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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.

==Cartridge based==

These emulation boxes uses ~~orginal~~ game cartridges or CDs and cannot (without hacking) load ROMs directly.

These emulation boxes uses original game cartridges or CDs and cannot (without hacking) load ROMs directly.

===First ~~Party Boxes~~===

===First-party boxes===

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|$79.99

|[[Canoe]]

|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 ''exact same hardware'' (motherboard, SoC and all) as the NES Classic, but with a different firmware.

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|[[wikipedia:Sega_Genesis_Mini|Sega Genesis Mini]]

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|$79.99

|m2engage

|Official SEGA product designed to only emulate the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Includes 42 games. Interestingly, it has the same specs as the (S)NESC. The emulator used was develop by [[wikipedia:M2 (game_developer)|M2]], who are best known for handling emulation of various re-releases of games including several Sega ports and the Genesis Virtual Console on the Wii.

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|PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Mini

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|~$254

|[[FinalBurn Alpha]]

|Offical CAPCOM product designed to emulate CPS1 and CPS2 arcade games. Includes 16 games. Scheduled to launch October 25th, 2019.

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===Third ~~Party Boxes~~===

===Third-party boxes===

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 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.
 ==Cartridge based==
-These emulation boxes uses orginal game cartridges or CDs and cannot (without hacking) load ROMs directly.
+These emulation boxes uses original game cartridges or CDs and cannot (without hacking) load ROMs directly.
-===First Party Boxes===
+===First-party boxes===
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 ! scope="col"|Product
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 |$79.99
 |[[Canoe]]
-|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 ''exact same hardware'' (motherboard, SoC and all) as the NES Classic, but with a different firmware.
 |-
 |[[wikipedia:Sega_Genesis_Mini|Sega Genesis Mini]]
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 |$79.99
 |m2engage
-|Official SEGA product designed to only emulate the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Includes 42 games.  Interestingly, it has the same specs as the (S)NESC. The emulator used was develop by [[wikipedia:M2 (game_developer)|M2]], who are best known for handling emulation of various re-releases of games including several Sega ports and the Genesis Virtual Console on the Wii.
+|Official SEGA product designed to only emulate the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Includes 42 games. Interestingly, it has the same specs as the (S)NESC. The emulator used was develop by [[wikipedia:M2 (game_developer)|M2]], who are best known for handling emulation of various re-releases of games including several Sega ports and the Genesis Virtual Console on the Wii.
 |-
 |PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Mini
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 |~$254
 |[[FinalBurn Alpha]]
-|Offical CAPCOM product designed to emulate CPS1 and CPS2 arcade games. Includes 16 games.  Scheduled to launch October 25th, 2019.
+|Offical CAPCOM product designed to emulate CPS1 and CPS2 arcade games. Includes 16 games. Scheduled to launch October 25th, 2019.
 |}
-===Third Party Boxes===
+===Third-party boxes===
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