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EXPLORING EMULATION

RETROBATES MULL OVER THE SCENE’S MOST INTRIGUING ISSUES

DARRAN JONES

NICK THORPEW

TIM EMPEY

We were rather inspired by Rory Milne’s Emulation Nation feature this month, so we decided to take some time to talk about our own experiences with emulation. So lets cover everything, from the free projects that most people think of, to the commercially released official compilations and numerous mini consoles.

NICK

How did you first find out about emulation? For me, it was a newspaper article about MAME.

TIM

I first thought

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