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- 2026-07-15
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Everyone say hi to Krill, the ultimate "well ackchyually" guy. -
Hi Krill! -
is hardware emulation superior to software emulation? - Of course. Not in the same ballpark. Just look at latency.
- I think the question was a bit more rethorical in my head than what you made of it :)
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and this will affect the Demoscene. -
you might be in for surprises with certain experts on emulation -
People testing stuff only in the emulator do affect the Demoscene. =) - For some reason, people tend to believe that software-emulation is more authentic when it runs from an FPGA. Don't exactly know why.
- of course emulation in software is always lightyears ahead, and if you love emulators, you'd do demos on real HW. but this is logic so sound it must escape consumers who never did a demo, and never will.
- It's closer to a "clone" than "emulation". I mean, one could also call ICs an "emulation of discrete components."
- True emulation is only possible with fantasy consoles. Discuss!
- fantasy consoles: singularity of real HW and emulation - and the only solution for the demoscene endgame
- At this time, VICE is truer to the original than 64U in terms of compatibility.
- Thank you for that Groepaz.
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FPGA [i]can[/i] be closer to a clone, but only when the internals of the chip are known to a level that can be cloned. A re-implementation based on observed behaviour isn't fundamentally more accurate than software. - 🤦
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if you made a demo but didn't break an emulator, did you really make a demo? -
If you create a demo that does not run on the intended real hardware, is the same true? - what is a demo, baby don't hurt me
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what is amour - well c'est simple, amour is péage !
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You can't break an emulator without making a few bugs -
https://bsky.app/profile/lynn.cat/post/3mqnlcbd6u52k - 1. make your own emulator 2. create a demo that breaks it 3. ??? 4. profit!