Nangona i-Commodore 64 ingaphawulwanga ngokuba yikhonsoli yomdlalo wesizukulwana esilandelayo, kusekho inani elithile labasebenzisi abasebenzisa le khonsoli yomdlalo kunye nemidlalo yabo yevidiyo yakudala, imidlalo enamakhoboka kwaye iyonwabisa kunezinye ezikhoyo.
Nangona kunjalo, ikhibhodi endala yekhonsoli ayisiyonto sihlala siyisebenzisa, eyenza ingxaki ethile phakathi kwabasebenzisi bayo okanye phakathi kwabo bafuna ukusebenzisa ikhonsoli yomdlalo kodwa bangaguquki kwikhibhodi.
Umsebenzisi ogama lingu UAdam Podstawczynski usebenzise Ibhodi yeArduino Mega edibanisa i-Commodore 64 yakudala kunye nelaptop entsha evumela ukuba usebenzise ikhibhodi yelaptop nekhonsoli yomdlalo wakudala. Unxibelelwano lwenziwa ngombulelo kwibhodi ye-Arduino Mega, kodwa le bhodi ikwacacisa ikhowudi esetyenziswe kwi-Commodore 64 ukuze zonke iintshukumo kunye neqhosha kwikhibhodi yethu yanamhlanje yamkelwe sisoftware efakwe kwikhonsoli yomdlalo.
UAdam Podstawczynski ulayishe wonke umsebenzi wakhe kwi iwebhusayithi yakho yobuqu, into eluncedo kuba nawuphi na umsebenzisi angayilungisa i-Commodore 64 yakhe yakudala ukuze ihambelane nekhibhodi yekhompyuter yethu okanye ihambelane nekhibhodi endala esinayo eya kuba yeyangoku ngakumbi kunakuqala komdlalo wekhonsoli.
Ngokwam, ndiyifumene inomdla le projekthi ka-Adam, kodwa ndicinga ukuba okwangoku Nabani na onokudala eyakhe i-Commodore 64 yekhonsoli yomdlalo ngesixhobo simahla sehardware. Kule meko sinokusebenzisa ibhodi yeRaspberry Pi kunye nekhibhodi endala kunye nebhodi Arduino UNO ukuba balawula yonke isoftware eyimfuneko kwaye bayayiqhuba imidlalo yevidiyo yomdlalo wevidiyo wakudala. Ngaphezu koko, ngeprojekthi yeRetroPie ngekhe uyidinge ipleyiti Arduino UNO ukuba nekhonsoli yomdlalo enjalo.
Ngayiphi na imeko, i-Commodore 64 ngumzekelo omnye wamandla kunye umtsalane ukuba iiconsoles zomdlalo wevidiyo endala zisenayo ecaleni kwe Hardware Libre. Kwaye wena Yeyiphi ikhonsoli yomdlalo oyifumanayo?