Changes
[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/emulators/which-emulator-s-do-you-use/ There is a poll on CPCWiki forum]
= Software Platforms (Full OS independance) =
| Donationware & Open source
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= Current Operating Systems =
| Open source
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= Discontinued Operating Systems =
| Freeware
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= Home Consoles =
| Open source
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= Handheld Consoles =
| Open source
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= Single-Board Computers / Raspberry Pi =
| Donationware & Open source
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= FPGA =
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230330082645/https://intelligenttoasters.blog/cpc2-project-index/ CPC2 Project] CPC emulation running on a Cyclone V FPGA board
*[https://github.com/ZXMicroJack/amstrad-cpc AmstradCPC core] Based on McLeod's core and running on a ZXTres FPGA board
= Hardware and Parts =
*[[C4CPC]] Cartridge replacement for the Amstrad Plus range and the GX4000
*[https://overange.weebly.com/amstrad-gx4000-cpc-464-6128-plus-reflashable-flash-cartridge.html Flash+ cartridge] Amstrad CPC+ GX4000 reflashable cartridge
= Mass storage devices =
*[[M4 Board]] is emulated by CPCemu
*[[Vortex Winchester Drive]], [[ULIfAC|USIfAC / ULIfAC]] and [[Symbiface 3|Symbiface3 / RSF3]] are not supported by emulators
= Audio devices =
*[[Willy|Willy MIDI]] is emulated by ACE (software synth emulation on Haiku, full MIDI support on MorphOS)
*[[Music Machine]], [https://github.com/lambdamikel/Speak-SID Speak&SID], [https://github.com/lambdamikel/LambdaSpeak3 LambdaSpeak], [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/amsdap-amstrad-msx-adapter-connecting-any-msx-io-hardware-to-the-cpc/ Amsdap (SE-One, Moonsound, etc...)] are not supported by emulators
= Printers =
Support for CPC printers is abysmal in all emulators.
The only emulators that at least do some print rendering emulation are JavaCPC and Caprice Forever.
= Rewind feature =
For debugging, going back to the previous instruction is easily implemented. The emulator has to store the time when the previous instruction was executed so that he can go back to that instruction. In the same way, emulators can provide access to the previous HBL, IRQ, VBL, etc.
= Emulator accuracy checking tools =
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8874 6128 Plus DMA] [https://cpcrulez.fr/demostestDO_fairy-breakpoint_2010.htm Fairy] [https://soundtrackerdma.cpcscene.net/doku.php?id=en:download Soundtracker DMA] To test DMA sound
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7530 Delirium Tremens] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJcBsQwMzuw Delirium Tremens running on real hardware] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=18016 Bulles] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9169 Funerapolis] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7532 X-mas 2008] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19239 USS Cygnus 192] To test hardware sprites
*[https://cpctech.cpcwiki.de/docs/cpcplus.html Arnoldemu] [http://tj.gpa.free.fr/html/coding/cpcplus.htm T&J] [http://cpc.sylvestre.org/articles/articles_amstrad_plus.html Sylvestre] [https://cpcrulez.fr/coding_cpcplus48.htm Longshot] [https://cpcrulez.fr/coding_cpcplus47.htm] [http://quasar.cpcscene.net/doku.php?id=dossier:plus Offset] [http://quasar.cpcscene.net/doku.php?id=assem:asic] [[Plus Vectored Interrupt Bug]] Plus hardware bugs documented
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&cpcplus=1&cats=100 Plus Games] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&cpcplus=1&cats=401 Plus Demos] Search filters to verify the entire Plus software library
== Colorimetry ==
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11826 Raster] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=12282 Toutes les couleurs du CPC] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4793 Couleurs] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15519 Les split-rasters] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16722 Mir'Color] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=16841 Colour Tester] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=14259 Test Interlace Color] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10757 Infinite Colours] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11500 Mode 1 Tramage et Choix des Couleurs] Colour calibration
