Emulators and Retro System Deep-dives on Emulation Online

Introducing Gouda: Write CUDA Run Anywhere How it works: Not a compatibility layer Conway’s Game of Life Life in C Porting to Gouda Getting started with Gouda Welcome back to our series on GPU and parallel programming.

OpenCL 101 - Write an OpenCL program from scratch In this article we’ll write parallel code that can run on a CPU or GPU, for both AMD and NVidia devices.

CUDA 101 - Write a simple program from scratch Splitting a workload : grid and blocks and threads Starting a task What is a CUDA kernel?

GPU Lab Launched We’ve just launched our GPU lab, which allows you to practice GPU programming like CUDA in your browser.

Intro to GPUs The GPU A Problem for GPUs: Matrix Multiplication Matrix Multiplication Refresher Implementation note: packed row-major matrices.

Try CUDA Online in your Browser Want to learn CUDA and parallel programming, but lack a compatible GPU?

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Unique features of the 8088 CPU We continue on our effort to build an 8088 CPU emulator, as well as emulating the rest of the original IBM PC.

The brain of the PC: The 8088 CPU Intel CPU History The 8086 / 8088 Instruction set Add on the 8086: Add on the 6502 Next up: unique 8086 features The first piece of the DOS+PC platform we’ll look at in detail is the CPU.

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Intro & Why build a new DOS / PC Emulator We’ve decided to build a new emulator for the DOS / Early PC platform.

(Mind) Uploading a Chip - Intro Styles of Reverse Engineering Chip emulation today (Industry vs Retrocomputing) Reverse engineering a chip 1.

Comparing Scripting Language Speed By building a programming language interpretter What is an interpretter A simple machine: The Turing Machine Why build an interpretter Measuring Performance Programming Language Runtime Comparisons / Benchmarks Why so sl…

Programming Language Complexity How complex is your programming language?

The Best Nintendo DS Emulators for Android: Accuracy vs.

Retro Console CPU Timeline This page lets you explore the speed of retro gaming consoles.

Retro Console Timeline This page lets you explore the history of retro gaming consoles, as well as how popular each system was.

Play Retro Games Safely in Your Browser: The Power of Web-Based Emulators The thrill of rediscovering classic games from your childhood is timeless.

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The Top 3 PS1 Emulators for Android (2026 Comparison): Which One Should You Buy?

Popular File formats for CD Emulation In this article we’ll talk about the most common formats used for representing CD data for emulators.

Best PC Engine & TurboGrafx-16 Emulators for Android in 2026: PicoEngine vs.

Best Sega Master System Emulators for Android in 2026: PicoMaster vs.

Best Gameboy Emulators for Android in 2026: PicoBoy vs.

PicoEngine (Web): Online PC Engine Emulator Get the app to save your progress.

The future of Retro Gaming is on the Web.

The Ultimate GBA Emulator Showdown: Accuracy, Controls, and Convenience (Featuring PicoAdvance) I.

PicoAdvance Player Announcement A while back, we created PicoAdvance, a very accurate GBA emulator you can play in the browser.

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Our Emulators On this page you can browse our emulators.

PicoMaster (Web): Online Master System Emulator Get the app to save your progress.

Top Gameboy Emulators for Android: My OldBoy!

PicoAdvance (Web): Online GBA Emulator Get the app for save support.

Download on Google Play PicoBoy for Android GBC Emulator The Iconic Game Boy ™ Experience.

How to run Basic (QBASIC) on Dosbox on Modern Computers QBasic was a popular programming environment, originally bundled with MS-DOS based computers.

Online Basic Interpreter Write and run BASIC programs in your browser!

Learn BASIC programming and BASIC Quick Reference (and compare classic BASIC, QBASIC, Commodore BASIC, and Applesoft BASIC Want to learn BASIC programming?

PicoNES Player Announcement We have just created PicoNES Player, an embeddable NES emulator for the web.

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The Best NES Emulator for Android: A Head-to-Head Comparison (2025) So, you want to play classic NES games on your Android phone.

The Ultimate Guide: How to Play NES Games on Android in 2025 Remember the magic of the Nintendo Entertainment System?

PicoNES Your NES favorites, playable on Android.

Chip-8 Control Flow and Graphics Welcome.

Implementing Chip-8 Instructions Welcome back to this series on building a Chip-8 emulator.

Running Chip-8 Programs Welcome back to this Chip-8 Emulation series.

Chip-8 Introduction In this series of posts we will be building an emulator for the Chip-8 system.