VICE Alternatives

VICE is described as 'Program that runs on a Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, BeOS, QNX 4.x, QNX 6.x, Amiga, GP2X, Dingoo, Syllable, SkyOS or Mac OS X machine and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are eight alternatives to VICE for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best VICE alternative is C64 Forever, which is free. Other great apps like VICE are Frodo, JaC64, WinFellow and Power20.

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  1. C64 Forever icon
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    C64 Forever, a revolutionary C64 emulator, preservation and support package. C64 Forever embodies an intuitive player interface, backed by a built-in database containing more than 5,000 C64 game entries, and advanced support for the new RP9 format, dubbed the "MP3 of...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • C64 Forever is the most popular Windows alternative to VICE.

    • C64 Forever is the most popular free alternative to VICE.

    • C64 Forever is Freemium and ProprietaryVICE is Free and Open Source
  2. Frodo icon
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    Frodo is a robust Commodore 64 Emulator for the Macintosh. Frodo was developed to reproduce the graphics of games and demos with higher precision than the existing C64 emulators. To that end, Frodo can display raster effects correctly that only result in a flickering mess with o.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Frodo is the most popular Mac alternative to VICE.

    • Frodo is Free and ProprietaryVICE is Free and Open Source
  3. JaC64 icon
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    A Java-based Commodore 64 emulator. Runs most of C64 games and many demos. Emulates CPU (6510), VIC-II (on a cycle level), SID (including filters, combined waveforms and bugs) and CIA. Easy to add to any web-page using Java/Javascript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • JaC64 is the most popular Open Source alternative to VICE.

    • JaC64 is Free and Open SourceVICE is also Free and Open Source
  4. WinFellow icon
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    WinFellow is a Commodore Amiga emulator that has high compatibility and supports all existing models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Power20 icon
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    Power20 is an emulator for the Commodore VIC-20. It allows you to run your favorite VIC-20 software on your Apple Macintosh (with PowerPC or intel-CPU) at full speed with smooth graphics and great sound.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Power20 is the most popular commercial alternative to VICE.

    • Power20 is Paid and ProprietaryVICE is Free and Open Source
  6. Hoxs64 icon
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    Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 10. The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail. Hoxs64 is available for download.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Hoxs64 as an Alternative to VICE
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    Not as deep as vice is but it's a bitter bit lighter on resources. Only emulates the C64 though. VICE emulates pretty much all the Commodore 8-bit computers.

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    • Hoxs64 is Free and ProprietaryVICE is Free and Open Source
  7. Atari800MacX icon
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    This is the the Macintosh OSX Port of David Firth's Fantastic Atari 800 Emulator. Ported is the SDL version of the Atrari800 emulator to Mac OSX, and added a full native Cocoa interface, including Preferences, Menus, File Associations, Help and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Atari800MacX as an Alternative to VICE
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    It's not an alternative to vice, because Vice is a commodore emulator, this is for Atari based computers

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    • Atari800MacX is Free and ProprietaryVICE is Free and Open Source
  8. Micro64 icon
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    The highly advanced successor of brotkaestchen (fr-051) from BeRo / farbrausch, Micro64 offers extremely accurate C64 emulation with the goal of being the most accurate. Currently micro64 has two different VIC II emulation modes (both are half-cycle exact): »single pixel...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Micro64 is the most popular Linux alternative to VICE.

    • Micro64 is Free and ProprietaryVICE is Free and Open Source
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