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<div>{{Infobox console<br />
|title = Commodore 128<br />
|logo = 1920px-Commodore-128.png<br />
|developer = [[Commodore]]<br />
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]]<br />
|release = January 1985<br />
|discontinued = 1989<br />
|predecessor = [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]]<br />
|successor = <br />
|emulated = {{✓}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Commodore 128''' (C128) is a computer released by Commodore in January of 1985 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|499.99|1985}}. It had a MOS 8502 CPU at 2 MHz with a Zilog Z80 CPU at 2 MHz for backward compatibility for 64 games. There was a Europe exclusive model called the Commodore 128D which had the case look like an [[Amiga emulators|Amiga 1000]], and a disk drive built in.<br />
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==Emulators==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
! scope="col"|Name<br />
! scope="col"|Platform(s)<br />
! scope="col"|Latest Version<br />
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]<br />
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]<br />
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr><br />
! scope="col"|Active<br />
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="8"|PC / x86<br />
|-<br />
|[[VICE]]<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}<br />
|[http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|Very high<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|-<br />
|Z64K<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}<br />
|[http://www.z64k.com/ 1.2.4]<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|Very high<br />
|?<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[MAME]]<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}<br />
|[https://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|?<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|?<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM<br />
|-<br />
|[[VICE]]<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}<br />
|[http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|?<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|}<br />
[[Category:Computers]]</div>162.158.92.5https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php?title=Fujitsu_FM-7_emulators&diff=36981Fujitsu FM-7 emulators2021-07-05T11:50:57Z<p>162.158.92.5: /* Emulators */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox console<br />
|title = Fujitsu FM-7<br />
|logo = FM-New7,_May_2013_B.jpg<br />
|developer = [[Fujitsu]]<br />
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]]<br />
|release = 1982<br />
|discontinued = 1984<br />
|predecessor = FM-8<br />
|successor = [[FM Towns emulators|FM Towns]]<br />
|emulated = {{✓}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''FM-7''' was a home computer created by Fujitsu, first released in 1982 and sold only in Japan. It was a stripped down version of the earlier FM-8, which was aimed primarily at businesses.<br />
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The FM-7 is 6809-based, similarly to the TRS-80 Color Computer by Radio Shack; some software is compatible with both systems. However, the FM-7 featured two 6809 chips, dedicating one solely to the graphics. <br />
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It also features an enhanced version of Microsoft's Color BASIC called "F-BASIC". F-BASIC's additions to the standard Microsoft CoCo BASIC include the Japanese character set (katakana, and a few kanji), block graphics, three-voice music and the ability to have graphics appear on the default text screen.<br />
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Throughout the 80s, several models of the FM-7 were released, featuring slight improvements, with the most recent being released in 1988.<br />
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==Emulators==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
! scope="col"|Name<br />
! scope="col"|Platform(s)<br />
! scope="col"|Latest Version<br />
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr><br />
! scope="col"|Active<br />
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="6"|PC / x86<br />
|-<br />
|[http://retropc.net/ryu/xm7/xm7.shtml XM7<br>XM7 TypeR]<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}*<br />
|[http://retropc.net/ryu/xm7/zip/xm7_3477sxz09.zip 3.4L77SX+z09] <small>(XM7)</small><br>[http://retropc.net/ryu/xm7/zip/xm7tr_3477sxz09.zip 3.4L77SX+z09] <small>(XM7 TypeR)</small><br />
|?<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[MAME]]<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}<br />
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|}<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> The latest version is only available for Windows, but earlier versions are available for other platforms.<br />
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===Comparisons===<br />
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* Lists:<br />
:- [http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/ Official website of Takeda] consisting of Takeda Toshiya's emulators for many old Japanese computer systems (See Source Code & Binary Archives under the Download sector [http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/common/index.html here])<br />
::- [http://www.emu-france.com/emulateurs/10-ordinateurs/282-takeda-emulation/ Takeda Common Binaries] (An archive of all Takeda emulators for Japanese systems including the FM-7 at Emu-France.com. Smaller file size than at the official website.)<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.nausicaa.net/~lgreenf/fm7page.htm Page with info on the FM-7]<br />
* [http://www.jcec.co.uk/fm7emu.html System files necessary for XM7]<br />
* [http://fm-7.com/ Website dedicated to the system (in Japanese)]<br />
* [http://retropc.net/apollo/ Information on FM-7 emulation (in Japanese)]<br />
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[[Category:Computers]]<br />
[[Category:Fujitsu FM-7 emulators|*]]</div>162.158.92.5https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php?title=FM_Towns_emulators&diff=36980FM Towns emulators2021-07-05T11:49:19Z<p>162.158.92.5: /* Emulators */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox console<br />
|title = FM Towns<br />
|logo = FMTOWNS 2F.jpg<br />
|developer = [[Fujitsu]]<br />
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]]<br />
|release = 1989<br />
|discontinued = 1997<br />
|predecessor = [[Fujitsu FM-7 emulators|FM-7]]<br />
|emulated = {{✓}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''FM Towns''' was a Japanese line of personal computers designed and manufactured by Fujitsu between February 1989 and the summer of 1997. Fujitsu designed it under the codename '''Townes'''<ref group=N>After Charles Townes, the winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics; it was common for Fujitsu to use Nobel Prize winners as product codenames during development.</ref> as their own proprietary variant of [[Intel CPUs|the IBM PC platform]], intended for multimedia applications and video games, but it gradually became interoperable with regular PCs over time. The "FM" part of the name is short for "Fujitsu Micro," which was in line with their earlier products. The e in "Townes" was dropped to help users avoid confusion over a possible mispronunciation of Townes as "tow-nes".<br />
