Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My first console was an Atari 2600 with six switches or levers, a Xmas present in 1979. My first home computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000 that I bought myself in 1982 with money from my part-time job at McDonalds. What were your first console and computer? When did you get them? 351006
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here are 12 games that made me a gamer! What are the games that made you a gamer? #C64 4192
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Who else LOVED playing Sid Meier's Pirates! created by Sid Meier for the Commodore 64 and published by MicroProse in 1987. The game is a simulation of the life of a pirate, a privateer, or a pirate hunter. It was widely ported to other systems. #C64 #Commodore64 #Commodore 6196
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Did you play Defender of the Crown. It is a strategy computer game designed by Kellyn Beck. The game is set in England in 1149. It was Cinemaware's first game and was originally released for the Commodore Amiga in 1986. In 1987 it was ported to the Commodore 64. #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #Gaming 4255
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Who remembers playing Arkanoid, a 1986 block breaker game developed and published by Taito. It was created by Taito designers Akira Fujita and Hiroshi Tsujino. Arkanoid expanded on the concept established in Atari's Breakout. It was ported to the C64 in 1987. #Commodore #Commodore64 #C64 162
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Did you play Castle Wolfenstein. If so on what computer. It is a 1981 action-adventure game that was developed by Muse Software for the Apple II home computer. It is one of the earliest games to be based on stealth mechanics. A C64 port was released in 1983 #C64 #Commodore #retrogaming #Commodore64 6344
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The #Commodore 1701 and 1702 CRT monitors appear identical. They share the same brownish beige Commodore 64 colored case. However, they couldn't be more different internally. The 1701 is 7 lbs/3.2 kg heavier than the 1702, they use different tubes, motherboards and transformers #C64 #Commodore64 0121
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have the greatest doormat in history. 😉 #C64 2579
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Moonmist was released 40 years ago today on Sep 18, 1986. Written by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence. It was Infocom's 23rd game. You are a famous American detective, asked by your friend Tamara Lynd to investigate her new English Castle. #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #Infocom #retrogaming 0235
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Spellbreaker was released 41 years ago today on Sep 16, 1985. Written by Dave Lebling. It was #Infocom's 18th game. After saving your mentor Belboz in SORCERER, you have become the leader of the Circle of Enchanters. Now spells are failing to work or go strangely wrong. #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 0173
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Infidel was released 43 years ago today on Sep 16, 1983. Written by Michael Berlyn. It was #Infocom's 10th game. You are an adventurer in search of a lost Egyptian Pyramid. Your companions have left you alone in the desert! #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #textadventure #retrogaming 0153
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#Commodore64 owners past & present what is your all-time favorite C64 game (no lists please only pick 1). My #1 game is from 1980 & came to the #C64 in 1982. It was the very 1st 5.25 game on disk I ever bought. I bought it Feb 1984 at the same time as my 1st 1541 drive. Mine is Zork I from #Infocom 7213
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Beyond Zork was released 39 years ago today on Sep 15, 1987. Written by Brian Moriarty it was #Infocom's 29th game. The Southlands of Quendor are in dark times. Enchanters have disappeared and monsters are roaming the countryside. The Implementors, godlike creatures have a task for you. #Commodore 1162
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy was released 42 years ago today on Sept 14, 1984. Written by Steve Meretzky and Douglas Adams. It was #Infocom's 14th game. What a bad day! As the story begins a bulldozer is preparing to level your house. DON’T PANIC! #Commodore64 #Commodore #C64 4459
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here is my Commodore PET 2001-N, an 8-bit computer that was sold by #Commodore Business Machines from 1979-1980. The N stands for New representing the updated model with a full-sized keyboard and removed internal dattasette. This model was sold for a year following the original PET 2001 (1977-1979). 4272
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Commodore C128DCR is the last 8-bit computer that was designed and sold by Commodore Business Machines. It was sold 1986–1989. It can run in C64 mode. It has two CPUs with one being a Z80 so it can run CP/M. It has a built in 1571 floppy disk drive. #Commodore #retrocomputing #retrocomputers 3518
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Commodore 128, also known as the C128, is an 8-bit home computer sold by #Commodore Business Machines from 1985–1989. It runs in 5 modes one being C64 mode. Then C128 in 40 or 80 column mode. It has two CPUs with one being a Z80 so it can run CP/M in 40 or 80 column mode. #Commodore64 #C64 #C128 1112
