The game definitely loads to the title screen on both the CCS64 and VICE emulator. The joystick is set. Hmmm...

Got my answer at lemon64: Fire in port 2 gets the game rolling. Nice.

So, Paperboy aside, what emulators for the C64 are solid or have cool bells and whistles like scanlines, easy controller support, etc.? Vice bothers me with its super small screen size and I can't get controllers to work for CCS64, so I'd like to find greener pastures for C64 emulation if it exists.