Emulators on Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi

Developer	Raspberry Pi Foundation
Type	Single-board computer (ARM)
Earliest release	February 2012 (Original Raspberry Pi)
Latest release	October 2023 (Raspberry Pi 5)

This page is about software on the Raspberry pi platform that emulates other hardware

The Raspberry Pi is a series of single-board computers using the ARM architecture, developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Any operating system that supports the ARM architecture will probably work on the Raspberry Pi. Any of these Linux Distros that support ARM should support the Raspberry Pi.

Before diving in;

• See each Wiki Category Consoles, Computers and Arcade for individual dedicated system pages to see provided up-to-date listings and in-depth information on specific aspects like hardware features, peripheral support, compatibility and also enhancements features etc.
• Some games have Game engine recreations and source ports that run on Raspberry Pi, which can be the better than emulators for their specific games.
• This page lists emulators that support ARM/Raspberry Pi on Linux distros or using Bare Metal. For emulators on other operating systems that support Raspberry Pi see: RISC OS.

Multi-System emulators

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended	Supported Systems
vdmgr	Download	✓	?	✓	~	Colecovision, gmc-4, NES / Famicom, MCS BASIC-52, MSX,Neo Geo Pocket (color), SC-300 + SF-7000, SG-1000 + Sega Master System (Mark-III), TD4, Z80 TV Game
RetroArch	Snap	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓	Libretro cores

Bare Metal emulators

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended	Supported Systems
ZXBaremulator	Download	Proprietary	✓	✓	Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K/128K/+2A
BMC64	git	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓	Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Vic20, Commodore Plus/4 and PET
Faux86	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓	8086 and 80186
S107E-GB-Emulator	git	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓	Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo

GameBoy Advance

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
gpSP	Download	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~

Camputers Lynx

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Jynx	Download	✓	?	✗	~

Commodore

Amiga Line

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Amiberry	6.3.3 Preview	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Sony

Playstation 1

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PCSX-ReARMed	1.19.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Sega

Dreamcast / NAOMI

Name	Latest version	NAOMI	Atomiswave	Windows CE	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
redream	1.5.0	✗	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
reicast	CI Builds (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store)	✗	✗	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	~	✗

Source Ports

Name	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
OpenLara	git	✓	✓	~	Tomb Raider 1–4	Action-Adventure
Rigel Engine	git	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem II	Platform
Zelda3	git	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
smw	git	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars
CannonBall	git	✓	✗	✓	OutRun	Racing
RVGL	21.0930a-1	✗	✓	✓	Re-Volt

Frontends

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
RetroArch	1.19.1	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

See Also

Raspberry Pi OS. The official Raspberry Pi OS Distributions
Lakka Linux distribution that also targets the Raspberry Pi platform

Emulators on other systems