Emulators on Windows

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Microsoft Windows
Icon Windows 10.png
Developer Microsoft
Type Operating systems
Release date 1985
Latest release Windows 11

This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS.

Atari

Atari 8-bit family

Name Latest Version Models XEGS Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Atari800 5.2.0 400, 800, XL, XE Cycle
Altirra 4.21 400, 800, XL, XE Cycle
Atari++ 1.84 400, 800, XL, XE Cycle
MAME 0.264 Good: 400, 800
Basic: XL, XE
? ~
Pantheon 13.640 800, XE Mid ~
Atari800Win-PLus 4.1 400, 800, XL, XE ?

Atari ST

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Hatari 2.4.1
Steem SSE 4.1.2 R14 ?
ARAnyM git
Gemulator 9.0 ? ~
Steem Engine 3.2
SainT 2.40 ?
PCE/atarist pce-20191006 ?
PCE-js git
CaSTaway 0.9.2

Atari 2600

Name Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Stella 6.7.1 Cycle
MAME 0.264 Cycle
Pantheon 13.640 High ~
PCAE 2.6
2.7
High ~
z26 4.07 High ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?
Gopher2600 git High
EMU7800 5.4.0.0 Mid
Stellarator git ?

Atari 5200

Name Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Altirra 4.21 Cycle
Atari800 5.2.0 Cycle
kat5200 0.8.1 ?
MAME 0.264 Mid
Jum52 git ?


Atari 7800

Name Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.264 High
A7800 5.2 High
ProSystem 1.3 (Windows)
git (libretro)
? [N 1]
EMU7800 5.4.0.0 Mid
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?

Atari Jaguar

Name Latest version AJ-CD Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Phoenix 2.8.JAG
Virtual Jaguar 2.1.2
Unofficial builds
git (libretro)
[N 1]
MAME 0.264 ~
Project Tempest 0.95 ~

Atari Lynx

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.32.0-UNSTABLE
MAME 0.264
Handy 0.95

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name Latest Version FDS Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mesen 2.0.0 (preview) Cycle
Nestopia UE 1.52.0 Cycle
puNES 0.111 Cycle
3dSen 0.9.5 ? ~
NintendulatorNRS 202105282224 Cycle
FinalBurn Neo WIP builds ?
iNES 6.1 High ?
RockNES 5.80 High
Gearnes git High
Nintendulator 0.985 Beta git Cycle
Nintaco 2020-05-01 Cycle
My Nes git Mid
BizHawk 2.9.1 Cycle
higan v110 (as bsnes v083) Cycle
ANESE git Cycle ~
nesemu2 git Cycle ?
nemulator 4.4 High ?
cxNES git Mid
FakeNES GT 0.59 b3 Mid
FCEUX 2.6.6 Mid
FCEUmm 98.13mm (Windows)
git (libretro)
Mid
MAME 0.264 Mid
HDNes git Low
Jnes 1.2.1 Low
QuickNES 0.7.0b1 (Windows)
git (libretro)
? Low
VirtuaNES 0.97 ~ Low
FreezeSMS 4.6 Low
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 Low
Nin git ?
InfoNES 0.93 ? ?

Super Nintendo

Name Version Satellaview SNES-CD (Sony) Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
bsnes
(Official)
v115 Cycle
bsnes-hd
(forked bsnes)
beta 10.6 Cycle
higan v110 Cycle
Mesen S 0.4.0 Cycle ~
Snes9x 1.62.3 High [N 2] ~
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) 1.32.0-UNSTABLE ?
nSide (forked higan) git Cycle
bsnes-classic
(forked bsnes Qt)
git Cycle
BizHawk (bsnes v087) 2.9.1 Cycle
lsnes rr2-β23
git
Cycle
kindred (Super Sleuth PE) 1.11 Preview Build 6 ? ?
Mednafen (bsnes v059) 1.32.0-UNSTABLE High
NO$SNS 1.6 ~ Medium
MAME 0.264 Low
ZSNES 1.51 Low
CATSFC 1.36 Low

Nintendo 64

Name Latest Version Plugins Controller Pak Rumble Pak Transfer Pak 64DD Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
m64p (ParaLLEl) git
m64p (Final GLideN64) Final GLideN64
ParaLLEl 2.0-rc2 [N 3]
RMG git
Project64 3.0.1
Dev
ares v136 ~ ~ ~
CEN64 git ~
Mupen64Plus git ~
Project64 Netplay 10/15/21 ?
BizHawk 2.9.1
1964 1.1 (Official)
1.2 r146 (Unofficial SVN)
Larper64 0.4 ?
UltraHLE 1.0 ?
MAME 0.264
Ryu64 git ?
R64Emu git ?

