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 PLATFORM:
Commodore VIC-20
MEDIA: Cassette Tape, Cartridge,
5.25" Floppy
PRODUCED BY:
Commodore
YEAR INTRODUCED:
1981
See which
games were on
this platform.
Scroll down to see William Shatner's connection.
To learn more
about the Commodore VIC-20, visit the following links:
https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=252
https://www.classicgaming.com/museum/vic20/index.shtml
https://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/vic20.htm
https://www.oldcomputers.net/vic20.html
https://www.vintage-computer.com/vic20.shtml
https://www.vidgame.net/COMMODOR/CVIC20.html
https://www.cedmagic.com/history/commodore-vic20.html
https://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/vic20/
https://www.sothius.com/hypertxt/vc20.html
https://www.cyberstreet.com/hcs/museum/vic20.htm
If any
of these links are dead, please let
us
know!
"THE WONDER COMPUTER OF THE 1980s"
In 1982, William Shatner (Captain Kirk) was employed as a spokesman for the
Commodore VIC-20. His ad campaign, both in print and on television, was designed to
promote the VIC-20 as the perfect balance between the more expensive home computers of
the time and video game-only consoles like the
Atari 2600/VCS. Obvious links were made to Mr. Shatner's Star Trek/sci-fi past,
however, and from what I've read, the ad campaign was discontinued due to the public's
perception of the VIC-20 as being a "sci-fi toy".
Below are three scans of print ads archived from the 'net along with a vidcap of an
actual 30-second TV commercial (MPEG, 3.85MB):
Video courtesy of Retro Junk. A WMV version of
the above commercial can be found on their page
HERE.
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