Multi-system emulators
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Multi-system emulators focus on emulating many different systems under one program. They can be focused on a single company's systems because of the similarity of the systems or may have systems from many different companies.
To be defined as "multi-system" an emulator has to emulate two or more distinct systems. Although, for simplicity reasons in this wiki (not just this page), the term, "multi-platform", in the OS column fields can come to mean three or more covered platforms. For the purpose of this list, Add-ons (eg. Sega CD, 32X) are not counted as a separate system.
Emulators
Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | Libretro Core | # of Emulated systems | Active | Recommended |
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Multi-company | ||||||
MAME | Multi-platform | 0.266 | ✓ | Thousands of electronics[1] | ✓ | ✓ |
Mednafen | Multi-platform | 1.32.1 | ✓ | 17 | ✓ | ✓ |
OpenEmu | macOS | 2.4.1 | ✗ | 35 | ✓ | ✓ |
Phoenix | Multi-platform | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | 5 | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | Windows | 2.9.1 | ✗ | 29 (excluding the libretro cores) | ✓ | ✓ |
ZEsarUX | Multi-platform | 11.0 | ✗ | 18 | ✓ | ✓ |
Retro Virtual Machine | Windows, Linux, macOS | 2.0.beta-1.r6 | ✗ | 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
Pantheon | Windows | 14.062 | ✗ | 20 | ✓ | ~ |
higan | Multi-platform | v110 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | ✗ |
CLK | macOS, Unix-alikes | Template:Clkver | ✗ | 11 | ✓ | ✗ |
Exodus | Windows | 2.1 | ✗ | More than 1 | ✓ | ? |
DSP | Multi-platform | 0.18 | ✗ | More than 10 | ✓ | ? |
WinArcadia | Multi-platform | 25.4 | ✗ | More than 20 | ✓ | ? |
EMU (Russian) | Windows (?) | 1.01 | ✗ | ~50 | ✓ | ? |
Xe | Windows, Linux | 2.16.2 | ✗ | 18 | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo | ||||||
Dolphin | Multi-platform | 5.0 | ✓ | 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
No$GBA | Windows, DOS | 3.05 | ✗ | 3* | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega | ||||||
Kega Fusion | Windows, Linux, macOS | 3.64 | ✗ | 10 | ✗ | ✓ |
PicoDrive | Multi-platform | 1.93 | ✓ | 6 | ✓ | ✓ |
Sinclair | ||||||
EightyOne | Windows | 1.40 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | ✓ |
Commodore | ||||||
VICE | Multi-platform | 3.8 | ✓ | 6 | ✓ | ✓ |
*No$GBA apparently also does PocketStation emulation
References
- ↑ www.mamedb.org's list (Only shows the games covered, not systems)
External Links
- GitHub list of all covered 'drivers' (Systems & machines emulated) under the MAME group (Pretty crappy list. Only the first 1,000 drivers are shown there. The rest are omitted. Approximately 2250 drivers in all.)