Emulators on Legacy systems: Difference between revisions

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:''For software that emulates these systems see: [[Macintosh line|Macintosh]], [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]], [[FM Towns emulators|FM Towns]],

"'''Legacy systems'''" are systems that are unsupported or abandoned by their manufacturer/developer.

"'''Legacy systems'''" are systems that are unsupported or abandoned by their manufacturer/developer, such as '''[[#BeOS|BeOS]]'''. Microsoft products are listed [[Emulators on legacy Microsoft products|here]].

~~Examples include the~~ '''[[#~~Windows 9x~~|~~Windows 9x~~]]''' ~~series of operating systems,~~ or ~~home computers~~ such as '''[[#~~Commodore 64~~|~~Commodore 64~~]]'''~~, which no longer receive official manufacturer support~~.

The reason to discontinuing these products varies. For operating systems it varies from lack of profit/lack of commercial success (such as '''[[#BeOS|BeOS]]''') to devices it was for becoming outdated or failing themselves (such as '''[[#BlackBerry|BlackBerry OS]]''').

The reason to discontinuing these products varies. In the case of computers the reason support ends is due to the outdated hardware and lack of foreseeable money from supporting it. For operating systems it varies from lack of profit/lack of commercial success (such as '''[[~~#BeOS~~|~~BeOS~~]]~~'''~~, ~~'''~~[[~~#OS/2~~|~~OS/2~~]]~~''') to devices it was for becoming outdated~~ or ~~failing themselves~~ (such as ~~'''~~[[~~#BlackBerry|BlackBerry OS~~]]~~'''~~).

This does NOT include emulators for discontinued [[:Category:Emulators on handhelds|handhelds]], [[Emulators on home computers|home computers]] or [[:Category:Emulators_on_consoles|consoles]], or operating systems supported by their developers (such as [[Windows]] or [[Linux]]).

This does NOT include emulators for discontinued [[:Category:Emulators on handhelds|handhelds]] or [[:Category:Emulators_on_consoles|consoles]], or operating systems supported by their developers (such as [[Windows]] or [[Linux]]).

;Before Diving in

*'''Note: When an emulator no-longer supports a system it is marked as inactive, even if the emulator is still in development'''.

~~{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center~~;"

* '''If you have one of these systems (preferably on date-accurate hardware) please consider contributing to the this article by marking emulators with good speed and good compatibility as recommended.'''

~~! scope="col"|~~Before Diving in

*'''Some of the emulators listed have the same name/similar names to each-other for the same platform, normally due to one being based of another or being off the same project.'''

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*'''Many of the download links here link to the [https://archive.org Internet Archive] due to many of the original hosts of the files going offline.'''

|'''Note ~~that many of these emulators are forks of other emulation projects, as such these versions may be~~ marked as inactive ~~while~~ the ~~main version~~ is still ~~active.~~'''

*'''Some of the listed platforms are compatible with software made for others listed, each section only lists software created for that specific platform.'''

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*'''Some software (such as some emulators on [[#Atari ST|Atari ST]]) require custom hardware'''

|'''If you have one of these systems (preferably on date-accurate hardware) please consider contributing to the this article by marking emulators with good speed and good compatibility as recommended.'''

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|'''Some of the emulators listed have the same name/similar names to each-other for the same platform, normally due to one being based of another or being off the same project.'''

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|'''Many of the download links here link to the [https://archive.org Internet Archive] due to many of the original hosts of the files going offline.'''

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|'''Some of the listed platforms are compatible with software made for others listed, each section only lists software created for that specific platform.'''

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|'''Some software (such as some emulators on [[#Atari ST|Atari ST]] require custom hardware'''

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 :''For software that emulates these systems see: [[Macintosh line|Macintosh]], [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]], [[FM Towns emulators|FM Towns]],
-"'''Legacy systems'''" are systems that are unsupported or abandoned by their manufacturer/developer.
+"'''Legacy systems'''" are systems that are unsupported or abandoned by their manufacturer/developer, such as '''[[#BeOS|BeOS]]'''. Microsoft products are listed [[Emulators on legacy Microsoft products|here]].
-Examples include the '''[[#Windows 9x|Windows 9x]]''' series of operating systems, or home computers such as '''[[#Commodore 64|Commodore 64]]''', which no longer receive official manufacturer support.
+The reason to discontinuing these products varies. For operating systems it varies from lack of profit/lack of commercial success (such as '''[[#BeOS|BeOS]]''') to devices it was for becoming outdated or failing themselves (such as '''[[#BlackBerry|BlackBerry OS]]''').
-The reason to discontinuing these products varies. In the case of computers the reason support ends is due to the outdated hardware and lack of foreseeable money from supporting it. For operating systems it varies from lack of profit/lack of commercial success (such as '''[[#BeOS|BeOS]]''', '''[[#OS/2|OS/2]]''') to devices it was for becoming outdated or failing themselves (such as '''[[#BlackBerry|BlackBerry OS]]''').
+This does NOT include emulators for discontinued [[:Category:Emulators on handhelds|handhelds]], [[Emulators on home computers|home computers]] or [[:Category:Emulators_on_consoles|consoles]], or operating systems supported by their developers (such as [[Windows]] or [[Linux]]).
-This does NOT include emulators for discontinued [[:Category:Emulators on handhelds|handhelds]] or [[:Category:Emulators_on_consoles|consoles]], or operating systems supported by their developers (such as [[Windows]] or [[Linux]]).
+;Before Diving in
+*'''Note: When an emulator no-longer supports a system it is marked as inactive, even if the emulator is still in development'''.
-{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
+* '''If you have one of these systems (preferably on date-accurate hardware) please consider contributing to the this article by marking emulators with good speed and good compatibility as recommended.'''
-! scope="col"|Before Diving in
+*'''Some of the emulators listed have the same name/similar names to each-other for the same platform, normally due to one being based of another or being off the same project.'''
-|-
+*'''Many of the download links here link to the [https://archive.org Internet Archive] due to many of the original hosts of the files going offline.'''
-|'''Note that many of these emulators are forks of other emulation projects, as such these versions may be marked as inactive while the main version is still active.'''
+*'''Some of the listed platforms are compatible with software made for others listed, each section only lists software created for that specific platform.'''
-|-
+*'''Some software (such as some emulators on [[#Atari ST|Atari ST]]) require custom hardware'''
-|'''If you have one of these systems (preferably on date-accurate hardware) please consider contributing to the this article by marking emulators with good speed and good compatibility as recommended.'''
-|-
-|'''Some of the emulators listed have the same name/similar names to each-other for the same platform, normally due to one being based of another or being off the same project.'''
-|-
-|'''Many of the download links here link to the [https://archive.org Internet Archive] due to many of the original hosts of the files going offline.'''
-|-
-|'''Some of the listed platforms are compatible with software made for others listed, each section only lists software created for that specific platform.'''
-|-
-|'''Some software (such as some emulators on [[#Atari ST|Atari ST]] require custom hardware'''
-|}
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