NES 64 – Commodore 64 Kernal and Basic ROMs Ported to the NES

  • I was just thinking that what the NES really needs is the world's slowest disk drive.

  • Where does this spelling "kernal" come from, originally, and why is it so persistent?

    (Serious question, not a complaint.)

  • Why have I never thought of trying to get AppleSoft running on the NES? I have no imagination.

  • I love this, but it's kinda the wrong direction as C64 BASIC had no instructions for gfx and sound.. it was all through pokes. I liked using Simon's Basic to get GFX on my C64 back in the day, but until I had it, I highly envied the Apple 2 and Atari BASIC commands!

  • Wow I had no idea there was a keyboard and BASIC ROM for the Famicom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_BASIC It's a shame this never got released for the NES in the USA. I would have had a lot more fun with this instead of the silly Rob robot.

  • What fun. I was an Atari guy but I could get into something like the Apple II firmware running on something from the era with more interesting graphics and sound hardware.

  • Very impressive. Should be relatively simple to port it to the SNES.