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{{for|software that emulates the Switch|Nintendo Switch emulators}}
  
 
Since the Nintendo Switch was hacked early in its launch, there has been a lot of interest for emulators due to the Switch's portability. These emulators will only work on Switches with CFW on them, i.e. Switch consoles susceptible to the Tegra hardware exploit. For more information and guides on how to homebrew your Switch, or if you even can, visit [https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchHacks r/SwitchHacks].  
 
Since the Nintendo Switch was hacked early in its launch, there has been a lot of interest for emulators due to the Switch's portability. These emulators will only work on Switches with CFW on them, i.e. Switch consoles susceptible to the Tegra hardware exploit. For more information and guides on how to homebrew your Switch, or if you even can, visit [https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchHacks r/SwitchHacks].  
  
 
=Multi-Systems=
 
=Multi-Systems=
 
 
===[[RetroArch]]===
 
===[[RetroArch]]===
  
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Moonlight-NX
 
| Moonlight-NX
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|UniPCemu
 
|UniPCemu
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Citra]]
 
| [[Citra]]
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| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| ?
 
| ?
| ?
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| {{~}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| GlideN64
 
| GlideN64
| [https://gbatemp.net/download/mupen64plus-next-gliden64-3-0.35683 3.0]
+
| [https://gbatemp.net/download/mupen64plus-neet-gliden64-3-0.35683 3.0]
|?
+
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| N64 - Nintendo Switch Online
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
| Mid
+
| Low
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|}
 
|}
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| pNES <small> (based on [[Nestopia]])</small>
 
| pNES <small> (based on [[Nestopia]])</small>
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[L-CLASSICS|NES - Nintendo Switch Online]]
 
| [[L-CLASSICS|NES - Nintendo Switch Online]]
| Service
+
| 2.3.0
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| pSNES
 
| pSNES
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|-
 
|-
 
| [https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/nes SNES - Nintendo Switch Online]
 
| [https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/nes SNES - Nintendo Switch Online]
| Service
+
| 3.4.0
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
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|}
 
|}
  
===Gameboy / Color===
+
===GameBoy / Color===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! Name
 
! Name
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| GameBoy/Color - Nintendo Switch Online
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| PlutoBoy
 
| PlutoBoy
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|}
 
|}
  
===Gameboy Advance===
+
===GameBoy Advance===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! Name
 
! Name
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| GameBoy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[mGBA]]
 
| [[mGBA]]
| [http://mgba.io/2018/09/16/mgba-for-switch {{mGBAVer}}][https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba git]
+
| [http://mgba.io/downloads.html#homebrew-2 {{mGBAVer}}][https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba git]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
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! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|DSi
 
! class="unsortable"|DSi
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[melonDS]]<small> (fork of melonDS)</small>
 
| [[melonDS]]<small> (fork of melonDS)</small>
 
| [https://github.com/RSDuck/melonDS/releases git]
 
| [https://github.com/RSDuck/melonDS/releases git]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
| {{}}
+
| {{}}
 
| {{~}}
 
| {{~}}
 
| Mid
 
| Mid
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| MADrigal Switch
 
| MADrigal Switch
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Atari800-switch
 
| Atari800-switch
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==SEGA==
 
==SEGA==
 +
===Genesis/Mega Drive===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! Name
 +
! class="unsortable"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! class="unsortable"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| Genesis/Mega Drive - Nintendo Switch Online
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| pGEN
 +
| [https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
 
===Saturn===
 
===Saturn===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Yaba Sanshiro]]
 
| [[Yaba Sanshiro]]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Flycast]]
 +
| [https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-builds CI Builds][https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[reicast]]
 
| [[reicast]]
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| Mid
 
| Mid
 
| {{~}}
 
| {{~}}
|-
 
| [[Flycast]]
 
| [https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-builds CI Builds]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| Mid
 
| {{✓}}
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| PCSX-ReARMed
 
| PCSX-ReARMed
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| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 +
===Playstation 2===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! Name
 +
! class="unsortable"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! class="unsortable"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Play!]]
 +
| [https://github.com/xerpi/play-switch git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low-Mid
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
|}
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[PPSSPP]]
 
| [[PPSSPP]]
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| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
| High
+
| Mid-High
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
|}
 
|}
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Vita2hos
 
| Vita2hos
| [https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos/releases/tag/alpha-0.1 git]
+
|[https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos/releases git]
| {{✓}}
+
|{{✓}}
| {{✓}}
+
|{{✓}}
| ?
+
|Low-Mid
| {{✗}}
+
|{{✗}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| pFBN
 
| pFBN
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| UAE4All2
 
| UAE4All2
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Neopop-SDL
 
| Neopop-SDL
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Chip8-NX
 
| Chip8-NX
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| DOSBox-switch
 
| DOSBox-switch
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
 
! class="unsortable"|Active
! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Switchroot Android
 
| Switchroot Android
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! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Libretro]]
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
 
