That kit includes everything you’ll need to get going, including a MicroSD card, a basic case, a power supply, and some adapters to connect various cabling.
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You also need some simple, free apps to prepare the MicroSD card and write the Combian 64 image, like the SD Card Formatter and Win32Disk Imager, as well as a USB stick to transfer ROMs / disk images over. Technically, all you need for this build is a Raspberry Pi Zero, some MicroSD storage, a USB keyboard, and a slick, customized OS for the Pi that leverages the “Versatile Commodore Emulator”, or VICE, called Combian 64.
But we chose the Pi Zero to mix things up a bit and because of these awesome cases available from RetroPiCases.Com. In fact, the additional USB ports and wired Ethernet make the standard Pi a little easier to work with and add some flexibility (like being able to transfer ROMs via an FTP client like FileZilla). Although the Commodore 64 was relatively powerful and more capable than most of the other personal computers of its time, even the ultra-low-power Raspberry Pi Zero has significantly more horsepower than is necessary to emulate the machine.Ī standard issue Raspberry Pi would work fine for this project. Accompanying the CPU was a graphics chip (the VIC-II), a sound chip (the venerable SID), a whopping 64K of RAM and 20K of ROM. The Commodore 64, like virtually all competing 8-bit machines at the time, was built around a modified version of the MOS 6502, dubbed the MOS 6510.
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It is with that in mind, along with knowing how popular our Building An Amiga Emulator article was, that we decided to show you how to build your own ultra small form factor Commodore 64 emulator, for just a few dollars, using the teeny-tiny Raspberry Pi Zero. So, it’s no surprise that all these years later, the machine still hold a special place in our hearts. For many long-time technology geeks, including me, the Commodore 64 was the first personal computer they ever owned. After its initial release in August 1982, the C64 went on to sell millions of units – outselling all other popular 8-bit machines at the time, including the Apple II. Because live streams expire, they are not examples of good content for this subreddit and are not allowed.The Commodore 64 holds a Guinness World record as the highest-selling single computer model of all time. Reddit is a link aggregation service at its core. Adhere to reddiquette and all reddit site-wide rules. Remember that there's a human on the other end of the screen. "Collection," "Battlestation," and "Score" posts may contain modern games, but they must be majority vintage or vintage-focused.ĭon't be a dick. However, discussion about newer platforms is a allowed as discussion, just not as a top-level post. r/retrogaming is for posts about vintage gaming: 5th gen platforms and earlier.
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