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Music in the games runs slow

  Eldriciii

   So I just got my C64 Mini yesterday. The games play great, except that the
   music sounds like it's slowed down. I'm using the North American 4/3. My
   thought is that it's still running at 50 hertz? Summer Games (A game which
   I played constantly as a kid) is when I first noticed it. The pitch of the
   music is different, I'm guessing because it's slowed down? Is there a way
   to fix this for us 60 hertz playing Americans? The sound effects all sound
   fine, which is even more odd. Thanks again for this. Despite the issue,
   I'm enjoying this a lot.

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  spinal

   Even though I don't have mine yet, I can almost 100% say that they run at
   50hz. I don't know if original C64 computers in the USA ran at 60hz or
   not, but the C64 was predominantly a European computer, so 50hz should be
   the norm for it.
   I have heard that when the C64 mini is officially sold in America it will
   be 60hz and not 50hz, so official American C64 minis will run at the speed
   you are used to.

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  rogersyd

   I noticed the same slow-down of the music in California Games. Ran it next
   to the same game via vice on windows and was able to verify. The game
   appears to respond slightly slower too, but that may just be the button
   lag others are noticing. No longer have real hardware to test this with
   though. This makes perfect sense since this is a 50hz emulation. Hope that
   this can be fixed in firmware, but I can wait for the full sized US
   version if not... I'll probably buy one anyway [2]:)

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