Commodore 77: CD Projekt Red Deliberately Distresses the C64 Ultimate into a Night City Prop Machine
Retro brand Commodore has teamed up with CD Projekt Red to launch the Commodore 77, taking the brand-new C64 Ultimate and giving it graffiti and battle damage. It's up for preorder now at $377, though the shipping date hasn't been announced.
The yellow "breadbin"-shaped casing is covered in scratches, a metal plate is bolted onto the row of function keys, a half-peeled sticker is left hanging on, and there are a few marks that look like street graffiti. This isn't some old machine that's been sitting in a warehouse for years — it's a brand-new computer, deliberately aged to look worn: the Commodore 77.
This is a collaboration between retro brand Commodore and game developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR), built on the foundation of the C64 Ultimate that Commodore launched earlier this year. The design has been reworked to look like a prop machine picked up straight off the streets of Night City in Cyberpunk 2077, right down to a boot screen styled to match the game's world. Instead of going for a polished, pristine collector's item, the team leaned into the weathered look — and that's really the whole point of the crossover.
Beyond the hardware, the Commodore 77 comes bundled with a cartridge called "Arasaka," containing what's officially described as an experience that "expands the Cyberpunk 2077 universe." It was made by Arise, a Polish C64 demoscene team, with music composed by chiptune artist LukHash. The package also includes a custom neon power indicator light, stickers, a badge, collector's packaging, and a spiral-bound, theme-designed manual.
The Commodore brand was revived under the direction of YouTuber Christian "Perifractic" Simpson, and the C64 Ultimate is the first product to come out of that revival — an FPGA-based recreation of the original machine, complete with a physical keyboard, HDMI, USB, and WiFi, and backward compatible with original C64 peripherals. The new casing even reuses the original injection molds from back in the day, offered in either the classic beige "breadbin" shape or the more Amiga-esque C64C design. In his coverage, Engadget's Daniel Cooper noted that, purely in terms of build quality, this machine feels far more genuine than the widely available TheC64 Mini.
The Commodore 77 is now open for preorder at $377 via Commodore's official website, though an actual shipping date has yet to be announced.
