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Atari Lynx
Atari's foray into the
burgeoning handheld
market, this device was my
favourite at the time.
Actually the first colour
handheld, this machine
should have been the
market leader. Sadly yet
another bad marketing
campaign saw this machine
falter and then fail in
front of rampaging
Nintendo power.
Unbelievably the Black
& White Nintendo
gameboy rose to the
challenge and one the day.
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Name
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Version
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Release
Date
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Description
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Homepage
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Handy
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0.90
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14/06/02
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An
awesome Atari Lynx
emulator, really all that
you need for your handheld
gaming pleasure.
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link!
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Related
Links
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Information
-
Lynx FAQ,
AtariHQ,
AtariOrg,
Atari History,
VG Museum,
Lynx Lagoon,
Roar
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Roms
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Playagain,
Lynx Lagoon,
EdgeEmu,
EmuClassics
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Bandai
Wonderswan/Wonderswan
Colour
Small, pocket-sized and
light on power. This is a
very thin unit, and except
for the bulge in the back
for the SINGLE AA-battery,
this until is pretty much
flat. As the picture
shows, there are two
directional controllers.
Games are apparently
designed for "portrait"
mode with both direction
controllers at the bottom,
or the normal "landscape"
mode with both direction
controllers on the left.
This system doesn't cater
to lefties at all.
Controls have been
simplified. Sound is
controlled via a button,
and there are three sound
settings: high, low and
off. There is NO headphone
jack. There is a single
contrast wheel for the
screen. Power is via a
simple slide controller
that is well protected to
prevent accidental power
changes. There is no place
to plug in an AC adaptor,
so this is a battery-only
device. There is also a
link port for head to head
gaming. Only released in
Japan but is available by
importing. Rumour has it
that it will be released
in the US sometime in the
third quarter of 2001.
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Name
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Version
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Release
Date
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Description
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Homepage
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Cygne
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2.1aWin
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12/03/02
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The
first release of a Windows
based Wonderswan emulator.
Great compatibility.
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link
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WSCamp
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0.21Win
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14/10/02
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The
first Wonderswan emulator
to support sound and has
decent
compatibility.
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link
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Oswan
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0.7
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05/05/02
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This
is a new emulator that now
has is fast and accurate
though still no
sound.
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link
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Related
Links
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Information
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Swansong,
Overdose,
Retro-Games
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Roms
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Playagain
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Gamepark 32
A very new handheld
device from Korea,
this machine is very
similar to the Gameboy
Advance though has
more features.
Availability of
productivity tools
combined with PC and
wireless connectivity.
This machine if
released worldwide
before the GBA would
probably have been a
smash hit.
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Name
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Version
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Release
Date
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Description
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Homepage
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GeePee 32
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0.43
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20/06/04
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The only known
Gamepark emulator
other than official
company demo's. This
is a very early
release with few
features. You will
require the bios files
to run it. I would
suggest using
www.google.com to
search.
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Link!
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Related
Links
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Information -
Official Site,
Developers Site
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Roms -
GeePee32
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Nec Turbo Express
While Nintendo and
Sega were in 8-bit
land, NEC was already
at 16-bits. In pursuit
of their 16-bit
vision, the TurboGrafx
Express played
virtually all of the
HuCard games for the
console version. At
the time, this was
revolutionary, a
portable system with
the power of a
console, and with one
set of games. And for
the fans of import
titles, there was the
HuCard Converter,
allowing TurboGrafx
systems to play
Japanese titles There
is also a
communications jack
for multi-player
gaming, headphone and
contrast controls. The
TurboGrafx Express has
a dedicated port for
the TurboVision TV
Tuner accessory,
allowing you to watch
TV. You can use the
antenna, or you can
plug in an external
antenna or use the A/V
connector and plug in
a VCR! A short while
after the NEC
TurboGrafx release,
Nintendo and Sega
released their 16-bit
consoles. Sega
released the Genesis
and later Nintendo
released their Super
Nintendo. Despite NEC
being first to the
market, NEC suffered a
rare condition of too
much, too little, too
soon. The system
lacked the software
development that the
Genesis and SNES
enjoyed. While the
TurboGrafx was first,
it wasn't able to
compete once Sega and
Nintendo joined the
16-bit marketplace.
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Name
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Version
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Release
Date
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Description
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Homepage
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Hu6280
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1.50
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04/02/00
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Excellent
alternative to Magic
Engine and supports TG
CD's as well.
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Related
Links
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Information -
Turbogaming,
PCEngineFX
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Roms -
Classicgaming,
Playagain,
Freeroms,
Emusa,
VintageGaming,
EmuClassics
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Neo Geo Pocket/Pocket
Colour
SNK's attempt at the
handheld market was
quite a nice sureprise
however the system was
soon pulled after only
a brief time. At first
glance, the Neo Geo is
just a portable video
game system. If you
turn it on and don't
insert a game
cartridge, you
discover that this
isn't just a gaming
device. Not only does
this little device
keep time, but it can
also function as an
alarm clock,horoscope
generator, calendar
and time converter.
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Name
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Version
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Release
Date
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Description
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Homepage
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NeoPop
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1.06b
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11/09/02
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Currently the only
updated emulator for
this device.
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link!
