The quasi88 core is an emulator for the NEC PC-8000 / PC-8800 series. It is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.
- The quasi88 core requires the following BIOS files:
- - n88.rom: Required.
- - n88n.rom: Required for PC-8000 series emulation.
- - disk.rom: Required for loading disk images.
- - n88knj1.rom: Required for viewing kanji.
- - n88_0.rom: Required.
The quasi88 core is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.
The sound processing portion of the quasi88 core uses source code from MAME, XMAME, and the FM audio generator 'fmgen'.
The quasi88 core can start using between 0 and 6 disks as content.
The quasi88 core supports multiple disks through the subsystem interface and M3U playlists.
- The quasi88 core supports the following file extensions:
- - .d88: PC-8000 / PC-8800 series disk image
- - .u88: User disk, same functionality as .d88
- - .m3u: Playlist file
The quasi88 core supports the following features:
- - Restart
- - Screenshots
- - Saves
- - States
- - Rewind
- - Netplay
- - Core Options
- - Memory Monitoring
- - RetroArch Cheats
- - Controls
- - Remapping
- - Rumble
The quasi88 core does not support the following features:
- - Native Cheats
- - Multi-Mouse
- - Sensors
- - Camera
- - Location
- - Softpatching
- - Disk Control
- - Username
- - Language
- - Crop Overscan
- - LEDs
The quasi88 core saves data to the frontend's save directory.
The quasi88 core saves states to the frontend's state directory.
The quasi88 core has the following geometry specifications:
- - FPS: 60
- - Sample rate: 44100 Hz
- - Base width: 640
- - Base height: 400
- - Max width: 640
- - Max height: 400
- - Aspect ratio: 8/5
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