This article is copied from the News section, page 6 of the January 1998 edition of Acorn User. Reproduced with kind permission. The text on this page is copyright 1997 IDG Media Ltd.

This is the news article that first mentioned the megadrive emulator, it makes more sense if you know that the article was published with a big picture of Sonic the Hedgehog in between the two columns of text.

Acorn to take on the games market

According to a teasingly imprecise news item in Acorn's official newsletter, Acorn Times, you will soon be able to run the 'world's leading 16-bit games' on acorn platforms, and speeds you've never seen before. The iten stated: "Our first announcement, scheduled for November, will enable you to choose from over 1,500 games written for one of the market-leading games machines. Others will follow."

An AU source says some of these games were demonstrated to observant visitors at Acorn World. In fact Acorn User was accidentally told which 16-bit games platform is being lined up to do the deal with Acorn, but as these words are being written early in December and Acorn say the details are still embargoed it seems the November schedule Acorn mentioned has slipped, so we can't tell you.

We're also told that the deal is primarily for the benefit of Acorn's NC offering, but there could be a spin-off for Risc PC owners if there is enough demand. Frankly, it's not that difficult to work out. Nintendo's 16-bit games console ware a bit of a flop by their standards, as was the NEC console (never officially launched in the UK), Atari never got going properly with a 16-bit console, so that leaves...? No, Sony's PlayStation is 32-bit! The other one, yes!