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The FM Town's sprite handling was well in excess of even 16-bit consoles of the time, which allowed game developers to port early 90s arcade titles much more accurately to the FM Towns than on other systems. Combined with big box packaging, and the ports were eventually highly sought after by collectors later on. With CD-ROM support from the start, it also had a lot of ports of existing PC games, with differing amounts of content expansions to take advantage of the FM Towns' own hardware. Several American DOS games had unique and arguably superior FM Towns ports, especially a few early 2D point-and-click adventures from LucasArts. Some notable examples include ''<abbr title="Which was given CD music, the ability to use the FM Towns' 256-color mode, and uncut dialogue.">LOOM</abbr>'', ''<abbr title="Which was reprogrammed under 32-bit protected mode and would actually run at a consistent speed.">Wing Commander'', and ''<abbr title="Which had Ultima VII-style keywords and a low-budget English dialogue track that didn't exist in the original release.">Ultima VI</abbr>''. The FM Towns version of LucasArts' ''Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders'' is the only version of the game with 256 colors.<ref name="YC News">{{cite web|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23269460 |title=“Tsugaru” – FM Towns Emulator Project (in.coocan.jp) |publisher=Y Combinator |accessdate=2020-07-04|date=2020 May 23}}</ref><br />
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In 1993 Fujitsu released the [[wikipedia:FM Towns Marty|FM Towns Marty]], a game console which was compatible with existing FM Towns games.<br />
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==Emulators==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
! scope="col"|Name<br />
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)<br />
! scope="col"|Latest Version<br />
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr><br />
! scope="col"|<abbr title="FM Towns">FMT</abbr><br />
! scope="col"|<abbr title="FM Towns Marty">Marty</abbr><br />
! scope="col"|Active<br />
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]<br />
|-<br />
|UNZ<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}<br />
|[http://townsemu.world.coocan.jp/download.html V0.5 L30]<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|-<br />
|Tsugaru<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}<br />
|[https://github.com/captainys/TOWNSEMU/releases v20201111]<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{~}}<br />
|-<br />
|Xe<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}<br />
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20140212232811/http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m=download 2.16.2]<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{~}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[MAME]]<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}<br />
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{~}}<br />
|{{~}}<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|-<br />
|FM Towns/Bochs<br />
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}<br />
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20070119144846/http://fmbochs.emuvibes.com/ 1.2.1]<br />
|{{✓}}<br />
|{{~}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|{{✗}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Computers]]<br />
[[Category:Consoles]]<br />
[[Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles]]<br />
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===Comparisons===<br />
;UNZ<br />
:The only FM Towns/Marty emulator with very high compatibility, last updated in 2010. Despite the website and documentation being in Japanese, the emulator is available in English. It cannot run ISOs directly: images must be either burnt to a CD and read from the disc or mounted to a virtual drive. Floppy disk images, however, can be loaded directly. The emulator requires a number of ROM files, which can be found [http://emuz0n3.tripod.com/townsbios.zip here]. The only noteworthy thing UNZ isn’t yet capable to run is Windows 95.<br />
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;Xe<br />
:An old multi-system emulator for Linux (x86 and PowerPC) with decent FM Towns Marty support. Windows port requires [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gladewin32/files/gtk%2B-win32-runtime/ GTK+ Runtime]. It requires a very odd BIOS file to work, obtained by concatenating the two MAME-ready ROMs into a single file named ‘marty.rom’, then placed into a subfolder titled ‘bios’. On Windows, this can be achieved using the command <code>copy /B mrom.m36 + mrom.m37 marty.rom</code>.<br />
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;MAME<br />
:Preliminary driver. It’s not a skeleton anymore, but it’s far from being up to snuff.<br />
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;Tsugaru<br />
:A new FM Towns emulation project, started in January 2020. [http://ysflight.in.coocan.jp/FM/towns/Tsugaru/e.html Compatibility] is preliminary, but some games like Afterburner II boot and run. Early release builds started popping up in [https://github.com/captainys/TOWNSEMU/releases late August 2020].<br />
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;FM Towns/Bochs<br />
:A patch of [[Bochs]] that makes it somewhat compatible with FM Towns, deemed to be the first working emulator for the system. Just like regular Bochs, its configuration file needs a lot of tweaking to work (rough documentation [https://illusioncity.net/Towns/bochs%20config.txt here]). It has been long abandoned, compatibility is very spotty and emulation is remarkably slow, so don’t hold your breath.<br />
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==Emulation issues==<br />
A true and proper open-source FM Towns emulator has been severely lacking all the way up to 2020. Though, by late 2010's, a few modern emulators such as MAME and Tsugaru strove toward this goal.<br />
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Sometimes around May 2018, Jon Campbell, the lead author of [[DOSBox#DOSBox-X|DOSBox-X]] has [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues/729#issuecomment-391049978 stubbed] the emulator such that other aspiring coders can build an FM-Towns core into their own fork. There have been discussions, but so far, nobody has taken up on that offer yet.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references group=N /><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://illusioncity.net/fujitsu-fm-towns-emulators-lists/ Old emulators + lists guide at illusioncity.net]</div>162.158.92.5