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
 
|-
 
|-
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! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Libretro]]
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
 
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
 
|-
 
|-
| OpenMW<small> (Unofficial)</small>
+
!colspan=7|Action-adventure
| [https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/openmw git]
+
|-
| {{✓}}
+
|Ship of Harkinian
| {{✗}}
+
|[https://www.shipofharkinian.com {{SoHVer}}]<br/>[https://nightly.link/HarbourMasters/Shipwright/workflows/generate-builds/develop/soh-switch.zip Nighty build]<br/>[https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Shipwright git]
| {{✓}}
+
|{{✓}}
| {{~}}
+
|{{✗}}
|The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
+
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (PAL GameCube version)<ref group="N">Ship of Harkinian requires either the GameCube's PAL Debug ROM (recommended), PAL Master Quest Debug ROM (for Master Quest mode's dungeons; supported as of v5.0.0), or the regular PAL GameCube ROM (not recommended) of ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' to generate an <code>oot.otr</code> file from OTRGui (from the PC download) to play it.</ref>
 +
|-
 +
|Zelda3
 +
|[https://github.com/snesrev/zelda3 git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{}}
 +
|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|Pinball
 +
|-
 +
|SpaceCadetPinball
 +
|[https://github.com/averne/SpaceCadetPinball-NX git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|Platformer
 +
|-
 +
|Cave Story Engine 2
 +
|[https://gbatemp.net/threads/cave-story-engine-2-for-the-nintendo-switch.554125/ Website]<br/><strike>[https://github.com/heyjoeway/Cave-Story-Engine-2 git]</strike><ref group=N name=cse2>There is also an official Nintendo Switch remake called ''Cave Story+'' with 3D graphics and the most features out of any other existing version (making it the "definitive version") that may be more recommendable depending on the user's preference. Cave Story Engine 2, or CSE2 for short, is a source port of the classic ''Cave Story'' by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya. CSE2 came with a portable version and an enhanced version of the original freeware but in November 2020, the CSE2 source port has received a [https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-11-26-nicalis-issues-dmca-against-free-cave-story-games DMCA cease and desist notice] from Nicalis, the current IP owner of ''Cave Story'', and the unofficial Switch port received a DMCA cease and desist as well.</ref>
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}<ref group=N name=cse2/>
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|Cave Story
 +
|-
 +
|NXEngine-evo
 +
|[https://github.com/nxengine/nxengine-evo git]
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|Cave Story
 +
|-
 +
|RVM Sonic CD
 +
|[https://github.com/usineur/rvm_soniccd git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)<ref group=N name=sonic>Sega Forever classics version on Android or iOS can also be used.</ref>
 +
|-
 +
|Sonic 1 and 2 (2013)
 +
|[https://github.com/heyjoeway/Sonic-1-2-2013-Decompilation git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|Sonic the Hedgehog 1 (2013)<ref group=N name=sonic/>, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2013)<ref group=N name=sonic/>
 +
|-
 +
|Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited)
 +
|[https://s3airswitch.jojudge.com Website]
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
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|{{?}}
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|[https://github.com/heyjoeway/Sonic-CD-11-Decompilation git]
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|[https://github.com/heyjoeway/SRB2 git]
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|[https://github.com/heyjoeway/Kart-Public git]
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|DevilutionX
 
|[https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/releases git]
 
|[https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/releases git]
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|Julius<br/>Augustus <small>(Gameplay changes)</small>
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|[https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/openmw git]
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|Julius<br/>Augustus <small>(gameplay changes)</small>
 
|[https://github.com/bvschaik/julius/releases git]<br />[https://github.com/Keriew/augustus/releases git]
 
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==See also==
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* [[Nintendo Switch emulators]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]

Revision as of 17:55, 30 May 2023

Nintendo Switch
Nintendo-switch.png
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The Switch in its two forms, portable (above) and docked (below).
Developer Nintendo
Type Hybrid video game console
Generation Eighth generation
Release date 2017
Predecessor Wii U
Emulated
For software that emulates the Switch, see Nintendo Switch emulators.

