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Commodore 16

8-BIT

16Kb RAM/32 Kb ROM 

80's Home Computer SYSTEM

VERY RARE- GREAT CONDITION

Includes 21 Games, softeware, Datasette and Joystick

(Release date: 1984)

(P&P £10)

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This is a very rare 80's classic home computer, the COMMODRE 16 was brought out as a replacement for the COMMODORE VIC-20 and as a mid-market rival for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and as a cheaper alternative to the COMMODORE 64.

Originally priced at £139.99, with 16Kb Ram and decent sound and graphics capabilities(with, for it's time, an amazing 128 colours!), this was a wonderful little machine with some great games titles available for it (some of which are included in this sale), and a very user friendly BASIC (a vast improvement over the Vic-20 and C64's BASIC) meant it was simple and fun to programme yourself. However with 16k memory it was (unjustly) considered lacking next to the (inferior in my view) 48K Spectrum and the 64k of the mighty Commodore 64.

Basically it was too little, too late from Commodore. The machine was in many ways a step back from the Commodore 64 (albeit with a better BASIC and alot cheaper in cost) and it recieved little support from Commodore, the Computer media and, with some very notable exceptions, the gaming industry.

However, from my own point of view, I think it was a great wee machine, very under-rated and under-supported by its makers at the time. I loved my C16 and still think it was shamefully treated and under-respected in it's day. It did have some great and imaginitive games available and the programmers that did stick with it pushed it to it's limits with some excellent results. This computer is a forgotten classic and this one I am selling really does deserve a good and loving home!

This lovely condition COMMODORE 16 package comes complete with -

-  COMMODORE 16 

-  Commodore Datasette

- Joystick (Cheetah Mach 1)

 -  Power Supply Unit

  - RF Cable 

  - Introduction To Basic (Part One) - Cassette*

  - Introduction To Basic (Part Two) - Cassette *

  - 21 GAMES ON CASSETTE

 - Titles as follows....

WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST (RICHOCHET/MASTERTRONIC)

BANDITS AT ZERO (M.A.D/MASTERTRONIC)

Mr PUNIVERSE (MASTERTRONIC)

MORE ADVENTURES OF BIG MAC (MASTERTRONIC)

ROCKMAN (MASTERTRONIC)

DALEY THOMPSON'S STAR EVENTS (OCEAN)

FORMULA ONE SIMULATOR (MASTERTRONIC)

BERKS (CRL)

KIKSTART (MASTERTRONIC)

PROSPECTOR PETER (MASTERTRONIC)

HEKTIC (MASTERTRONIC)

FRANK BRUNO'S BOXING (ELITE)

STREET OLYMPICS (MASTERTRONIC)

INDOOR SOCCER (ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE)

FLIGHT ZERO-ONE FIVE (AVS)

KILLAPEDE (PLAYERS)

CRAZY GOLF (COMMODORE)

XZAP (COMMODORE) **

PUNCHY (COMMODORE) **

CHESS (COMMODORE) **

ROLF HARRIS PICTURE BUILDER (COMMODORE) **

* Originally supplied with the "Commodre 16 Starter Pack)
** On one tape - originally supplied with the "Commodore 16 Starter Pack"

This is a wonderful opportunity to get one of these rare machines, with everthing you need to get started.

(POSTAGE IS 10 POUNDS - VERY HEAVY AND BULKY ITEM! - add the £10 to the P&P section when you go to make payment or request an invoice - if postage isnt paid, item wont be posted and your order will be cancelled - sorry it's complicated, blame eBay!)

The computer has been tested and powers up and runs no problem, loads games, all keys work. Basically it is in excellent shape for its age.

Cosmetically, the computer is in good, clean condition and looks practically new. it is an early edition Commodore 16, with the Joystick ports labelled 0 & 1 (later models were marked 1 &2).
The Datasetter works perfectly and is in great cosmetic condition.
The Games cassettes are all in good nick, although the cases on three have cracks. All inlays intact.

SORRY - UK BUYERS ONLY. NO REFUNDS OR RETURNS - SOLD AS SEEN - DUE TO ITS AGE THERE ARE NO GARUNTEES GIVEN.

Some more blurb and pics (not mine!) from Commodore16.com and old-computers.com

Bandits At Zero - MAD (Included in sale)

Punchy - Commodre Software (Included in this sale)

Way Of The Exploding Fist - Ricochet/Mastertronic (Included in this sale)

Rockman - Mastertronic (Included in this sale)

The original press advertisment for the Commodore 16

The Commodore 16 belongs to the Commodore 264 series (with the Commodore C116 and Plus/4). It was designed to replace the Commodore VIC 20, but it was not compatible with the VIC-20, nor with the C64.

It had the same characteristics as the Commodore Plus/4 : same graphic resolution, same sound system, same CPU and speed, just less memory.
It featured a version of the original 6502 CPU named 7501, and a new video chip named TED. With 16 colours, and 16 shades of colour, it had an amazing 128 colours available.
But it had no hardware sprites like the ones on the VIC II chip, so animated games and collision detection were very hard to do.

It featured a powerful basic language (contrary to the VIC-20 or the C64) which makes graphics and sounds easy to program.

The C16, like the Commodore Plus/4 was a commercial failure and had little success.

It seems that the first C16s had the two control ports labelled JOY 0 and JOY 1 instead of JOY 1 and JOY 2, just as a hint for collectors :-)

NAME   C16 MANUFACTURER   Commodore TYPE   Home Computer ORIGIN   U.S.A. YEAR   1984 BUILT IN LANGUAGE   Commodore BASIC 3.5 - Built-in machine code monitor (12 commands) KEYBOARD   66 keys with 4 function keys and 4 cursor keys CPU   7501 SPEED   0.89 MHz or 1.76 MHz CO-PROCESSOR   TED (video & sound) RAM   16 KB (12 KB free for user) ROM   32 KB TEXT MODES   40 chars. x 25 lines GRAPHIC MODES   320 x 200 / 320 x 160 (with 5 lines of text) / 160 x 200 / 160 x 160 (with 5 lines of text) COLORS   121 (15 colours x 8 luminances + black) SOUND   two channels; 4 octaves + white noise SIZE / WEIGHT   40.7 (W) x 20.4 (D) x 7.7 (H) cm I/O PORTS   Tape, Cardridge, Joystick (2), serial, Composite Video, TV BUILT IN MEDIA   Cassette unit. Provision for 5.25 OS   ROM Based PRICE   £139.99 (C16 starter pack)

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