Emulators on Windows
Developer | Microsoft |
---|---|
Type | Operating systems |
Earliest release | Windows 1.0 (1985)[N 1] Windows XP (2001) |
Latest release | Windows 11 (2021) |
- This page is about emulation software for Windows NT, that emulates other hardware, like Video Game consoles. For software that can run Microsoft Windows on other Operating Systems Hypervisors or Windows 2000/XP/Vista emulators.
- See This page for Emulators on Windows 9x.
Microsoft Windows (Windows) is a series of 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. Windows NT's first release for consumers was Windows XP released to retail October 25, 2001. Windows NT is the current line of Windows operating systems, the previous being the Windows 9x family of operating systems. before windows 9x windows was a Graphical shell for MS-DOS.
- Microsoft operating system history
This is the history of Microsoft windows operating systems
Microsoft first Operating system was Xenix in 1980 an commercial Unix Operating system. Microsoft in 1982 released the much more famous MS-DOS. The first versions of windows (Windows 1.0-3.0) were graphical shells for MS-DOS each version adding new features such as icons and media playback. In 1995 Microsoft started releasing Operating systems in the "Windows 9x" family. The first version of Windows NT was Windows NT 3.1 released in 1993, but only targeted businesses, Windows NT 3.5-4.0 likewise only targeted businesses. they are not listed as the first release of windows NT for that reason. IBM and Microsoft collaborated to develop OS/2 in the late 1980s; it was first released in 1987. The deal to develop the Operating system together ended with Microsoft leaving development to IBM with Microsoft and IBM not agreeing on how to position OS/2 with Microsoft's Windows 3.0.[1]
- Before diving in;
- This list shows the latest versions of the emulator software. If you have an older Windows Operating system and the latest version does not support it, some emulators will keep archives of older versions that might. Check out their website. Remember that emulators can have different levels of completion or compatibility. If a game you are trying to run does not work properly, try a different one. If the emulator too slow even with lowered settings with a recommended emulator, choose a less recommended one in the list. Note that game compatibility can be lower in emulators for lower system requirements. Most emulators that target the Microsoft Windows only target the latest version of Windows (currently Windows 10/11), Emulators such as PCSX2, RPCS3 and Dolphin require Windows 10 or higher. See this page.
- See each Wiki Category Consoles, Computers and Arcade for individual dedicated system pages to see more detailed comparisons and information about software emulators. Dedicated system pages provide more up-to-date listings and in-depth information on specific aspects like hardware features, peripheral support, and compatibility etc.
- Some games have Game engine recreations and source ports that run on Windows, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.
Contents
Atari
Atari 8-bit family
Name | Latest version | Models | XEGS | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atari800 | 5.2.0 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Altirra | 4.21 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari++ | 1.84 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE |
✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Pantheon | 14.062 | 800, XE | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Atari800Win-PLus | 4.1 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Rainbow | 2.2.0 | 400, 800, XL, XE | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari ST
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hatari | 2.5.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Steem SSE | 4.2.0 R21 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
ARAnyM | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gemulator | 9.0 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Steem Engine | 3.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
SainT | 2.40 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PCE/atarist | pce-20191006 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
CaSTaway | 0.9.2 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 2600
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stella | 6.7.1 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Pantheon | 14.062 | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
PCAE | 2.6 2.7 |
✗ | High | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
z26 | 4.07 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Gopher2600 | 0.32.1 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
EMU7800 | 5.4.0.1 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Stellarator | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VCS 2600 | 1.0 | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari 5200
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altirra | 4.21 | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Atari800 | 5.2.0 | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
kat5200 | 0.8.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Jum52 | git | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Rainbow | 2.2 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari 7800
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
A7800 | 5.2 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ProSystem | 1.3 (Windows) git (libretro) |
✓ | ? | ✓ | ✗ [N 2] | ✓ |
EMU7800 | 5.4.0.1 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Atari Jaguar
Name | Latest version | AJ-CD | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Virtual Jaguar | 2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ [N 2] | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Project Tempest | 0.95 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Atari Lynx
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Handy | 0.95 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Latest version | FDS | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mesen | 2.0.0 (preview) | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nestopia UE | 1.52.1 | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
puNES | 0.111 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3dSen | 0.9.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
NintendulatorNRS | 202105282224 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
FinalBurn Neo | WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
iNES | 6.1 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
RockNES | 5.80 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Gearnes | git | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Nintendulator | 0.985 Beta git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Nintaco | 2020-05-01 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ (as bsnes v083) | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ANESE | git | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
nemulator | 4.4 | ✗ | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
cxNES | git | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
FakeNES GT | 0.59 b3 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
FCEUX | 2.6.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
FCEUmm | 98.13mm (Windows) git (libretro) |
✗ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
HDNes | git | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Jnes | 1.2.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
QuickNES | 0.7.0b1 (Windows) git (libretro) |
? | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
VirtuaNES | 0.97 | ~ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nin | git | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
InfoNES | 0.93 | ? | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Version | Satellaview | SNES-CD (Sony) | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
bsnes (Official) |
v115 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
bsnes-hd (forked bsnes) |
beta 10.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mesen S | 0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
