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C64 emulator for iPhone/Refused by Appstore

Franky Branckaute — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:45:17 +0000

The C64 was an awesome gaming device back in the days, especially considered the limited hardware capabilities. Manomio went ahead and brought the C64 back in the form of an emulator for the iPhone. C64iPhone is completely licensed by Commodore, but got rejected by the AppStore because the emulator breaks the iPhone SDK API, running executable code. It is expected that a new version will be released, only running the virtual emulator without BASIC code.

Until then, all we got is the Youtube preview video of awesome C64 classic such as Bruce Lee and International Karate. When finally accepted, the C64 will come with 5 games included: Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck and Jack Attack and more will be available.

Breadbox64, a Twitter client for Commodore 64

Franky Branckaute — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:00:42 +0000

One of the most vibrant development communities online is the Twitter third party application community. There are hundreds if not thousands of different Twitter applications and mashups. Now there finally is an awesome addition to the pack with Breadbox64.

Breadbox64 is not just another Twitter client, but a Twitter client for Commodore 64/128. With the help of a cartridge add-on for C64/C128 it is no problem nowadays to go online over ethernet.

Video of Breadbox64 in action after the jump.

More info over at the Breadbox64 site.

Commodore 64 On Your S60 Phone

Noemi Twigg — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:56:25 +0000

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