Alternatives

Products that do what C64 and Plus/4 compared. Justice to a forgotten 8-bit home computer does

1. 1H3
   Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video]▲253

   2016 · youtube.com

2. 2
   c64js▲100

   A commodore 64 emulator

   2016

3. 38I
   8bitworkshop IDE for Atari 2600▲289

   2016 · 8bitworkshop.com

4. 4DA
   Disassembling a C64 Game from Scratch: Jeff Minter's Gridrunner▲66

   2020 · github.com

5. 58B
   8-bit Sounds – Studio2600 for the VCS (Atari 2600)▲78

   2018 · masswerk.at

6. 6XA
   xOS – a 32-bit OS for the PC▲115

   2016 · github.com

7. 76S
   64Bites – Simplest Way to Learn C64 Programming▲11

   2015 · 64bites.com

8. 8IM
   I made a retro game archive for Polish games▲216

   Hi, As a 8-bit C64 game coder in eaarly 90ties and currently mostly FE-focused dev, decided to give a go to a simple retro game archive. This is purely fun project - so i decided to post it to HN, mayne it'll resonate :)

   2023 · polishpixels.com

9. 9
   The 64▲106

   Re-imagining of the original home computer, the Commodore C6

   2016

10. 10
    Pine A64▲201

    First $15 64-Bit single board super computer

    2015

11. 11AL
    A “living” Linux process with no memory▲312

    2020 · github.com

12. 12IM
    I made an easy-to-understand 6502 emulator in pure C▲88

    2013 · github.com

13. 13C8
    CHIP-8 console implemented in FPGA▲120

    2018 · github.com

14. 14
    PINE64▲270

    A low cost Linux laptop that looks like a MacBook

    2016

15. 15RP
    R8 Processor▲96

    2017 · hasaranga.com

16. 16A1
    A 16-bit Forth machine written in VHDL▲80

    2014 · github.com

17. 17AS
    A small virtual machine written in C▲212

    2014 · github.com

18. 18PD
    Pi4 dual display/4K and HEVC/H265 support▲132

    2019 · info-beamer.com

19. 19UA
    UltraEd – A level editor/game engine for the Nintendo 64▲90

    2017 · github.com

20. 20CA
    Claude64, a Commodore 64 client for Claude▲8

    May 2026 · github.com

21. 21
    The C64 Mini▲120

    Everyone's fave first computer, rebooted at 50% scale.

    2017

22. 22AA
    Avremu – An 8-Bit Microcontroller in Pure LaTeX▲122

    2014 · gitlab.brokenpipe.de

23. 233G
    3D Game Programming using bitblting in Windows▲109

    2017 · github.com

24. 248B
    8-bit CPU simulator in C▲67

    2020 · github.com

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