Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulators
| Developer | Signetics (Philips acquired) |
|---|---|
| Type | CPU |
| Generation | 2nd generation |
| Release date | 1975 |
| Emulated | ✓ |
The Signetics 2650 was an 8-bit microprocessor at 1.2 MHz introduced in July 1975.
| Developer | Type | Release | Discontinued | Predecessor | Successor | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines | ||||||
| Signetics, IEEE, Electronics Australia, etc. | Computer | 1977 | ||||
| Central Data 2650 | ||||||
| Computer | 1977 | |||||
| Dolphin trainer | ||||||
| Computer | 1977 | |||||
| Signetics Instructor 50 trainer | ||||||
| Signetics | Computer | 1978 | ||||
| MIKIT 2650 trainer | ||||||
| Computer | 1978 | |||||
| Interton VC 4000 console | ||||||
| Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc. | Console | 1978 | 1983 | Interton Video 3001 | ||
| Elektor TV Games Computer | ||||||
| Elektor | Computer | 1979 | ||||
| Zaccaria coin-ops: Astro Wars, Galaxia, Cat and Mouse, Laser Battle and Lazarian | ||||||
| Zaccaria | Arcade | 1979-1981 | ||||
| PHUNSY computer | ||||||
| Computer | 1980 | |||||
| Kitronix coin-ops: Malzak and Malzak II | ||||||
| Kitronix | Arcade | 1981 | ||||
| Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family | ||||||
| Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Hanimex, Intelligent, Intervision, ITMC, Leisure-Dynamics, GiG, Ormatu, Sheen, Neckermann, Poppy, Prestige, Robdajet, Rowtron, Soundic, Tchibo, Tempest, Tobby, Tryom, Monaco, etc. | Console | 1982 | 1984 | File:Emerson-Arcadia-2001.jpg | ||
| Chaos 2 computer | ||||||
| Computer | 1983 | |||||
| Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer | ||||||
| Ravensburger | Computer | 1984 | ||||
| VTech Type-right machine | ||||||
| VTech | Computer | 1985 | ||||
| Developer | GI (Motorola acquired) |
|---|---|
| Type | IC |
| Generation | 1st generation |
| Release date | 1976 |
| Emulated | ✓ |
The AY-3-8500 "Ball & Paddle" integrated circuit was the first in a series of ICs from General Instrument designed for the consumer video game market.
| Developer | Type | Release | Discontinued | Successor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems | ||||
| Coleco, Sheen, etc. | Console | 1976 | 1978 (Coleco Telstar series) | ColecoVision (Coleco Telstar series) |
Contents
Emulators
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Retro Achievements |
Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 / PPC / M68K | |||||||||||
| WinArcadia | 
|
32.4 32.4 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| AmiArcadia |  
|
32.4 32.4 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| MAME |   
|
0.265 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ||||
| Tunix2001 |
|
26.8.06 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
| Arcadia 2001 Emulator | 
|
1998/07/30 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
| Emulator2001 |
|
2014/09/20 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
| Mobile / ARM | |||||||||||
| DroidArcadia | 
|
2.32.3 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | {✓}→{✗}
Contact developer to fix *"More" button crash bug* | ||||
| Consoles | |||||||||||
| Super Bug Advance† | 
|
1.3 | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✓‡ | ||||
†Can only emulate Super Bug, Super Bug 2, and Capture
‡Only recommended because it's the only Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator for the GBA.
DroidArcadia "More" button crash bug on Android 12 Its current target SDK API is 33 (Android 13), so this must be a bug. DroidArcadia will crash in the latest version, at least on my LineageOS 19.1 (Android 12) phone, after updating this bug, James Jacob didn't know about it and didn't do anything to fix it.
Please contact him as soon as you see this. mailto:[email protected]
How to reproduce the crash bug? Install and open DroidArcadia - More (top right button).
This means that all settings and options will not be available for all future updates if no one gives feedback to the developer.
History
The history of the Arcadia 2001 emulators is very foggy and hasn't been documented clearly before.
In 1998, Emerson Arcadia 2001 Emulator by Paul Robson was the first Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator[1].
Emulator2001 was developed by Gavin Turner in 2005[2].
WinArcadia started in 2006.[3] It is the Windows backport of AmiArcadia, which is the enhanced official Amiga port of Emulator2001[4]. It was written by James Jacobs and Gavin Turner, but the original author (Turner) is no more credited[5].
WinArcadia emulates the Emerson Arcadia 2001 family of consoles (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Hanimex, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Rowtron, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.), and various other machines.
WinArcadia and MAME are multi-system emulators, which means that the Arcadia 2001 wasn't their major goal, but simply just a system upon a hundred other system these emulators are capable of emulating.
Issues
Probably the biggest issue is that this system didn't grab attention because of the very limited games it has and that it was discontinued only 18 months after it was released in 1982, so developers aren't giving it any significant attention.
References
- ↑ https://www.gamefaqs.com/a2k1/916364-arcadia-2001/faqs/2628
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051026150459/http://www.gstsoftware.co.nz/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130801182925/http://www.gstsoftware.co.nz/
- ↑ WinArcadia 1.21 (7 April 2006) : "AmiArcadia is the enhanced official Amiga port of the Windows program Emulator 2001. WinArcadia is the Windows backport of AmiArcadia." "They were written by James Jacobs and Gavin Turner of Amigan Software."
