Commodore

Commodore was founded by Jack Tramiel in 1954 as a typewriter company, moved into calculators, and in the late 1970s into home computers with the PET and then the VIC-20. Its two most famous machines, the Commodore 64 and the Amiga, are below. Commodore went bankrupt in 1994, but both are very well emulated today.

Commodore 64 Emulators and more ›

The Commodore 64, from 1982, sold somewhere between 12 and 17 million units and is often called the best-selling single computer model ever. Its low price put it in millions of homes, and its SID sound chip still has a following among musicians. VICE emulates it with high accuracy.

Amiga Emulators and more ›

The Amiga, from 1985, had custom graphics and sound chips and a multitasking operating system years ahead of other home computers. It was hugely popular in Europe for games such as Lemmings, Sensible Soccer and Shadow of the Beast, and for video work. WinUAE and FS-UAE run its software today.