Twimfy
OMG 3 years here!
Yay, I've just managed to convert another person to the GP32, thing is he's wondering if there's an Acorn emulator...I'm sure I saw one around, can some one give me some info if there is, if not is one in development?
Acorn Emulator
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rcx21000
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What is an Acorn? Is it one of those things that make oak trees? If it's that, then it would be hard to emulate 
Azure
Trust the recursion...
Acorn? WTF?
Esn
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Acorn? Aren't those a little high tech for the GP32? Unless you mean the BBC, in which case I guess not. There's no BBC emulators on GP32 to my knowledge but it is completely capable of emulating it. Lack of demand, I guess. Most of the popular BBC games were ported to other computers - Repton's to Spectrum, Exile to C64 and Dare Devil Denis had a 'sequel' on C64 which was pretty much identical to the original. As for the archimedes, I seriously doubt the GP32 can emulate that! And I don't know anything about more modern Acorn PC's, but I can't even begin to fathom what they'd be like...
I'm sure if you show someone a few BBC games they could knock up a decent emulator in a few days, though. It's all about wanting to make something!
I'm sure if you show someone a few BBC games they could knock up a decent emulator in a few days, though. It's all about wanting to make something!
bah! you freaks! (fraks?)
I want a BBC Micro emulator more than anything, 2nd only to Amiga, and if i wasn't so busy with other stuff i would try and port one myself
there have been a couple other people that have talked about maybe porting it to GP32 aswell, including the mighty CraigX, who i'm sure would do a much better job than me!
BeebEm has recently been ported to Dreamcast
so do not dis the Beeb you ignorant fools!
I want a BBC Micro emulator more than anything, 2nd only to Amiga, and if i wasn't so busy with other stuff i would try and port one myself
there have been a couple other people that have talked about maybe porting it to GP32 aswell, including the mighty CraigX, who i'm sure would do a much better job than me!
BeebEm has recently been ported to Dreamcast
so do not dis the Beeb you ignorant fools!
look
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I was messing about with BEM a bit but then my son was born and my free time disappeared.
craigx said he got it running in one night but I guess hes's stopped now too
craigx said he got it running in one night but I guess hes's stopped now too
Twimfy
OMG 3 years here!
Thanks for the feedback guys. All I Know is that this guy is an Acorn nut (no pun intended). He's got some coding skills so I think he's gonna try and port the BBC micro himself, once he gets used to the GP32 and the Dev kit.
Ringo
Member
Without actually knowing WHAT the Acorn is - I have heard about it before... and even try to get the a Acorn-emulator to work. Well, I never did get in to (It's a bit hard figuring out how to do ANYTHING with a system you know nothing about).
The reason I tried however, was that acording to a homepage dedicated to ELITE, the best version of this game was for Acorn...
The reason I tried however, was that acording to a homepage dedicated to ELITE, the best version of this game was for Acorn...
woogal
Certified Guru
That will be because there is no such computer as the Acorn. Acorn was the company, and things such as Electron, BBC and Archimedes (and probably others, but these are the famous ones) were the computers. It is true that most of the BBC games were ported to other systems, but how people can dare to suggest that Dare Devil Denis be played on anything other than a BBC...... well, it just makes my skin crawl!
look
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WhizzBang
Grotesque Peasant
My flat mate has an Acorn Archimedes and Elite is pretty impressive on it but the main problem with it is that it is too fast. In dog fights you end up cart wheeling your ship for ages trying to hit people.
I think the best version of Elite is to play the Gameboy Advance Elite: A New Kind on a Game Cube GBA Player, although I am also very fond of the NES and Spectrum versions. For GP32, the NES (NTSC hacked rom) version on LittleJohn is probably the best available.
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look
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I've said it before and will probably say it again
chuckie egg
codename droid
repton
Mr E
Elite
Are good enough reasons for someone to port the BBC Micro emulator.
Also anyone who went to junior school in the UK in the 1980/90s would have had the pleasure of playing Grannys garden and Dread Dragon Droom on the BBC micro
chuckie egg
codename droid
repton
Mr E
Elite
Are good enough reasons for someone to port the BBC Micro emulator.
Also anyone who went to junior school in the UK in the 1980/90s would have had the pleasure of playing Grannys garden and Dread Dragon Droom on the BBC micro
there are many reasons why a Beeb emu would be good on GP32:
(the games i used to like)
Firetrack
Zalaga
Citadel
Thrust
Mr Ee
Snapper
Monsters
Meteors
Asteroids Deluxe
Crazy Painter / Amidar
Arcadians
Rocket Raid
Moon Raider
A Maze In Space
BMX on the Moon
Spaceman Sid
Planetoid
Eagle Empire
Killer Gorilla
Donkey Kong Jr
Frak!
Contraption
Nutcraka
Attack on Alpha Centuri
Gunsmoke
Swoop
Repton
Repton 3
Twin Kingdom Valley
Crazee Rider
Galaforce
Galaforce 2
Ledgeman
Daredevil Dennis
Bouncing Bill
Transistors Revenge
Drain Mania
Rubble Trouble
Pengo
Hunchback
Arkanoid
Impact
Leapfrog
Labyrinth
JCB Digger
3D Munchy
Stryker's Run
Codename Droid
Exile
Cylon Attack
Wallaby
Heist
Space Pilot
Sinistar
Robotron
Castle Quest
Imogen
Boffin
Kissin Cousins
(the games i used to like)
Firetrack
Zalaga
Citadel
Thrust
Mr Ee
Snapper
Monsters
Meteors
Asteroids Deluxe
Crazy Painter / Amidar
Arcadians
Rocket Raid
Moon Raider
A Maze In Space
BMX on the Moon
Spaceman Sid
Planetoid
Eagle Empire
Killer Gorilla
Donkey Kong Jr
Frak!
Contraption
Nutcraka
Attack on Alpha Centuri
Gunsmoke
Swoop
Repton
Repton 3
Twin Kingdom Valley
Crazee Rider
Galaforce
Galaforce 2
Ledgeman
Daredevil Dennis
Bouncing Bill
Transistors Revenge
Drain Mania
Rubble Trouble
Pengo
Hunchback
Arkanoid
Impact
Leapfrog
Labyrinth
JCB Digger
3D Munchy
Stryker's Run
Codename Droid
Exile
Cylon Attack
Wallaby
Heist
Space Pilot
Sinistar
Robotron
Castle Quest
Imogen
Boffin
Kissin Cousins
look
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forgot exile
Wildheart Baby
Member
there was something posted to http://press-play-on-tape.com/index.php but that was a while ago
I would love a bbc micro emulator for the bbc, it was my first computer and the games were just so good, for the record, the bbc was faster than spectrum and c64 but because it was seen as an educational machine it didn't have a very cool image
I would love a bbc micro emulator for the bbc, it was my first computer and the games were just so good, for the record, the bbc was faster than spectrum and c64 but because it was seen as an educational machine it didn't have a very cool image
