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acidblue0:

Whats the best C64 emu that works well with Maximus Arcade frontend?

EVEGames:

AcidBlue,
I've used both CCS64 and WinVice for C64 emulation, my preference is WinVice for a slight customizability edge, and slightly better video/rez controls.  But both are very good C64 emus.

As for working with Maximus Arcade, I've never used it, but I assume Maximus, like all good front-ends, allows you to run any emulator which can be launched via command-line.  Both CCS64 and Vice can be launched via command-line, straight into a game, in full-screen mode.  So it's really just a matter of playing with the two emulators and figuring out which one you like best. 

My advice is, learn how to "swap disks" in both emulators (play a multi-disk game like... I dunno... Bard's tale III, and learn how to "insert disk two"), and figure out which method is the most convenient for you.  Because beyond the obvious differences (which emu has better graphics / sound recreation, which one plays games at full speed with no choppiness, etc), this is the only interaction you will regularly have with a C64 emulator - the need to swap disks.  And each emu handles this differently.

acidblue0:

Good tip! Thank you

sham69:

I use winvice on maximus arcade and its great.
I took snapshots of the games that I like which means they start up from the point where the snaphshot was taken (apologies if you already know this)
As for the multiload games, I havent mastered that yet, can be quite annoying when you are playing the last ninja....

acidblue0:


--- Quote from: sham69 on February 22, 2011, 09:30:01 am ---I use winvice on maximus arcade and its great.
I took snapshots of the games that I like which means they start up from the point where the snaphshot was taken (apologies if you already know this)
As for the multiload games, I havent mastered that yet, can be quite annoying when you are playing the last ninja....

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Thanks

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