Emulators on Windows

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Microsoft Windows
Icon Windows 10.png
Developer Microsoft
Type Operating systems
Release date 1985
Latest release Windows 11

This page lists emulators on Windows. It ranges from the oldest to the newest versions of the OS.

Contents

Atari[edit]

Atari 8-bit family[edit]

Name Latest version Models XEGS libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Atari800 5.0.0 400, 800, XL, XE Cycle
Altirra 4.10 400, 800, XL, XE Cycle
Atari++ 1.84 400, 800, XL, XE Cycle
MAME 0.259 Good: 400, 800
Basic: XL, XE
? ~
Pantheon 13.018 800, XE Mid ~
Atari800Win-PLus 4.1 400, 800, XL, XE ?
Rainbow 2.2.0 400, 800, XL, XE ?

Atari ST[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Hatari 2.4.1
Steem SSE 4.1.2 ?
ARAnyM git
Gemulator 9.0 ? ~
Steem Engine 3.2
SainT 2.40 ?
PCE/atarist pce-20191006 ?
PCE-js git
CaSTaway 0.9.2

Atari 2600[edit]

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Stella 6.7 Cycle
MAME 0.259 Cycle
Pantheon 13.018 High ~
PCAE 2.6
2.7
High ~
z26 4.07 High ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?
Gopher2600 git High
EMU7800 5.3.0.0 Mid
Stellarator git ?
VCS 2600 1.0 Low

Atari 5200[edit]

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Altirra 4.10 Cycle
Atari800 5.0.0 Cycle
kat5200 0.8.1 ?
MAME 0.259 Mid
Jum52 git ?
Rainbow 2.2 ?

Atari 7800[edit]

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.259 High
A7800 5.2 High
ProSystem 1.3 (Windows)
git (libretro)
? [N 1]
EMU7800 5.3.0.0 Mid
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?

Atari Jaguar[edit]

Name Latest version AJ-CD libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Phoenix 2.8.JAG
Virtual Jaguar 2.1.2
Unofficial builds
git (libretro)
[N 1]
MAME 0.259 ~
Project Tempest 0.95 ~

Atari Lynx[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.31.0-UNSTABLE
MAME 0.259
Handy 0.95

Nintendo[edit]

Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]

Name Latest version FDS libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mesen 2.0.0 (preview) Cycle
Nestopia UE 1.52.0 Cycle
puNES 0.110 Cycle
3dSen 0.9.5 ? ~
NintendulatorNRS 202105282224 Cycle
FinalBurn Neo WIP builds ?
iNES 6.1 High ?
RockNES 5.80 High
Gearnes git High
Nintendulator 0.985 Beta git Cycle
Nintaco 2020-05-01 Cycle
My Nes git Mid
BizHawk 2.9.1 Cycle
higan v110 (as bsnes v083) Cycle
ANESE git Cycle ~
nesemu2 git Cycle ?
nemulator 4.4 High ?
cxNES git Mid
FakeNES GT 0.59 b3 Mid
FCEUX 2.6.6 Mid
FCEUmm 98.13mm (Windows)
git (libretro)
Mid
MAME 0.259 Mid
HDNes git Low
Jnes 1.2.1 Low
QuickNES 0.7.0b1 (Windows)
git (libretro)
? Low
VirtuaNES 0.97 ~ Low
FreezeSMS 4.6 Low
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 Low
Nin git ?
InfoNES 0.93 ? ?

Super Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]

Name Version Satellaview SNES-CD (Sony) libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
bsnes
(Official)
v115 Cycle
bsnes-hd
(forked bsnes)
beta 10.6 Cycle
higan v110 Cycle
Mesen S 0.4.0 Cycle ~
Snes9x 1.62.3 High [N 2] ~
Mednafen (SNES-Faust) 1.31.0-UNSTABLE ?
nSide (forked higan) git Cycle
bsnes-classic
(forked bsnes Qt)
git Cycle
BizHawk (bsnes v087) 2.9.1 Cycle
lsnes rr2-β23
git
Cycle
kindred (Super Sleuth PE) 1.11 Preview Build 6 ? ?
Mednafen (bsnes v059) 1.31.0-UNSTABLE High
NO$SNS 1.6 ~ Medium
MAME 0.259 Low
ZSNES 1.51 Low
CATSFC 1.36 Low

