[[File:ACE.png|thumb|German GUI - Main window]]'''ACE''' is a high quality [[Amstrad]] CPC/CPC+ emulator written by Philippe "[[OffseT|OffseT]]" Rimauro.
It is developed exclusively for [http://www.morphos.de/ MorphOS]as a user-friendly and fully OS-compliant application.<br />[[Also, PulkoMandy]] is maintaining the a port for [https://www.haiku-os.org/ Haiku]which tries to match the features of the original version as much as possible.
Also worth mentioning is [[ACE-DL]], a derivative version of ACE with its unique strengths and available for Windows, macOS and Linux.
ACE was coded from scratch, using a real CPC as a reference in order to provide one of the best Amstrad CPC emulator ever. Most of the games and demos for both CPC and CPC+ are working perfectly; the quality of the emulation is often superior to what the existing CPC emulators on PC/Windows can produce.
ACE was coded from scratch, using a real CPC as a reference in order to provide one of the best Amstrad CPC emulator ever.
Most of In addition to the games high quality emulation, ACE features full screen and demos overlay display (including 50Hz display), editor and analyzer windows for both CPC all emulated CPU and CPC+ are working perfectly; the quality chipsets, advanced breakpoints management, a very powerful set of the emulation is often superior to what the existing CPC emulators on PC/Windows can produceAREXX commands for cross-development, a plugin interface, scripting capabilities, and much more...
In addition to the high quality emulationMoreover, ACE features full screen and overlay display (including 50Hz display)is fully translated in French, editor Spanish, German and analyzer windows for all emulated CPU English and chipsets, advanced breakpoints management, a very powerful set of AREXX commands for cross-is still under active development, a plugin interface, and much more...
MoreoverAlso worth mentioning is [[ACE-DL]], an emulator available for Windows, macOS and Linux, which uses the same emulation engine as ACE is fully translated in Frenchbut with a minimalist GUI (SDL-based), Spanishno localization, no scripting capabilities, German and English and is still under active developmentno support for external plugins.
==== Default ====
* Both [[joystick]]s (up to three fire buttons, also including an unique combined mode) using real devices plugged on the host machine (using USB or whatever).
* [[Printer]] (redirected to a file).
* [[Multiface_II|Multiface Two]] (well known hardware debugger and snapshot handler).
* [[PlayCity]] (6 voices PSG sound card).
* [[Amdrum]] (8-bit mono sound card).
* [[Amstrad_SSA-1_Speech_Synthesizer|SSA-1]] (english English speaking speech synthesizer).* [[Dk%27tronics_Speech_Synthesizer|DK'Tronics Speech]] (english English speaking speech synthesizer).
* [[TMPI speech synthesizer|Techni-Musique Speech]] (multilingual speaking speech synthesizer).
* [[Mirage Imager]] (hardware freeze and snapshot handling).
== Web links ==
* [http://ace.cpcscene.net ACE CPC Emulator]
* [https://web.libera.chat/#cpc-fr IRC channel]
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