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by Marat Fayzullin

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[Picture] The Latest Version of ColEm is 2.5
Starting with this version, I am releasing Unix and Maemo ports of ColEm. The ColEm-Unix port has been tested on Ubuntu Linux. Both Ubuntu binaries and the source code are available from this page. If you have problems compiling ColEm on other flavors of Unix or Linux, let me know.

The ColEm-Maemo port will run on Nokia's N800/N810 internet tablets using Maemo OS2008 (aka Chinook). It has been specifically optimized for these tablets, making use of the touch screen and a few pieces of ARM assembler code. The ColEm-Maemo source code is also available for those who would like to learn from it.

ColEm supports both standard and SuperAction controllers, including the spinners (controlled with mouse movement). I have also started adding Coleco Adam emulation but it is not finished yet. Please see the documentation for the full list of changes and additions.

What is ColEm?
While developing fMSX, I got a request to take a look at the ColecoVision videogame console. The request contained a short document on the ColecoVision internals, from which I found that ColecoVision was not much different from MSX. Thus, I got to work and in a short while made a ColecoVision emulator, later known as ColEm.

From the very beginning, ColEm has been an open rather than commercial project, so its sources are freely available for those who would like to learn from them. Thus, you can use ColEm sources for free, as long as your project is not commercial and you are making a clear reference to me, Marat Fayzullin, as the author. Please note that while ColEm source code is open, it is not available under GPL license terms.

[Picture] Due to its simplicity, ColEm has been ported to many platforms and used as a study case by those who would like to write an emulator. If you find a bug, have an idea on the further ColEm improvement, or would like to port ColEm to a new platform, please, let me know.

Licensing ColEm
ColEm is written in portable C language and will work on any sufficiently fast computing platform, be it a computer, a videogame console, a PDA, a cell phone, a DVD or MP3 player, or even a digital camera. If your company considers using ColecoVision emulation in its products, you can license the ColEm source code from me. I am also available for consulting work in the software emulation, embedded programming, and other fields. See my resume and contact me if interested.

Downloads

At this site
ColEm 2.5 Windows free for all Windows versions
ColEm 2.5 MSDOS included with ColEm-Windows
ColEm 2.5 Linux binaries for Ubuntu Linux
ColEm 2.5.3 Maemo for Nokia N800/N810 tablets (or install directly to device)
ColEm 2.5 Symbian for Nokia S60 3rd Edition (see instructions)
ColEm 2.5 Symbian for Sony Ericsson UIQ3 (see instructions)
ColEm 2.5.2 Windows/MSDOS/Unix/Maemo portable sources
EMUL8 Discussion Group discuss your problems here
EMUL8 Page documents, tools, libraries, Z80 core, etc.
The Address Book (look up email addresses here)

Ports
ColEm Macintosh by John Stiles
ColEm PSP by Akop Karapetyan
ColEm OS/2 by Darrell Spice Jr.
ColEm PalmOS5 by Christian Prinoth
ColEm Acorn by David McEwen
ColEm PocketPC by Stuart Russell
ColEm Dreamcast by Marc Dietrichstein
ColEm PC98 (in Japanese)
ColEm Xfree86-OS/2 by Krister Bergman

Screenshots

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Built-in Debugger

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Network Play Feature

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Video Hustler

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Lady Bug

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Galaxians

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River Raid (with scanlines)

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