Alternatives to BeebEm
A Windows emulator for the BBC Micro and Acorn Master Series computers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
BeebEm
A Windows emulator for the BBC Micro and Acorn Master Series computers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as BeebEm.
b2
A cross-platform emulator of the BBC Micro, BBC Master 128, Master Compact and Olivetti PC 128 S.
b2 emulates the BBC Micro, Master 128, Master Compact and Olivetti PC 128 S on Windows, macOS and Linux, but it is not open source and its documentation lives mostly in the repository.
MAME
Documents and recreates thousands of arcade machines, consoles and old computers, with accuracy as the point.
MAME is an open-source GPL-2.0 emulator for thousands of arcade, console and computer systems on Windows, macOS and Linux, with monthly releases, but ROM sets must match its exact version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
AppleWin
An Apple II emulator for Windows that supports several Apple II models, clones and peripherals.
XRoar
An emulator for Dragon 32 and 64, Tandy Colour Computer and Tandy MC-10 8-bit machines.
VICE
A long-running emulator for Commodore 8-bit computers, including the C64, C128, VIC-20, PET and Plus/4.
ZEsarUX
An emulator for Sinclair machines, including the ZX Spectrum, ZX81, QL and Z88, plus many clones.
Caprice32
An emulator of the Amstrad CPC range of 8-bit home computers for Linux and Windows.