JVIC Commodore VIC 20 emulator
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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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Enthusiastic praise for the VIC 20 work
“Great work on the VIC20 side!”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “JVIC: New web-based Commodore VIC 20 emulator” “THI5 1Z A WAY-K00L BBOARDZ”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “JVIC: New web-based Commodore VIC 20 emulator”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow on old Android phones
“My Android phone is way too old and slow to load jvic, unfortunately.”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “JVIC: New web-based Commodore VIC 20 emulator” Crashed loading Frogger
“Neat, but crashed when I tried to load Frogger”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “JVIC: New web-based Commodore VIC 20 emulator”
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5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Thanks for making that and posting it here.”
“Great work on the VIC20 side!”
“My Android phone is way too old and slow to load jvic, unfortunately.”
“THI5 1Z A WAY-K00L BBOARDZ”
“Neat, but crashed when I tried to load Frogger”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.