Is Akiko CD32 emulator really good ?

[StevenJGore]

I gave it a try a couple of years ago, but wasn't particularly impressed. A few titles ran, but claims of "compatible with 80% of titles" were a bit unrealistic, I thought. In fact from experience I'd have said about 30%. Also, as far as I know, Akiko was last updated in 2002.

Akiko is a CD32 and CDTV emulator for Windows9x/ME/2000. It runs with the help of a CD32/CDTV adapted version of WinUAE.

Might as well just use the latest WinUAE then! WinUAE 0.9.90 is an infinitely better CD32 emulator, in my opinion, in terms of both speed and compatibility (and has been since about version 0.8.23) I have around 90 CD32 titles, and only about two or three currently don't work properly. :-)

Steve.

[EDIT] The Akiko CD32 emulator is illegal, because the developer is charging for UAE code (which is covered by the GPL license). WinUAE is free. :-)

[StevenJGore]

I had Microcosm CD32 running at first go

Sorry to go slightly off-topic for a moment, but just out of interest, have you managed to get Microcosm running with smooth video clips and synchronised sound? I also find that the in-game graphics run at about 90% speed compared to a 'real' CD32, whereas the in-game music runs at 100%, so it all gets out of sync pretty quickly. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2600+, so it's not a CPU issue. I'd be interested to know what your config settings are if you've managed to achieve this! :-)

Steve.