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LT-65 was designed as a portable Commodore back in the 2010

Commodore 65 - Laptop Design - 65-LT

February 5, 2022

I was approached by a company back in 2010 to help develop a portable computer in the spirit of the Commodore 65. While I wish the experience had been more positive, I ultimately left the team and took my design with me. Now, over 10 years later, I finally have the 3D modelling skills to more fully flush out some of my old designs. The 65-LT is a love letter to the Commodore 64C design era.

As this is a design from over 10 years ago some of the modern port standards are a little out of date.

I always loved my Commodore 64C. I grew up with the breadbin like most kids, but I liked the refresh even if it wasn’t much of a value proposition. Ultimately for me, it was a last hurrah for the mighty machine. The design sensibilities also lent themselves to a cool laptop aesthetic.

Keyboard is the hybrid of all the Commodore keyboards of the era and beyond.

I looked at all the keyboards Commodore developed from the C64-C era onward, including the PC laptops Commodore released. I feel the layout represents the best balance between legacy and function.

Right side ports.

Left side ports.

65-LT - Case closed.

I would love to continue to develop this one. Nowadays it would be pretty easy to create an authentic yet modern C64/65 experience with a Raspberry Pi or a MiSTer board. Plastic injection molds are not exactly cheap but it sure would be cool to have a modern and fully portable machine dedicated to the experience.

Gaming in the home office.

Would you be interested in one of these machines? If there is anyone out there in a position to discuss further development on this machine I am interested in hearing from you. In any case, I am very excited that I was finally able to show of the design in full. Please let me know what you think in the comments below!

In Commodore, Design, Industrial Design, Mock-up, Prototype, render, Retro, laptop Tags commodore, Commodore, laptop, notebook, industrial design, design, mock-up, 3D

I don’t know if it gets much more 90s than this!

Amiga 500 - NEW ART - Papercraft Design

August 8, 2019

The Amiga 500 NEW ART designs can be downloaded at the bottom of this post.

Thank you Germany for being such steadfast fans of the site! As a way of giving back to the community I have reproduced some very limited designs for the German market. This edition was designed in 1989 by a well-know television and radio presenter, Stefanie Tücking.

Readers with exceptional vision may have noticed that I have also adjusted the keyboard to the German layout. For those of you who prefer your German Amigas unadorned, I have also included a plain Jane Amiga 500 with this adjusted keyboard configuration in the pattern link below.

Grid Design

Leopard Print

My ultimate dream is to visit Germany and show my papercrafts at a (few) retro computing event. I always tell my girlfriend that’s when I will have made the “big time”. I live in Canada but my heart is in Germany. I would love to immerse myself in the German culture if only for a while.

Detail of the Grid design, please observe the German keyboard layout.

Detail of the Leopard Print design. I can’t decide which crazy design I like more!

Limited editions were certainly less prevalent in 90s which made them extra special. Nowadays, limited editions are released every week which seems less special to me.

If you like these papercrafts please consider leaving a like. I find the hearts very encouraging. Also consider following @rockasoo on both Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date with my papercraft projects.

You can download the Amiga 500 NEW ART papercraft here.
You can download the Amiga monitor and additional accessories here.

In Amiga, Commodore, Design, papercraft Tags amiga, 500, computer, retrocomputer, Commodore, paperart, papercraft
You play as Dicky the owl who squares off against an owl-sized spider.

You play as Dicky the owl who squares off against an owl-sized spider.

Dicky's Diamonds - Arduboy Mockup

February 28, 2018
Start Screen

Start Screen

Option Menu

Option Menu

Making Arduboy mockups of classic Commodore games is great way to spend an evening. Dicky's Diamonds was a game published in 1983 by B. O'Shaugnessy for the Commodore 64. The game scales down handsomely to the Arduboy's scale and 1-bittyness.

In Commodore, Arduboy, Mock-up, Retro Tags Dicky's Diamonds, Commodore, arduboy, 8-bit, 80s, 1bit, mock-up

Retro Challenge 2016/10 - Day 1

October 1, 2016

For this RetroChallenge I will port the World 1 graphics from Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. 3 to the Commodore 64.

This is not the first time I have done a graphics port of a Super Mario game. Over the past few years I have converted the graphics for Super Mario Bros. 1 & 2.

I am slightly overwhelmed by the number of unique maps, characters, enemies, objects and other assets. I suspect there are more unique graphics in the first world of SMB3 than in the entire game of SMB1. Each day I plan to post my progress, so please join my in this exciting retrographic adventure.

Super Mario Bros. 3 - C64 Title Tileset

Super Mario Bros. 3 - C64 Title Tileset

In Graphics, Retro, Commodore, nintendo Tags Super Nintendo, super mario, port, graphics, pixel art, Nintendo, NES, Commodore, C64, retrochallenge, Rocky Bergen

Commodore 64 - Super Mario Bros. 3 - Loader Graphic

August 27, 2016

The Commodore 64 was my first and most beloved computer of all time. As a child, I always dreamed of porting NES games to my aging C64, particularly the Super Mario Bros. series. More examples of my Commodore Mario graphics.

In Commodore, Graphics, nintendo Tags #rocky bergen, mario, super mario, nes, commodore, c64, pixel art, game dev, graphics, 8-bit, Commodore, retrochallenge, C64

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