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However, the success of the Commodore 64 was also its downfall. Commodore couldn't discontinue it due to high demand in Europe, and most people in North America had moved on to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] for their gaming needs by 1990. The C64's success also doomed every other Commodore 8-bit project, such as the MAX machine, the Educator 64, the C16, the Plus/4, the C128, the C64 Games System, and the C65.
The Commodore 64 was eventually discontinued in April 1994, when the company went bankrupt due to the now dated parts of the system being more expensive than what people paid for it. This is essentially what happens when [[You Fail Economics Forever]] happens in [[Real Life]]. However, in April 2011, Commodore announced a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807072548/http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx brand revival] and is currently accepting preorders for new C64s. The new systems essentially combine the classic design with modern internals; they run the original C64 BIOS and present-day software.
Nowadays, Commodore 64 games are now being released for the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]]. It's also one of the most popular platforms for the [[Demoscene]]. And a generation has learned to associate [[Public Domain Soundtrack|Bach's "Invention #13"]] with this system.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130607010334/http://c64.manomio.com/index.php/games And now it's available] as an app for [[IOS Games|iOS]].
Your Milage May Vary page for this [[Commodore 64/YMMV|here]].
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