Z64K is a pixel exact emulator of the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, and VIC 20.
Keyboard mapping is positional to match real c64/c128/vic 20 key positions and combinations so some keys will not match PC keyboard keys.
The emulator is written in the Java programming language. You’ll need a current Java runtime environment.
Note this emulator is not released under an open source license.
Features include:
- Atari 2600:
- Cycle accurate 6507 emulation.
- Pixel accurate TIA emulation.
- Commodore 64:
- Cycle exact 6510 emulation including all undocumented instructions.
- Cycle exact CIA 6522/6522a emulation.
- Cycle exact SID 6581 emulation based on reSID.
- Pixel exact VIC 6569r3 (PAL) and 6567 (NTSC) emulation including all known ‘glitches’.
- Bank switching fully implemented including ULTIMAX.
- SID 6581 and 8580 emulation based on reSid.
- Sid Player.
- Commodore 128:
- All features of Commodore 64.
- Most VDC features implemented including interlace modes are emulated.
- Z80 processor emulated. Not 100% cycle accurate.
- VICIIe D030 register behaviour emulated including color phase shifting, interlace support, and VICII behavior in 2MHz mode.
- Fast serial support with C1571 and C1581 disk drives.
- VIC 20:
- Cycle accurate
- Pixel accurate PAL and NTSC VIC emulation with all known ‘glitches’. NTSC interlace is supported.
- CBM 1541, CBM 1571, and CBM 1581 Disk Drives:
- Cycle exact 6502 emulation
- Cycle exact 6522 emulation.
- PRG, D64, G64, D81, T64, TAP and CRT support.
- iec delay. jiffy dos works.
- Read/write of disk emulated.
- LED, disk change and photo sensor emulated.
- Up to 4 drives can be connected to the serial bus at once.
- Keyboard shortcuts.
- Profiles.
- Full screen option.
- Machine monitor.
- Screenshots.
- Internationalization support – translations are available for French, German, Italian, Slovak, Spanish, and Turkish.
- Themes: Light and dark.
- Cross platform support – runs under any operating system that has a modern Java runtime environment such as Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Website: www.z64k.com
Support:
Developer: William McCabe
License: Closed source
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