Amiga 500 ESP32 vs Copperline
Amiga 500 ESP32
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Copperline
copperline.devSide by side
| Figure | Amiga 500 ESP32 | Copperline |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 0 |
| Spec score · Amiga Emulators | 7.6 (#11) | 7.5 (#13) |
| Hardware | The reference build requires an ESP32-S3 N16R8 with 16MB flash and 8MB OPI PSRAM, plus an ST7796 display and MAX98357A I2S amplifier. | It models OCS, ECS, and AGA Amiga machines with 68000 through 68060 CPUs. |
| License | The original emulator code is under the MIT License, which does not cover the Musashi core or Amiga ROMs and commercial software. | Copperline is free software under GNU GPL v3 or later; its CPU core crate is MIT-licensed. |
| Purpose | Amiga 500 emulator running on ESP32-S3 hardware, with a PC build for development. | Copperline is an open-source Amiga emulator for games, demos and development. |
In their own words
Amiga 500 ESP32
Amiga 500 ESP32 has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Copperline
Copperline is a free, open-source Amiga emulator for games, demos, and development, available on Linux, macOS, Windows, and in browsers. It models OCS, ECS, and AGA machines with 68000 through 68060 CPUs, plus expansion boards, hard disks, and CD drives. Its Debug workspace puts registers, disassembly, and memory beside the Amiga display, and supports reverse stepping from snapshots. Development features include scripted inputs and captures, repeatable test sessions, headless runs, a JSON-RPC control protocol, and debugging Amiga source code from Visual Studio Code. Rollback netplay supports two players on desktop or in browsers, up to four desktop players with the four-player adapter, and up to eight spectators. A libretro core supports RetroArch, including A500, A1200, and CD32 software, WHDLoad, playlists, save states, four local controller ports, and RetroArch netplay. Copperline includes the AROS Kickstart replacement, though some software needs an original Kickstart ROM. It does not support high-density Amiga floppy images or sector-based PC/CrossDOS images.