mozartpc27

Hello All - Decided to part ways with my Commodore Plus/4 and 1551. I am in the US so here is a chance to get the 1551 if you are in America. The Plus/4 is boxed with all manuals. The 1551 did not come with a box, so I will pack the disk drive as carefully as I can. The 1551 has of course a 240V power supply as I had it imported from the UK several years ago. With the auction I am including a step down converter and a plug converter so you will be able to plug the device into the computer and the wall outlet/power strip and it will work immediately upon arrival. Everything is tested and works; also throwing in a few disks. See the auction here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/235476389996

So, is this game available on a real cart some place?

!!!!!!!! How do I get it on to a playable cartridge?!?!?!?!

It was a cart I never had... and still don't.

This is an interesting opinion that I have never come across... what makes you say this? Even as a kid I found this game to be pretty terminally boring, although I guess looking back the graphics were impressive for the time.

I am a Commodore dude and the 17M figure for C64 comports with what I have seen. I have always read that 4M or so 128s were also sold (they had a 64 in them basically) so that would put the 64/128 combined line at 21M.

I am a Commodore guy who comes here to check out the Coleco and TI forums as well as the Atari 800 forums, and hey, this has been a tremendous resource for us retro computer enthusiasts, I thank Albert for all he has done, and wish him the best and understand that he needs to do what he needs to do!

Good thread topic, mostly a Commodore guy but I have an 800XL. @mimo, I am so sorry to hear about your health issues. Different things can sap interest and make one re-prioritize, and I totally understand, but I add mine to the voices that have told you not to sell off your stuff until you have really thought it over. I have sold and re-bought a TI-99/4A and PEB as well as a Commodore Plus/4; fortunately I didn't take too much of a bath but it was enough to make me think I won't sell for a loooonnnnggggg time. If I ever get the itch it's right there waiting for me in the closet. In general, I am in a phase of hardly playing around with my stuff. I got divorced, a process that started last year and ended in February. I now have my own house and I thought - wow, I can set up a nice big space for myself and play around whenever / as much as I want! But it's been the opposite. Between work, having my son half the week (I am trying to delay him getting hooked on video games as long as possible, so it doesn't become the only thing he knows how to do, as with so many kids these days), and, since December, having a new girlfriend, I don't have the time, and when I do have it, I don't have the desire really. But I assume some day it will come back as I settle in. I won't cash out unless I have really gone multiple years I think without touching the stuff. Easier to have than to re-acquire.

So my son's first grade teacher mentioned in class that when she was young, the hot video game everyone wanted to play was Space Invaders. He came home asking about it, so I showed him a YouTube video of someone playing the original arcade game. A screen grab from it can be seen below on top. This morning, I had an appointment, so I asked him to busy himself by drawing a picture of Space Invaders. He did so, using a game called "Cabbage Patch Dolls Paint & Play," which was a cartridge for my old ColecoVision, which I still have hooked up. That is the one below. Remember, he saw Space Invaders exactly ONCE, yesterday, and drew this thing from memory on the ColecoVision this morning. The stars in the background are because of his familiarity with the Space Invaders clone in Gorf. The aliens are different because, he wants me to tell you, they are from Gorf.

So my son's first grade teacher mentioned in class that when she was young, the hot video game everyone wanted to play was Space Invaders. He came home asking about it, so I showed him a YouTube video of someone playing the original arcade game. A screen grab from it can be seen below on top. This morning, I had an appointment, so I asked him to busy himself by drawing a picture of Space Invaders. He did so, using a game called "Cabbage Patch Dolls Paint & Play," which was a cartridge for my old ColecoVision, which I still have hooked up. That is the one below. Remember, he saw Space Invaders exactly ONCE, yesterday, and drew this thing from memory on the ColecoVision this morning. The stars in the background are because of his familiarity with the Space Invaders clone in Gorf. The aliens are different because, he wants me to tell you, they are from Gorf.

Awwww.... but I love crazy rumor mills. Would be an awesome product if made. If they can make a modern day "Commodore 65" (the Mega 65), then why not this?

I would like to hear the answer to this as well. I think the Commodore 128 is the most consistently underrated computer of the entire era through its release, and then some.

Must be from my area, zzip (SE PA). Clover was regional here, and I remember the exact same thing.

Got to say, that is sweet!

Looks like I have not received any such email. On another forum I was told I'd probably get it Monday. Here's hoping.