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Since the 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].
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|title = Nintendo Switch
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|image = nintendo-switch.png
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|image2 = switchdocked.png
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|imagecaption = The Switch in its two forms, portable (above) and docked (below).
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|developer = Nintendo
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|type = [[:Category:Emulators on hybrid consoles|Hybrid video game console]]
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|generation = [[:Category:Emulators on eighth-generation consoles|Eighth generation]]
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|release = 2017
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|predecessor = [[Emulators on Wii U|Wii U]]
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
  
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==Multi-System==
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{{for|software that emulates the Switch|Nintendo Switch emulators}}
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[https://docs.libretro.com/guides/install-libnx/ RetroArch] -
 
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The following [[libretro|cores]] have shown to work well on the Switch and should be included:
 
  
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Amstrad Cores
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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].
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* Caprice32
 
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* CrocoDS
 
  
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Atari Cores
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=Alternative Operating Systems=
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* [[Stella]] (2600)
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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* [[ProSystem]] (7800)
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! Name
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* [[Mednafen|Beetle Handy]] (Lynx)
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! class="unsortable"|Version
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* Virtual Jaguar (Jaguar)
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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! class="unsortable"|Active
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! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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| [[Lakka]]
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| [http://www.lakka.tv/ {{LakkaVer}}]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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|-
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| Switchroot Android
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| [https://wiki.switchroot.org/en/Android/Setup-10 17.1]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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|-
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| Switchroot Linux
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| [https://wiki.switchroot.org/en/Linux/Distributions Various]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
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|}
  
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Commodore Cores
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===Switchroot Android===
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* [[VICE]] (C64)
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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]].
  
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Game Cores
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===Switchroot Linux===
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* 2048
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Many GNU/Linux distributions are available, including Ubuntu [https://wiki.switchroot.org/en/Linux/Ubuntu-Install-Guide Bionic] and [https://download.azka.li/archive/focal/ Focal], [https://download.azka.li/nightly/fedora/ Fedora], and Gentoo. With these, it is possible to run many emulators and software for GNU/Linux on these systems. [[Play!]] has [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOpxuZsx_C8 had some success] with playing PS2 games on Ubuntu, albeit at around 10 FPS.
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* MrBoom (Bomberman)
 
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* NXEngine (Cave Story)
 
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* PrBoom (Doom)
 
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* Reminiscence (Flashback)
 
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* GW (Game & Watch)
 
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* Cannonball (OutRun)
 
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* TyrQuake (Quake 1)
 
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* XRick (Rick Dangerous)
 
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* OpenLara (Tomb Raider)
 
  
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Arcade Cores
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=Emulators (Multi-Systems)=
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* [[MAME]] (2000, 2003, 2003 Plus)
 
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* [[FinalBurn Alpha|FBAlpha]]
 
  
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Misc Cores
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===Arcade===
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* [[4DO]] (3DO)
 
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* [[Mednafen|Beetle WonderSwan [Cygne]]] (WonderSwan/Color
 
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* [[DOSBox]] (DOS)
 
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* [[Vecx]] (Vectrex)
 
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* [[O2EM]] (Odyssey2 / Phillips Videopac+)
 
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* [[FreeIntv]] (Intellivision)
 
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* [[FMSX]] (MSX
 
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* Pocket CDG (MP3 Karaoke Music Player)
 
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* Mu (Palm OS)
 
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* [[EasyRPG]] (RPG Maker 2000/2003)
 
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* PX68k (Sharp X68000)
 
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* [[ScummVM]] (point-and-click adventure game engine)
 
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* [[EightyOne]] (Sinclair - ZX 81)
 
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* [[Mednafen|Beetle Neo Geo Pocket [NGP]]] (Neo Geo Pocket / Color)
 
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* Theodore (TO8D)
 
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* [[FUSE]] (ZX Spectrum)
 
