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The C64 mini accuracy

  renepela

   I was wondering how accurate the C64 emulation is. I know The C64 mini is
   based on Vice. But which version of Vice. Vice comes with X64 and X64SC,
   X64 is great for speed, but X64SC is far more accurate. X64SC however
   requires a faster CPU.
   I'm wondering if the C64 is using X64 or X64SC.
   Does the C64 runs without frame skips?
   I'm also curious if SID filters are emulated. Can anyone tell me more
   about it?

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  Gab75

   From what I've seen, the emulation is good. I tested various titles and
   all of them goes at full speed without slowdowns (except for the slowdowns
   which we can see also in the real C64). The audio emulation does his job
   well, but the analogic filters of the real counterpart are not present...

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  Braindome

   Every game I've tried has run extremely well, except Ballblazer suffered
   from flickering graphics. It's a shame as I love that game.

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  PantherUK

   I doubt I'd be able to tell the difference to be honest and I've been a
   c64 owner since about 1985... I videoed a demo recently and one of the
   guys that did it commented that he was impressed as the 8 bit digi was
   working correctly in the SID... Make of that what you will, makes me
   impressed... And I've never seen the score scroll this smoothly in Uridium
   outside of an actual 64...

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  Gab75

   It's true to say that the emulation in theC64 mini is unquestionably good!
   ...

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  oldskool

   The one game I had with slowdown was Nebulous, but to be fair I can't
   recall if that had slowdown originally on the C64, especially as I ended
   up playing it to death on the Amiga.

   I did get some weird tearing with a PS4 controller wired, but that could
   simply be a compatibility issue, it certainly seemed like it.

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