Portable Emulator

The capability to play some of the first computer games: Spacewar, (1962) Star Wars, Dungeon, and the original Zork.

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The system will emulate (100) original computer games inexistence from the first decade from (1962 - 1972). The specs will duplicate the programming of the Apple II, though, the first PC game dates back to (1952) made for EDSAC computer at Cambridge University. I'm going to exclude the console games and this project will strictly be for the early development of at home PC gaming.

Unsure of the actual programming and to get permission to use the games on the device may prove highly challenging. I'm going to figure on a demo, working on multiple based platforms and PC programming languages.

In remembering when the first Pong arcade coin-op machines made there public debut (1971). I would like to do an electronic timeline as one of the main primary functions: 1. select a decade (1970's for an example...) 2. pick a genre 3. search for specific title in the sub-menu. If it works having a device that can play the video games that have inspired over 50 years of development, very cool.

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For the moment in early development, working on basic programming and system build. The next stage is to find the appropriate memory storage, now, it went from 25 titles to an astonishing 100 early PC games. I have to devise an internal memory that can function with older programs that date back decades. The games themselves are relatively small (so space is not an issue at all...). It's assembling something that can replicate and function as a computer from the 1950's. I would like to get it as close to original as possible and make gameplay that more fascinating.