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|title = PlayStation 2
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|title = Symbian
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|logo = PS2-Fat-Console-Set.png
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|logo = Icon_Symbian_OS.png
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|developer = [[:Sony]]
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|logowidth = 310px
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|type = [[:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]]
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|developer = [[wikipedia: Symbian Ltd.|Symbian Ltd.]] (1998–2008)<br />[[wikipedia: Symbian Foundation|Symbian Foundation]] (2008–11)<br />[[wikipedia: Nokia|Nokia]] (2010–11)<br />[[wikipedia: Accenture|Accenture]] on behalf of [[wikipedia: Nokia|Nokia]] (2011–13)
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|generation = [[:Category:Sixth-generation video game consoles|Sixth generation]]
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|release = 1997
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|release = 2000
 
 
|discontinued = 2013
 
|discontinued = 2013
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|predecessor = [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]
 
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|successor = [[PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 3]]
 
 
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The '''[[wikipedia:PlayStation_2|PlayStation 2]]''' (PS2) is a sixth-generation console released by Sony on October 26, 2000 and it was retailed for {{Inflation|USD|299.99|2000}}. It has the Emotion Engine CPU at 300 MHz with 32MB of RDRAM system memory and 4MB of eDRAM (VRAM). Its GPU was a custom Graphics Synthesizer, which ran at 150 MHz. It became the highest selling console of all time with over 160 million units sold.  
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The '''[[wikipedia: Symbian|Symbian]]''' is a mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. Symbian was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for PDAs in 1998 by '''[[wikipedia: Symbian Ltd.|Symbian Ltd.]]'''
  
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==Emulators==
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=Emulators=
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==Multi-system==
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===Arcade===
 
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!scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
 
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
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!scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
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!colspan="7"|PC / x86
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| EMame
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| [http://www.freeware-symbian.com/games-emulators-tag/emame-get-43567.html 1.2]
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| Mid
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| ?
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| {{✓}}
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|}
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==Nintendo==
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===NES===
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|[[PCSX2]]
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|[https://pcsx2.net/download.html 1.6.0] (stable)<br /> [http://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2 SVN]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|[[Play!]]
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| vNES
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20111010231155/http://www.vampent.com/vnes.htm 1.70]
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|[http://purei.org/downloads.php Builds]
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| Low
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===Game Boy / Game Boy Color===
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|DobieStation
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
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|[https://github.com/PSI-Rockin/DobieStation Git]<br /> [https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PSI-Rockin/dobiestation/history Builds]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|{{✗}}
 
