Difference between revisions of "Generator (emulator)"

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* Amiga: {{file|Generator Amiga.7z|versions 1.15, 0.33, 0.34 and 0.35, plus 0.34 and 0.35 source code.}}
 
* Amiga: {{file|Generator Amiga.7z|versions 1.15, 0.33, 0.34 and 0.35, plus 0.34 and 0.35 source code.}}
 
** 1.06, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13 and 1.14 are missing.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20001002173737/http://www.amidog.com:80/emu/amigenerator/download.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20020328174520/http://www.amidog.com:80/emu/amigenerator/download.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20100812055119/http://www.amidog.se/amiga/amigenerator/download.html}}
 
** 1.06, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13 and 1.14 are missing.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20001002173737/http://www.amidog.com:80/emu/amigenerator/download.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20020328174520/http://www.amidog.com:80/emu/amigenerator/download.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20100812055119/http://www.amidog.se/amiga/amigenerator/download.html}}
* Mac: {{file|Generator Mac.7z|versions 0.0.3a, 0.15a, 0.21, 0.32, 0.3.5, 0.3.6, 0.3.8, 0.3.9, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3 and 0.4.4}}
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* Mac: {{file|Generator Mac.7z|versions 0.0.3a, 0.15a, 0.21, 0.32, 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.6, 0.3.8, 0.3.9, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3 and 0.4.4}}
 
** 0.13, 0.16, 0.1.9, 0.2.0, 0.2.1 are missing.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000226210344/http://bannister.org:80/software/generate.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010207164429/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010405023635/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010602104613/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010622135605/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}
 
** 0.13, 0.16, 0.1.9, 0.2.0, 0.2.1 are missing.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000226210344/http://bannister.org:80/software/generate.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010207164429/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010405023635/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010602104613/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010622135605/http://www.bannister.org/software/generator.htm}}
 
* Pocket PC: {{file|Generator Pocket PC.7z|versions 1.0b1 and 1.0b2}}
 
* Pocket PC: {{file|Generator Pocket PC.7z|versions 1.0b1 and 1.0b2}}

Revision as of 13:53, 8 August 2017

Video game console emulator

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Generator
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
OS: DOS, Linux, Windows, Amiga, Mac, Dreamcast, Pocket PC
Developer: James Ponder (DOS, Linux), Mathias "AmiDog" Roslund (Amiga), Richard F. Bannister (Mac), Atani Software (Windows, Dreamcast), Domenico Dato (Pocket PC), MetaFox (Dreamcast)
Programmed in: C
Last release date: (21 years ago)
Last version: 0.35

Generator is an open source emulator by James Ponder designed to emulate the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console. It is a portable program written in C and has been ported to the Amiga, Macintosh, Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 (PGen) and even Pocket PCs, such as the iPAQ and Cassiopeia. Natively, it compiles under Unix for X Windows with either tcl/tk or gtk/SDL, for svgalib and even cross-compiles to DOS with djgpp/allegro.

Generator uses its own custom 68000 processor emulation which is and uses compilation techniques such as block-marking, flag calculation removal, operand pre-calculation, endian pre-conversion, etc. There are approximately 1600 C routines generated by the first stage of compilation to cope with the 67 instruction families. These include two versions of every instruction - one that calculates flags and one that doesn't, so that unnecessary flag computation is avoided.

Downloads

Download.svg Download Generator
File: Generator v0.35.7z (821 kB) (info)
Current version: 0.35 (DOS and Linux)

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