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{{Infobox_Hardware |hardware_image=[[File:VIC-20 logo.jpg|250px]]|
{{Infobox_Hardware |hardware_image=[[File:VIC-20 logo.jpg|250px]]|
hardware_name  = THEVIC20|
hardware_name  = VIC-20|
designer        = [[Retro Games]]|
designer        = [[Commodore Business Machines]]|
manufacturer    = [[Koch Media]]|
manufacturer    = [[Commodore Business Machines]]|
cpu            = 1.2 Ghz Dual-core Cortex-A7|
cpu            = NTSC: 1.02 MHz [[MOS Technology|MOS]] [[6502]]<br />PAL: 1.108404 MHz [[MOS Technology|MOS]] [[6502]]|
gpu            = 500 Mhz Dual-core Mali-400 ARM|
gpu            = [[VIC]], 176 × 184, 16 colors|
ram            = 512MB|
ram            = 5 KB RAM (expandable to 32 KB)<br />20 KB ROM|
vram            = N/A |
media          = [[Commodore Datasette]]<br />[[floppy disk|5¼ floppy disk]]|
media          = built-in media|
release        = JP: 1980<br />EU/NA: 1981|
release        = EU: October 23, 2020|
added_to_museum = Not yet|
added_to_museum = Not yet|
}}
}}
'''THEVIC20 ''' is a video game console by [[Retro Games]].  
'''VIC-20''', known in Japan as the '''VIC-1001''', and in Germany as the '''VC-20''', was a [[computer]] by [[Commodore Business Machines]].


THEVIC20 is a full-size system with a replica of the original Commodore VIC-20 keyboard. It also came with one joystick designed to replicate Commodore joysticks.
==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).


THEVIC20 can be switched to load into Commodore 64 mode, VIC-20 mode, or the Commodore Carousel menu system.
==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.


==Features==
A plug and play [[video game console]] based on the Commodore VIC-20, [[THEVIC20]] was produced by [[Retro Games]].
It contains sixty-five built-in games. The [[VICE]] [[emulation|emulator]] by [[Jarkko Sonninen]] and the VICE team runs [[BASIC]] and the included games.
 
The power is provided by a standard mini USB plug and wall adapter, and the video is output through HDMI.
 
==Technical specifications==
The system is more powerful than the system on which it is designed.
 
It uses an [[Allwinner]] R16 "system on a chip". The system specifications are as follows:
*1.2 Ghz dual-core Cortex-A7 CPU (central processing unit)
*500 Mhz dual-core Mali-400 ARM GPU (graphics processing unit)
*512MB RAM (random access memory)
*512MB Flash storage
 
Since it uses a common architecture, the system can be modified to add additional games, simply using the supplied mini-USB cable and open-source software.
 
==Games included on THEVIC20==
The following table lists the games included in THEVIC20.