  
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Nintendo Cores
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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* [[Gambatte]] (GB/C)
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! Name
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* [[Gearboy]] (GB/C)
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! class="unsortable"|Version
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* [[TGB Dual]] (GB/C)
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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* [[mGBA]] (GBA)
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! class="unsortable"|Active
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* [[VisualBoyAdvance#VBA-Next|VBA Next]] (GBA)
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
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* [[FCEUX|FCEUmm]] (NES)
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! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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* [[Nestopia|Nestopia UE]] (NES)
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|-
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* [[QuickNES]] (NES)
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| MAME-NX<small> (based on MAME 0.72)</small>
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* [[Mupen64Plus]] (N64)
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| [https://github.com/lantus/mame-nx/releases git]
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* PokeMini (Pokemon Mini)
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| {{✓}}
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* [[Snes9x]] (SNES)
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| {{~}}
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* [[Mednafen|Beetle VB]] (Virtual Boy)
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| Mid
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| {{~}}
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|-
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| pFBN <small> (based on [[FinalBurn Neo]])</small>
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| [https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases git]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✓}}
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| Mid
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| {{✓}}
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|-
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| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/supermodel-nx-segas-ardade-model-3-emulator-on-nintendo-switch-l4t-ubuntu.582130/ SuperModel-NX] <br><small>(for L4T ubuntu)</small>
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| [https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/supermodelnx.7z 2021]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{~}}
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| Mid
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| {{~}}
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|}
  
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NEC Cores
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===[[RetroArch]]===
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* Neko Project II Kai (PC-98)
 
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* [[Mednafen|Beetle PCE FAST]] (PC Engine / CD)
 
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* [[Mednafen|Beetle PC-FX]] (PC-FX)
 
  
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Sega Cores
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<B><code> [https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable Stable]</B></code>
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* GearSystem (MS/GG)
 
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* [[Genesis Plus GX]] (MS/GG/MD/CD)
 
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* [[PicoDrive]] (MS/GG/MD/32X)
 
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* [[Yabause]] (Saturn)
 
  
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Sony Cores
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<B><code> [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/switch/libnx Nightly]</B></code>
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* [[PCSX-Reloaded|PCSX ReARMed]] (Playstation 1)
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* [[PPSSPP]] (Playstation Portable)
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<B><code> [https://github.com/libretro GitHub]</code></B>
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<B><code> [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/switch/libnx/latest Switch RetroArch Cores]</B></code>
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<code><font color="Blue"><B> [https://github.com/Abdess/retroarch_system RetroArch BIOS/ROMs]</B></font></B></code>
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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|+ Available cores
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! Cores
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! Game/System list
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! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]] Working?
 +
|-
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| [[PPSSPP]]
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| PlayStation Portable
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| {{✓}}
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|-
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| [[PCSX-Reloaded|PCSX ReARMed]]
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| PlayStation 1
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| {{✓}}
 +
|-
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| [[DeSmuME]]
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | DS
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| {{~}}
 +
|-
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| [[MelonDS]]
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| {{~}}
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|-
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| [[Gambatte]]
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| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | GameBoy/GameBoy Color
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
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| [[Gearboy]]
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| {{✓}}
 +
|-
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| [[TGB Dual]]
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| {{✓}}
 +
|-
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| [[mGBA]]
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | GameBoy Advance
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| {{✓}}
 +
|-
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| [[VisualBoyAdvance#VBA-Next|VBA Next]]
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| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[FCEUX|FCEUmm]]
 +
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | NES/FDS
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Nestopia|Nestopia]]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[QuickNES]]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Mesen]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| [[Mupen64Plus]]
 +
| N64
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| PokeMini
 +
| Pokemon Mini
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Snes9x]] 2010 & Current
 +
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | SNES
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Bsnes]]
 +
|
 +
|-
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| [[Bsnes#List_of_forks|bsnes-hd]]
 +
|
 +
|-
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| [[Mesen S]]
 +
|
 +
|-
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| [[Mednafen|Beetle VB]]
 +
| Virtual Boy
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[MAME]]
 +
| 2000, 2003, 2003 Plus
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[FinalBurn Alpha|FBAlpha]]
 +
| Arcade
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| Neko Project II Kai (猫Project II改)
 +
| PC9801
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Mednafen|Beetle PCE FAST]]
 +
| PCE/PCE CD
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Mednafen|Beetle PC-FX]]
 +
| PC-FX
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
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| [[Mednafen|Beetle SGX]]
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| SuperGrafx
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Flycast]]
 +
| Dreamcast
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| GearSystem
 +
| MasterSystem/GameGear
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Genesis Plus GX]]
 +
| MasterSystem/GameGear/MegaDrive/Genesis/CD
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[PicoDrive]]
 +
| MasterSystem/GameGear/MegaDrive/Genesis/CD/32X
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Yabause]]
 +
| Saturn
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Opera]]
 +
| 3DO
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| P-UAE
 +
| Amiga Series
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Mednafen|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
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| Sharp X68000
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[ScummVM]]
 +
| point-and-click adventure game engine
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[EightyOne]] (81)
 +
| Sinclair - ZX 81
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| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Mednafen|Beetle Neo Geo Pocket [NGP]]]
 +
| Neo Geo Pocket / Color
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| Theodore
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| TO8D
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[FUSE]]
 +
| ZX Spectrum
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| Caprice32
 +
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | CPC/CPC464
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
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| CrocoDS
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Stella]]
 +
| Atari 2600
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[ProSystem]]
 +
| Atari 7800
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[Mednafen|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
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
 
