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− | An '''emulation box''' is a device built | + | An '''emulation box''' is an unofficial term for a device built with the specific purpose of running emulators. They generally consist of overpriced and locked-down ARM microcomputers and some are more so just "collector's items". They should be avoided as your computer will generally provide better performance overall. |
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− | + | ==Cartridge based== | |
+ | These emulation boxes uses orginal game cartridges or CDs and cannot (without hacking) load ROMs directly. | ||
− | ==First | + | ===First Party Boxes=== |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
! scope="col"|Product | ! scope="col"|Product | ||
! scope="col"|Manufacturer | ! scope="col"|Manufacturer | ||
! scope="col"|Reimplements | ! scope="col"|Reimplements | ||
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|[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo Entertainment System]] | |[[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Nintendo Entertainment System]] | ||
|$59.99 | |$59.99 | ||
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| Official Nintendo product designed to only emulate the NES. Includes 30 games. | | Official Nintendo product designed to only emulate the NES. Includes 30 games. | ||
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|[[Super Nintendo emulators|Nintendo SNES]] | |[[Super Nintendo emulators|Nintendo SNES]] | ||
|$79.99 | |$79.99 | ||
− | + | |Official Nintendo product designed to only emulate the SNES. Includes 21 games. Uses the exact same hardware (motherboard, SOC and all) as the NES Classic, but with a different firmware. | |
− | |Official Nintendo product designed to only emulate the SNES. Includes 21 games. Uses the | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Sega_Genesis_Mini|Sega Genesis Mini]] | |[[wikipedia:Sega_Genesis_Mini|Sega Genesis Mini]] | ||
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|[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]] | |[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]] | ||
|$79.99 | |$79.99 | ||
− | + | |Official SEGA product designed to only emulate the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Includes 42 games and is scheduled to launch September 19th, 2019. Unlike the other "minis", this one may offer [https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/4/18652108/sega-genesis-mini-mega-drive-tower-price useless add-ons] that are purely for aesthetics and provide no additional features. | |
− | |Official SEGA product designed to only emulate the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Includes 42 games. | ||
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− | | | + | |PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Mini |
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|Konami | |Konami | ||
|[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16]] | |[[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16]] | ||
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− | + | |Official Konami product. The Japanese market will get the original white PC Engine, while Europe will get the Core Grafx revision. In the US, players will get the TurboGrafx-16 case design. Price, release date and full games list to be revealed. | |
− | |Official Konami product. | ||
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|[[wikipedia:PlayStation Classic|PlayStation Classic]] | |[[wikipedia:PlayStation Classic|PlayStation Classic]] | ||
− | |[[Sony | + | |[[Sony]] |
|[[PlayStation emulators|Sony PlayStation]] | |[[PlayStation emulators|Sony PlayStation]] | ||
− | |<strike>$99.99</strike> $ | + | |<strike>$99.99</strike> $40 |
− | |[[PCSX-Reloaded#PlayStation_Classic|PCSX-ReARMed]] | + | |Official Sony product designed to only emulate the PS1. Includes 20 games. Uses [[PCSX-Reloaded#PlayStation_Classic|PCSX-ReARMed]] as its emulator. |
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|[https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/neogeomini/ NEOGEO Mini] | |[https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/neogeomini/ NEOGEO Mini] | ||
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|[[Neo Geo and variants|Neo Geo]] | |[[Neo Geo and variants|Neo Geo]] | ||
|<strike>~$110</strike> $89.99 | |<strike>~$110</strike> $89.99 | ||
− | | | + | |Offical SNK product designed to only emulate the NEOGEO. Includes 40 games. Uses a [https://github.com/xugamezhouyuhua/neogeominiemu modified version of NJEMU] |
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|[http://www.capcomhomearcade.com/home CAPCOM Home Arcade] | |[http://www.capcomhomearcade.com/home CAPCOM Home Arcade] | ||
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|[[Arcade emulators|CPS1 & CPS2]] | |[[Arcade emulators|CPS1 & CPS2]] | ||
|~$254 | |~$254 | ||
− | + | |Offical CAPCOM product designed to emulate CPS1 and CPS2 arcade games. Includes 16 games. Uses [[FinalBurn Alpha]] as its emulator. Scheduled to launch October 25th, 2019. | |
