BBC-Micro, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, and so on. There actually are a ton of other computers from that era, but they're all from Europe or Japan and now you're talking $$$. Both the VIC-20 and the PET are generations of computers prior to the C64. Of those, the Vic-20 is probably the closest to a C-64 experience but older. If you want real 8-bit computing, the other options are the ti994a, the TRS-80 line of computer and the Vic-20. They weren't (and aren't) as popular but have great deep libraries of software and you can probably find one relatively cheap. The Amiga is always popular, but I have a soft spot for Atari ST computers. As for compatibility across the range of older software I'd do some research first. I don't know much about these systems, but the 2GS I believe were amazingly capable machines. Old Apple 2 computers might also be cheap and fun to mess with. There are literally tens of thousands of games for such a system and many of them are contemporary to the 8 and 16-bit gaming era. For the best IBM-PC pre-Windows 95 experience I'd recommend maybe a 486DX4 or a Pentium (but a 486DX2 or maybe even a 386 will get you pretty far) and MS-DOS 6.22 with a Sound Blaster Compatible and VGA graphics. You can probably find an ancient IBM-PC compatible of various vintages for very cheap, or just lying around in somebody's attic that they'll give you for free.
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