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Commodore 64 Revived with New Powers and Performance

by Jay Garrett on March 19, 2010

Every geek of a certain age will remember the now classic Commodore 64.

It was at the height of 8 bit technology when it appeared in 1982 and over the following 12 years 17 million of the them were sold!

The new C64 will be sporting Intel’s 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities upto 500GB of hard drive storage and 4GB of RAM. Also included are a DVD-RW drive, a touchpad, four USB ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port and a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) port to connect monitors – all this is squeezed into the all-in-one’s keyboard that measures 17.5 inches (44 cm) wide and 2 inches (0.5 cm) tall.

Commodore said. “It’s designed to take up far less room — and use far less energy — than any other desktop computer,” Commodore USA said. The PC will run the Linux, Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Commodore USA’s online store is due to open June 1 offering the new edition. Obviously they’re hoping that trading on the licensed Commodore name will envoke all those fond memories.

Is it working for you?

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Sega Mega Drive Classics on Your iPhone – Genesis Store Front

by Jay Garrett on January 21, 2010

At the risk of appearing that I’m all about the retro (be it ladies undergarments or headphones) here’s a return to the halcyon days of gaming.

Sega Mega Drive – just the sound of the name transports me back to the days of ‘Road Rash’ and ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ and now (well, February) comes The Sega Genesis Ultimate Collection iPhone app. Hooorah!!!

For those Europeans that are unaware, the name comes from the US branding of the gaming great that was Mega Drive.

Ok, you can already get your fix of spinning blue hedgehogs but this new app will let you buy more games within the app itself and thus bundling them all up in a neat one-stop-shop for Sega gaming on the move.

The app is free and will come with Space Harrier II included.

The rest will cost you though: Sonic the Hedgehog ($6), Golden Axe ($5), Ecco the Dolphin ($3) and Shining Force ($3).

UK prices are yet to be announced.

Do you feel that those prices are a tad high or about right when you think of the endless gaming joy you will get on your iPhone or Touch?

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Girl Wearing Space Invader Tights and not Much Else – Cool Retro Black Milk Clothing

January 17, 2010 Click to read more →
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For all you retro-fangirls and cool scenesters here’s some $80 Space Invaders tights.
Guys – here’s some pictures of a girl in her underwear (check the gallery below)!
I found these on Kokatu under the amusing headline ‘Space Invaders by Camel-Taito‘ Heheheheheh! Classy huh?
There’s stacks of other designs to chose from including ‘Pheonix’, ‘Geishas’ [...]

Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Land Rover and Others Design Santa’s Next Gen Sleigh

December 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Everyone, even gadgety boys and girls, would describe Santa’s mode of transport as being wood-based and reindeer-powered.
Even though he has to travel at 1,000 km per second to get to each and every home of every good boy and girl on this planet.
You’d think that someone that can get all those gifts to all those [...]

Polaroid Camera’s Back Next Year – Instant Happiness!

October 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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Awesome news abounds!
Polaroid has confirmed that it’s getting together with instant film fans, The Impossible Project, to resurrect the classic and well loved instant film cameras.
Yup -the format that was killed off last year is coming back people!
The Impossible Project has spent the past 12 months working on a new film for existing Polaroid cameras, [...]

Apple to Refresh Entire iPod Range – September 9

September 1, 2009 Click to read more →
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So, what’s gonna happen in the next eight days?
Apple has already confirmed it’s having an iPod bash on September 9 and now they seem to have axed their current line of tune chuckers.
Apparently Apple Authorized Resellers have commented that current iPod stock is rapidly running out, if not gone already, and that all of the [...]

Read Marvel Comics and Others on Your PSP

August 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’ve covered next-gen comics a few times here on GadgetyNews in the form of Longbox, and Marvel’s motion comics but now here’s a follow-up to the PSP comic store news I broke in March.
The new digital reader service that’ll be bouncing onto both PSP3000 and PSP Go will allow their owners to access a [...]

iPhone Commodore 64 Emulator Gets Turned Down as Does The Corners of my Mouth

June 22, 2009 Click to read more →
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This could have been beautiful!
This totally cool looking C64 emulator was set to bring back my teenage years but no!
Apple has officially rejected another app that at first glance seems harmless, genius and fun.
The Commodore 64 emulator from Manomio offered the coolness of a realistic joystick and keyboard, portrait and landscape gaming, and a fully licensed C64 emulator code.
Apple [...]

Lotus Electrive – Open-Topped Classic Two-Seater Concept

June 18, 2009 Click to read more →
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Diseno-art.com designers have worked their magic and have come up with something that would tick all of the boxes was I in the market for a two-seater eco-friendly car that would be able to put a big-ol’ smile on my face
The Lotus Electrive is obviously not a daily-driver but has been tailored to meet the demands [...]

