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C64: The wait is over

posted by Stuart * 65 comments

It’s true, the wait is over and Commodore 64 for iPhone has been approved by Apple.  The road was bumpy, but we remained persistent and made the changes Apple was looking for.  Ultimately, BASIC has been removed for this release; however, we hope that working with Apple further will allow us to re-enable it. 

Despite it’s absence, BASIC is not our focus, ultimately fans of the C64 want games.  To that end, we’re working on lots of additional titles that will be available as a separate free or paid download.  These game packs will have an option to activate in the C64, and become visible on your ‘game shelf’.  We’ll announce the titles on this blog as we secure the rights, so keep in touch!

We’re extremely excited about the release, and hopefully the experience and 5 bundled games will whet the appetite of retro fans as we get to work on more titles.  If you have specific requests or hold a license to an original C64 game, please fill in your request here.

We’re already receiving requests via email and twitter.  We’re listening, so expect an update in the near future to provide an option to switch the controls for left-handed players.

You can find C64 for iPhone here on the App Store.

In Retro We Trust!




65 Comments


Commented 06.09.2009 By Gregz0r

Awesome! Now, if you could only do the same for the Amstrad CPC…



Commented 06.09.2009 By Paul

Hi. Am a bit perplexed with this initial release. Where’s international karate , or Bruce lee ?it may be important to be aware of multi format releases back then to broaden the emulator base. These are the games to get people excited haven’t heard of the ones bundled. (I was an atari 800xl owner which released the games mentioned) but great work with the emulation thanks

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Commented 06.09.2009 By Bart

Very nice app but of course there are better C64 games like IK+, Turrican II, The Great Giana Sisters, Last Ninja, Boulder dash, Pirates, Maniac Mansion. Maybe it’s better to bundle some games for one fair price.



Commented 06.09.2009 By Panoma

Great job really!
sure BASIC must come back for the complete retro experience!
I’m looking forward to have the chance to load C64 memory from outside (I developed some games for the C64 in the old hard 6502 asm) and can’t wait to show them in the iPhone! 
Panoma



Commented 06.09.2009 By Garry

Thanks for C64 and for including the greatest game ever, Jack Attack! But where are IK and Bruce Lee as promised in all the pics!?



Commented 06.09.2009 By John

Cool that you got approval, but the BASIC was the only reason I wanted to jump on it.  The keyboard emulation you worked on was great. 

Perhaps in future i’ll pick up this app.



Commented 06.09.2009 By Framnk

Seems very limited at the moment.  There’s no ability to create custom save points, or many other features that the base code (Frodo) provides.

There also doesn’t seem to be a facility to add custom C64 disk files to run with the emulator, only the 5 games provided.



Commented 07.09.2009 By lyscarz

Hi All,
Apple do not allow us to open for you to install your own games, we would love this and will keep trying to convince Apple.

For the games - have patience, new games are submitted to Apple, but we´ll have to wait for them to approve. As soon as they approve our first gamepack, it will be 4 sports games from commodore, we´ll begin to submit lot´s of the way better games. So plz signup on the mailinglist and be noticed as soon as we have more goodies for you.

Your support is fantastic!!

/brian



Commented 07.09.2009 By Arotto

Just wanted to tell you:  I’m perfectly willing to buy the C64 emulator ... it looks awesome.

But I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for the C64 games themselves!

So, before I buy the App I want to know how we get other C64 games on the iPhone. I’d like a program where I can copy them from the PC to the iPhone myself.



Commented 07.09.2009 By Mike Kelleher

Fantastic Job!

I think it would be good if you could address the legal hurdles you’ve undoubtedly been facing on getting the rights to some games in a blog post. As a programmer myself, I know how difficult this can be - plus I’d like to hear some of your plans for the emulator.

I’ve purchased. NOw I’m hoping for Elite, and could you please work something out with Origin for Ultima IV? smile



Commented 07.09.2009 By There is

Nice trick there is basic :D there is picture and if you remove one picturr you see basic :D



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Commented 07.09.2009 By Monkeypunch

What about Demoscene Productions?
Wouldn’t it be great to see your favourite C64 Demos on the iPhone? All the cool stuff from groups like Fairlight, Triad, Byterapers, Extend, Crest, Booze Designs, Resource, Chorus etc…



Commented 08.09.2009 By ehud

Apple is a piece of shit censor and those of you who support it are contributing.

