Emulators on other operating systems

Not be confused with Emulators on other systems or Emulators on Legacy systems

This page lists emulators on lesser known actively developed operating systems.

QNX

QNX

Developer	BlackBerry

QNX is a commercial Unix-like operating systems, developed by BlackBerry (formerly QNX Software Systems). QNX is mostly used in vehicles and on professional equipment.

• PhMAME - Port of the multi-system/multi-machine emulator phMAME (MAME) for QNX.
• VICE - Port of the Commodore computer emulator VICE for QNX.

KaiOS

KaiOS

Developer	KaiOS Technologies

KaiOS is a Linux distribution based on Firefox OS, created by KaiOS Technologies.

Frontend

• MobiArch - RetroArch like program made for KaiOS.

Emulators / Interpreter

• DALE-8 - CHIP-8 interpreter (also a MobiArch core).
• MobiPICO - PICO-8 emulator (also a MobiArch core).

KolibriOS

KolibriOS

Developer	KolibriOS Project Team

KolibriOS is an open-source operating system, based on MenuetOS.

KolibriOS is a operating system written in FASM Assembly language. KolibriOS's code is written for 32-bit x86 CPUs (Most of their CPUs since Pentium) and as of 2026 can run on 64-bit x86 CPUs.

Interpreter

• CHIP8 - CHIP-8 interpreter.

Compatibility layer

• KWINE - Port of Wine.

Emulator

• FCEU - NES emulator, port of FCEU.
• pokemini - Pokémon mini emulator.

MorphOS

MorpOS

Developer	MorphOS Development Team

MorphOS a operating system that is API compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 and has a GUI based on the Magic User Interface (MUI).

• ScummVM 2026.3.0 - ScummVM.
• Fuse 0.10.0.1 - FUSE for MorphOS.
• AmiArcadia 36.55 - Arcadia 2001 emulator.
• EasyRPG Player 0.6.2.3 - EasyRPG for MorphOS.
• ACE 1.24 - Amstrad CPC emulator.
• SpaceCadetPinball - SpaceCadetPinball Port.
• ZEsarUX

AROS Research Operating System

AROS

Developer	The AROS Development Team

AROS a operating system that is API compatible with AmigaOS 3.1

• ScummVM 2026.3.0 - ScummVM.
• AmiArcadia 36.55 - Arcadia 2001 emulator.
• EasyRPG Player 0.6.2.3 - EasyRPG for AROS.
• ACE 1.24 - Amstrad CPC emulator.
• SpaceCadetPinball - SpaceCadetPinball Port.

Haiku

Haiku

Developer	Community

Haiku, originally OpenBeOS, is a open-source operating system. It is a community-driven successor/contuation of BeOS. Haiku aims for binary compatibility with BeOS and development is still stated to be in beta.

Emulator

• ACE 1.24 - Amstrad CPC emulator.
• ZEsarUX - port of ZEsarUX for Haiku.

Compatibility layer

• Wine - port of Wine for Haiku.

Interpreter

• Pin8 - CHIP-8 interpreter.

Game Engine

• ScummVM 2026.3.0 - ScummVM.
• TheXTech - TheXTech.

Maemo‏‎

Maemo

Developer	Nokia, Community

Maemo is a mobile and tablet operating system created by Nokia and derived from the open-source Linux operating system wikipedia:Debian.

Game Engine

• ScummVM 2.1.1 - ScummVM.

Emulator

• N900 Yabuse - port of Yabause, Sega Saturn emulator.
• MAME - MAME Port.
• pcsx-m - PCSX Fork, PlayStation emulator.
• psx4all - PCSX Fork, PlayStation emulator.

ToaruOS

wikipedia:ToaruOS (also known as ToAruOS or とあるOS) is a open-source hobby operating system. Released under the UIUC License.

Emulator

• bochs - Port of Bochs.

Source port

• doom - Doom Source port.
• quake - Quake Source port.

Solaris

Oracle Solaris

Developer	Sun Microsystems

Solaris (later renamed Oracle Solaris) is a proprietary Unix operating system developed by Sun Microsystems (Oracle subsidary since 2010).

Virtual Machine

• VirtualBox.

Emulators

• VICE - Commodore 64 emulator.
• saturn - 40G, 48GX, 49G Calculator emulator.
• iNES - NES emulator.
• RPCEmu - RISC OS emulator.

ZealOS

ZealOS

Developer	Community

ZealOS is a fork of wikipedia:TempleOS.

• cherub - Game Boy (Color) emulator by Alec Murphy for TempleOS, ported to ZealOS.
• CHIP-8 - CHIP-8 interpreter for ZealOS (developed by TomAwezome).
• Bakers Doom Port of Alec Murphy's chocolate-doom loader for TempleOS to ZealOS.

Redox

These source ports and emulators are built into the Redox demo.

Redox

Developer	Jeremy Soller, Redox Developers

Emulator

• DOSBox

Source port

• PrBoom (includes FreeDOOM 1, 2 and the Shareware version of DOOM)

See also

Emulators on other systems(edit)

• Calculators: Casio • NumWorks • TI • HP
• Handheld computers: Pandora • DragonBox Pyra • PocketChip
• Mobile: Android • iOS • iPadOS • MRE • Java • LineageOS • GrapheneOS
• Microcontrollers: STM32 • ESP8266 • ESP32 • TM4C
• Home computers: Commodore 64 • VIC-20 • BBC Micro • Tandy Color Computer 2 • Dragon 32/64 • Coleco Adam • ZX Spectrum • Cambridge Z88 • Atari 8-bit • Atari ST • PC-8800 • PC-9800
• Other: Rockbox • watchOS • visionOS • tvOS • webOS • iPod • UEFI • browsers • RetroFW • Arduino • PocketSprite • PICO-8 • TIC-80
• Operating systems:
  • Modern: Windows • Linux • macOS • Windows on ARM • Raspberry Pi • BSD
  • Legacy (Microsoft): DOS • Windows 3.x • Windows 9x • Enterprise Windows NT• Windows XP • Windows 7
  • Legacy (other): IRIX • BeOS • Towns OS • Classic Mac OS • NeXTSTEP • OS/2 • TempleOS • SunsOS
  • Legacy mobile (Microsoft): Windows CE • Pocket PC • Windows Mobile • Windows Phone • Windows RT
  • Legacy mobile (other): MeeGo • Palm OS • Symbian • EPOC • Blackberry OS • MediOS • Zaurus
  • Other: Amiga • AROS • RISC OS • QNX • KaiOS • KolibriOS • MorphOS • Haiku • Maemo • ToaruOS • Solaris • ZealOS • Redox • Fiwix • Minix3 • Sortix