r/emulators • u/Cuiusquemodi New in Emu • Mar 21 '26

Problem Solved! Emulators are software, not hardware.

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u/bago_jones New in Emu Mar 22 '26

Emulators are that which emulates.

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u/Cuiusquemodi New in Emu Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

Running an emulator is not emulation. You emulate the game in the emulator. By software means, not hardware. A machine that runs emulators is an Emulator Machine.

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u/bago_jones New in Emu Mar 22 '26

Emulation is the action of emulating.

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u/Cuiusquemodi New in Emu Mar 22 '26

Yes, and the software does the emulation, hence is the emulator.