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The '''[[wikipedia:Commodore Plus/4|Commodore Plus/4]]''' is an 8-bit home computer released in 1984 by [[wikipedia:Commodore_International|Commodore]]. It was initially meant as a replacement for the company's aging VIC-20 in the low-end segment. After Jack Tramiel left the company, management, eager to repeat the success of the [[Commodore 64]], repurposed the system with a higher price tag, ~~targetting~~ more serious home users and bundling an built in app suite, hence the name Plus/4. However, reception was poor due to the lack of compatibility with the vast C64 library. The computer line was joined by C16 and C116, cheaper models with only 16 kb RAM and no built in app suite, the latter which used a cheaper rubber keyboard.

The '''[[wikipedia:Commodore Plus/4|Commodore Plus/4]]''' is an 8-bit home computer released in 1984 by [[wikipedia:Commodore_International|Commodore]]. It was initially meant as a replacement for the company's aging VIC-20 in the low-end segment. After Jack Tramiel left the company, management, eager to repeat the success of the [[Commodore 64]], repurposed the system with a higher price tag, targeting more serious home users and bundling a built-in app suite, hence the name Plus/4. However, reception was poor due to the lack of compatibility with the vast C64 library. The computer line was joined by C16 and C116, cheaper models with only 16 kb RAM and no built-in app suite, the latter which used a cheaper rubber keyboard.

While the lack of hardware sprites and the lower quality sound generally made the system worse suited for games, it did have its advantages over the C64 in that it had a larger (121 color) palette and its CPU ran at a higher clock speed.

While the lack of hardware sprites and the lower quality sound generally made the system worse suited for games, it did have its advantages over the C64 in that it had a larger (121 color) palette, and its CPU ran at a higher clock speed.

==Emulators==

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|[[VICE]] (x64)

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|[http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]

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|{{Na}}

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|[https://eightbitwonders.gitlab.io/app 8-Bit Wonders]

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-The '''[[wikipedia:Commodore Plus/4|Commodore Plus/4]]''' is an 8-bit home computer released in 1984 by [[wikipedia:Commodore_International|Commodore]]. It was initially meant as a replacement for the company's aging VIC-20 in the low-end segment. After Jack Tramiel left the company, management, eager to repeat the success of the [[Commodore 64]], repurposed the system with a higher price tag, targetting more serious home users and bundling an built in app suite, hence the name Plus/4. However, reception was poor due to the lack of compatibility with the vast C64 library. The computer line was joined by C16 and C116, cheaper models with only 16 kb RAM and no built in app suite, the latter which used a cheaper rubber keyboard.
+The '''[[wikipedia:Commodore Plus/4|Commodore Plus/4]]''' is an 8-bit home computer released in 1984 by [[wikipedia:Commodore_International|Commodore]]. It was initially meant as a replacement for the company's aging VIC-20 in the low-end segment. After Jack Tramiel left the company, management, eager to repeat the success of the [[Commodore 64]], repurposed the system with a higher price tag, targeting more serious home users and bundling a built-in app suite, hence the name Plus/4. However, reception was poor due to the lack of compatibility with the vast C64 library. The computer line was joined by C16 and C116, cheaper models with only 16 kb RAM and no built-in app suite, the latter which used a cheaper rubber keyboard.
-While the lack of hardware sprites and the lower quality sound generally made the system worse suited for games, it did have its advantages over the C64 in that it had a larger (121 color) palette and its CPU ran at a higher clock speed.
+While the lack of hardware sprites and the lower quality sound generally made the system worse suited for games, it did have its advantages over the C64 in that it had a larger (121 color) palette, and its CPU ran at a higher clock speed.
 ==Emulators==
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+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:74%"
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+!Compatibility
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 ![[libretro]]
 ![[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
-![[Licensing|License]]
-!Active
 ![[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 |-
-! colspan="9"|PC / x86
+! colspan="10" |PC / x86
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 |[[VICE]] (x64)
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+|{{Ya}}
+|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
+|
 |{{Na}}
 |{{Ya}}
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-|{{Ya}}
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 |-
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+|{{Ya}}
+|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
+|
 |{{Dunno}}
 |{{Dunno}}
 |{{Dunno}}
-|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
+|{{Dunno}}
+|-
+|[https://eightbitwonders.gitlab.io/app 8-Bit Wonders]
+|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
+|[https://f-droid.org/packages/de.rainerhock.eightbitwonders {{8-bitWondersVer}}] (F-Droid)<br>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.rainerhock.eightbitwonders.pls {{8-bitWondersVer}}] (Google Play)<br>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D22N4PCD {{8-bitWondersVer}}] (Amazon Appstore)<br>[https://gitlab.com/eightbitwonders/app git]
 |{{Ya}}
+|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
+|
+|{{Dunno}}
+|{{Dunno}}
+|{{Dunno}}
 |{{Dunno}}
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