’ll play is a whole other story.
You can learn more about TheC64 Mini by visiting the official website.
