Best C64 emu

[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

[Piru]

@Cass

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).

Yes it has.

[icbrkr]

Are there any decent C64 emulators that will run half way respectably on an 040/25 with graphics card?

[Matt_H]

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.

Oh. Yeah. I should have been more clear in my first post - that's why MagiC64 is tough to recommend. If it was still possible to register it, it'd be hands down the best option for emulating C64 on Classics. And I'd have registered it ages ago.

[amiga4001]

Tried the frodo emu and magic64 demo.
Frodo seems to be more happy with my setup..no freezes etc..
Downloaded a few games .d64 and tried to run them.
They load in nicely but then don't run.
I did try blue max turrican and blue baron.
Something I should do with these files to get them going?
Already understood it may not have a capital in the filename.
I also used the more accurate versions of frodo (sc etc..)
Did also see turrican3 for C64 on C64.com thought it was never released for C64???
 

[Mad-Matt]

Magic64 is a pretty good emu for 68k, but if you have ppc, frodo is damn good, the warpos version running at 100% c64 speed.    Magic64 lacks any kind of decent 1541 emulation so alot of .d64 based games wont work at all. Frodo has much better 1541 emulation.   VICE is fantastic (the best?) on pc.  dont remember having a warpos version to try on my miggy.

[Cass]

When I`ll have some spare time, I`ll try to install the latest version of MOS. It has lots of interesting apps! :-)

[foleyjo]

amiga4001 wrote:
Downloaded a few games .d64 and tried to run them.
They load in nicely but then don't run.
I did try blue max turrican and blue baron.
Something I should do with these files to get them going?
 

Im confused you say they load in nicely but dont run?? So how do you know they loaded in nicely??
Some D64's dont work without 1541 emulation. Others wont work if you use LOAD"*",8,1 because the first file isnt the game file. So if you havent already use this method when loading games
LOAD"$",8
LIST
then use the arrow keys to go up to the line with the game file on and type LOAD at the front and ,8,1 at the end
then when its loaded type RUN. Im sure it crashes out with an error message if the game is not compatible without the 1541 emulation