VIC-20

VIC-20
Designer	Commodore Business Machines
Manufacturer	Commodore Business Machines
Distributor
CPU	NTSC: 1.02 MHz MOS 6502 PAL: 1.108404 MHz MOS 6502
Graphics	VIC, 176 × 184, 16 colors
Memory	5 KB RAM (expandable to 32 KB) 20 KB ROM
Media	Commodore Datasette 5¼ floppy disk
Released	JP: 1980 EU/NA: 1981
Added to Museum	Not yet

VIC-20, known in Japan as the VIC-1001, and in Germany as the VC-20, was a computer by Commodore Business Machines.

History

The VIC-20 was the second computer by Commodore Business Machines. It was known as the VC-20 in Germany, because VIC pronounced with a German accent sounded like the German expletives "fick" or "wichsen". It was marketed in that region with the backronym VolksComputer (people's computer).

Legacy of the VIC-20

The legacy of the Commodore 64 remains, even after its heyday. Independent games continue to be produced for the system to this day.

A plug and play video game console based on the Commodore VIC-20, THEVIC20 was produced by Retro Games.

Video games for VIC-20 owned by WEC Museum

Title	Developer	Notes
Abductor	Llamasoft
Andes Attack	Llamasoft
Arcadia	Imagine Software
Bewitched	Imagine Software
Blitzkrieg	Llamasoft
Brainstorm	Pixel Productions
Catcha Snatcha	Imagine Software
Connect Four	Keith Pomakis
Encounter	John Gibbons
Firelord	John Cumming
Frantic	Imagine Software
Frog Chase	Arctic Computing
Gridrunner	Llamasoft
Harvester	Pixel Productions
Headbangers Heaven	Llamasoft
Hell Gate	Llamasoft
Impossible Mission	Dan Caswell
Laser Zone	Llamasoft
Martians	Artic Computing
Matrix	Llamasoft
Mega Vault	Imagine Software
Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time	Llamasoft
Planet of Death	Richard Turner, Chris Thornton
Psychedelia	Llamasoft
Snake	Chuck Sommerville
Starquest	Pixel Productions
Subspace Striker	Pixel Productions
Tank Battle	Arctic Computing
Wacky Waiters	Imagine Software
Winter Games	Action Graphics
World Games	K-Byte
Tank Battle	Arctic Computing
Zor	Pixel Productions
Zynaps	John Cumming