{"id":7576,"date":"2018-07-24T09:20:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T23:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2018-07-24T09:20:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T23:20:50","slug":"the-commodore64-jumps-on-the-minified-cash-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/the-commodore64-jumps-on-the-minified-cash-train\/","title":{"rendered":"The Commodore64 jumps on the minified cash train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7577\" src=\"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/C64_BOXSHOT_2D_US_English-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"4259\" height=\"1685\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>THEC64\u00ae Mini, a 50% replica of the of the world\u2019s bestselling home computer that launched in 1982, comes pre-loaded with 64 classic games and THEC64\u00ae Joystick.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is an obvious cash grab, I&#8217;m fully aware of that, but just like the NES and the SNES mini that came before I find myself drawn to it.<\/p>\n<p>I know I could just install an emulator and run the games on anything from a RPi to probably an iPhone at this point but who can be bothered with that. Clearly not a lot of people given the sales of Nintendo&#8217;s minified boxes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s extensive game list is calling to me&#8230; like a moth to the flame. How can I resist the games of my youth like Boulder Dash, Monty on the Run, Speedball 1 &amp; 2, California Games, and more.<\/p>\n<p>THEC64 Mini is launching October 9th but there&#8217;s no word on pricing as yet and slated only for a North American release at this point.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THEC64 Mini \u2013 2018 promo (American English)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zs2W_-R75Dk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THEC64\u00ae Mini, a 50% replica of the of the world\u2019s bestselling home computer that launched in 1982, comes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7579,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions\/7579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}