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=Emulators (Single system)=
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==Atari==
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===Atari 130 / 800 / 5200===
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{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Atari800-switch
 +
| [https://github.com/Thog/atari800-switch git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
This atari800 port disappeared around 2021 without leaving any trace.
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==Commodore==
 +
 
 +
===Amiga===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| UAE4All2
 +
| [https://github.com/rsn8887/uae4all2/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==Microsoft==
 +
===DOS===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| DOSBox-switch
 +
| [https://github.com/crankyadmin/dosbox-switch git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|}
  
 
==Nintendo==
 
==Nintendo==
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===Nintendo Entertainment System===
 
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[https://github.com/Kevoot/LaiNESwitch/releases LaiNES]
 
  
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[https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases/ pNES] - based off of [[Nestopia]]
+
===Nintendo 64===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| GlideN64 <small>(old RetroArch core)</small>
 +
| [https://gbatemp.net/download/mupen64plus-neet-gliden64-3-0.35683 3.0]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| Nintendo 64 - [[Nintendo Switch Online]]
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| rokuyon
 +
| [https://github.com/Hydr8gon/rokuyon/releases/tag/release rolling]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}} <small>(WIP, slow)
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Nintendo DS===
 +
{| 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
 +
! class="unsortable"|DSi
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| DeSmuME-NX
 +
| [https://github.com/Laproxi/DeSmuME-NX/releases 0.0.3]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| [https://github.com/RSDuck/desmume-nx DeSmuME-NX]<br><small>(with jit)</small>
 +
| [https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/desmumenxrsd.7z 2019]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[melonDS]]<small> (fork of melonDS)</small>
 +
| [https://github.com/RSDuck/melonDS/releases R6fix1]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[NooDS]]
 +
| [https://github.com/Hydr8gon/NooDS rolling]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}<small> (WIP)</small>
 +
|}
 +
melonDS standalone includes a JIT compiler so it's generally faster than its retroarch counterpart
  
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[https://github.com/Hydr8gon/NoiES/releases NoiES]  
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===Nintendo 3DS===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Citra]]
 +
| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/proof-of-concept-shows-3ds-emulator-citra-running-on-the-nintendo-switch.565968 POC]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
  
−
[[L-CLASSICS|NES - Nintendo Switch Online]] - Nintendo's official service for NES games. Requires a paid subscription and is limited to the number of games provided. Supports online multiplayer.
+
===Nintendo Game Boy / Color===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Game Boy - [[Nintendo Switch Online]]
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/GameLadNX_Switch GameLadNX]
 +
| [https://github.com/darkxex/GameLad-for-Nintendo-Switch 1]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| khedgb
 +
| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/gbc-emulator-port-khedgb-works-on-5-0.503969 Update 7]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[mGBA]]
 +
| [http://mgba.io/downloads.html#homebrew-2 {{mGBAVer}}][https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| PlutoBoy
 +
| [https://github.com/RossMeikleham/PlutoBoy git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
  
−
===Super Nintendo Entertainment System===
+
===Nintendo Game Boy Advance===
−
[https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases/ pSNES] - a port of [[Snes9x]]
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/44VBA_Switch 44VBA] <br><small>(forked from libretro vba-next)
 +
| [https://github.com/44670/44vba/releases v20220417]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| Game Boy Advance - [[Nintendo Switch Online]]
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| High
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| gdkGBA
 +
| [https://github.com/jakibaki/gdkGBA git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[mGBA]]
 +
| [http://mgba.io/downloads.html#homebrew-2 {{mGBAVer}}][https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[NooDS]] <br><small>(Loads gba games from the emulated nds slot-2)
 +
| [https://github.com/Hydr8gon/NooDS rolling]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Low-Mid
 +
| {{~}} <small>(WIP)
 +
|-
 +
| Switch-gba
 +
| [https://github.com/BFriedrichs/switch-gba 1.0.2]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| VBA-M NX
 +
| [https://github.com/RSDuck/vba-m-nx git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| VBA-Next
 +
| [https://github.com/RSDuck/vba-next-switch/releases 0.7]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
  
