Videos
15 Verified Videos
Longplays on real hardware, hardware restoration documentaries, retrospectives, demo scene recordings, and modern homebrew. All videos verified embeddable as of June 2026.
Longplays & Gameplay
Gameplay footage of PET titles — most recorded on real hardware, not emulation.
Cosmic Cosmiads — Developer Loading
Derek Hipkin himself loads Cosmic Cosmiads from cassette on a real 1980s Commodore PET (YouTube Short, June 2025)
Cosmic Cosmiads — PET 4032 Longplay
Full gameplay on a Commodore PET 4032 — best available real-hardware longplay
Cosmic Cosmiads — Restored PET 2001
Gameplay on a restored PET 2001 (original model, P4 phosphor) showing the white-on-black aesthetic of the first machines
Cosmic Jailbreak — VIC-20 Port
The VIC-20 port of Cosmic Jailbreak; no PET-only longplay is available, and the port is faithful to the original
Microchess 2.0 on PET
Direct gameplay footage of Microchess 2.0 on a Commodore PET — the first commercially successful microcomputer game
Temple of Apshai (PET, 1979) — Part 1
Full Part 1 playthrough of Temple of Apshai on the PET. Shows dungeon-crawl gameplay on the original text-mode system
Retrospectives & Documentaries
Documentary and historical context for the PET’s place in computing history.
Commodore History Part 1: The PET
The 8-Bit Guy’s high-production documentary on the complete PET history — hardware, software, and market context
World’s First Commercial Chess Program
The history of MicroChess on the KIM-1 — essential context for Microchess 2.0 on PET
Cosmic Jailbreak — The Lost C64 Conversion
Covers the PET/VIC-20 origin story, Hipkin’s royalty dispute with Commodore, and the C64 conversion history
PETSCII Art 2.0: Emulating Graphics on a Text Display
Demonstrates PETSCII as a graphics medium — ideal companion to the history of PET game visuals
Hardware Showcases & Restoration
Detailed looks inside the machines that ran these games — restoration, repair, and hardware archaeology.
Hard to Repair Commodore PET
CuriousMarc and Ken Shirriff: detailed hardware restoration of a Commodore PET (April 2025) — exceptional production quality
Commodore PET 4016 Restore & Repair Documentary
Documentary-style full restoration of a PET 4016 — good companion to the CuriousMarc video above
Demo Scene & Modern Homebrew
The PET community never stopped creating. These productions demonstrate what the hardware can still do today.
PET Space Invaders 2 (2022)
Modern homebrew sequel to Matsuoka’s 1980 original — shows the active PET development community
Back to the PET — CAFe 2022 Demo
Demo scene production by shiru8bit, released at CAFe 2022 demoparty — demonstrates ongoing creative community
Back to the PET — Real Hardware
The same demo running on a real 1970s Commodore CBM 3008 — proof the hardware is still alive