Comments on: C64 emulator for iPhone approved — minus BASIC

By: Noemi Leatham

Noemi Leatham — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:32:14 +0000

Congrats on such a wonderful post. I really liked reading it. Thanks!!

By: ArtOfM

ArtOfM — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:38 +0000

Jailbreak solves all the problems, easily, neatly, and without any fear of retribution from AT&T or Apple.

The key is responsible hacking. DON’T ABUSE IT. Use your jailbreak to bring in applications that should never have been barred, not for network busting P2P, not for distributing viruses and trojan horses, not for stealing people’s data or violating other laws.

Plenty of emulators are running on the iPhone without limitations. Jailbreak is cheap, easy, and proven to be safe. The iPhone can be had for $300 by anyone at any time on eBay… less than that with a new account.

Android, though, looks amazing. Saw one today at Sprint. The screen is just as sharp and touch-responsive as my iPhone (the Instinct is horrible). When apple blocks jailbreak, i’ll dump the iPhone and switch to Android. I have service with both companies anyway!

By: Dennis Booth

Dennis Booth — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:30:07 +0000

Blob has repair diagrams for the commie, the nes, and a bunch of other console games, if you are interested. 3072343488 HTTP://bomarc.org

By: design

design — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:39:59 +0000

Basic works, you just have to like reset from inside a game and you get to the basic screen. People have already found how to add games too, really easy to do. Already have a few more on my iPhone and some guys are making compilations^^

By: DNA

DNA — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:59:19 +0000

PRINT “Hello World!”

I have created a patch for the C64.app to provide the COLON and SEMICOLON Keys. I created two keyboard layouts so you can pick the one you like best. More layouts and other mods to come soon :)

Check my website for details, and to download the latest version of the patch.

Click on my name to visit my site.

- Enjoy!

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:47:38 +0000

There’s a lot of hate here. The iPhone is a great platform, and conscientious objections over the app approval system seem ridiculous to me. What must-have app do you need that isn’t on the App Store already? I have the C64 app, and I’m enjoying the hundred-odd games I put on it last night by jailbreaking the phone and SSH-ing into it. Both trivial achievements. The touchscreen controls are a great idea on the C64 app. I’m constantly surprised by the vehement comments about the iPhone by people who don’t have them. I don’t hate Android phones, because I’ve not used one. I doubt the user experience is anywhere near the iPhone, but I wouldn’t foist that opinion on the world as an unassailable fact.

By: AppPanther

AppPanther — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:52:36 +0000

Apple is a giant fudgebag. For all idiots out there, that’s a bad thing. lol

By: Shadow

Shadow — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:19:16 +0000

Apple can go fuck themself.

By: spiny norman

spiny norman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:38:17 +0000

Big deal anyway, I was running a virtual C64 years ago on my Tungsten E (with no restrictions on the games I installed), and playing Oregon Trail on the Apple II emulator. So the iPhone is finally (almost) as good as a 2003 PDA.

By: George

George — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:49:52 +0000

@C64 Fan – my apologies, yes your phone needs to be jailbroken in order for the instructions to work. But it will work with the App Store purchased app (which is what I have too). What I have yet to test is what would happen if you delete or restore your phone. I believe it will wipe out the changes. Some further experimentation is required to see if these can be added you the Documents area of the app instead, which would be the best way to handle it.

By: DarkFader

DarkFader — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:35:26 +0000

switchkilled already

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:00:48 +0000

Thats totally awesome-tastic news….

if you own an iPhone.

Hopefully, Android phones will soon take over and we can have as many emulators as we like.

By: C64 fan

C64 fan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:49:38 +0000

@George – presumably those instructions only work if your iphone is jailbroken? I just tried what you said but itunes shows an error when I try to sync the amended app to the phone. My copy of C64 isn’t a crack, fwiw.

By: rem06513

rem06513 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:37:22 +0000

Awesome…the first of many to come…no doubt.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:50:30 +0000

Removed basic to stop user executable code? Well, how dare people that buy (more like rent) devices from Apple should be able to use them how they please.

I know it’s a worn argument, but it still bothers me.