Emulation Software

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Emulation Software

An emulator mimics (obsolete) hardware (i.e. electronic components) in order to run an (obsolete) Operating System.

This is different from Virtualization where there is no (or minimal) emulation of hardware performed. Virtualization software uses hardware of the machine it runs on and acts as a gateway to share resources between the host-machine and the virtualized Operating System.

[edit] Amiga

Amiga Forever (commercial, Amiga, website)
Fellow (freeware, Amiga, website)
UAE (open source, Amiga, website of WinUAE website of FS-UAE)

[edit] Amstrad CPC

Arnimedes (freeware, CPC, website)
Arnold (open source, CPC/CPC+/KC compact, website)
CPC++ (shareware, CPC, website)
CPCE (freeware, CPC, website)
CPCEmu (open source, CPC, website)
WinAPE (freeware, CPC, website)

[edit] APF Imagination Machine

APF_EMUW (freeware, Windows, website)

[edit] Apollo Guidance Computer

Moonjs (in-browser simulator, website)

[edit] Apple II

AppleWin (open source, Apple IIe, website)
KEGS (open source, Apple IIgs, website)
OpenEmulator (open source, Apple II, website)

Apple disk image that detects which emulator you're using to run it

[edit] Arcade

MAME (open source, Arcade, website)
Raine (open source, Arcade, website)
Retrocopy (freeware, Arcade, website)

[edit] Atari

Atari800 (open source, Atari 800/800XL/130XE/5200, website)
Altirra (open source, Atari 800, website)
EMU7800 (open source, Atari 2600/7800, website)
EstyJS (open source, Atari ST, JavaScript, website)
Hatari (open source, Atari ST/STE/TT, website)
Javatari (open source, Atari 2600, website)
ProSystem Emulator (open source, Atari 7800, website)
Stella (donationware, Atari 2600, website)

[edit] C64

CCS64 (shareware, C64, website)
Commodore 64 for iOS (paid download)
Frodo (open source, C64, website)
VICE (open source, C64/C128/Plus4/VC20/PET/..., website)

[edit] Coleco ADAM

ADAMem (freeware, ADAM, website)

[edit] Digital Group

Digital Group emulator (Mac, Windows)

[edit] Firefox OS

Firefox OS Simulator (open source, Windows/Mac/Linux) announcement

[edit] Macintosh

Basilisk II (open source, 68000, website)
Mini vMac (open source, Macintosh, website)
PearPC (open source, PowerPC, website)
SheepShaver (open source, MacOS, website)
vMac (open source, Macintosh, website)

[edit] Next

Previous (open source, website)

[edit] Nintendo

higan (formerly known as bsnes) (open source, primarily SNES, but recently also supports NES/GB/GBC and GBA, website)

[edit] Sega

Genecyst (freeware, Genesis/Mega-Drive, website)
Gens32 (freeware, Genesis/Mega-Drive/Sega-CD/Mega-CD/32X, website)

[edit] Sol

Solace (freeware, SOL-20, website)

[edit] TRS-80

Various emulators here
Color Computer Emulator here

[edit] x86

Dioscuri (open source, x86, website)
DOSBox (open source, x86, website)
DOSBox-X
DOSEMU (open source, x86, website)
iDOS (DOS emulator for iOS)
JPC (open source, x86, website)
PCE (open source, x86, focus on old PC/XT/AT systems, website, JavaScript port)

[edit] ZX Spectrum

Fuse (open source, ZX Spectrum, website)

[edit] Other and Multiplatform

Daphne (open source, LaserDisc, website)
EaaS (emulation-as-a-service; see in-browser sandbox [1])
GXemul (open source, generic, website)
MESS (source available, multiple home computers and other computers, website)
- JSMESS (in-browser Javascript implementation of MESS, try it online)
Hercules (open source, System/370, ESRA/390, z/ARCH, website)
QEMU (open source, generic, website)
KEEP - Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (open source, generic, website)
- Emulation Framework (SourceForge site)
- TOTEM - Trustworthy Online Technical Environment Metadata Database
SIMH (open source, multi-system, website)
Emularity (open-source platform to embed emulators, website)

