Is there any Commodore 64 Abandonware?

[alcid34]

And also, is there any beta games or applications for this particular machine?

[mrpijey]

Tons and tons. But nothing we keep here yet. But I got thousands of apps and games for C64 that will some day be released... I am looking into what old systems and consoles we can safely release games for.

[Jan4V]

You can, I think.
Didnt commodore bankrupt?

[Darkstar]

@Jan4V: You DO realize that Commodore didn't write all C64 games themselves, right? There are also games made/published by Activision, for example, which is a company still very much alive today (as part of Blizzard)

[mrpijey]

Well, my concern isn't about that, i doubt Activision will make much fuss about a game made in the early 80's. But I don't want to open Pandora's box here by releasing abandonware of older systems because then I have to release it all, and I don't have space nor time at the moment to release such vast amounts. We do however keep any betas for these systems, but not abandonware. Not yet anywhere.

[Darkstar]

Sorry, my comment was aimed at Jan4V, not at you. Should have made that more clear.

Sorry for the confusion

[Jan4V]

Yes, I do, but still I dont think anyone cares about C64... Its like abandonware, its not legal(at least in Slovakia) but no one cares...

[Cptn_Fridge]

Commodore went defunct in 1994, so I'd say that the all of the games for the C64 are abandonware (though there may be some die-hard Commodore fans that program and release games for the system today). I doubt any company is going to lose sleep over a C64 copy of Jet Set Willy circulating the web.
But what do I know?

[sammy]

Technically, everything that wasn't made in the past ten years or so that is copyrighted might count as abandonware...