GameCube / Wii / Triforce

Name Latest Version GameCube Wii Triforce Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Dolphin Dev ~[N 4] [N 5]
Ishiiruka-Dolphin Dev ~ ~
Dolwin 1.6
Dolphin (Nintendo) e2.8

Wii U

Name Latest Version Compatibility Amiibo FLOSS Active Recommended
Cemu 2.0 Medium ~
Decaf Git Low

Nintendo Switch

Name Latest Version Amiibo FLOSS Active Recommended
yuzu Nightlygit
Ryujinx Nightlygit
NSEmu git
CageTheUnicorn git

Nintendo 3DS

Name Latest Version Amiibo Open-Source Libretro Core Active Recommended
Citra Nightly
Vvctre git ?
Corgi3DS git
3dmoo git
TronDS 1.0.0.5
LemonLime git

Nintendo DS

Name Latest Version DSi Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
DeSmuME 0.9.13
melonDS 0.9.5
Dev Builds
~
DeSmuME X432R 2015-04-19 ?
GBE+ 1.7 (WIP)
medusa alpha 2
CorgiDS git
SVN
ndsemu git ?
No$GBA 3.05 ~
NeonDS 0.2.1 ?
dasShiny git
DuoS 8/25/2012 Beta ?
Ensata 1.4d
iDeaS 1.0.4.0 ?
NooDS git

Game Boy Advance

Name Latest Version Game Link Support e-Reader Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
mGBA 0.10.3 Mid
higan v110 ?
VBA-M 2.1.9 Mid
iDeaS 1.0.4.0 ?
GBE+ 1.7 ?
VGBA 6.4 ?
MAME 0.264 ? Cycle
NanoboyAdvance git Low
No$GBA 3.05 Mid
BoyCottAdvance 0.2.8 Low

Pokémon mini

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
GBE+ 1.7[N 6]
PokeMini 0.6.0git
minimon 2005:01:20 ~
MAME 0.264
PokeKaMini 0.7.0

Virtual Boy

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.32.0-UNSTABLE
VBjin SVN r103
Rustual Boy git ~
MAME 0.264
Planet Virtual Boy emulator 2019-03-27
Red Dragon 0.38 Final

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Name Latest Version Game Link Support Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
SameBoy 0.16.2 [N 7]
BGB 1.6.2
Gambatte r571
Gearboy 3.5.0
BizHawk 2.9.1
MAME 0.264 ~
Emulicious 2024-02-29 ~
higan v110
mGBA 0.10.3 [N 8]
VBA-M 2.1.9 [N 9]
GBE+ 1.7
VGB 6.0
Pantheon 13.640
hhugboy 1.4.0
UGE 1.0 beta 9
KiGB 2.05
TGB Dual git
GiiBiiAdvance git
MetroBoy 1.02

Game & Watch

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.264
DSP 0.22

Sega

Sega Model 1

Name Latest Version Active Libretro Core FLOSS Recommended
MAME 0.264
Modeler 0.9.3a

Sega Model 2

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Model 2 Emulator 1.1a
MAME 0.264 ~

Sega Model 3

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Supermodel SVN Builds ~ (WIP)
MAME 0.264

SG-1000

Name Latest Version SG-1000 SC-3000 SF-7000 Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
MasterGear 4.9.3
MAME 0.264
BizHawk 2.9.1
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1 ~
higan v110 ~ ~
Kega Fusion 3.64 ~
Gearsystem 3.5.0
blueMSX 2.8.2
MEKA 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26)
vdmgr 0.2.6 ~
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 ~
CoolCV 0.6.6
TwoMbit 1.0.5
FreezeSMS 4.6
Essgee v001.2

