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Commodore 64 DTV Hacked

Posted by Zonk on from the classic-gaming-hacks dept.

Sebastian writes "C64 DTV has been out for just under a month now and the Modders and Hackers have been hard at work. Here is a website dedicated to C64DTV modding. This one has nice pictures of the inns of C64 DTV and even some easter eggs."

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  1. Images.. by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Forgive me for the large images, I didn't have the time to scale them down, these are just copied straight from the digital camera."

    We may, but your server won't.

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    Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
  2. But did you have to... by Phixxr · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...host the page on your new toy?

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    ungggghhhh
  3. It's supposed to work like this... by vasqzr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Jeri has stated she wanted this to be expandable by end users. Too bad all devices aren't created with that mantra.

    1. Re:It's supposed to work like this... by Rico_Suave · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Good point. The /. headline makes it sound like people have gotten away with something potentially illegal, but it was *designed* to be hackable.

  4. The SID (audio) emulation is apparently bad by dstone · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The SID chip is my All Time Favorite Chip, for the crazy bleepy goodness it produces and for relative ease of programming. Unfortunately, emulating the sucker is quite difficult because of its design quirks. I just scanned the C64 DTV hacking forums, it sounds like the audio emulation leaves a lot to be desired. Sigh.

    It's too bad, because a little plug & play C64 tracker or demo player or SID player at that price would have been a great toy.

    1. Re:The SID (audio) emulation is apparently bad by whathappenedtomonday · · Score: 2, Informative
      emulating the sucker is quite difficult

      if soft emu is enough, you might want to give quadrasid a try

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      I hope I didn't brain my damage.
    2. Re:The SID (audio) emulation is apparently bad by Rico_Suave · · Score: 3, Informative

      Hate to reply to my own post, but... this is straight from the designer Jeri's keyboard...

      "This problem might relate to the TMode and the LFSR init. Can someone with a bad noise wavform strobe tmode with the 3.3v supply. This will reset the unit and set all registers to 0."

      So that's a possible solution.

  5. All of these gadgets I've seen are fairly hackable by hal2814 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've been hacking the Pac and Ms. Pac controllers to use real arcade parts for a while now for friends. Their innards are also pretty well labelled and hackable. Granted, on the Ms. Pac the soldering is so poor that you might feel inclined to redo it, but if you're careful you can hack on of those just by cutting and stripping a few wires and using your wire conector of choice. I hope this trend keeps up.

  6. I adore my 64... by PhotoJim · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm not sure what's worse - the comedy of having a joystick with four attached floppy disk drives, or the fact that I want to own a joystick with four attached floppy drives. ;)