You might wonder what an emulator is. Emulators allow your computer to act like a console system such as the Apple IIe or the Atari 2600, which are used to emulate the hardware of a variety of classic arcade games.
Are all classic arcade games emulated? No, but those games made before 1992 are. Not all systems are easy to emulate.
Why is there a need to emulate classic arcade games? There are three major reasons why:
1. Popularity if the system is popular, even if it is classic, the more effort is pushed to emulate it.
2. Availability of the Information if the system contains a lot of information, it will be easier to emulate. If a game has never been emulated before, it will require a lot of reverse engineering, which could at times be frustrating.
3. Technical Hurdles the hardware limits restrictions that are hard to avoid. For example, it took quite some time before the Atari 7800 was emulated, due to the encryption algorithm which prohibited games from being loaded. In addition, newer systems may lack the absolute horsepower to have the game run at a playable, and faster speed.
Although emulators are difficult to run, especially...
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