Commodore: The Final Years

ISBN-13:	9780994031037
Publisher:	Variant Press
Publication date:	04/25/2019
Series:	Commodore
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	717,340
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

Concluding the Commodore trilogy, this book takes a look at Commodore's resurgence in the late 1980's and then ultimate demise. This was a period of immense creativity from engineers within the company, who began “moonshot” projects using emerging CD-ROM technology. Get to know the people behind Commodore's successes and failures as they battle to stay relevant amidst blistering competition from Nintendo, Apple, and the onslaught of IBM PC clones. Told through interviews with company insiders, this examination of the now defunct company traces the engineering breakthroughs and baffling decisions that led to the demise of Commodore.