Commodore C64 Skateboard & Computer in a Box

This started as another David ODK post that I rescued out of drafts and embellished. It’s an Italian special edition Commodore C64 computer that came in a box with a skateboard! David found the board on Etsy back in 2015, and I had a screen cap from Facebook that showed a box with no info whatsoever. It was hard to tell if it was real or not, but it is real. Regular googling and reverse image searches came up with nothing but a thousand pictures of vintage skateboarding video games. However, some finessing turned up a decent image on 20thcenturyvideogames.com.

Translated:

Equipment: Commodore 64c
Joystick: Yes (No model information)
Cassette Drive: Datassette 1531
Software: “Skate or die” game
Accessories: Skateboard Deck
Main sales area: Italy
Year: 1988
Notes: The striking thing about this Italian pack was the green skateboard with blue and rioja wheels, with the Commodore logo on both sides of the deck.

Questa confezion contiene uno skateboard in regalo: This package contains a free skateboard. Looks licit came with a copy of Skate or Die as well!

I thought this was a different color way but the red jet ski in that first picture is just a little dark. Actually what is that? A jet Ski with a sail? Does that thing exist anywhere else besides on the bottom of this skateboard?

Here’s the original screen cap that seems like it could have been fake at the time.

Might as well get into Skate or Die as seen on the C64 over at the C64 Wiki.

Here’s a gameplay video of Skate or Die on the Commodore C64.