Category: Emulation News

Retro Virtual Machine Updated to v2.1.11. Windows, MacOs and Linux

If you’re one of those people who loves emulation, playing around, tinkering with settings and various configurations to see what different results you can achieve, then Retro Virtual Machine might just be what you are looking for! This emulator supports classic machines such as the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX-1, Colecovision, Sega SG-1000 and Sega Master System (to name a…

Denise C64/Amiga emulator with PAL shader and runAhead

Whenever I need to play my favourite C64 and Amiga games, using emulation, I have always relied on my three favourite emulators which I’m sure you’re used to, or at least heard of. WinUAE for Amiga, VICE or CCS64 for Commodore 64, and I’ve never really looked for anything else, as these all do the job perfectly. While browsing online…

Let’s be friends! Get THEA500 running Atari ST programs

For “THEA500 Mini” Siegfried Hübner describes how to run also Atari ST programs on this rebuild of the Amiga 500 by Retro Games Ltd. It requires  EmuTOS-Amiga.ROM and AmiBerry. In hist post, he warns that to avoid a flickering display, open the Amiberry menu and change Display Line Mode from “Single” to “Double”. The .st floppy disk images are compressed with GZip,…

YAPE 1.2.2 – Commodore Plus/4 Emulator gets a new version

It looks like the emulator developers have been working hard these past few weeks. YAPE 1.2.2 was released today, bringing important changes. These are the most important new features and bug fixes that made it to this release: SID card mouse emulation (in DirectInput mode) Manufacturer-dependent RAM powerup patterns copy the emulator window to the clipboard as a bitmap the…

Retro Virtual Machine 2.1 emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, and more!

The last day of 2022 brought a massive update for the excellent (and beautiful) emulator Retro Virtual Machine. Known for its exquisite interface and great emulation experience, RVM was already my to-go emulator for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. With the release of version 2.1, I can also use it to run MSX programs and games for the Colecovision,…

WinUAE 4.10 – New version of the Amiga emulator for Windows

After many months of development, a new version of WinUAE has been released. Version 4.10 brings now 100% cycle accuracy for the 68000-based unexpanded configuration.  Also, initially planned for this release, the pixel-perfect OCS and ESC Denise mid-screen resolution was pushed for the upcoming 5.0 release. Here are the details: New hardware emulation features and update 68000 emulation is finally…

XRoar – The all-in-one emulator for the TRS-80 Color Computer and Dragon

I think I missed the memo when version 1.0 of XRoar came out back in November 2021. I knew the emulator for many years and since I am a macOS user, it was always a good choice for me to emulate the CoCo 2, since, from my knowledge, it emulates the Dragon and CoCo 1 and 2. Because I am…

Virtual ][ version 11 has been released

Virtual ][ is the best choice for Apple II emulation on Apple computers, and the many users that already own it will be happy to know that version 11 has been released. The most significant change was the addition of Apple IIc emulation. Here are the new features and changes: Added emulation of the Apple //c. Simplified the installation by including,…

openMSX version 18.0 has been released

openMSX version 18.0 has been released, bringing support for a new machine, the Sega SG-1000 console. Although not an MSX machine, the console has a very similar architecture, allowing the emulator to support it. Besides the new console, the new version includes several bug fixes aiming to improve the overall emulation perfection. The emulator can be download for free and…

Atari800MacX version 6.0 has been released adding support for Apple Silicon

We actually missed the v6.0 release date by a few days, but it is never late to let you all know that the excellent Atari emulator for macOS has been updated (now version 6.0.1) adding native support for Apple’s ARM processors. Features Added/Changed: Added support for ARM based M1 Macs. Update libSDL to version 2.0.14. Removed 2k limit on the…