Emulators - Revision history

Kingu: updated repo link to emulators with one that shows all of them in view

2014-01-10T10:00:32Z

updated repo link to emulators with one that shows all of them in view

Esn at 08:22, 10 January 2014

2014-01-10T08:22:59Z

Kingu at 08:17, 21 November 2013

2013-11-21T08:17:47Z

Kingu at 12:20, 6 November 2013

2013-11-06T12:20:04Z

Linux-SWAT at 10:53, 17 July 2013

2013-07-17T10:53:38Z

Wally: /* Emulator Compatibility */

2013-03-25T07:25:41Z

‎Emulator Compatibility

Wally: /* Emulator list */

2013-03-25T07:25:23Z

‎Emulator list

Myownlittlworld: added link to emulating the pandora

2011-07-25T23:49:14Z

added link to emulating the pandora

Esn: /* What is needed to run emulators */

2011-04-30T00:58:19Z

‎What is needed to run emulators

ABC: formating

2011-04-20T11:05:53Z

formating

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 :''Please visit the '''[http://pandorawiki.org/Emulator_List Emulator list]''' article for a full list of emulated systems and available emulators. Also check out [[Legal Emulation Resources]]''
-:'' The repository '''[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&subcat=Emulator&s=new List of emulators]''' will be updated at any given time, but does not directly list emulators by emulated system.''
+:'' The repository '''[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&subcat=Emulator&s=new&ipp=all Full list of emulators]''' will be updated at any given time, but does not directly list emulators by emulated system.''
 :''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''emulating''' the Pandora on another PC.''

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-:''Please visit the '''[http://pandorawiki.org/Emulator_List Emulator list]''' article for a full list of available emulators, also check out [[Legal Emulation Resources]]''
+:''Please visit the '''[http://pandorawiki.org/Emulator_List Emulator list]''' article for a full list of emulated systems and available emulators. Also check out [[Legal Emulation Resources]]''
-:'' The repository '''[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&subcat=Emulator&s=new List of emulators]''' will be updated at any given time.''
+:'' The repository '''[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&subcat=Emulator&s=new List of emulators]''' will be updated at any given time, but does not directly list emulators by emulated system.''
 :''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''emulating''' the Pandora on another PC.''

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	:''Please visit the '''[http://pandorawiki.org/Emulator_List Emulator list]''' article for a full list of available emulators, also check out [[Legal Emulation Resources]]''		:''Please visit the '''[http://pandorawiki.org/Emulator_List Emulator list]''' article for a full list of available emulators, also check out [[Legal Emulation Resources]]''
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		+	:'' The repository '''[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&subcat=Emulator&s=new List of emulators]''' will be updated at any given time.''

	:''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''emulating''' the Pandora on another PC.''		:''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''emulating''' the Pandora on another PC.''

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 :''Please visit the '''[http://pandorawiki.org/Emulator_List Emulator list]''' article for a full list of available emulators, also check out [[Legal Emulation Resources]]''
-:''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''[[emulating]]''' the Pandora on another PC.''
+:''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''emulating''' the Pandora on another PC.''
-'''Emulators''' are applications which reproduce another, different computer system in software allowing the software from one machine to be run on another. Emulators are used for a wide range of purposes. For example, OS X provides emulation on x86 computers to allow old PowerPC binaries to be run. Microsoft provide an [[ARM]] PDA emulator for testing applications without having to repeatedly copy things onto a device.
+'''Emulators''' are applications which reproduce another, different computer system in software allowing the software from one machine to be run on another. Emulators are used for a wide range of purposes. For example, OS X provides emulation on x86 computers to allow old PowerPC binaries to be run. Microsoft provide an ARM PDA emulator for testing applications without having to repeatedly copy things onto a device.
-One of the most popular uses for emulators however is to play video games from older (or in some exceptional circumstances, current) systems on modern hardware (generally PCs but the Pandora, [[GP2X]], [[GP32]] and PSP are also popular platforms for running emulators). Nintendo sells a number of official emulators through its Virtual Console service for the Wii.
+One of the most popular uses for emulators however is to play video games from older (or in some exceptional circumstances, current) systems on modern hardware (generally PCs but the Pandora, GP2X, GP32 and PSP are also popular platforms for running emulators). Nintendo sells a number of official emulators through its Virtual Console service for the Wii.
 == Pandora and emulators ==
-One of the popular uses for the Pandora is to run [[emulators]] of old video games systems (though some old home computers and calculators are also emulated). The Pandora is suited to this task because it has a fairly standard control layout similar (or almost identical to) the layouts of the input devices of the systems it emulates. Furthermore, it has an LCD of resolution 800x480, which is large enough to accommodate most older systems without any downscaling. Of course, it is also portable meaning you can play these games whenever and wherever you want without having to carry a TV, machine and collection of cartridges.
+One of the popular uses for the Pandora is to run emulators of old video games systems (though some old home computers and calculators are also emulated). The Pandora is suited to this task because it has a fairly standard control layout similar (or almost identical to) the layouts of the input devices of the systems it emulates. Furthermore, it has an LCD of resolution 800x480, which is large enough to accommodate most older systems without any downscaling. Of course, it is also portable meaning you can play these games whenever and wherever you want without having to carry a TV, machine and collection of cartridges.
 == What is needed to run emulators ==
-In most cases, emulators can simply load software and run. However, some require a dump of the [[BIOS]] ROM stored within the system itself. These dumps cannot be distributed legally without the permission of the company/individual who created them due to them being copyrighted. In some cases (such as the GBA) it may be feasible to extract a dump of the BIOS yourself if you own a GBA and the necessary equipment but for others (like the PlayStation) the only way most people can obtain a BIOS dump is to illegally download it. Each system has a unique BIOS, though many older ones don't have a BIOS at all, or it is emulated along with the hardware. You should check the individual pages for each emulator to see if they need a BIOS dump to run.
+In most cases, emulators can simply load software and run. However, some require a dump of the BIOS ROM stored within the system itself. These dumps cannot be distributed legally without the permission of the company/individual who created them due to them being copyrighted. In some cases (such as the GBA) it may be feasible to extract a dump of the BIOS yourself if you own a GBA and the necessary equipment but for others (like the PlayStation) the only way most people can obtain a BIOS dump is to illegally download it. Each system has a unique BIOS, though many older ones don't have a BIOS at all, or it is emulated along with the hardware. You should check the individual pages for each emulator to see if they need a BIOS dump to run.
-An emulator is no use without software to run on it. These normally come in the form of [[ROM dumps]] (since they are extracted from the ROM chips that used to be used to distribute software) generally known as just "ROMs". A few ROMs are "homebrew", that is, free software or freeware. However, ROMs of commercial games are illegal under copyright law unless you dump them yourself (and even then you are only allowed to make use of them under very specific circumstances). ROMs for one system will not work on another system's emulator, just as you can't plug Super Nintendo cartridges into a PlayStation and run them. As such, you need ROMs for each system and an emulator for each system (though some special cases exist such as MAME which will run ROMs from multiple arcade systems).
+An emulator is no use without software to run on it. These normally come in the form of ROM dumps (since they are extracted from the ROM chips that used to be used to distribute software) generally known as just "ROMs". A few ROMs are "homebrew", that is, free software or freeware. However, ROMs of commercial games are illegal under copyright law unless you dump them yourself (and even then you are only allowed to make use of them under very specific circumstances). ROMs for one system will not work on another system's emulator, just as you can't plug Super Nintendo cartridges into a PlayStation and run them. As such, you need ROMs for each system and an emulator for each system (though some special cases exist such as MAME which will run ROMs from multiple arcade systems).
 == What the Pandora can emulate ==
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 == Where to download emulators ==
-Most software (including emulators) for the Pandora can be obtained from either [http://apps.openpandora.org/ Pandora Apps] or the [http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/pandora.cgi Pandora File Archive]. Check out the [[PandaPacks]] for some pre-packaged games, emulators and distributable ROMs.
+Most software (including emulators) for the Pandora can be obtained from either [http://apps.openpandora.org/ Pandora Apps] or the [http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/pandora.cgi Pandora File Archive].
 == Legal ROM Sources ==
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 For a list of announced projects, please see the list of potential emulators and development status on the GP32X forums: [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47518]
 [[Category:Emulators]]
 [[Category:Software]]

