Editing VICE

{{Short description|Emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers}}
{{About|the software emulator|the magazine|Vice (magazine)|other uses|Vice (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox software
| name = VICE
| logo = VICE.png
| logo size = 48px
| screenshot = Vice-c64.png
| caption = VICE emulating Commodore 64
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = VICE Team
| qid = Q647098
| released = {{start date and age|1993}}
| latest release version = 3.6.1
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2022|01|24}}{{r|VICE}}
| repo = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/}}
| latest preview version = 3.6.2-dev-r42514
| latest preview date = {{start date and age|2022|08|16}}
| frequently updated = 
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[GTK+]]
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[MS-DOS]], [[RISC OS]], [[BeOS]], [[QNX]], [[OS/2]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[SunOS]], [[OpenServer]], [[AmigaOS]], [[Dingoo]], [[Syllable Desktop]], [[MiNT]], [[MINIX 3]]
| platform = 
| size = {{val|56.3|u=MB}} (GTK3VICE-3.6.1-win64){{r|GTK3VICE-3.6.1-win64}}
| language = [[English language|English]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
| status = 
| genre = [[Emulator]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU GPLv2]]{{r|GNU_GPL2}}
| website = {{URL|https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/}}
| AsOf = 16 August 2022
}}

The software program '''VICE''', standing for '''''V'''ersat'''I'''le '''C'''ommodore '''E'''mulator'', is a [[free software|free]] and [[cross platform]] [[emulator]] for [[Commodore International|Commodore]]'s [[8-bit]] computers. It runs on [[Linux]], [[Amiga]], [[Unix]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Win32]], [[macOS]], [[OS/2]], [[RISC OS]], [[QNX]], [[GP2X]], [[Pandora (computer)|Pandora]], [[Dingoo A320]], [[Syllable Desktop|Syllable]], and [[BeOS]] host machines. VICE is [[free software]], released under the [[GNU General Public License]] since 2004.

VICE for [[Microsoft Windows]] (Win32) prior to v3.3 were known as '''WinVICE''',{{r|WinVICE}}{{r|GTK3VICE-3.6.1-win64}} the [[OS/2]] variant is called Vice/2, and the emulator running on BeOS is called BeVICE.

== History ==
The development of VICE began in 1993 by a [[Finns|Finnish]] programmer Jarkko Sonninen, who was the founder of the project. Sonninen retired from the project in 1994.{{r|VICE_Manual}}

VICE 2.1, released on December 19, 2008, emulates the [[Commodore 64]], [[Commodore 128]], [[VIC-20|Commodore VIC-20]], [[Commodore Plus/4]], [[C64 Direct-to-TV]] (with its additional video modes) and all the [[Commodore PET]] models including the [[Commodore CBM-II|CBM-II]] but excluding the 'non-standard' features of the SuperPET 9000. WinVICE supports digital [[joystick]]s via a [[parallel port]] [[device driver|driver]], and, with a [[CatWeasel]] [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] card, is planned to perform hardware [[MOS Technology 6581|SID]] playback (requires optional SID [[Integrated circuit|chip]] installed in socket).

{{as of|2004|post=,}} VICE was one of the most widely used emulators of the Commodore 8-bit personal computers.{{r|Carless_2004}}{{rp|page=[https://archive.org/details/gaminghacks0000carl/page/5/mode/1up 5]}} It is also one of the few usable Commodore emulators to exist on free Unix-based platforms, including most Linux and BSD distributions.

VICE 3.4 drops support for [[Syllable Desktop]], SCO, [[QNX]], SGI, AIX, [[OpenStep|OPENSTEP]]/[[NeXTSTEP]]/[[Rhapsody (operating system)|Rhapsody]], and Solaris/[[OpenIndiana]], as well as remaining traces of support for Minix, [[SkyOS]], UNIXWARE, and Sortix, due to lack of staff.

VICE 3.5 drops explicit support for [[OS/2]] and [[AmigaOS]], due to the transition to GTK3 UI.

