Commodore VIC-20 ad with William Shatner

[commodore64fan]

i bet this computer could do at least warp 5 

[tempchan4comments2]

I still have mine :D still works, and the Atari 2600, those were the days 1980's simple life, simple times, simple computing. Not that I don't like today's times to. Just miss the 1980's somewhat, having fun with my brothers on the atari 2600, or playing gun ship on the C64, 1541 disc drive :)

[tempchan4comments2]

@tempchan4comments2 Correction I meant I still have my Commodore64 lol, this is the Vic 20 version ^_^

[lnwolf74]

$ 300. 00 was a lot of money back then , even today thats alot of money for a game system.

[uncinarynin]

Fun that it was actually pronounced "Vic" in english speaking countries. In Germany it was marketed as VC-20 (vau-ce zwanzig) and explained as "Volkscomputer" ....

[MassimoPiai]

@uncinarynin 'cause it pronounced as "fick" maybe?

[derSpuk]

@MassimoPiai

lol. but you have to explain what "fick" means. (-;

[MassimoPiai]

@derSpuk one of the first german words i learned during my summer vacations... :-)

[MagnificentWarrior]

if VIC-20 was like running very fast, C64 was warp 8.

[oblivionuk]

This was the first computer I had, happy days.

[wcmi92]

My first computer was a VIC... Then a 64... Then a 128,,, Then a PC... I actually cried over choosing a PC clone over a Commodore Amiga for my graduation gift... It was just that by 1991 (which was when I graduated) the demise of Commodore was, well, inevitable.

I still regret that in many ways.

[andy7666]

@wcmi92 Yes, the Amiga was going strong for a few years after 1991! :)

[laserhawk64]

Nice advertisement, but why is Kirk in civvies? lol...

[femstarlight]

If there had been a Kobayashi Maru simulation on that thing, Shatner might've reprogrammed it so he'd win guaranteed. It might be considered "original thinking".

[Tiwaking]

Ahh the days before the Commodore 64 were so primitive.

[Watcher3223]

With how he talks about the Commodore VIC-20, I was half expecting him to explain some key aspects about the Genesis Device.

[WaxBadger]

This was the first computer my parents bought, they didn't use it for more than a year.

[dedpxl]

I just realized that PC gaming has been reviling console gaming since even before the original NES. :s

[AngelOfGeass]

It has betters exclusives than Ps3 and 360!!

[cobrachoppergirl]

For your $300, I wonder how much of it went to pay Shatner for this ad

[sammy2trees]

What was so cool about the VIC 20 is it came with that little booklet that taught you basic. It was fun!

[mrFalconlem]

Vic 20's were the cool thing to have before the C64.. 2 friends of mine had them.. but their dad's bought them anything.. jerks.

[edgertor]

what year is this?

[mrceleb2006]

I remember playing with the Commodore VIC-20 computer during the mid-1980s, doing both programming in BASIC and playing video games.

[capricious71]

Like the way he transports into the studio at the beginning. :)

[PtrToNullReference]

~ "I'm not really a commanding officer of the USS Enterprise, but I play one on TV."

[DejectedPanda]

state if the fucking art. The shat approves.

[SuperStretch1977]

wasn't it sold as the commodore 16 in the UK?

[capricious71]

@SuperStretch1977 I think the Commodore 16 came out a few years after.

[nirdybirds]

I had one when I was 4 or 5. I miss it.

[edi1088]

he's a real pro back in the days.... now look at him >,<

[sonicdeviant]

I loved Omega Race. Pumped so many quarters into the game.

[Hopefulfilment]

I still have my old Vic 20 in a box somewhere! :)

[00101011001]

Lol, awesome video. I liked the way he even referred to it as "the wonder computer of the 1980s", like he knows computers in the 90's are going to be way more badass, but for now your stuck with this.

[PatchesRips]

@00101011001 That's how I felt. I didn't feel like we were getting anywhere till about the time the Mac, the Amiga, and the Atari 520ST came out. They were pretty close to what I thought of as "real" computers, but there was still something missing. It wasn't till I bought my first 486 that I thought, "Yeah, THIS is what I expected as a 'computer' when I was a kid in the 70s!"

[16mmDJ]

This version has great quality compared to some of the others on youtube. Thanks for posting it!

[Fireproofretz]

I had a Vic 20 back in the day AND both Gorf and Omega Race..lol WIN