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For a limited time, you can get $50 off the Commodore 64 Ultimate<\/strong>: Starlight Edition<\/a>, Founders Edition<\/a> (only 2,333 left as of this writing!), or BASIC Beige<\/a>. You should be able to get an additional $10 off with my referral code using this link<\/a>. There are plenty of accessories available<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I personally have the Founders Edition<\/strong>, but they’re all great, and wonderfully replicate the original Commmodore 64 experience in modern FPGA hardware. It’s one of the very best ways to recreate the original, and authentic, C-64 experience for our modern world.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Firmware 1.1.0 is now out as well, which adds several improvements, including the ability to use a USB mouse instead of requiring use of the standard classic serial mouse. You can read the changelog here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Score a great deal on the Commodore 64 Ultimate during the Spring Flash Sale, and check out the highly anticipated features in Firmware 1.1.0, including modern USB mouse support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,98],"tags":[9,280,3974,2452,4511,4514,1663,4512,330,4513],"class_list":["post-192691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sale","tag-c64","tag-commodore-64","tag-commodore-64-ultimate","tag-firmware-update","tag-flash-sale","tag-founders-edition","tag-fpga","tag-retro-computing","tag-retro-gaming","tag-tech-deals"],"yoast_head":"\nCommodore 64 Ultimate Spring Flash Sale and new firmware! - Armchair Arcade<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Save $50 on the Commodore 64 Ultimate during the Spring Flash Sale! 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