Acorn Archimedes /

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An Acorn Archimedes emulator covering the original ARM2 machines through the ARM3 and ARM250 models, including the A4 laptop. It emulates podules, IDE and SCSI hard discs and Ethernet cards, and has a built-in debugger.

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Facts

Runs on
Windows, Linux
License
Open source (GPL-2.0)
System ROMs
You supply your own
Mobile
None (no official phone or tablet version)
Models
A305, A310, A440, A3000, A540, A5000, A3010, A3020, A4000, A4
Opens
.adf .hdf
Written in
C
First release
2005
Authors
Sarah Walker
Last checked
Oct 2026

Features

  • Not listed:Save states
  • Not listed:Rewind
  • Not listed:Fast-forward
  • Not listed:Run-ahead
  • Not listed:Online multiplayer
  • Not listed:CRT shaders
  • Not listed:A/V recording
  • Not listed:Cheats
  • Not listed:Achievements
  • Not listed:Themes

For developers

  • HasDebugger
  • Not listed:Memory viewer
  • Not listed:Disassembler
  • Not listed:Profiler
  • Not listed:Trace logger
  • Not listed:Scripting
  • Not listed:Command line

Emulated hardware

  • HasHard disk
  • HasMIDI
  • Not listed:Printer
  • HasNetworking
  • Not listed:Modem
  • Not listed:RAM expansion
  • Not listed:Accelerator cards

Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.