The DIY Commodore 64 cartridge. (Credit: Linus Åkesson) When you want to write software for a system like the Commodore 64, the obvious and safe choice is to create an image that can be used with ...

The cartridge slot, meanwhile, will not play actual Commodore 64 carts. "The cartridge port on The 64 is configured differently to the original C64 and as such it won't directly work with older ...

Based on a Raspberry Pi, the expansion cartridge does most of the legwork, bypassing the Commodore's CPU in favor of the RP's ARM processor. The C64 converts the frame buffer to bring an image to ...

Time and technology has moved on since 1983, but the Commodore 64 continues to survive as a viable gaming platform, ... RGCD has 17 cartridge-based C64 games available at its online store.

The Handheld 64 even carries over the original Commodore 64’s cartridge slot for an easy way to load software and games (assuming you have access to a collection of C64 carts).

The Commodore 64 had to compete with the Atari 8-bit 400, Atari 800, the Apple II, and IBM machines, but by 1983 it was selling around the same number of units as Apple and IBM combined.