Zinc64

Spec sheet

Purpose

Zinc64 is a Commodore 64 emulator toolkit designed to run as a standalone emulator or as a library for building emulators.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Product

Zinc64 is a Commodore 64 emulator toolkit designed to work as a standalone emulator or as a library for building emulators.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository's LICENSE file contains the GNU General Public License version 3.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Bare-metal support

The zinc64-system crate can run without the Rust standard library in bare-metal environments.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Build and run

The README instructs users to install Rust, clone the repository, build with Cargo, and run the resulting emulator executable.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Debugger

The emulator includes a remote debugger accessible over telnet, with commands modeled after the VICE emulator.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Device support

The status table lists cartridge, datassette, keyboard, and joystick as done, while floppy and mouse are not started.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Emulated hardware

It implements the MOS 6510 CPU, MOS 6526 CIA, MOS 6581 SID, and MOS 6567/6569 VIC chipset, along with C64 devices and peripherals.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Extensible design

Its components can be swapped for alternate implementations, and chip interactions are modeled without coupling the chips together.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

File formats

The status table lists BIN, CRT, P00, PRG, and TAP formats as done, while D64 and T64 are marked not started.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Formats

The status table marks BIN, CRT, P00, PRG, and TAP formats done; D64 and T64 are listed as not started.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Getting started

The project instructs users to install Rust, clone or download the repository, build it with Cargo, and run the resulting emulator.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maintainer

The GitHub account for binaryfields identifies the profile as Sebastian Jastrzebski and lists Boston, MA.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Other unfinished components

The status table marks floppy and mouse support as not started and the OpenGL client as in progress.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Project origin

The author says Zinc64 began as an exercise to learn Rust and explore Commodore 64 hardware.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Radare2 integration

The README documents connecting radare2 to the emulator through its RAP server support.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Raspberry Pi

The project describes a bare-metal Raspberry Pi 3 port, listed as in progress in its component status table.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Swappable components

Its design allows emulator components to be replaced with other implementations through a custom ChipFactory.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Windows requirements

The README's Windows instructions call for Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools 2017 with the Visual C++ build tools workload.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Windows setup

The README's Windows considerations say to install Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools 2017 and select the Visual C++ build tools workload.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Commodore 64 Emulators#24 of 316.7