iPhone C64 emulator approved, released

By Robert Purchese Published 7 September, 2009

Play games as old as dinosaurs.

Manomio's C64 emulator has finally been approved for iPhone and can be bought for the princely sum of £2.99.

Bundled games are Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck and Jack Attack.

More will be released soon, according to the App Store listing - including Bristle, Astro Cheese and Commodore Sports Pack I.

But they're old, so we're not sure why you'd bother.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (30) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • towser #1 2 years ago

    Don't make them like this any more! ;-)

    Back in the day when games were all about the gameplay and not about spangly graphics and eye candy.

    etc etc

  • McBradders #2 2 years ago

    Jumpers for goalposts, eh?

  • JohnnyWashnGo #3 2 years ago

    Thing on a Spring FTW.

    Glad to see the iPhone can now, legally, do what my CFW PSP has been doing, illegally, for years.

  • cianchristopher #4 2 years ago

    Oooohhh, bring back Battle Through TIme. That was cool! Anyone remember that one?

    Also, The Way of the Exploding Fist! Rock out with your c*ck out!

  • jonsaan #5 2 years ago

    But....how do I control the games?

  • andijames #6 2 years ago

    I wonder if they'll bring out any of the 'waggle' games like olympic games on this. I imagine that would be impossible to play!

  • photoboy #7 2 years ago

    I'm hoping for Chuckie Egg!

  • skillian #8 2 years ago

    But....how do I control the games?

    This picture should give you an idea...

    http://ca che.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/164324_S/...

  • penhalion #9 2 years ago

    Call me when the Amiga emulator surfaces. Otherwise I'll also take any calls that mention updated remakes of C64 classics. Time marches on for frak sake. Stop emulating and start remaking!

  • cowell #10 2 years ago

    Any reviews?

  • udat #11 2 years ago

    Paradroid!

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #12 2 years ago

    What it needs is the ability to load games based on playing an audio cassette of game data to the iphone's mouthpiece.

    I believe a number of PC spectrum emulators could do that, by loading in wave files.

  • Retroid #13 2 years ago

    But remakes are mostly rubbish :(

    I can't believe how many 'remakes' I've played where they seem to have completely misunderstood how the original game worked.

  • Retroid #14 2 years ago

    Saying that, though, there are several remakes I'd love to see turn up on mobiles / iPhone / XBL Indie Games, like Head Over Heels and Exolon.

    Until then....

    /Emulates

  • cowell #15 2 years ago

    okay I just spent £3 on this. I'd suggest waiting until some more games are available

  • IronGiant #16 2 years ago

    If they actually release some decent C64 games for this then i'll be tempted but Bristle and Astro Cheese??? rubbish.

  • Retroid #17 2 years ago

    If you're restricted to 'game packs' then it's a bit arse, even if I do understand why they'd do it that way.

    Classics like these really do shine on small screens, even on my Ngage (don't laugh) C64 games looked quite good and played very well considering. Stunt Car Racer and Boulderdash were fantastic, not to mention shmups like Enforcer and Turrican! \o/

  • Stompy #18 2 years ago

    The Wii has C64 games on its VC, doesn't it? How popular has that been?
    My Wii isn't online, but I have heard little of any new C64 games coming to it recently from EG.

  • Johnsters #19 2 years ago

    @Bugged Bunny
    No, they should release IK+

    @Retroid
    Stunt Car racer? thought that was Amiga/ST?

  • Retroid #20 2 years ago

    @Johnsters: most people probably played Stunt Car Racer on the 16bits, but the 8bits got conversions too:

    C64, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

    Pretty impressive considering the gulfs in hardware!

    /Absolutely loved SCR
    Edited by 1 at 07/09/09 @ 15:09

  • Bander #21 2 years ago

    Long-time smart phone users welcome the iPhone to 2003!

    Sort of. It falls short by quite a bit as an emulator if you can't write and run your own code.

    Retroid is right. The N-Gage was pretty fantastic for emulators, and they didn't require any hacking to install. It made the N-Gage's own games even more redundant though!
    Edited by 1 at 07/09/09 @ 15:24

  • Skorms-Boss #22 2 years ago

    this is like finding a NES at a car boot sale, buying it and all the games for £30 quid, getting it home, tuning your t.v to find the signal, loading up duck hunt, playing for five minutes, feeling sad, then switching on your 360 revelling in it's HD glow

    why the negativity? I'm being truthful! I still have my c64, and there’s no way I'd plug it in now, for one the tape deck doesn't work!
    Edited by 1 at 08/09/09 @ 14:51

  • Fab4 #23 2 years ago

    Cool. I've recently gotten into emulating my old C64 games. Would be cool to have them on my phone too. I wonder if they'd do Revenge of the Mutant Camels.

  • FogHeart #24 2 years ago

    I may be able to figure out how the hell you finish a level in Koronis Rift.

  • Retroid #25 2 years ago

    Stompy: "The Wii has C64 games on its VC, doesn't it? How popular has that been?
    My Wii isn't online, but I have heard little of any new C64 games coming to it recently from EG."

    Yup, there are a few. But they're overpriced (they're more expensive than they were on budget rerelease tapes in the 80s!) and, (as a Wii and C64 owner in the day) emulation is better on handhelds because the screens are smaller & the game styles are often quite close to what you'd expect from a handheld game.

    Playing a C64 game on a 42" LCD is 'nice' in one way but rubbish in lots of others. Playing the same game in crystal-sharp clarity on a small screen on a machine you can carry around with you is something else entirely :)

  • NinjaWilliams #26 2 years ago

    @Penhalion - WORD! :)>/b>

  • Khanivor #27 2 years ago

    Jupiter Lander was my first ever computer game. I still remember the shop where my dad bought me the C64 and the game cart.

  • KujiGhost #28 2 years ago

    Slap Fight!!! Even remembering the music gives me goosebumps...

    Khanivor> I had that game on the Vic 20! Maybe one of my first too.
    Edited by 1 at 08/09/09 @ 09:23

  • DNM #29 2 years ago

    Nothing like keeping your own opinions out of news posts.

  • UncleLou #30 2 years ago

    @Johnsters: most people probably played Stunt Car Racer on the 16bits, but the 8bits got conversions too:

    C64, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

    Pretty impressive considering the gulfs in hardware!

    /Absolutely loved SCR

    So did, I (on the C64), but all that is holy, look at the framerate! :D