xe-emulator

[tikbalang]

has anybody tried this yet? i didn't come up with anything when i searched the forums.

http://xe-emulator.com/

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Xe is a multi system emulator for Windows and Linux that emulates many console and handheld video game systems that are no longer on the market. Xe is an original emulator written from scratch by one person. It is not a port or collection of other emulators.

Xe currently supports the following systems:
SG-1000
Famicom & Famicom Disk System / NES
Mark III / Master System
PC Engine & PC Engine CD-ROM2 / Turbo Grafx 16 & Turbo Grafx CD
Mega Drive & Mega CD / Genesis & Sega CD
Super Famicom / SNES
Neo Geo
Neo Geo CD
CPS Changer
FM Towns Marty
PC-FX
Game Boy & Game Boy Color
Game Gear
Neo Geo Pocket & Neo Geo Pocket Color
Wonder Swan & Wonder Swan Color
Game Boy Advance

Xe is currently available for the following platforms:
Windows x86-32
Linux x86-32
Linux x86-64
Linux PPC-64



[Haze]

It's closed source junk, so I wouldn't become dependent on it if I was you, the community as a whole don't benefit from this kind of thing, and the continued future of both development, and compatibility with modern systems are down to the whim of the developer.  The only reason to have a closed emulator these days is to boost the ego of a developer who doesn't want to cooperate with anybody else.

Even if it does a good job (and from the sounds of it, it's pretty rough around the edges compared to other single system emus) I throw it on the pile of 'best ignored' because it has no real future so even if it gets your hopes up in a few areas (as AAE has done with vector games) efforts and community support would be best directed on improving existing projects which do have a future.