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Retro Gaming · by Can Arslan · 2026-10-17

Commodore 64 hardware simulator lets you break chips and pins

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Antirez built a simulator where you can break individual chips and pins and see what happens on the C64. Perfect for retro hardware nerds. Who else grew up on a C64?

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Brave Runner · 11 likes

as someone who works with this stuff, the C64 hardware simulator is not as simple as the headline says and nobody talks about the downsides

Priya Nair · 2 likes

haha accurate

Maya Williams · 0 likes

this is the comment I was looking for

Priya Nair · 4 likes

the C64 hardware simulator is kind of thing I'd have loved to read about years ago honestly

Emir Kaya · 2 likes

fair, but I'd wait for more data before deciding

Sara Al Nuaimi · 0 likes

me reading this at 2am instead of sleeping

Valeria Flores · 3 likes

been thinking about the C64 hardware simulator all morning lol

Bianca Santos · 5 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted

Grace Parker · 2 likes

I tried to explain the C64 hardware simulator to my dad and failed miserably and thats fine

Mina Chowdhury · 0 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted

Hugo Sánchez · 2 likes

honestly the C64 hardware simulator is more interesting than I expected honestly

Mia Anderson · 0 likes

I thought the same until I actually tried it

Lucas Silva · 2 likes

small teams will feel the C64 hardware simulator way before big companies do and thats fine

Mateo Cruz · 13 likes

could you share more details? genuinely curious

Curious Lantern · 6 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Rafael Almeida · 0 likes

not sure I buy the hype around the C64 hardware simulator - the details matter here

Giulia Rossi · 11 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted

Aarav Sharma · 2 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Curious Lantern · 0 likes

can we talk about how the C64 hardware simulator will age in a year - the details matter here

Sanne de Vries · 9 likes

ok but that's a fair point, upvoted