==Video games for VIC-20 owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Developer
!| VIC20
!| Notes
!| Commodore 64
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Abductor]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Abductor]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alleykat]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Andrew Braybrook]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Andes Attack]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Andes Attack]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Arc of Yesod]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Robert Tinman]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Arcadia]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Arcadia]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Bear Bovver]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Jon Ritman]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Bewitched]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Bewitched]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Blitzkrieg]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Blitzkrieg]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Boulder Dash]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Peter Liepa]], [[Chris Grey]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Brainstorm]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Brainstorm]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[California Games]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Catcha Snatcha]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Catcha Snatcha]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Chip's Challenge]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tom Pinnock]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Connect Four]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Connect Four]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Keith Pomakis]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Keith Pomakis]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Cyberdyne Warrior]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John Rowlands]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Cybernoid II: The Revenge]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nick Jones]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Destroyer (1986 video game)|Destroyer]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Chuck Sommerville]], [[Michael Kosaka]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Fourth Encounter|Encounter]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Fourth Encounter|Encounter]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John Gibbons]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John Gibbons]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Firelord]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Firelord]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John Cumming]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John Cumming]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Frantic]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Frantic]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Galencia|Galencia Mini]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Jason Aldred]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Frog Chase]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Frog Chase]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arctic Computing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arctic Computing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Gribbly's Day Out]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Andrew Braybrook]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Gridrunner]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Gridrunner]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Harvester]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Harvester]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Headbangers Heaven]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Headbangers Heaven]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Heartland]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Keith Robinson]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Hell Gate]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Hell Gate]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Impossible Mission]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Impossible Mission]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Dan Caswell]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Dan Caswell]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Impossible Mission]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[IO]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Doug Hare]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Iridis Alpha]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Jumpman]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Randy Glover]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Laser Zone]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Laser Zone]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Martians]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Martians]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Artic Computing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Artic Computing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Matrix: Gridrunner 2|Matrix]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Matrix - Gridrunner 2|Matrix]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mega Apocalypse]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Simon Nicol]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mega Vault]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mega Vault]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Nebulus]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John M. Phillips]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Netherworld]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Jukka Tapanmaki]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Paradroid]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Andrew Braybrook]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitstop II]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Dennis Caswell]], [[Steve Landrum]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Planet of Death]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Planet of Death]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Richard Turner]], [[Chris Thornton]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Richard Turner]], [[Chris Thornton]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Psychedelia]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Psychedelia]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Llamasoft]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Robin of the Wood]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Marc Dawson]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Snake Byte|Snake]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Snake Byte|Snake]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Chuck Sommerville]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Chuck Sommerville]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Speedball 2 - Brutal Deluxe|Speedball 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Carl Muller]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Spindizzy]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Paul Shirley]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Star Quest|Starquest]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Star Quest|Starquest]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Street Sports Baseball]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Greg Omi]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Street Sports Basketball]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Andrew Spencer]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Subspace Striker]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Subspace Striker]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Summer Games II]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Cycle]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Stephen H. Landrum]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Sword of Fargoal]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Jeff McCord]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tank Battle]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tank Battle]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arctic Computing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arctic Computing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Temple of Apshai|Temple of Apshai Trilogy]]''<br>(Remakes of ''[[Temple of Apshai]]'', ''[[Upper Reaches of Apshai]], and ''[[Curse of Ra]]'')
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Steve Bryson]], [[Stephen H. Landrum]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Traxx]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Jeff Minter]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Uridium]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Andrew Braybrook]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Wacky Waiters]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Wacky Waiters]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Imagine Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Winter Games]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Winter Games]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Action Graphics]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Action Graphics]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[World Games]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[World Games]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[K-Byte]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[K-Byte]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tank Battle]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tank Battle]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arctic Computing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arctic Computing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zor]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zor]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Pixel Productions]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zynaps]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zynaps]]''  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John Cumming]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[John Cumming]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 11:39, 3 November 2024

VIC-20 logo.jpg
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 Notes
Abductor Llamasoft
Andes Attack Llamasoft
Arcadia Imagine Software
Bewitched Imagine Software
Blitzkrieg Llamasoft
Brainstorm Pixel Productions
Catcha Snatcha Imagine Software
Connect Four Keith Pomakis
Encounter John Gibbons
Firelord John Cumming
Frantic Imagine Software
Frog Chase Arctic Computing
Gridrunner Llamasoft
Harvester Pixel Productions
Headbangers Heaven Llamasoft
Hell Gate Llamasoft
Impossible Mission Dan Caswell
Laser Zone Llamasoft
Martians Artic Computing
Matrix Llamasoft
Mega Vault Imagine Software
Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time Llamasoft
Planet of Death Richard Turner, Chris Thornton
Psychedelia Llamasoft
Snake Chuck Sommerville
Starquest Pixel Productions
Subspace Striker Pixel Productions
Tank Battle Arctic Computing
Wacky Waiters Imagine Software
Winter Games Action Graphics
World Games K-Byte
Tank Battle Arctic Computing
Zor Pixel Productions
Zynaps John Cumming
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