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This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS.
Contents
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Name | Latest Version | FDS | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mesen | 2.0.0 (preview) | ✓ | ✓ | Cycle | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Nestopia UE | 1.52.1 | ✓ | ✓ | 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 | 0.265 | ✓ | ✓ | 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 1] | ✓ | ~ |
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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) | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
NO$SNS | 1.6 | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | Medium | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.265 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | 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 2] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RMG | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Project64 | 3.0.1 Dev |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ares | v137 | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
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 | 0.265 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Ryu64 | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
R64Emu | git | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GameCube / Wii / Triforce
Name | Latest Version | GameCube | Wii | Triforce | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 3] | ✓[N 4] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ishiiruka-Dolphin | Dev | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Dolwin | 1.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Dolphin (Nintendo) | e2.8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Wii U
Name | Latest Version | Compatibility | Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cemu | 2.0-79 | 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+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (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+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VGBA | 6.4 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.265 | ? | ✗ | ✓ | 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+ | 1.8 [N 5] | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PokeMini | 0.6.0git | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
minimon | 2005:01:20 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
MAME | 0.265 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
PokeKaMini | 0.7.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Virtual Boy
Name | Latest Version | Libretro Core | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VBjin | SVN r103 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Rustual Boy | git | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ |
MAME | 0.265 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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 | 0.16.3 | ✓[N 6] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BGB | 1.6.2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gambatte | r571 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gearboy | 3.5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BizHawk | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | 0.265 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
Emulicious | 2024-03-31 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
higan | v110 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
mGBA | 0.10.3 | ✓[N 7] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
VBA-M | 2.1.9 | ✓ | ✓[N 8] | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
GBE+ | 1.8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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 | 0.265 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DSP | 0.22 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Sony
PlayStation
Name | Version | Plugins | FLOSS | Libretro Core | RIR | Accuracy | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DuckStation | git | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
Mednafen | 1.32.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ |
XEBRA | 22/11/06 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 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 | 0.265 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 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 9] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | 0.265 | ✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
No$GBA | 3.05 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
PK201 | 28/04/20 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
PKEmu | 1.1 Private Beta | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
pockystation | git | ✓ (git) | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Microsoft
Xbox Classic
Name | Latest Version | 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 | 0.265 | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Xbox 360
Name | Latest Version | OS | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xenia | git | Win7+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes
- ↑ Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
- ↑ Available exclusively as a libretro core.
- ↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
- ↑ Currently at Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
- ↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
- ↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
- ↑ Pretty buggy but sometimes works.
- ↑ Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
- ↑ The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.