XRoar is a Dragon emulator for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, GP32, Nintendo DS and Windows. Due to hardware similarities, XRoar also emulates the Tandy Colour Computer (CoCo) models 1 & 2.
These are the latest packaged builds. For old versions, see the file archive. The latest source code is version 0.22, released 2008-12-23.
| Mac OS X Universal Binary | XRoar-0.22.dmg |
|---|---|
| Nintendo DS | xroar-0.22f1-nds.zip |
| GP32 | xroar-0.21f1-gp32.zip |
| Windows | xroar-0.22-windows32.zip |
The manual is available in various forms: PDF, HTML and plain text. See Getting started for a quick guide to running XRoar.
Firmware ROM images are required to usefully run this emulator. If you have difficulty extracting these from your real Dragon or CoCo, dumps may be available from the Dragon Archive.
Want a Dragon in your browser? Here's a limited but functional Flash version of XRoar. Needs Flash 9 and a pretty fast computer.
For full version information, see the ChangeLog.
This is the latest source code release, and the patch against it used for the 'fast' builds (better speed at the expense of accuracy). For previous releases, see the file archive.
| Source code | xroar-0.22.tar.gz |
|---|---|
| 'Fast' patch | xroar-0.22-0.22f1.diff |
A Darcs repository, usually reflecting the current development state, is provided:
$ darcs get --set-scripts-executable http://www.6809.org.uk/repos/xroar
The --set-scripts-executable option should give execute permission to the configure script.
See Building from source code in the manual for instructions on building from source.
XRoar is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Binary packages may be linked against SDL and/or libsndfile, each of which are distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
drHirudo has ported XRoar to AmigaOS 4 (!), available here.
ZX-81 has ported XRoar 0.19 to the Sony PSP and GP2X handhelds. Check for "Tandy Coco" in the list of categories on ZX-81's web site.
Ron from DCEmu started a port to the Dreamcast called DragonDC. The last post about it I can find was from the 12th April 2007.
MESS, the "Multiple Emulator Super System", emulates a variety of old computer hardware, Dragon included. SDLMESS might be more appropriate, depending on your system. Source available.
T3 and PC-Dragon, two DOS-only emulators written by Paul Burgin. Source code is available for PC-Dragon, but redistribution of modified copies (of the source) is not permitted, amongst other restrictions. T3 is closed source.
Vcc, a Windows-only CoCo 3 emulator. Does not emulate CoCo 1/2 (beyond what compatibility a CoCo 3 had) or Dragon. Closed source.
Updated 9 May 2009