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--- tools:emulators [2024/12/12 02:39] – [Video Game Emulators] Humphrey Boa-Gart
+++ tools:emulators [2024/12/12 02:59] (current) – [Multi-Platform Emulators] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 ===== Video Game Emulators =====
-Emulators for **video game platforms** are a bit more complex than your average OS emulator. Since game consoles typically use far different CPU's than home computers, these emulators emulate //the entire underlying chipset//.
+Video game emulators are probably the simplest emulators on this page to use: Simply open the software, configure your controller or keyboard, and tell it which ROM file (game) to open.
-Despite that, these are probably the simplest emulators on this page to use: Simply open the emulator, configure your controller or keyboard, and tell it which ROM file (game) to open.
 Some of these emulators require a second ROM to run: That of the console's firmware/BIOS. Most of them do not, but some do, so make sure to read the documentation that comes with the software.
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 ==== Multi-Platform Emulators ====
-Back in the day, each console had its own emulator. Nowadays however, **multi-platform emulators** are an increasingly viable solution, where one emulator will cover a range of consoles. Some popular ones include:
+Back in the day, emulators were made to be good at emulating a single console. Nowadays **multi-platform emulators** are an increasingly viable solution, where one emulator will cover a range of consoles. Some popular ones include:
   * [[https://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk|Bizhawk]]
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-==== Nintendo GameCube & Wii ====
+==== Nintendo Famicom (NES) ====
-For Linux, Windows and MacOS, use [[https://dolphin-emu.org/|Dolphin]]. There is also an [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu|Android port]].
+{{ :tools:fceux.png|}}
+For NES emulation, you want **FCEUX**. It is the most popular successor project to the infamous //(and now abandoned)// **FCE** and **FCE Ultra** emulators. It enjoys regular updates and has been ported to all the major operating systems. You can find an appropriate binary for your OS on their [[https://fceux.com/web/download.html|releases page]], or you can visit the project on Github at [[github>TASEmulators/fceux]].
+For Debian/Ubuntu users, it is already in the stock repos. Just grab it with ''apt install fceux'' and you're good to go.
+Popular cross-platform alternatives include [[github>punesemu/puNES]] //(which also doubles as a player for NSF music files)// and [[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES/|iNES]].
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-==== Nintendo Famicom (NES) ====
+==== Nintendo GameCube & Wii ====
-{{ :tools:fceux.png|}}
+For Linux, Windows and MacOS, use [[https://dolphin-emu.org/|Dolphin]]. There is also an [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu|Android port]].
-For NES emulation, you want **FCEUX**. It is the most popular successor project to the infamous //(and now abandoned)// **FCE** and **FCE Ultra** emulators. It enjoys regular updates and has been ported to all the major operating systems. You can find an appropriate binary for your OS on their [[https://fceux.com/web/download.html|releases page]], or you can visit the project on Github at [[github>TASEmulators/fceux]].
-For Debian/Ubuntu users, it is already in the stock repos. Just grab it with ''apt install fceux'' and you're good to go.
-Popular cross-platform alternatives include [[github>punesemu/puNES]] //(which also doubles as a player for NSF music files)// and [[https://fms.komkon.org/iNES/|iNES]].

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