−
[https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/nes/ SNES - Nintendo Switch Online] - Nintendo's offical service for SNES games.  Same idea as the previously mentioned NES service.
+
===Nintendo Game & Watch===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| MADrigal Switch <br><small> (includes RetroArch 1.8.5, the gw-libretro core version 1.6.3 and all 59 games)</small>
 +
| [http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/download.php 10-05-2020]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|}
 +
Any recent RetroaArch release includes direct G&W support through the handheld-electronic core which should be a better choice. You can even download the games with the online updater on retroarch itself.
  
−
===Gameboy Advance===
+
===Nintendo NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Family Computer Disk System===
−
[http://mgba.io/2018/09/16/mgba-for-switch/ mGBA]
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| LaiNES
 +
| [https://github.com/Kevoot/LaiNESwitch/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/NESalizer_Switch NESalizer]
 +
| [https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/nesalizernx.7z 2018]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| NESwitch
 +
| [https://github.com/FreakDev/NESwitch git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[L-CLASSICS|Nintendo Entertainment System]] - [[Nintendo Switch Online]]
 +
| 2.3.0
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| NoiES
 +
| [https://github.com/Hydr8gon/NoiES/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| pNES <small> (based on [[Nestopia]])</small>
 +
| [https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
  
−
===Nintendo DS===
+
===Nintendo SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System===
−
[https://github.com/Laproxi/DeSmuME-NX/releases DeSmuME-NX] - there has been several attempts at porting [[DeSmuME]] to the Switch, all of which have been abandoned (including this one).
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| pSNES <small> (based on [[snes9x]])</small>
 +
| [https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Snesnx2005_Switch snesnx2005]
 +
| [https://github.com/kazuki-4ys/snesnx2005 0.0.1-alpha1]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[L-CLASSICS|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] - [[Nintendo Switch Online]]
 +
| 3.4.0
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
  
−
[https://github.com/Hydr8gon/melonDS/releases melonDS] - a fork of [[melonDS]] for the Switch, still a work-in-progress.
+
==SEGA==
  
−
==Sega==
 
 
===Dreamcast===
 
===Dreamcast===
−
[https://gbatemp.net/threads/reicast-dreamcast-emulator-for-switch-horizon-alpha.538394/ reicast]
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Flycast]]
 +
| [https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-builds CI Builds][https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| [[reicast]]
 +
| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/reicast-dreamcast-emulator-for-switch-horizon-alpha.538394 Alpha]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===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]]
 +
|-
 +
| pGEN <small> (based on [[Genesis Plus GX]])</small>
 +
| [https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| SEGA Genesis - [[Nintendo Switch Online]]
 +
| N/A
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| High
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Saturn===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[Yaba Sanshiro]] (Yaba三四郎) <br> <small>(based on Lakka)</small>
 +
| [http://www.uoyabause.org/static_pages/download 2.2.0]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|}
  
 
==Sony==
 
==Sony==
−
===Playstation Portable===
+
===Playstation===
−
[https://www.patreon.com/posts/28559579 PPSSPP for Nintendo Switch] - A very work in progress emulator. It is based on PPSSPP libretro port but considered as a standalone emulator.
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| DuckStation
 +
| [https://github.com/RSDuck/duckstation git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
| PCSX-ReARMed
 +
| [https://github.com/rock88/pcsx_rearmed/releases v0.0.2]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| 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
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===PlayStation Portable===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[PPSSPP]]
 +
| [https://www.ppsspp.org/downloads.html 1.9.3+]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid-High
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===PlayStation Vita===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Vita2hos
 +
|[https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos/releases git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Low-Mid
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==SNK==
 +
 
