I put some of my 86Box VMs onto my M2 Mac mini to checkout "MacBox" and the emulation performance of that little guy. Turns out, it runs without issues.
This is pretty nice! 
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Trying to get the VGA emulation in MartyPC in shape.
Spent an embarrassingly long time on a simple bug, but that's often how it goes.
Here's Windows 3.0. You can run it in VGA on an 8088 with a patched driver, but MartyPC also supports a V20 which will run the unmodified VGA driver.
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GOING LIVE! Streaming some 6502 #emulation development in #Zig!
Come for the zig, stay for the apologies for being gone for a week.
Twitchb4ux1t3 - TwitchRewriting my 6502 Emulator in ZIG!
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Today I'm playing Demon Front, another game from IGS (Taiwan) for their PGM arcade board.
It's clearly inspired by Metal Slug, although calling it a clone might be a bit unfair. It has some significant gameplay differences (level up shields, special attacks), and looks like a good game on its own right.
I guess Demon Front was already proper #retro in its day, having come out in 2002, well into the 3D era (the PS2 was ~2 years old by then). 
I returned to #Castlevania #AriaOfSorrow because @jefklak scolded me for having the Dominus Collection and not even have completed this one first. Kinda fun so far!
But I need to get the double jump...
It's hard for me to describe fighting games. Mostly because I'm not very good at them. But also because I haven't yet figured out the specific things that make for a good fighting game. Some feel fun, others less so.
"Martial Masters" (1999) is a less known game from IGS out of Taiwan. It's fun, and that's all that matters. Also, it feels somewhat "different" and has great stage backgrounds. 
DOSBox Staging v0.82.1 has been released 
The main focus of this maintenance release is to fix a couple of regressions introduced in 0.82.0 and older releases, mostly related to game compatibility. The other big improvement is the CPU usage of the 3dfx Voodoo emulation has been reduced by about 50%, so your computer won’t go into hoover-mode anymore when playing those Voodoo games 
check out the release notes for the details:
https://www.dosbox-staging.org/releases/release-notes/0.82.1/
#DOSGaming #MS-DOS #Emulation #RetroGaming #LinuxGaming #MacGaming #FOSS #DOSBox
www.dosbox-staging.org0.82.1 - DOSBox StagingDOSBox Staging is a modern continuation of DOSBox with advanced features and current development practices.
The AYANEO Pocket Micro (Classic), I've been talking about. Arrived this week, and I gotta admit... this is top-tier product design and build quality. Review on @overkillwtf soon!
By the way, I’ve fallen headfirst into the retro gaming rabbit hole thanks to the AYANEO Pocket Micro. Bought an Anbernic RG35XX H a day later and spent yesterday's whole evening with @retrogamecorps's shader guide. What have I done?
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Let's put it another way...
Imagine the AI bubble bursts, the market is flooded by cheap NVIDIA H100s, and someone decides to code a low-level emulator using its 14592 CUDA cores to simulate each gate on an original NES...
If the result is indistinguishable from what you get on a MiSTer FPGA core, does that mean it would no longer be emulation?
It bothers me when youtubers claim that FPGA-based systems are not emulation, when they most certainly are by any reasonable definition of the word.
I'm not an electronics engineer, but what's inside an FPGA is not a reproduction (or clone) of the original hardware, it's a synthesized approximation based on the building blocks provided by the FPGA.
It's a much lower level and, if done well, far more accurate emulation, but don't say it's not emulation.
Dug out the GP2X today.
I had some real fun with this ARM-based Linux-game console - wow - nearly 20 years ago! A little Montezuma's Revenge for the SMS shown running under emulation, here.
Such a fun device!
Why I 
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Infinite Mac can now run early #MacOS X, with 10.1 and 10.3 being the best supported versions.
persistent.infoInfinite Mac OS X
Emulation manager EmuDeck 2.4 brings Steam library integration changes, improved BIOS checker https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/emulation-manager-emudeck-2-4-brings-steam-library-integration-changes-improved-bios-checker/
GamingOnLinux · Emulation manager EmuDeck 2.4 brings Steam library integration changes, improved BIOS checker
MartyPC's SN76489 emulation shaping up.
Nowhere near final, as I need to take some recordings off my Tandy 1000, tweak and adjust until it sounds identical, but it's always nice when your sound emulation stops screeching at you and starts to sound - well, like sound.
Anyone else suspect the noise channel is a bit too quiet?
I was able to get an instance of System 7 running in Basilisk 2 on both my Macbook Air and Mac Mini to connect to each other using AppleTalk!
1) Basilisk 2 preferences must have udptunnel set to true
and udpport set to the same port on all Basilisk 2 instances.
2) The Control Panel Sharing Setup must have File Sharing configured and started.
3) Guest user should have Allow guests to connect checked.
Thanks @oevl, you inspired me with your post last night.
Wow! Windows 386 is so much more usable now in 1024x768 SVGA resolution with 256 colors. Yes, I finally found a working graphics driver! And also "yes", I have nothing better to do at 3am! 
Here's an animation of how the original Prince of Persia for the IBM PC draws a level.
You can easily see how the tileset works.
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I gave Windows 3.11 a dark mode. It's practically a modern OS now.
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Interestingly, the NEC V20, an enhanced clone of the Intel 8088, *does* have a real IP register. They spent the extra silicon, and their jumps are a bit faster as a result as they don't have to do any math on PC to produce a return address.