Gaming and computing is a competitive and cutthroat business. It always has been and it always will be. There is too much fame and too much fortune at stake to be lackadaisical in the approach to development and design. While the themes and graphics, sounds and plots, of today’s games have metamorphosed with modern games, the demanding activity behind the box cover is not so different than it was in the days of yesteryear.

For those gamers or business people interested in this intriguing competition, the book On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Commodore has been reworked to include more interviews, more historical photos, documents and chronologies. The new title, Commodore: A Company on the Edge, has already sold out in some markets. Author Brian Bagnall documents the period between 1976 and 1984, both the highlights and lowlights of the company that gave the world one of the first basic household computers and started a gaming craze that has never assuaged. Buy it at Barnes and Noble or check it out on Variant Press.

Tags: Commodore 64

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