SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion


This web page provides information regarding the SDL Hercules 4.x version of the Hercules emulator, code named Hyperion.

Note!   The Hercules emulator is neither a product of, nor is supported by, Software Development Laboratories!

The official Web Site for SDL Hercules Hyperion:

The official web site of the SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion version of the Hercules emulator is located at:
Online documentation for SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion
The above web site contains official reference documentation for the SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion version of the Hercules emulator, which contains features, functionality and fixes that are neither in the current production 3.x spinhawk version of Hercules nor in the original 4.0 Hyperion release of Hercules.

Issue Tracker:     (i.e. Bug Reports)

Should you discover any bugs or have any issues using SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion, you can directly report them by adding a new entry to the GitHub Issue tracker database at the following URL:

Community Wiki:

GitHub, which hosts the source code repository for SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion, provides a Wiki feature that allows you the users to participate in helping make the Hercules emulator an even better product than it already is. Please consider helping out by contributing your knowledge to the effort.
The SoftDevLabs Hercules 4.x Hyperion Wiki     (Please help by contributing your knowledge!)
The SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion Wiki is intended to provide additional documentation such as Tips and Tricks that may be of interest to its user community. I strongly encourage its users to help the Hercules user community (and themselves!) by contributing to the Wiki.  It will only ever be as good as you help to make it!

Source Code Repository:

The complete source code for SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion is maintained in a git project source code repository hosted on GitHub:

Building SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion

If you wish to build SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion for yourself from its distributed source code you need to first "clone" the git repository ('git clone ...' command) and then follow the build instructions on the following web page:
Building SDL Hercules from Source

Pre-built Binaries:

Current and previous releases of SDL Hyperion 4.x should always be downloaded from the official SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion "Releases" web page on GitHub. Prior pre-built versions of SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion are no longer being offered from SoftDevLabs's web site:

Note!   The Hercules emulator is neither a product of, nor is supported by, Software Development Laboratories!