Emulators on Vita

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PlayStation Vita
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Developer Sony
Type Handheld game console
Generation Eighth generation
Release date 2011
Predecessor PlayStation Portable
Emulated ~

If you have a PS Vita or PSTV on firmware version 3.60 to 3.73, 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 3.65-3.73 use Final 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: Ensō for 3.60, 3.65. It's possible to downgrade firmware version with a tool called modoru.

Multi-system

RetroArch

Available cores
Core Game/System Working? Notes
2048 2048
blueMSX MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000
DeSmuME Nintendo DS
DOSBox 286 and 386 Virtual keyboard does not work
EightyOne Sinclair ZX 81
FinalBurn Neo 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
fMSX MSX
FUSE ZX Spectrum Loading more than one ROM in a single session will crash RetroArch
Gambatte Game Boy/Color
Gearsystem Sega systems (SMS/GG/SG-1000) Use Genesis Plus GX or Picodrive instead
Genesis Plus GX Sega systems (SMS/GG/GEN/SCD/SG-1000) Redbook audio hangs when suspending or pausing RetroArch
gpSP Game Boy Advance ~50-60 FPS with dynarec
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, FBN is recommended instead
MAME (2003Plus)
  • Uses MAME 0.78 ROM sets
  • 30 FPS or less, FBN 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 UE 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
PokeMini Pokemon Mini
PrBoom Doom
ProSystem Atari 7800
QuickNES NES
RACE Neo Geo Pocket/Color Least accurate but fastest NGP/C core, Use Mednafen (Beetle NeoPop) instead
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 Use Stella 2014 instead
Stella 2014 Atari 2600
TGB Dual Game Boy/Color
TyrQuake Quake ~40-50 FPS, use vitaQuake instead
VBA-Next Game Boy Advance ~50-60 FPS, use gpSP instead
vecx Vectrex
VICE x128 Commodore 128
VICE x64 (fast) Commodore 64
VICE x64sc (accurate)
VICE xpet Commodore PET
VICE xplus4 Commodore Plus4
VICE xvic Commodore VIC20
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
UO gрSP Kai (Adrenaline) v3.4 test 4 build 225 ✓**
TempGBA4PSP-mod (Adrenaline) Git ✓***

* mGBA runs slow on the Vita currently, but optimizations and a dynamic recompiler are in progress.[1][2] ** Needs to run through Adrenaline, for 3D games use TempGBA *** Needs to run through Adrenaline

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.

Nintendo 64

Name Version Recommended
DaedalusX64 (Adrenaline) Git ~*

* Needs to run through Adrenaline, Very slow, Low compatibilty

Sega

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

Sony

PlayStation 1

Name BIN/CUE ISO PSX2PSP Recommended
Adrenaline
PCSX-ReARMed (Retroarch) ~

PlayStation Portable

Name Recommended
Adrenaline

Other systems

Atari Lynx

  • HandyVITA (Download: Git)

Neo Geo Pocket/Color

  • NeopopVITA (Download: Git)

Amiga 500/1200

  • UAE4All2 (Download: Git)

ZX Spectrum

Ports

Doom

Name Version Doom Heretic/Hexen Chex ZDoom Compatibility Multiplayer Recommended
VitaDoom Git ?
Chocolate Doom Git
PRBoom (Retroarch) 2.5.0 ~*
Odamex Git ~ (ZDoom 1.22) ~**

* Chex Quest is very glitchy
** Very WIP, sound is not working, multiplayer is disabled.

Quake I

Name CD Audio Support Multiplayer Texture Pack Support Recommended
vitaQuake
TyrQuake (Retroarch)

Quake II

Name CD Audio Support Multiplayer Texture Pack Support Recommended
vitaQuakeII

Quake III

Name Multiplayer Recommended
vitaQuakeIII

Wolfenstein 3D

Name Spear of Destiny Recommended
vitaWolfen

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Name Multiplayer Recommended
vitaRTCW ~ (WIP)

Duke Nukem 3D

Name Music Recommended
EDuke32 Vita ✓*

* Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition is also available for PSVITA

Half-Life

Name Multiplayer Recommended
vitaXash3D

Hexen II

Name CD Audio Support Texture Pack Support Recommended
vitaHexenII ?

Outrun

  • Cannonball (Download: Git)

Diablo

  • DevilutionX (Download: Git)

Prince of Persia

  • SDL Prince of Persia Vita (Download: Git)
  • Prince Of Persia (cpasjuste) (Download: VitaDB)

Star Trek Voyager

See also

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