THEVIC20

THEVIC20
Designer	Retro Games
Manufacturer	Koch Media
CPU	1.2 Ghz Dual-core Cortex-A7
Graphics	500 Mhz Dual-core Mali-400 ARM
Memory	512MB
Media	built-in media
Released	EU: October 23, 2020
Added to Museum	June 2, 2022

THEVIC20 is a video game console by Retro Games.

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.

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

Features

It contains sixty-five built-in games. The VICE 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.

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