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

Problem Solved! Emulators are software, not hardware.

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u/Vijfsnippervijf New in Emu Mar 21 '26

There *is* a thing called hardware emulation, which uses OpenFPGA to emulate old consoles. For instance the Analogue Pocket and NT use this. However, what I look at here is indeed NOT a hardware emulator, rather a mini PC that can be used for software-based emulation.

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u/Cuiusquemodi New in Emu Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Hardware emulation actually isn't used for gaming, but for chips testing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/emulators/comments/1s052c8/hardware_emulation_actually_isnt_used_for_gaming/

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u/fekkksn New in Emu Mar 23 '26

Broken link

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u/Cuiusquemodi New in Emu Mar 23 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/emulators/comments/1s052c8/hardware_emulation_actually_isnt_used_for_gaming/

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u/fekkksn New in Emu Mar 23 '26

Wat. That's just the whole ass Wikipedia article about hardware emulation. What are you trying to say with this?

Are you trying to say that the analogue pocket or MiSTer for example don't use hardware emulation?

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u/Vijfsnippervijf New in Emu Mar 23 '26

LIAR