Snes9x | 1.62.3 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | High | ✗ [N 3] | ✓ | ~ |
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
nSide (forked higan) | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
bsnes-classic (forked bsnes Qt) |
git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
BizHawk (bsnes v087) | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
lsnes | rr2-β23 git |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
kindred (Super Sleuth PE) | 1.11 Preview Build 6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
Mednafen (bsnes v059) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
NO$SNS | 1.6 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | Medium | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ZSNES | 1.51 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CATSFC | 1.36 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 64
Name | Latest version | Plugins | Controller Pak | Rumble Pak | Transfer Pak | 64DD | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
simple64 (ParaLLEl) | 2024.06.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
simple64 (Final GLideN64) | Final GLideN64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
ParaLLEl | 2.0-rc2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓[N 4] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RMG | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Project64 | 3.0.1 Dev |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
ares | v138 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
CEN64 | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Mupen64Plus | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Project64 Netplay | 10/15/21 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
1964 | 1.1 (Official) 1.2 r146 (Unofficial SVN) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Larper64 | 0.4 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce
Name | Latest version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 5] | ✓[N 6] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ishiiruka-Dolphin (いし海豚) | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Pureikyubu (PlayCube) | 1.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Wii U
Name | Latest version | Accurancy | Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cemu | 2.0-80 | Medium | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Decaf | git | Low | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo Switch
Name | Latest version | Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
yuzu (柚子) | Nightlygit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ryujinx (龍神X) | Nightlygit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
NSEmu | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CageTheUnicorn | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Nintendo 3DS
Name | Latest Version | New 3DS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citra citra_libretro |
Canary Nightly libretro cores |
~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Panda3DS | 0.8 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Nintendo DS
Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
melonDS | Dev Builds[N 7] 0.9.5 libretro core[N 8] |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DeSmuME | 0.9.13 libretro core |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk* | Dev builds 2.9.1 |
✓ | ✓ | ~ |
No$GBA | 3.05 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
GBE+ | 1.8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
NooDS | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
mGBA/medusa | alpha 2 | ✓ | ~ | ✗ (WIP) |
SkyEmu | Dev Builds v3 |
✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Game Boy Advance
Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | e-Reader | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mGBA | 0.10.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VBA-M | 2.1.9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
iDeaS | 1.0.4.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
GBE+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VGBA | 6.4 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ? | ✗ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
NanoboyAdvance | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
No$GBA | 3.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
BoyCottAdvance | 0.2.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Pokémon mini
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GBE+ | 1.8 [N 9] | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PokeMini | 0.6.0git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
minimon | 2005:01:20 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
PokeKaMini | 0.7.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Virtual Boy
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VBjin | SVN r103 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Rustual Boy | git | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Planet Virtual Boy emulator | 2019-03-27 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Red Dragon | 0.38 Final | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Game Boy / Game Boy Color
Name | Latest version | Game Link Support | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SameBoy | 0.16.6 | ✓[N 10] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BGB | 1.6.3 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gambatte | r571 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gearboy | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Emulicious | 2024-05-31 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
mGBA | 0.10.3 | ✓[N 11] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VBA-M | 2.1.9 | ✓ | ✓[N 12] | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GBE+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VGB | 6.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Pantheon | 14.062 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
hhugboy | 1.4.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
UGE | 1.0 beta 9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
KiGB | 2.05 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
TGB Dual | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
GiiBiiAdvance | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MetroBoy | 1.02 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Game & Watch
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DSP | 0.22 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega
Sega Model 1
Name | Latest version | Active | libretro | FLOSS | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Modeler | 0.9.3a | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Sega Model 2
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 2 Emulator | 1.1a | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Sega Model 3
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supermodel | SVN Builds | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
SG-1000
Name | Latest version | SC-3000 | SF-7000 | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Genesis Plus GX[N 13] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MEKA | 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
vdmgr | 0.2.6 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CoolCV | 0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Essgee | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Master System / Game Gear
Name | Latest version | GG | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis Plus GX[N 13] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✓ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Emulicious | 2024-05-31 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
TwoMbit | 1.0.5 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Gearsystem | 3.5.0 | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MasterGear | 4.9.3 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Pantheon | 14.062 | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✗[N 14] | ✓ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
FreezeSMS | 4.6 | ✓ | ✗ | Very high | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MEKA | 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
SMS Plus | git | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
