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| Last weeks question: Winner: Other contenders: Total number of votes: |
Which
Gameboy emulator is the best? Gameboy 98 (25,0 % of the votes) DBoy (19,6%), SmyGB (20,7%), No$GMB (21,7%) and VGB (13,0%) 92
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| 2 weeks ago's
question: Winner: Other contenders: Total number of votes:
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Which
Nintendo (8-bit) emulator is the best? Nesticle (72,6 % of the votes) LoopyNES(7,4%), BioNES(5,2%), NoFrendo(4,4%), fwNES(10,4%) 135 |
3
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Which
Super Nintendo emulator is the best? |
ARCADE EMULATORS
| MAME v0.36b12  |
DOWNLOAD DOWNL. b11 (W32) HOMEPAGE HOMEPAGE (W32) UPDATED: 19-DEC 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P200 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: 1858 games(!) Probably the most ambitious arcade emulator project right now. Lots and lots of old arcade games from the 70:s and 80:s (now also 90:s) are emulated and most of them has sound and everything. Everybody needs this one and it has now also support for Neo Geo games WITH sound! Read the latest MAME news on the MAME W.I.P page. Download the supported sound samples from the official MAME homepage. If you have problems with your ROM files (missing, bad, wrong sized etc.), I can recommend either ClrMAME, RomCenter or MAME Rom manager to fix them (links to homepages).... and if you have any general problems with MAME, go to the official MAME FAQ page. Finally I must also mention Gordons MAME Rom info page which lists all rom files needed, bad rom dumps etc... can be very useful sometimes!
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| RAINE v0.27ezel |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 6-DEC 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P120 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: Rainbow Islands, Toki, Rastan, Terra Cresta, Snow Bros 1+2, Wrestlefest, P47, Cadash, Operation Wolf, Puzzle Bobble 2 +3, Bubble Memories, Liquid Kids ....(100+ games) A very good emulator with some FAB games!!! The sound support is now also very good and you should definitely download this one!
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| Retrocade v1.2 b2 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 24-MAY 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P75 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: 113 games A new multi arcade emulator written completely in assembler for maximum speed and it has also a very nice in-built graphical user interface (easy to use, once installed). You will probably also need some optional files for the GUI, screenshots etc. and you can find them at Insert Coin, Dave's Videogame Classics or Retrogames.
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16 v0.82 |
DOWNLOAD (DOS) DOWNL. v0.79 (for W95) HOMEPAGE (DOS) HOMEPAGE (W95) or this! UPDATED:2-JAN 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P166 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: Outrun, Super Hang-On, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Alien Syndrome, Tetris, Quartet II, Time Scanner, Altered Beast, Time Scanner, Shadow dancer, Alien Storm, Hang-On, Space Harrier, Dynamite Dux, E-Swat, SDI, Woderboy III, Passing Shot, Tough Turf, Moonwalker Superb emulator for Sega's System 16 arcade board (now also System 18 and Dual 68000).... It has a very good sound emulation and also support for sound samples!
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| CALLUS v0.42 |
DOWNLOAD (DOS) DOWNLOAD for W95 HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 29-JUNE 1998 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P90 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: Strider, Street Fighter II (WE+CE+Turbo), 1941, Megatwins (Chiki Chiki boys), Willow, Three Wonders (Wonder 3), Carrier Air Wing, UN Squadron (Area88), Magic Sword, Captain Commando, King of Dragons, Rockman the Power battle, Final Fight, Knights of the Round, Nemo, Varth, Mercs, Warriors of Fate, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, Punisher, Muscle bomber Duo, Quiz and dragons, Pnickies, Dynasty Wars, Slammasters and Ghouls'n Ghosts. Callus is an emulator for the capcom system-1 games and with this new release, it's just sooo good. One of the best, no doubt!!!!
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72 v0.33b |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 12-OCT 1998 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P233 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: R-Type JP+US, Legend of Hero Tonma, Image Fight, Ninja Spirit, Battle Choppers (+Mr. Heli), R-Type 2, Hammerin' Harry, X-Multply, Gallop and Dragon Breed. Almost the same emulated games as in RAGE (see below), but this emulator has full sound support for example!
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| RAGE v0.9 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 15-MARCH 1998 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P90 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: R-Type 1+2, Hammerin' Harry, Dragon Breed, 1943+KAI, Victory Road, Legend of Hero Tonma, Ikari Warriors, TNK3, Sonson, Gunsmoke, Image Fight, Ninja Spirit, Undercover cops, In the Hunt, Blade Master, Gunforce Great games in this emulator (and that's what it's all about, isn't it?). Some of them lacks sound emulation or just have SFX emulation, but the actual games plays very well. A favorite.
