Rust64
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The facts
Each one read from Rust64's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Availability
- The GitHub releases page says there are no releases.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Build
- The README gives Cargo build and run commands and says Rust 1.58.0 or later is required.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Build requirement
- Building and running Rust64 requires Rust 1.58.0 or higher.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Debugger
- Its built-in visual debugger can display RAM pages, Color RAM, VIC registers, CIA registers, and SID registers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The README lists minifb and SDL2 as major dependencies and says SDL2 requires extra setup.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The GitHub releases page says there are no releases.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Emulation
- The emulator uses cycle-based emulation that the author describes as fairly accurate.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Known limitation
- The README says the missing serial bus may cause some programs to behave incorrectly or get stuck in infinite loops.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Known limitations
- The maker says the missing serial bus can cause some programs to malfunction or get stuck, and programs needing very precise timing may not work correctly.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository displays an MIT license.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Loading programs
- A .prg file can be passed as a command-line argument to load it into memory when the emulator starts.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Load programs
- A .prg file can be passed as a command-line parameter to load it into memory at startup.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The README describes the project as an on-off work in progress whose update frequency may vary.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Rust64 is a Commodore 64 emulator written in Rust.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The project aims to explain how the Commodore 64 works and what happens behind the scenes when a program starts.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Raster view
- The VIC debugger represents each pixel as a VIC cycle and the events occurring at that time.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The GitHub profile identifies the maker as Krzysztof Kondrak and lists Poland as the location.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Planned work
- The TODO list includes serial bus and disk drive support for D64, T64, and TAP formats, remaining undocumented operations, and improving SID emulation.checked 9 Oct 2026
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