Commodore 64 - LaunchBox Tutorial

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Rediscover classic Commodore 64 games with ease in LaunchBox! Our video shows you how. Dive into the retro nostalgia effortlessly. Enjoy timeless titles like never before. Ready to relive the C64 era? Let’s play!
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Commodore 64 History
02:12 - Commodore 64 File Types
05:06 - Importing Commodore 64 Files
07:39 - "Hardball" - t64 Image
08:04 - Using the On screen Keyboard
09:17 - Turning on Game Focus
10:07 - "Miner 2049'er" - crt Image
10:53 - "Murder on the Mississippi" - d64 Image
11:05 - Fast forwarding disk loading
12:17 - "Summer Games" - EasyFlash crt
12:25 - Swapping Joystick ports
14:14 - "Nightmare on Elm Street" - Multidisk d64
15:31 - Swapping disks
16:05 - Final Thoughts
17:04 - Outro
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@Zogtee 8 ай бұрын

Good video. I just want to add that people are still making games for the C64 to this day. :)

@grymmjack 8 ай бұрын

What is the keyboard equivalent of select button in retro arch for vice by default?

@user-rh1gq7te8b 8 ай бұрын

A lot of the c64 games that use tape and disk have been converted to the .crt file extension and have removed the load wait. By far the best launchbox/c64 setup is c64 dreams.

@waltwright84 8 ай бұрын

Great video. The C64 was my first computer and where I taught myself basic coding (I eventually wrote a Dungeons and Dragons character generator and finished a strategy game and started work on an rpg before I moved on into the Amiga era) and spent a LOT of time gaming. The Ultima series (especially 3 and 4) were amazing.

@nichttuntun3364 6 ай бұрын

The 'Joy P' button tip is pure gold. That almost drove me crazy. Thank you so much. 😊🎉🎉🎉😊

@eidolon7267 8 ай бұрын

Great video. I'd watch you play all the C64 staples, you seem to know your stuff and are pleasant to listen to

@zibibbo75 8 ай бұрын

This video is pure gold!

@MFGBerlin 8 ай бұрын

It's great that there are now also German subtitles

@grymmjack 8 ай бұрын

This video is fantastic. Thanks for explaining everything in detail. More of these please - how about an Apple 2 or Amstrad one?

@claassixclaassix9712 8 ай бұрын

My first computer was the commodore plus4, because the c64 was too expensive. First game I ever played was a tape with Matrix and Laser Zone on it. Loved that Jeff Minter Games! Then Ghost town. But 1 or 2 years later I got a C4 for birthday 😃

@jediknight108 8 ай бұрын

Uridium was one of my favorites

@krelian8888 3 ай бұрын

Stay a while... stay forever! Hehe nice reference

@IntoTheVerticalBlank 8 ай бұрын

This is awesome info, history and examples. Is there a way in Launchbox / Retro Arch to map common keys such as the space bar and run/stop to game pad buttons? I know in the Atari ST Libretro core on some retro pi distributions, the space bar is mapped to button 2 and it REALLY helps. I have no idea how they set it up, but it would be great for C64 for have space, and run.stop mapped, and for the Atari 8bit computers space, Start, Select, and Option. For Amiga, the same as the ST - Space at the very least. Do you know of a way to accomplish his with the Launchbox / Retroarch combo?

@MikeDeltaHH 8 ай бұрын

My first Computer 1985 with a Datassette, cost me 1200 DMark... later a Floppy Disk and SpeedDOS follows... what a wonderful time...

@3dtexan890 Ай бұрын

There sure are a bunch of questions not answered here, like what is the select key on a modern keyboard?

@75edainsworth 8 ай бұрын

great video easy to follow. do you guys have a video for setting up the Atari ST and other Atari computers?

@tommycaldwell6953 7 ай бұрын

Can you guys add media scraping by MD5 checksum like emulation station DE. This would be awesome. Thank you for making the best frontend available!!

@jediknight108 8 ай бұрын

Thanks I didnt know about Focus and how to change port 1 to port 2 - Hare Krishna!

@GaxleepSeagull 5 ай бұрын

With Retroarch on Launchbox I can't launch games on Easyflash, the screen remains black. Do you know how I can solve it? I saw that in the video you have no problems.

@NettiGaming 5 ай бұрын

❤

@CapeManCoral 8 ай бұрын

I have a c64 game called Rags to Riches, but it uses the arrow keys. It's it possible to use a joystick instead of the keyboard? I have only gotten it to work once a month time ago. I even bought a Bluetooth keyboard. But I'm still learning Retroarc. But, I want to be ready when I finally get it to work.

@user-rh1gq7te8b 8 ай бұрын

you can do a per game controller remapping in retroarch.

@UglyWinnie 8 ай бұрын

How to put video for games on Launchbox? It is so easy on Retrobat

@LordMonkus 8 ай бұрын

Just put the videos in their appropriate folders, easy.

@LordMonkus 8 ай бұрын

@@UglyWinnie it's in the importer with the other media but you do need an EmuMovies account since the LBDB doesn't have videos. Also you can rescrape games at a later date and just get video files.

@nichttuntun3364 6 ай бұрын

Perfect tip. Thank you.

@BigDaveKF 8 ай бұрын

I was hoping you would comment on saving a game when the game requires you to create a special 1541 disk that is formatted to have say 10 save spots.

@fuzzywzhe 8 ай бұрын

You don't want to do this. Modern simulators will save the entire state of the machine at any point, with any program. You don't want to use the original save state features on the original disk. This is, clunky to say the least, and despite having the computer when I was a kid, I NEVER did it and I had 150 video games. It was unreliable and it was clunky because hardware was so expensive, than you had to use your disk drive with several floppy disks. A disk would be entirely dedicated to doing safe states for one game and 99% of the floppy would be unused.