19 October 2009
Retro Gaming In Your Pocket:
Frodo Gest Support For 5th Ed Devices!
 FrodoS60 is Commodore C64 emulator that allows you to run your favorite old school games right on your phone at full speed with smooth graphics and sound support.
Hannu Viitala, developer responsible for this C64 emulator is now back with its latest and greatest update that adds support for the 5th edition devices and finger friendly full screen controls.
The Frodo v1.6 offers numerous improvements and operates in both, landscape and portrait orientations, brings a full-screen mode, support for the new sensor framework (accelerometer based controls), two different touch layouts as well as support for virtual on-screen c64 keyboard with touch support and vibration feedback.
Furthermore there is support for Nokia N97 hardware keyboard, on other touch devices volume up and call key can be used as a fire button while the volume down can be used to toggle autofire mode.
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January, 1982. Volume production started sometime in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$ 595.
It is commonly known as the C64 or C=64 and occasionally referred to as CBM 64 (Commodore Business Machines Model number 64). It has also been affectionately nicknamed the "breadbox" and "bullnose" due to the shape and colour of the first version of its casing.
Frodo S60 running on Nokia 5800 XM
During the Commodore 64's lifetime, sales totalled 17 million units, making it the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. For a substantial period of time (1983-1986), the Commodore 64 dominated the market with between 30% and 40% share and 2 million units sold per year, outselling the IBM PC clones, Apple computers, and Atari computers.
Part of its success was because it was sold in retail stores instead of electronics stores, and that these machines can be directly plugged into an existing home television without any modifications. Commodore produced many of its parts in-house to control supplies and cost. It is sometimes compared to the Ford Model-T for bringing a new technology to middle-class households via creative mass-production.
Approximately 10 000 commercial software titles were made for the Commodore 64 including development tools, office applications, and games. The machine is also credited with popularizing the computer demo scene. The Commodore 64 is still used today by some computer hobbyists. And various C64 emulators allow anyone with a modern computer, or a compatible game console, to run these programs.
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