Since the Nintendo Switch was hacked early in its launch, there has been a lot of interest for emulators due to the Switch's portability. These emulators will only work on Switches with CFW on them, i.e. Switch consoles susceptible to the Tegra hardware exploit. For more information and guides on how to homebrew your Switch, or if you even can, visit r/SwitchHacks.

Multi-Systems

RetroArch

Stable

Nightly

GitHub

Switch RetroArch Cores

RetroArch BIOS/ROMs

Available cores
Cores Game/System list Recommended Working?
PPSSPP PlayStation Portable
PCSX ReARMed PlayStation 1
DeSmuME DS
MelonDS
Gambatte GameBoy/GameBoy Color
Gearboy
TGB Dual
mGBA GameBoy Advance
VBA Next
FCEUmm NES/FDS
Nestopia
QuickNES
Mesen
Mupen64Plus N64
PokeMini Pokemon Mini
Snes9x 2010 & Current SNES
Bsnes
bsnes-hd
Mesen S
Beetle VB Virtual Boy
MAME 2000, 2003, 2003 Plus
FBAlpha Arcade
Neko Project II Kai PC9801
Beetle PCE FAST PCE/PCE CD
Beetle PC-FX PC-FX
Beetle SGX SuperGrafx
Flycast Dreamcast
GearSystem MasterSystem/GameGear
Genesis Plus GX MasterSystem/GameGear/MegaDrive/Genesis/CD
PicoDrive MasterSystem/GameGear/MegaDrive/Genesis/CD/32X
Yabause Saturn
4DO 3DO
P-UAE Amiga Series
Beetle WonderSwan [Cygne] WonderSwan/Color
DOSBox MS-DOS
Vecx Vectrex
O2EM Odyssey2 / Phillips Videopac+
FreeIntv Intellivision
fMSX MSX
NeoCD Neo Geo CD
Mu Palm OS
EasyRPG RPG Maker 2000/2003
PX68k Sharp X68000
ScummVM point-and-click adventure game engine
EightyOne Sinclair - ZX 81
Beetle Neo Geo Pocket [NGP] Neo Geo Pocket / Color
Theodore TO8D
FUSE ZX Spectrum
Caprice32 CPC/CPC464
CrocoDS
Stella Atari 2600
ProSystem Atari 7800
Beetle Handy Atari Lynx
Virtual Jaguar Atari Jaguar
VICE C64
MrBoom Bomberman
NXEngine Cave Story
OpenBOR Open BOR Game Engine
PrBoom Doom
Reminiscence Flashback Game Engine
GW Game & Watch
Cannonball OutRun
TyrQuake Quake
XRick Rick Dangerous
OpenLara Tomb Raider

Streaming

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Moonlight-NX git Mid ~

Intel CPUs

Name Latest Version 8086*¹ 286 386*² 486*³ Pentium*⁴ Pentium II*⁵ Celeron*⁶ Pentium III*⁷ Pentium 4*⁸ FLOSS Active Recommended
UniPCemu itch.io ?

*¹8086 emulation includes the 8088 CPU. *²386 emulation includes the SX and SL. *³486 emulation includes variants. *⁴Pentium emulation includes variants. *⁵Pentium II emulation includes variants. *⁶Celeron emulation includes variants. *⁷Pentium III emulation includes variants. *⁸Pentium 4 emulation includes variants.

Nintendo

Nintendo 3DS

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Citra POC ? ? ~

Nintendo 64

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GlideN64 3.0 Mid
N64 - Nintendo Switch Online N/A Low

NES

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
pNES (based on Nestopia) git Mid
NES - Nintendo Switch Online 2.3.0 Mid
LaiNES git Mid
NoiES git Mid
NESwitch git Mid

SNES

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
pSNES git Mid
SNES - Nintendo Switch Online 3.4.0 Mid

GameBoy / Color

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GameBoy/Color - Nintendo Switch Online N/A Low
PlutoBoy git Mid
khedgb Update 7 Low ~

GameBoy Advance

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GameBoy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online N/A Low
mGBA 0.10.3git Mid
VBA-Next git Mid ~
gdkGBA git Low
Switch-gba git Low ?
VBA-M NX git Low ?

