Difference between revisions of "Emulators on Wii"

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This page lists emulators on the Nintendo Wii. For information on how to make them run, please see the following: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/hacking-guide

Multi-system

Virtual Console
WiiMednafen - Emulates the following:
- GameBoy/GameBoy Color
- GameBoy Advance
- Game Gear
- Lynx
- MegaDrive/Genesis
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
- Neo Geo Pocket
- PC Engine (CD)/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)/SuperGrafx (Fast version)
- PC-FX
- Sega Master System
- Virtual Boy
- WonderSwan
RetroArch

Arcade

MAME

Consoles

NES/Famicom

SNES/Super Famicom

Snes9x GX

Nintendo 64

Emu Name	Dolphin	Wii U
Not64	✓	✓
Wii64	✗ (Low Compatibility)	~ (Low Compatibility)
Wii64 Rice	✓	✓

Nintendo GameCube

Nintendont This requires a bit of explaining.

When the Nintendo Wii was launched, it introduced native backward compatibility with the GameCube, allowing memory cards and GameCube controllers to be used with GameCube games. This is widely known and it allowed Dolphin to support the Wii early in its open-source era. However, this compatibility was lost when Nintendo released newer models called the Wii: Family Edition (although the ports were merely stripped from the casing; the circuit board still contains the areas where the connectors would go, see Wikipedia's section on it) and the Wii Mini (which also lacks an SD card slot as well.) Also on the Wii U, the GameCube ports don't exist at all, only being offered afterward as a USB peripheral in order to play Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

However, homebrew developer FIX94 has developed an interpreter that allows all versions of the Wii (and the Wii U) that can run homebrew to read and run GameCube games, not only from a disc, but from SD cards and USB devices too. This comes with the added benefit that more controllers are supported past the normal GameCube ones, which makes it possible to play on consoles that don't have GCN controller ports.

Some notable features are the ability to use other controllers like the Classic Controller, Wiimote+Nunchuck, and some HID USB controllers, memory card emulation, playing TRIFORCE arcade games (after converted to an .iso), and recently Broadband Adapter emulation using the Wii's wireless communications.

SG-1000/Master System/Genesis/Sega CD/Game Gear

Genesis Plus GX

Saturn

Yabause Wii (Extremely poor performance)

PlayStation

Emu Name	Accurate	Dolphin	Wii U
WiiSX	Low	✗ (Low Compatibility)	✗ (Low Compatibility)
WiiSXRX (Wii port of PCSXR)	?	?	?
WiiSXR (Wii port of PCSXR)	?	?	?

PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)

WiiMednafen

PC-FX

Emu Name	Dolphin	Wii U
WiiMednafen	~ (Slow)	~ (Slow)

Handhelds

Game Boy/Color/Advance

Virtual Boy

WiiMednafen

Nintendo DS

Emu Name	GB/GBC	GBA	Dolphin	Wii U
mGBA (Nightly Builds)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enhanced mGBA	✓	✓	✓	✓
Visual Boy Advance GX	✓	✓	✓	✓
RIN Wii	✓	✗	✓	✗ (Black Screen)
WiiMednafen	✓	✓	✓	✓

Emu Name	Version	DSi	GBA	Dolphin	Wii U
DeSmuME Wii	r253	✗	✗	✗ (Very Slow/Low Compatibility)	✗ (Very Slow/Low Compatibility)
OpenDeSmuME	✗ (WIP)	?	?	?	?

Neo Geo Pocket

WiiMednafen (Includes a more recent fork of NeoPop)

WonderSwan

WiiMednafen

Atari Lynx

Emu Name	Version	Dolphin	Wii U
WiiHandy	?	✓	✓
WiiMednafen	?	✓ (same as WiiHandy)	✓ (same as WiiHandy)

Trojan LCD Game

TrojanWii (Archived, Auto-Downloads)

Computers

DOSBox

DOSBox Wii

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

FBZX Wii

Commodore 64

Frodo

Commodore 65

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

MSX

blueMSX-Wii

Apple I

Emu Name	Version	Active	Accurate	Dolphin	Wii U
MESS Wii	✗ (WIP)	?	?	?	?

Apple IIe

WiiApple

Commodore Amiga

UAE Wii or WiiUAE

Atari 800/XL/XE/XEGS/5200

WiiXL

CHIP-8

Chippy (version 2 pre-release, version 1 here)

Atari ST

Hatari

NEC-PC 98 series

Neko Project II Wii

NEC-PC 88 series

QUASI88

Amstrad CPC

Wiikuta

VG 5000

Dcvg5k

Miscellaneous

ScummVM

ScummVM

KOF Flames Of Courage

KOF Flames Of Courage V5

Super Mario War

Super Mario War

Grim Fandango

Grim Fandango interpreter

Road Fighter Remake

Road Fighter Remake

Wolfenstein 3D

Wolfenstein_3D_Wii

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-This page lists emulators on the Nintendo Wii. For information on how to make them run, please see the following: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/hacking-guide/
+This page lists emulators on the Nintendo Wii. For information on how to make them run, please see the following: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/hacking-guide
 ==Multi-system==
 *[[Virtual Console]]
+*[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen WiiMednafen] - Emulates the following:
-*[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/ WiiMednafen] - Emulates the following:
 **GameBoy/GameBoy Color
 **GameBoy Advance
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 **Virtual Boy
 **WonderSwan
 *[[RetroArch]]
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 ===NES/Famicom===
 *[https://github.com/dborth/fceugx FCE Ultra GX]
+*[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen WiiMednafen]
-*[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/ WiiMednafen]
 ===SNES/Super Famicom===
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 ===PlayStation===
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 !Emu Name
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 !Wii U
 |-
-|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/ WiiMednafen]
+|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen WiiMednafen]
 |{{~}}<small> (Slow)<small/>
 |{{~}}<small> (Slow)<small/>
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 |-
 |-
-|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/ WiiMednafen]
+|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen WiiMednafen]
 |{{✓}}
 |{{✓}}
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 ===Virtual Boy===
-*[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/ WiiMednafen]
+*[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen WiiMednafen]
 ===Nintendo DS===
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 |{{✓}}
 |-
-|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen/ WiiMednafen]
+|[https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen WiiMednafen]
 |?
 |{{✓}}<small> (same as WiiHandy)<small/>
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 ===Grim Fandango===
-*[https://gbatemp.net/threads/residualvm-wii-grim-fandango-interpreter.342214/ Grim Fandango interpreter]
+*[https://gbatemp.net/threads/residualvm-wii-grim-fandango-interpreter.342214 Grim Fandango interpreter]
 ===Road Fighter Remake===