Producer: Commodore - Category: Game Console
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Video game console, 1990, Commodore. The Commodore 64 Games System (C64GS) is a Commodore 64 without keyboard, sold in Europe in December 1990 as a cartridge console to compete with Nintendo and Sega; it was a commercial failure with about 20,000 units shipped.
| Years | December 1990 to 1991 |
| Manufacturer | Commodore International |
| Processor | MOS Technology 8500 at 0.985 MHz (PAL) |
| RAM | 64 KB |
| ROM | 20 KB (modified KERNAL that starts cartridges automatically) |
| Graphics | VIC-II 8565, 320 x 200 pixels, 16 colours, 8 hardware sprites |
| Sound | SID 8580, 3 voices |
| Media | cartridges (cartridge port on the top of the case) |
| Ports | 2 control ports, cartridge port, RF and audio/video output |
| Bundled software | cartridge with four games (Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun, International Soccer, Flimbo's Quest, Klax) |
| Price (1990) | 99.99 pounds |
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