Software for Commodore 64 Personal Computer, 1982-1987

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Artifact Overview

The Commodore 64 made home computing accessible to a broad public in the 1980s. Released in 1982 as a successor to the VIC-20, the C64 was priced cheaply and was essential in establishing the home computing market. As an early platform for growing consumer-friendly software and game industries, it remains one of the top-selling personal computers of all time.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Software

Date Made

1982-1987

Creator Notes

Made in Japan for Commodore Business Machines, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2009.102.6

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Plastic
Iron alloy

Inscriptions

On disk label: C64208/ EASY SPELL/ © Commdore Business Machines, Inc. On disk label: RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II/ Commodore 64/ 128/ © 1985 Carolco International N.V./... On disk label: SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER/.../ Copyright © 1985 Green valley Publishing On disk label: MASTERTRONIC/ FEUD/ COMMODORE 64 - DISKETTE/ © 1987 MASTERTRONIC, INC. On disk label: AMAZING JOURNEYS/ C10117/ COMMODORE 64 SERIES/ 1. Pebbles/ 2. Alien Panic/ 3. Journey/ 4. Gladiator/ KEYPUNCH/ SOFTWARE/... On disk label, handwritten: Summer/ Games On disk label, handwritten: DI-SECTOR/... On disk label: COMMODORE/ EasyScript 64/ © Commodore Business Machines, Inc. On partially removed disk label: comm.../ model 15.../ test/ demo diskette/ single sided/ 48 tpi On disk label: MASTERTRONIC/ NINJA/ © 1986/ MASTERTRONIC, INC./ 64710/... On disk label: MASTER BLASTER/ 1. Phaserdome/ 2. Sentinel/ 3. Red Obelisk/... On disk label: Gateway to Apshai/ .../ Val-U-Line Software Co., a Division of EPYX, Inc./... On disk label: MASTERTRONIC/ KIKSTART 2/ COMMODORE 64/ 128 DISKETTE/ © 1987 MASTERTRONIC, INC. On disk label: DARK TOWER/ Spinnaker Software, Cambridge, MA/.../ © 1986 Spinnaker Software Corp. All rights reserved./ DRK-C6 On disk label: THE / Print Shop/ COMMODORE 64/.../ Broderbund Software/... On disk label: MASTERTRONIC/ PANTHER/ COMMODORE 64/ 128 - DISKETTE/ © 1985 MASTERTRONIC, INC. On disk label, handwritten: One on One/ Basketball On disk label: 2 on ONE/ PROGRAM 1/ WING COMMANDER/ PROGRAM 2/ SKY JET/ COMMODORE 64/ 128 DISKETTE/ © MASTERTRONIC, INC. 64720 On disk label: EPYX/ COMPUTER SOFTWARE/ IMPOSSIBLE MISSION/ for the Commodore 64/ © 1984 Eoyx, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 94089/... On disk label: commodore/ ZORK III/ C-64627/ © 1982 Inforcom, Inc./ © 1983 Commodore Business Machines, Inc. On module label: SPEED/ BINGO/ MATH/ commodore 64