hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (12/30/90)
I know this isn't really Amiga related, but I thought you guys
might find it interesting. Remember the rumored C64GS we kept hearing
about and all the Amiga people were condeming as a bad idea at this
day at age? There were all sorts of specs rumors flying about.
Well, guess what? It DOES exist and is on sale. In europe, of course,
where C64 games are still being made. I read about it in the brittish
mag ZZap64. (Which, oddly enough, also carries Amiga stuff) Apparently
it is nothing more than a C64 with a cartridge port as it's only means
of loading software. The GS stands for Game System and it is designed
to compete with the Nintendo crowds. The carts, I believe, can be up
to 128K in size. The UK game company OCEAN is standing behind the new
machine 100% and has announced that all future games for the C64 from
them will be in cartridge format only save for those they can't do in
cart form because of license agreements with Nintendo.
The article didn't mention much about Specs, just that it was being
released in time for the Christmas rush. It was displayed at the UK
Comdex along with the new CDTV. Commodore UK Officials had some
surprising things to say on several subjects. Over there, they are not
upset about the Game Machine image of the Amiga or C64. In fact, that
A500 box in the UK shows nothing but GAME screen shots on it's cover!
Believe it or not, Deluxe Paint II is still sold over there at an
amazing rate. Commodore gives FREE GAMES away with it's memeory
expansion units (512K upgrade) as well as with their A590 Hard Disk!
The differences in attitude between the US and UK is amazing
sometimes.
-Moriland
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