 +
===Neo Geo Pocket / Color===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Neopop-SDL
 +
| [https://github.com/Nop90-Switch/neopop-SDL/releases v0.2]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==x86 CPUs==
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 +
! scope="col"|8086<nowiki>*¹</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|286
 +
! scope="col"|386<nowiki>*²</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|486<nowiki>*³</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|Pentium<nowiki>*⁴</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|Pentium II<nowiki>*⁵</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|Celeron<nowiki>*⁶</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|Pentium III<nowiki>*⁷</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|Pentium 4<nowiki>*⁸</nowiki>
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| switch-bochs
 +
| [https://github.com/Stary2001/switch-bochs git]
 +
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{?}} ||{{?}} ||{{?}} ||{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
 +
|-
 +
|UniPCemu
 +
|[https://superfury.itch.io/unipcemu itch.io]
 +
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{?}}
 +
|}
 +
<nowiki>*¹</nowiki>8086 emulation includes the 8088 CPU.
 +
<nowiki>*²</nowiki>386 emulation includes the SX and SL.
 +
<nowiki>*³</nowiki>486 emulation includes variants.
 +
<nowiki>*⁴</nowiki>Pentium emulation includes variants.
 +
<nowiki>*⁵</nowiki>Pentium II emulation includes variants.
 +
<nowiki>*⁶</nowiki>Celeron emulation includes variants.
 +
<nowiki>*⁷</nowiki>Pentium III emulation includes variants.
 +
<nowiki>*⁸</nowiki>Pentium 4 emulation includes variants.
 +
 
 +
=Fantasy computers=
 +
 
 +
===Chip-8===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| AXChip8
 +
| [https://github.com/darkxex/AXChip8/releases 1.0]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| Chip8-NX
 +
| [https://github.com/Marice/CHIP8-NX/releases 0.3]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| Swip8
 +
| [https://gbatemp.net/threads/swip8-a-simple-chip8-switch-emu.497244/ 1.0.0]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Pico-8===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Fake-08
 +
| [https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08/releases/ v0.0.2.20]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| High
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
=Source ports=
 +
 
 +
===Multi game engine===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|[[Libretro]]
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
 +
|-
 +
|Commander Genius
 +
|[http://clonekeenplus.sourceforge.net/download.php 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
 +
|-
 +
| CPyMO
 +
| [https://github.com/Strrationalism/CPyMO v1.1.9]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
| ?
 +
| PyMO Visual Novel / AVG Game Engine
 +
|-
 +
|[[EasyRPG]]
 +
|[https://easyrpg.org/player/downloads/#snapshot-other {{EasyRPGVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|RPG Maker 2000/2003 games
 +
|-
 +
| [https://love2d.org LÖVE Potion]
 +
| [https://github.com/lovebrew/lovepotion 3.0.1]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Love2D LUA engine
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.digitalmzx.com MegaZeux]
 +
| [https://github.com/AliceLR/megazeux/releases 2.93]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Caverns of Megazeux and multiple ZZT style ascii games
 +
|-
 +
| [[OpenBOR]]
 +
| [https://github.com/rsn8887/openbor/releases git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Pak mods
 +
|-
 +
| [[ResidualVM]]
 +
| [https://github.com/usineur/residualvm 0.4.0]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Grim Fandango, Escape from Monkey Island, Myst III, The Longest Journey. Recently merged into the main scummvm project.
 +
|-
 +
| [[ScummVM]]
 +
| [https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/#release {{ScummVMVer}}]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|Adventure games and RPGs (LucasArts, Sierra, Activision, Humongous & more. Over [[wikipedia:ScummVM#Supported_games|250 games]].)
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Single game engine===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|[[Libretro]]
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
! scope="col"|Supported game(s)
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|Action-adventure
 +
|-
 +
|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 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (any PAL version)<ref group="N">As of v8.0.0, Ship of Harkinian supports any PAL ROM of ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' for Nintendo 64 or GameCube ([https://ship.equipment SoH Compatibility Checker] to check if your ROM is supported). Launch the PC version and locate the ROM to generate an <code>oot.otr</code> file and place it in the <code>soh</code> Switch app folder. Additionally and optionally, you can load the PAL version of the ''Master Quest'' version in the PC version to create an <code>oot-mq.otr</code> to add another game mode.</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]
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
 +
|-
 +
|Sonic CD (2011)
 +
|[https://github.com/heyjoeway/Sonic-CD-11-Decompilation git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)<ref group=N name=sonic/>
 +
|-
 +
|Sonic Robo Blast 2
 +
|[https://github.com/P-AS/srb2-switch v2.2.11]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|[https://www.srb2.org Sonic Robo Blast 2]
 +
|-
 +
|smw
 +
|[https://github.com/snesrev/smw git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Super Mario World
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|Racing
 +
|-
 +
|SRB2Kart
 +
|[https://github.com/heyjoeway/Kart-Public git]
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|{{?}}
 +
|[https://mb.srb2.org/threads/srb2kart.25868/ Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart]
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|RPG
 +
|-
 +
|DevilutionX
 +
|[https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/releases git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Diablo
 +
|-
 +
|OpenMW <small>(unofficial)</small>
 +
|[https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/openmw git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{~}}
 +
|The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|Sim - City-building
 +
|-
 +
|Julius<br/>Augustus <small>(gameplay changes)</small>
 +
|[https://github.com/bvschaik/julius/releases git]<br />[https://github.com/Keriew/augustus/releases git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Caesar III
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|TBS
 +
|-
 +
|Fheroes2
 +
|[https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2 git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{~}}
 +
|Heroes of Might and Magic II
 +
|-
 +
!colspan=7|Visual Novel
 +
|-
 +
|ONScripter-jh
 +
|[https://github.com/wetor/ONScripter-jh-Switch git]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Visual Novel
 +
|}
  
