Too Much Fun

The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s--the machine that taught the world that computing should be The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to First it was a serious computer, next a game computer, then a computer for technical brilliance (graphical <demos <using the machine in seemingly impossible ways), then a struggling competitor, and finally a retro device whose limitations are now charming. The C64, Juul shows, has been ignored by history because it was too much fun. Richly illustrated in full color, this book is the first in-depth examination of the C64’s design and history, and the first to integrate US and European histories. With interviews of Commodore engineers and with its insightful look at C64 games, music, and software, from <Summer Games< to <International Karate< to Simons’ BASIC, <Too Much Fun< will appeal to those who used a Commodore 64, those interested in the history of computing and video games and computational literacy, or just those who wish their technological devices would last longer.

Autorentext

Jesper Juul coedits the MIT Press Playful Thinking series. His previous books include Half-Real and The Art of Failure. He is Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen and has taught at MIT and New York University. His first computer was a Commodore 64, on which he wrote games and demos.

Klappentext

"A platform studies approach to the Commodore 64, considered by Guinness World records as the highest-selling single computer model of all time"--