Leica M8 White Get’s Priced – Tag Not as Pretty As Camera

April 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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Alrighty happy snappers!
The Imperial Stormtrooper inspired Leica has an official pricing!
Yup, the very white Leica M8 special edition rangefinder has just had a price tag attached and it aint exactly crunch-friendly! 
The sexy white Leica M8 is sporting the same 10.3MP sensor and body as the latest version of the classic Leica M8.
Unfortunately, like most sexy [...]

Sega Megadrive Console Returns To Shops in a ‘Blaze’ of Glory

March 13, 2009 Click to read more →

Blaze.
Remember the name?
It’s those folks that shoved a Sega Mega Drive into a handheld with 20 games built-in for £30.
Now the very same company is releasing a slim profile home console to plug into your TV in that old skool Megadrive stylee.
It will have 15 games built-in including Altered Beast, Golden Axe and Sonic & Knuckles as [...]

Headphonies – Collectable iPod Speaker Art

October 27, 2008 Click to read more →

Some more limited edition greatness in time for Halloween – this time in the form of some portable speakers.
The “Headphonies” iPod speakers range includes 5 figures created by several artists (including Frank Kozik), and 2 blank versions that you can decorate yourself.
I wouldn’t expect fantastic definition from these arty speakers but those who have heard [...]

New Apple iPod Nano, Classic and Headphones

September 10, 2008 Click to read more →

As well as the new iPod Touch the Nano has had a revamp.
Finally after all the speculation and ’spy pics’ we can see the new design all offical like.
As well as the New Nano there’s an upgrade to the 80GB Classic.
“As of today we’re upgrading the 80GB iPod”, with 120GB of storage, but for the [...]

2GB on a USB. Whoyagonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!

September 4, 2008 Click to read more →

USB memory sticks are all much of a muchness really.
Apart from the amount of GBs they can store it’s all down to how much they cost.
This one, however, has an extra GB and it’s a classic!
The GB in question is the fantastic flick Ghostbusters (also the theme tune was one of the 1st 7″ singles [...]

Defender Clone

July 29, 2008 Click to read more →

This has just been mailed to me and I felt that I should really share this brilliant classic coin-op clone.
As you can tell by the screen-shot and the title it is of course, Defender!
It’s got everything going for it – it’s free, online and classic!!!
Go to Stupey.com and have some retro fun!
Thanks Dean buddy!
Righty – [...]

VW Westfalia Goes Sun Tracking

July 21, 2008 Click to read more →

I love classic VeeDubs. I still have the Californian number plate from my Karmann Ghia Coupe that I had imported back in 2000.
So it’s good to see the Westy getting a revamp.
This hi-tech machine is the Westfalia Verdier Camper.
At the moment it’s a concept but that doesn’t stop me wanting it.  
Forget the ‘basic’ accomodation offered by the original.  [...]

Sega Mega Drive Hand Held – Pocket Sonic

July 18, 2008 Click to read more →

Those clever people at Blaze have announced that they’ve crammed the 16-bit Mega Drive into a handheld console.
The Blaze portable game player offers classics such as Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Ecco the Dolphin that can all be re-lived in true Nineties style.
Other games on the list include Alex Kidd – Enchanted Castle, Alien [...]

Square Photos From Classic 5mp Rolleiflex

June 6, 2008 Click to read more →

If you like your snappers to have that shrunken retro chic then get a load of this because Minox have done it again!
Like something straight out of one of those moving pictures that are all the rage at the present the Rolleiflex AF 5.0 is a “fully functioning, high precision replica of the world famous Rolleiflex 6×6 camera (scale 1:2)”
It [...]

A Mobile Marvel – Comics on Your Phone

May 28, 2008 Click to read more →

Wanna catch up with the goings on of Wolverine, The Hulk, DareDevil and the like from the comfort of your mobile phone?
Yeah?
Well Marvel Comics wants to do just that.
A quote from Marvel (source IESB – link below):
…View digital distribution of our comics as an area of great growth potential…and also soon in mobile distribution…so they [...]

Another iPod Dock – Gear4 Duo

May 8, 2008 Click to read more →

I confess to getting a little bored with the multitude of iDocks knocking around.
Few have pricked my attention such as the B&W Zeppelin, the loveliness of Roth Audio’s line-up and of course the gorgeous Vita Audio R4 but the latest from Gear4 has it’s own trick.
The ‘Duo’ looks like another compact 2.1 speaker system for [...]

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