IMHO, the Commodore 64 was built and marketed around video games, which distinguished it from the other "serious" computers, like the TRS-80 or the IBM-PC. It e

IMHO, the Commodore 64 was built and marketed around video games, which distinguished it from the other "serious" computers, like the TRS-80 or the IBM-PC. It even used the same joysticks from the old Atari 2600. Back then, video games were just for kids, and the other "serious" computer companies did everything they could to avoid the association, but Commodore embraced it. This was genius, although it probably contributed to the company's downfall, too. I've met countless dudes around my age who have a very similar story: got the Commodore 64 as a Christmas gift mostly to play games, dabbled in BASIC programming, got a modem, and eventually stopped gaming altogether, instead spending countless hours writing "war dialing" programs or whatever. However, as Commodore released subsequent computers, like the Amiga, the company still had that assoication with video games, and the market wanted "serious" computers, not toys.