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About b2
b2 emulates the BBC Micro and its relatives: the BBC Master 128, the BBC Master Compact and the Olivetti PC 128 S. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
The project is aimed both at people who want to play their old BBC games again and at people developing new software for these machines. It is developed on GitHub, with a long commit history and build files for each supported platform.
Strengths
- Covers several Acorn BBC models and the Olivetti PC 128 S
- Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
- Useful for both playing and developing software
Limitations
- Limited to BBC Micro family machines
- Documentation lives mainly in the repository
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download from GitHub.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Tom Seddon
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- BBC Micro and Master users replaying old games or writing new software
- Categories
- Emulators
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to b2
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BeebEm
A Windows emulator for the BBC Micro and Acorn Master Series computers.
BeebEm is an open-source emulator of the BBC Micro and Master Series with disc and tape sound effects, but it runs on Windows only, unlike the cross-platform b2.
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 covering thousands of arcade, console and computer systems, not just the BBC family, and it needs ROM sets that match its exact version.
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