Nintendo 64[edit]

Name Latest version Plugins Controller Pak Rumble Pak Transfer Pak 64DD libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
simple64 (ParaLLEl) 2023.09.2
simple64 (Final GLideN64) Final GLideN64
ParaLLEl 2.0-rc2 [N 3]
RMG git
Project64 3.0.1
Dev
~
ares v133 ~ ~ ~
CEN64 git ~
Mupen64Plus git ~
Project64 Netplay 6/8/21 ?
BizHawk 2.9.1
1964 1.1 (Official)
1.2 r146 (Unofficial SVN)
Larper64 0.4 ?
UltraHLE 1.0 ?
MAME 0.259
Ryu64 git ?
R64Emu git ?

GameCube / Wii / Triforce[edit]

Name Latest version GameCube Wii Triforce libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Dolphin Dev ~[N 4] [N 5]
Ishiiruka-Dolphin Dev ~ ~
Pureikyubu 1.6
Dolphin (Nintendo) e2.8

Wii U[edit]

Name Latest version Accurancy Amiibo FLOSS Active Recommended
Cemu 2.0 Medium ~
Decaf git Low

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Name Latest version Amiibo FLOSS Active Recommended
yuzu Nightlygit
Ryujinx Nightlygit
NSEmu git
CageTheUnicorn git

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Name Latest version Amiibo Open-Source libretro Active Recommended
Citra Nightly
Vvctre git
Corgi3DS git
3dmoo git
TronDS 1.0.0.5
LemonLime git

Nintendo DS[edit]

Name Latest version DSi libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
DeSmuME 0.9.13
melonDS 0.9.5
Dev Builds
~
DeSmuME X432R 2015-04-19 ?
GBE+ 1.7 (WIP)
medusa alpha 2
CorgiDS git
SVN
ndsemu git ?
No$GBA 3.05 ~
NeonDS 0.2.1 ?
dasShiny git
DuoS 8/25/2012 Beta ?
Ensata 1.4d
iDeaS 1.0.4.0 ?
NooDS git

Game Boy Advance[edit]

Name Latest version Game Link Support e-Reader libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
mGBA 0.10.2 Mid
higan v110 ?
VBA-M 2.1.7 Mid
iDeaS 1.0.4.0 ?
GBE+ 1.7 ?
VGBA 6.4 ?
MAME 0.259 ? Cycle
NanoboyAdvance git Low
No$GBA 3.05 Mid
BoyCottAdvance 0.2.8 Low

Pokémon mini[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
GBE+ 1.7[N 6]
PokeMini 0.6.0git
minimon 2005:01:20 ~
MAME 0.259
PokeKaMini 0.7.0

Virtual Boy[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.31.0-UNSTABLE
VBjin SVN r103
Rustual Boy git ~
MAME 0.259
Planet Virtual Boy emulator 2019-03-27
Red Dragon 0.38 Final

Game Boy / Game Boy Color[edit]

Name Latest version Game Link Support libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
SameBoy 0.15.8 [N 7]
BGB 1.5.10
Gambatte r571
Gearboy 3.4.0
BizHawk 2.9.1
MAME 0.259 ~
Emulicious 2023-09-30 ~
higan v110
mGBA 0.10.2 [N 8]
VBA-M 2.1.7 [N 9]
GBE+ 1.7
VGB 6.0
Pantheon 13.018
hhugboy 1.4.0
UGE 1.0 beta 9
KiGB 2.05
TGB Dual git
GiiBiiAdvance git
MetroBoy 1.02

Game & Watch[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.259
DSP 0.19

Sega[edit]

Sega Model 1[edit]

Name Latest version Active libretro FLOSS Recommended
MAME 0.259
Modeler 0.9.3a

Sega Model 2[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Model 2 Emulator 1.1a
MAME 0.259 ~

Sega Model 3[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Supermodel SVN Builds ~ (WIP)
MAME 0.259

SG-1000[edit]

