A reader in Italy (!) sent in some pictures of their own Commodore 64 skateboard after trying to find some info on it online. At this point in time it looks like Skate and Annoy is the premier authority on this phenomena. And by “premier authority” what I actually mean is, we’re the only one posting about it, and we’re quick to capitalize on the 2 people in the world searching for this. What’s going on here? It seems likely that whatever discount Chinese or Taiwanese manufacturer that originally made the legitimate Commodore 64 promo decks decided that they could make some more money off bootlegging what they assumed was a skateboard brand with some brand recognition. Another possibility is that this is a promo product for the C6 Game Maniac Mansion. The game actually features a doctor as character. However the board omits the word “mansion” so who knows. UPDATE: Thanks to Dan for pointing out this is the graphic from the English company Pacer. A quick internet search brought up a post we made about the Pacer Maniac in 2014. I’m slipping…
– Thanks to Simone for the pics.
After realizing this was a Pacer Bootleg (see Update) I found a better pic pf the original Pacer Mania on reddit. Photo: CaptainKennedy
2 comments
Dan
Isn’t this the Pacer Maniac graphic? Probably ripped off as you say.
Kilwag
It is the Pacer Maniac! David ODK made a post about it here in 2014 and forgot. I’ll update the main post.