Amiga 500 ESP32 vs GEKKO Amiga Emulator
Amiga 500 ESP32
github.comGEKKO Amiga Emulator
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| Figure | Amiga 500 ESP32 | GEKKO Amiga Emulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Amiga Emulators | 7.6 (#11) | 7.5 (#14) |
| Controls | A cabinet joystick and buttons map to the Amiga joystick and mouse buttons. | The listing describes mouse controls, joystick switching between ports 1 and 2, and virtual mouse controls. |
| Emulation | It boots Kickstart 1.3 and Workbench 1.3, with OCS chipset features including sprites, copper, blitter, Paula audio, and dual CIA emulation. | The app listing says it emulates Amiga graphics, the floppy drive, and the hard disk. |
| Intended audience | The maker describes it as an educational, non-commercial project. | The Google Play listing gives the app an Everyone content rating. |
| Purpose | Amiga 500 emulator running on ESP32-S3 hardware, with a PC build for development. | GEKKO describes the app as an emulator for Commodore Amiga on Android. |
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In their own words
Amiga 500 ESP32
Amiga 500 ESP32 has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
GEKKO Amiga Emulator
GEKKO Amiga Emulator is a free Android app that emulates Commodore Amiga systems. Its listed emulation covers Amiga graphics, floppy-drive behavior, and hard-disk behavior. Controls include mouse input, virtual mouse controls, and joystick switching between ports 1 and 2. Bluetooth joypads are supported. The app listing describes fast loading and a Force 256 display-aspect option. Users can use a command line to insert text or press a key. GEKKO links to an Android version on Google Play, where the app is listed at free and contains ads. Google Play gives it an Everyone content rating. The developer is named as Gennaro Coda, with an address in Gragnano, Italy, and support is available at [email protected]. The developer’s privacy policy says its apps and games do not collect information. Google Play separately says the app may share device or other IDs with third parties, collects no data, encrypts data in transit, and does not allow data deletion.