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Apple Pulls C64 Emulator From the App Store

Posted by kdawson on from the brief-shining-moment dept.

Rob Hearn sends in a piece up at PocketGamer.co.uk on why Apple suddenly pulled Manomio's C64 emulator soon after finally approving it. (El Reg has coverage too.) "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."

3 of 580 comments (clear)

  1. Obligatory by _PimpDaddy7_ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of
    voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear
    something terrible has happened.

  2. Long live line numbers! by Danathar · · Score: 1, Redundant

    10 Print "I love Line numbers!"
    20 Goto 10

  3. Re:You don't understand by jpmorgan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mmm, posted in the first ten minutes and moderated 'Redundant'. Whatever, I've got Karma to burn. Go at it, astroturfers!