Name Latest version SC-3000 SF-7000 libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
MasterGear 4.9.3
MAME 0.259
BizHawk 2.9.1
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1 ~
higan v110 ~ ~
Kega Fusion 3.64 ~
Gearsystem 3.4.1
blueMSX 2.8.2
MEKA 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26)
vdmgr 0.2.6 ~
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 ~
CoolCV 0.6.9
TwoMbit 1.0.5
FreezeSMS 4.6
Essgee git

Master System / Game Gear[edit]

Name Latest version GG libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1 Very high
MAME 0.259 High
Emulicious 2023-09-30 Very high ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 Very high ~
higan v110 High ~
Phoenix 2.8.JAG Very high ~
TwoMbit 1.0.5 Very high
Gearsystem 3.4.1 High
MasterGear 4.9.3 High
Pantheon 13.018 High
Kega Fusion 3.64 Mid
PicoDrive 1.93 [2] Mid
FreezeSMS 4.6 Very high
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 Low
MEKA 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) ?
SMS Plus git ? ?
HiSMS 0.01 beta ?
nemulator 4.4 ?
Essgee git ?

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X[edit]

Name Latest version CD 32X Pico libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
BlastEm 0.6.2
Exodus 2.1
Genesis Plus GX[1] 1.7.5 RC1
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?
Kega Fusion 3.64
PicoDrive 1.93
FinalBurn Neo Stable WIP builds
MAME 0.259
Gens/GS r7
DGen 1.33
GENS 2.14
higan v110 ~ (bsnes)
Megado git ?
Regen 0.972 ?
AloneMD 1.0.2 ?

Saturn / ST-V[edit]

Name Latest version ST-V libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.31.0-UNSTABLE
SSF PreviewVer R28
Kronos 2.5.0
Yaba Sanshiro 2 1.9.3 (Windows)
1.12.3 (Android)
2.12.0 (Linux)
2.2.0 (Switch)
2.1.2.0 (iOS)
~
Yabause 0.9.15
MAME 0.259
Nova 0.6
BizHawk 2.9.1
Satourne 2.0 beta 3
Saturnin 0.40
GiriGiri 0.6a

Dreamcast / Naomi[edit]

Name Latest version Naomi Atomiswave Windows CE libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
DEmul 0.7 Build 280418
redream 1.5.0
Flycast CI Builds
reicast CI Builds (Not Working)
r8.1 (Snap Store)
~
nullDC 1.0.4 r150 ~
Makaron T12/5 ~
Chankast 0.25
MAME 0.259 ~ ~

Sega VMU[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
SoftVMS 1.10 (source only) ? ~
MAME 0.259
ElysianVMU 0.2.0 ?
DirectVMS 1.8 ?
DreamVMU 0.1 ?

NEC[edit]

NEC PC-6000[edit]

Emulator Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC6001VX 4.1.3
yaPC-6001 2018/12/27 ?
PC6001V 2.0.4 ?
MAME 0.259
PC6001VW 310f ?

NEC PC-8800[edit]

Emulator Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
ePC8801MA Kai SE 200611 ?
ePC-8001 1/28/2023 ?
XM8 1.70 ?
X88000 1.5.3 ?
MAME 0.259
pc8801ma 19/03/12 ?
Excite88 0.1.5.0 ?
M88 (retropc.net) 2.2.1a ?
PC88WIN 1.14 ?
W88 0.05 ?
QUASI88 0.6.4
git(libretro)
? (libretro)

NEC PC-9800[edit]

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Neko Project 21/W v0.86 rev88 High
Neko Project II kai git High ~
Neko Project II 0.86 Mid ?
Anex86 e1 Low-Mid ?
MAME 0.259 Low ~
SL9821 0.4.0.3 High ? TBD
DOSBox-X 2023.09.01 Low ~

PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx[edit]

Name Latest version PCE-CD SuperGrafx libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen (PCE-Accurate) 1.31.0-UNSTABLE High
MAME 0.259 High
Mednafen (PCE-Fast) 1.31.0-UNSTABLE Mid
BizHawk 2.9.1 High
higan v110 ~ ? ~
Turbo Engine 0.32 High ?
MagicEngine 1.1.3 Mid
Ootake 3.04 Mid ?
pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) git Mid ?
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 ~ Low ?
Neco 0.11 Low ?
ePCEngine 8/12/2017 ? ?
FinalBurn Alpha 0.2.97.43 ?
Hu-Go! 2.12 ? ? ?

