Is the abstraction 'the display should show X when Y game runs'? That's probably HLE.īroadly speaking, LLE emulators are trying to function at the level of individual chips inside a device. Are the functional units individual chips? That's probably LLE. Every emulator implements a series of abstractions, it's just a matter of where the lines are drawn. No computer on the market can emulate every transistor in a SNES, at least not in realtime. These are poorly defined terms, because to some degree, all emulation is high level. These stand for High and Low Level Emulation, respectively. Emulators that work this precisely are called 'cycle accurate.' For example, the most accurate SNES emulator recommends a 3.0GHz CPU to run properly, despite the fact that the SNES CPU was only 3.58MHz! This is because the program simulates the interactions of the various hardware components, with each reacting to and affecting other pieces, in the exact same amount of time that the real hardware requires. Emulators aren't games themselves, they're applications that do a (live!) translation of games for foreign systems.Įmulation is complicated, and can be surprisingly CPU-intensive. For example, making your PC think it's a Super Nintendo, or turning your tablet into a PSP. For Mac OS information, see our Mac OS page.įor more in depth information on many of the items listed here and much more, please see the Emulation General Wiki.Įmulation is essentially using software to make your computer pretend to be another, different machine. Much of the information on this page is specific to Windows and Linux. On this page you will find all that is needed in order to start emulating retro console, arcade, and PC on your computer.

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