Emulation
From OESF
From the 700 series Zaurus onwards, there has been sufficient processor power and memory to allow emulation of other platforms. Of course, it is quicker to provide a virtual machine/application library interface than to emulate an alien platform where the processor and peripherals are totally different from the Zaurus's.
The most exciting development as of writing this is the Zaurus port of the PSX emulator. http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=17052
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Game console systems
| Device | Package | Status/Performance/Hints | Home Page |
| Atari 2600 | zStella | ? | http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/lab/zstella/ |
| SNES | ? | ? | http://www.suhami.net/zaurus/index.cgi?Emulator/snes9x |
| PSX | ZPSX | currently in active development, see
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=38828 http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=17052 Compatibility lists at http://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=ZPSX and http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=wiki/psx4allCompatList | http://www.psx4all.net/ |
Home Computers
| Device | Package | Status/Performance/Hints | Home Page |
| Apple2e | Zapple | http://led.e-fever.org/zaurus/modules/mydownloads/ | |
| Atari 8-bit Line | Atari800z | Doesn't work if launched from the launcher, I had to launch from the command line with the "-window" option. Kind of slow, I'm looking for speed improvements. | http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/emulators/new-atari/ |
| Commodore 64 | Frodo | Very fast. Haven't got sound to work. Really needs FrodoGUI to be of any use. | http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=Frodo |
| Commodore Amiga | UAE | ? | http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=537 |
| Sinclair Spectrum | ZJasper | Not sure how to make it work, needs java | http://s88074083.onlinehome.us/Zaurus/Index.htm |
| Sinclair Spectrum | ZX4Zaurus | Lost - broken download? Needs java | http://killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=295
reported found, here at http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=23092&view=findpost&p=153959 |
| Multi | MaxMess | ? | http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=654 |
PC Emulators/Virtual Machines
| Device | Package | Status/Performance/Hints | Home Page |
| x86/DOS | Bochs | very slow, create a bochs image on a PC first then copy to Zaurus | http://bochs.sourceforge.net/ - zaurus port at http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tzer-jen/zbochs/ |
| x86/DOS | dosbox | ? | ? |
| x86 virtual machine | qemu | very slow, create a qemu disk image on a PC first then copy to Zaurus | http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/ |
Handhelds
| Device | Package | Status/Performance/Hints | Home Page |
| Atari Lynx | handy/sdl | ? | See this thread: http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=18087 |
| GameBoy | GameboyZ (SDL) | A little slow, but very playable. Plays in portrait mode on the SL-5500. Calendar and Contacts buttons are mapped as A and B. | http://psifertex.com/zaurus/gbz.phtml |
| GameBoy | qtgnuboy (Qt/SDL) | slower than GameboyZ. Buttons are not mapped to zaurus application buttons. | http://www.warmi.net/zaurus/gnuboy.shtml |
| GameBoy | ZGnuBoy (SDL) | Spot on emulation, speed is perfect. My only gripe is that it plays in Landscape mode on the SL-5500. Also controls are bit odd with some GB buttons are mapped to the keyboard. Has game saves. | http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=1218 |
| Palm (68k) | qpose | slow, only for early 68000 based Palms? | http://www.climov.com/zaurus/qpose/ |
Arcade Systems
Most of these are various ports of Mame
| Device | Package | Status/Performance/Hints | Home Page |
| Multi | MaxMame | This is a version of AdvanceMaMe, slow | ? |
| Multi | qMame.ld | ? | http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=376 |
| Multi | Xmame.sdl | ? | http://www.elsix.org/index.php?w=project&p=1044 |
| Multi | zMame | Slow but playable. May need to enable auto frame skip on some action games. | http://zmame.mameworld.net/ |
External Sites
| Site | Comments |
| booyaa's gaming on the go | a review site about emulators on the zaurus and their games. |
| Linux Link's emulation section | |
| http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=wiki/psx4allCompatList | Tyrannozaurus's PSX4All compatibility |
