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Emulators

Arcade Arcade LaserDisc Discrete Circuitry-Based Neo-Geo MVS Sega Model 1 Sega Model 2 Sega Model 3 Sega ST-V Sega NAOMI and variants Triforce Taito Type X and variants Personal computers Desk-Size Computers / Supercomputers / Mainframes Portable Computers (Miscellaneous) Intel CPUs (Windows 9x series) PLATO MITS Altair 8800 Apple I Apple ][ Line apple /// Line Apple IIGS Macintosh line Atari 8-bit (400, 800, XL, XE) Atari ST Line Sinclair ZX81 ZX Spectrum Line NEC PC-6000 series NEC PC-8800 series NEC PC-9800 series BBC Micro Commodore 64/65 Commodore 128 Fujitsu FM-7 Fujitsu FM Towns Camputers Lynx MSX Amstrad CPC Amiga Line Sharp X1 Sharp X68000 Multi-system emulators MAME MESS Mednafen

Atari consoles Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari XEGS Atari Jaguar Atari handhelds Atari Lynx Nintendo consoles NES / Famicom Super Nintendo / Super Famicom Nintendo 64 GameCube Wii Wii U (Amiibo) Switch (Amiibo) Nintendo handhelds Game & Watch Game Boy/Color Virtual Boy Pokémon mini Game Boy Advance (e-Reader) Nintendo DS (DSi) Nintendo 3DS (Amiibo) Sega consoles SG-1000 Master System Genesis / Mega Drive, CD & 32X Pico Saturn Dreamcast Sega handhelds Game Gear VMU / VMS NEC consoles PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, CD PC-FX

Sony consoles PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 ‡ Sony handhelds PocketStation PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Microsoft consoles Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One ‡ Xbox Series X/S ‡ Other 90s consoles Neo Geo AES/CD Philips CD-i Pioneer LaserActive ‡ 3DO Commodore CDTV Amiga CD32 Other 90s handhelds Neo-Geo Pocket/Color WonderSwan/Color Tiger LCD Handhelds First/second generation consoles Magnavox Odyssey Fairchild Channel F APF MP1000 Magnavox Odyssey² Intellivision Emerson Arcadia 2001 ColecoVision Vectrex 1970s/1980s console boom Strange and forgotten consoles (1980-2000) Mobile phones Cellphones N-Gage Android iOS ‡

Emulating on other systems

On consoles Emulators on Wii Emulators on Switch Emulators on PS2 Emulators on PS3 On Linux Emulation on Linux Emulation on Ubuntu Emulation on Fedora

On handhelds Emulators on GBA Emulators on DS Emulators on 3DS Emulators on Gizmondo Emulators on PSP Emulators on Vita

Official emulators Official Nintendo Emulators Official Sony Emulators Emulators in Games Other Emulators on browsers Emulators on TI Calculators Emulators with VR support Emulation Boxes

Not really emulators

Compatibility layers Wine Proton TeknoParrot Simulators Pinball Game & Watch Magnavox Odyssey

Frontends RetroArch Lakka RetroPie TWiLight Menu++ FPGA MiSTer Preservation projects Flashpoint

Game Engine Recreations and Source Ports ScummVM ResidualVM EasyRPG Miscellaneous Flash Hypervisors Wrappers

FAQs

General Problems FAQ Auto-load next disc Black frame insertion Building RetroArch Dummies Guide: RetroArch Using RetroArch Computer specifications Decapping Console display resolutions Controllers Cue sheet (.cue) Displays Emulation Accuracy

Emulator Problems FAQ Files and BIOS for emulators Licensing Filetypes Famicom Color Palette Frames per second Game problems FAQ High/Low level emulation Input lag Netplay Notable ports Overclocking

Port Forwarding Guide For Netplay Recommended N64 plugins Recommended PS1 Plugins Recording Video Ripping Games ROM & ISO Sites Save Converters Alter dumps to save disk space Scam Emulators Support emulation projects Verifying dumps Vsync

Shaders/filters CRT Shaders Dithering List of shaders and filters NTSC Filters Shaders and Filters Texture filtering

Modding 60 FPS hacks Achievements Support Alter dumps to save disk space Cheats and Patches Modding Consoles/Flashcarts Mods, Hacks and Fan-Translations Apply ROM Hacks and Translations ROM Hacking Resources Texture Packs Widescreen hacks

Miscellaneous Console-specific development wikis Emulation Books and Articles Emulators on Patreon History of emulation