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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Vincent on January 09, 2005, 05:26:06 PM
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Simple question - is there a PCEngine/Turbografx-16 emulator for the miggy?
Preferably a PPC version ;-)
I think I may have seen one before (possibly even used it) that looked the same as AmiMasterGear, but I'm not sure if that was another emulator.
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I believe AmiPC-Engine (http://www.arrakis.es/~joanant/apce.html) is the only PCE/TG16 emulator for the Amiga, and it's far from a usable state. There was some talking about porting Magic Engine to OS4 some time ago but I don't know what happened with all that?
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fount a link (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43546)
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TGEmu (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/samel/tgemu/tgeindex.html) has been ported to MorphOS at least, no idea if there's Amiga port.
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It seems DarcNES (http://www.amidog.com/amiga/darcnes/index.html) can emulate a PCE, aswell as many other consoles. And it's PPC.
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The author of AmiMasterGear did AmiPCEngine and also AmiMSX &
AmiGameBoy. They are all very good but the PCEngine one gave him
the most trouble it seems. After all, the 8-Bit PC-Engine had a
version of Streetfighter 2 the equivalent of the Genesis/Megadrive so
there's got to be complex custom chips in there.
What I'd like to see for OS4 is a good Genesis/Megadrive emulator,
that would be a lot more nostalgic for the majority of westerners.
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Aha, DarcNES rings a bell (albeit a very faint one ;-) ), but it was probably the AmiMasterGear author one that I remember. I'll check out that AmiPCEngine one tomorrow along with DarcNES and hopefully I can play Splatter House :-D
Thanks
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Oh good, DarcNES supports CGFX too :-D
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Okay, I'm using DarcNES as AmiPCEngine looks crap on my telly (probably as good an emulator as AmiMasterGear though :-D)
The only thing that's wrong is the sound... there isn't any. I can't see anything in the docs about there being a problem with the sound though :-?
Oh and some of the sprites are glitchy, but that may be because I'm running it on an 040/25-603e/175. Skipping some frames makes it less noticable, but it's still there.
Anyways, a good emulator once I figured out that it only works in a screenmode of 320*xxx and not above. I had to set up a new screenmode just for it, but it's worthwhile :-)