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Category: Emulators

Retro

MAME – recreates the hardware of arcade game systems in software

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

MAME is an emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms.

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Retro

openMSX – MSX home computer emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

openMSX is an emulator for the MSX home computer system. Its goal is to emulate all aspects of the MSX with 100% accuracy: perfection in emulation.

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Retro

Fuse – ZX Spectrum emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Fuse (the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) is a ZX Spectrum emulator.It supports several models (including the 128), with faithful emulation of the display and sound.

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Retro

VICE – retro 8-bit computers emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

VICE (The Versatile Commodore Emulator) executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers.

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Retro

Clock Signal – emulates many home computers

November 12, 2023 Luke Baker Emulators, Games

Clock Signal (‘CLK’) is an emulator for a wide range of home computers with cycle accurate emulation, low latency, and signal processing.

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Retro

Hatari – Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Hatari is an Atari ST and STE emulator. The Atari ST was a 16/32 bit computer system which was first released by Atari in 1985.

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Retro

ZEsarUX – ZX Second-Emulator And Released for UniX

November 12, 2023 Luke Baker Emulators, Games

ZEsarUX is an open source emulator for ZX machines including all the Sinclair computers.

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Retro

FS-UAE – excellent Amiga emulator

November 12, 2023 Luke Baker Emulators, Games

FS-UAE is an Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE, with a focus on emulating games.

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Retro

xapple2 – Apple II+ and //e Emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

xapple2 is a fully-functional 100% Apple ][ emulator for X. It is partly written in 386 (AT&T) assembler and partly in C.

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Retro

plus4emu – emulator of the Commodore 264 family of computers

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

plus4emu is an open source, portable emulator of the Commodore 264 family of computers (C16, C116, and Plus/4), written in C++.

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Retro

ArcEm – emulator for the Acorn Archimedes

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

ArcEm is a register level emulator of the Acorn Archimedes A4x0 system based around the ARM microprocessor.

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Retro

FBZX – ZX Spectrum emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

FBZX is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator, designed to work at full screen using the FrameBuffer. It also works under X, both in full screen mode and a window.

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Retro

SimCoupe – SAM CoupĂ© emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

SimCoupe emulates the SAM CoupĂ© – a British Z80-based home computer released in 1989 by Miles Gordon Technology.

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Hypervisors

6 Best Free and Open Source Type 1 Hypervisors

August 21, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article identifies the finest open source Type 1 hypervisors that are available to download.

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VIC-20

Emulate the VIC-20 home computer with Linux

May 21, 2022 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Commodore VIC-20 is an 8-bit home computer that was released in 1980/1. It featured a MOS Technology 6502 CPU, with 20KB ROM and 5KB RAM.

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Retro

Emulate the MSX home computer with Linux

March 11, 2022 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The MSX was launched in October 1983. At the heart of the machine was the Zilog Z80 CPU running at 3.58 MHz with 8-512KB of RAM.

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Retro

Emulate the Sinclair QL home computer with Linux

February 13, 2022 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap) was a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, the successor to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

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Retro

Emulate the TRS-80 home computer with Linux

January 28, 2022 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (renamed the Model I) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation.

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Retro

Emulate the Dragon 32/64 home computer with Linux

September 3, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Dragon is built around the Motorola MC6809E processor running at 0.89 MHz. It was an advanced 8-bit CPU design, with limited 16-bit capabilities.

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Retro

Emulate the Oric home computer with Linux

August 20, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Oric-1 is a home computer that appeared in 1983 and was sold mainly in the UK and France. It was based on the 8-bit processor 6502A.

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