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Introducing FB AlphaFB Alpha or FBA as it is commonly known is an emulator of arcade games, that is, it takes the program code, graphics data, etc., from an original arcade game and emulates the hardware to make the game run in it's original form. As far as the game is concerned it is running in it's original cabinet.FB Alpha is an open-source project and it is programmed by a group of people known as the FBA Team. Over the years this has comprised of barryharris, Jan_Klaassen, KEV, LoopMaster, Mike Haggar, Hyper Yagami and Ayeye. FB Alpha is based on the original FinalBurn by Dave. FB Alpha is an arcade emulator supporting the following platforms; Capcom CPS-1 Capcom CPS-2 Capcom CPS-3 Cave Data East DEC-0, DEC-8 and DECO IC16 based games Galaxian based hardware Irem M62, M63, M72, M90, M92 and M107 hardware Kaneko 16 Konami Neo-Geo NMK16 Pacman based hardware PGM Psikyo 68EC020 and SH-2 based hardware Sega System 1, System 16 (and similar), System 18, X-Board and Y-Board Super Kaneko Nova System Toaplan 1 Toaplan 2 Taito F2, X, Z and others Miscellaneous drivers for lots of other hardwareFB Alpha also has WIP console drivers for Sega Megadrive/Genesis, ColecoVision, Sega SG-1000, Sega Master System/Game Gear and also PC-Engine/TurboGrafx 16/SuperGrafx.The official releases target Microsoft Windows and can be downloaded from this site. The source code is also available to download.