Anyone that grew up in the 80s will remember playing games on the Atari and playing Oregon Trail on the giant floppy disks that you had to change out mid-way through the game. I spent many an hour playing Oregon Trail on a Commodore 64 and now, your kids can too - sort of.

A couple of years ago Atari made a comeback by offering their old look in a new system. The best part of the new Atari is that it came with a ton of classic games already preloaded on the machine.

Now the Commodore 64 is making a comeback. Later this month, Commodore USA will be releasing a computing system that looks just like the original C64 on the outside, but comes equipped with modern specs like a dual-core 1.8 GHz Atom processor, Nvidia Ion2 graphics chipset and up to 4 GB of RAM.

When the C64 debuted in 1982, it cost $595 - the same price Commodore USA is charging for its updated machine. Mouse and monitor are being sold separately. I just wish they would pre-load Oregon Trail on it so my character can die of dysentery again!

If you want a piece of this fully-functional nostalgia, you can preorder one on Commodore USA's website.

[CNN]

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