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Title: Still dreaming about your old Commodore 64?
Post by: Nemesis on December 20, 2004, 04:00:46 pm

Link to Story (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/technology/20joystick.html?ex=1261198800&en=0e285af90f620c58&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland)

Partial quote from story below.

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YAMHILL, Ore. - There is a story behind every electronic gadget sold on the QVC shopping channel. This one leads to a ramshackle farmhouse in rural Oregon, which is the home and circuit design lab of Jeri Ellsworth, a 30-year-old high school dropout and self-taught computer chip designer.

Ms. Ellsworth has squeezed the entire circuitry of a two-decade-old Commodore 64 home computer onto a single chip, which she has tucked neatly into a joystick that connects by a cable to a TV set. Called the Commodore 64 - the same as the computer system - her device can run 30 video games, mostly sports, racing and puzzles games from the early 1980's, all without the hassle of changing game cartridges.

Title: Re: Still dreaming about your old Commodore 64?
Post by: Sirgod on December 20, 2004, 04:02:31 pm

Oh man, I know what I want for X-mas. Can finally Put all the old EMU Roms on a CD, and store them alongside the Tapes, Cartridges , and floppies.

Great Post Nemesis.

Stephen

Title: Re: Still dreaming about your old Commodore 64?
Post by: kmelew on December 20, 2004, 06:26:08 pm

Here's hoping for an Atari version!  :)

Title: Re: Still dreaming about your old Commodore 64?
Post by: Don Karnage on December 21, 2004, 10:37:51 pm

i have see in store is like the n64 joystick but full of the old nes games, seem cool but since i will not play with all the games in memory it cheaper to by what you realy play with, not sure if dragon warrior 4 is include :o)

Title: Re: Still dreaming about your old Commodore 64?
Post by: Capt. Mike on December 23, 2004, 07:49:50 pm

Quote from: kmelew on December 20, 2004, 06:26:08 pm

Here's hoping for an Atari version!  :)

Just to get you started....

http://www.myatari.net/issues/sep2002/dgs.htm

Mike

Merry Christmas

Title: Re: Still dreaming about your old Commodore 64?
Post by: kmelew on December 23, 2004, 08:01:03 pm

Quote from: Capt. Mike on December 23, 2004, 07:49:50 pm

Quote from: kmelew on December 20, 2004, 06:26:08 pm

Here's hoping for an Atari version!  :)

Just to get you started....

[url]http://www.myatari.net/issues/sep2002/dgs.htm[/url]

Mike

Merry Christmas

Thanks!  :)