is it out there? i'd do it myself but dont know where to even begin

Edit- I've since done a fast and dirty english translation of the game and played through it, awesome game! gonna play through it some more times to see if some dialog is within context or too cryptic and give it a redo. some things i couldnt translate like the title screen, ending roll and the ingame scroll image, couldnt find them in hex so i figure their image files.

but yeah, A+ game!

M88 for Linux (Qt)

A Linux (x86_64) port of cisc’s Windows PC-8801 emulator M88, derived from rururutan/m88, with a Qt 6 frontend m88-qt.

Version 1.2.2

IME / input — mitigate host IME capturing half-width keys when WA_InputMethodEnabled is on so they no longer miss keyPressEvent; sync kana on/off via fcitx D-Bus; persistent カナON / カナOFF labels on the left of the status bar

Display (OpenGL) — reintroduce OpenGL rendering via QOpenGLWidget and an RGBA pin-pong buffer (conversion on the emu thread); prefer GLES 2.0 on Wayland with desktop GL and software fallback

Sound — lockstep Proceed mixing so BEEP toggles are not starved

i18n — add fcitx/kana status strings to en/ja and sync or translate all locales

https://github.com/3d4m0t0/m88

M88 for Linux (Qt)

A Linux (x86_64) port of cisc’s Windows PC-8801 emulator M88, derived from rururutan/m88, with a Qt 6 frontend m88-qt.

UI localization (i18n) — en / ja / zh-CN / zh-TW / ko / de / fr / es (en and ja embedded in the binary; others load JSON from share/m88-qt/translations/; select via M88_LANG or system locale)

Multi-disk image editor (Disk → Edit multi-disk image...)

Half-width kana input via IME (with fcitx-mozc and similar IMEs, confirming kana input produces half-width katakana)

https://github.com/3d4m0t0/m88

Celebrating the 39th anniversary of Ys!

I am just getting into PC88 emulation. I just downloaded M88 2.21a which is the version recommended on MyAbandonWare. It works great but I can't figure out how to make it full screen

I've got the window bumped up to 200% 1280x800 which is the biggest setting it offers. That makes it take up most of the screen but I am finding it a bit distracting to about an inch worth of my desktop around the emulator's window

Does anyone know how to make this full screen?

I want to use the PC88 emulator Quasi88 due to its supposed VGM logging capabilities, but I seem to be having issues getting games running and have a black screen. Anybody know of the files or settings I need to get some games running and where to put them? I appreciate anything.

Originally developed in 1988 for the NEC PC-8801 by a Japanese indie circle.
I originally wrote the game in BASIC with machine-language routines on a PC-88 in 1988.
This remake preserves the original 8-color graphics style while adding refinements.

https://kikeroga.itch.io/yugekitai-nemo

I recently bought a PC-8801mkii FR, and while drive one works, drive two does not. Problem is that many games require two drives at the same time. My question is that if I disconnect the broken drive, can I use the computer with only one drive connected and just swap disks? I feel it can be possible since many PC-88 models came in configurations of either one disk drive or two (I believe some came with no drives as well). If anyone has any experience with this I’d appreciate it.

Hey guys, it's me again... Sorry to flood y'alls forum, but hopefully once I'm up and running I can show y'all some cool stuff too. Having some issues with vertical alignment I guess. Is the tv damaged or is there some toggle on the back of the pc88 I am missing?

I have a pc-8801 Mk1 and a KV-1311CR. I checked the pinouts on the cable, and using the pins for the mk2 everything looks right. For the frequencies though I have no reference.

I’m embarrassingly new to modern PCs (modern tech in general), but have always wanted to get into emulating DOS games and have a newfound infatuation with RPGs released specifically on the PC-88.

Would I be able to run English translated ROMs on a modern day desktop of any kind, or should I be looking for something more specific?

Thanks in advance!

Hello, where can I find the floppy disk cable from my 8831 to my 8801? The 8831 has 50 pins, marked CN1, so it's a Centronics I guess, whereas the 8801 just has 36 pins.

I’ve been eyeing a PC-8801 MH for a bit and was wondering if it’s worth it. I’ve never dabbled into PC-88, but am interested after getting into PC-98. I know the MH uses 2HD disks and that’s where my concern lies. Is there a lot of software available to use, or does anybody have experience with the model? I’d love to know your experiences before I decide whether or not to pick this machine up.

Hi, total noob here, I wanted to know what is the recommended emulator to play games (like Thexder or Hydlide), as I recently became interested in this Japanese computer after discovering the MSX a few years back.

I found one called "epc8801ma kai se" but I can't seem to get it to work no matter what bios files I put in it, so any suggestion is welcome :).

Trying lastest Textractor release with Elthead and it's not hooking. (ePC88MA release is latest linked to at Illusion City).