Surely BASIC is properly obsolete by now, right? Perhaps not. In addition to inspiring a large part of home computing today, BASIC is still very much alive today, even outside of retro computing.

Windows/Mac/Linux: The programming language that probably introduced more people to infinite loops than any other, Microsoft BASIC 6502 for the Commodore 64, is now available as a scripting language ...

After a lengthy process that had previously met with rejection, Manomio’s Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch has finally been accepted by Apple. This marks the first time a ...

Nowadays, "basic" has a very different and derogatory Urban Dictionary-style meaning. Fifty years ago on this very day, however, it was the name given to a new computer-programming language born in a ...

Back in the day, Commodore 64 was the gaming machine. The 8-Bit computer, which launched in 1982 (the same year TRON hit theaters), may have been great for BASIC programming, but I used it mostly for ...

You don’t need to go searching for a Commodore 64 on Ebay to relive the vintage PC’s glory days. Avid gamer Petri Wilhelmsen is providing a way to write and run C64 programs on Windows PCs for ...

I probably don't deserve to write silicon.com's eulogy to the Commodore 64 because I have a shameful secret. A secret, nearly 20 years later, I only now dare tell. I'd had my C64 - a Spectrum ...

Commodore fans or those looking to relive the nostalgic era of personal computers from the 1980s will be pleased to know that the previously unveiled Commodore C64 Mini games console and mini PC will ...