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
Creators
Place of Creation
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
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