The History of Commodore Pt 3

TCW Podcast Episode 246 - The History of Commodore Pt 3 After Jack Tramiel left Commodore and founded Tramel Technology, the company pressed on with mixed results. Systems like the SX 64, the C900, the Plus/4, the C16, and the C116 failed to gain traction, which led to the development of the C128. It improved on the C64 in many ways, but because so many games relied on C64 quirks, Commodore included a full C64 mode to preserve compatibility, so software support was poor. During this period Amiga was shopping its advanced chipset and entered a tentative agreement with Atari, but Jack’s impending purchase of Atari from Warner disrupted the arrangement. Commodore stepped in to pay off the outstanding note, which led to Commodore acquiring Amiga outright. This set the stage for the Amiga 1000, its famous bouncing ball demo, and a new chapter in Commodore’s history as the company entered the sixteen bit era TCW 2025 Livestream: Computer Chronicles Revisited - SMOliva: Computer Chronicles Revisited - SMOliva: Commodore C900: Commodore SX-64: Commodore Plus 4 C16 & C116: XKCD - Workflow: Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit): Joyboard: Boing Demo: Amiga 1000: Launch Event of the Amiga in 1985: Amiga 1000 Sidcar: TCW 172 - The Computer Price Wars Pt 1: TCW 173 - The Computer Wars Pt 2: TCW 174 - The Computer Wars Pt 3: New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month! TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: Alex's Video Game History Blog: Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: Outro Music: RoleMusic - Bacterial Love: Copyright: Attribution:

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The History of Commodore Pt 3 is an episode from They Create Worlds by Alex Smith, and Jeffrey Daum.

This episode is 93:38 long.

This episode was published on Nov 15, 2025.

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