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How did the Commodore 64 conquer the hearts of millions and become a platform people still actively develop for even today? What made it so special? This book will appeal to both those who like tinkering with old technology as a hobby and nostalgic readers who simply want to enjoy a trip down memory lane. It discusses in a concise but rigorous format the different areas of home gaming and personal computing where the C64 managed to innovate and push forward existing boundaries. Starting from Jack Tramiel's vision of designing computers "for the masses, not the classes," the book introduces the 6510, VIC-II and SID chips that made the C64 unique. It briefly discusses its Basic programming language and then proceeds to illustrate not only many of the games that are still so fondly remembered but also the first generation of game engines that made game development more approachable − among other topics that are often neglected but are necessary to provide a comprehensive overview of how far reaching the C64 influence was. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, readers will relive the dawn of modern technology and gain a better understanding of the legacy that was built, bit by bit, in those pioneering days by computers that had only a tiny fraction of the power modern machines have and, yet, were used to create the technological world we are now living in. With a foreword by Michael Tomczyk.

Engineering. --- Computational Intelligence. --- History of Computing. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Mathematical Applications in Computer Science. --- Computers and Education. --- Computer science. --- Education. --- Ingénierie --- Informatique --- Education --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Commodore 64 (Computer) --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Computers. --- Computer science --- Computer mathematics. --- Computational intelligence. --- Data processing. --- Mathematics. --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Computer mathematics --- Discrete mathematics --- Electronic data processing --- Computer uses in education --- Computers in education --- Educational computing --- Microcomputer uses in education --- Microcomputers in education --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems --- Human-computer interaction --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Mathematics --- Commodore computers --- Electronic digital computers --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Informatics --- Science --- Computer science—Mathematics. --- Education—Data processing.