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here are my three Commodore SX-64 (aka the Executive 64). It is a portable #Commodore64 8-bit computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines from Dec 1983 – 1986. About 85,000 units were sold based on serial number data. It was the 1st color portable computer & weighed just 23 lb. (10.5 kg). 2284
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The #Commodore C16 & C116 are 8-bit home computers that were sold by Commodore Business Machines from 1984–1985. These two computers were part of the Commodore 264-ine of computers which consisted of the Plus/4 also. The C16 sold 1,266,000 unit. The C116 sold 51,000 units and was only sold in Europe 48112
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Commodore plus/4 is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines from 1984 – 1985. The plus/4 refers to the four on ROM office suite applications it has. It was part of the Commodore 264-line of computers which also consisted of the C16 and C116. #Commodore 0414
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The MAX Machine (Model No. MAX-04) is an 8-bit home computer/Video game console designed & sold by Commodore International only in Japan, beginning in early 1982 & discontinued also in 1982. It has the same CPU (6510), video (VIC-II) & sound (SID) chips as the C64 but only 2k of RAM. #Commodore #C64 6387
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Here is my early VIC-20 with a PET style keyboard only used in the very early VIC-20 computers. The Commodore VIC-20 was named after its VIC chip, with the number "20" added by the product manager Michael Tomczyk simply as a "friendly number" to give the machine a warm, approachable feel. #Commodore 10689
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My newest addition. Commodore 64 Silver Label is the earliest C64 with about 80,000 of them built between early 1982 & early 1983. They featured metallic labels in the US & plastic or vinyl labels in Europe. Commodore recalled many of these early units due to technical defects with the video. #C64 3424
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Commodore has reached 30K in C64U sales! It's a GREAT day for Commodore! #Commodore #C64 0173
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 03/09/2026My MSD SD-2 and 2 MSD SD-1 are great drives. They are notorious for leaking capacitor issues. The drive mechanisms & boards are packed with polarized electrolytic capacitors that are prone to spilling corrosive electrolyte, & eating through PCB traces. I had Wes in Maine repair all 3 of them. #C64 071
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I bought this battery powered handheld vacuum / blower from Amazon. It works GREAT with 3 speeds for dusting my retro Commodore keyboards. #Commodore #C64 2213
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Starcross was released 44 years ago today on September 1, 1982. It was written by Dave Lebling and is Infocom's 5th game. The year is 2186. You are a black-hole miner aboard the M.C.M. Starcross searching for black holes, but instead you find an alien spaceship. #Commodore64 #C64 #Commodore #Infocom 0183
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I recently took down a 55-inch TV & put up a shelf to have a place for my three new C64 Ultimate Computers that were released last year when Commodore came back as a company on Aug 1, 2025. I'm still trying to figure out how to display them. These are my 2 finalist ideas. Thoughts? #C64 #Commodore 3153
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Zork III - The Dungeon Master was released 44 years ago today on Aug 18, 1982. It was written by Marc Blank & Dave Lebling, the authors of Zork I & II. It was #Infocom's 4th game. In Zork III you have to confront the DUNGEON MASTER. More traps to avoid, and more tricks to find out. #C64 #Commodore64 2193
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A Mind Forever Voyaging was released 41 years ago today on Aug 14, 1985. Written by Steve Meretzky it was #Infocom's 17th game. The year is 2031 and the world is in chaos after WW3. You are PRISM, the world's 1st conscious AI, only you can visit places that have never been seen before. #Commodore 071
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Enchanter was released 43 years ago today on August 10, 1983. It was written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling. It was Infocom's 9th game. You are a novice magician who knows a few spells, but you'll need to learn a lot more to combat the evil Warlock who controls the lands. #Infocom #C64 #Commodore64 081
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Cutthroats was released 42 years ago today on August 9th, 1984. It written by Michael Berlin and Jerry Wolper. It was Infocom's 13th game. You are a diver who wants to search an old shipwreck site for treasure. Watch out, some people don't want you to succeed. #Infocom #C64 #Commodore64 #Commodore 1163
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is a 1 min video showing close ups of my Infocom collection. #Infocom #C64 #Commodore64 #Commodore 1151
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I just updated my Infocom collection display photo because the old one is a few years old & this new one has many more pieces. 12 OG Folio packages, 31 Grey boxes, 10 games with graphics, 4 Trilogies, 5 Solid Gold editions, 10 Mastertronic re-releases & Commodores 3 package types of the 1st 6 games 0192