Nintendo DS

Name Version FLOSS Active DSi Accuracy Recommended
melonDS (fork of melonDS) git ~ Mid ~
NooDS git Mid (WIP)
DeSmuME-NX git Low

Game & Watch

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
MADrigal Switch 10-05-2020 Mid

Atari

Atari 130 / 800 / 5200

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Atari800-switch git Mid ~

SEGA

Genesis/Mega Drive

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Genesis/Mega Drive - Nintendo Switch Online N/A Low
pGEN git Mid

Saturn

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Yaba Sanshiro 2.2.0 Mid ~

Dreamcast

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Flycast CI Buildsgit Mid
reicast Alpha Mid ~

Sony

Playstation

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
PCSX-ReARMed git Low

Playstation 2

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Play! git Low-Mid

Playstation Portable

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
PPSSPP 1.9.3+ Mid-High

PS Vita

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Vita2hos git Low-Mid

Arcade

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
pFBN git Mid
MAME-NX (based on MAME 0.72) git Mid ~

Commodore

Amiga

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
UAE4All2 git Mid

SNK Play more

Neo Geo Pocket / Color

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Neopop-SDL git Mid ~

Chip8

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Chip8-NX git Mid ~

Microsoft

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
DOSBox-switch git Mid ~
Bochs git Low

Alternate Operating Systems

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Switchroot Android 17.1
Switchroot Linux Various
Lakka 4.3

Switchroot Android

A build of Android 10 "Q" for the Switch, based on Lineage OS 17.1. Since it shares the same Nvidia Tegra X1 system-on-chip, the build is based off the Nvidia Shield TV build of LineageOS. Its most notable feature is the ability to work both in handheld and docked mode and using the Joycons as a Bluetooth controller (though not all apps may detect them correctly). There is also another build that lets the Switch function as an Android TV box. Many emulators and Android software can run, including DraStic, Dolphin, and Citra.

Switchroot Linux

Many GNU/Linux distributions are available, including Ubuntu Bionic and Focal, Fedora, and Gentoo. With these, it is possible to run many emulators and software for GNU/Linux on these systems. Play! has had some success with playing PS2 games on Ubuntu, albeit at around 10 FPS.

Source ports

Multi game engine

Name Version FLOSS Libretro Active Recommended Supported game(s)
ScummVM 2.5.1 Adventure games and RPGs (LucasArts, Sierra, Activision, Humongous & more. Over 250 games.)
OpenBOR git Pak mods
EasyRPG 0.8 RPG Maker 2000/2003 games
Commander Genius 2.6.3.1 Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy, Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter

Single game engine

Name Version FLOSS Libretro Active Recommended Supported game(s)
Action-adventure
Ship of Harkinian 8.0.4
Nighty build
git
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (PAL GameCube version)[N 1]
Zelda3 git The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Pinball
SpaceCadetPinball git ? 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet
Platformer
Cave Story Engine 2 Website
git[N 2]
[N 2] ? Cave Story
NXEngine-evo git ? ? Cave Story
RVM Sonic CD git ? ? Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)[N 3]
Sonic 1 and 2 (2013) git ? ? Sonic the Hedgehog 1 (2013)[N 3], Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2013)[N 3]
Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited) Website ? ? Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sonic CD (2011) git ? ? Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)[N 3]
SRB2 Switch git ? ? ? Sonic Robo Blast 2
Racing
SRB2Kart git ? ? ? Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart
RPG
DevilutionX git Diablo
OpenMW (unofficial) git ~ The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
TBS
Fheroes2 git ~ Heroes of Might and Magic II
Sim - City-building
Julius
Augustus (gameplay changes)
git
git
Caesar III
Visual Novel
ONScripter-jh git Visual Novel
  1. Ship of Harkinian requires either the GameCube's PAL Debug ROM (recommended), PAL Master Quest Debug ROM (for Master Quest mode's dungeons; supported as of v5.0.0), or the regular PAL GameCube ROM (not recommended) of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to generate an oot.otr file from OTRGui (from the PC download) to play it.
  2. 2.0 2.1 There is also an official Nintendo Switch remake called Cave Story+ with 3D graphics and the most features out of any other existing version (making it the "definitive version") that may be more recommendable depending on the user's preference. Cave Story Engine 2, or CSE2 for short, is a source port of the classic Cave Story by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya. CSE2 came with a portable version and an enhanced version of the original freeware but in November 2020, the CSE2 source port has received a DMCA cease and desist notice from Nicalis, the current IP owner of Cave Story, and the unofficial Switch port received a DMCA cease and desist as well.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sega Forever classics version on Android or iOS can also be used.