{"id":240896,"date":"2021-05-03T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T13:40:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:40:12","slug":"the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40\/","title":{"rendered":"#The First PC to Sell Millions: Commodore VIC-20 Turns 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e3a294acdc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e3a294acdc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40\/#The_Wonder_Computer_of_the_1980s\" >The Wonder Computer of the 1980s<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40\/#What_Was_Using_a_VIC-20_Like\" >What Was Using a VIC-20 Like?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40\/#The_VIC-20s_Legacy\" >The VIC-20\u2019s Legacy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40\/#How_to_Try_the_VIC-20_Today\" >How to Try the VIC-20 Today<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#The First PC to Sell Millions: Commodore VIC-20 Turns 40&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-724745 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/commodore_vic20_hero_2.jpg?width=1200&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Commodore VIC-20 on Blue\" width=\"1200\" height=\"555\" data-credittext=\"Evan Amos\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Evan Amos<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1981, Commodore released the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commodore_VIC-20\">VIC-20<\/a>, a low-cost mass-market home computer that served up great video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s and taught a generation of kids how to program. It sold millions of units and inspired a generation of programmers. Here\u2019s what made it special.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Wonder_Computer_of_the_1980s\"><\/span>The Wonder Computer of the 1980s<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As the price of computer components dropped rapidly in the late 1970s, it became inevitable that some company would introduce a popular, low-cost, user-friendly computer for the masses. That company turned out to be Commodore\u2014and the computer was called the Commodore VIC-20.<\/p>\n<p>The VIC-20 gained its name from its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MOS_Technology_VIC-II\">VIC-II graphics chip<\/a> (\u201cVIC\u201d being short for \u201cVideo Interface Chip\u201d) and the number \u201c20,\u201d because <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.old-computers.com\/museum\/computer.asp?c=252\">it sounded friendly<\/a>. From its inception, the VIC-20 served a key strategic purpose: Commodore intended to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zimmers.net\/cbmpics\/hvic.html\">preempt competition from Japanese computer manufacturers<\/a> with a low-cost, mass-market machine.<\/p>\n<p>Designed from the ground-up to fit those needs, the VIC-20 utilized the relatively inexpensive <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MOS_Technology_6502\">MOS 6502 CPU<\/a>\u00a0and only included 5 kilobytes of RAM (of which, only about 3.8 KB were made available in BASIC). It also included a mere 22-column text display that dramatically limited its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal as a productivity machine. But its VIC-II graphics chip played color video games, with graphics that arguably surpassed the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atari_2600\">Atari 2600<\/a>, which was the reigning video game console in the U.S. at the time.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-724829 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/vic20_manual_shot.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A mom, dad, and son gathered around a Commodore VIC-20.\" width=\"650\" height=\"515\" data-credittext=\"Commodore\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Commodore<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to its heritage as a machine designed to compete with Japanese manufacturers, the VIC-20 made its original debut in Japan as the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commodore-info.com\/computer\/item\/vic1001\/en\/desktop\">VIC-1001<\/a> in late 1980. That model included some extra features like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katakana\">katakana character<\/a> support for the Japanese market, but it was otherwise almost identical to the VIC-20 that would launch in the U.S. the following year.<\/p>\n<p>When it did launch in the U.S. in May or June of 1981 (reports conflict, and some units were in reviewers\u2019 hands in early 1981), the VIC-20 made waves for its staggeringly low price of $299.95 (about $885 today). Competing entry-level machines like the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atari_8-bit_family\">Atari 400<\/a> and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TRS-80_Color_Computer\">TRS-80 Color Computer<\/a> cost $399 and $499 respectively. (Around that same time, a 16K Apple II Plus <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=aj4EAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PT34&amp;dq=Apple+II+Plus+$1195&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi__4WhmJXwAhV-MVkFHaZoBY4Q6AEwBHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&amp;q=Apple%20II%20Plus%20%241195&amp;f=false\">sold for a whopping $1195<\/a>, putting it in another league entirely.)<\/p>\n<p>For the VIC-20\u2019s American marketing campaign, Commodore hired <em>Star Trek<\/em> actor William Shatner to appear in print and TV commercials, asking \u201cWhy buy just a video game?\u201d and touting the machine as the \u201cwonder computer of the 1980s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Commodore VIC-20 ad with William Shatner\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UK9VU1aJvTI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And a wonder it was: The Commodore VIC-20 was the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/newwebsterscompu00tesa\/page\/172\/mode\/2up?q=VIC\">first computer to sell a million units<\/a>, which it achieved in its first year on the market. By the end of its run in January 1985, it had sold 2.5 million units in total\u2014phenomenal sales numbers at the time.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Was_Using_a_VIC-20_Like\"><\/span>What Was Using a VIC-20 Like?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most people with a VIC-20 attached the computer to a home television set for a display, and if they wrote any programs in the built-in BASIC programming language, they would save them to a cassette tape using the Commodore 1530 Datasette drive. Commercial software could be run off of plug-in ROM cartridges (as was often the case with games) or loaded from a cassette tape. Some more advanced owners also downloaded programs from BBSes thanks to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oldcomputr.com\/commodore-vicmodem-1982\/\">low-cost VICmodem<\/a> available for the VIC-20.