Program for stationary computer that can
emulate a [game console]
?, so a computer can be used to play games that were created for that console.
Console games for emulators are often distributed as [ROM images]
? on the
Internet. While this practice isn't usually legal,
copyright holders often don't care about older games (See
Abandonware).
Some popular emulators:
- GNUBoy? (Gameboy? emulator for UNIX-like systems)
- MAME? (emulates number of arcade platforms on Windows)
- XMAME? (emulates number of arcade platforms on UNIX-like systems)
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