GimliDS is a C64 Emulator for the DS/DSi and is copyright (c) 2025 Dave Bernazzani (wavemotion-dave)
As GimliDS is a port of the Frodo emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL handhelds, any copying or distribution of this emulator, its source code and associated readme files, with or without modification, are permitted per the original Frodo emulator license shown below. Hugest thanks to Christian Bauer for his efforts to provide a clean open-source emulation base for the C64.
Numerous hacks and 'unsafe' optimizations have been performed on the original Frodo emulator codebase to get it running on the small handheld system. You are strongly encouraged to seek out the official Frodo sources if you're at all interested in this emulator code.
The GimliDS emulator is offered as-is, without any warranty.
Features
- Commodore 64 with full 6510 CPU emulation, 64K of base memory, VIC II and SID chip rendering
- REU-1764 emulated with 256K of expanded memory
- D64 disk file support for two drives (8, 9)
- CRT cartridge file support with writeback for EasyFlash (flash sectors) and GMOD2 (serial EE)
- Virtual touch-screen keyboard to replicate the C64 look and feel
- Full key mapping of C64 Keyboard / Joystick to any of the main DS keys
- Save/Load state so you can pickup gameplay right where you left off
