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FAQ
This is a community-based FAQ. Please also have a read of the Official C64 Mini FAQ too.
Why doesn't my USB stick work?
Have a read of these two pages for some possible reasons:
Some games are not showing up at my USB stick?
There is currently a display limit of 256 items (files and/or folders) on USB memory sticks per folder, including the root.
Files take priority over folders, so if you go over that item limit, files are always displayed in preference to folders.
For solving this out, this utility could be of a great help:
- RomSort - a small utility to sort a directory of files into alphabetical sub-directories. It could intelligently combine the smaller sub-directories.
What controllers/keyboards/hubs are compatible with the c64 mini?
Members of community have reported success with various devices, which have been compiled into lists on this page:
How do I play a game that spans multiple disks?
Read the page “Playing games that span multiple disks”.
How do I make cjm file? What is it and do I need it?
- Read about it at official site, here
- Use
- CJM Configurator for Windows aka C64MiniLoaderCFG (Emanuele Bonin's windows app) (direct link)
- CJM Configuration File Tool online (Darkuni's web-based solution; official support)
How do I create a cjm file for many games at once?
You can use this very simple batch script. Explained here:
Where to find game reviews? News?
There are more then 30000 titles and it is still growing. It is hard to cover it all. This selection guide could be helpful to start with:
- Past magazines
- Computer Gaming World archive at CGW Museum
- Magazines list at https://www.c64-wiki.com/
- Current magazines
- C64 News aggregators
- YouTube channels (plenty of), Facebook… Google is your friend.
Where to buy original new or classic games for C64 - Mini?
Multi-shop
- Cronosoft https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/
- poly.play https://www.polyplay.xyz/
- Pond Software Ltd. https://pondsoft.uk/
- Protovision https://www.protovision.games/
- RGCD (Retro Gamer CD) https://www.rgcd.co.uk/
Other
- CollectorVision Games (“Sydney Hunter And The Sacred Tribe”) https://collectorvision.com/product-category/commodore-64/
- Covert BitOps (“Hessian”, “MW” saga…) http://covertbitops.c64.org/ or https://cadaver.github.io/
- Dr. Wuro Industries (“Shadow Switcher”) http://www.drwuro.com/
- Knights of Bytes (“Sam's Journey”) https://www.knightsofbytes.games/
- Out of Order Softworks (D42-Adventure System, “Leisure Suit Leo”…) http://www.out-of-order.info/
- Retronics (collector's editions and reissues) http://retronics.eu/kolekcjonerska-edycja-gier/ or https://www.facebook.com/retronics.eu/
- Stirring Dragon Games (“Unknown Realm”) http://www.stirringdragon.games/ or http://unknownrealm64.com/
- Thalamus Digital (“Hunter's Moon Remastered”) http://www.thalamusdigital.co.uk/
- The 8-Bit Guy (“Planet X2”) http://www.the8bitguy.com/download-davids-software/
- The New Dimension (“Vortex Crystals”, many more) http://tnd64.unikat.sk/