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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
+
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 +
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
 
! scope="col"|# of Emulated systems
 
! scope="col"|# of Emulated systems
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|Thousands of electronics<ref>[http://www.mamedb.org/List.aspx www.mamedb.org's list] (Only shows the games covered, not systems)</ref>
 
|Thousands of electronics<ref>[http://www.mamedb.org/List.aspx www.mamedb.org's list] (Only shows the games covered, not systems)</ref>
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Mednafen]]
 
|[[Mednafen]]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]
 
|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|17
 
|17
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[OpenEmu]]
 
|[[OpenEmu]]
|macOS
+
|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
|[http://openemu.org/ 2.0.1]
+
|[http://openemu.org/ {{OpenEmuVer}}]
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|35
 
|35
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
 
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
||Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG]
 
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG]
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|5
 
|5
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[BizHawk]]
 
|[[BizHawk]]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
 
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|29 (excluding the [[libretro]] cores)
 
|29 (excluding the [[libretro]] cores)
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[ZEsarUX]]
 
|[[ZEsarUX]]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases 7.1]
+
|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|18
 
|18
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|Retro Virtual Machine
 
|Retro Virtual Machine
|Windows, Linux, macOS
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/ 2.0.beta-1.r1]
+
|[https://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/ 2.0.beta-1.r6]
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|2
 
|2
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pantheon]]
 
|[[Pantheon]]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
 
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
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|{{✗}}
 
|20
 
|20
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[higan]]
 
|[[higan]]
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]
 
|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|12
 
|12
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
 
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
|macOS, Unix-alikes
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|align=left|{{Icon|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
 
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkver}}]
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|{{✗}}
 
|11
 
|11
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Exodus]]
 
|[[Exodus]]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://www.exodusemulator.com/index.php/downloads/current-release 2.1]
+
|[http://www.exodusemulator.com/index.php/downloads/current-release {{ExodusVer}}]
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|More than 1
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|?
 
|?
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|-
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|DSP
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 +
|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator 0.18]
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|More than 10
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|?
 
|?
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|-
 +
|WinArcadia
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 +
|[http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia 25.4]
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|More than 20
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|?
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|-
 +
|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru EMU] <small>(Russian)</small>
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]
 +
|{{✗}}
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|~50
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|{{✓}}
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|?
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|-
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141105014113/http://www.xe-emulator.com/ Xe]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141022230129/http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m=download 2.16.2]
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|18
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|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
!colspan="6"|Nintendo
 
!colspan="6"|Nintendo
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Dolphin]]
 
|[[Dolphin]]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ {{DolphinVer}}]
 
|[https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ {{DolphinVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
 
|3
 
|3
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[No$|No$GBA]]
 
|[[No$|No$GBA]]
|Windows, DOS
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}
 
|[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]
 
|[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]
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|{{✗}}
 
|3*
 
|3*
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[Kega Fusion]]
 
|[[Kega Fusion]]
|Windows, Linux, macOS
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]
 
|[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]
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|{{✗}}
 
|10
 
|10
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[PicoDrive]]
 
|[[PicoDrive]]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php 1.92]
+
|[https://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
 
|6
 
|6
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|[[EightyOne]]
 
|[[EightyOne]]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files/ 1.12]
+
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files/ {{EightyOneVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
 
|12
 
|12
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|-
 
|-
 
|[[VICE]]
 
|[[VICE]]
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]
 
|[http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
 
|6
 
|6
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}

Revision as of 03:24, 8 January 2020

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. Although, for simplicity reasons in this wiki (not just this page), the term, "multi-platform", in the OS column fields can come to mean three or more covered platforms. For the purpose of this list, Add-ons (eg. Sega CD, 32X) are not counted as a separate system.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core # of Emulated systems Active Recommended
Multi-company
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264 Thousands of electronics[1]
Mednafen Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.32.0-UNSTABLE 17
OpenEmu macOS 2.4.1 35
Phoenix Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 2.8.JAG 5
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1 29 (excluding the libretro cores)
ZEsarUX Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 11 Beta1 18
Retro Virtual Machine Windows Linux macOS 2.0.beta-1.r6 2
Pantheon Windows 13.640 20 ~
higan Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD v110 12
CLK macOS FreeBSD Template:Clkver 11
Exodus Windows 2.1 More than 1 ?
DSP Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.18 More than 10 ?
WinArcadia Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 25.4 More than 20 ?
EMU (Russian) Windows 1.01 ~50 ?
Xe Windows Linux 2.16.2 18
Nintendo
Dolphin Windows Linux macOS 5.0 3
No$GBA Windows MS-DOS 3.05 3*
Sega
Kega Fusion Windows Linux macOS 3.64 10
PicoDrive Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.93 6
Sinclair
EightyOne Windows 1.40 12
Commodore
VICE Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 3.8 6

*No$GBA apparently also does PocketStation emulation

References

  1. www.mamedb.org's list (Only shows the games covered, not systems)

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