Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz Commodore 64

Re:Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz C... by anyfoo on Monday April 20, 2026 @07:17PM (#47842366)

This would have blown me away back in the late 80s/early 90s.

(Or maybe not, if it doesn't perform better than random, I haven't actually tried it out yet. Some more examples would have been nice!)

I wonder how far you could push this while still staying period correct, e.g. by adding a REU (RAM Expansion Unit), or even a GeoRAM (basically a REU on steroids).

SuperCPU would also be an option, but for me it's always blurring the line of "what is a C64" a bit too much, and it likely just makes it faster anyway.

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Re:Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz C... by LeFantome on Monday April 20, 2026 @09:26PM (#47843453)

How fast is the “new” Commodore 64?

Have not heard much about it since launch. Although, now that I look, it seems they are just shipping now.

https://www.commodore.net/product-page/commodore-64-ultimate...

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Re:Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz C... by steve_taylor on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @12:07AM (#47844411)

RAM can be increased to 16 MB and CPU speed to 48 GHz.

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Re:Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz C... by wk_end on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:08AM (#47844750)

I’m sorry how many Hz???

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Re:Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz C... by IcePic on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:16AM (#47847714)

The 64Ultimate goes to 64MHz, the Ultimate64 cartridge goes to 48MHz "only".

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