History of video games/Platforms/C64 Direct-to-TV

Launch
The C64 Direct-to-TV was released in 2004.

Legacy
Unlike the earlier Commodore 64 Games System, the C64 Direct to TV is held in high regard.

Compute
Jeri Ellsworth designed a custom chip for the system, combining the Commodore 64 CPU, SID audio chip, VIC-II video chip, and other features.

Unlike a Commodore 64 RAM and ROM are expanded.

The expanded 2 megabytes of ROM made loading times much lower.

RAM was expanded to 128 kilobytes.

Hardware
Due to using only two composite cables, audio is only mono.

The system uses 4 AA batteries.

Games
The system included 30 games.