Frodo vs zig64
Frodo
frodo.cebix.netzig64
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Frodo | zig64 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Commodore 64 Emulators | 8.7 (#1) | 6.5 (#28) |
| CPU emulation | The documented emulator includes instruction- and cycle-exact 6510 emulation, including undocumented opcodes and correct decimal mode. | It implements documented MOS 6502/6510 instructions and addressing modes with cycle-accurate timing. |
| License | The repository lists Frodo under the GPL-2.0 license. | The project is released under the MIT License, which the README says allows free modification and distribution. |
| Maker location | Christian Bauer's GitHub profile lists Germany as his location. | The M64GitHub profile lists Vienna, Austria. |
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In their own words
Frodo
Frodo is a free, portable Commodore 64 emulator for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It focuses on reproducing special graphical effects from the C64 and supports disk and tape software, many game cartridges, and formats including D64, G64, T64, TAP, X64, and LYNX. It offers a cycle-exact regular mode and Frodo Lite, a less compatible version intended to run better on slower machines. The official site lists V4.5, which adds Datasette TAP emulation and support for banked cartridges including Ocean, Fun Play, Power Play, Super Games, and Simons' BASIC. TAP emulation is unavailable in Frodo Lite. V4.5 can auto-start disk and tape images, cartridges, and C64 BASIC program files from the command line. Frodo can detect connected controllers for C64 joystick ports and map additional buttons to C64 keys. Display settings include windowed or fullscreen mode and an initial window size. The V4.5 snapshot format changed, so it cannot read snapshots from earlier versions. Frodo is listed under GPL-2.0.