Here we will review retro electronics and games and breathe new life into older technology. From the much-loved Commodore 64 to the latest in reissued mini game consoles, together we will explore what has been and what is currently some of the best entertainment around. Dive back into your childhood and take a journey with us into nostalgia and beyond!

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In this video I review the new GUI64 which is a GUI for the Commodore 64 skinned to look like both Windows and Macintosh. The creator of this software has also created several games and released all the software on Github. All links to the software can be found in the video description.

In this video I review the Jen Musipack for the Commodore 64, which was a keyboard that connects to the computer via a ribbon cable that plugs into a cartridge supplied with the keyboard. The cartridge supplies the sounds instead of the internal SID chip via an RCA jack and the sounds are more akin to FM synthesis.

In this video I review the Incredible Musical Keyboard by Sight and Sound. This keybaord was a plastic overlay that looked like a piano keyboard and would work by depressing the letter and number keys on the Commodore 64 keys beneath it. The keys felt much like the moder mini keys found on contemporary small form synths.

In this video I review the Waveform Colortone Keyboard for the Commodore 64 with the software that came with it. The Colortone keyboard was release Circa 1985 and was a plastic keyboard with a printed overlay that when touched would activate sensors under it to send signals via the joystick port on a C64 and interact with the supplied software to produce sound. One of the more interesting feature of this keyboard was a strip that allowed you to play pitch perfect scales with the swipe of a finger.