Got new gadgets and yet still craving for something reminiscent of the past? I don’t know why this happens but it does – and a lot of times. You know, we have all the newest in gaming consoles, the newest in mobile games, and yet there are times when we yearn for something from the past. The familiar look and sound of old games and applications just cannot be matched by the glitter of more advanced technology at times.

Enter the Commodore 64 home computer emulator. Dubbed Frodo, this emulator was ported from Christian Bauer’s original Frodo for Amiga. We can thank Jal Panvel and Alfred E. Heggestad for doing this wonderful task for Epoc and Hannu Viitala for Nokia 9210 and S60.

Viitala writes in his web site:

The latest version of Frodo also supports sensors (accelerometer), vibration, on-screen keyboard C64 and audio engine. To enable those those features, you have to install Bilbo library also. To enable those those features, you have to install Bilbo library also. Imagine playing Pitstop II by rotating your phone like a steering wheel, or solving Quedex maze by turning the phone in any direction. Imagine playing Pitstop II by rotating your phone like a steering wheel, or solving Quedex maze by turning the phone in any direction. If you do not want just imagine, look at the YouTube video below and after that get Frodo and Bilbo to your phone! Note that sensors and vibration is not supported in all S60 phone models. Note that sensors and vibration is not supported in all S60 phone models.

I have pasted the URL to the video below if you are interested. I wonder if this will work on my E63. I guess I am about to find out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVZ9OvM1grc&eurl=http://209.85.175.101/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fi&tl=en&u=http://koti.mbnet.fi/~haviital/index.shtml%3Fproje&feature=player_embedded

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