Emulation

Emulation and hardware virtualization software of various descriptions, most of them obsolete by now:

Category Date Link Notes
Gaming May’11 Dolphin An amazing Wii and GameCube emulator
Apr’11 Emulaunch A multi-emulator front-end suitable for use on a TV
Apr’10 Open Emu A modular emulator that can be used as a Quartz Composer plug-in
Sixtyforce A N64 emulator with the ability to render games in high resolution.
mupen64plus a less polished but cross-platform alternative
DOSBox A special-purpose x86 emulator geared for gaming. See Boxer for an excellent Mac port.
Dec’08 Boycott Advance GBA emulator. Universal binary.
KiGB Gameboy/Gameboy colour emulator.
Sinclair Dec’10 Fuse A recent port of the cross-platform ZX Spectrum emulator Fuse
zxsp Emulates a range of Z80-based devices, including the ZX81 I started out with.
Amiga Dec’10 PUAE Probably the most recent one.
Older E-UAE Cross-platform Amiga emulator that can be used with HiToro, a configuration front-end. Universal binaries are here
MaxUAE Somewhat dead, with only Power PC binaries available.
Generic x86 Older Virtual PC Still the best option for running Windows on Power PC
QEMU See also Q for a Power PC front-end