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C64 Emulator Finally Approved For iPhone

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the give-us-basic dept.

Gi0 writes "After a couple of months of rejection, the C64 Emulator has finally been approved for the iPhone (and is available at the app store now). 'BASIC has been removed for this release; however, we hope that working with Apple further will allow us to re-enable it. Despite its absence, BASIC is not our focus; ultimately, fans of the C64 want games.' It comes with 5 bundled games and will certainly give you that retro fix for your iPhone."

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  1. Turtle Neck Gestapo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No programming on your iPhone, poseurs.

    The iPhone is only to be used for gay, Apple approved activities, like soliciting meth and sex on Cragslist. "

    -Steve Jobs
    9/7/2009

  2. Eagerly awaiting... by cupantae · · Score: 2, Funny

    All I need now is an iPhone emulator for the C64. That way, I can play all my C64 games on my C64

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    1. Re:Eagerly awaiting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      yo dogg i heard u liked playing emulated c64 games on ur iphone so we put an iphone in ur c64 so u can game while u game

    2. Re:Eagerly awaiting... by mdwh2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Here you are - it's surprisingly easy to write once you strip out the functionality that won't ever be hit:

      10 PRINT "THIS APPLICATION MAY NOT BE RUN ON NON-APPLE APPROVED HARDWARE"

  3. Re:Commodore 64? by EdIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hated that *^*%* game!

    Played it for about a week just trying to get to the end. It required split-second skills to get past some of the guys. One night I finally get past the last guy and when I finnnaaallly get to the girl... she knifes me.

    I was so pissed, I literally threw the floppy disk out the window. Nearly 20 years later I learned it was some dude in drag, and the real girl was behind "him".

    Ohhh, and fuck that bird.

    Video games have not been that hard for a long time.

  4. Re:C64 without BASIC? by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I've run it on a pre 20th century Nokia phone.

    Did it have a big crank on the side?
    "Operator! I want to speak to Frantic Freddy!"

  5. Re:C64 without BASIC? by dachshund · · Score: 2, Funny

    Debugging something like
    1000 DATA 123, 6, 43, 69, 240, 122, 51
    2000 DATA 120, 120, 85, 239, 4
    is for suckers

    My debugging process --- deleting lines of code at random --- was simple and 100% effective. Sooner or later I always got something that "worked".

  6. Re:C64 without BASIC? by QuantumLeaper · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I've run it on a pre 20th century Nokia phone

    What is the Nokia phone steam powered or does it have a hand crank?