Best C64 emu

[amiga4001]

So I am in a retro mood.
I want to play turrican on the C64 but was thinking maybe possible on an emulator on my amiga?
I do have an ppc if that helps for speed as an graphiccard.
Or is speed/compatibility not enough?
What are you guys reccomandations.

[Wayne]

the best C64 emulator for the amiga is Magic 64....get it on aminet...but you have a better option on the PC side and is named VICE which is lot better than Magic 64


bye, Laser

[Matt_H]

MagiC64 is absolutely fantastic, but it's shareware and limited to 10 minutes use without a keyfile.

With the PPC option, you might want to look into Frodo. You could probably also boot into MorphOS and run its version of VICE.

[AmigaBlitter]

CCS64 is also fantastic.

A port for AmigaOS would be great!
 :-D

[revlayle]

Also note that VICE is a package with emulators for:
* C64 (as you may already know)
* C128
* VIC-20
* Many PET models
* Plus/4
* CBM-II

also has tools to manipulate d64 images in various ways

pretty complete emulator also, runs damn near anything

[TjLaZer]

MagiC64 rocks!!!  Runs great on a 060...

[amiga4001]

Well I wouldn't mind paying for a key if it works allright.
But problem is now that it freezes on startup.
Maybe I should checkout frodo?
Or is there a problem with 060 and magic64?
Too bad I can't run morphos only mediator.

[Wayne]

amiga4001,



try to disable one or more caches of the 68060 before you start Magic64
for example....dusable only scalar cache or branch or data cache
experiment a bit
anyways you will not problem with speed disabling one or more caches of the 060 cause magic64works fine on a 030

also




check what says on magic64 guide on the sound part:

"playsid.library will not work with 68060"

read all what says there

my suggestions:

delete playsid.library from your libs directory and check if that is the problem
get 6581sid.library on aminet if you don't have it installed

pending

bye, Laser

[Crumb]

If you use PPC, VICE provides the most accurate emulation, much better than Frodo.

[drHirudo]

Fast summary of most C64 emulators available for Amiga:

Best C64 emu      - VICE.
Fastest C64 emu   - MagiC64.
Crapiest C64 emu  - A64.
Slowest C64 emu   - Frodo.

[Ilwrath]

Crapiest C64 emu - A64.

Naw... I had SOME results with A64.  The crappiest would be the C64 module for Emplant, as it was mostly vapor, and the beta I found never even managed to emulate a READY prompt properly.  :lol:

The rest of your list I agree with, but I'd like to add:

Coolest C64 emu - PocketC64 (for PocketPC)

A complete and darn near perfect* C64 that fits in my shirt pocket?!  I'd have killed for much less back in my youth.

(*It doesn't run quite as many things as VICE does [heck, I think VICE runs more than a real C64 does!], but what it does, it does a great job with.)

[mr_a500]

Crapiest C64 emu - A64.

I've seen a couple crappier ones. Although the A64 has problems with most games, it's still the fastest C64 emulator (quickly emulates badly ;-)). I usually have a choice to run a game fast and inaccurate on A64 or accurate and slow on Magic64. A few games even run perfectly in A64. Also, A64 has more of a real C64 feeling for me because the BASIC screen has the right colours, border and no delays when typing. On my Amiga, Magic64 border doesn't work (shifts screen to bottom corner) and the BASIC colours are wrong.

So if you've got a slow Amiga, still give A64 a try.

[Cass]

I`ve used Frodo on AmigaPPC, which runs fine (is there a full screen version?), but failed to load some tape/disk images.
On the other hand, Vice on PC is fantastic! Not to mention the Pal emulation and the pixel smoothing that gives you a TV-experience feeling (I hope it has the same options on MOS, as well).

[TjLaZer]

MagiC64 works perfectly for me on my 060 based systems.  I did have to use a different SID library to get it to run 100% though.

[foleyjo]

amiga4001 wrote:
Well I wouldn't mind paying for a key if it works allright.
But problem is now that it freezes on startup.
Maybe I should checkout frodo?
Or is there a problem with 060 and magic64?
Too bad I can't run morphos only mediator.

It'll be hard getting the key file. I tried for ages to contact the makers. The website they give in the readme file just had a link to porn.
Frodo version 2 is the emulator I use on my A1200 060. To get the best speeds you need either a graphics card or if you use Fblit and Blazewcp (plus other speed up hacks) you can get it running at 100% with a frame skip of 2 or 3.
The most recent frodo on the amiga is compatible with more games but a lot slower.
Oh and dont use playsid.library(unless u have a really powerful amiga) for sound use the other sid library as its much quicker.
Alternativly you could get yourself a real C64 and get one of the cables that lets u transfer games from Amiga to C64 giving you the best speed, sound and frame rate for your games :-D