HiSMS | 0.01 beta | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
nemulator | 4.4 | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Essgee | git | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X
Name | Latest version | CD | 32X | Pico | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BlastEm | 0.6.2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Exodus | 2.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Genesis Plus GX[N 13] | 1.7.5 RC1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
Kega Fusion | 3.64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
PicoDrive | 1.93 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
FinalBurn Neo | Stable nightly builds | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Gens/GS | r7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
DGen | 1.33 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
GENS | 2.14 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓(bsnes) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Megado | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Regen | 0.972 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Saturn / ST-V
Name | Latest version | ST-V | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SSF | PreviewVer R33 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Kronos | 2.6.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (Yaba三四郎2) | 1.14.8 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Yabause | 0.9.15 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Nova | 0.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Satourne | 2.0 beta 3 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Saturnin | 0.40 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
GiriGiri | 0.6a | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Dreamcast / NAOMI
Name | Latest version | NAOMI | Atomiswave | Windows CE | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DEmul | 0.7 Build 280418 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
redream | 1.5.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi) 1.2.07 (Android) |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Flycast | CI Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
reicast | r20.04 (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store) |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
nullDC | 1.0.4 r150 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Makaron | T12/5 | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chankast | 0.25 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sega VMU
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SoftVMS | 1.10 (source only) | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ElysianVMU | 0.2.0 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
DirectVMS | 1.8 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
DreamVMU | 0.1 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC
NEC PC-6000
Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC6001VX | 4.2.6 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PC6001V | 2.0.4 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
yaPC-6001 | 2018/12/27 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
PC6001VW | 310f | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC PC-8800
Emulator | Latest Version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ePC8801MA Kai SE (ePC8801MA改SE) | 210523 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✓ |
ePC-8001 | 1/28/2023 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
XM8 | 1.70 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | git artifacts[N 15] 0.266 |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 16] |
QUASI88 quasi88_libretro |
libretro core 0.6.4 |
✓ | ✓ | ~[N 17] | ~ |
X88000 | 1.5.3 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
pc8801ma | 19/03/12 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Excite88 | 0.1.5.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
M88 (retropc.net) | 2.2.1a | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PC88WIN | 1.14 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
W88 | 0.05 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
NEC PC-9800
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neko Project 21/W (猫Project 21/W) | v0.86 rev92 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Neko Project II kai (猫Project II改) | git | ✓ | High | ✓ | ~ | ✓ |
Neko Project II (猫Project II) | 0.86 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Anex86 | e1 | ✗ | Low-Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
SL9821 | 0.4.0.3 | ✗ | High | ? | ✓ | TBD |
DOSBox-X | 2024.03.01 | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx
Name | Latest version | PCE-CD | SuperGrafx | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen (PCE-Accurate) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mednafen (PCE-Fast) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Turbo Engine | 0.32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
MagicEngine | 1.1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Ootake (大竹) | 3.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Neco | 0.11 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
ePCEngine | 8/12/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
FinalBurn Alpha | 0.2.97.43 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Hu-Go! | 2.12 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PC-FX
Name | Latest version | GA | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | TBD | ✓ | Mid-High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ~ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MagicEngine-FX | 1.1.1 | TBD | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xe | 2.16.2 | TBD | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Sony
PlayStation
Name | Latest Version | Plugins | FLOSS | libretro | RIR | Accuracy | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DuckStation | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
XEBRA | 22/11/06 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
PCSX-R | PGXP(git) Windows |
✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
ePSXe | 2.0.5 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Plugin dependent | ~ | ✗ |
PSXACT | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Rustation | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✗ (WIP) |
Avocado | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
pSX | 1.13 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
NO$PSX | 2.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ~ | ✗ |
hpsx64 | v0442 (Alt) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
Connectix VGS | 1.4.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Bleem! | 1.6b | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low-Mid | ✗ | ✗ |
SSSPSX | 0.0.34 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Plugin dependent | ✗ | ✗ |
Rustation NG | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
PCSX-Redux | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
PlayStation 2
Name | Latest Version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCSX2 | 1.6.0 (stable) SVN |
~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Play! | Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
DobieStation | git Builds |
✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
hpsx64 | v0442 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
orbum | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 3
Name | Latest Release Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCS3 | 0.0.32 Alpha[N 18] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nucleus | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Short Waves | 0.0.2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PS3F | 0.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation 4
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Orbital | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
GPCS4 | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PS4Delta | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
fpPS4 | git | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
PlayStation 5
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES AND/OR SOFTWARE.