In December 2022, the VICE emulator was used as an inspiration for an [[Mac (computer)|Apple Macintosh]] emulator powered by a [[Raspberry Pi]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.itpro.co.uk/development/programming/369773/return-of-the-mac | title=Return of the Mac | date=27 December 2022 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Commodore 64]]
* [[GEOS (8-bit operating system)]]
* [[CCS64]]
* [[MAME]]
* [[List of computer system emulators]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="VICE">{{cite web | url = https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/ | date = 2022-01-24 | title = VICE - the Versatile Commodore Emulator | website = VICE | language = en | access-date = 2022-08-17 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220813214307/https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/ | archive-date = 2022-08-13 | via = [[SourceForge]] | quote = (24 January 2022) Version 3.6.1 released | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="GTK3VICE-3.6.1-win64">{{Cite web | url = https://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/files/releases/binaries/windows/ | date = 2022-01-24 |title= VICE - Home / releases / binaries / windows | website = VICE | language = en | access-date = 2022-08-17 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220816211417/https://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/files/releases/binaries/windows/ | archive-date = 2022-08-16 | via = [[SourceForge]] | quote =  | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="GNU_GPL2">{{cite web | url=https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/COPYING | date = June 1991 | title = GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 | website = VICE | language = en | access-date = 2022-08-17 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220712232115/https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/COPYING | archive-date = 2022-07-12 | via = [[SourceForge]] | quote =  | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="WinVICE">{{cite web | url = https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/windows.html | title = Download VICE for Windows systems | date = n.d. | website = VICE | language = en | access-date = 2022-08-17 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220628220045/https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/windows.html | archive-date = 2022-06-28 | via = [[SourceForge]] | quote = Binary for MS-Windows 32bit: WinVICE-3.2-x86.7z | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="VICE_Manual">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/vice_18.html | date = 2022-01-24 | chapter = 18. Acknowledgments  |title=VICE - the Versatile Commodore Emulator (User Manual) | url = https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/vice_toc.html |via=[[SourceForge]]|access-date=2022-08-16|df = dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="Carless_2004">{{cite book | last1 = Carless | first1 = Simon | date = 2004-08-01 | chapter = Chapter 1.2 - Play Commodore 64 Games Without the C-64 | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/gaminghacks0000carl/page/5/mode/1up | chapter-url-access = registration | title = Gaming Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools | url = https://archive.org/details/gaminghacks0000carl | url-access = registration | language = en | edition = 1st | publisher = [[O'Reilly Media]] | isbn = 978-0596007140 | lccn = 2005281528 | oclc = 1156947869 | ol = OL17922666M | access-date = 2022-08-16 | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

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== Further reading ==
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*{{cite journal | last1 = Bartneck | first1 = Christoph | date = 30 March 2009 | title = Notes on Design and Science in the HCI Community | url =  | journal = [[Design Issues]] | language = en-us | publisher = [[MIT Press]] | volume = 25 | issue = 2 | pages = 46–61 | doi = 10.1162/desi.2009.25.2.46 | eissn = 1531-4790 | issn = 0747-9360 | jstor = 20627805 | hdl = 10092/17729 | lccn = sf94093790 | oclc = 44910652 | s2cid = 6757762 | df = dmy-all| hdl-access = free }}
*{{cite book | last1 = Carless | first1 = Simon | date = 2004-08-01 | chapter = Chapter 1.2 - Play Commodore 64 Games Without the C-64 | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/gaminghacks0000carl/page/5/mode/1up | chapter-url-access = registration | title = Gaming Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools | url = https://archive.org/details/gaminghacks0000carl | url-access = registration | language = en | edition = 1st | publisher = [[O'Reilly Media]] | isbn = 978-0596007140 | lccn = 2005281528 | oclc = 1156947869 | ol = OL17922666M | access-date = 2022-08-16 | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all}}
* {{cite magazine | last1 = Kroll | first1 = Jason | date = 2000-04-01 | title = Commodore 64 Game Emulation | url = https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3943 | url-status = live | magazine = [[Linux Journal]] | language = en-us | volume =  | issue = 72 | pages =  | issn = 1075-3583 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210723020054/https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3943 | archive-date = 2021-07-23 | access-date = 2022-08-16 | df = dmy-all}}
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}, with [http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/vice_toc.html Online manual] ([[HTML]])
* [https://github.com/rjanicek/vice.js VICE.js] JavaScript port of VICE

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