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Commodore 64 Emulator For Your Palm Pilot

Posted by timothy on from the needs-aztek dept.

Ridgelift writes "PDALive's got an article on a port of Frodo, the free Commodore 64 Emulator for your Palm Pilot. I can't wait to get this running so I can play M.U.L.E. on the road!" Update: 12/01 02:41 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "I thought I should point out that there's also a really great Atari ST emulator for Palm called 'CaSTaway.' You can find it here. It's free and released under GPL :)"

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  1. Overrated by PCM2 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If your point is that "Palm Pilot" is an outdated name for the devices now known as Palms or Palm Handhelds, then you'll be pleased to learn that the project site doesn't use the term "Palm Pilot."

    Before you confuse people, though: the Zire 21, Zire 71, Tungsten E and Tungsten T2 models all have ARM processors and ship with Palm OS 5.x.

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    1. Re:Overrated by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 4, Informative

      Not to mention the Zodiac, which is shipping now, so is no longer vapor.

      I have had mine for two weeks now. Outstanding device. Everybody who sees mine wants one.

      The screen...is just breathtaking! I have never seen the like on a laptop, let alone a PDA.

  2. They have! by phillymjs · · Score: 4, Informative

    Commodore 64 ethernet card

    Commodore 64 web browser

    How useful these really are, I don't know. But they exist.

    ~Philly

  3. Done and Done by iCharles · · Score: 4, Informative

    PalmApple has been written. My poor Handspring doesn't do it justice, so I really can't speak to performance.

    Oregon Trail sold seperately.

  4. Re:First Nitpick! by Shawn+Parr · · Score: 4, Informative
    Actually since Palm Computing broke into PalmSource for Software, and PalmOne for hardware, just Palm is not techinically correct. But Pilot is pretty incorrect also.

    The correct terminology is the Palm Computing Platform. That encompasses any device running the Palm OS, including Sony Clie, PalmOne Tungsten and Zire lines, and even old school things like Handera/TRG, and the good old Pilot.

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  5. On my phone by AchmedHabib · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've got it on my Nokia 7650. installed and run without any problems. Tested at couple of games and everything looked fine, even the old decompressing flashy screens. It sometimes however slowed a bit down when doing music.

  6. Re:Addictive arcade games for the palm at last? by jest3r · · Score: 4, Informative

    top 11 c64 games that kept me busy for lord knows how many hours when i was 10 years old

    Bruce Lee
    Archon / Adept
    Bubble Bobble
    M.U.L.E
    California Games
    Winter Games
    Ghostbusters
    Galaxian
    Paper Boy
    Pitstop 2
    Beach Head

  7. Re:Unreal by FromWithin · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's why I wish there were more emulators for the Sharp Zaurus. The built-in keyboard makes a huge difference, and would be perfect for playing the old Ultima games!

    How many more do you want? There are loads of them.

    Atari 400/800, PC, Atari ST, C64, Gameboy (orig/color/Advance), Mac, PalmPilot, MAME, MESS, ScummVM, SNES, TRS-80, Genesis, NES, Spectrum, TI85, Wonderswan, Amiga. If they're not at the link above then do a search of some Japanese zaurus sites.