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|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawk]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Thousands<ref>mamedb.com/history</ref>
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Thousands<ref>mamedb.com/history</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[RetroArch]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/ {{RetroArchVer}}]
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|style="text-align:center;"|12
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[RetroArch]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/ {{RetroArchVer}}]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|40*
 
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawk]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>official cores only, plus [[MAME]]
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>official cores only, plus [[MAME]]

Revision as of 12:07, 21 August 2015

Multi system emulators focus on emulating many different systems under one program. They can be focused on a single company's systems because of the similarity of the systems, or may have systems from many different companies.

To be defined as "multi-system" an emulator has to emulate two or more distinct systems. For the purpose of this list, Addons (eg. Sega CD, 32X) are not counted as a separate system.

Emulators

Multi-company

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version # of Emulated systems Recommended
MAME Multi-platform 0.264 Thousands[1]
RetroArch Multi-platform 1.18.0 40*
Mednafen Multi-platform 1.32.0-UNSTABLE 13
OpenEmu OS X 1.0.3 12
ScummVM Multi-platform 1.7.0 ?
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1 17

*official cores only, plus MAME

Nintendo

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version # of Emulated systems Recommended
Dolphin Multi-platform 4.0.2 3
higan Windows, Linux, OS X 0.94 6
No$GBA Windows 2.8b 3*

*No$GBA apparently also does PocketStation emulation

Sega

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version # of Emulated systems Recommended
Kega Fusion Windows, Linux, OS X 3.64 8
PicoDrive Multi-platform 1.80 5

References

  1. mamedb.com/history