Top Benefits
C64 Forever shares the same RetroPlatform family player, database and content management components as the very successful Amiga Forever series. As such, it also embodies decades of experience and refinements and a tradition of innovation and long-term continuity and support.
Compared to other solutions for different systems, C64 Forever stands out for features which include the following:
- Smooth setup: it only takes a few mouse clicks to install and run (no additional downloads required)
- Intuitive, simple and refined user interface, in which player, content, database and search are seamlessly integrated (not just a "front end" that launches an external emulator)
- An accurate onscreen keyboard is available for each emulated computer model, with custom mapping and shortcut options
- General and title-specific game controller personalization, including support for Xbox, X-Arcade and I-PAC controllers, and custom keyboard layouts
- Virtual devices include a Hayes-compatible "internet modem"
- Virtual mouse allows editing cursor to be repositioned with a click on all 8-bit models (also for text selection and copy operations)
- Support for the innovative RP9 format (one click to play, one file per title, no need to zip or unzip games or manage multiple disk images, etc.)
- Create and edit your own titles, then run them anywhere and any time (RP9 files are self-contained, no database required)
- Superior title editor blends advanced configuration options with professional content authoring features
- Windows File Explorer and Search integration (thumbnail provider to preview screenshots and box shots, and property handler to view and index RP9 title properties)
- Rather than requiring deep technical knowledge in order to avoid non-functioning systems, the configuration editor was designed to exclude "impossible" scenarios to begin with
- Support and recognition of other popular disk, tape, cartridge and save state formats, with options to identify uncataloged similar variants (not a simple "checksum" approach)
- Built-in RetroPlatform Library database featuring thousands of titles, with online updates
- Automatic, Unicode-aware conversion between host (PC) keyboard, clipboard, and guest (emulation) character set
- If you know how to use Amiga Forever you are instantly familiar with C64 Forever, and vice versa
- Integration with social networks (Discord, etc.) for "Now Playing" updates, manual posts and screenshot uploads
- Built-in search-as-you-type for installed content and custom one-click internet search for games and demoscene productions
- Official emulation solution with legal CBM system ROMs
- Tested on the latest versions of Windows (both x86 and x64)