SVI-318/328 Emulator

by Jimmy Mårdell

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NEW VERSION!

Latest News

Believe it or not, but there's a new version of your favourite emulator. All updates have been done by the SVI guru Tomas Karlsson (thanks a lot man! :) ). Updates include floppy disk support, printer support and the addition of a software reset. See version.txt for more information.

What is it?

The SVI-318/328 emulator (for DOS) emulates an SVI-318 or SVI-328 system. So what is an SVI-3x8?? Well, it could be described as a pre-MSX, as it's very similiar to the MSX1. If you want to know more about the SVI, check out Tomas Karlssons excellent page, the Unofficial Spectravideo Homepage. On the page you will not only find history, technical information, but a lot of great, classic Spectravideo games!

The current version of the emulator is 0.33. It emulates the basic SVI system, a tape recorder, floppy disks, a printer and RAM expansion cards. Missing things includes 80 column card and RS 232 interface.

Troubleshooting

The target platform for the emulator is good old DOS, which can cause problems for Windows users. Most notably the sound support can cause problems. In Windows 95/98/ME, it seems to work pretty well though. If you run Win NT/2k/XP, try download the VDMSound driver (thanks Nadav Vansover for this info!) from the URL below, and it should work. If you still have problems, you will have to run without sound for now. You can do this by starting the emulator with the option -sound 0 (or add this in the default configuration file).

Download

The four games below (+ Spectron which is included in the emulator) is all you will find on this page. You'll find more games on the Unofficial Spectravideo Homepage.

SVI-318/328 emulator v0.33 for DOS (with source code in C & ASM)
Cart: Swedish character cartridge
Tape: Megalone (arcade/adventure game by Dan Haggren)
Tape: SASA (arcade game by Spectravideo)
Tape: Knightmare (shoot'em up game by Konami Software)
Tape: The Goonies (platform game by Konami Software)