Master System / Game Gear

Name Latest Version SMS GG Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1 Very high
MAME 0.264 High
Emulicious 2024-02-29 Very high ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 Very high ~
higan v110 High ~
Phoenix 2.8.JAG Very high ~
TwoMbit 1.0.5 Very high
Gearsystem 3.5.0 High
MasterGear 4.9.3 High
Pantheon 13.640 High
Kega Fusion 3.64 Mid
PicoDrive 1.93 [2] Mid
FreezeSMS 4.6 Very high
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 Low
MEKA 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) ?
SMS Plus git ? ?
HiSMS 0.01 beta ?
nemulator 4.4 ?
Essgee git ?

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X

Name Latest Version CD 32X Pico Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
BlastEm 0.6.2
Exodus 2.1
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?
Kega Fusion 3.64
PicoDrive 1.93
FinalBurn Neo Stable WIP builds
MAME 0.264
Gens/GS r7
DGen 1.33
GENS 2.14
higan v110 ~ (bsnes)
Megado git ?
Regen 0.972 ?
AloneMD 1.0.2 ?

Saturn / ST-V

Name Latest Version ST-V Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.32.0-UNSTABLE
SSF PreviewVer R30
Kronos 2.6.1
Yaba Sanshiro 2 1.14.3 ~
Yabause 0.9.15
MAME 0.264
Nova 0.6
BizHawk 2.9.1
Satourne 2.0 beta 3
Saturnin 0.40
GiriGiri 0.6a

Dreamcast / Naomi

Name Latest Version Naomi Atomiswave Windows CE Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
DEmul 0.7 Build 280418
redream 1.5.0 (Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi)
1.2.07 (Android)
Flycast CI Builds
reicast CI Builds (Not Working)
r8.1 (Snap Store)
~
nullDC 1.0.4 r150 ~
Makaron T12/5 ~
Chankast 0.25
MAME 0.264 ~ ~

Sega VMU

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
SoftVMS 1.10 (source only) ? ~
MAME 0.264
ElysianVMU 0.2.0 ?
DirectVMS 1.8 ?
DreamVMU 0.1 ?

NEC

NEC PC-6000

Emulator Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC6001VX 4.2.5
yaPC-6001 2018/12/27 ?
PC6001V 2.0.4 ?
MAME 0.264
PC6001VW 310f ?

NEC PC-8800

Emulator Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
ePC8801MA Kai SE 200611 ?
ePC-8001 1/28/2023 ?
XM8 1.70 ?
X88000 1.5.3 ?
MAME 0.264
pc8801ma 19/03/12 ?
Excite88 0.1.5.0 ?
M88 (retropc.net) 2.2.1a ?
PC88WIN 1.14 ?
W88 0.05 ?
QUASI88 0.6.4
git(libretro)
? (libretro)

NEC PC-9800

Name Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Neko Project 21/W v0.86 rev88 High
Neko Project II kai git High ~
Neko Project II 0.86 Mid ?
Anex86 e1 Low-Mid ?
MAME 0.264 Low ~
SL9821 0.4.0.3 High ? TBD
DOSBox-X 2024.03.01 Low ~

PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx

Name Latest Version PCE-CD SuperGrafx Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen (PCE-Accurate) 1.32.0-UNSTABLE High
MAME 0.264 High
Mednafen (PCE-Fast) 1.32.0-UNSTABLE Mid
BizHawk 2.9.1 High
higan v110 ~ ? ~
Turbo Engine 0.32 High ?
MagicEngine 1.1.3 Mid
Ootake 3.04 Mid ?
pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) git Mid ?
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 ~ Low ?
Neco 0.11 Low ?
ePCEngine 8/12/2017 ? ?
FinalBurn Alpha 0.2.97.43 ?
Hu-Go! 2.12 ? ? ?

PC-FX

Name Latest Version GA Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.32.0-UNSTABLE TBD Mid-High
MAME 0.264 ~ Mid
MagicEngine-FX 1.1.1 TBD Low
Xe 2.16.2 TBD ?

