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Category: Emulators

Retro

SimCoupe – SAM Coupé emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

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

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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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Retro

Emulate the Amiga home computer with Linux

August 13, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Amiga is a family of personal computers. It’s the last truly great gaming home computer before the dominance of the PC and the 32-bit games consoles.

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Retro

Emulate the BBC Micro home computer with Linux

July 28, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The BBC Microcomputer System was a series of microcomputers designed and built by the Acorn Computer company.

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Retro

Emulate the Commodore 64 home computer with Linux

July 23, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Commodore 64 (C64) is an 8-bit home computer released in 1982. The $595 (£399) device took its name from its US maker, Commodore International, and the fact it had 64K of RAM.

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Retro

Emulate the Atari ST home computer with Linux

June 23, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Atari ST was a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation. We recommend open source emulators for the Atari ST.

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Retro

Emulate the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer with Linux

June 9, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. The name highlighted the machine’s color capabilities.

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Retro

Emulate the Amstrad CPC home computer with Linux

June 2, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

This series looks at emulating home computers. This article looks at emulating the Amstrad CPC range.

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Retro

Emulate the Sinclair ZX81 home computer with Linux

May 21, 2021 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

This series looks at emulating home computers. We start the series looking at the ZX81, a home computer produced by Sinclair Research from 1981.

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Mega Drive

7 Best Free Linux Mega Drive Emulators

January 29, 2019 Steve Emms Emulators, Software

The Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) was a leading 16-bit video game console system. The console was developed by Sega Corporation in 1988. Sega was unable to obtain trademark rights in North America, and it was released in that market under the name of Sega Genesis.

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Mega Drive

Genesis Plus GX – open-source Sega 8/16 bit emulator focused on accuracy and portability

January 28, 2019 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Genesis Plus GX is a Sega multi-system emulator originally for the Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii.

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Home Computers

Experience Home Computers that Missed the Big Time

December 22, 2017 Steve Emms Emulators, Software

Home computers were a class of personal computer which reached the market in the late 1970s, and became immensely popular in the following decade, selling many millions of units. The market was dominated for many years by a small number of 8-bit machines, in particular the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and Acorn BBC Micro.

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Retro

USP – portable ZX Spectrum emulator

December 22, 2017 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Unreal Speccy Portable (USP) is an open source portable ZX Spectrum emulator. It runs under many operating systems.

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Retro

Xcpc – open source Amstrad home computer emulator

December 10, 2017 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Xcpc is a portable Amstrad CPC464/CPC664/CPC6128 emulator. This software is partially based on Marat Fayzullin’s Z80 emulator.

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Retro

cpc4x – Amstrad CPC home computer emulator

December 10, 2017 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

cpc4x is an Amstrad CPC emulator. It can be used either in a console, or in X11. cpc4x emulates most of the CPC hardware.

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