New C64 Mini Limited Edition Includes 25 Modern Commodore Games
Retro Games Limited just launched a new version of its miniature Commodore 64 home computer. The C64 Mini – Black Edition is a limited release that celebrates the talented developers who create modern Commodore games. The Black Edition comes preloaded with The C64 Mini’s original 64-game lineup and 25 modern titles, including all-time C64 greats like Sam’s Journey and A Pig Quest.
The C64 Mini – Black Edition retails for $120 and is exclusive to Amazon in the United States. Amazon is “temporarily out of stock” on launch day (October 24), but you can still place an order. The original C64 Mini launched in 2018 with a $70 MSRP–you can grab one today from Amazon for only $51. The substantial price hike is probably partially tied to economic changes and tariffs, but the inclusion of the modern games likely played a much larger role.
The vast majority of the new games–19 to be exact–are sold on itch.io by big Commodore 64 publishers, including Psytronik and Protovision. Psytronik’s games are usually five bucks or less, but titles published by Protovision tend to carry higher price tags. There are four preloaded Protovision games that would normally cost around $55 combined: Sam’s Journey ($24), A Pig Quest ($11.61), MW Ultra ($11), and Yeti Mountain ($9). These are among the most ambitious C64 games around. For instance, developer Knights of Bytes created over 2,000 screens for Sam’s Journey’s 30 extremely long levels. It’s one of the best retro platformers I’ve ever played (it’s also available on NES). In short: The $50 price increase seems more than reasonable.
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The Black Edition comes with the same items as the original: The C64 Mini computer, a classic USB joystick, USB power cable, HDMI cable, and instruction manual. Like numerous other mini consoles, it doesn’t come with an AC adapter, but basically any USB brick will work. Or you can just power it through one of the USB ports on your TV.
The C64 Mini is approximately half the size of the original Commodore 64 computer. The “keyboard” is decorative–none of the mini home computers have functioning keyboards. But if you want to use the BASIC interpreter to write your own programs and/or boot games you add to The C64 Mini via USB stick, you can plug just about any keyboard into the second USB port. You can also connect a second joystick for multiplayer. A solid, budget-friendly option is the Hyperkin Trooper for around $18.
The C64 Mini displays games in 720p resolution in pixel perfect or original 4:3 aspect ratios. You can add scanlines (CRT filter) if you want to replicate the classic look. All preloaded games have four save slots, and you can save your progress at any point.
Here’s the full list of modern Commodore 64 games included on The C64 Mini – Black Edition out of the box. The prices next to each title are what you’d pay on itch.io. Games without prices are available to download for free. As a reminder, these are just the new games; the Black Edition still comes with the original 64 games.
25 New Games:
- A Pig Quest ($11.61)
- Caren and the Tangled Tentacles (~$80, Physical)
- Galencia ($5)
- Good Kniight ($4)
- Grid Pix ($2)
- Guns ‘N’ Ghosts ($3)
- Hessian ($2)
- Hunter’s Moon Remastered ($5)
- It’s Magic 2 ($2.22)
- Joe Gunn: Gold Edition
- Metal Warrior Ultra ($11)
- Millie & Molly ($2)
- Nixy and the Seeds of Doom
- Ooze: The Escape
- p0 Snake
- Pains ‘N’ Aches ($5)
- Planet Golf (~$43, Physical)
- Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis ($5)
- Runn ‘N’ Gunn ($2)
- Sam’s Journey ($24)
- Shadow Switcher
- Spinning Image
- Steel Ranger ($5)
- Yeti Mountain ($9)
You can find plenty of other modern C64 homebrew on itch.io. If you buy a ROM from itch.io or another site, you can load it on The C64 Mini via USB.
Check out the original C64 Mini below to see the list of classic ’80s games.
$51 (was $70)
The C64 Mini and The C64 Mini – Black Edition have the following preloaded games from the ’80s.
- Alleykat
- Anarchy
- Armalyte – Competition Edition
- Avenger
- Battle Valley
- Boulder Dash
- Bounder
- California Games
- Chip’s Challenge
- Confusion
- Cosmic Causeway
- Creatures
- Cyberdyne Warrior
- Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
- Cybernoid II: The Revenge
- Deflektor
- Everyone’s a Wally
- Firelord
- Gribbly’s Day Out
- Hawkeye
- Heartland
- Herobotix
- Highway Encounter
- Hunter’s Moon
- Hysteria
- Impossible Mission
- Impossible Mission II
- IO
- Jumpman
- Mega Apocalypse
- Mission A.D.
- Monty Mole
- Monty on the Run
- Nebulus
- Netherworld
- Nobby the Aardvark
- Nodes of Yesod
- Paradroid
- Pitstop II
- Ranarama
- Robin of the Wood
- Rubicon
- Skate Crazy
- Skool Daze
- Snare
- Speedball
- Speedball 2 – Brutal Deluxe
- Spindizzy
- Star Paws
- Steel
- Street Sports Baseball
- Summer Games II
- Super Cycle
- Temple of Apshai Triology
- The Arc of Yesod
- Thing Bounces Back
- Thing on a Spring
- Trailblazer
- Uchi Mata
- Uridium
- Who Dares Wins II
- Winter Games
- World Games
- Zynaps
$93.49 (was $110)
As mentioned, any USB keyboard should work with The C64 Mini, but it’s worth shouting out the awesome 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard: C64 Edition. The Commodore-inspired keyboard comes with detachable Super Buttons and a detachable arcade stick. This is a wireless keyboard with 2.4GHz and Bluetooth support for PC, Mac, SteamOS, Android, and iOS. That said, you can use it as a wired keyboard by connecting the included USB cable.
The C64 Edition 8BitDo Keyboard is discounted to $93.49 (was $110). If this deal disappears, there’s another listing for $95.
8BitDo also makes keyboards themed around other classic gaming platforms, including NES, Famicom, and the original Xbox. The transparent green Xbox-inspired model is officially licensed by Microsoft and is on sale for $92.40 (was $120) at Amazon. The NES-inspired edition is only $80 (was $100). Check out the list below for more deals:
$120
Retro Games Limited has manufactured numerous mini retro computers in addition to The C64 Mini. The other one that you can buy in the United States for its MSRP is The 400 Mini. It plays all Atari 8-bit games, including titles for the 400, 130XE, 800XL, and other home computers. It also plays Atari 5200 console games.
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New C64 Mini Limited Edition Includes 25 Modern Commodore Games
