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Power64 - 4.5

Commodore 64 emulator with sound support

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All Time:	(4.9)
Version 4.5:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	4.5
Release Date:	2003-09-27
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 4.5):	1,402
Downloads (all versions):	35,488
Price:	$25.00

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Product Description:

Power64 emulates all important features of a real C-64 such as:

MOS 6510 CPU Emulation (incl. Illegal Opcodes)
VIC (VideoIC) Emulation (Cycle Precision, incl. all Video Modes, Sprites, Soft-Scrolling, Raster Interrupts, Sprite Collision, Open Top/Bottom/Left/Right Borders)
SID (SoundID) Emulation (incl. Waveforms, Envelopes (ADSR), Ring-Modulation, Synchronisation, Samples; excl. Filters, Resonance)
Interface to the reSID Library by Dag Lem, that offers almost 100% precise SID Emulation (incl. Filters, Resonance)
CIA Emulation (incl. Timers, Interrupts, Time of Day, Alarm)
Optional Original C64 Keyboard Layout or Macintosh Keyboard Layout
Joysticks (both via real ADB/USB Joysticks and Keyboard mapping), Paddles and Lightpen emulated
CPU Level 1541 Floppy Disk Emulation. Can handle most fast-loaders and special floppy tricks
ROM Level 1541 Disk Drive emulated (*.D64, *.X64 and ZipCode files supported) for fast and easy disk access
Direct Access to Macintosh File System (both *.C64 and *.P00 files supported)
Tape Drive (Datasette) emulated (*.T64 and Lynx files)
TapeDisk:

.T64 and Lynx files can also be used on disk drives
Automatic expansion of ZIP, GZ and LHA compressed Disk or Tape images. No need to expand compressed images from CD-ROM to harddisk. Just run them from the CD

Printer Emulation (Text only)

What's new in this version:

The inner guts of Power64 have been totally rebuilt. While previous Carbon versions of Power64 where just slightly tweeked sideproducts of the Classic version, there is now a Carbon only design. The link format has been changed to Mach-O so that there is now a clear distinction between Classic and OS X (and noone trys to run the Carbon version on OS 9 and is surprised by the absence of Input Sprocket joystick support). Preferences are now stored in (OS X standard) XML files. Please note, that while the main emphasis in the developement of Power64 has been shifted to OS X, the classic MacOS is still supported and has its own version of Power64.
The OS X version of Power64 now uses neat icons with 128x128 pixel.
USB Joysticks are now directly supported in Power64 OS X. USB/ADB joysticks have been supported in Power64 Classic since Power64 1.5, but the OS X lacks Input Sprocket (Apple's Standard for joystick support in Classic MacOS), so this feature was not available in OS X.
Joysticks now have seperate Single-Fire and Auto-Fire Buttons. That way you can easily to produce a single button-press (to switch to the next level) and still fry lots of meanies without hurting your trigger-finger or having to reconfigure the joystick.
OpenGL support is now much faster
Drawing in double or tripple size on screens with thousands and millions of colors is now much faster.
Power64 now offers the option to automatically turn on Turbo Boost whenever a game is loading using full floppy emulation. This help cut down loading times on fast Macs.
Power64 now remembers ten recently used disk/tape images. Changing the disk in a multi-disk game is now just a single mouse click.
All dialogs have been redesigned to comply with Apple's Aqua Human Interface Guidelines. Several old useless options have been discarded.
A problem with the floppy emulation has been fixed (Trouble using direct mode files)
Power64 now presses only one C64-Shift key when Shift is pressed on the Mac keyboard. This is required by the Save-feature of Zak McKracken.
All Menus and Dialogs have Help Tags (Balloon Help is not supported in OS X). Also Help Tags are supposed to be short (according to Apple), I have chosen to suppy long, informative texts.
If the Mac is equipped with a 2(-3) button mouse, the second button of the Mac mouse is used to directly emulate the second button of the C64 mouse. Users of a 1-button mouse can now choose the control-key that they have to press to obtain the second C64 mouse button.
All scroll bars (directory window, debugger) can be controlled using the mouse scroll wheel (assuming your Mac mouse has one).
The quality of the French translation of Power64 is getting worse and worse. While the French localisation is still part of the distribution (both OS X and Classic) it is, by default, no longer enabled (OS X only). Native french speakers who are willing to fix up all the texts that have been neglected over the years are encouraged to contact me.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.0
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS Classic

Feedback Summary:

Version 4.5:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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What's new - Version: 4.9.5, 2/29/2008 02:24AM PST

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gogomac

Version 4.9.5: (Bugfix Release - Febuary 2008)

* The fonts in the directory and debugger window are now scalable, to accomodate high-res screens, where 9-point Monaco is simply to hard to read.
* Added Support for Gamepads
* Minor Bugfix for Joystick Support in MacOS 10.4.9
* Improved Mouse Handling for Amica Paint
* Improved Timing for Barbarian
* Sound Output is broken on some Macs. This used to cause extremly fast emulation in Power64. While the root cause of this bug is still not understood, Power64 now detects the problem and safely falls back to mute emulation.
* Power64 sometime had trouble mounting disks via Drag&Drop. This bug has been fixed.
* Power64 no longer crashes when drawing screens in black/white mode.
* Lots of links in the documentation have been updated/fixed.

What's new here? - Version: 4.9.5, 2/28/2008 01:46PM PST

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gklinger

Anyone know what is new in this version? The last version released was 4.9.3, unless I missed 4.9.4, and I can't find a list of the changes. Power 64 (and Power 20) are nice emulators but they're written in machine language for the PowerPC and an Intel/Universal version will never be released. I also understand (from the developer) that there won't be any new features.

Almost perfect but... - Version: 4.9, 10/20/2005 09:49AM PST

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bjornnitmo

I like Power64 but there is one feature missing that is keeping me from registering. It lacks any communication functions. VICE (the free Commodore emulator, see: http://www.viceteam.org/) has a 'virtual modem' which is patched through to TCP/IP on your computer allowing you to connect to Internet-accessible bulletin boards (see: http://www.orrville.net/telbbs/) and things like the resurrected Quantum Link service (see: http://www.quantum-link.org/). Power64 won't be a fully functional emulator until this fearture is added and then I'll happily register.

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