Commodore's NEW Computer - Commodore 64 Ultimate Review

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Commodore is back with a brand new, but familiar computer - The Commodore 64 Ultimate is a modern FPGA-based recreation of the original C64 from 1982. It builds on years of work by Gideon Zweijtzer and turns it into a complete, officially branded machine. In today's episode we do a full breakdown of the hardware and cover every aspect of the product. Sources/Links: https://www.commodore.net/ https://commodore.inc/ https://piggy18.itch.io/a-pig-quest https://psytronik.itch.io/sherwood https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/zeta-wing-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfaDUUBY0uA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR5oW7YFqfQ Timestamps: 00:00 - Brief C64 History 02:00 - How did Commodore come back? 03:31 - Legal Issues we can't ignore 04:34 - Commodore 64 Ultimate Unboxing 09:35 - Keyboard Flex Issues 11:02 - Comparisons to real C64 12:47 - Powering on 14:37 - Video Output Testing 16:01 - Loading games from Tape 16:45 - Testing Games and Demos 21:45 - Turbo Mode Testing 23:25 - Teardown 24:24

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