Short:        Signetics-based machines emulator
Uploader:     amigansoftware@gmail.com (James Jacobs)
Author:       amigansoftware@gmail.com (James Jacobs)
Type:         misc/emu
Version:      4.03
Architecture: android >= 8.0.0
Requires:     480*960 or higher resolution
URLs:         http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/, http://amigan.yatho.com

Overview
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DroidArcadia is the Android port of the AmiArcadia/WinArcadia 34.1
emulator. The following machines are emulated:

    * Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson,
      Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu,
      Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix,
      etc.) (c. 1982);
    * Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain,
      Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace,
      Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
    * Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
    * Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by Zaccaria
      (1979-1981); and
    * Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981).

Features include: artefacting, autofire, force feedback, frame skipping,
game help, gamepad support, high score management, horizon dejittering,
locale support, save screenshots, saved states, sprite demultiplexing,
tone retuning, trainers, support for ZIPped games, DIP switch editor,
RetroAchievements support.

The supported languages are currently English, Dutch, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish.

Instructions
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Input from a peripheral will be shown as yellow on the keypad and paddle
gadgets. Touchscreen input will be shown as white. Red and blue represent
the left and right players, respectively. A button in green is autofiring.
Games which only use one button (or none) will automatically use the "one-
button mode", in which the twelve small keypad buttons are replaced by one
large button.
  Real (host) gamepads/joysticks/keyboards are mapped as follows (an
8BitDo Zero 2 gamepad is shown here):

      L                   R
  
      +                   X
      |    
    +-+-+               Y   A
      |
      +   SELECT  START   B
      
Y:      1st firebutton
X:      2nd firebutton
B:      3rd firebutton
A:      4th firebutton
L:      B/LC
R:      Toggle autofire on/off
START:  START
SELECT: A/UC
D-pad:  paddle directions

For Arcadia and Interton, the on-screen RESET button is the same as the
"Reset" command in the options. For Elektor, the on-screen RESET button
is an ordinary console button; the "Reset" command in the options will
still reset the machine as normal.
  BIN files (raw dumps) can be loaded for Arcadia and Interton. TVC files
can be loaded for Elektor. Saved states (COS files) are also supported,
via the "Quickload state" and "Quicksave state" commands in the options.
DroidArcadia COS files are not cross-compatible with Ami/WinArcadia COS
files.
  "Stretching: 4:3 small" is the same as "Off" except that in NTSC mode
the screen will be stretched slightly vertically to have the correct 4:3
ratio (similar to the "Stretch NTSC" option of WinArcadia).
  See the Ami/WinArcadia user manual (eg. in
http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/WinArcadia-bin.rar ) for documentation
about any features that are shared with those emulators. The licence is
also the same as for those emulators.
  The emulator was written in C and Java 17, using Android Studio 2024.3.1
aka Meerkat. It was tested on Redmi 6A, ZTE Optus P500 and ZTE Optus P501
phones with Android 8.1, 9 and 11 respectively, at 480*960 (176 dpi) and
720*1440 (320 dpi) resolutions, and also on BlueStacks 5.21.205.1001 P64.
  The emulator needs storage permissions to be granted if you want to be
able to save screenshots.

History
-------

4.03: Mon  7 Apr 2025. AA/WA 34.1
Changes since V4.02:
 Summary:
  * Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.
 Details:
  elektor: added gaming guide link for solitaire.
  arcadia: improved game help for space squadron.
  fixed: it was allowing quickloading in hardcore mode.
  arcadia: fixed: input was sampled at the wrong point in the frame (fixes
   hobo).

4.02: Thu 27 Mar 2025.
4.01: Sun 23 Mar 2025.
4.0:  Fri 21 Mar 2025. AA/WA 34.02. 40th release.

3.31: Sat 15 Feb 2025. AA/WA 34.0
3.3:  Sun 26 Jan 2025. AA/WA 33.9
3.24: Sun 12 Jan 2025. AA/WA 33.8
3.23: Sun 29 Dec 2024. AA/WA 33.72
3.22: Fri 13 Dec 2024. AA/WA 33.71
3.21: Mon  2 Dec 2024. AA/WA 33.7
3.2:  Wed 20 Nov 2024. AA/WA 33.6
3.1:  Fri 26 Jul 2024. AA/WA 32.9
3.0:  Sun  2 Jun 2024. AA/WA 32.52

2.6:  Wed 22 May 2024. AA/WA 32.51
2.53: Fri 17 May 2024.
2.52: Wed 15 May 2024. AA/WA 32.5
2.51: Sun  5 May 2024. AA/WA 32.41
2.5:  Sun 28 Apr 2024. AA/WA 32.4
2.44: Fri 19 Jan 2024. AA/WA 30.8.
2.43: Tue 26 Dec 2023. AA/WA 30.72
2.42: Fri 15 Dec 2023. AA/WA 30.71
2.41: Thu 16 Nov 2023. AA/WA 30.5
2.4:  Sun 15 Oct 2023. AA/WA 30.31
2.36: Wed 27 Sep 2023. AA/WA 30.3
2.35: Sun 10 Sep 2023. AA/WA 30.2
2.34: Tue 22 Aug 2023. AA/WA 30.02
2.33: Mon  7 Aug 2023. AA/WA 30.0
2.32: Sat  8 Jul 2023.    WA 29.51
2.31: Sat  1 Jul 2023. AA/WA 29.5
2.3:  Sun 18 Jun 2023. AA/WA 29.41
2.2:  Mon 29 May 2023.
2.1:  Wed 24 May 2023. AA/WA 29.4
2.0:  Sun 14 May 2023.

1.9:  Sun  7 May 2023.
1.8:  Wed 26 Apr 2023. AA/WA 29.39
1.7:  Sun  9 Apr 2023. AA/WA 29.38
1.6:  Sun  2 Apr 2023.
1.5:  Sun 26 Mar 2023. AA/WA 29.37
1.4:  Mon 20 Mar 2023.
1.3:  Fri 17 Mar 2023.
1.2:  Sun 12 Mar 2023.
1.1:  Sat  4 Mar 2023.
1.0:  Sat 18 Feb 2023. AA/WA 29.36