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==History== | ==History== | ||
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===NES=== | ===NES=== | ||
− | The early history of NES emulation is vague, but there are some early emulators known to | + | The early history of NES emulation is vague, but there are some early emulators known to public. |
− | *'''Family Computer Emulator V0.35''' for FM Towns, by "Haruhisa Udagawa", with file timestamps of December 12, 1990. | + | *'''Family Computer Emulator V0.35''' for FM Towns, by "Haruhisa Udagawa", with file timestamps of December 12, 1990. |
− | *'''Pasofami''' for the FM Towns, with a release date of May 1, 1993 | + | *'''Pasofami''' for the FM Towns, with a release date of May 1, 1993 in its info file. Windows version was released on 1996. |
− | *'''LandyNES''' by Alex Krasivsky, which | + | *'''LandyNES''' by Alex Krasivsky, which seems became the base of iNES emulator. At least one beta version was released to the public, but discontinued after the release of NESticle. No release date known but likely mid to late 1990s. |
− | *Marat Fayzullin's [http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ iNES] (also known as interNES in early versions) is the first (or at least one of the first) | + | *Marat Fayzullin's [http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ iNES] (also known as interNES in early versions) is the first (or at least one of the first) emulator to use [http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/INES NES header format (also known as iNES format)]. The release date of first version is 1996 according to its site. |
− | *[http://www.zophar.net/documents/nes/nesa.html NESA] (Nintendo Entertainment System in Assembler) by British programmer Paul Robson was one of the first free NES | + | *[http://www.zophar.net/documents/nes/nesa.html NESA] (Nintendo Entertainment System in Assembler) by British programmer Paul Robson was one of the first free NES emulator with source code available. [http://metopal.com/2012/04/06/interview-paul-robson-programmer-of-the-nesa-emulator/ metropal.com] has an interview with the author. |
*[[NESticle]] (first version known as v0.2) was released on April 3, 1997. It was one of the first freeware NES emulators. | *[[NESticle]] (first version known as v0.2) was released on April 3, 1997. It was one of the first freeware NES emulators. | ||
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====External Links==== | ====External Links==== | ||
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*[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=6905 Anyone remember the first NES emulator?] - nesdev.com | *[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=6905 Anyone remember the first NES emulator?] - nesdev.com | ||
*[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=8721 NES Emulation History] - nesdev.com | *[http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=8721 NES Emulation History] - nesdev.com | ||
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*Old [http://www.nesworld.com/ NES WORLD] archive pages | *Old [http://www.nesworld.com/ NES WORLD] archive pages | ||
− | **[http://www.nesworld.com/old/emu1.htm Page 1] - Unknown Year, but probably in 1996. Has information | + | **[http://www.nesworld.com/old/emu1.htm Page 1] - Unknown Year, but probably in 1996. Has information of Pasofami and interNES. |
− | **[http://www.nesworld.com/old/emu2.htm Page 2] - Sometime around May 1996. Does not have much info | + | **[http://www.nesworld.com/old/emu2.htm Page 2] - Sometime around May 1996. Does not have much info of emulators (only lists variants of "Famicom (NES) emulator" which is likely Pasofami) instead forces on game screenshots taken from early NES emulators. |
− | **[http://www.nesworld.com/old/emu3.htm Page 3] - Sometime around May 1997. Has information | + | **[http://www.nesworld.com/old/emu3.htm Page 3] - Sometime around May 1997. Has information of various early NES emulators such as NESticle. |
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===SNES=== | ===SNES=== | ||
− | Just like | + | Just like NES, the SNES emulation history is quite fuzzy, but there are evidences that SNES emulators existed as early as 1994. |
− | *[http://www.zophar.net/snes/vsmc.html VSMC] was released in 1994 and could run | + | *[http://www.zophar.net/snes/vsmc.html VSMC] was released in 1994 and could run select few Homebrew roms. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7YXaaYdPGw (Video)] |
− | *'''Super Pasofami''' | + | *'''Super Pasofami''', developed by the author of Pasofami, was released sometime in 1996. Very little information is available about this emulator aside of the reports that version 1.4a deleted some people's Windows directories.<ref>[http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/reviews/emu_004.txt EMULATION Issue #4] - Revenge of Super Pasofami? (Windows 95)</ref> |
− | *[http://www.zophar.net/snes/esnes.html ESNES] was one of the first SNES | + | *[http://www.zophar.net/snes/esnes.html ESNES] was one of the first SNES emulator that could emulate sound. It later merged with NLKSNES to become NLKE. |
*[http://www.zophar.net/snes/nlksnes.html NLKSNES] was one of the fastest SNES emulators, though it lacked sound emulation. It later merged with ESNES to become NLKE. | *[http://www.zophar.net/snes/nlksnes.html NLKSNES] was one of the fastest SNES emulators, though it lacked sound emulation. It later merged with ESNES to become NLKE. | ||
− | *[http://www.zophar.net/snes/nlke.html NLKE] is | + | *[http://www.zophar.net/snes/nlke.html NLKE] is successor of ESNES and NLKSNES and contained both speed and sound. |
*[[Snes9x]] was a merged effort of '''Snes96''' and '''Snes97''', both released sometime in 1996-1997. | *[[Snes9x]] was a merged effort of '''Snes96''' and '''Snes97''', both released sometime in 1996-1997. | ||
*[[ZSNES]] was first released on October 14, 1997. | *[[ZSNES]] was first released on October 14, 1997. | ||
====External Links==== | ====External Links==== | ||
− | *[http://patpend.net/articles/ar/s9xpast.html The Past of SNES '9x (archaic ruins)] - | + | *[http://patpend.net/articles/ar/s9xpast.html The Past of SNES '9x (archaic ruins)] - Contain some history of SNES emulation scene. |
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− | === | + | ===Genesis=== |
− | + | Genesis emulation dates as early as 1994. | |
− | + | *An emulator simply called [http://www.zophar.net/genesis/megadrive.html Megadrive] released in 1994 could run Sonic the Hedgehog very slowly with no sound and many glitches. Quickly discontinued because the author lost its source code from a hard drive crash. It is currently the earliest known Genesis emulator. | |
− | * | + | *[[Genecyst]], first released in 1997 was one of the first widely used Genesis emulator. |
− | + | *[http://www.zophar.net/genesis/kgen.html KGen] was earlist predecessor of [[Kega Fusion]], released around 1997-1998. | |
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− | == | + | ===Game Boy=== |
− | + | Not much is known about GB emulation before 1995. | |
+ | *[http://fms.komkon.org/VGB/ Virtual GameBoy] (VGB) was first known GB emulator that could run commercial games. First released in 1995 for some unknown platform then ported to PC sometime in 1995 or 1996. | ||
+ | *[[No$]]GMB was released for DOS in 1997. GameBoy Color support was added in 1998. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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**[http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/reviews/emu_003.txt Issue #3 - 30/07/96] | **[http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/reviews/emu_003.txt Issue #3 - 30/07/96] | ||
**[http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/reviews/emu_004.txt Issue #4 - 28/08/96] | **[http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/reviews/emu_004.txt Issue #4 - 28/08/96] | ||
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[[Category:FAQs]] | [[Category:FAQs]] | ||
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