I’m pretty excited about the upcoming Commander X16, and thought I’d give the emulator a shot.
It’s interesting to see the new commands on the X16 added on top of the traditional Commodore 64 BASIC allow for easy manipulation of graphics, in a way which would require using POKE commands on the older machine.
Add built-in mouse support on top of that, and it’s easy to knock up a basic drawing program in just a few lines:
Pretty straight forward: Left-click to draw, right-click to change the colour. See a small demo below:
If you want to get started yourself, the emulator is available for download from the main website, along with plenty of other resources. Be aware, it’s a bit buggy at the moment, which is to be expected for an emulator in development emulating hardware which is also in development!
I can’t wait for the physical product to become available.