Name | Latest Version | Hardware features and peripherals |
Enhancements | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kyty | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Pocket Station
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
No$GBA | 3.05 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
PK201 | 28/04/20 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
PKEmu | 1.1 Private Beta | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
pockystation | git | ✓ (git) | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation Portable
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PPSSPP | 1.17.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
JPCSP | SVN | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
cspspemu | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
jspspemu | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
PCSP | 0.5.5 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Potemkin | 1.00 alpha | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PSPE | 0.9b | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
PlayStation Vita
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vita3K | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Android
Name | Version | VM | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genymotion | 3.6.0 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
BlueStacks | 5.21.205 | QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5) | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
MEmu | 8.0.0 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
LDPlayer | 4.0.50.3 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
NoxPlayer | 7.0.0.9 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
MuMu | 1.1.0.2 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version) |
VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Android x86 | 14.1-r5 | VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc) | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Android Studio | 4.0 | QEMU | Low | ~ | ✓ | ✗ |
Andy OS | 0.47.226.1096.26 | VmWare | High | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
AMI DuOS | 2.0.8.8511 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
ARC Welder (Google Chrome) |
ARC 50.5021.602.0 | Original | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
ARChon (Google Chrome) |
ARC 41.4410.238.0 | Original | Mid | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
Droid4X | 0.10.7 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
KoPlayer | 2.0.0 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
LeapDroid | 1.8.0 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Peak App Player | 1.2.5 Beta 2 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
SmartGaGa | 1.1.646 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Windroy | 4.0.3 | Original | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Windroye | 2.9.1 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xamarin Android Player | 0.6.5 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
XePlayer | 6.0.10 | VirtualBox | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
YouWave | 5.11 | VirtualBox | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Microsoft
MSX series
Name | Latest version | MSX 1 | MSX 2 | MSX 2+ | TurboR | Accuracy | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
openMSX | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
blueMSX | 2.8.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
fMSX | 6.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
Pantheon | 14.062 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
MSXPLAYer (fMSX based) |
MSX Game Reader (Commercial) |
✓ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xbox Classic
Name | Latest version | Sega Chihiro (千尋) | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xemu | 0.7.123 | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Cxbx-Reloaded | git | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
XQEMU | git | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
StrikeBox | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Cxbx | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Dxbx | 0.5 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xenoborg | r19 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xeon | 1.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Xbox 360
Name | Latest version | OS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xenia | git | Win7+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Xbox One
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Xbox Series X and Series S
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Apple
Apple I
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pom1 | v1.0.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
CocoaPom (Java) | v0.1 | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Apple 1 Emulator | 1.4 | ? | ✗ | ? |
Apple II Line
Name | Latest version | ][ | ][+ | //e | IIc | //e Enhanced | //e Platinum | IIc Plus | IIGS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
AppleWin | 1.30.18.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MicroM8 | Continuous | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
BizHawk (Virtu based) |
2.9.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
DarcNES | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
apple /// Line
Name | Latest version | /// | /// Revised | /// Plus | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Apple IIGS
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
KEGS | 1.34 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
GSplus | 0.14 | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
GSport | 0.31 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Apple Lisa
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
LisaEm | 1.2.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
IDLE | r23 | ✓ | ✓ | TBD |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Macintosh line
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
68k | |||||
Basilisk II | 1.0 R5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Mini vMac | 36.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | TBD | |
PCE | 0.2.2 | ✓ | ✗ | TBD | |
Ardi Executor | 2.1.17 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
vMac | 0.19 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
PowerPC | |||||
SheepShaver | 03-12-2022 (Win) git |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
