Emulators on iOS

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iOS

Developer	Apple Inc.
Release date	2007
Emulated	~

This page is about emulators that run on IOS.

For software that emulates IOS on other hardware, see iOS emulators.

Multi-Systems[edit]

RetroArch[edit]

Nightly

GitHub

iOS RetroArch Cores

RetroArch BIOS/ROMs

Name	Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Delta	git	✓	✓	✓
Provenance	git	✓	✓	✓
Happy Chick Emulator	1.5.4	✗	✓	✓

Delta
Supported Consoles list	Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo 64 Gameboy / Gameboy Color Gameboy Advance Nintendo DS

Provenance
Supported Consoles list	SG-1000 Master System, Game Gear Sega Genesis/MD, Sega CD, 32X, Sega Saturn Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom Disk System Super Nintendo Entertainment System Gameboy / Gameboy Color Gameboy Advance PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System / TurboGrafx-CD PC Engine SuperGrafx PC-FX SNK Neo Geo PlayStation Bandai WonderSwan Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari Lynx Atari Jaguar

Happy Chick Emulator
Supported Consoles list	PlayStation PlayStation Portable Nintendo DS Nintendo 64 Nintendo GBA Nintendo GB/GBC Nintendo SNES Nintendo NES Sega Genesis/MD Sega Game Gear & Master System Sega DreamCast NEC PCE/PCECD/SuperGrafx SNK NeoGeo Pocket/Pocket Color Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color MAME FinalBurn Alpha ONScripter

Eclipse[edit]

Eclipse is a web-based emulator for iOS devices. It supports classic Nintendo systems (NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA) as well as Sega Game Gear and Master System.

It's very easy to use since it doesn't require any third-party app store or jailbreak, instead the website can simply be added to the home screen from Safari. It also works offline. However, it doesn't have as many features as other emulators.

Sony[edit]

PlayStation[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PSX4iphone	1	✗	✗	✗	✗

PlayStation 2[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Play!	Automated Builds	✓	✓	✓	✗

PlayStation Portable[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PPSSPP	Builds	✓	✓	✓	✓

Nintendo[edit]

NES (Famicom)[edit]

Name	Version	Accuracy	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Nesemu	git	High	✓	✓	✓
Gearnes	git	High	✓	✗	✗

Game Boy / Color[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
GearBoy	git	✓	✓	✓	✓
GBA4iOS	2.1	✗	✗	✗	✓
Game Play Color	2.3.6	✗	✗	✗	?

Wii / GameCube[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Dolphin iOS	3.2.0	✗	✓	✓	✓

Nintendo DS[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
iNDS (nds4ios derived)	git	✗	✓	✓	✓
NDS4iOS	1.3.5	✗	✗	✗	~

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
emuThreeDS	1.0.7.2	✗	✓	✓	✓

Sega[edit]

Saturn[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Yaba Sanshiro	2.1.2.0	✗	✓	✓	✓

MasterSystem / GameGear[edit]

Name	Version	SG-1000	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
GearSystem	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Dreamcast[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Flycast	Build	✓	✓	✓	~

Microsoft[edit]

DOS[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
iDOS	git	✗	✓	~	~

NEC[edit]

PC9801[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
NP2-iOS	git	✗	✓	✗	~

PC8801[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
XM8-iOS	git	✗	✓	✗	~

Motorola.[edit]

6609[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
my6609	1.2	✗	✗	✓	✓

Sinclair[edit]

ZX80/ZX81 & TS1000[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
ZX81	1.13.2	✗	✗	✓	✓

Apple Inc.[edit]

Macintosh 68k[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Mini vMac	latest	✓	✓	✗	✓
BasiliskII	31/05/2020	✓	✓	✗	~

Apple llGS[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
ActiveGS	git	✗	✓	✓	✓

Arcade[edit]

MAME[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME4iOS	git	✗	✓	✓	✓

Programming based[edit]

Martin Magni[edit]

Name	Version	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
Fancade	HTML5 1.12.4	✗	✓	✓

Game Engine[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
OpenBOR-iOS	git	✗	✓	~	✓
Doom3-iOS	git	✗	✓	✗	✓

Chip8 / Schip8[edit]

Name	Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator	git	✗	✗	✗	~

Other[edit]

- VirtualKim - 6502 Emulator https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virtualkim-6502-emulator/id1548356829 - ScummVM - Old Game engines https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/other_platforms/ios.html - UTM - Emulate via virtual machines https://getutm.app/ Will add to relevant sections later