− | |Offical CAPCOM product designed to emulate CPS1 and CPS2 arcade games. Includes 16 games. | ||
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− | ==Third | + | ===Third Party Boxes=== |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
! scope="col"|Product | ! scope="col"|Product | ||
! scope="col"|Manufacturer | ! scope="col"|Manufacturer | ||
! scope="col"|Reimplements | ! scope="col"|Reimplements | ||
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! scope="col"|Notes | ! scope="col"|Notes | ||
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|Playmaji | |Playmaji | ||
|Multi-system | |Multi-system | ||
− | | | + | |$499.99 <small>(Deluxe bundle)</small> |
− | + | |Modular system. First emulation box with CD support. Emulates PS1, Saturn, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, TG-16/CD, Neo Geo CD, NES, SNES. | |
− | |Modular system. | ||
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|[[Retron5]] | |[[Retron5]] | ||
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|Multi-system | |Multi-system | ||
|$159.99 | |$159.99 | ||
− | |[[RetroArch]], [[Snes9x]], and [[Genesis Plus GX]] | + | |Emulates NES/GBC/GBA/Genesis/SNES and includes cart readers for those systems. Uses [[RetroArch]], [[Snes9x]], and [[Genesis Plus GX]] for its emulation. |
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|Sega Genesis Flashback | |Sega Genesis Flashback | ||
|AtGames | |AtGames | ||
|[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]] | |[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]] | ||
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− | + | |Produced under license from Sega. Emulates the Master System and the Sega Genesis. Very disappointing and the ensuing outcry has led Sega to drop their planned further partnership with AtGames for their actual Sega Genesis Mini. | |
− | |Produced under license from Sega. Emulates the Master System and the Sega Genesis. | ||
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− | == | + | ==Controversies== |
− | + | Some of those products have attracted the ire of parts of the emulator community over issues not necessarily related to the product's quality, but ones related to open source emulators. In some cases, it's because negotiations with open source emulator and/or frontend developers fell through and the company used a "lesser" option as a replacement. In others, an arrangement was reached, contracts and money were exchanged only for the project maintainers to turn out not to have gathered the complete consent of all contributors, some parts are licensed as a strictly non-commercial license, and similar issues. Sometimes, it might have to do with an incomplete source code release from companies that have to abide by GPLv3 obligations. And of course, the company might be acting malicious towards emulator developers. | |
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− | + | Since the problem with these is primarily a meta problem that doesn't have much to do with the product's actual quality, and is a controversial subject even within emulator developer circles (some well-known developers such as byuu did eventually agree to work with the likes of Hyperkin, after all) this section is about listing some of those cases. | |
− | + | * Capcom Home Arcade: Capcom has licensed (with compensation) FinalBurnAlpha from the project's maintainer, however this has lead to some [https://www.google.com/search?q=capcom+home+arcade+illegal&oq=capcom+home+arcade+illegal controversy] and outrage by fellow FBA developers (who didn't agree with this move, and eventually made their own fork) and MAME developers (where some of FBA's code comes from), as FB Alpha's license isn't cleared to allow for commercial use and many of those developers think the FBA's license is an ugly mess of contradicting licenses that should not exist. | |
+ | * Retron5 (Hyperkin): Is using RetroArch, Snes9x, Nestopia, VBA-M and Genesis Plus GX. While they did release their source code, the latter four have a non-commercial license. Retroarch's source code used was partial, and had DRM going against GPLv3 obligations. | ||
− | == | + | ==DIY Solutions== |
− | + | *Nvidia Shield TV (Android TV box fast enough for 2D & 3D emulation of many consoles) | |
− | + | *LattaPanda (Windows 10 computer with integrated Arduino. Fast enough for Saturn emulation.) | |
− | + | *Odroid (Decent speeds for Saturn emulation) | |
− | + | *Raspberry Pi (Eg. Lakka.) | |
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[FPGA]] - Devices that make use of programmable chips instead of ARM processors. | * [[FPGA]] - Devices that make use of programmable chips instead of ARM processors. | ||
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* [http://www.thegameconsole.com/game-console-clones.html Game Console Clones] (TheGameConsole.com) | * [http://www.thegameconsole.com/game-console-clones.html Game Console Clones] (TheGameConsole.com) | ||
[[Category:Emulation consoles]] | [[Category:Emulation consoles]] |