# JVIC Commodore VIC 20 emulator

5 Hacker News commenters recommended JVIC Commodore VIC 20 emulator and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free web-based Commodore VIC 20 emulator that people on Hacker News praised for its VIC 20 work. Commenters report slowness on old Android phones and a crash loading Frogger.

## Why people recommend it

- Enthusiastic praise for the VIC 20 work (2 comments): "Great work on the VIC20 side!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46746752)) "THI5 1Z A WAY-K00L BBOARDZ" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46745052))

## What people warn about

- Slow on old Android phones (1 comments): "My Android phone is way too old and slow to load jvic, unfortunately." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46746406))
- Crashed loading Frogger (1 comments): "Neat, but crashed when I tried to load Frogger" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46744656))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [86Box](https://hackerapproved.com/p/86box.md): 25 recommend
- [SIMH emulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simh.md): 13 recommend
- [Infinite Mac](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-mac.md): 11 recommend
- [Executor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/executor.md): 9 recommend
- [WinUAE](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winuae.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "JVIC Commodore VIC 20 emulator", https://hackerapproved.com/p/jvic-commodore-vic-20-emulator/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).