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categories: emulators
firstPublishDate: 2020-07-10 13:28:10
The first game I tried is not an emulator but the remake of the 90's game **Command & Conquer Red Alert**, it's called
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I downloaded the AppImage, chmoded the file to 755 and it works.
At the first run, it downloads automatically the game data.
I created a few maps for openra, they are available for download at
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Only the person creating the network game needs to copy the map file to:
~/.config/openra/maps/ra/release-20230225/
The other players can download the map from the game interface.
Then I installed an amiga emulator: `fs-uae` and `fs-uae-launcher` I played a few games on `fs-uae`, it works great.
`fs-uae-launcher` is not available anymore. I create the configuration for fs-uae directly in `~/Documents/FS-UAE/Configurations/Default.fs-uae`:
[config] amiga_model = A500 floppy_drive_0 = /home/user/Downloads/emulators/amiga/Double Dragon (1989)(Virgin).zip
And then I start fs-uae and it loads the disk in the configuration:
> fs-uae
The next emulator is an atari emulator, I chose `hatari`. `hatari` wants the TOS file to be stored in `/usr/share/hatari/tos.img`, so I downloaded `TOS v1.00 (1986)(Atari Corp)(ST).zip` and unzipped it the required directory. I played a few games, it works fine.
I installed `fceux` (Debian Bookworm):
apt-get install fceux
To run a game:
fceux ROM.zip
Keys are: arrows, enter, fdsa for buttons
In MAME (0.251), some NES games are working but not all of them.
I installed `higan`, to run a game, enter: `higan ROM.zip`
`higan` is not available.
I installed `mednaffe` and there are problem with sound.
So I compile snes9x, maybe the list of apt packages is not complete because some packages are already installed on my system:
sudo apt-get install ninja-build libsdl2-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev portaudio19-dev libminizip-dev gettext$ git clone https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x$ cd snes9x/$ git submodule update --init --recursive$ cd gtk/$ cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S . -B build$ ninja
To run a game:
./snes9x-gtk ROM.zip
At first start, the keys for the joystick have to be set in the configuration.
I installed `dosbox`, to run a game, `cd` to the game directory and then enter this:
dosbox mount c . c: run game exe
I recently discovered the 86box PC emulator which emulate the hardware accurately. In 86Box, I created a Pentium pro PC and I:
booted MSDOS 6.2 from floppy disk
installed Windows 95
ran Command & Conquer Red Alert (also the Counterstrike extension)
booted the debian install CD-ROM and installed the latest debian stable (Debian 11.5 Bullseye, it takes longer than a day to install)
installed Whereisit 2.16 (from 2000) to be able to open my .ctf catalog files.
The hardware configuration is:
- Machine type: Socket 8 - Machine: [i440FX] Gigabyte GA-686NX - CPU type: Intel Pentium Pro - Speed: 200Mhz - Memory: 512MB - Video: [PCI] Tseng Las ET4000/w32p Rev. D (Diamond Stealth32) - Mouse: Logitech Serial Mouse - Sound Card: [ISA16] Sound Blaster AWE32 Pnp - Network adapter: SLiRP [ISA16] Novell NE2000, [PCI] Realtek RTL8029AS, both not detected in linux and don't work in windows - 2 Serial ports, 1 parallel port - HD Controler: Internal controller - FD Controler: Internal controller - Hard disks: IDE 0:0 1.5GB (Windows), IDE 0:1 5GB (Debian) - 3.5 inch floppy 1.44MB - 5.25 inch floppy 1.2MB - CD-ROM drive ATAPI IDE 1:0 8x
I installed Windows like this:
boot MSDOS 6.2 from floppy (A:)
use `fdisk` to create a partition in C: drive
format C:
run SETUP.EXE on Windows 95 CD-ROM, the CD-ROM drive has letter R: (enter 'R:' at the prompt and then 'setup')
I copied my files to the VM by creating a CD-ROM and loading it in the CD-ROM drive:
apt-get install genisoimage genisoimage -o cd.iso pathWithFilesToCopy
In DOS, I can run:
Borland Turbo C++ (1990)
Borland Turbo Pascal (1990)
Borland Turbo Debug (1990)
Borland Turbo Assembler (1990)
My programs written in assembly. The graphical programs use CGA, MCGA and VGA 16 colors modes.
