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Emulators, Simulators, Etc
Because many retro versions of BASIC were designed to only work on a particular platform that may be out of reach to most people; emulators can provide a great way to experience these systems on current machines.
This list isn’t meant to be the all inclusive list of all emulators that exists; rather it is just here to serve as a place to get started. New emulators are arriving almost daily and it would be extremely difficult to keep track of all of them.
So with that said, these are the ones that I have either used (or spotted) in the process of exploring these retro machines (assuming I don’t have the actual hardware at hand - wouldn’t be wonderful if it were possible to have all of them; but, alas, I am married and will continue to do my best to remain so.)
Apple II
Atari 2600
- Stella: A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator
- z26 – An Atari 2600 Emulator
- PCAE: PC Atari Emulator
BBC Micro
- b-em: An open source BBC Micro emulator for Win32 and Linux
- b-em (Pi): An RP2040 and Raspberry Pi 2/3/4/Zero 2 W version of an open source BBC Micro emulator originally for Win32 and Linux
CPM
- Running CP/M on the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller
- A CP/M 2.2 emulator for the Raspberry Pi Pico
- Exidy Sorcerer for Pico Pi RP2040 with HDMI
- Memotech EMUlator
- MEMU - Memotech EMUlator
- PCjs Machines - CP/M-86 1.00
IBM PC
- PCjs Machines: Home of the original IBM PC emulator for browsers.
- DOSBox and D-Fend Reloaded: a winning combination!
MSX
ZX Spetrum
- pico-zxspectrum: ZX Spectrum for Raspberry Pico Pi RP2040 (Video)