The T-Files


Tue, 06 May 2003

64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE

Yes! Someone made a port of the Commodore C64 emulator Frodo for the Gamepark GP32. It works great (much easier to install and use than on my iBook for that matter), with sound and emulated joysticks, floppy, tape drive and even keyboard. Nostalgia almost made me cry when the Great Giana Sisters and Boulder Dash came up. There is a website (www.c64.com) which has hundreds of games for download. I hope it is legal, but apparently it is, considering that this site has not been shut down.

On a related note, the Doom port has been updated to support sound (yes!), saving games, Doom 2 and Ultimate Doom. Next plans seem to be brightness control and Heretic. I also came across the demo version of a new commercial game, Pinball Dreams, which is a lot of fun, too.