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Apple IIe Emulator Released For the Wii

Posted by Soulskill on from the going-way-back dept.

fortapocalypse writes "Yohanes Nugroho just released WiiApple, an Apple IIe Emulator for Wii. While the sound doesn't work, some games are playable (he shows a screenshot of Epyx Winter Games as well the execution of a program he wrote in BASIC). He's also released the source code. Using WiiApple requires the Homebrew Channel, which we have discussed in the past."

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  1. XBOX by rtechie · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't have a wii. I do know it's a huge step backwards from a hacked original XBOX for emulation. The original XBOXes were x86/Windows based which made porting all kinds of software far easier than other consoles. I have an emulator for virtually every system for the original XBOX and many of them are far superior to what's available on the wii. In particular this is true of Nintendo 64 emulation, where games are relatively bug-free on the XBOX but barely work on the wii at all. And of course having access to a hard drive helps a lot.

    If you want an emulation box go to GameStop and buy a used original XBOX and an orginal XBOX memory card, then follow one of the online tutorials to soft-mod it. It's really not that difficult. From there you can load hard drive images which will give you dashboards with dozens of emulators and thousands of games and the awesomeness that is XBOX Media Center. XBMC is an incredibly successful homebrew project that in fact FAR outstrips the capabilities of commercial products. It stomps all over AppleTV (for example).

    It is highly unlikely we'll see a console better for homebrew anytime soon, so get 'em while you can.