best Vic-20 emulator

Barney · Post by **Barney** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:07 am

What is the best and easiest to use Vic-20 emulator?

Barney

Bacon · Post by **Bacon** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:08 am

VICE and MESS are the only current emulators afaik.

I think VICE has the most complete and easy to use emulation. Plus, you get excellent emulation of the C64, C128, and PET machines, and fairly good emulation of the Plus/4 and C16.

With MESS you get emulation of lots of different systems but I believe the VIC-20 emulation is not as complete as in VICE.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:37 am

For older emulators (DOS only, old generation PC) see also:
http://www.sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web ... php?t=1547.

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:27 am

There's Kweepa's online Java emulator but you're limited to the games on the webpage as there's no off-line version. In fact, I thought it was going to make an appearance on this very site...? It is a really good emu though.

pitcalco · Post by **pitcalco** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:07 am

Yes, VICE hands down. No question.

PCVIC was good for DOS.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:32 am

Pedro Lambrini wrote:There's Kweepa's online Java emulator but you're limited to the games on the webpage as there's no off-line version. In fact, I thought it was going to make an appearance on this very site...? It is a really good emu though.

I was waiting for a finished product. Last I heard, he was still making updates. I am still very eager to feature the online emulator on our homepage (or at the very least, a link to it).

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:02 am

VICE is the long-standing emulator which all is compared, and I would say for a newbie it is "the easiest" to install and get running quickly -- hands down please.

As far as "the best", I am warming up to MESS more and more these days. I prefer MESS superior video output capabilities over VICE, although its recent PAL controls have levelled that playing field a little bit more. Hands down, MESS design is far more in-depth (rotating, view aspect ratio, etc.)

Regardless, you still need to know how to "operate" a VIC -- emulators won't teach you.

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:58 am

There's Power20 if you run Mac OS. It's quite good.