PC-FX[edit]

Name Latest version GA libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.31.0-UNSTABLE TBD Mid-High
MAME 0.259 ~ Mid
MagicEngine-FX 1.1.1 TBD Low
Xe 2.16.2 TBD ?

Sony[edit]

PlayStation[edit]

Name Version Plugins FLOSS libretro RIR Accuracy Active Recommended
DuckStation git High
Mednafen 1.31.0-UNSTABLE High
XEBRA v221106 High
PCSX-R PGXP(git)
Windows
Plugin dependent
ePSXe 2.0.5 Plugin dependent ~
PSXACT git High (WIP)
Rustation git High (WIP)
Avocado git Mid (WIP)
pSX 1.13 Mid
NO$PSX 2.0 Mid ~
hpsx64 v0420 (Alt) Mid (WIP)
MAME 0.259 Mid (WIP)
Connectix VGS 1.4.1 ?
Bleem! 1.6b Low-Mid
SSSPSX 0.0.34 Plugin dependent
Rustation NG git ? (WIP)
PCSX-Redux git ? (WIP)

PlayStation 2[edit]

Name Latest Version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
PCSX2 1.6.0 (stable)
SVN
~ (WIP)
Play! Builds ~
DobieStation git
Builds
~
hpsx64 v0420 ~
orbum git

PlayStation 3[edit]

Name Latest Release Version FLOSS Active Recommended
RPCS3 0.0.29 Alpha[N 10]
Nucleus git
Short Waves 0.0.2
PS3F 0.1

PlayStation 4[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
Orbital git
GPCS4 git
PS4Delta git
fpPS4 git ~

PlayStation 5[edit]

TBD

Pocket Station[edit]

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.259 High
No$GBA 3.05 Mid
PK201 28/04/20 Mid
PKEmu 1.1 Private Beta ?
pockystation git (git) ?

PlayStation Portable[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
PPSSPP 1.16.5
JPCSP SVN
cspspemu git ?
jspspemu git ?
PCSP 0.5.5 ?
Potemkin 1.00 alpha ?
PSPE 0.9b ?

PlayStation Vita[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
Vita3K git ~

Google[edit]

Android[edit]

Name Version VM Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Genymotion 3.4.0 VirtualBox High
BlueStacks 5.1.0.1129 QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5) High
MEmu 8.0.0 VirtualBox High
LDPlayer 4.0.50.3 VirtualBox High
NoxPlayer 7.0.0.9 VirtualBox High
MuMu 1.1.0.2
1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version)
VirtualBox High
Android x86 14.1-r5 VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc) Mid
Android Studio 4.0 QEMU Low ~
Andy OS 0.47.226.1096.26 VmWare High
AMI DuOS 2.0.8.8511 VirtualBox Mid
ARC Welder
(Google Chrome)
ARC 50.5021.602.0 Original Mid
ARChon
(Google Chrome)
ARC 41.4410.238.0 Original Mid ~
Droid4X 0.10.7 VirtualBox High
KoPlayer 2.0.0 VirtualBox High
LeapDroid 1.8.0 VirtualBox High
Peak App Player 1.2.5 Beta 2 VirtualBox High
SmartGaGa 1.1.646 VirtualBox High
Windroy 4.0.3 Original Low
Windroye 2.9.1 VirtualBox Mid
Xamarin Android Player 0.6.5 VirtualBox Mid
XePlayer 6.0.10 VirtualBox High
YouWave 5.11 VirtualBox Mid

Microsoft[edit]

MSX series[edit]

Name Latest version MSX 1 MSX 2 MSX 2+ TurboR Accuracy libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
openMSX git Cycle
blueMSX 2.8.2 Cycle
MAME 0.259 ~ High
fMSX 6.0 Mid ~
Pantheon 13.018 ~ ~ High
MSXPLAYer
(fMSX based)
MSX Game Reader
(Commercial)
~ ~ Mid
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313 ~ Low

Xbox Classic[edit]