−
==Android==
+
<references group=N/>
−
[https://forum.xda-developers.com/nintendo-switch/nintendo-switch-news-guides-discussion--development/rom-switchroot-lineageos-15-1-t3951389 LineageOS 15.1 for Nintendo Switch] - not technically an "emulator", it allows your Switch to function as an Android tablet. It's based of the Nvidia Shield TV build of LineageOS, since they both use the same system-on-chip, and runs Android 8.1 Oreo.  It's 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) .
 
  
−
Once you have Android up and running, you can install any emulator available through the app store or through manually installation.  Some notable ones are [[DraStic]] which has been shown to work incredibly well and [[Dolphin]] which works to some degree (given that the Android port is still being developed), though some users report that the joycons aren't functioning correctly.  
+
=Streaming=
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Moonlight-NX
 +
|[https://github.com/rock88/moonlight-nx 1.2.0]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|}
  
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
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[[Category:Emulators on handheld consoles]]
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[[Category:Emulators on home consoles]]
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[[Category:Emulators on hybrid consoles]]
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[[Category:Emulators on eighth-generation consoles]]

Latest revision as of 18:53, 7 April 2024

Nintendo Switch
Nintendo-switch.png
Switchdocked.png
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.

Alternative Operating Systems[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Lakka 5.0 ✓ ✓ ✓
Switchroot Android 17.1 ✓ ✓ ✓
Switchroot Linux Various ✓ ✓ ✓

Switchroot Android[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Emulators (Multi-Systems)[edit]

Arcade[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
MAME-NX (based on MAME 0.72) git ✓ ~ Mid ~
pFBN (based on FinalBurn Neo) git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓
SuperModel-NX
(for L4T ubuntu) 		2021 ✓ ~ Mid ~

RetroArch[edit]

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 (猫Project II改) 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 ✓
Opera 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 (81) 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 ✓

Emulators (Single system)[edit]

Atari[edit]

Atari 130 / 800 / 5200[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Atari800-switch git ✓ ✗ Mid ✗

This atari800 port disappeared around 2021 without leaving any trace.

Commodore[edit]

Amiga[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
UAE4All2 git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓

Microsoft[edit]

DOS[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
DOSBox-switch git ✓ ✗ Mid ~

Nintendo[edit]

Nintendo 64[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GlideN64 (old RetroArch core) 3.0 ✗ ✗ Mid ✗
Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online N/A ✗ ✓ Low ~
rokuyon rolling ✓ ✓ Low ✗ (WIP, slow)

Nintendo DS[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active DSi Accuracy Recommended
DeSmuME-NX 0.0.3 ✓ ✗ ✗ Low ✗
DeSmuME-NX
(with jit) 		2019 ✓ ✗ ✗ Low ✗
melonDS (fork of melonDS) R6fix1 ✓ ~ ~ Mid ~
NooDS rolling ✓ ✓ ✗ Mid ✗ (WIP)

melonDS standalone includes a JIT compiler so it's generally faster than its retroarch counterpart

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Citra POC ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓

Nintendo Game Boy / Color[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online N/A ✗ ✓ Low ✓
GameLadNX 1 ✓ ✗ Low ~
khedgb Update 7 ✗ ✗ Low ~
mGBA 0.10.3git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓
PlutoBoy git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓