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| JAS-SYS1 v1.2 beta |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 16-MARCH 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: PII300 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: Pacmania (US and JP versions) and Galaga 88 (US + JP) A very good emulator if you've got the computer for it. If you'd like to run it with sound enabled (and you do, don't you?) you will need something like a PII 300MHz computer. If it's too slow for you, try to use the "w" option!
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| SPARCADE v2.33 beta |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 23-DEC 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: 486 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: Slapfight, Nemesis, Salamander, Vulcan Venture, Wardner, Terra Cresta, Tazmania ....(45+ games) The mother of emulators (not quite, but almost)! This was THE emulator in the beginning of 1997 and has now been brought back to life again. It's still very good and has some new great games included in this latest version.
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| JAS v1.01 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 16-APRIL 1998 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P100 |
GAMES SUPPORTED: Dig Dug 2, Mappy, Super Pac-Man, Gaplus, Galaga 3, Skykid, Pac Land A very good emulator with sound. Really there is nothing to complain about (maybe that you need a P166 to play Skykid properly?).
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| XDRAGON v0.30 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 7-MAY 1998 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P150 |
GAME SUPPORTED: Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, Dragon Ninja, Robocop, Midnight Resistance, Sly Spy. A very good emulator (now also with sound!) with some great games.... Robocop is a personal favorite!
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| SHARK v3.1f |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 31-JULY 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P100 |
GAME SUPPORTED: Flying Shark, Twin Cobra, New Zealand Story, Hellfire, Outzone.... (18 games) A very nice Flying Shark emulator for Windows 95 with sound + support for some other games. If you've problem with choppy scrolling, slowness etc., try to disable the joystick and make sure that emulated sound is on! |
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COMPUTER EMULATORS
| FELLOW v0.3.4 |
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A very good emulator which lacks a little bit in compatibility, but is very fast (it takes quite a computer to emulate an Amiga you know!). Download immediately! You will also need to download Kickstart v1.3 or maybe Kickstart 3.1. | ROM LINKS: |
| WinUAE v0.8.8R8 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 14-OCT 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P200
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If you have a fast computer (PII266) this one is probably your choice! Maybe on par with Fellow when it comes to games and if you going to use it for other things like utilities, workbench etc. this is it! Try it, baby. | |
| UAE (dos) v0.7.5d |
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Maybe the best Amiga emulator when it comes to compatibility, but unfortunately it's very slow, so you need a monster PC to be able to run it properly. But you MUST test it of course :-) Download Kickstart v1.3 from Lazarus (you'll need this one!). | |
| PACIFIST v0.48 (v0.49 beta) |
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The best Atari ST emulator. Good sound emulation and it can load and run quite a few games! | ROM LINKS: |
| WINSTON v0.2 |
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Also a very good Atari ST-emulator with a very nice GUI and quite good compatibility... can for example run some games that Pacifist can't! Only Windows 95 / 98 / NT + DirectX. | |
| CCS 64 v2.0 beta |
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A very nice emulator for the Commodore 64. It's actually almost perfect, but there are some minor things that makes me wait for the v2.0 (faster load times etc.). By the way.... the v2.0 beta works fine for me, but it runs very slow. | ROM LINKS: Lemon |
| VICE v1.2 |
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Emulates the Commodore 64, VIC-20 and PET computers, although the C-64 part is the most advanced one. It's in fact very good with an easy to use interface and very good emulation (good sound, joystick support...). Try it out immediately! | |
| fMSX v1.6b2 |
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A great MSX emulator with just
about everything that you could wish for!?!? Emulates MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+ games! The only
drawback is that it lacks a GUI.... therefore go here and download fMSX Launchpad + the
necessary DLL-files for Visual Basic (if you don't have them).... and you will also
need some system rom files.
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| BrMSX v2.2 |
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A very fast MSX emulator with sound and an in-built GUI. Not very good compatibility though, but now it has both MSX and MSX2 emulation!! | |
| RuMSX v0.2000 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 29-DEC 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P166 |
Very good compatibility (on par
with fMSX) and of course sound, makes this a VERY interesting choice along with fMSX (this
one ALSO emulates MSX Turbo-R!). Very easy to use too! You might also want to download all
the necessary system rom files here and maybe the documentation?