*[https://www.grimware.org/doku.php/documentations/devices/gatearray Minor difference in colorimetry between CPC and Plus] On CPC (not Plus!), green half-intensity is significantly higher than red and blue half-intensities
*Major difference in colorimetry between the real Amstrad CTM display and emulators display:
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2266 The Untouchables] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=135 Batman The Movie] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2318 Turrican] [https://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=80 Technical explanation] CPC keyboard clash
*[https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19283 Raytracing in BASIC] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=15685 Julia Fractal] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7405 5KB 3 (Cray II emulator part)] [https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8188 Chain] To benchmark emulators using their fullspeed mode
= File format specifications =
*[http://leonard.oxg.free.fr/ymformat.html YM] [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/AYC AYC] [https://vgmrips.net/wiki/VGM_Specification VGM] Soundchip logging file formats
*[https://shaker.logonsystem.eu/sslcsl CSL] Cpc Scripting Language, a macro/scripting system to automate emulators
= Emulation Tools =
*[http://www.cpcmania.com/news.htm CPCDiskXP] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230602152816/https://cpc-live.com/data/index.php?dir=-tools DiskUtil] [https://github.com/Tom1975/SugarConvDsk SugarConvDsk] [https://github.com/jeromelesaux/dsk DSK] [https://github.com/cpcsdk/idsk iDSK] [[Dsktools|Dsktools]] [[ManageDSK|ManageDSK]] [[WriteDSK|WriteDSK]] [https://simonowen.com/samdisk/ SAMdisk] [https://github.com/damieng/DiskImageManager Disk Image Manager] [https://github.com/neuro-sys/sector-cpc sector-cpc] [https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/ HxCFloppyEmulator software] [https://github.com/keirf/disk-utilities/ Disk Utilities] [https://github.com/ClaireCheshireCat/dsk-lua dsk-lua] [https://github.com/karmic64/upd765pro upd765pro] [https://github.com/muckypaws/AmstradDSKExplorer Amstrad DSK Explorer] Set of tools about disk-images*[http://www.cpcmania.com/news.htm CPCTapeXP] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230602152816/https://cpc-live.com/data/index.php?dir=-tools TapeUtil] [https://github.com/Tom1975/SugarConvTape SugarConvTape] [https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdtmaster/ CDTMaster] [https://cpctech.cpcwiki.de/download/2cdt.zip 2CDT] [http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/csw2cdt.htm CSW2CDT] [https://cpcrulez.fr/emulateurs_UTIL-CDT-CDT2WAV.htm CDT2WAV] [https://github.com/shredstripwax/tzxtools tzxtoolswav2tzx wav2tzx] Set of tools about tape-images
*[http://www.cpcmania.com/news.htm CPRTools] [http://amsnet.chez.com/ UniDOS Cartridge Creator] Edit Amstrad Plus CPR cartridge-images
*[https://bochs.sourceforge.io/doc/docbook/user/winimage.html WinImage, DiskExplorer, Mtools] [https://www.fysnet.net/ultimate/index.htm Ultimate Imager] [https://github.com/ProgrammingHobby/CPM_Image-File_Explorer CP/M Image File Explorer] Access and edit hard-drive images
*[https://colourclash.co.uk/cpc-analyser/ CPC Analyser] [https://imhex.werwolv.net/ ImHex] Other tools
*[[Emulator tooling]] UI screenshots of tooling in CPC emulators
*[https://github.com/digital-sound-antiques/vgm-conv vgm-conv] [https://cpcrulez.fr/emulateurs_UTIL-MUSIC-YMCruncher.htm YMcruncher] [https://github.com/EdouardBERGE/wav2ay wav2ay] Music converters
*[http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/chipnsfx.htm CHIPNSFX] [https://grimware.org/doku.php/sources/pt3 Vortex Tracker II] [https://github.com/AugustoRuiz/WYZTracker WYZTracker] [https://www.julien-nevo.com/arkostracker/ Arkos Tracker 2] [https://tildearrow.org/furnace/ Furnace] [https://bintracker.org/ Bintracker] Cross-platform CPC music creation suites
= Emulator Detection =
There is also this initiative for emulators who willingly want to be detected: [[Emulator_IDs|Emulator IDs]]
= Emulators running on the Amstrad CPC =
