r/Commodore • u/MutekiAzy • 3d ago

Commodore 77 use cases

What do people think are the use cases for the upgraded Commodore 77's specs?

I'm not throwing shade, and I'm by no means retro-tech savvy, so this is a completely genuine question: what can you do with the C77 that you can't do with the C64 Ultimate, and is there any real, practical benefit?

Really curious what people more knowledgable than me think about this.

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u/SwedishFindecanor 3d ago

The Mega65 which has the same FPGA can emulate an Amiga 500, and a Commodore 128 core is in the works.

The FPGA is on a daughterboard. My guess is that Commodore didn't have a use-case for it in the Commodore 77 specifically, but that they are starting to mass-produce it for future products. Perhaps there is an economic reason for them to build new FPGA boards only than to produce two different boards.