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If you have a PS Vita or PSTV on firmware version 3.60 to 3.68, you can turn it into a decent emulation device by installing the HENkaku homebrew enabler. If you're on the 3.60 firmware, you can obtain it [https://henkaku.xyz/ here], for 3.65-3.68 use [https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/h-encore h-encore.] Those on firmware versions prior to 3.60 can update manually by following the instructions [http://wololo.net/2016/08/09/manually-update-ps-vita-firmware-3-60/ here]. Furthermore, on versions 3.60 and 3.65 it's possible to use a bootloader patch called enso, which loads HENkaku automatically at boot: [https://enso.henkaku.xyz/ enso for 3.60], [https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/enso/releases 3.65]. It's possible to downgrade firmware version with a tool called [https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/modoru/releases modoru]. There are no homebrew solutions (and thus downgrading methods) for firmwares 3.69 and higher at this time, but there's an [https://twitter.com/theflow0/status/1085100038840377346 upcoming one] for versions 3.69 and 3.70, planned for 2019.
  
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=Multi-system=
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===[[RetroArch]]===
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* Download: [http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/playstation/vita/ Nightly builds]
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Available cores
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! Core
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! Game/System
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! Working?
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! class="unsortable"|Notes
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2048
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2048
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[DeSmuME]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[DOSBox]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Intel CPUs|286 and 386]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Virtual keyboard does not work
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[FinalBurn Alpha]]
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Arcade emulators|Arcade]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[FinalBurn Alpha]] (2012)
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| <ul><li>Uses FBA v0.2.97.30 ROM sets</li><li>Main core (fbalpha2012_libretro) does not work, but platform-specific cores run at full speed</li><ul>
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | FCEUmm
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[FUSE]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[ZX Spectrum emulators|ZX Spectrum]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Loading more than one ROM in a single session will crash RetroArch
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Gambatte]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Genesis Plus GX]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Sega systems (SMS/GG/GEN/SCD/SG-1000)
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[gpSP]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| ~45-50 FPS
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Handy]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Atari Lynx emulators|Atari Lynx]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[MAME]] (2000)
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Arcade emulators|Arcade]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| <ul><li>Uses MAME 0.37b5 ROM sets</li><li>Up to 60 FPS depending on game</li></ul>
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[MAME]] (2003)
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| <ul><li>Uses MAME 0.78 ROM sets</li><li>30 FPS or less, FBA is recommended instead</li>
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|-
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| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[Mednafen]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Neo Geo Pocket emulators|Neo Geo Pocket/Color]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Loading more than one ROM in a single session will crash RetroArch
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| ~25-30 FPS
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan/Color]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Full speed on WS games, ~45-60 FPS on WSC games
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Nestopia]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| ~55-60 FPS, use FCEUmm instead
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | NXEngine
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| style="text-align: center;" | Cave Story
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | PCSX-ReARMed
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| ~50-60 FPS at standard resolution
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[PicoDrive]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Sega systems (SMS/GG/GEN/SCD/32X/Pico)
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| 2D games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | PrBoom
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| style="text-align: center;" | Doom
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[ProSystem]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Atari 7800 emulators|Atari 7800]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[QuickNES]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|NES]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Snes9x]] 2002 (PocketSNES)
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| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Least accurate but fastest SNES core
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Snes9x]] 2005 ([[CATSFC]])
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| ~55-60 FPS on standard games, ~50 FPS on Super FX games
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Snes9x]] 2005+ ([[CATSFC]] Plus)
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Same as Snes9x 2005 but with better sound, at the cost of a few FPS
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Snes9x]] 2010 ([[Snes9x]] Next)
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| Most accurate but slowest SNES core (~40 FPS)
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Stella]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[TGB Dual]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | TyrQuake
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| style="text-align: center;" | Quake
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| ~40-50 FPS, use [https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-vitaquake-quake-porting-for-psvita.436146/ vitaQuake] instead
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-Next|VBA-Next]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| ~50-60 FPS
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[vecx]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Vectrex emulators|Vectrex]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Yabause]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Sega Saturn emulators|Sega Saturn]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗
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| Technically works but is unplayably slow
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|}
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=Nintendo=
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===Super Nintendo===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
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! class="unsortable"|Version
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | CATSFC-libretro-vita
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://github.com/exsinner/CATSFC-libretro/releases Git]
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | Snes9xVITA
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://github.com/frangarcj/Snes9xVITA/releases Git]
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|}
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===Game Boy/Color/Advance===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
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! class="unsortable"|Version
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! class="unsortable"|GB
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! class="unsortable"|GBC
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! class="unsortable"|GBA
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! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[mGBA]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{mGBAVer}}]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗*
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | RealBoy-Vita
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://github.com/xerpi/realboy-vita/releases/ Git]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|}
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> ''mGBA runs slow on the Vita currently, but optimizations and a [[Dynamic recompilation|dynamic recompiler]] are in progress.''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/4vmkft/lets_talk_about_mgba/d5ztglv</ref><ref>https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/pull/378</ref>
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===Nintendo DS===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
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! class="unsortable"|Version
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! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | DeSmuME-Vita (MasterFeizz)
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://github.com/masterfeizz/DeSmuME-Vita/releases/ Git]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗*
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | DeSmuME-Vita (xerpi)
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://github.com/xerpi/desmume-vita Source]**
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| style="text-align: center;" | ?
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|}
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> ''No dynamic recompiler, runs very slow''<br />
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> ''No official binary available, but an unofficial one can be found [https://mega.nz/#!1Ys1wSCS!rtGBlsIKmjJ_C_sywzCea5GeX23VmCo6Y6mvtSjbLIE here].''
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=Sega=
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
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! class="unsortable" | Version
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! class="unsortable" | GEN
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! class="unsortable" | SCD
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! class="unsortable" | SMS
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! class="unsortable" | GG
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! [[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Genesis Plus GX]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://github.com/frangarcj/Genesis-Plus-GX/releases Git]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | SMSplusVITA
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| style="text-align: center;" | [https://github.com/frangarcj/SMSplusVITA/releases Git]
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✓
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| style="text-align: center;" | ✗
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|}
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=Other systems=
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===Atari Lynx===
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* HandyVITA (Download: [https://github.com/frangarcj/HandyVITA/releases Git])
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===Neo Geo Pocket/Color===
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* NeopopVITA (Download: [https://github.com/frangarcj/NeopopVITA/releases Git])
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=See also=
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* [[Emulators on PSP]]
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=References=
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{{reflist}}
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=External links=
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* [https://gbatemp.net/threads/henkaku-homebrew-the-listing-of-all-vpks.436535/ List of emulators and homebrew for the Vita (GBAtemp)]
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* [http://wololo.net/emulators-for-the-ps-vita/ List of emulators for the Vita (Wololo)]
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* [http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3989/ Official RetroArch Vita thread (Libretro)]
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* [https://gbatemp.net/threads/retroarch-libretro-thread-ps-vita-edition-nightlies-included.437034/ RetroArch/Libretro thread (GBAtemp)]
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[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
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[[Category:Recommendations]]

