Software:Wzonka-Lad
| Original author(s) | Ville Helin |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1996[1] |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | 68020 assembler |
| Platform | Amiga |
| License | GPL V2 |
| Website | www |
Wzonka-Lad is a Nintendo Game Boy emulator for the Amiga series of home computers.[2]
History
Wzonka-Lad was written by Ville Helin[2] in 68020 assembler.[3]
The reason why Wzonka-Lad came to be was Virtual Game Boy (VGB), a Game Boy emulator written in C ported to Amiga. It ran so slowly on Amiga hardware that Helin decided to write one faster in assembly language.[2]
The emulator requires at least a 68020 processor, provides several options to vary game speed and colours[4] and supports graphics and sound cards (via CyberGraphX and AHI).[3]
In comparison to other Game Boy emulators for Amiga, version 0.64 was slower and more compatible than AmigaGameBoy, but faster than Unix ports like VGB.[4] Version 0.99 was able to achieve playable speed for most games on systems with a 68030 50 MHz processor or higher.[3]
In August 2003, Wzonka-Lad dropped its shareware status, and was released as free software under the GPL-2.0-only license.[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Wzonka-Lad - Yet Another Gameboy Emulator for Amiga Computers". https://www.villehelin.com/wzonka-lad.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Compton, Jason (January 23, 1997). "Emulation Rambler, Gameboy? No way! Yes way! (VGB and WzonkaLad)". Amiga Report International Online Magazine 5 (1). http://www.amigareport.com/ar501/review2.html. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Němec, Luboš (January 1999). "GameBoy aneb pidihry na Amize, Wzonka-Lad 0.99.12" (in Czech). Amiga Review (Atlantida Publishing) (40): 19. ISSN 1211-1465. https://amigareview.amiga.sk/amiga-review-40/gameboy-aneb-pidihry-na-amize. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Goodwin, Simon (July 1997). "Emulators Part 10: Console Emulation, GameBoy". Amiga Format (Future Publishing) (99): 27–28. ISSN 0957-4867. https://archive.org/stream/AmigaFormatIssue099199707FuturePublishingGB300dpi#page/n25/mode/2up. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Wzonka-Lad News". 2003-08-11. http://www.hut.fi/~vhelin/news.html.
- ↑ "Wzonka-Lad-Source unter GPL veröffentlicht" (in German). Amiga-News.de. August 15, 2003. http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2003-08-00075-DE.html. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
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