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| Atari800 emulator v0.9.8 |
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A good Atari 800-emulator which also emulates the 800XL, the 130XE and the 5200. You will also need a OS rom, Basic rom and XL rom to use this and you can find them here or here. | ROM LINKS: |
| X128 v0.92 |
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The best Spectrum emulator out there. You can also go to the homepage and download the AdLib-version which is a little bit faster, but the sound quality is not as good as the SoundBlaster version. | ROM LINKS: |
| CPE v5.2 |
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Maybe the best Amstrad emulator. It has sound and although it's a bit complicated to start, it's a goodie! | ROM LINKS: |
| NO$CPC v1.6 |
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A faster emulator and is now probably better than CPE. Try it and game on! This is also a little bit easier to handle than CPE. | |
| PC VIC v1.14 (v1.19 beta) |
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Well, well... it's a classic computer! The games aren't too great at today's standards, but it's a nice nostalgic trip to run it! (You can also check out the VICE emulator which includes a VIC-20 emulator! Look in the C-64 section above) | ROM LINKS: |
CONSOLE EMULATORS
| GENECYST vX.XX |
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Genecyst is a personal favorite. The Genesis (or Megadrive) games are very good and the emulator is very easy to use. Good sound and fast emulation makes this a true winner. | ROM LINKS: |
| KGEN 98 v0.4b |
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Also a very good Genesis emulator. It doesn't really matters which one of these emulators you choose, but some games can only be run on Genecyst and some only on KGen. This one has a little bit better sound emulation though! | |
| ZSNES v0.988 |
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Probably the best Super Nintendo emulator. Lacks a little bit in compatibility, but is otherwise very good. Sound emulation is great and it also has some other important features (Transparency effects, Super FX support etc.) | ROM LINKS: Plasticmans EZ |
| SNES 9X v1.26b |
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Snes9X is now almost as good as ZSnes again!!! Try it and love it. | |
| NeoRageX v0.6b |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 18-JUNE 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P200 |
This is the new Windows version
of NeoRAGE and it has now sound emulation and a nice GUI. This is my first choice in
Neo-Geo emulation, but you should also take a look at MAME:s very good emulation.
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ROM LINKS: Emux.com
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| NeoRAGE v0.2d |
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An emulator for Neo-Geo by the fellows behind RAGE! It does not have any sound yet, but can play quite a lot of roms. You will also need the Neo Geo system BIOS (also in NeoRageX). | |
| Magic engine v0.90 |
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Magic Engine is a very good shareware PC-Engine emulator. As a matter in fact it's close to perfect! Very nice sound emulation, but it can't load quite EVERY rom out there and only about 80% of the CD:s. An essential download... and you can also try the new beta 3 of Magic Engine FINAL!!! | ROM LINKS: |
| HU 6280 v1.89 b13 |
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Also a very good PC-Engine emulator, now also with sound emulation. One thing that is currently missing, is CD-emulation, but who does have any PC-Engine CD-roms (not me!!!)? | |
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| PSEmu Pro v1.0.21 |
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(you'll also need v1.0.20) HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 4-FEB 1999 SYSTEM PREF: P233 +3DFX
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Probably the best Playstation emulator available right now. Go to the homepage to download the latest drivers for the emulator (support for Direct 3D, Glide etc.). | LINKS: PSEmu FAQ page |
| Bleem! v1.0 |
DOWNL. (demo version) HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 13-MAY 1999 SYSTEM PREF: P233 |
An commercial emulator (demo
version available for download) which looks very promising indeed! The demo version does
not have any 3D support and no sound (only CD music). Sorry guys ;-)
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| NESTICLE vX.XX |
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The most popular and one of the best Nintendo 8-bit emulators! A nice GUI, good sound and pretty good compatibility, probably makes this the number 1 choice. | ROM LINKS: Rom World |
| NOFRENDO v0.58 |
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A new Nintendo emulator which actually (almost) gives Nesticle some competition. It CAN load some games which Nesticle won't, so just download it and try it! | |
| fwNES98 v0.302 |
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You should try this one too. Very good compatibility + sound and now also with a GUI. The author's goal is full NES hardware-, memory- and sound emulation! | |
| BioNES v0.2 |
DOWNLOAD (W95 only) HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 5-AUG 1998 SYSTEM PREFERRED: ?
