Emulators on Switch
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, for more information and guides on how to homebrew your Switch, or if you even can, visit r/SwitchHacks.
Contents
Multi-System
RetroArch - The following cores have shown to work well on the Switch and should be included:
Amstrad Cores
- Caprice32
- CrocoDS
Atari Cores
- Stella (2600)
- ProSystem (7800)
- Beetle Handy (Lynx)
- Virtual Jaguar (Jaguar)
Commodore Cores
- VICE (C64)
Game Cores
- 2048
- MrBoom (Bomberman)
- NXEngine (Cave Story)
- PrBoom (Doom)
- Reminiscence (Flashback)
- GW (Game & Watch)
- Cannonball (OutRun)
- TyrQuake (Quake 1)
- XRick (Rick Dangerous)
- OpenLara (Tomb Raider)
Arcade Cores
- MAME (2000, 2003, 2003 Plus)
- [[FinalBurn_Alpha|FBAlpha}
Misc Cores
- 4DO (3DO)
- Beetle WonderSwan [Cygne] (WonderSwan/Color
- DOSBox (DOS)
- Vecx (Vectrex)
- O2EM (Odyssey2 / Phillips Videopac+)
- FreeIntv (Intellivision)
- FMSX (MSX
- Pocket CDG (MP3 Karaoke Music Player)
- 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)
Nintendo Cores
- Gambatte (GB/C)
- Gearboy (GB/C)
- TGB Dual (GB/C)
- mGBA (GBA)
- VBA Next (GBA)
- FCEUmm (NES)
- Nestopia UE (NES)
- QuickNES (NES)
- Mupen64Plus (N64)
- PokeMini (Pokemon Mini)
- Snes9x (SNES)
- Beetle VB (Virtual Boy)
NEC Cores
- Neko Project II Kai (PC-98)
- Beetle PCE FAST (PC Engine / CD)
- Beetle PC-FX (PC-FX)
Sega Cores
- GearSystem (MS/GG)
- Genesis Plus GX (MS/GG/MD/CD)
- PicoDrive (MS/GG/MD/32X)
- Yabause (Saturn)
Sony Cores
- PCSX ReARMed (Playstation 1)
- PPSSPP (Playstation Portable)
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Switch Online - Nintendo's official service for NES games. Requires a paid subscription and is limited to the number of games provided. Rumored to be adding SNES in the near future.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Gameboy Advance
Nintendo DS
DeSmuME-NX - there has been several attempts at porting DeSmuME to the Switch, all of which have been abandoned (including this one).
melonDS - a fork of melonDS for the Switch, still a work-in-progress.
Sega
Dreamcast
Sony
Playstation Portable
PPSSPP for Nintendo Switch - A very work in progress emulator. It is based on PPSSPP libretro port but considered as a standalone emulator.