 
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/hpsx64 hpsx64]
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| MeBoy-Asha
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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| [https://github.com/Summeli/MeBoy-Asha git]
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|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/hpsx64?&max-results=16 {{hpsx64Ver}}]
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===Game Boy Advance===
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|orbum
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://github.com/marco9999/orbum Git]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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|{{✗}}
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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|{{✓}}
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM
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| gpSP4Cute
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| [https://github.com/Summeli/gpSP4Cute git]
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| Mid
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| {{✓}}
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==Coleco==
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===ColecoVision===
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|[[DamonPS2]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
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|[http://daimengplay.com/index.html 4.0.1]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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|[[Play!]]
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| [[ColEm]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
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| [http://fms.komkon.org/ColEm/#Downloads 2.6]
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|[https://purei.org/downloads.php Builds]
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==Game Engine Recreations==
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===ScummVM===
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Active
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! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
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| [[ScummVM]]
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| [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=SymbianOS {{ScummVMVer}}]
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|[[Official_Sony_Emulators#PlayStation_2|ps2_emu]]
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| ?
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|align=left|{{Icon|PS3}}
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| {{✓}}
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|FW 4.78
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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===Comparisons===
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==See also==
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;[[PCSX2]]:The first and only PS2 emulator currently worth using. That said, it is underwhelming in the accuracy department, with thousands of bugs and graphical glitches. However, since version 1.6, the accuracy has greatly improved. The emulator is capable of playing 2608 games without any major glitches (regardless of speed) and playing 29 games at a non-playable speed or with major graphical or accuracy glitches.  Check the [[Game problems FAQ#PS2|Game Problems FAQ]] for the most difficult titles.
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*[[Cellphone emulators#Symbian and N-Gage (Nokia)|Symbian emulators]]
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;[[DamonPS2]]:Closed source emulator only for Android. Starting from the v4.0.1 version , [[DamonPS2]]'s compatibility is close to [[PCSX2]], and the frame rate has also been greatly improved. Almost all the triangular chaotic BUGs have been fixed, and most of the game crashes or hang have also been solved. Some players said that after testing more than 350 games, they found that the latest DamonPS2 v4.01 version can run 80% of them perfectly, the remaining 10% are flawed, and the other 10% can’t run (half of which PCSX2 also can’t run)[https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=877775&view=findpost&p=107993361 4pda]. But although it is much faster than [[Play!]], compatibility still Slightly behind [[PCSX2]]. [[PCSX2]] believes that [[DamonPS2]] stole their source code [https://pcsx2.net/286-the-pcsx2-team-s-statement-regarding-the-damonps2-emulator.html Pcsx2].  DamonPS2 developers believe that the evidence given by PCSX2 is wrong.[https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5540262646 Site Tieba] [https://www.zhihu.com/question/267082985/answer/323834856 zhihu.com Zhihu] Therefore, the team of lawyers in the Google Play Store did not recognize the DMCA application submitted by [[PCSX2]] to them for the removal of DamonPS2.  In addition, DamonPS2 might steal your data (sends data to it's remote servers, nobody knows why and for what purposes). But in Baidu Post Bar, Developers said that real-time user data is obtained to better prevent piracy. The software will continuously check whether it is cracked, and upload the software data to the server for anti-piracy monitoring, so this emulator cannot be run offline
 
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;[[Play!]]:Can run quite a few commercial games but is still pretty far behind [[PCSX2]].
 
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;[https://github.com/PSI-Rockin/DobieStation/ DobieStation]: Hundreds of titles go ingame, more accurate than Play! and even PCSX2 in some cases, but way slower than both at the moment. Designed to be fast, accurate and easy to use. An [[Android emulators|Android]] port is planned.
 
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;[[sourceforge:projects/hpsx64/|hpsx64]]:Can also run quite a few commercial games, but probably less so, and at slower speeds, than Play!. It also emulates and focuses more on [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]] emulation.
 
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==Emulation issues==
 
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Despite a large interest in PS2 emulation due to its sizable collection of games, it is still one of the hardest consoles to emulate for a number of reasons.
 
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First of all: many people believe that since the main CPU (Emotion Engine) runs at a clock speed of 294Mhz (299Mhz on later revisions), it would make emulation easy on recent hardware. But this is not the case, because the clock speed of the emulated CPU is not necessarily indicative of the ease of emulation. Specifically, the PS2 CPU contains a multitude of custom sub-components and chips such as the FPU co-processor, 2 Vector Units, IOP, SPU2, Graphics Synthesizer and SIF which together work asynchronously to comprise the 128-bit Emotion Engine. In order to emulate them perfectly with correct timing requires an enormous amount of power. Moreover, the PS2 just like PS1 uses the MIPS architecture instead of standard x86 code, thus making emulation slower.<ref>https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Why-is-PCSX2-slow</ref>
 
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Another big problem is the emulation of PS2’s own floating point unit (FPU) because it doesn’t follow the IEEE standard. To keep it simple, just changing a couple of numbers will cause glitches to occur to the game’s graphic (VU) and logic (EE), resulting in things like broken AI, odd behaviors or graphical bugs. While PCSX2 allows for the option of either clamping/rounding on both VU and EE as a solution to fix these glitches, it remains by far not the most accurate way to emulate the PS2 FPU.<ref>https://wiki.pcsx2.net/PCSX2_Documentation/Nightmare_on_Floating-Point_Street</ref><ref>https://github.com/PSI-Rockin/DobieStation/issues/51</ref>
 
