- Name
- Commodore 16
- Abbreviation
- C16
- Release Date
- September 1984
- Manufacturer
- Commodore (Company)
- Launch price
- $99.99
- Install base
- 1,260,000
- Online service
- No
- Aliases
- Commodore Plus/4,C16,Commodore 116,C116
Commodore 16
Commodore's successor to the VIC-20 that never sold well.
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Summary
Intended to replace the VIC-20 as Commodore's entry-level (sub-$100) home computer, the C16 was an odd late-1984 entry in the 8-bit home computer market. Although featuring better graphics capabilities, it was less powerful than, and incompatible with its older brother, the Commodore 64 (Platform). It shared many features with the Plus/4, Commodore's attempt at a business-oriented computer. A poor seller in the US, and with a tiny software base compared to the C64, the machine gained only a niche market share in Europe and Mexico. In Europe an even cheaper version called the Commodore 116 was sold, replacing the standard keyboard with a rubber-membrane keyboard similar to that of the ZX Spectrum (Platform).
System Specifications
- CPU: MOS Technologies 8501 (6502 compatible) at 0.89/1.76 MHz
- Memory: 16KB RAM
- Graphics: TED chip, 121 colors (8 shades of 15 colors plus black) , 40 x 25 text, 320 x 200 pixels
- Sound: TED chip (2 channels w/ 4 octaves and noise)
- OS: Commodore Basic 3.5
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- 'g'man (Game)
- 3D Quasars (Game)
- 3D Time Trek (Game)
- ACE 2 (Game)
- ACE: Air Combat Emulator (Game)
- Aardvark (Game)
- Adventure 1 (Game)
- Alien Attack (Game)
- Arena 3000 (Game)
- Arrow of Death Part I (Game)
- Attack of the PETSCII Robots (Game)
- Auf Wiedersehen Monty (Game)
- BMX Racers (Game)
- BMX Simulator (Game)
- Baby Berks (Game)
- Bandits At Zero (Game)
- Battle (Game)
- Berks (Game)
- Berks 3: They're Angry! (Game)
- Big Mac: The Mad Maintenance Man (Game)
- Blagger (Game)
- Blockbusters (Game)
- Bomb Jack (Game)
- Bomb Jack II (Game)
- Bongo (Game)
- Bounder and Planet Search (Game)
- C16 Star Games Classics (Game)
- C16 Star Games Classics III (Game)
- C16's plus4 Classics (Game)
- C16's plus4 Classics II (Game)
- Championship Wrestling (Game)
- Circus (Game)
- Commando (Game)
- Cosmic Commando (Game)
- Cruncher (Game)
- Cuthbert Enters the Tombs of Doom (Game)
- Cuthbert in Space (Game)
- Cuthbert in the Cooler (Game)
- Cutthroats (Game)
- Danger Zone (Game)
- Demolition (Game)
- Dork's Dilemma? (Game)
- Emerald Mine (Game)
- Escape from Pulsar 7 (Game)
- European Games (Game)
- Feasibility Experiment (Game)
- Fiends (Game)
- Five Star Games (Game)
- Five Star Games 2 (Game)
- Five Star III (Game)
- Football Manager (Game)
- Footballer of the Year (Game)
- Formula 1 Simulator (Game)
- Future Knight (Game)
- Galaxions (Game)
- Ghosts 'N Goblins (Game)
- Gremlins: The Adventure (Game)
- Gullwing Falcon (Game)
- Hektik (Game)
- Hercules (Game)
- Hide and Seek (Game)
- Hopman (Game)
- Hustler (Game)
- Hyperforce (Game)
- Invasion 2000 A.D. (Game)
- Jack Attack (Game)
- Jet Set Willy (Game)
- Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier (Game)
- Jetbrix (Game)
- Karate King (Game)
- Karting Grand Prix (Game)
- Killapede (Game)
- Knock Out (Game)
- Kung-Fu Kid (Game)
- Leapin' Louie! (Game)
- Liberator (Game)
- Liberator / Space Fiends (Game)
- Lone Survivor/Wacky Painter (Game)
- Major Blink: Berks 2 (Game)
- Manic Miner (Game)
- Meteorite (Game)
- Mission Mars (Game)
- Monkey Magic (Game)
- Monty on the Run (Game)
- Number Builder (Game)
- Number Chaser (Game)
- On Cue (Game)
- Pac-Man (Game)
- Pac-Mania (Game)
- Perseus & Andromeda (Game)
- Petals of Doom (Game)
- Phantom (Game)
- Pheenix (Game)
- Planetfall (Game)
- Project Nova (Game)
- Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man (Game)
- Questprobe Featuring The Hulk (Game)
- Quick Draw (Game)
- Reach for the Sky (Game)
- Rescue From Zylon (Game)