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Editors

Pixels? Overrated. PETSCII is where the magic happens!

Who needs pixels when you have PETSCII? Whether you're drawing on C64/128 or modern platforms, these editors will help bring your creations to life.

Commodore 64/128

Name Version Creator Link File
Board Painter v1.0 Mick CSDB D64
C/G Animator v3.0a Defcon CSDB D64
Charcoal v1.0 Lft CSDB D64
Digital Paint v4.0 The Silver Surfer CSDB D64
Kaleidoscope v4.0 BroBryce64 CSDB D64
Lores Draw 2 Dr. Edge CBM Software ZIP
Pet-Draw The 8-Bit Guy CSDB D64
Petscii Editor v4.61 fieserWolf CSDB D64
TBoard-Painter v1.1 Pro Tao CSDB GZ
Tyronpaint v2.1 Lynchbit/tlr CSDB GZ
VDCScreenEdit v2 Xander Mol (xahmol) GitHub

Movie Noperator

A Commodore 64 PETSCII movie maker inspired by Letter Noperator, but with its own twist. While it fully embraces PETSCII, this tool isn’t intended for use with C*Base.

Name Version Creator Link File
Movie Noperator v1.1.0 Mathman CSDB D64
Movie Noperator v1.1.1 Mathman CSDB D64
Sources v1.1.1 Mathman GitHub ZIP
Movie Noperator v2.0.0 Mathman CSDB D64
Sources v2.0.0 Mathman GitHub ZIP

PETSCII Video Generator

Not an editor, but a generator. This program creates PETSCII-based patterns, giving you the choice to take full control or let the system run wild for a completely randomized experience. It might just come in handy in unexpected ways.

Name Version Creator Link File
PVG v1.0 LDX#40 CSDB ZIP

Multi platform

Name Version Creator Link File
PETSCII Editor Marq Homepage
Petmate nurpax GitHub
Petmate 9 v0.9.6 Wbochar Homepage, GitHub
Playscii JP LeBreton Homepage

Web

Name Version Creator Link File
lvllvl alpha James Browser
PETSCII Editor v2.0 krissz Browser

Windows

Name Version Creator Link File
C64 ASCII Art Editor Egon CSDB
Petscii Cola v0.5 TheTom CSDB ZIP