Skip to main content

On Sale: GamesAssetsToolsTabletopComics
Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
TagsGame Engines
(2 edits) (+1)

Well, I guess a lot more people than you may think have have a dual SID setup nowadays. I can think of:

  • People who did plunder a SID from another C64 to install a second SID in their C64.
  • 1541 Ultimate II(+) owners have three SIDs in their C64. The original SID, and two addional SIDs provided by the 1541U2.
  • Ultimate64 owners have three eight SIDs in their C64 as well. Ultimate64 owners have up to eight SIDs in their C64.
  • Mega65 owners have two SIDs in their machine.
  • Turbo Chameleon owners have dual SID.
  • Quite a few people bought an ARMSID. And if it was an ARM2SID, they have two SIDs in their C64.
  • Owners of the FPGASID have two SIDs.

Some of these pieces of hardware sold quite well, for example the 1541U2 sold thousands and thousands. There I expect that a significant part of the user base nowadays has a dual SID solution.

Personally I both own a 1541U2 and an ARM2SID, that I have installed in my Commodore 128. I have quite a few C64s, that all have a single SID, so I may not always use a setup that is dual SID capable. However, for a game that does support dual SID, I will certainly grab my C128.