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Frodo - The free, portable C64 emulator
Frodo is a portable Commodore 64 emulator that runs on a variety of platforms, with a focus on the exact reproduction of special graphical effects possible on the C64. It was also the world's first Commodore 64 emulator without a “64” in its name. ;-)
Frodo comes in two flavours: The regular “Frodo” which uses a cycle-exact emulation, and the simplified “Frodo Lite” which is less compatible but runs better on slower machines.
NEW! Frodo V4.4
- Fixed startup problem when running under Wayland
- Command line option '-c' is now used to specify a different configuration file than the default
- Settings from configuration file can be overridden on command line (for example “DrivePath8=/path/to/disk.d64”)
- Holding down Ctrl while pressing F12 resets the C64 and auto-starts from disk drive 8
- Settings window changes:
- Added ability to map game controller buttons to keys on the C64 keyboard or the tape PLAY button
- Added ability to define firmware ROM sets, and switch between them
- Added option for twin-stick joystick control (for games like “Robotron 2084”)
- Added option to enable controller rumble effects via the C64 tape drive motor signal (for the game “Aquarius”)
- Added “Auto-Start Drive 8” button
- Added menu item for opening the included user manual
- Removed "Display Sprites" and "Enable SID Filters" settings which are now always enabled
- Improved interrupt timing
- Improved SID emulation
- Improved virtual 1541 file name pattern matching
- New font for on-screen displays
Download Frodo V4.4
Download Frodo V4.x Source Code
The source code of Frodo is hosted in a Git repository on GitHub:
Historic Versions of Frodo
What's more retro than running a Commodore 64 emulator? Running the emulator itself on a retro computer, of course. 8-)
Frodo V4.1 for BeOS/Unix/MacOS/AmigaOS/RiscOS/Windows/EPOC/...
- What is Frodo V4.1?
- What's new in V4.1?
- Download Frodo V4.1b source distribution
- Download Frodo V4.1a binary distribution for BeOS/PPC
- Download Frodo V4.1a binary distribution for BeOS/x86
- Download Frodo V4.1 binary distribution for AmigaOS
A Web interfaceto the CVS repository containing historic versions of Frodo is also available.
Note: The following ports of Frodo have been contributed by other people, and most of them have not been tested by me. If you need support for one of these ports you should contact its respective maintainer.
- Download Frodo V4.1 binary distribution for RiscOS
- Download Frodo V4.1 binary distribution for Windows 95/NT
- Download Frodo V4.1 binary distribution for HP-UX
- E32Frodo: Frodo for EPOC (Nokia 9210, Psion devices, ...)
- Frodo for Mac OS, ported by Richard F. Bannister
- Frodo for the GamePark32 (GP32)
- DreamFrodo: Frodo for the Dreamcast, ported by Tolga Abaci
- Frodo for PalmOS, ported by Johan Forsberg
- Frodo for MorphOS, ported by Ilkka Lehtoranta
- Frodo for the Sony PSP, ported by urchin
- Frodo for Java2 ME, ported by sleirsgoevy
- Frodo for Java2 ME, ported by Simon Kagstrom
- Frodo for the Nintendo Wii, also ported by Simon Kagstrom
- Frodo for the Nintendo DS, ported by Adrian Siekierka
- Frodo for the ODROID-GO, ported by OtherCrashOverride
- Frodo for webOS, ported by Roland Schabenberger
- Frodo for Android, ported by Arnaud Brochard
Frodo V2.4 for AmigaOS
Documentation for the C64
- The original C64 User's Guide
- The C64 Programmer's Reference Guide
- The MOS 6567/6569 video controller (VIC-II) and its application in the Commodore 64 (AKA “The VIC Article”) - A detailed description of the VIC-II written by me
- The C=Hacking Net Magazine
C64 Links
- The Commodore Zone for C64 emulators, games and articles
- Lemon - For All Your C64 Gaming Needs
- CSDb - The Commodore 64 Scene Database
- GO64! (C64 magazine, german)
- Marko Mäkelä's C64 home page
- The World of FairLight
Some C64 Software
- C64 software from zimmers.net
- Games from arnold.c64.org
- You can even run (L)Unix and TCP/IP on a C64! :-)
- The GeckOS/A65 operating system