https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-many-commodore-64s-sold/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-many-commodore-64s-sold David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-many-commodore-64s-sold/#comment-56239 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 03:57:59 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=30401#comment-56239 Whatever the actual number is, I have 4 of them and they are prized possessions. My original C64 I used as a child, two others for which their origins allude me and my most recent addition to the group, an “Aldi” 64. It makes me think, towards the end of the C64 life some of the moves, like the Aldi 64 could have sold a ton but only in Europe. It’s quite possible in all the chaos that was Commodore that all the figures didn’t ever get properly compiled.

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-many-commodore-64s-sold/#comment-56238 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:09:35 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=30401#comment-56238 The 8-bit Commodore was such an easy choice in the mid-1980s. By 1987, you had a lot of great options- C128, IIc, Laser 128, Tandy 1000, Amiga, ST- it was a bonanza in comparison to 1985. The fact that people stuck with the 64/128 into the 1990s was testament to the constant after-market innovations. Fun times!

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-many-commodore-64s-sold/#comment-56237 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:38:15 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=30401#comment-56237 I bought a Vic-20 about a month before they announced the C64. I’m still bitter!

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