Commodore 64 Games System
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The Commodore 64 Games System (often abbreviated C64GS) is the cartridge-based home video game console version of the popular Commodore 64 home computer. It was released in December 1990 by Commodore into a booming console market dominated by Nintendo and Sega. It was only released in Europe and was a considerable commercial failure. The C64GS came bundled with a cartridge containing four games: Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun, International Soccer, Flimbo's Quest, and Klax.
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Also known as | C64GS |
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Manufacturer | Commodore International |
Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Third generation (8-Bit era) |
Release date | December 1990; 33 years ago (1990-12)[1] |
Units sold | ā2000 |
Units shipped | ā20000 |
Media | Cartridge |
Predecessor | MAX Machine |
Successor | Commodore CDTV |
The C64GS was not Commodore's first gaming system based on the C64 hardware. However, unlike the 1982 MAX Machine (a game-oriented computer based on a very cut-down version of the same hardware family), the C64GS is internally very similar to the complete C64, with which it is compatible. Out of the approximately 20,000 consoles produced,[2] only 2000 consoles were sold.[3]