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Dylan Cornelius's avatar

Another fantastic read, thanks Ryan! I'll keep an eye out for the book.

My first gaming anything was my grandpa's Commodore 64. Lots of fond memories playing Pac-Man and Carmen Sandiego with him on there. But once the NES came along, the rest was history.

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Michael Tomczyk's avatar

Jack was definitely NOT "afraid of the 'mob'" - he was absolutely fearless. NO. Bally was the first arcade game company to license games to Commodore and it would have been bad form to do a deal with their competitor (Nintendo). That was the basis of Jack's decision.

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Ryan K. Rigney's avatar

Adding this quote in to the piece itself!

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Stephen Camburn's avatar

Amazing article and a thoroughly interesting read!! Thank-you 😃

The intriguing history of the C64 and the forks in the road of commodore is really interesting. Will definitely check out the book over the holidays!!

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