Features
C64 Forever shares the same RetroPlatform family player, database and content management components as the Amiga Forever series. As such, it embodies decades of experience and refinements and a tradition of innovation and long-term continuity and support. It only takes a few mouse clicks to install and run.
Features include:
- Official emulation of C64 hardware and additional CBM 8-bit systems such as PET 2001, CBM 3032, CBM 4032, CBM 8032, VIC 20, CBM 610, C16, Plus/4, C128 and more, with legal CBM system ROMs
- Intuitive, refined user interface, in which player, content, database and search are seamlessly integrated (not just a "front end" that launches an external emulator)
- General and title-specific game controller options include physical and emulated hardware (standard USB and Xbox devices, X-Arcade, I-PAC and other arcade joysticks), with customizable keyboard layouts to play joystick games with a keyboard, or to map modern game controller buttons to in-game keyboard controls
- Native touchscreen input, with swipe, pan and pinch gestures, plus multi-touch support for the virtual keyboard
- Accurate virtual keyboards for each emulated system, with custom mapping and shortcut options, and support for touchscreen and game controllers
- Handheld device support integrates touchscreen and virtual keyboard features, and expanded game controller shortcuts (including multi-button combinations)
- Virtual mouse (move text cursor with mouse), including text selection, copy and paste
- Modern text handling with Unicode support, automatic host/guest character set conversion, and clipboard integration
- PETSCII TrueType fonts with extended character set (including wide and printer dot matrix variants)
- MPS 803 virtual printer (great for "retro look"), with vector dot matrix emulation, wide tractor option, and more
- CBM 8026 virtual printer (perfect for listings), with laser-quality text including "quote mode", reverse and PETSCII
- Additional EpsonQ virtual printer and Ghostscript integration option for high-end printing needs
- Hayes-compatible "internet modem": connect to your favorite BBS using tools like CCGMS! and VIP Terminal
- Custom CRT phosphor colors, e.g. set the PET/CBM system colors to amber or white under Tools/Options/Emulation/Hardcoded Palettes
- High-DPI display support, with crisp visuals on modern screens
- Support for the RP9 format: single-file packaging with one-click play and no need to zip or manage multiple disk images
- Powerful title editor combines advanced configuration options with professional content authoring tools, allowing you to create and edit your own titles and run them anywhere and anytime, as RP9 files are self-contained and database-independent
- Editor safeguards prevent invalid configurations, reducing the chance of non-functional setups
- RP9 Toolbox: convert between RP9 and other popular disk, tape and cartridge formats (D64, T64, etc.), with options to identify uncataloged similar variants (not a simple "checksum" approach)
- More than 200 preinstalled games and demoscene productions, included with permission from their creators
- One-click play for thousands of downloadable games, demos, and applications, with configuration data for over 5,000 titles via the RetroPlatform Library, with online updates
- Capture and refine screenshots with built-in editor
- Interface for "Now Playing" updates and integration with social networks (Discord, etc.)
- Search-as-you-type for local content, plus one-click online search for games and demoscene titles
- Gallery and curated content of special historical interest
- Build Image tool to create personalized ISO images or portable runtime environments
- Windows File Explorer and Search integration (thumbnail provider to preview screenshots and box shots, and property handler to view and index RP9 title properties)
- Export and Import commands to back up or transfer your setup
- Tested on the latest Windows versions, both x86 and x64
- Much, much more...