good c64 emulator

[Avanze]

Originally Posted by gklinger

Hoxs64 is generally accepted as the most accurate, VICE as the most flexible, CCS64 as the most user friendly...

I thought CCS64 was the most accurate? Anyway it matters not, since all these emulators are great. You can't go wrong with which ever one you choose.

...micro64 could be described as the most anticipated.

Now I am intrigued about this one.

[laser]

btw, to use zip files on Vice you must have the command unzip on windows/system32

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by Retroplay

http://hoxs64.net/
Claims to be the most accurate C64 emulator around, I still use VICE for the most part.

And it actually is! Beats VICE by far! CCS64 is pretty good as well.

[gklinger]

Originally Posted by Avanze

Now I am intrigued about this one.

You're not the only one. Micro64 is written in Free Pascal and BeRo (the author) has been described as an "open-source guy" so I'm hoping the code is made available so I can port it to OS X. My fingers are crossed.

As for where to get 64 games, the first place everyone should look is in the GameBase64. If it isn't there, it isn't anywhere.

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by gklinger

You're not the only one. Micro64 is written in Free Pascal and BeRo (the author) has been described as an "open-source guy" so I'm hoping the code is made available so I can port it to OS X. My fingers are crossed.

Sorry to disappoint you but Micro64 won't be open source. There are many ports (MAC OS too) planned though.

[mtb]

I have just seen vice has reached 2.0 yesterday ( http://www.viceteam.org/ ). Downloading now.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by gklinger

As for where to get 64 games, the first place everyone should look is in the GameBase64. If it isn't there, it isn't anywhere.

Well you actually don't get any games there (the only link there for games is not accessable ). Stick to PlanetEmu for games

[Retro-Nerd]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Well you actually don't get any games there (the only link there for games is not accessable ). Stick to PlanetEmu for games

Of course you can get games there. Click on "latif" (bottom right) for downloads.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Of course you can get games there. Click on "latif" (bottom right) for downloads.

I did

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /games/ on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[Retro-Nerd]

Well, some games like Boulder Dash are removed to avoid copyrights troubles, but you can download over 90% of the GBC collection there.

btw: The GBC collection includes only the best working versions available, no need to test this unverified TOSEC stuff from Planetemu.

[Retroplay]

http://noname.c64.org/csdb/
The place to get C64 stuff.

[gklinger]

Originally Posted by StingRay

Sorry to disappoint you but Micro64 won't be open source. There are many ports (MAC OS too) planned though.

If there will be an OS X version I'm not disappointed.

(For the record, it was Jens Schoenfeld who told me it would probably be released as open source and I figured he was a reliable source which is why I repeated the speculation.)

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

I did

Which game were you attempting to download? As Retro-Nerd pointed out, most games are available for download via the partnership with Latif. I'm also willing to provide the entire GB64 on DVD to anyone that wants it for the cost of a DVD and postage although it's quicker and easier to grab it with Bittorrent.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by gklinger

Which game were you attempting to download? As Retro-Nerd pointed out, most games are available for download via the partnership with Latif. I'm also willing to provide the entire GB64 on DVD to anyone that wants it for the cost of a DVD and postage although it's quicker and easier to grab it with Bittorrent.

If you click on the Latif link on the GB64 download page the error posted above occurs That was what I meant with 'not accessable'. Maybe it's just me who can't get to the page

[Retro-Nerd]

The New PAL emulation in Vice 2.0 is painful slow.

And the only 100% smooth running Windows version is still the modified v1.20. I wonder if they ever try to fix this annoying tearing.

http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtop...a32ff3eb24b40c

[jmmijo]

Arnold is still around too

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by gklinger

(For the record, it was Jens Schoenfeld who told me it would probably be released as open source and I figured he was a reliable source which is why I repeated the speculation.)

Take everything Mr.Schönfeld tells you with a grain of salt. He once even claimed that the 68060 cpu lacks the movem instruction. Also, as far as I know, due to information BeRo got from Schönfeld&Co. he had to promise to not make the code public.

[Avanze]

Originally Posted by jmmijo

Arnold is still around too

Arnold was great back in the early days, but nowadays I like my original TAPs.

[jmmijo]

Originally Posted by Avanze

Arnold was great back in the early days, but nowadays I like my original TAPs.

Sure enough, but I somehow just prefer the GOLDEN DAYS of Retro Gaming Sites

[Anubis]

I played some C64 games and didn't have much problem with WinVice. How many games will not run in that emulator?? (I didn't find one yet)

I'm not sure what users find helpful on CCS64, I personally dislike it being shareware. (someone pointed easy to use, which is just the same as WinVice)

[Retro-Nerd]

Originally Posted by Anubis

I'm not sure what users find helpful on CCS64, I personally dislike it being shareware. (someone pointed easy to use, which is just the same as WinVice)

Why? CCS64 isn't limited in the free version. There are some special features for registered users, but honestly i don't know which. I don't miss anything and the 1541 emulation seems to be much more compatible.