Commodore VIC-20

Nothing beats the original Commodore VIC-20 from the eighties! In order to smoothly use downloaded software you will also need to add a SDIEC drive to plug in SD cards, and a switchable memory expansion as the one we have reviewed in this post.
It is also advisable to get a cable to connect the display output to a modern monitor with Audio/Video connectors, or with a SCART socket. You can search eBay to quickly get one of these.
Please note that, on a physical VIC, .TAP files might need to be converted back to tape cassettes or if you prefer there are other devices that can enable physical machine to read from a digital file.