The command line in DOS is basic, here are some commands:
# enter letter to change drive # A: is floppy disk # C: is harddisk # R: is CD-ROM # Change to C: drive, enter: C: # Change directory: cd dirname # DOS uses \ as path separator, cd path is: cd dirname\dirname2 # To run a program, enter the program name with or without extension: program # DOS ignores lower and upper case for directory and file names # To list a directory, enter: dir # Filter by extension: dir *.exe # When there are many files, list the files page by page like this: dir /p
The Amstrad emulator is not in APT, I insalled `caprice32` like this:
sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev mkdir -p ~/Downloads/amstrad/ cd ~/Downloads/amstrad/ git clone https://github.com/ColinPitrat/caprice32.git cd caprice32/ make APP_PATH="$PWD"
And to run a game (Sabre Wulf in this example):
cd ~/Downloads/amstrad/caprice32 ./cap32 ../Sabre\ Wulf\ \(1984\)\(Ultimate\ Play\ The\ Game\)\[t\].zip cat run"sabre
In MAME (0.251), the CPC 6128 works well, all the programs I tried are working.
I installed `fbzx`, I add to install the spectrum-roms pacakge manually in Debian Bullseye and not all games I tried worked.
Moon Alert works fine:
fbzx Moon\ Alert\ \(1984\)\(Ocean\ Software\)\[Speech\].z80
For games on tape, start like this:
fbzx Battlecars\ \(1984\)\(Games\ Workshop\).tap Press j, Control p, Enter to display LOAD "" Press F6 to play the tape
I installed the `vice` emulator:
apt-get install vice # the vice package installs: # dpkg -L lists files installed by the package dpkg -L vice|less /usr/bin/c1541 /usr/bin/cartconv /usr/bin/petcat /usr/bin/vsid /usr/bin/x128 /usr/bin/x64 /usr/bin/x64dtv /usr/bin/x64sc /usr/bin/xcbm2 /usr/bin/xcbm5x0 /usr/bin/xpet /usr/bin/xplus4 /usr/bin/xscpu64 /usr/bin/xvic
Copy roms to `~/.local/share/vice/C64/`:
~/.local/share/vice/C64/kernal-901227-03.bin ~/.local/share/vice/C64/chargen-901225-01.bin ~/.local/share/vice/C64/basic-901226-01.bin
Run a game with the command:
x64 "Zaxxon.crt:run me"
I installed pcsxr.
apt-get install pcsxr
I got an error when trying to start a game:
RGB & YUV not found. Quitting.
I found a fix on
Under Configuration > Plugins & BIOS change the Graphics dropdown from XVideo Driver to OpenGL Driver
I use `pcsx2`. Download the latest nightly appimage from
and then download the bios files. Then I copy the bios to the default config directory:
~/.config/PCSX2/bios
Then run:
chmod 755 pcsx2-v1.7.5592-linux-appimage-x64-Qt.AppImage ./pcsx2-v1.7.5592-linux-appimage-x64-Qt.AppImage
I installed `mame` and copied the ROMs to `~/mame/roms/`.
To run a game, enter `mame` in a terminal and choose a game in the list.
To compile the latest version of `mame`, execute these steps:
git clone https://github.com/mamedev/mame apt-get install libsdl2-ttf-dev qtbase5-dev libfontconfig-dev ################## # Add in makefile: ################## QT_HOME = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/ make
Machines I successfully run in MAME (0.251):
atari 2600 ok$ nes ok (not all games)$ macintosh 128 airborne and sys 1.1 ok$ megadrive ok$ gameboy ok$ atari jaguar mostly ok$ amstrad cpc 6128 ok
There are some machines I tried to emulate in MAME (0.251) and they were not working:
amiga workbench no$ amiga games no - hw problems$ apple lisa no$ acorn atom no$ c64/c128 no missing rom mercury31s.u4 not on the internet$ coco no$ mo5 no$ msx1 msx2 no$ atari 800 no$ apple 2 gs no bbc no$ commodore pet no, pet 2001 boots but I don't know how to start a program$ snes no$ zx spectrum no atari st no$ to7 no$ vectrex no x68000 no$ acorn archimedes 310 works a bit - games don't work
apt-get install fs-uae fs-uae-launcher hatari higan dosbox libsdl1.2-dev fbzx mame pcsxr
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