Commodore returns with new gaming PCs

[wraggster]

via prog

Commodore is a name which will bring memories flooding back to many a gamer and it's been announced that the legendary brand is to return with a new range of high specification gaming PCs.

"25 years ago, Commodore launched the best selling personal computer of the late 20th Century, the C64, and defined the early computer games experience for millions of people worldwide," said Bala Keilman, CEO for Commodore Gaming. "We are privileged and excited to bring the Commodore brand back to the gaming community and mark a new chapter in its history with this exceptional machine. We're sure that it will deliver what gamers need and want."

The new Commodore PCs optimised for gaming will be launched at the CeBIT show in Germany on March 15 and attendees will be offered the chance to play the latest PC games using the purpose-built PCs.

Commodore Gaming is to make further announcements at the launch and promises that there are still some very exciting aspects of the product still to be revealed.

[O-bake]

Interesting, but what is the difference between a Commodore gaming PC and a normal gaming Console today?

[Hawq]

I would have said homebrew coding potential but thats hardly a difference these days. The main point I think is where it mentions PC games, if they use C64 thinking it will create a single defined platform to use rather than the tangled web of configs that people have to try to code for, assuming they think that way & people support it enough of course. They'd best bundle some form of Sid & Mod player with it is all I can say, a Commodore without ability to handle at least Sid is not a Commodore (yes the Amiga had a Sid player) I doubt we'll see the return of game carts for the machines though (probably a good thing as load times aint an issue these days).