Revision as of 15:25, 17 March 2019

If you have a PS Vita or PSTV on firmware version 3.60 to 3.68, you can turn it into a decent emulation device by installing the HENkaku homebrew enabler. If you're on the 3.60 firmware, you can obtain it here, for 3.65-3.68 use h-encore. Those on firmware versions prior to 3.60 can update manually by following the instructions here. Furthermore, on versions 3.60 and 3.65 it's possible to use a bootloader patch called enso, which loads HENkaku automatically at boot: enso for 3.60, 3.65. It's possible to downgrade firmware version with a tool called modoru. There are no homebrew solutions (and thus downgrading methods) for firmwares 3.69 and higher at this time, but there's an upcoming one for versions 3.69 and 3.70, planned for 2019.

Multi-system

RetroArch

Available cores
Core Game/System Working? Notes
2048 2048 ✓
DeSmuME Nintendo DS ✗
DOSBox 286 and 386 ✓ Virtual keyboard does not work
FinalBurn Alpha Arcade ✓
FinalBurn Alpha (2012) ✓
  • Uses FBA v0.2.97.30 ROM sets
  • Main core (fbalpha2012_libretro) does not work, but platform-specific cores run at full speed
FCEUmm NES ✓
FUSE ZX Spectrum ✓ Loading more than one ROM in a single session will crash RetroArch
Gambatte Game Boy/Color ✓
Genesis Plus GX Sega systems (SMS/GG/GEN/SCD/SG-1000) ✓ Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch
gpSP Game Boy Advance ✓ ~45-50 FPS
Handy Atari Lynx ✓
MAME (2000) Arcade ✓
  • Uses MAME 0.37b5 ROM sets
  • Up to 60 FPS depending on game
MAME (2003) ✓
  • Uses MAME 0.78 ROM sets
  • 30 FPS or less, FBA is recommended instead
Mednafen Neo Geo Pocket/Color ✓ Loading more than one ROM in a single session will crash RetroArch
PC Engine ✓
Virtual Boy ✓ ~25-30 FPS
WonderSwan/Color ✓ Full speed on WS games, ~45-60 FPS on WSC games
Nestopia NES ✓ ~55-60 FPS, use FCEUmm instead
NXEngine Cave Story ✓
PCSX-ReARMed PlayStation ✓ ~50-60 FPS at standard resolution
PicoDrive Sega systems (SMS/GG/GEN/SCD/32X/Pico) ✓ 2D games run full speed, 3D games run about 30 FPS or less
PrBoom Doom ✓
ProSystem Atari 7800 ✓
QuickNES NES ✓
Snes9x 2002 (PocketSNES) Super Nintendo ✓ Least accurate but fastest SNES core
Snes9x 2005 (CATSFC) ✓ ~55-60 FPS on standard games, ~50 FPS on Super FX games
Snes9x 2005+ (CATSFC Plus) ✓ Same as Snes9x 2005 but with better sound, at the cost of a few FPS
Snes9x 2010 (Snes9x Next) ✓ Most accurate but slowest SNES core (~40 FPS)
Stella Atari 2600 ✓
TGB Dual Game Boy/Color ✓
TyrQuake Quake ✓ ~40-50 FPS, use vitaQuake instead
VBA-Next Game Boy Advance ✓ ~50-60 FPS
vecx Vectrex ✓
Yabause Sega Saturn ✗ Technically works but is unplayably slow

Nintendo

Super Nintendo

Name Version
CATSFC-libretro-vita Git
Snes9xVITA Git

Game Boy/Color/Advance

Name Version GB GBC GBA Recommended
mGBA 0.10.3 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗*
RealBoy-Vita Git ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓

* mGBA runs slow on the Vita currently, but optimizations and a dynamic recompiler are in progress.[1][2]

Nintendo DS

Name Version Recommended
DeSmuME-Vita (MasterFeizz) Git ✗*
DeSmuME-Vita (xerpi) Source** ?

* No dynamic recompiler, runs very slow
** No official binary available, but an unofficial one can be found here.

Sega

Name Version GEN SCD SMS GG Recommended
Genesis Plus GX Git ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SMSplusVITA Git ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗

Other systems

Atari Lynx

  • HandyVITA (Download: Git)

Neo Geo Pocket/Color

  • NeopopVITA (Download: Git)

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/4vmkft/lets_talk_about_mgba/d5ztglv
  2. ↑ https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/pull/378

External links

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