<\/p>\n<p>Commodore earned high praise (such as in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sleepingelephant.com\/denial\/wiki\/images\/0\/07\/Bytemay81.pdf\">this BYTE Magazine review<\/a>) for the quality of the documentation included with the VIC-20, which taught computer novices how to use the machine and how to write BASIC programs.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-724831 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/vic-20-box-photo.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Commodore VIC-20 photos from the VIC-20 retail box.\" width=\"650\" height=\"490\" data-credittext=\"Commodore\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos from the VIC-20\u2019s American retail box. <span class=\"imagecredit\">Commodore<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While ostensibly capable of balancing your budget or serving as a word processor, the VIC-20 was also great for kids to play video games.\u00a0The VIC-20 included a single Atari-compatible joystick port that unlocked a world of action titles such as <em>Jelly Monsters<\/em> (a great <em>Pac-Man<\/em> clone), <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/vic-20\/demon-attack\"><em>Demon Attack<\/em><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gridrunner\"><em>Gridrunner<\/em><\/a>, deep RPGs like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/vic-20\/sword-of-fargoal\"><em>Sword of Fargoal<\/em><\/a>, and even <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/vic-20\/adventureland\">text adventure games by Scott Adams<\/a> (which were reportedly some of the best-selling games for the platform).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-724828 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/vic_20_games_screenshots.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1950\" height=\"490\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three VIC-20 games (from L-R): <em>Jelly Monsters, <\/em>Scott Adams\u2019 <em>Adventure Land, <\/em>and<em> Sword of Fargoal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an amazing bit of trivia, the late <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satoru_Iwata\">Satoru Iwata<\/a>, former CEO of Nintendo, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tcrf.net\/Star_Battle\">programmed his first commercial game, <em>Star Battle<\/em><\/a>, for the VIC-1001 in April of 1981. Programming this <em>Galaxian<\/em> clone began Iwata\u2019s long career in game development at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HAL_Laboratory\">HAL Laboratory,<\/a> which later culminated in his great success as the head of Nintendo in the 2000s.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_VIC-20s_Legacy\"><\/span>The VIC-20\u2019s Legacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p> Even though the VIC-20 became a commercial boon for Commodore and set a new standard for the low-end of the home computer market, the VIC-20\u2019s greatest impact was arguably cultural. Due to its low cost, the VIC-20 became a popular beginner\u2019s computer, and a generation of kids around the world grew up learning to program in BASIC on their VIC-20 computers.<br \/>\nSome of those kids grew up to architect the modern software world around us. One of them was former id Software programmer John Carmack, who revolutionized PC gaming in the early 1990s with titles such as <em>Wolfenstein 3D<\/em>, <em>Doom<\/em>, and <em>Quake<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had used TRS-80s at Radio Shack and Apple IIs at school, but the VIC was the first thing I could really apply myself to at home,\u201d Carmack told How-To Geek.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My first computer was a VIC-20 with 4 KB of ram. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5FRhpM9j2F\">https:\/\/t.co\/5FRhpM9j2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ID_AA_Carmack\/status\/1316243348202627074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even at a young age, Carmack pushed the limits of the VIC-20 with innovative programming techniques. \u201cFitting things in 4K of RAM was a big challenge, and I made demos that progressively loaded multiple programs off of the tape drive to exceed the limits,\u201d he says. \u201cMy spiral-bound technical reference manual was tattered to the point of disintegration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely that many other people who now work in tech <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedavedev\/status\/1072495367676182528?s=20\">also got their start<\/a> on the VIC-20s in the early 1980s. So, in some ways, it\u2019s the VIC-20\u2019s world\u2014we\u2019re just living in it.<\/p>\n<p>In industry terms, the VIC-20 had an impact in terms of setting a template for its successor, the wildly popular Commodore 64 (C64), which was released in August of 1982. That success would also prove to be the VIC-20\u2019s undoing. The C64 included 64K of RAM, better graphics, and better sound than the VIC-20. Initially, the C64 sold for $595, but the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90432140\/how-atari-took-on-apple-in-the-1980s-home-pc-wars\">home computer price wars of 1983<\/a> sunk the cost of all home computers down to the $50-$200 range in the U.S., providing one of the catalysts for the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Video_game_crash_of_1983\">American video game crash<\/a>. At that point, the even lower cost of the VIC-20 didn\u2019t offer much over its dirt-cheap competitors, so Commodore pulled the plug on the VIC-20 in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Commodore survived and went on to sell around 15 million units of the C64, and then introduced the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amiga\">Amiga<\/a> before losing ground completely to IBM PC compatibles in the early 1990s. But we can\u2019t blame the VIC-20 for that\u2014it had a successful run and made quite a mark in just a few years on the market.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Try_the_VIC-20_Today\"><\/span>How to Try the VIC-20 Today<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These days, if you\u2019d like to get a taste of the VIC-20 experience on your modern computer, you can download an emulator <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vice-emu.sourceforge.io\/\">like VICE,<\/a> or even try using a VIC-20 in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdawson.net\/vic20chrome\/vic20.php\">this handy JavaScript emulator<\/a> that runs in your browser. Or, if you\u2019re more adventurous, you can try to track down an original vintage machine yourself. We recommend looking for a reconditioned machine on eBay if possible.<\/p>\n<p>Either way you manage it, using a VIC-20 again is a great way to celebrate this monumentally important machine on its 40th anniversary. Happy birthday, VIC-20!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What&#8217;s the Best Way to Buy a Vintage Computer?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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