Apple Pulls C64 Emulator From the App Store 580
Rob Hearn sends in a piece up at PocketGamer.co.uk on why Apple suddenly pulled Manomio's C64 emulator soon after finally approving it. (El Reg has coverage too.) "It was a glorious few moments for retro gamers when Manomio's C64 emulator was finally approved by Apple and released to the eager, nostalgic iPhone public. Then, calamity! It was gone again. Apparently some wily users figured out how to access the Commodore 64 BASIC system that was originally packaged with the emulator — something that Apple wasn't too happy with, given the nature of the interpreter's code. By setting the keyboard to 'always on,' launching a game and restarting BASIC, players got into the 'empty shell' of their C64 emulator."
Same thing we do every night Pinky (Score:5, Funny)
Try to take over the world.
Because...... (Score:3, Funny)
Having the C64 Basic interpreter as a programming environment on the iphone would strategically hurt Apple in horrible way....
Riiiiight
Re:RUN (Score:5, Funny)
10 PRINT "HELLO, WORLD!"
Banned: Duplicates text display functionality.
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
The same thing everyone used to do with the C64 out in front of Radio Shack back in the day...
10 PRINT "PENIS!!!!!!"
20 GOTO 10
Re:Because...... (Score:2, Funny)
You have no idea. Someone could have hand-written a BASIC program that could download a BASIC virus off the Internet that could spread to other phones running BASIC and it would have taken down the AT&T network!
I know why this happened (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And then what? (Score:4, Funny)
Seriously? What? What can you do from a C64 shell on an iPhone?
If you'd ever watched Macgyver, you wouldn't ask that question.
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
Among a certain crowd, that program passes the Turing test.
Looks like... (Score:5, Funny)
The Point? (Score:5, Funny)
"By setting the keyboard to 'always on', launching a game and restarting BASIC, players got into the 'empty shell' of their C64 emulator."
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Next thing you know they'll block my app that allows users to connect a cassette tape drive. The nerve....
Re:Same thing we do every night Pinky (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And then what? (Score:4, Funny)
But that might lead to someone experimenting with
30 PRINT "Hello " A$$
And that spells a naughty word. Can't have that!!
Re:And then what? (Score:3, Funny)
Naughty Naughty (Score:1, Funny)
Naughty naughty Apple children, you have been misbehaving and Mommy and Daddy are going to have to take your shiny new toy away until you learn to behave. We are very disappointed and this is why you can't have nice things.
Now run along, and don't think we don't know you have been reading those reviews of Android-based phones - we found the magazines under your bed. No you can't have an HTC Hero.
Re:Imagine a future.... (Score:3, Funny)
Stereo SIDPlayer:iTunes killer!
Re:And then what? (Score:4, Funny)
The first iteration of Artificial Insanity, a joke Turing test I wrote back in 1982 that answered any question you asked, in context, with a smartassed answer, was originally written in Sinclair BASIC. One friend running the DOS version years later (written in dBase and compiled with Clipper) got so frustrated with the smartassed thing he broke his keyboard, he typed so hard.
Imagine what you'd do to an iPhone with it.
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
Among a certain crowd, that program passes the Turing test.
Unlike vagina, penis would certainly pass at least Turing's test.
Re:Just Silliness (Score:3, Funny)
Have you never watched War Games? In the wrong hands those 8-bit machines could destroy the world.
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
GEOS runs on most C64 emus so I'd have to guess yes. However, you can only execute the disk images that are available in the appstore. LAME.
LAME? MP3 encoding on a C64? Cool!
Re:And then what? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
No, they banned it because they are dickwads. Any reason they give is merely cover for this fact.
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And then what? (Score:5, Funny)
It was kinda fun to live in that age when people were gullible enough to accept ANYTHING that popped up on screen.
Yeah, we're way more savvy these... OHHH, A talking moose wants my credit card number! That's only fair.
Re:And then what? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And then what? (Score:1, Funny)
Shoot yourself in the head. Something big enough to make your skull resemble and exploding watermelon.
Feel free to show us exactly how you want it done!
Re:The n900 cometh... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And then what? (Score:3, Funny)
But LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder!
Re:And then what? (Score:3, Funny)