The C64 (or Commodore MAX as it was originally called) was the most successful eight bit machines ever (based upon information provided by the Guinness book of Records). It was introduced in 1982 to follow the popular VIC-20 and provided many advancements of the technology, using a 1MHz 6510 with 64k paged DRAM, 1/2K static colour RAM, 8k PET basic ROM, a 4K character display ROM and 8K system ROM. It used a screen resolution of 160x200x4 to 320x200x2 colours and the 3 channel, mono sound using the famous SID chip.

As a result of its heritage, the C64 is probably the machine that most Amiga owners originally cut their teeth on, single-handedly creating the "music demo" which so many Amiga users love. Surprisingly there is still a loyal band of followers around the world who are dedicated to the C64 with games still being released for the machine. Like the current Amiga scene, many Commodore users are upgrading their machines to support contemporary technology in a unique fashion. The C64 scene continues to thrive years after its commercial death and will continue for a long time to come.

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