Tulip positioning Commodore brand for relaunch.

[Chathurawind]

Commodore International BV, owned by Tulip Computers, will be holding a press conference June 17th.

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Go here for the Web Feed:
http://www.commodoreworld.com/press/

[Argo]

Submitted by Red. Sorry.

[Framiga]

smell of new business ;-)

. . . better late than never.

[MrZammler]

Watching it now, they're talking about the C64, coming back in some sort of emulator, etc.

Suppose I'm waiting for that Commodore Amiga announcement ;-)

[itix]

Commodore coming back.. heh, retro :-)

[MrZammler]

They make some mp3 players and such, and they gave them names like (e)Vic, Pet, etc. Lame IMHO.

Their web site is now open, but there is not a signle sign of commodore feeling there...

[itix]

Don't forget they are true successors to the Commodore brand :-D Can I hear Commodore Anywhere? :lol:

[Magic-Merl]

Do you think they will re-launch the brand or just fade away, because it looks like there are no new products to market.

Does anyone know any different.

[itix]

The brand name alone is not going to sell their stuff.

[Akiko]

Commodore sounds a much better brand name than Tulip computers  :lol:

[MAD]

Hoya!

Hum... Maybe something WAY cool is in progress...

/dream mode ON

Commodore buying Hyperion and launching the AONE/OS4 bundle for my birthday...

/dream mode OFF

Hope they lost Mehdi Ali's phone number... :-D

Be funky

M A D

[odin]

This reeks of lameness all around. They're selling music (?) on the commodoreworld.com website?

And their new 'product' is a plug in your tv thingamgajig like the Atari joystick thing with a bunch of Epyx games. I wonder if the original authors get paid any royalties.....

And what's with the lame italics C= logo. Bah, I hope Tulip goes bust sooner than later.

-edit-
BWAHAHAHAHAAH :lol:
They're offering C64 games for download. As long as you get a 5EUR/month subscribtion. :-D

[Ilwrath]

This reeks of lameness all around.

Agreed.  Tulip never was one of my favorite companies (after harrasing Jerri Elsworth, and all)...  And, now, browsing that site has greatly lowered my opinion of their offerings, as well.  

A C64 branded joystick with Epyx games that are available free on Back2Roots?  But just because they are available free there for personal download...  Doesn't necessarily mean that they're totally free to do with what they like.  I wonder if Tulip secured the proper rights from Hasbro (who IIRC owns the rights to the old Epyx games).  If they did get squared away with whoever is the owner, that would improve my opinion of the product...  If not, it should be fun to watch Hasbro bludgeon Tulip to death.  :lol:

[EDIT]:  I think Infogrames actually purchased the rights to these games from Hasbro a year or two ago...  Anyhow, it'll still be interesting to see if Tulip was on the up-and-up, or not...

[TheMagicM]

I thought c64 games were free?  I forget but I downloaded about 2000 or so off some ftp site..I forget the name.  I agree though..joystick thing is lame.

[Ilwrath]

I thought c64 games were free?

A lot of them are free for personal use, but all rights are still reserved.  

Personal use is quite a different thing from being included in a compilation that is to be sold for profit........