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Title: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: amigakit on June 16, 2005, 07:28:41 PM

Commodore C64 Direct to TV is now available to buy from AmigaKit.com.  The C64 DTV is a computer in a joystick that plugs into your TV and allows you to play the 30 in-built C64 classic games.

Click here (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=279)

The line-up of original games includes Summer Games, Winter Games, Pitstop (I & II),  Impossible Mission (I & II), Firelord, World Karate Champion, Speedball and many more. Unlike the original computer, you won't have to wait ages for the tape to load each game, they load up from memory almost instantly!

Also available from AmigaKit.com (http://www.amigakit.com) is the Competition Pro USB Joystick (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=279) - a USB remake of the classic games controller.

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: billt on June 16, 2005, 07:50:37 PM

Is this the one from Jeri Ellsworth that's fun to tinker with?

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: Linchpin on June 16, 2005, 08:35:59 PM

Yup ;)

Just been looking at the site showing the stripdown... sweet!

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: odin on June 16, 2005, 09:09:44 PM

A Ms. Ellsworth stripdown?

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: Linchpin on June 16, 2005, 09:35:19 PM

Well... of her product anyway.

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: Christian Johansson on June 16, 2005, 09:46:34 PM

Is this a PAL version?

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: odin on June 16, 2005, 11:26:03 PM

Both products?

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: ottomobiehl on June 16, 2005, 11:49:11 PM

Nice, I've been wanting to pick one up.  I'm not much of a hardware hacker but I would like to add the Keyboard and disk drive. :-)

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: adolescent on June 17, 2005, 01:48:19 AM

If the games list on the site is correct then this isn't the new and improved/fixed PAL version.

Plus, not to rain on the parade, but it's much cheaper to buy from places like amazon.co.uk, etc.

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: Darrin on June 17, 2005, 01:09:28 PM

New and improved PAL version?

I have the NTSC one and my only gripe was that some games like Uridium seemed to be running too fast.  It was suggested that this was because the timing on the NTSC version may have been off.

In what way has the PAL version been improved and where can I find details on it?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: adolescent on June 17, 2005, 06:24:06 PM

I haven't yet seen a comprehensive list of what was fixed.  The games are very different.  I hope the compatibility with non DTV games (ie. floppy games) is improved.

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: mindprober on July 30, 2005, 04:52:27 AM

So I finally picked up once of these at my local "Toys R Us" Very nice selection of games and good menu layout! Unfortunately, there is also a good deal of what appears to be video interference in the form of wavy vertical lines. I've tried relocating the equipment, but it did not help. Perhaps the long, thin video cable just isn't very good at sheilding.

Anyone else seeing this?

Title: Re: Commodore C64 Direct to TV Available
Post by: coldfish on August 12, 2005, 12:49:50 PM

These things are selling like small warm bread related products!

I wonder if we'll ever see a A500-DTV?