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Watara Supervision emulators

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! scope="col"|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/downloadgameList.php ?c=63 Retro<br/>Achievements]</small>! scope="col"|[[#TV-Link_emulation|TV-Link]]
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| Potator<br/><small>[https://github.com/libretro/potator potator_libretro]</small>
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| [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://archive.org/details/potator-1.0.19 1.0.19] ([https://github.com/infval/potator Potator-SDL2])<br/>[https://www.zophar.net/wsvision/potator.html 0.6] <small>(Legacy)</small>
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| {{✓}}<ref group=N>Libretro and SDL2 versions only.</ref>
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| Wataroo[[MAME]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD}}| [httphttps://tailchaowww.mamedev.comorg/ {{MAMEVer}}]<br/>[https:/Wataroo/ 0buildbot.8libretro.0.0com/nightly/ libretro core]
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| [[MAME]]Wataroo| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|BSD}}| [httpshttp://wwwtailchao.mamedev.orgcom/ {{MAMEVer}}]<brWataroo/>[https://buildbot0.8.libretro0.com/nightly/ libretro core0]
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| WasabiDS
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| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiDS/releases/latest 0.2.2]
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| Wasabi
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===Comparisons===
;[[MAME]]
:Runs relatively fine, but the sound emulation isn’t quite there yet. This is especially bad with ''Classic Casino''’s sampled speech.
;WatarooPotatorA more traditional-looking:The first Supervision emulator, fully-featured emulator originally developed by renowned Atari homebrewer Osman Dfor Windows using SDL. after he lost a bet. Like Potator (SDL2), the emulation is pretty spot-on, but despite having really low system requirements, working even under Windows 95Surprisingly old, it may chug on less powerful PCswas last updated in 2005;MAMERuns relatively fine, but the The sound emulation isn’t quite is only preliminary and there yet. This is especially bad with ''Classic Casino''’s sampled speechare a lot of bugs and inaccuracies.
;Potator:Potator2xThe ;:Potator’s first Supervision emulatorfork was a port to the GP2X handheld, originally developed for Windows using SDLabandoned in 2007. Surprisingly oldThis port would serve as base to all subsequent forks, it was last updated in 2005. The sound emulation is only preliminary including the libretro version and there are a lot of bugs and inaccuraciesthe Windows SDL2 version.
;Potator2x:Potator (SDL2);:Potator’s first fork was return to Windows after a port chain of handheld ports is one of the very few emulators to support the GP2X handheld, abandoned in 2007Magnum and thus ''Journey to the West''. This port would serve as base to all subsequent forksThe UI is very barebones, including but the libretro version and the Windows SDL2 versionemulation is pretty much flawless. Stopped being updated in 2019.
;Potator (SDL2):PotatorDSPotator’s return to Windows after ;:This emulator is pretty much just a chain proof-of handheld ports -concept. It is one of the very few emulators to support the Magnum extremely slow and thus ''Journey to the West''there is no sound. The There is no UI is very bareboneseither, but the emulation is pretty much flawlessand no option to choose a ROM – it always reads from <code>/sv/test. Stopped being updated in 2019sv</code>.
;PotatorDSWatarooThis emulator is pretty much just a proof:A more traditional-oflooking, fully-conceptfeatured emulator developed by renowned Atari homebrewer Osman D. It is extremely slow and there is no soundafter he lost a bet. There Like Potator (SDL2), the emulation is no UI eitherpretty spot-on, but despite having really low system requirements, working even under Windows 95, and no option to choose a ROM – it always reads from <code>/sv/test.sv</code>may chug on less powerful PCs.
;Wasabi
This emulator is also a :Another slow and silent proof -of -concept, created by Fredrik "FluBBa" OlssonWasabi was originally released in 2004 as a plugin for the PogoShell flashcart CFW system. The developer picked it back up in late 2022, porting it to the Nintendo DS through devkitPro and then porting it back to the GBA. It runs The latest versions seem to be relatively accurate, with the dev claiming to have full compatibility with the entire commercial library, including the Magnum exclusive. However, the GBA port is still very slow, there's and has no sound, and is only usable as the DS version seems to have its speed limiter set slightly too fast, with all non-sampled sounds playing in an accordingly higher pitch. The GBA version requires [https://github.com/patters-match/gba-emu-compilation-builders building a PogoShell plugincompilation] to load ROMs.
==TV-Link emulation==
Being incredibly rare due to its pitifully low sales, the TV-Link add-on isn’t well understood yet. Currently, no emulator supports it at all, but it is on Wataroo’s roadmapboth Wataroo and Wasabi’s roadmaps.
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