Note: xboxdevwiki's own list of emulators
Name Latest version Sega Chihiro FLOSS Active Recommended
xemu 0.7.111 ~ (WIP)
Cxbx-Reloaded git ~ (WIP) ~
XQEMU git ~ (WIP)
StrikeBox git
Cxbx git
Dxbx 0.5
Xenoborg r19
Xeon 1.0
MAME 0.259 ~

Xbox 360[edit]

Name Latest version OS FLOSS Active Recommended
Xenia git Win7+

Xbox One[edit]

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

Xbox Series X and Series S[edit]

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

Apple[edit]

Apple I[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
Pom1 v1.0.0
MAME 0.259 ~
CocoaPom (Java) v0.1 ?
Apple 1 Emulator 1.4 ? ?

Apple II Line[edit]

Name Latest version ][ ][+ //e IIc //e Enhanced //e Platinum IIc Plus IIGS FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.259
AppleWin 1.30.14.1
MicroM8 Continuous
BizHawk
(Virtu based)
2.9.1
Mednafen 1.31.0-UNSTABLE ✗ (WIP)
DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313

apple /// Line[edit]

Name Latest version /// /// Revised /// Plus FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.259

Apple IIGS[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
KEGS 1.30
GSplus 0.14 ~
GSport 0.31
MAME 0.259

Apple Lisa[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
LisaEm 1.2.7
IDLE r23 TBD
MAME 0.259

Macintosh line[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
68k
Basilisk II 1.0 R5
Mini vMac 36.04
MAME 0.259 TBD
PCE 0.2.2 TBD
Ardi Executor 2.1.17
vMac 0.19
PowerPC
SheepShaver 2.4
QEMU 4.0.0 TBD
PearPC 0.6.0
DingusPPC [1] TBD

Apple iPod[edit]

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

iOS devices[edit]

Name Platform(s) Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
touchHLE Windows macOS 0.1.2
Actions
~

SNK Corporation[edit]

Neo Geo and variants[edit]

Name Latest version NG NG-CD HNG-64 libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
MAME 0.259 ~ [N 11]
FinalBurn Neo stable WIP builds
RAINE 0.96.2
FinalBurn Alpha 0.2.97.43
Xe 2.16.2
ares v133
Kawaks 1.65
NeoRAGEx 5.4e

Neo Geo Pocket[edit]

Name Latest version NGP NGPC libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
Mednafen 1.31.0-UNSTABLE
MAME 0.259
ares v133
higan v110
NeoPop 1.06b ? ~
vdmgr 0.2.6 ? ~
NeoGPC 1.1

J2ME[edit]

Name Version Mascot Capsule 3D Accuracy VM Derived from FLOSS Active Recommended
KEmulator 1.0.3
git
Mid ? ?
Kahvibreak Stable
Dev
Mid Host JVM (FreeJ2ME) ? (WIP)
SJ Boy Emulator Beta 4 Low ? ? ? ~
SquirrelJME 0.2.0 Aims for 100% Custom (Java) - ? (WIP)
Jademula git Mid ? ?
MicroEmu git Mid Host JVM -
MiniSoyo 1.0 Low ? ? ?
MidpX (NHAL) 1.0.1midp2exe Low ? ? ?
MPowerPlayer 2.0 Low ? ? ?
Midp-Emulator 1.31
git
Low ? ?
GameMagic S60 1.2.1 Low ? ? ?
N-GAGE Cool! 1.2.1 (Trial) ($) Low ? ? ?
Nokia SDKs Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Mid ? ? ? ~
Sony Ericsson SDKs 2.5.0.6 Mid ? ? ? ~
Siemens SDKs Site 1
Site 2
Mid ? ? ? ~
Motorola SDKs 4.1
5.2.1
Mid ? ? ? ~
Motorola iDEN SDK Mirror Mid ? ? ? ~

Symbian and N-Gage[edit]

Name Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
EKA2L1 0.0.9 Mid
Engemu git None
NGEmu git None (see below)
N-Gage COOL! 1.2.1 ($) Terrible

Commodore[edit]

Commodore 64 & 128[edit]

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
VICE (x64sc) 3.7.1 Very high
Denise 2.1 Very high
Hoxs64 1.1.0.5 Very high
VICE (x64) 3.7.1[N 12] High ~
Emu64 git ? ~
Micro64 1.00.2018.03.16 Build 719 High ~
BizHawk 2.9.1 ?
CCS64 V3.9.2 High
Hyper64 1.00.2008.08.08 Build 20 Mid
MAME 0.259 Mid
Frodo 4.1b ?