STOP CENSORSHIP and STOP SUPPORTING CENSORSHIP (that’s the app-store for those of you too lemming to figure it out.)

Cheers

E



Commented 08.09.2009 By DJC

Your talent is wasted on iPhones… come to Android.

Instant app approval, and I can guarantee BASIC won’t be blocked.  Heck, we can run all this stuff on an unrooted Android: http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/



Commented 08.09.2009 By DJC

Did I mention there’s a native C/C+ NDK for raw metal programmers?

http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/1.5_r1/index.html



Commented 08.09.2009 By sprice

I tried to buy the app tonight (9/7/09) and get ‘The item you tried to buy is no longer available’.



Commented 08.09.2009 By Rich

I am also getting the “no longer available” message when I try to purchase the App.



Commented 08.09.2009 By poplopez

why can’t I buy this from app store? says app unavailable



Commented 08.09.2009 By pixelkitty

and now it’s not available :(



Commented 08.09.2009 By 8-Bit Revolution

Hi, the app has been removed from the Portuguese App Store as well! What happened?



Commented 08.09.2009 By Psy

Agree whole-heartedly with the Android comment.  Walled gardens engender DRM…and ignore the clue-train manifesto to their peril…

Wizball.  Port *that* game…



Commented 08.09.2009 By Magnus A

Congratulations to the Manomio team for their efforts! But it seems like that app isn’t available in the Swedish App Store at the moment for some unknown reason.

I hope to be able to buy it soon and that a lot of classic games will be available for download.



Commented 08.09.2009 By DnP

Fuck Ya apple… we want back basic and custom game. I payed you, let me use this app in my way. The built in 4 apps are piece of shit… never played with them on real c64.



Commented 08.09.2009 By Sosuke111

The application isn’t avaiable in the Italian App Store too!!!

I hope your application will be available soon…

I can’t believe maybe I could play “Out of This world” on plane or bus, everywhere…

In Retro We Trust!!!!!



Commented 08.09.2009 By Framnk

You can play ‘Out of this World’ right now if you jailbreak your phone and use the SNES emulator.



Commented 08.09.2009 By Hami in Miami

Overall great emulator!

The overscan effect is cute, but annoying.  Not all of us had old TVs hooked up.  Serious C64er’s used real monitors.

PS:  How are we supposed to do any real programming without COLON & SEMI-COLON keys grin

Hami in Miami



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Commented 10.09.2009 By Duke

We made a small entry on our site about the problems you are facing. We’d really appreciate you comment and give us your feeling about all this story: http://www.itechjunky.com/2009/09/iphone-c64-emulator-controversy/



Commented 11.09.2009 By DNA

@Monkeypunch:
Dragon’s Den which is included with this C64 Emulator appears to have been cracked and trained by REMEMBER, and they mention Fairlight and Crest in their cracktro.

I deleted the save state to view the Cracktro.

@ Manomio Team
WHERE ARE THE COLON & SEMI-COLON KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD?!



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Commented 23.09.2009 By Russ

Wow the games wish list could go on forever here. And imagine if you could plug the iphone into the tv and get big screen game play.

Id love it if you guys could get the Elite guys to let you put that classic on.

Elite/Starglider/GreenBeret/Commando/Gauntlet

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Commented 17.10.2009 By Magnus

Let’s hope that Apple approves the app soon again!

I got a tip for you guys at Manomio; use the font Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold for your keyboard buttons. It matches the original style quite well!

Kind regards
Magnus



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Commented 14.11.2009 By DiscoStu

Could you release the full version via Cydia, or some other paid means?  I’m pretty sure you could setup a PayPal account and release the compiled IPA (perhaps for beta testing) without violating any licensing issues.



Commented 14.11.2009 By KingFlathead

Yes, please, release it on Cydia. I’m not going to pay $$$ for a crippled version. I’ll probably just get it from Appulous, fool with it for a few minutes, and delete it.

If it was available on Cydia, you’d have my $10 right now, and I’d have GEOS on my iPhone.



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Commented 15.11.2009 By Jeff

Spyhunter and Paradroid.

That’s what I remember from the C64,

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