[edit] See also

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+An emulator mimics (obsolete) hardware (i.e. electronic components) in order to run an (obsolete) [[Operating Systems|Operating System]].
+This is different from [[Virtualization]] where there is no (or minimal) emulation of hardware performed. Virtualization software uses hardware of the machine it runs on and acts as a gateway to share resources between the host-machine and the virtualized [[Operating Systems|Operating System]].
 == Amiga ==
 * [[Amiga Forever]] (commercial, Amiga, [http://www.amigaforever.com/ website])
 * [[Fellow]] (freeware, Amiga, [http://fellow.sourceforge.net/ website])
-* [[UAE]] (open source, Amiga, [http://www.amigaemulator.org/ website])
+* [[UAE]] (open source, Amiga, [http://www.winuae.net/ website of WinUAE] [http://fs-uae.net/ website of FS-UAE])
 == Amstrad CPC ==
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 == APF Imagination Machine ==
 * [[APF_EMUW]] (freeware, Windows, [http://www.nausicaa.net/~lgreenf/apf0308.zip website])
+== Apollo Guidance Computer ==
+* [[Moonjs]] (in-browser simulator, [http://www.svtsim.com/moonjs/agc.html website])
 == Apple II ==
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 * [[KEGS]] (open source, Apple IIgs, [http://kegs.sourceforge.net/ website])
 * [[OpenEmulator]] (open source, Apple II, [http://www.openemulator.org/ website])
+[https://archive.org/details/EmulatorDetectionIn6502AssemblyKansasfest2014Presentation Apple disk image that detects which emulator you're using to run it]
 == Arcade ==
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 * [[Retrocopy]] (freeware, Arcade, [http://www.retrocopy.com/ website])
-== [[ROM_and_memory_images#Atari_game_consoles|Atari]] ==
+== Atari ==
 * [[Atari800]] (open source, Atari 800/800XL/130XE/5200, [http://atari800.sourceforge.net/ website])
 * [[Altirra]] (open source, Atari 800, [http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html website])
 * [[EMU7800]] (open source, Atari 2600/7800, [http://emu7800.sourceforge.net/ website])
+* [[EstyJS]] (open source, Atari ST, JavaScript, [http://estyjs.azurewebsites.net/ website])
 * [[Hatari]] (open source, Atari ST/STE/TT, [http://hatari.tuxfamily.org/ website])
 * [[Javatari]] (open source, Atari 2600, [http://javatari.org/ website])
 * [[ProSystem Emulator]] (open source, Atari 7800, [https://home.comcast.net/~gscottstanton/ website])
 * [[Stella]] (donationware, Atari 2600, [http://stella.sourceforge.net/ website])
+See also [[ROM and memory images#Atari game consoles]].
 == C64 ==
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 * [[Commodore 64 for iOS]] ([https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/commodore-64/id305504539?mt=8 paid download])
 * [[Frodo]] (open source, C64, [http://frodo.cebix.net/ website])
-* [[VICE]] (open source, C64/C128/Plus4/VC20/PET/..., [http://www.viceteam.org/ website])
+* [[VICE]] (open source, C64/C128/Plus4/VC20/PET/..., [http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/ website])
-== Coleco Adam ==
+== Coleco ADAM ==
-* [[ADAMem]] (freeware, Adam, [http://www.sacnews.net/adamcomputer/downloads.html website])
+* [[ADAMem]] (freeware, ADAM, [http://www.sacnews.net/adamcomputer/downloads.html website])
+== Digital Group ==
+* [[Digital Group emulator]] ([http://www.thedigitalgroup.org/dg/?wpfb_dl=3 Mac], [http://www.thedigitalgroup.org/dg/?wpfb_dl=2 Windows])
 == Firefox OS ==
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 * [[vMac]] (open source, Macintosh, [http://www.vmac.org/ website])
-== [[ROM_and_memory_images#Nintendo_game_consoles|Nintendo]] ==
+== Next ==
-* [[bsnes]] (open source, NES/[[GB]]/[[GBC]]/GBA/NDS, [http://byuu.org/bsnes/ website])
+* [[Previous]] (open source, [http://previous.alternative-system.com/ website])
+== Nintendo ==
+* [[higan]] (formerly known as bsnes) (open source, primarily [[SNES]], but recently also supports NES/[[GB]]/[[GBC]] and GBA, [http://byuu.org/higan/ website])
+See also [[ROM and memory images#Nintendo game consoles]].
-== [[ROM_and_memory_images#Sega_game_consoles|Sega]] ==
+== Sega ==
 * [[Genecyst]] (freeware, Genesis/Mega-Drive, [http://bloodlust.zophar.net/gen/genecyst.html website])
 * [[Gens32]] (freeware, Genesis/Mega-Drive/Sega-CD/Mega-CD/32X, [http://gens32.emubase.de/ website])
+See also [[ROM and memory images#Sega game consoles]].
 == Sol ==
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 * [[Dioscuri]] (open source, x86, [http://dioscuri.sourceforge.net/ website])
 * [[DOSBox]] (open source, x86, [http://www.dosbox.com/ website])
+* [[DOSBox-X]]
 * [[DOSEMU]] (open source, x86, [http://www.dosemu.org/ website])
 * [[iDOS]] (DOS emulator for iOS)
-* [[JPC]] (open source, x86, [http://jpc.sourceforge.net/home_home.html website])
+* [[JPC (emulator)|JPC]] (open source, x86, [http://jpc.sourceforge.net/home_home.html website])
+* [[PCE]] (open source, x86, focus on old PC/XT/AT systems, [http://www.hampa.ch/pce/ website], [http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ JavaScript port])
 == ZX Spectrum ==
 * [[Fuse]] (open source, ZX Spectrum, [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ website])
-== Other ==
+== Other and Multiplatform ==
 * [[Daphne]] (open source, LaserDisc, [http://www.daphne-emu.com/site3/index_hi.php website])
+* [[EaaS]] (emulation-as-a-service; see in-browser sandbox [https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/eaasi-sandbox/])
 * [[GXemul]] (open source, generic, [http://gxemul.sourceforge.net/ website])
 * [[MESS]] (source available, multiple home computers and other computers, [http://www.mess.org/ website])
+** [[JSMESS]] (in-browser Javascript implementation of MESS, [http://jsmess.textfiles.com/ try it online])
 * [[Hercules]] (open source, System/370, ESRA/390, z/ARCH, [http://www.hercules-390.org/ website])
 * [[QEMU]] (open source, generic, [http://www.qemu.org/ website])
 * [[KEEP]] - Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (open source, generic, [http://www.keep-project.eu/ezpub2/index.php website])
+** [[Emulation Framework]] ([http://emuframework.sourceforge.net/ SourceForge site])
 ** [[TOTEM]] - Trustworthy Online Technical Environment Metadata Database
 * [[SIMH]] (open source, multi-system, [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/ website])
+* [[Emularity]] (open-source platform to embed emulators, [https://github.com/db48x/emularity website])
+== See also ==
+* [[Operating Systems#Nonproprietary OSs emulating proprietary ones]]
+* [[Wine]]
 [[Category:Emulation]]
 [[Category:Software]]