VIC-20

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VIC-20
Designer Commodore Business Machines
Manufacturer Commodore Business Machines
CPU NTSC: 1.02 MHz MOS 6502
PAL: 1.108404 MHz MOS 6502
Graphics VIC, 176 × 184, 16 colors
Memory 5 KB RAM (expandable to 32 KB)
20 KB ROM
Media Commodore Datasette
5¼ floppy disk
Released JP: 1980
EU/NA: 1981
Added to Museum Not yet

VIC-20, known in Japan as the VIC-1001, and in Germany as the VC-20, was a computer by Commodore Business Machines.

History

The VIC-20 was the second computer by Commodore Business Machines. It was known as the VC-20 in Germany, because VIC pronounced with a German accent sounded like the German expletives "fick" or "wichsen". It was marketed in that region with the backronym VolksComputer (people's computer).

Legacy of the VIC-20

The legacy of the Commodore 64 remains, even after its heyday. Independent games continue to be produced for the system to this day.

A plug and play video game console based on the Commodore VIC-20, THEVIC20 was produced by Retro Games.

Video games for VIC-20 owned by WEC Museum

Title Developer Added to Museum
Abductor Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Andes Attack Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Arcadia Imagine Software June 2, 2022
Bewitched Imagine Software June 2, 2022
Blitzkrieg Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Brainstorm Pixel Productions June 2, 2022
California Games Epyx June 2, 2022
Catcha Snatcha Imagine Software June 2, 2022
Connect Four Keith Pomakis June 2, 2022
Encounter John Gibbons June 2, 2022
Firelord John Cumming June 2, 2022
Frantic Imagine Software June 2, 2022
Frog Chase Arctic Computing June 2, 2022
Gridrunner Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Harvester Pixel Productions June 2, 2022
Headbangers Heaven Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Hell Gate Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Impossible Mission Dan Caswell June 2, 2022
Laser Zone Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Martians Artic Computing June 2, 2022
Matrix Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Mega Vault Imagine Software June 2, 2022
Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Planet of Death Richard Turner, Chris Thornton June 2, 2022
Psychedelia Llamasoft June 2, 2022
Snake Chuck Sommerville June 2, 2022
Starquest Pixel Productions June 2, 2022
Subspace Striker Pixel Productions June 2, 2022
Tank Battle Arctic Computing June 2, 2022
Wacky Waiters Imagine Software June 2, 2022
Winter Games Action Graphics June 2, 2022
World Games K-Byte June 2, 2022
Tank Battle Arctic Computing June 2, 2022
Zor Pixel Productions June 2, 2022
Zynaps John Cumming June 2, 2022