Commodore 64 app coming to iPhone

Dr. Dodger

Apple sells nostalgia with Commodore 64 iPhone app
08.09.2009
Apple iPhone owners with a penchant for nostalgic 8-bit gaming are in for a treat with the new Commodore 64 emulator app from the App Store.

Including classics like Jupiter Landing and Jack Attack, the app, named C64, features original Commodore games graphics and that original SID (Sound Interface Device) sound that brings you back to the glorious heydays of the classic games console.

Brilliant, taken from Silicon Republic, this could be the beginning of the end of my life outside of iPhone.

Leiva

Dr. Dodger wrote: »

Brilliant, taken from Silicon Republic, this could be the beginning of the end of my life outside of iPhone.

+1 ... Oh I can smell the nostalgia stamping all over Nokia !

3DataModem

Dr. Dodger wrote: »

Brilliant, taken from Silicon Republic, this could be the beginning of the end of my life outside of iPhone.

Paradroid. Head over Heels. Nebulous.
Paradroid. Head over Heels. Nebulous.
Paradroid. Head over Heels. Nebulous.
Paradroid. Head over Heels. Nebulous.
Paradroid. Head over Heels. Nebulous.

OMG

TinCool

There's a couple of SID play apps up on the App Store already to wet your appetities for 8bit goodness.

Gordon

Apple just pulled the C64 app due to a way of being able to access the BASIC code, or something.

smackyB

I just got a copy (not saying where). It looks nice but crashy as hell. Couldn't even get as far as starting a game..

wayne040576

Gordon wrote: »

Apple just pulled the C64 app due to a way of being able to access the BASIC code, or something.

Yeah they don't wan't to give users the ability to do stuff in basic :rolleyes:

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Agent Smith

Gordon wrote: »

Apple just pulled the C64 app due to a way of being able to access the BASIC code, or something.

"It was a glorious few moments for retro gamers when Manomio's C64 emulator was finally approved by Apple and released to the eager, nostalgic iPhone public. Then, calamity! It was gone again. Apparently some wily users figured out how to access the Commodore 64 BASIC system that was originally packaged with the emulator — something that Apple wasn't too happy with, given the nature of the interpreter's code. By setting the keyboard to 'always on,' launching a game and restarting BASIC, players got into the 'empty shell' of their C64 emulator."

Here...

TinCool

Oh my god Apple, run for the hills. Users will be able to run PRINT Statements on their iPhone or make their screen change random colours..... aaaahhhh !!! Best remove that from the AppStore... muppets.

wayne040576

TinCool wrote: »

Oh my god Apple, run for the hills. Users will be able to run PRINT Statements on their iPhone or make their screen change random colours..... aaaahhhh !!! Best remove that from the AppStore... muppets.

I was planning to make that balloon float across my screen.

Mellor

If somebody managed to get it downloadws quickenough, does that mean its out there and will makes its way to jailbroken app lists soon/