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To conclude on the problems with PS2 emulation, we come to hardware rendering. The PS2’s graphics pipeline acts very differently from modern GPU cards and emulating it in HW mode with any degree of accuracy is difficult. This is due in part to the versatility of PS2, fact that it doesn’t use fixed shaders, or that even the games themselves do not use a consistent formula to achieve different graphical effects. Various type of emulation enhancements like display resolution scaling leads to the typical “black lines glitch” because of the use of a non-integer resolution. While the OpenGL backend on PCSX2 greatly improved on many of these issues, most games still require “software rendering” to fix many common glitches, which in turn slows down the emulation. Although Games using mip-mapping (Ratchet & Clank, Ace Combat, etc...) and games running on the Snowblind Engine are playable in OGL HW mode with minimal problems on high-end PCs.
 
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In summary, it is not possible to achieve close-to-perfection PS2 emulation with actual PC hardware, and even if it was possible, the results would most likely be unplayable.  The PS2 is simply a very complex machine that even game developers struggled to work with.
 
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==EyeToy==
 
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The [[wikipedia:EyeToy|EyeToy]] is a device similar to a camera or a webcam. It's an accessory developed by Sony and manufactured by Logitech. It is used in some PS2 games to interact physically through motion detection. The EyeToy can be used on PC with [https://web.archive.org/web/20070327192750/http://eyetoy8057.sourceforge.net/cms/ unofficial drivers]. It also works natively with the [[PlayStation_3_emulators|PS3]].
 
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As for now, there are no emulators that can play EyeToy-only games or EyeToy enhanced events and modes in other games. You can find more informations about said games on this [https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/525 PCSX2 GitHub issue].
 
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Some PS2 games make use of an USB adapter with a module/dongle consisting of two jack ports for microphones. [[wikipedia:List_of_songs_in_SingStar_games_(PlayStation_2)|Installments]] from the [[wikipedia:SingStar|SingStar]] series on the PS2 were able to use microphones (Sometimes bundled with these game discs) with this method.
 
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While PCSX2 isn't benefiting from a working USB plugin in its original release, Jackun, a PCSX2 plugin author, made a [https://github.com/jackun/USBqemu-wheel USB plugin] that supports a microphone in most games and even steering wheel for racing games. The plugin is still updated nowadays.
 
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A compatibility list of the working titles with this plugin can be found [https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Qemu-USB-Wheel-Storage-mod-Singstar-test?pid=320737#pid320737 here].
 
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==External links==
 
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* [http://wiki.pcsx2.net/index.php/Main_Page PCSX2 Wiki] - For checking if your games work and any fixes, tweaks, or settings you should know beforehand. The wiki is very outdated and unfinished, so personal testing is usually a must.
 
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* [https://psxdatacenter.com/psx2/sitenews2.html PlayStation 2 DataCenter] - Tons of PS2 related things. Emulator files like plugins, game manuals, game configurations, and many tutorials are just some of the things you'll find here.
 
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[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Emulators on mobiles]]
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[[Category:Home consoles]]
 
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[[Category:Sony consoles]]
 
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Revision as of 01:00, 13 October 2021

Symbian
Icon Symbian OS.png
Developer Symbian Ltd. (1998–2008)
Symbian Foundation (2008–11)
Nokia (2010–11)
Accenture on behalf of Nokia (2011–13)
Release date 1997
Discontinued 2013
Emulated ✓

The Symbian is a mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. Symbian was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for PDAs in 1998 by Symbian Ltd.

Emulators

Multi-system

Arcade

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
EMame 1.2 Mid ? ✗ ✓

Nintendo

NES

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
vNES 1.70 Low ✗ ✗ TBD

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
MeBoy-Asha git ? ✓ ✗ ✓

Game Boy Advance

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
gpSP4Cute git Mid ✓ ✗ ✓

Coleco

ColecoVision

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
ColEm 2.6 ? ✗ ✗ ✓

Game Engine Recreations

ScummVM

Title Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
ScummVM 2.8.1 ? ✓ ✓ ✓

See also

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