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Previously Rejected Commodore 64 Emulator Approved and Available on App Store

Gatteau said:
From the video, it doesn't fully convince me.

Tell us what you think. :)
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Well, having played with it for five minutes, its very authentic. The UI is very nice and the ability to play in landscape without any extra UI chrome getting in the way is very cool. The games that come with it are very basic so the key to this will be a good supply of great classic games at a reasonable price.

Basically, if they get Gauntlet and Bombjack in there, I'll be happy. :)
 
I'm buying this purely for jack attack. Used to play this to death on the commodore 16 when I was a kid. Been hoping for it to resurface somewhere :).
 
mkrishnan said:
So how does it work? The initial download lets you play around in the C64 basic / OS terminal and then also play these five games, right? Then what? When they release more games, will they just come in a totally separate app pack that also includes a copy of the emulator?
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I believe the apps will be sold as in-app purchases. I guess they may release free games too. There is an in-game "app store" as it were.
 
In-app purchases or just plain app updates with the extra games, I guess. Like Classics.
 
Luke Redpath said:
I believe the apps will be sold as in-app purchases. I guess they may release free games too. There is an in-game "app store" as it were.
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Kahnyl said:
In-app purchases or just plain app updates with the extra games, I guess. Like Classics.
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Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention, but wasn't the whole problem with in-app purchasing that apps were not to have any mechanism that would lead to installing new executable code on the device at runtime?

Anyway, glad they finally got something approved. They worked really hard on this. :)
 
mkrishnan said:
Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention, but wasn't the whole problem with in-app purchasing that apps were not to have any mechanism that would lead to installing new executable code on the device at runtime?
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I think this was behind the reason for the original rejection however it appears Apple have reconsidered. No details as to why at this time though.
 
I've been watching this one with anticipation and hope for awhile, I think I can clear up some questions.

The app was originally submitted identically to the way it is now except that it had BASIC fully functioning as well. All 5 current games and all future ones are/will be fully licensed and everything.

After being rejected, the developers got in touch with high-ups at Apple and cleared things up. The end result is obviously that the BASIC had to go.

My guess is that future games, or at least the bigger hits, will be sold and the rest will, if there is some mechanism for it, be offered for free.

As it has been approved, there should be no real obstacle to the developers rapidly expanding the library of games. If there's something you're looking for (Please God give me MULE!) then it'll likely show up eventually. It's a beautiful full emulator not a simulator, so the content is the only potential problem now. Oh, and I really had my heart set on the BASIC interpreter. Oh well :(. Easter egg update, maybe?

Nate
 
I want the BASIC functionality. Why Apple allow terminal emulator apps like [app]iSSH[/app] and not allow BASIC emulator like this one :confused:
 
I would love to see Legacy of the Ancients on here as well. I used to play that game for hours, although I never did get around to finishing it. Good times though. :D

Also, having Dino Eggs on it would be cool too.
 
Previously Rejected Commodore 64 Emulator Approved and Available on App Store



As reported on iPhone game site TouchArcade.com, Apple has finally approved a Commodore 64 emulator called C64 [App Store] for sale on the App Store. The emulator had originally been rejected by Apple in June for violations of the SDK agreement, despite being officially licensed from both rights holders of the Commodore ROMs and the individual games bundled.

Apple has since been in contact with the company and a slightly modified version of the application has been approved for sale on the App Store. In particular, Apple appears to have requested the removal of the Commodore BASIC interpreter from the application which allows running arbitrary code.

The application bundles 5 games (Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck, and Jack Attack) and the company plans on offering additional (properly licensed) games for sale and download. The cost of the additional games will be dependent on the conditions of the license holder but most are expected to be in the $0.99-$1.99 range (or even Free). The emulator only allows you to run these officially offered disk images and will not run arbitrary disks.

This video shot by TouchArcade shows the emulator in action, but shows titles that are not yet available, such as Bruce Lee and International Karate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VA3NB-jpGA

Manomio has said that they are actively working on bringing additional titles to the emulator.

Article Link: Previously Rejected Commodore 64 Emulator Approved and Available on App Store
 
It's good to see that Apple and the developer reached a reasonable compromise. In truth, I think Apple is right in having the BASIC interpreter removed to prevent the execution of arbitrary code which could be a security concern. Hopefully, in the future, it won't take so long for these issues to be communicated and resolved.
 
Haha

Seriously **** the app store. With all there confusion and oh your time icon looks just like ours ********...... Im am so sick of apple and i am gunna come out and say it i am a fanboy. I seriously want to get rid of my iPhone as much as i love it its been the best phone ive ever had. But i want something that ACTUALLY HAS SERVICE! and everything doesnt either get rejected or crippled to wifi....

**** AT&T
**** Apple
**** iPhone.....


My god that was hard t say.......:(
 
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FoxyKaye said:
Hoping that the licensing can be worked out to offer a Sega emulator as well - Sonic the Hedgehog would totally rock on an iPod Touch!
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It's already there. I just played it!!!
 
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