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Koyote
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0.5.0
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22/08/02
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A brand new emulator
with very good
compatibility.
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link!
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NeoPocott
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0.38b
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27/03/01
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A promising and free
emulator that is still
being worked on.
Compatibility is
reasonable and getting
better and hopefully
we will see another
release soon.
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link!
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Related
Links
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Information -
GBE Heaven,
Roar
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Roms -
Playagain,
Pe2000,
Emusa,
EdgeEmu,
EmuClassics
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Nintendo Gameboy/Gameboy
Colour
The gameboy for some odd
reason took the world by
storm and to date is the
largets selling handheld/
console to date. Meagre
graphics and originally
black&white (colour
version released very
late) it was more the
software lineup and
marketing power that took
it to the top. Still
selling well today after
10 years.
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Name
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Version
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Release Date
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Description
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Homepage
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DBoy
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0.75a
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21/05/01
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Though Dos-based this has
to be one of the fastest
and most compatible
emulators available. Also
supports Colour Gameboy.
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link!
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Basicboy
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2.0.2
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04/07/04
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This is written totally
in Visual Basic 6.0
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link!
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Gex
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0.9.7
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18/11/03
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Gex is a very good Gameboy
emulator with many features. Give it a shot.
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link!
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HelloGB
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110309+
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10/10/99
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Highly compatible and
supporting Gameboy colour
and Super Gameboy as well.
This is fast and requires
Direct X.
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link!
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KiGB
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1.64
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21/06/04
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A new and very fast emulator.
Particularly good for low-end systems. Probably
the best of the bunch in my opinion. Available
for Windows,Dos and Linux.
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link!
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No$GMB
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2.5Win
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24/07/00
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Beside for the ability to
play games it does also
include a debugger.
Further features are
emulation of two player
link (on the same
computer), screenshots,
real CGB-colors, gamegenie
and gameshark cheats,
joysticks, snespads,
digital sound, a color
scheme editor to colorize
monochrome games, etc.
etc.
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link!
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Rew
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0.12stx
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18/03/00
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A good windows-based
emulator that also
emulates the NES and some
T16 games.
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Visualboy Advance
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1.7.2
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25/05/04
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Good Gameboy/Colour
emulator with zip support!
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link!
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Related Links
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Information -
GBE Heaven,
Roar
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Roms -
EmuUSA,
Pe2000,
EmuParadise,
EdgeEmu,
Kyrios,
EmuClassics
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Nintendo Gameboy
Advance
Nintendo's newest
Handheld format, the
GBA is a 32 bit
landscape successor of
the immensely popular
Gameboy. Taking a leaf
out of Sony's book,
it's also backwards
compatible with older
gameboy/gameboy colour
games and produces
some nice crisp
graphics with awesome
sound. Now if only
they'd write new games
rather than stale old
conversions.
;P
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Name
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Version
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Release Date
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Description
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Homepage
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Boycott Advance
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0.2.8
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16/05/03
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A very nice emulator
from Julian Frelat.
This version has been
put on the backburner
in favour of online
Java versions.
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link!
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Rascalboy
Advance
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1.2.8.1
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30/06/04
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A fairly new though
impressive emulator.
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link!
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Visualboy Advance
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1.7.2
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25/05/04
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The most advanced and
updated emulator, this
is the
premier choice for the
GBA.
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link!
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Related Links
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Information -
GBA Emu
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Roms -
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Nintendo Virtual
Boy
To date, Nintendos
only product failure.
A portable but bulky
virtual headset that
displays 3D images
using a 32-bit engine,
but only uses the
colour red which could
lead to sore eyes
after a hour of
playing (The machine
even has build in
break periods every 45
minutes to rest your
eyes for a few
minutes). This sytem
was barely on the
market for a few
months before Nintendo
saw the writing on the
wall and cancelled the
product.
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Name
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Version
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Release Date
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Description
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Homepage
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Reality Boy
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0.7
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04/04/00
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The first Virtual Boy
emulator, this
supports about half of
the available roms and
does not have sound.
You will require a
Pentium 300 or better
to get decent
performance.
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link!
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Red
Dragon
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0.35
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09/04/02
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This is a Virtual Boy
emulator basically using the Reality
Boy 0.7 source code and adding a few
enhancements such as:GUI layer,Save
States, Reconfigurable Keys |
link!
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VirtualE
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1.0
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15/06/99
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Good emulator that has
sound support and
supports 9-10 games.
Again resource hungry
so you will need a
P300 or better.
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link!
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Related Links
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Information -
VirtualBoy Faq,
Unnoficial
Homepage,
Virtual E,
Roar
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Roms -
Playagain,
Pe2000,
EdgeEmu
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Sega Gamegear
This is basically a
portable Master System
with an improved color
palette and
'backwards'
compatibility by using
the Master Gear
adapter. By using a TV
Tuner, you can watch
TV and hook up other
consoles to it by
using it's composite
input. Yet another
colour loser to the
Black & White
Gameboy.
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Name
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Version
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Release Date
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Description
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Homepage
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Massage
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1.0 (Final)
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27/10/98
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Older dos-based
emulator that also
supports the Master
System. Put here for a
comparison but does
work.
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Lazarus
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R4
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28/05/03
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Steve Snakes awesome
all purpose Sega emulator.
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link!
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