FB 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 myself, Jan_Klaassen, KEV, LoopMaster, Mike Haggar, Hyper Yagami and Ayeye. FB Alpha is based on the original FinalBurn by Dave.

Currently, FB Alpha supports games on Capcom CPS-1 and CPS-2 hardware, SNK Neo-Geo hardware, Toaplan hardware, Cave hardware, and various games on miscellaneous hardware. Recent releases have started to add back in Sega System 16 emulation which I am writing from scratch.

Originally released by Dave in the year 2000 on August 31st, FinalBurn started life as the first emulator for AfterBurner, later adding support for other Sega classics such as Rail Chase and Galaxy Force 2. Updates to the emulator were frequent and caused a buzz in the scene. People were refreshing Dave's site all the time waiting for the next release.

众所周知的FB Alpha或者称FBA，是街机游戏的模拟器，也就是说，它从原始的街机游戏中获取程序代码，图形数据等，并模拟硬件以使游戏以其原始形式运行。就游戏而言，就像在它的原始机器中运行一样。

FB Alpha是一个开源项目，由一群名为FBA团队的人员编程。多年来，这包括我自己，Jan_Klaassen，KEV，LoopMaster，Mike Haggar，Hyper Yagami和Ayeye。FB Alpha基于Dave开发的最初的FinalBurn。

目前，FB Alpha支持Capcom CPS-1和CPS-2基板，SNK Neo-Geo基板，Toaplan基板，Cave基板以及各种基板上的各种游戏。最近的版本已经开始加入Sega System 16的模拟，我正在从头开始编写。

最初版本由Dave在2000年8月31日发布，FinalBurn诞生后模拟的第一个世嘉游戏叫做《After Burner》，后来又增加了对其他世嘉经典游戏的支持，例如《Rail Chase》和《Galaxy Force 2》。模拟器的不断更新，引起了玩家们的轰动。 人们一直在刷新Dave的网站，等待下一个版本的更新。