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Emulators

10 bytes added, 15 April
*[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=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 =
*[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 =
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