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VICE is an emulator collection which emulates the C64, the C64-DTV, the C128, the VIC20, practically all PET models, the PLUS4 and the CBM-II (aka C610). It runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, BeOS, QNX 6.x, Amiga, GP2X or Mac OS X machines.

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Project Samples

The start screen for the C64 on Amiga OS 3.x

Giana sisters running on the emulated C64

The start screen for the Plus/4 on Windows XP

The start screen for the C64 on Windows XP

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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mc-dusat Posted 2025-12-25

Needlessly fantastic and the only C64/C128/C16/Plus4/PET emulator you will ever need. People not getting along with it are obvious avid user manual deniers. I've been using VICE primarily for developing C64 software since it has cycle perfect emulation going on and the SID chip emulation is simply stellar. Keep up the good work guys it is really appreciated!
orangedishwashr Posted 2025-12-17

Needlessly obtuse. It did bring back memories using sourceforge as a repo though lol. 9.6k speeds smh. Anyway it is hands down the third worst emulator I have ever used. It is easier to just use the real hardware. About 80% of it is bloat for specialists. Amazing they could do in less than 30k what now takes 30MB lol. It tells you a lot that C64Forever exists as a profitable entity because VICE is so obtuse. Luckily there are no end to the ways the c64 can be emulated and better. As someone who originally owned, used, and programmed on one, this just left me shaking my head and pursing my lips like I ate a lemon. Glad it is useful for some people. The experience was so poor between sourceforge's garbage and the emulator itself, that I created an account here to leave this and never return. Good luck!
zombiegod Edited 2026-01-15

Trying to get an analogue controller mapped is frustratingly difficult and time consuming, as they no longer have an inbuilt UI which automatically recognises it. You now have to go through a long and convoluted process of downloading and saving text files and logs into your Config file, in the vain hope it might work.
wrmason3 Edited 2024-09-18

It's great to see the passion behind those who are determined to keep this emulator up to date. Generally however it seems to be moving more in the direction of cryptic C++ programing terms and folder hierarchy (SDL v GTK, BIN folder), and is less accessible to the average person who just wants to try an old C64 program. Once you are past finding your executables at the bottom of a long list of files sharing the BIN folder - something you'd expect to see in operating systems other than Windows, for example, there is no clear emulator to choose for the best selling computer model of all time, the old Breadbox C64 (extensive lore knowledge would tell you it's not the "DTV", but "x64sc?" What's the "SC"? Standard computer? The manual may say, but I doubt most will want to go search for that. So experimentation then. Some other others are more easily identified, like xplus4. Why so cryptic? If the developers could test navigating to and finding the right emulator with family members, perhaps they'd understand why this bugs me even though I can figure it out fine - with nearly 30 years of emulating from the early days of Frodo. That said, there are nice enhancements and fixes and FUNCTIONALLY it seems to be really GOOD emulation. Now the sound, joystick emulation, and other settings are back to working well or are no longer giving me issues as they did a couple of years ago - when I stuck to version 2.4 for years due to it being nearly unusable out of the box. We're back! So take that positive feedback, please and maybe make it a little easier for people who aren't programmers or SourceForge veterans to figure out what to use. For most I'd wager a flashing neon sign with "standard C64 emulator you are looking for is right here" would be a help. A preset on the joystick keyboard with the cursor keys as directions and something obvious for Fire would be awesome too for out of the box fun.

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rughuisrhi Edited 2024-05-15

Having used the old version of Vice from the mid 2000's this is not at all easier or better. First i had to look in an out of the way folder just to find the exe to run it,the download page is confusing as it talks about binary versions ,and various compiled files,it's not clear what is a download that just runs vs what ever is the code for the re complied program is, this is not clear for non coders / joe public who just want to download the emulator. Also the exe icon is ugly,gray boring. The load a game file brings up an annoying and unnecessary UI screen that then brings up a requester saying there no disk in the drive,as i had tape files not disk images,this would not stop bugging me,i don't know if that's something to do with windows or the emulator,as i turned off the disk drive emulation and it still wouldn't stop showing the requestor,as clicking the cancel option 10 times then closes it. Straight out of the box it's another example of how to make something that just worked 10 years ago into something that is fast becoming discount retro arch style emulator,too much UI shenanigans with a lot of settings that were not needed before.

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

AmigaOS, Android, BeOS, BSD, Cygwin, GNU Hurd, Haiku, HP-UX, Linux, MinGW/MSYS2, MorphOS, MS-DOS, OpenServer, QNX, RISC OS, Server Operating Systems, Solaris, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop, Religion

User Interface

GTK+, SDL

Programming Language

Related Categories

C Emulators

Registered

2008-03-29

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