Retro Emulation – A Basic Explanation

Game emulation on the surface may seem relatively simply. Select a system you want to emulate, download an emulator and a game and click play
Sounds simple right?

The depths that brilliant coders all around the world have gone to to get games to emulate retro games is insurmountable as well as finding ways to enhance the original games

Being such a broad topic I will focus and describe what is required for a game to emulate in a way that any semi tech savvy ready will understand

My Emulation Setup
Hardware:
I have been using the Raspberry Pi single board computers for the last few years as my choice of hardware for my 2d retro game projects.
Software:
The open-source linux retro gaming operating system I am using is called Retro Pie.

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