#title Emulators #pragma section-numbers 2 = Introduction = ||<
><>|| Emulators allow you to run software designed for another operating system and/or hardware. An obvious application of this is to run popular games. In addition to popular games console emulators, there are compatibility layers like [[Wine]] that allow Windows software to be used. == Windows Games == Some Windows games can run on Ubuntu, but they need either an emulator or a compatibility layer. === Windows Emulators === ||{{attachment:WINE.png|WINE logo|align="left", width="50px"}}||[[Wine|WINE]] - A completely free compatability layer that works for some games.|| * [[Cedega]] - A commercial compatability layer. This costs money, but works for more games than WINE. (No longer available) * [[DOSBox]] - A x86 emulator with Tandy/Herc/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA graphics, sound and DOS, enables playing old DOS games. * [[Installation/QemuEmulator|QEMU]] - A virtual machine capable of running Windows. * [[http://www.playonlinux.com/en/|PlayOnLinux]] - A free WINE-based compatibility layer. * [[http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/|Crossover Linux Games]] - A commercial WINE-based program allowing users to run Windows software. This version is tweaked to run Windows games better. === Windows Game List === Windows games that can be run on Ubuntu with an emulator. * Anno 1503: The New World * Counter-Strike: Source * Grand Theft Auto: Vice City * Half-Life - A first-person shooter * Half-Life 2 * [[CounterStrike|Half-Life: Counter-Strike]] - Describes installation and play using WINE. * Port Royale * [[RedAlert2|Red Alert 2]] - Information detailing installing and playing with WINE. * Sacred Underworld * Stronghold Crusader * Tortuga: Pirates of the New World * [[http://jplui.com/geekmadness/2008/06/24/playing-warcraft-iii-and-dota-in-linux/|Warcraft III]] - A guide to using Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Zone and Defense of the Ancients, a custom scenario for Warcraft III with WINE. * [[WorldofWarcraft|World of Warcraft]] - Describes howto install and play WoW with WINE. == Other Emulators == * [[http://www.scummvm.org/|ScummVM]] - free implementation of !LucasArts' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCUMM|S.C.U.M.M interpreter]], package "scummvm" * xmame - An X-Windows frontend for the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator [multiverse] * [[http://sites.google.com/site/mamehub/|MAMEHub]] - An open-source extension of MAME & MESS that supports cross-platform netplay ||Name||Package Name||Emulates||Repository||Homepage||Status|| ||MAME||mame||Multiple Arcade Machines||Universe||[[http://mamedev.org/]]||Active|| ||Hatari||hatari||Atari ST, STE, TT, and Falcon||Universe||[[http://hatari.tuxfamily.org/]]||Active|| ||Gngb||gngb||Nintendo Gameboy Color||Universe||[[http://m.peponas.free.fr/gngb/]]||Active|| ||DeSmuME||desmume||Nintendo DS||Universe||[[http://desmume.org/]]||Active|| ||Yabause||yabause||Sega Saturn||Universe||[[http://yabause.org/]]||Inactive|| ||Atari800||atari800||Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200||Multiverse||[[http://atari800.sourceforge.net/]]||Active|| ||DGen||dgen||Sega Genesis/MegaDrive||Multiverse||[[http://tamentis.com/projects/dgen/]]||Inactive|| ||VBA-M||visualboyadvance||Nintendo Game Boy Advance||Universe||[[http://vba-m.com/]]||Active|| ||FCEUX||fceux||Nintendo NES/Famicom (8-bit): NTSC and PAL||Universe||[[http://fceux.com/web/home.html]]||Active|| ||Stella||stella||Atari 2600||Universe||[[http://stella.sourceforge.net/]]||Active|| ||Mednafen||mednafen||Nintendo NES, !GameBoy Advance, Atari Lynx, PC Engine||Universe||[[http://mednafen.sourceforge.net/]]||Active|| ||KDE All Machine Emulator Frontend for Unix||kamefu||Nintendo NES, !GameBoy, !GameBoy Color, !GameBoy Advance, SNES, MAME||Universe||[[http://kamefu.pwsp.net/]]||Inactive|| ||UAE: The Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator||uae||Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000||Multiverse||[[http://www.amigaemulator.org/]]||Inactive|| == External Links == *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator|Emulator]] - Wikipedia's emulator page. *[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html#unix|Spectrum Emulators]] - Unix emulators of the classic Spectrum machines from World of Spectrum. ---- CategorySoftware CategoryGames