Sony

PlayStation

Name Version Plugins FLOSS Libretro Core RIR Accuracy Active Recommended
DuckStation git High
Mednafen 1.32.0-UNSTABLE High
XEBRA v221106 High
PCSX-R PGXP(git)
Windows
Plugin dependent
ePSXe 2.0.5 Plugin dependent ~
PSXACT git High (WIP)
Rustation git High (WIP)
Avocado git Mid (WIP)
pSX 1.13 Mid
NO$PSX 2.0 Mid ~
hpsx64 v0430 (Alt) Mid (WIP)
MAME 0.264 Mid (WIP)
Connectix VGS 1.4.1 ?
Bleem! 1.6b Low-Mid
SSSPSX 0.0.34 Plugin dependent
Rustation NG git ? (WIP)
PCSX-Redux git ? (WIP)

PlayStation 2

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
PCSX2 1.6.0 (stable)
SVN
~ (WIP)
Play! Builds ~
DobieStation git
Builds
~
hpsx64 v0430
orbum git

PlayStation 3

Name Latest Release Version FLOSS Active Recommended
RPCS3 0.0.31 Alpha[N 10]
Nucleus git
Short Waves 0.0.2
PS3F 0.1

PlayStation 4

Name Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Orbital git
GPCS4 git
PS4Delta git

PlayStation Vita

Name Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Vita3K git ~

PlayStation Portable

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
PPSSPP 1.17.1
JPCSP SVN
cspspemu git ?
jspspemu git ?
PCSP 0.5.5 ?
Potemkin 1.00 alpha ?
PSPE 0.9b ?

Pocket Station

Name Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.264 High
No$GBA 3.05 Mid
PK201 28/04/20 Mid
PKEmu 1.1 Private Beta ?
pockystation git (git) ?

Microsoft

MSX series

Name Latest Version MSX 1 MSX 2 MSX 2+ TurboR Accuracy Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
openMSX git Cycle
blueMSX 2.8.2 Cycle
MAME 0.264 ~ High
fMSX 6.0 Mid ~
Pantheon 13.640 ~ ~ High
MSXPLAYer
(fMSX based)
MSX Game Reader
(Commercial)
~ ~ Mid
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 ~ Low

Xbox Classic

Note: xboxdevwiki's own list of emulators
Name Latest Version Sega Chihiro FLOSS Active Recommended
xemu 0.7.120 ~ (WIP)
Cxbx-Reloaded git ~ (WIP) ~
XQEMU git ~ (WIP)
StrikeBox git
Cxbx git
Dxbx 0.5
Xenoborg r19
Xeon 1.0
MAME 0.264 ~

Xbox 360

Name Latest Version OS FLOSS Active Recommended
Xenia git Win7+

Apple

Apple I

Name Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Pom1 v1.0.0
MAME 0.264 ~
CocoaPom (Java) v0.1 ?
Apple 1 Emulator 1.4 ? ?

Apple II Line

Name Latest Version ][ ][+ //e IIc //e Enhanced //e Platinum IIc Plus IIGS FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.264
AppleWin 1.30.18.0
MicroM8 Continuous
BizHawk
(Virtu based)
2.9.1
Mednafen 1.32.0-UNSTABLE ✗ (WIP)
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313

apple /// Line

Name Latest Version /// /// Revised /// Plus FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.264

Apple IIGS

Name Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
KEGS 1.34
GSplus 0.14 ~
GSport 0.31
MAME 0.264

Apple Lisa

Name Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
LisaEm 1.2.7
IDLE r23 TBD
MAME 0.264

Macintosh line

Name Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
68k
Basilisk II 1.0 R5
Mini vMac 36.04
MAME 0.264 TBD
PCE 0.2.2 TBD
Ardi Executor 2.1.17
vMac 0.19
PowerPC
SheepShaver 2.4
QEMU 4.0.0 TBD
PearPC 0.6.0

