Posted By
Bacon
on 2002-12-28
|  About the Spectrum etc.
Spector, I see what you mean. You're probably right. I've only played Spectrum games on emulators (I live in Sweden, where the Spectrum never was a hit) but the few I've tried are indeed very good. I guess the programmers had to squeeze everything possible out of a graphically limited machine.
But the Spectrum was actually released in the US by Timex as the TS 1000, TS1500 and TS 2068 but the C64 already owned the American market by then.
I agree about the hybrid C64/Plus4 idea. That would have been a great machine. But the C16/Plus4 is still a very nice micro. 
Still, if you're looking for the ultimate Commodore 8-bit micro I advise you to find a C128. That is one great machine! Mine sits on the desk two feet away from my modern PC. My Plus/4 and VIC-20 gets out of the closet quite often, but the C128 is always there, ready to fire up a game or for a programming session.
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