===Graphics===
[[File:C64 ntsc cxa2025.png|thumb|right|C64 NTSC color palette (Sony CXA2025)]]
[[File:C64 PAL color palette.jpg|thumb|right|C64 PAL color palette]]
The graphics chip, VIC-II, features 16 colors, eight hardware sprites per scanline (enabling up to 112 sprites per PAL screen), scrolling capabilities, and two bitmap graphics modes. The standard text mode features 40 columns, like most Commodore PET models; the built in character encoding is not standard ASCII but PETSCII, an extended form of ASCII-1963.