What’s your favorite C64 emulator? What do u suggest as a good, easy-to-use one? I found this page of just about every C64 game ever made (I think Shogun and other Infocom are on the list as well) and I wanted to play around with some. Thanks!
c64 emulators; i’ve not been there. What do you recommend? I’d like to try out some of these old programs.
Vice has scratched my itch so far. Full disclosure, though: I never personally owned a 64. That could mean I wouldn’t recognize flaws in the emulation. Of course, it could also be a testament to how easy the emulator is to work with, because I had few problems grokking the thing.
Oh, and the 64 is pretty much synonymous with joystick control, so some kind of USB controller is recommended.
Cool beans! I will check out Vice. The others I’ve played with have ranged from “doesn’t work” to “Windows Has Stopped A Trojan”. So, little satisfaction so far.
And true about the joystick. I’ll have to make-do for now on that one, lol.
Vice is pretty much the standard.
Also, something like this could let you use actual Commodore controllers on your computer: retronicdesign.com/en/
I‘ve tried them all, Frodo, CCs64, Hosx64, but Vice is the best. If you’re on macOS Virtual C-64bis also very good.
If you’re looking for game collections you should look out for Gamebase64.
lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62184
Jens
VICE does it for me.
I use CCS64 myself as well. I’ve used Vice in the past, but don’t recall why I ended up preferring CCS64.
I grew up with the C64, the old “cookie box” model at first and when I could finally buy one myself I got the flat model (which suited me just fine because it allowed you to put flopppies upright in the small ‘slots’ behind the keyboard)
But I’d also like to put in a vote for Vice. It’s pretty much the best I’ve come across with and what I enjoy the most is that the timing of the whole thing really is fully on-par. I don’t remember how but a few years ago I managed to find an image of the Final Cartridge which is something I’ve used a lot. Well… I only needed to tell Vice about the rom image, set it as default and done.
It’s sure one heck of a nostalgic blast