Nintendo Game Boy Advance[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
44VBA
(forked from libretro vba-next) 		v20220417 ✓ ~ Mid ✓
Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online N/A ✗ ✓ High ✓
gdkGBA git ✓ ✗ Low ✗
mGBA 0.10.3git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓
NooDS
(Loads gba games from the emulated nds slot-2) 		rolling ✓ ✓ Low-Mid ~ (WIP)
Switch-gba 1.0.2 ✓ ✗ Low ✗
VBA-M NX git ✓ ✗ Low ✗
VBA-Next 0.7 ✓ ✗ Mid ✗

Nintendo Game & Watch[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
MADrigal Switch
(includes RetroArch 1.8.5, the gw-libretro core version 1.6.3 and all 59 games) 		10-05-2020 ✗ ~ Mid ~

Any recent RetroaArch release includes direct G&W support through the handheld-electronic core which should be a better choice. You can even download the games with the online updater on retroarch itself.

Nintendo NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Family Computer Disk System[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
LaiNES git ✓ ✗ Mid ✗
NESalizer 2018 ✓ ✗ Mid ✗
NESwitch git ✓ ✗ Mid ✗
Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online 2.3.0 ✗ ✓ Mid ✓
NoiES git ✓ ✗ Mid ✗
pNES (based on Nestopia) git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓

Nintendo SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
pSNES (based on snes9x) git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓
snesnx2005 0.0.1-alpha1 ✓ ✓ Mid ✓
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online 3.4.0 ✗ ✓ Mid ✓

SEGA[edit]

Dreamcast[edit]

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

Genesis / Mega Drive[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
pGEN (based on Genesis Plus GX) git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓
SEGA Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online N/A ✗ ✓ High ✓

Saturn[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Yaba Sanshiro (Yaba三四郎)
(based on Lakka) 		2.2.0 ✗ ~ Mid ~

Sony[edit]

Playstation[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
DuckStation git ✓ ✓ Mid ✓
PCSX-ReARMed v0.0.2 ✓ ✗ Low ✗

PlayStation 2[edit]

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

PlayStation Portable[edit]

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

PlayStation Vita[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Vita2hos git ✓ ✓ Low-Mid ✗

SNK[edit]

Neo Geo Pocket / Color[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Neopop-SDL v0.2 ✓ ✗ Mid ✗

x86 CPUs[edit]

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
switch-bochs git ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ? ? ? ? ✓ ✗ ~
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.

Fantasy computers[edit]

Chip-8[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
AXChip8 1.0 ✓ ✗ Mid ✗
Chip8-NX 0.3 ✓ ✗ Mid ✗
Swip8 1.0.0 ✗ ✗ Mid ✗

Pico-8[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Fake-08 v0.0.2.20 ✓ ✓ High ✓

Source ports[edit]

Multi game engine[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Libretro Active Recommended Supported game(s)
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
CPyMO v1.1.9 ✓ ✗ ✓ ? PyMO Visual Novel / AVG Game Engine
EasyRPG 0.8 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ RPG Maker 2000/2003 games
LÖVE Potion 3.0.1 ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Love2D LUA engine
MegaZeux 2.93 ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Caverns of Megazeux and multiple ZZT style ascii games
OpenBOR git ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Pak mods
ResidualVM 0.4.0 ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ Grim Fandango, Escape from Monkey Island, Myst III, The Longest Journey. Recently merged into the main scummvm project.
ScummVM 2.8.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Adventure games and RPGs (LucasArts, Sierra, Activision, Humongous & more. Over 250 games.)

Single game engine[edit]

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 (any PAL 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]
Sonic Robo Blast 2 v2.2.11 ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Sonic Robo Blast 2
smw git ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Super Mario World
Racing
SRB2Kart git ? ✗ ? ? Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart
RPG
DevilutionX git ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Diablo
OpenMW (unofficial) git ✓ ✗ ✓ ~ The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Sim - City-building
Julius
Augustus (gameplay changes) 		git
git 		✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Caesar III
TBS
Fheroes2 git ✓ ✗ ✓ ~ Heroes of Might and Magic II
Visual Novel
ONScripter-jh git ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ Visual Novel
  1. ↑ As of v8.0.0, Ship of Harkinian supports any PAL ROM of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo 64 or GameCube (SoH Compatibility Checker to check if your ROM is supported). Launch the PC version and locate the ROM to generate an oot.otr file and place it in the soh Switch app folder. Additionally and optionally, you can load the PAL version of the Master Quest version in the PC version to create an oot-mq.otr to add another game mode.
  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.

Streaming[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Moonlight-NX 1.2.0 ✓ ~ Mid ~
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