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	:''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''[[emulating]]''' the Pandora on another PC.''		:''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''[[emulating]]''' the Pandora on another PC.''

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	For a list of announced projects, please see the list of potential emulators and development status on the GP32X forums: [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47518]		For a list of announced projects, please see the list of potential emulators and development status on the GP32X forums: [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47518]
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−	~~== Emulator Compatibility ==~~
−	~~This wiki houses compatibility and performance lists for various emulators available on the Pandora. You can find these on the [[Emulator Compatibility]] page.~~
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−	~~Please do add to these lists as you test more games so that others may benefit from settings you may have discovered (for some users a particular game running well is enough to justify the purchase).~~

	== Deciding what games to play ==		== Deciding what games to play ==

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 == Emulator list ==
-See the page, [[Emulator list]].
+See the page, [[Emulator List]].
 For a list of announced projects, please see the list of potential emulators and development status on the GP32X forums: [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47518]

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		+	:''Note: '''emulation on''' the Pandora is not the same as '''[[emulating]]''' the Pandora on another PC.''
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	'''Emulators''' are applications which reproduce another, different computer system in software allowing the software from one machine to be run on another. Emulators are used for a wide range of purposes. For example, OS X provides emulation on x86 computers to allow old PowerPC binaries to be run. Microsoft provide an [[ARM]] PDA emulator for testing applications without having to repeatedly copy things onto a device.		'''Emulators''' are applications which reproduce another, different computer system in software allowing the software from one machine to be run on another. Emulators are used for a wide range of purposes. For example, OS X provides emulation on x86 computers to allow old PowerPC binaries to be run. Microsoft provide an [[ARM]] PDA emulator for testing applications without having to repeatedly copy things onto a device.

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	An emulator is no use without software to run on it. These normally come in the form of [[ROM dumps]] (since they are extracted from the ROM chips that used to be used to distribute software) generally known as just "ROMs". A few ROMs are "homebrew", that is, free software or freeware. However, ROMs of commercial games are illegal under copyright law unless you dump them yourself (and even then you are only allowed to make use of them under very specific circumstances). ROMs for one system will not work on another system's emulator, just as you can't plug Super Nintendo cartridges into a PlayStation and run them. As such, you need ROMs for each system and an emulator for each system (though some special cases exist such as MAME which will run ROMs from multiple arcade systems).		An emulator is no use without software to run on it. These normally come in the form of [[ROM dumps]] (since they are extracted from the ROM chips that used to be used to distribute software) generally known as just "ROMs". A few ROMs are "homebrew", that is, free software or freeware. However, ROMs of commercial games are illegal under copyright law unless you dump them yourself (and even then you are only allowed to make use of them under very specific circumstances). ROMs for one system will not work on another system's emulator, just as you can't plug Super Nintendo cartridges into a PlayStation and run them. As such, you need ROMs for each system and an emulator for each system (though some special cases exist such as MAME which will run ROMs from multiple arcade systems).
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		+	To find information on which ''compression formats'' emulators supports, please see the article [[Emulator compression support]].

	== What the Pandora can emulate ==		== What the Pandora can emulate ==