My first computer was the Commodore 64, having received it as a Christmas gift in 1985. It was $499 and I had to contribute $200 towards the price of it.
It had a music maker keyboard attachment, 1531 datacassette, International Soccer cartridge, six tape games and the 4 programming books.
I remember being so eager for it, before receiving it, I was writing BASIC programs before I got it.
I got a 1084S monitor and 1541-2 disk drive in 1989 and was amazed by some of the disk based games I had missed out.
I find the C64 even more amazing than the Amiga, given what you could do with it given the original hardware didn't really change for over 10 years!
Favourite games include Wizball, Head over Heels, Power Drift, Turbo Outrun, Project Stealth Fighter and Red Storm Rising.
I still have a fondness for it, though for learning to program it had an awful basic with no sound or graphics commands.
Happy Birthday C64, it was you that led me to the Amiga....
