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Renegade
March 12th, 2002, 19:48
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CpU MasteR
March 13th, 2002, 06:41
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gokuss4
March 13th, 2002, 07:00
:plain: :plain2: :donzingof :lookaway: :stupid: ???
Renegade
March 13th, 2002, 07:21
hey, what's wrong with asking?

I'm simply asking, what was the first emulator of a game system that ever came out?
Eddy
March 13th, 2002, 07:41
well a emulator probably was written way before a console video game emulator came out, but i would say its a nes, i remember when 386's/486's struggled to run nes games. I think of that as the beginning of the "scene"
Malcolm
March 13th, 2002, 08:22
well the first emulators would probably been something as simple as basic calculators that have internal ROM-like systems. But I would agree that the "scene" probably started with NES, but I have no evidance for any of my wild/crazy ideas
conkerman
March 13th, 2002, 10:39
if i remember correctly, i saw a tv special on bill gates and how he started and it said that he and the other guy(forget his name) actually made an emulator of a computer that ran on their computer so they did not have to buy the other computer. it wasnt too complicated, just a little cpu difference and a different way to access the ram (i think). but, as for released emulators, new would be a good start, but i might even venture to guess that a gameboy one or an older computer system was emulated first. just because the gameboy is monochrome and would be easier than nes
conkerman
pj64er
March 14th, 2002, 08:10
i remembered Rice or schibo said that they named 1964 after the year that the first emulator came out. dont ask me what system emulating what system, i forgot the details of that explaination. but i would imagine a program allowing a mainframe computer to emulate another type.

hopefully Rice or schibo would come along and give u a fuller answer.
Eddy
March 14th, 2002, 08:12
not of the first emu i think, but a emu, the first emus where nes, im almost sure
Quip
March 14th, 2002, 09:12
I believe I found what you are looking for. Its under the heading
"The Birth of Emulation". In the Link below.

http://www.eidolons-inn.de/emufaq2000/EmuFAQ_M1P1.htm:colgate:
sk8bloke22
March 15th, 2002, 00:24
Originally posted by Eddy
not of the first emu i think, but a emu, the first emus where nes, im almost sure

wat about amiga c64s etc. there were plenty of stuff to emulate before the nes. also things like the nintendo game watchs and stuff. i dunno.