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C64 Vice

One the best games we ever played is Raid On Bungeling bay by Will Wright released back in 1984. It is still quite amazing and if you like have a go at it them please read our == What is VICE ==

VICE is a program that runs on a Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, BeOS, QNX 4.x, QNX 6.x, Amiga, Syllable or Mac OS X machine and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers. The current version emulates the C64, the C64DTV, the C128, the VIC20, practically all PET models, the PLUS4 and the CBM-II (aka C610/C510). An extra emulator is provided for C64 expanded with the CMD SuperCPU.

Below are the full instructions to installing VICE and getting C64 going on Debian. Currently the latest version of vice files is 3.8. Please check the latest version when you install.

# apt install vice
# cd /usr/share/vice
# mkdir temp
# cd temp
# wget http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/vice-3.8.tar.gz
# tar vzxf vice-3.8.tar.gz
# cd /usr/share/vice/temp/vice-3.8/data/C64/
# cp basic* chargen* kernal* /usr/share/vice/C64/
# cd /usr/share/vice/temp/vice-3.8/data/DRIVES/
# cp d1541II* d1571cr* dos* /usr/share/vice/DRIVES/
# cd /usr/share/vice/temp/vice-3.8/data/PRINTER/
# cp cbm1526* mps801*  mps803* nl10-cbm* /usr/share/vice/PRINTER/
# rm -rf /usr/share/vice/temp
$ x64