emulators

[Gerfried Fuchs]

* Ricardo Mones <mones at debian.org> [2007-12-19 19:03:31 CET]:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:43:04 +0000
> Paulo Silva <nitrofurano at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > - can be emulators considered games, since they were about to use the same
> > development method and technology (like SDL libraries, etc.)?
> 
>   If they're made just for running games I'd say yes, you can think they play
> the same role of a game engine. If they're general platform emulators that,
> among other kind of software, also run games, I'd say no.

 Two examples: xmame and snes9x would fall into the yes category where
vice and uae wouldn't.

 So long,
Rhonda