QEMU | 4.0.0 | ✓ | ✓ | TBD | |
PearPC | 0.6.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
DingusPPC | [2] | TBD | ✓ | ✗ |
Apple iPod
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
iOS
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
touchHLE | 0.1.2 Actions |
✓ | ✓ | ~ |
SNK Corporation
Neo Geo and variants
Name | Latest version | NG | NG-CD | HNG-64 | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓[N 19] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
FinalBurn Neo | stable WIP builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
RAINE | 0.96.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
FinalBurn Alpha | 0.2.97.43 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Xe | 2.16.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
ares | v138 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Kawaks | 1.65 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
NeoRAGEx | 5.4e | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Neo Geo Pocket
Name | Latest version | NGP | NGPC | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ares | v138 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
higan (火眼) | v110 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
NeoPop | 1.06b | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
vdmgr | 0.2.6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ |
NeoGPC | 1.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Commodore
Commodore 64 & 128
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VICE (x64sc) | 3.8 | ✓ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Denise | 2.2.1 | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hoxs64 | 1.1.2.6 | ✗ | Very high | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VICE (x64) | 3.8[N 20] | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Emu64 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Micro64 | 1.00.2018.03.16 Build 719 | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
CCS64 | V3.9.2 | ✗ | High | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Hyper64 | 1.00.2008.08.08 Build 20 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Frodo | 4.1b | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Commodore 65
Name | Latest version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hi65 | v9 | ✗ | BASIC 10 only | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Amiga Line
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FS-UAE | 3.0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WinUAE | 5.3.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WinFellow | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Denise | N/A | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
x86 CPUs
Name | Latest version | 8086*¹ | 286 | 386*² | 486*³ | Pentium*⁴ | Pentium II*⁵ | Celeron*⁶ | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
86Box | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PCem | v17 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
VARCem | Builds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DOSBox-X | 2024.03.01 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DOSBox | 0.74-3 SVN |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Bochs | 2.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
QEMU | 9.0.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[N 21] | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sinclair
ZX81
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Relative Speed[N 22] | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZEsarUX | 11.0 | ✗ | ✓ | 110.9% | ✓ | ✓ |
EightyOne (81) | 1.40 | ✓ | ✓ | 114.3% | ✓ | ✓ |
Spud81 | 0.221 | ✗ | ? | 114.9% | ✓ | ~ |
SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based) |
2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial) |
✗ | ✓ | 100.0% | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ? | Not tested | ✓ | ✗ |
MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine') |
1.30b | ✗ | ? | Not tested | ✗ | ✗ |
No$ZX | 2.0 | ✗ | ✗ | 100.1% [N 23] |
✗ | ✗ |
VB81 | 1.30 | ✗ | ✓ | Not tested | ✗ | ✗ |
VB81 XuR | 1.30.3 (26/11/2019) | ✗ | ? | 100.5% | ✓ | ✗ |
ZX Spectrum line
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
EightyOne | 1.40 | ~ (WIP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
FUSE | 1.5.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Speccy | 5.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
ZEsarUX | 11.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
Retro Virtual Machine | 2.0.beta-1.r6 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
EMU (Russian) | 1.01 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ~ |
ZX-Poly | 2.3.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | TBD |
Xpeccy | 0.6.20231226 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
DSP | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
fbzx | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
JSpeccy | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Spectaculator | 8.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
UnrealSpeccyP | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ZX4ALL | Beta 2 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine') |
1.30b | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
#CSpect | 2.19.7.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
Acorn Computers
BBC Micro/BBC Master
Name | Latest version | BBC Micro | BBC Master | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BeebEM | git | B, B+, M128 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
B-em | 2.2, git | A, B, B+, M128, MC | MT, M512 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Model B | 10-04-04 | B, B+ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
B2 | git | B, B+, M128 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
Electron
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
eek | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
ElectrEm | 0.6c | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
ElkJS | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Elkulator | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)
Name | Latest version | Atom | BBC Micro | BBC Master | Electron | FLOSS | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | A, B, B+, M128 | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Pantheon | 14.062 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
|Archimedes
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arculator | 2.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
