Difference between revisions of "Multi-system emulators"

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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	Latest Version	Retro Achievements	Libretro Core	# of Emulated systems	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Multi-company
MAME	git artifacts^{[N 1]} 0.265 libretro core^{[N 2]}	✗	✓	Thousands of electronics^[1]	✓	✓	✓
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	15	✓	✓	✓
OpenEmu	2.4.1	✗	✗	35	✓	✓	✓
BizHawk	Dev builds 2.9.1	✓	✗	30 (excluding the libretro cores)	✓	✓	✓
ares	git Artifacts v137	✗	✗	17	✓	✓	✓
ZEsarUX	11 Beta1	✗	✗	22	✓	✓	~
Pantheon	13.640	✗	✗	21	✗	✓	~
CLK	2024-01-22	✗	✗	14	✓	✓	~
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✗	✗	5	✗	✗	~
WinArcadia	32.3	✗	✗	21	✗	✓	✗
Xpeccy	0.6.20231226	✗	✗	14	?	✓	✗
Z64K	2.0.0	✗	✗	5	✗	✓	✗
DSP	0.22	✗	✗	More than 10	✓	✓	?
higan	v110	✗	~	14	✓	✗	✗^{[N 3]}
Wave	V0.9.6	✗	✗	8 (But you can import ROMs)	✓	✓	✗
EMU (Russian)	1.01	✗	✗	More than 50	?	✓	?
kindred	1.12 Preview Build 3	✗	✗	7	✗	✓	?
Xe	2.16.2	✗	✗	18	✗	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✗	✗	8	✗	✗	✗
Nintendo
Dolphin	5.0	✗^{[N 4]}	✓	3	✓	✓	✓
GBE+	1.8	✗	✗	4	✓	✓	~
No$GBA	3.05	✗	✗	3^{[N 5]}	✗	✓	✗
Sega
Kega Fusion	3.64	✗	✗	10	✗	✗	~
PicoDrive	1.93	✗	✓	6	✗	✗	~
Sinclair
EightyOne	1.40	✗	✓	12	✓	✓	✓
Retro Virtual Machine	2.0.beta-1.r6	✗	✗	2	✗	✓	~
Commodore
VICE	3.8	✗	✓	6	✓	✓	✓

↑ CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
↑ As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)
↑ Superseded by ares.
↑ work-in-progress, Topic: Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?
↑ No$GBA also does PocketStation emulation.

References

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

External Links

GitHub list of all covered 'drivers' (Systems & machines emulated) under the MAME group (Pretty crappy list. Only the first 1,000 drivers are shown there. The rest are omitted. Approximately 2250 drivers in all.)

[1] CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos

[2] As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)

[4] Superseded by ares.

[5] work-in-progress, Topic: Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?

[6] No$GBA also does PocketStation emulation.

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

[N 1]

[N 2]

[1]

[N 3]

[N 4]

[N 5]

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 ! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 ! scope="col"|Latest Version
+! scope="col"|[https://retroachievements.org/download.php <abbr title="Multi-system emulators supporting RetroAchievements">Retro<br/>Achievements</abbr>]
 ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
 ! scope="col"|# of Emulated systems
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 ! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 |-
-!colspan="8"|Multi-company
+!colspan="9"|Multi-company
 |-
 |[[MAME]]
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |<abbr title="Latest development version">git artifacts</abbr><ref group=N>[https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-windows/master CI-Windows] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-linux/master CI-Linux] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-macos/master CI-Macos]</ref></br>[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<ref group=N>As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)</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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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✓}}
 |15
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 |align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
 |[http://openemu.org/ {{OpenEmuVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |35
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
 |[https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev builds]<br/>[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
+|{{✓}}
 |{{✗}}
 |30 (excluding the [[libretro]] cores)
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 |[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |17
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |22
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 |[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |21
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{ClkVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |14
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 |[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |5
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|AmigaOS|MorphOS}}
 |[http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia {{WinArcadiaVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |21
 |{{✗}}
 |{{✓}}
-|{{TBD}}
+|{{✗}}
 |-
 |Xpeccy
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 |[https://github.com/samstyle/Xpeccy/releases {{XpeccyVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |14
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Java}}
 |[https://www.z64k.com/ {{Z64KVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |5
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator {{DSPVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |More than 10
@@ Line 137: / Line 151: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]
-|{{✓}}
+|{{✗}}
+|{{~}}
 |14
 |{{✓}}
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Web}}
 |[https://turbowarp.org/723002351/fullscreen?fps=60 V0.9.6]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |8 (But you can import ROMs)
@@ Line 155: / Line 171: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 |[http://bashkiria-2m.narod.ru/index/files/0-11 1.01]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |More than 50
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 |[https://www.crazysmart.net.au/kindred/files/kindred1r12a.zip {{kindredVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |7
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20141022230129/http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m=download 2.16.2]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |18
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 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BSD}}
 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129223043/http://www.dridus.com/~nyef/dn_bin/ 9b0401/9b0313]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |8
@@ Line 188: / Line 208: @@
 |{{✗}}
 |-
-!colspan="8"|Nintendo
+!colspan="9"|Nintendo
 |-
 |[[Dolphin]]
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 |[https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ {{DolphinVer}}]
+|{{✗}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+retroachievements+ work-in-progress], [https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=12922&o=0 Topic: Gamecube Dolphin achievements soon?]</ref>
 |{{✓}}
 |3
@@ Line 202: / Line 223: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 |[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |4
@@ Line 211: / Line 233: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}
 |[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |3<ref group=N>[[No$|No$GBA]] also does [[PocketStation emulators|PocketStation emulation]].</ref>
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 |{{✗}}
 |-
-!colspan="8"|Sega
+!colspan="9"|Sega
 |-
 |[[Kega Fusion]]
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 |[http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/ 3.64]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |10
@@ Line 231: / Line 255: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |[https://notaz.gp2x.de/pico.php {{PicoDriveVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✓}}
 |6
@@ Line 242: / Line 267: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 |[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files/ {{EightyOneVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✓}}
 |12
@@ Line 251: / Line 277: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 |[https://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/ 2.0.beta-1.r6]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✗}}
 |2
@@ Line 262: / Line 289: @@
 |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 |[http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/index.html#download {{VICEVer}}]
+|{{✗}}
 |{{✓}}
 |6

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