Commodore 65[edit]

Name Latest version libretro Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Hi65 v8.2 BASIC 10 only ~
MAME 0.259 Low

Amiga Line[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
FS-UAE 3.0.5
WinUAE 5.0.0
WinFellow git
MAME 0.259
Denise N/A

Intel CPUs[edit]

Name Latest version 8086*¹ 286 386*² 486*³ Pentium*⁴ Pentium II*⁵ Celeron*⁶ libretro FLOSS Active Recommended
86Box git
PCem v17
VARCem Builds ~
DOSBox-X 2023.09.01
DOSBox 0.74-3
SVN
Bochs 2.7
MAME 0.259 ~ ~ ~
QEMU 8.1.0 [N 13]

Sinclair[edit]

ZX81[edit]

Name Latest version libretro FLOSS Relative Speed[N 14] Active Recommended
ZEsarUX X 110.9%
EightyOne 1.39 114.3%
Spud81 0.221 ? 114.9% ~
SZ81
(xz80 & z81 based)
2.1.7
2.3.10 (Unofficial)
100.0% ~
MAME 0.259 ? Not tested
MTMW
(aka 'MulTiMachine')
1.30b ? Not tested
No$ZX 2.0 100.1%
[N 15]
VB81 1.30 Not tested
VB81 XuR 1.30.3 (26/11/2019) ? 100.5%

ZX Spectrum[edit]

Name Latest Version Libretro Core FLOSS Active Recommended
EightyOne 1.39 ~ (WIP)
FUSE 1.5.7
Speccy 5.9
ZEsarUX X
BizHawk 2.9.1 ? ~
Retro Virtual Machine 2.0.beta-1.r6 ? ~
EMU (Russian) 1.01 ? ~
ZX-Poly 2.3.0 TBD
Xpeccy 0.6.20220219 ?
DSP git ?
fbzx git
JSpeccy git ?
MAME 0.259
Spectaculator 8.0
UnrealSpeccyP git
ZX4ALL Beta 2 ?
MTMW
(aka 'MulTiMachine')
1.30b ?
#CSpect 2.12.5 ?

GamePark Holdings[edit]

GP32[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
GeePee32 0.44 ~
MAME 0.259 ~

GP2X[edit]

THERE ARE NO EMULATORS FOR THIS PLATFORM.

Acorn Computers[edit]

BBC Micro/BBC Master[edit]

Name Latest version BBC Micro BBC Master FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
BeebEM git B, B+, M128
B-em 2.2, git A, B, B+, M128, MC MT, M512
Model B 10-04-04 B, B+ ?
B2 git B, B+, M128 ?

Electron[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
MAME 0.259
eek git
ElectrEm 0.6c ?
ElkJS git ?
Elkulator git

Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)[edit]

Name Latest version Atom BBC Micro BBC Master Electron FLOSS Recommended
PC / x86
MAME 0.259 A, B, B+, M128 ?
Pantheon 13.018 ?

Archimedes[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Arculator 2.1
MAME 0.259
ArcEm 1.50

Risc PC / A7000[edit]

Name Latest version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
RPCEmu 0.9.4
MAME 0.259

Notes[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
  2. Due to using a non-commercial license. Source code is still publicly available.
  3. Available exclusively as a libretro core.
  4. Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
  5. At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
  6. Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
  7. Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.
  8. The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.
  9. As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)
  10. Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure
  11. Supports the Conroe model.
  12. As calculated by Carlo Delhez's clkfreq, originally distributed with his XTender emulator. The ZX81 has relatively complicated timing mechanics, depending on signalling of WAIT during NMI; relative speed is a measurement of how closely an emulator matches a real machine in terms of clock cycles spent processing within a frame. 100.0% denotes the same execution speed as a real machine.
  13. After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
  2. The Game Gear emulation doesn't work.