Apple iPod

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

iOS devices

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

J2ME

Name Version Mascot Capsule 3D Accuracy VM Derived from FLOSS Active Recommended
KEmulator 1.0.3
git
Mid ? ?
Kahvibreak Stable
Dev
Linux (Beta)
Mid Host JVM (FreeJ2ME) ? (WIP)
SJ Boy Emulator Beta 4 Low ? ? ? ~
SquirrelJME 0.2.0 Aims for 100% Custom (Java) - ? (WIP)
Jademula git Mid ? ?
MicroEmu git Mid Host JVM -
MiniSoyo 1.0 Low ? ? ?
MidpX (NHAL) 1.0.1midp2exe Low ? ? ?
MPowerPlayer 2.0 Low ? ? ?
Midp-Emulator 1.31
git
Low ? ?
GameMagic S60 1.2.1 Low ? ? ?
N-GAGE Cool! 1.2.1 (Trial) ($) Low ? ? ?
Nokia SDKs Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Mid ? ? ? ~
Sony Ericsson SDKs 2.5.0.6 Mid ? ? ? ~
Siemens SDKs Site 1
Site 2
Mid ? ? ? ~
Motorola SDKs 4.1
5.2.1
Mid ? ? ? ~
Motorola iDEN SDK Mirror Mid ? ? ? ~

Commodore

Commodore 64 & 128

Name Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
VICE (x64sc) 3.8 Very high
Denise 2.2.1 Very high
Hoxs64 1.1.2.3 Very high
VICE (x64) 3.8[N 11] High ~
Emu64 git ? ~
Micro64 1.00.2018.03.16 Build 719 High ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?
CCS64 V3.9.2 High
Hyper64 1.00.2008.08.08 Build 20 Mid
MAME 0.264 Mid
Frodo 4.1b ?

Commodore 65

Name Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Hi65 v9 BASIC 10 only ~
MAME 0.264 Low

Amiga Line

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
FS-UAE 3.0.5
WinUAE 5.2.0
WinFellow git
MAME 0.264
Denise N/A

Intel CPUs

Name Latest Version 8086*¹ 286 386*² 486*³ Pentium*⁴ Pentium II*⁵ Celeron*⁶ Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
86Box git
PCem v17 git (macos)
VARCem Builds ~
DOSBox-X 2024.03.01
DOSBox 0.74-3
SVN
Bochs 2.8
MAME 0.264 ~ ~ ~
QEMU 8.2.0 [N 12]

Sinclair

ZX81

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Relative Speed[N 13] Active Recommended
ZEsarUX 11 Beta1 110.9%
EightyOne 1.40 114.3%
Spud81 0.221 ? 114.9% ~
SZ81
(xz80 & z81 based)
2.1.7
2.3.10 (Unofficial)
100.0% ~
MAME 0.264 ? Not tested
MTMW
(aka 'MulTiMachine')
1.30b ? Not tested
No$ZX 2.0 100.1%
[N 14]
VB81 1.30 Not tested
VB81 XuR 1.30.3 (26/11/2019) ? 100.5%

ZX Spectrum

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
EightyOne 1.40 ~ (WIP)
FUSE 1.5.7
Speccy 5.9
ZEsarUX 11 Beta1
BizHawk 2.9.1 ? ~
Retro Virtual Machine 2.0.beta-1.r6 ? ~
EMU (Russian) 1.01 ? ~
ZX-Poly 2.3.0 TBD
Xpeccy 0.6.20231226 ?
DSP git ?
fbzx git
JSpeccy git ?
MAME 0.264
Spectaculator 8.0
UnrealSpeccyP git
ZX4ALL Beta 2 ?
MTMW
(aka 'MulTiMachine')
1.30b ?
#CSpect 2.12.5 ?

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
  2. Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
  3. Available exclusively as a libretro core.
  4. Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
  5. Currently at Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
  6. Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
  7. Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
  8. The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.
  9. Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure
  10. Supports the Conroe model.
  11. As calculated by Carlo Delhez's clkfreq, originally distributed with his XTender emulator. The ZX81 has relatively complicated timing mechanics, depending on signalling of WAIT during NMI; relative speed is a measurement of how closely an emulator matches a real machine in terms of clock cycles spent processing within a frame. 100.0% denotes the same execution speed as a real machine.
  12. After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
  2. The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.