ArcEm | 1.50 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Risc PC / A7000
Name | Latest version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCEmu | 0.9.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VTech
CreatiVision
Name | Latest Version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cvemu (creatiVision emulator) | 16.04.24
21.05.01 Preview (source) |
✗ | ✓ | ~[N 24] | ✓ |
MAME | git artifacts[N 15] 0.266 libretro core[N 25] |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* |
FunnyMu | FunnyMu 0.43 SDL | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CvEmu2 | 0.6.1 (CvEmu2) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Socrates
Name | Latest Version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | git artifacts[N 15] 0.266 libretro core[N 25] |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~* |
V.Smile
Name | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
MAME | git artifacts[N 15] 0.266 libretro core[N 25] |
✓ | ✓ | ~* |
V.Frown | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
V.Flash
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
InnoTV
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
Miscellaneous
Panasonic (3DO)
Name | Latest version | libretro | Retro achievements | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
opera_libretro 4DO |
libretro core 1.3.2.4 |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 26] | ✓ |
Phoenix | 2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
FreeDO | 1.9 beta | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Phillips (CD-i)
Name | Latest Version | DVC | libretro | Retro Achievements |
FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Same CDi same_cdi_libretro |
libretro core | ✗* | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* |
CD-i Emulator | 0.5.3 beta 7 0.5.3 beta 4 (Patched) |
~* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
TinyCDi | 2009-10-28 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CeDImu | None (pre-alpha) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
CD-iCE | 2001-08-20 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
GamePark Holdings
GP32
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GeePee32 | 0.44 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
GP2X
THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.
IBM
System 370/390/z
Name | Latest version | libretro | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hercules | 3.07 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sim390 | 1.7 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Symbian and N-Gage
Name | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
EKA2L1 | 0.0.8.1 | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Engemu | git | None | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
NGEmu | git | None | ✓ | ✗ (see below) | ✗ |
N-Gage COOL! | 1.2.1 ($) | Terrible | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
J2ME
Name | Version | Mascot Capsule 3D | Accuracy | VM | Derived from | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KEmulator | 1.0.3 git |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Kahvibreak | Stable Dev |
✗ | Mid | Host JVM (FreeJ2ME) | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (WIP) |
SJ Boy Emulator | Beta 4 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
SquirrelJME | 0.2.0 | ✗ | Aims for 100% | Custom (Java) | - | ✓ | ✓ | ? (WIP) |
Jademula | git | ✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MicroEmu | git | ✗ | Mid | Host JVM | - | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MiniSoyo | 1.0 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
MidpX (NHAL) | 1.0.1midp2exe | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
MPowerPlayer | 2.0 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Midp-Emulator | 1.31 git |
✗ | Low | ? | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
GameMagic S60 | 1.2.1 | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
N-GAGE Cool! | 1.2.1 (Trial) ($) | ✗ | Low | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ |
Nokia SDKs | Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Sony Ericsson SDKs | 2.5.0.6 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Siemens SDKs | Site 1 Site 2 |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Motorola SDKs | 4.1 5.2.1 |
✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Motorola iDEN SDK | Mirror | ✗ | Mid | ? | ? | ? | ✗ | ~ |
Notes
- ↑ First ever release of Windows, was a graphical shell for MS-DOS see Emulators for DOS
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
- ↑ Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
- ↑ Available exclusively as a libretro core.
- ↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
- ↑ At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
- ↑ Windows
- ↑ melonDS libretro core two versions out of date (still on 0.9.3), and the generation 5 Pokemons are broken. If you turn on C-Gear, after a few minutes you'll be unable to save. You also can't use any wifi features or do in game trades either or the game will freeze.
- ↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
- ↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
- ↑ Pretty buggy but sometimes works.
- ↑ Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
- ↑ The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 CI-Windows
- ↑ As of Version 0.251, NEC PC-8801MA, NEC PC-8801MH, and NEC PC-8801mkIISR, and the clones: NEC PC-8801FA, NEC PC-8801MA2, NEC PC-8801mkIIFR and NEC PC-8801mkIIMR have been promoted to working status and is considered playable
- ↑ Only libretro core is still active.
- ↑ The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.
- ↑ As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)
- ↑ Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure
- ↑ Supports the Conroe model.
- ↑ As calculated by Carlo Delhez's clkfreq, originally distributed with his XTender emulator. The ZX81 has relatively complicated timing mechanics, depending on signalling of WAIT during NMI; relative speed is a measurement of how closely an emulator matches a real machine in terms of clock cycles spent processing within a frame. 100.0% denotes the same execution speed as a real machine.
- ↑ After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.
- ↑ creatiVision commits
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)
- ↑ only the core.