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Some games works excellent with this emulator, while others get all messed up.... too bad. BioNES is also designed to work with your monitors refresh rate, so if it's not set correctly, the games can run too fast! | |
| Loopynes v0.51 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 24-AUG 1998 SYSTEM PREFERRED: ?
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Another very good Nintendo emulator with support for zapper gun! Cool.... | |
| MASSAGE v0.80 |
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This one's very good indeed! Emulation is very good with great sound support and lots and lots of options. Also very easy to use. | ROM LINKS: |
| BrSMS v1.21 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 8-JUNE 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: 486
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Another very good SMS/GG- emulator. It's very fast, very accurate sound (even voice support), multiplayer etc. A tip: To get a textfile with the games that works, type (in DOS): "brsms -listrom > games.txt". | |
| MEKA v0.30 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 30-SEP 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P166
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Maybe the best of the bunch!! Very accurate emulation in every department, a superb GUI and there is even some hidden Easter eggs in the emulator (go here to see how to find them)! | |
| SMYGB v0.20 |
DOWNLOAD HOMEPAGE UPDATED: 2-JAN 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P166
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A new very good gameboy emulator with very good sound emulation (except sample support)! It has Super Gameboy features, Color Gameboy support and is only for Windows 9X with DirectX. Try it! | ROM LINKS: EmuRoms |
| NO$GMB v2.3a |
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If you have a slow computer, then
this one's for you! Just as good as the others and it has almost perfect sound emulation
(the only one with sample support). The only drawback is that the Color Gameboy function
has a time limit, so you'll have to register the emulator to get that (very cheap though).
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| DBoy v0.52 |
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DBoy is based on the VGB emulator (see below), so this one is very good! It has Color- and Supergameboy support + support for the Gameboy camera(!). | |
| VGB v0.88 |
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This was my favorite Gameboy emulator. Unfortunately this emulator is now official discontinued (this is the final version), so there is, for example, no Color- or Supergameboy support. Good sound and speed nevertheless. | |
| Gameboy98 v0.05c |
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Gameboy 98 is also a new emulator with Color Gameboy support. Good sound and very easy to use. Windows 95 only. | |
| PC ATARI v2.2 |
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Probably the most popular Atari 2600 emulator which have a very high compatibility rate and good sound support. It also has support for Pitfall 2, a game which had a specialized chip inside the cartridge. | ROM LINKS: A2600 Emul
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| Z26 v1.35 |
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Also a very good Atari 2600 emulator which has been updated quite a few times lately. It has also sound- and joystick support and is easy to use... not as good compatibility as PC Atari though! | |
| STELLA v1.1.2 |
DOWNL. v1.1 DOWNL. for win32 HOMEPAGE HOMEP. for win32 UPDATED: 13-JUNE 1999 SYSTEM PREFERRED: P166
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The oldest Atari 2600 of these 3 and it's very good. Good sound and lots of options makes this an essential download! | |
| ADAMEM v1.0 |
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The best Colecovision emulator according to me. There are some really cool games for the Colecovision, but unfortunately they are not as attractive as they were 15 years ago. Definitely worth a download nevertheless! | ROM LINKS: |
| DVE v1.4 |
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The only really playable Vectrex emulator except for MESS (see below), but it's very good so who cares? It would be really cool to have a real Vectrex machine because the games look a little bit primitive when playing them on a PC. | ROM LINKS: |
| O2EM v0.701 |
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The only Odyssey 2 (G7000 in Europe)-emulator ever released, now also with sound!!! To run this, you will also need the BIOS rom... can be found in the links to the right. | ROM LINKS: |
MULTI EMULATORS
| MESS v0.36 b11 |
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MESS is a very ambitious
project.... it's a multi platform emulator, which now emulates 27 different systems:
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Astrocade, Atari 800, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Color
Computer, Colecovision, Colour Genie, Dragon 32, Enterprise 128K, Megadrive (Genesis),
Kaypro 2x, KC Compact, KIM-1, NES, IBM PC/XT, PC Engine, PDP/1, Sega Master System,
Gamegear, ZX Spectrum, Tandy 1000MX, TI99/4A, TRS-80 and Vectrex. The quality of the
emulation varies from system to system, but overall they are very good! Expect new systems
to be added and even better emulation in the previous systems, in future releases. You will also need some system BIOS roms etc. for most of the systems and you can find them at either this MESS page or at Dave's VGC. |
ROM LINKS: Atari
5200 archive See the above emulator rom links for more games! |
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