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Plundered Hearts was released 39 years ago today on July 30, 1987. It was written by Amy Brings and it is Infocom's 29th game. Set in the 1600s, you are a young Englishwoman travelling to the West Indies to care for your ill father, but your ship is attacked by pirates. #C64 #Commodore64 #Infocom 120
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Nord & Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It was released 39 years ago today on July 22, 1987. It was written by Jeff O'Neil & Infocom's 28th game. Rather than being 1 long story, it's a collection of eight short stories with punning, wordplay & verbal trickery. #Commodore #C64 #Infocom #Retrogaming 060
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Leather Goddesses of Phobos was released 40 years ago today on July 11, 1986. It was written by Steve Meretzky. It is Infocom's 22nd game. The year is 1936. You are at your favorite bar when you are abducted by aliens. The game has 3 modes, Tame, Suggestive, or Lewd. #Infocom #Commodore #C64 2202
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Planetfall was released 43 years ago today on July 8, 1983. It was written by Steve Meretzky and is Infocom's 8th game. You are a 7th Class Ensign of the Stellar Patrol serving aboard the S.P.S. Feinstein. You are hoping that something exciting will happen. #Commodore64 #C64 #Infocom 1111
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Happy 47th Birthday #Infocom. Thank you for 31 GREAT All text games (1980-1987) followed by 10 games that had some form of graphics in the game (1988-1989). It was a sad day when Activision ended you on May 5, 1989, when they fired all employees except for 5 who they moved to Activision HQ in CA. 0123
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur was released 37 years ago today on June 6, 1989. Written by Bob Bates It was Infocom's 41st & last game. Activision who had acquired Infocom in a merger on February 12, 1986, fired all but five of the Infocom employees on May 5, 1989 & closed down the Infocom offices. 0142
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The Witness was released 43 years ago today on May 24, 1983. It was written by Stu Galley and was Infocom's 7th game. You are a police detective in 1938 in LA. A wealthy man has been murdered, and you have 12 hours to solve the murder. #Infocom #Commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #InteractiveFiction 080
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I just received my Sega Saturn CD version of Zork I from Japan. This is my 9th packaging type for Zork I. #Infocom 0110
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 16/05/2026A question came up in my feed that asked for a game that is GREAT in Gameplay, Graphic, Story and Music. I used a little bit of editing of the photo the person posted with their question so that I could choose my #1 all-time favorite game on the C64. #Infocom #C64 221
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Trinity was released 40 years ago today on May 9, 1986. It is Infocom's 21st game & written by Brian Moriarty. You're an American tourist in London, on a stroll when World War III starts & the city is vaporized! What? It was 1 of 4 games not released on the C64. #Infocom #Commodore #Amiga #C128 181
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The Lurking horror was released 39 years ago today on May 6, 1987. It was Infocom's 26th All Text game and the only in the horror genre. It was written by Dave Lebling. Alarming events at G.U.E. Tech soon lead you to finding a powerful evil within the pits of school. #Infocom #Commodore #C64 1122
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Journey was released 37 years ago today on May 1, 1989. It was Infocom's 40th game. Written by Marc Blank. Evil has fallen over the land. The only hope is to find the wizard Astrix. An expedition has been assembled and will soon embark on a Journey into the unknown. #Infocom #Amiga #AdventureGames 0165
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Wishbringer was released 41 years ago today on May 1, 1985. It was Infocom's 16th game. It was written by Brian Moriarty. You are a postal clerk in a small village which is attacked by goons, trolls, vultures, & the like. #Infocom #C64 #Commodore #Commodor64 #InteractiveFiction #Retrogaming 2165
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Seastalker was released 42 years ago today on May 1, 1984. It was #Infocom 12th game. It was written by Stu Galley & Jim Lawrence. You are a marine scientist. A research facility called the Aquadome has issued a call for help. #Commodore64 #C64 #InteractiveFiction #AdventureGames #Retrogaming 1173
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 29/04/2026How are people felling after seeing yesterday that Commodore has added 3 more computer models to their store website only 9 months after they came back by buying all 47 of the original Commodore trademarks. #C64 #Commodore 141
Charles Hawn @charleshawn66.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Commodore has added 3 models of their new Commodore 64C Ultimate to their store. BASIC Beige $300, Starlight Edition $350 & Founders Edition $500. Since they are only selling 640 of the Commodore 64C Founders Edition, I went ahead and just ordered mine. #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 061