JavaCPC

JavaCPC is a CPC emulator written in Java. It is being developed by Devilmarkus and uses Executioner's JEMU as base.

JavaCPC Desktop requires Java v1.6; older versions also run under Java v1.5.

Features

JavaCPC emulates the CPC 6128

JavaCPC running an actual demo

Debugger in action

• Autotype
• Basic FDC-emulation
• Bilinear screen filtering (can be disabled)
• Emulates the Amstrad CPC 464, 664 and 6128
• CRTC 0/1 emulation
• Digiblaster emulation
• Direct export (Binary) / import of CPC files (BASIC, Binary)
• Drag and Drop
• Dynamic turbo
• Free selectable ROMs (OS and expansion ROMs)
• FutureOS support
• Green, monochrome and colour monitor emulation
• High accurate AY-3-8912 emulation
• Integrated debugger with breakpoints and break instructions
• ROM emulation (0 up to 32!).
• SymbOS support
• Tape emulation, which supports WAV, CDT, TZX, CSW and MP3
• Text-printer
• WAV recorder
• YM-recorder and player!

Planned features

• Light gun
• FDC improvements

Running JavaCPC Desktop on OS X and Linux

Download the ZIP archive from http://cpc-live.com/data/index.php, then uncompress it and double click JavaCPC.jar in Finder to run JavaCPC.

You also create a shell script to start the program, e.g.:

#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/lib/javacpc
java -jar JavaCPC.jar -Xms512m

If you use Arch Linux, you can also use the JavaCPC AUR package.

Sound from the CPC can be a problem if the system is running PulseAudio (as most current Linux distos do). One possible workaround is simply killing the PulseAudio server before starting JavaCPC.

Web links

• JavaCPC's homepage (website, download, source code)
• The Sourceforge project site for JavaCPC (download, source code)

• JavaCPC game website (website using JavaCPC with a lot of games to play)