Multi-Game Emulators

Arcade Emulators are like the plague. They crawl out of the woodwork. But the worst thing about them is that they all generally seem to play Amidar or Space Invaders. Welcome to the world of multi-arcade game Arcade Emulators. While many of the emulators seem redundant, and their existance is a wonder, certain emulators like MAME and Sparcade stick out for their superb characteristics.

MacOS
MacMoon
William's Arcade Classics
MS-DOS
Arcade Emulator
Cinematronics Emulator
ClassicEmu
Emu
MAME: Multi Arcade Machine Emulator
M-ulator
Multi Game Emulator
Replay!
Superb Arcade Game Emulator
System 16 (Sega Arcade) Emulator
Sparcade
Virtual PCB
William's Arcade Classics
Unix/X
Xcade
Windows
Arcade Emulator
Mage-X
William's Arcade Classics


Arcade Emulator v0.7 (MS-DOS)

Arcade Emulator is a decent emulator that currently supports the following games: Amidar, Bagman, Donkey Kong (garbled sprites), Frogger, Galaxian (All Variants), Moon Cresta, Phoenix, Pisces, Pleiads, The End, Turtles, and War of the Bugs. Available options are VESA, Mode X, PC Speaker and Sound Blaster sound. A front end for Windows also comes with the emulator and features a pack of icons that can be used for many emulators.

Arcade Emulator v0.1 (Windows 95/NT Direct-X) Arcade Emulator was ported to Windows 95, but is now quite out of date.

Cinematronics Emulator Alpha v0.01 (MS-DOS) This emulator currently supports Star Castle, and Rip Off and is in preliminary stages of development.

ClassicEmu v0.01 (Windows 95/NT Direct-X) ClassicEmu supports Amidar, Frogger, Galaxian (All Variations), Pacman, Phoenix, Space Invaders, Space Invaders Deluxe, War of the Bugs.

Emu v2.0 (MS-DOS) Emu supports Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Black Widow, Gravitar, Lunar Landing, Red Baron and Space Duel in several high resolution modes.

MacMoon v0.8 (MacOS) MacMoon supports Crush Roller, Galaxian (All variants), Hungryman, Moon Cresta, Pacman, Pisces, The End, and War of the Bugs.

Mage-X v0.2 (Windows 95/NT Direct-X) Mage-X supports Donkey Kong, Frogger, Galaxian, Ms. Pacman, Pacman, Phoenix, Pisces, Pleaides, The End, War of the Bugs.

MAME: Multi Arcade Machine Emulator v0.15 (MS-DOS) MAME is DEFINATELY the definitive arcade game emulator with support for (drum roll please): Amidar, Bagman, Bomb Jack, Burger Time, Centipede, Congo Bongo, Crazy Climber, Crazy Kong, Crush Roller, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Frogger, Galaxian, "Japanese Irem game", Lady Bug, Mario Bros., Millipede, Moon Cresta, Moon Patrol, Moon Quasar, Mr. Do!, Mr. Do's Castle, Mrs. Pacman, Nibbler, Pacman, Pengo, Phoenix, Pisces, Pleiades, Pooyan, Rally X, Scramble, Space Invaders, Super Cobra, The End, Time Pilot, Turtles, Vanguard, War of the Bugs, Wizard of Wor, and Zaxxon. MAME also partially runs The Adventures of Robby Roto, Carnival, Gorf, Lost Tomb, and Jump Bug. Also featured in MAME are many different screen modes and options that make this the BEST Arcade emulator out!

MAME: Multi Arcade Machine Emulator v0.14 (MacOS) See the MAME for MS-DOS description =).

M-ulator v0.02 (MS-DOS) M-ulator currently only plays Galaga, but will soon support Dig Dug, Vanguard, and many other games.

Multi Game Emulator v0.01 (MS-DOS) Multi Game Emulator currently supports Amidar, Galaxian, and War of the Bugs.

Replay v0.02a (MS-DOS) Replay now plays Super Pacman, Pacman, and Burgertime! With updates, Mrs. Pacman can also be played!

The System 16 Arcade Emulator v0.53 Sound v0.67b (MS-DOS) Originally called the Shinobi Emulator, Altered Beast, Golden Axe (Attract mode only), Shadow Dancer, Shinobi, and Time Scanner

Superb Arcade Game Emulator v0.01 (MS-DOS) SAGE is a promising new arcade emulator similar to the commercial Williams Arcade Emulator that features digitized sound. While this means that real sound isn't being emulated, it assures that all the currently supported games will have sound. Supported games are currently; Galaxian, Phoenix, and Space Invaders.

Sparcade v1.95b (MS-DOS) Although it is also a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator, Sparcade is primarily a multi arcade game emulator that supports Amidar, Centipede, Frogger, Galaxian, Lunar Lander, Pacman, Pengo, Phoenix, Pisces, Pleiades, Scramble, Space Attack, Space Invaders, Space Invaders Deluxe, The End, War of the Bugs, and Zaxxon. The speed of Sparcade is unmatched!

VPCB v0.4 (MS-DOS) VPCB currently plays Centipede and Millipede.

Williams Arcade Classics (MS-DOS / Macintosh / Windows 95)
  • Author: Unknown
  • Registration: $30 at most software retailers
  • Release Date: Unknown
The Williams Arcade Classics emulator was released as a commercial bundle of six games. For each game was an excecutable file with the original ROMs embedded, and all necessary emulation coding, and a remastered sound file giving you much better quality sound than was originally present. The games included in the package were Joust, Defender, Defender 2, Robotron 2010, Sinistar, and Bubble.

Xcade v0.1 (Unix/X) Xcade supports Pacman, Mrs. Pacman, Pengo, Phoenix, and Pleiades. A great feature of this emulator is multiple screen modes!


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