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Home consoles (...)

Nintendo consoles

• Color TV-Game
• NES / Famicom
• Super Nintendo / Super Famicom
• Nintendo 64
• GameCube
• Wii
• Wii U
• Switch

Sony consoles

• PlayStation
• PlayStation 2
• PlayStation 3
• PlayStation 4
• PlayStation 5 ^‡

Sega consoles

• SG-1000
• Master System
• Genesis / Mega Drive
• Pico / Beena
• Saturn
• Dreamcast

NEC consoles

• PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
• SuperGrafx
• PC-FX

Microsoft consoles

• Xbox
• Xbox 360
• Xbox One ^‡
• Xbox Series X/S ^‡

SNK consoles

• Neo Geo AES / CD

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Atari consoles

• Atari 2600
• Atari 5200
• Atari 7800
• Atari XEGS
• Atari Jaguar
• Atari VCS ^‡

Panasonic consoles

• 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
• Panasonic M2 ^‡

Philips consoles

• Philips CD-i

Pioneer consoles

• Pioneer LaserActive ^‡

VTech consoles

• CreatiVision
• Socrates
• V.Smile
• V.Flash ^‡

Mattel consoles

• Intellivision
• HyperScan ^‡

Other notable consoles

• Dedicated Consoles
• Educational consoles
• Strange and forgotten consoles
• First and second generations of video game consoles
• Android-based consoles

Multi-system emulators

Handheld consoles (...)

Nintendo handhelds

• Game & Watch
• Game Boy/Color
• Virtual Boy
• Pokémon mini
• Game Boy Advance
• Nintendo DS / DSi
• Nintendo 3DS

Sony handhelds

• PocketStation
• PlayStation Portable
• PlayStation Vita

Sega handhelds

• Game Gear
• VMU/VMS

Atari handhelds

• Atari Lynx

Bandai handhelds

• Digi Casse ^‡
• Design Master Senshi Mangajuku ^‡
• WonderSwan / Color

SNK handhelds

• Neo-Geo Pocket / Color

Dedicated Handhelds

• Tiger LCD handhelds

Arcade systems (...)

Sega

• Chihiro
• Genesis Based
• Model 1
• Model 2
• Model 3
• NAOMI
• ST-V
• System E
• SG-1000 based

SNK

• Neo Geo MVS

Taito

• Type X and variants

Sony

• PlayStation based
• PlayStation 2 based

Nintendo

• VS. System
• PlayChoice-10
• Nintendo Super System
• Aleck-64
• Triforce

Namco

• System 357

Miscellaneous arcade systems

• Adult Arcade Games
• Atari CoJag
• Konami M2
• Arcade LaserDisc
• Pinball emulation\simulation
• Discrete circuitry based
• TeknoParrot
• Arcade database

Personal computers (...)

PC operating systems (OS)

• DOS-based, Windows 1.0x/2x/3x series
• Windows 9x series
• Windows 2000, XP and Vista
• MacOS

Apple computers

• Apple I
• Apple II line
• Apple IIGS
• Apple III line
• Apple Lisa
• Macintosh line

Commodore

• Amiga line
• Commodore 64
• Commodore 128

Atari

• Atari 8-bit (400, 800, XL, XE)
• Atari ST line

NEC

• PC-6000 series
• PC-8800 series
• PC-9800 series

Fujitsu

• FM-7
• FM Towns

Sharp

• X1
• X68000

Other notable computers and systems

• Desk-size computers / Supercomputers / Mainframes
• Miscellaneous Computers
• Simputer
• Educational computers

Mobile devices (...)

Mobile operating systems (OS)

• Symbian and N-Gage
• Android
• iOS
• BlackBerry

Portable media devices

• Portable Media Players
• Organizers & PDAs
• E-readers ^‡
• Zune ^‡

Miscellaneous other devices

• Nintendo (Miscellaneous)
• Calculators
• Car Dashboard Hardware
• Notable chips (Integrated Circuits)
• TI Educational devices
• Smart TVs
• Hybrid consoles
• Miscellaneous Hardware On MAME
• Home Media players

Endangered (...)

• Lagonda Dashboard Computer
• Lico CAI System

Not really emulators

Game engines

• Recreations and source ports
• Super Mario 64 port
• ScummVM
• OpenBOR
• Mugen

API and library implementations

• Compatibility layers
• Wrappers
• Flash
• Wine

Frontends

• Main article
• Frontend comparison
• RetroArch
• TWiLight Menu++

Emulation OS

• Emulation-focused Linux distributions
• RetroPie
• Lakka

Simulation

• VR game room simulations
• Pinball
• Handhelds

FPGA

• Main article
• MiSTer

Miscellaneous

• Hypervisors

Emulators on consoles, phones & other hardware

Home consoles

• Emulators on N64
• Emulators on GameCube
• Emulators on Wii
• Emulators on Wii U
• Emulators on Switch
• Emulators on Saturn
• Emulators on Dreamcast
• Emulators on PS1
• Emulators on PS2
• Emulators on PS3
• Emulators on PS4
• Emulators on Xbox
• Emulators on Xbox 360
• Emulators on Xbox One

Handheld consoles

• Emulators on GBA
• Emulators on DS
• Emulators on 3DS
• Emulators on PSP
• Emulators on Vita
• Emulators on GCW Zero
• Emulators on Gizmondo

Miscellaneous hardware

• Emulators on other systems
• Emulators on Casio calculators
• Emulators on TI calculators
• Emulators on DragonBox Pyra
• Emulators on PocketChip
• Emulators on tvOS

Computers and mobile devices

• Emulators on DOS
• Emulators on Amiga
• Emulators on MSX
• Emulators on IRIX
• Emulators on Android
• Emulators on iOS
• Emulators on Java
• Emulators on Symbian

Other

• Emulators on browsers
• Emulators with VR and 3D support
• Official emulators
• Emulators in games
• Emulation boxes
• EmulatorJS

FAQs and guides

Hardware setup

• Computer specifications
• Controllers
• Displays

Software setup

• Emulator scams
• Files and BIOS for emulators
• Filetypes
• Reducing ISO filesizes
• Ripping games (Verifying dumps)
• ROM & ISO sites
• ROM managers
• Save converters
• Shader caches

Discs

• Auto-load next disc (Multiple CDs)
• Cue sheet (.cue)

Modding

• 30/60 FPS cheat codes
• Achievements support
• Cheats and patches
• Modding consoles/flashcarts
• Mods, hacks and fan-translations (Applying ROM hacks)
• ROM hacking resources

Game preservation

• Preservation projects
• Cellphone games preservation
• Endangered list
• Flashpoint
• Kahvibreak

Graphical quality

• Console display resolutions
• Famicom color palette
• Shaders and filters (Shader Presets)
• CRT shaders (NTSC filters)
• Dithering
• Texture filtering
• Vsync
• Texture packs
• Widescreen hacks
• Overscan

Performance

• Frames per second
• Black frame insertion
• Overclocking
• Input lag

Accuracy

• Emulation accuracy
• High/Low level emulation

Multiplayer

• Netplay
• Port forwarding guide for netplay

Virtual reality (VR) and 3D

• Virtual reality
• VR game room simulations

Contributing to emulation

• Support emulation projects
• Emulators on Patreon
• Decapping
• Licensing
• Source code

Other

• General problems FAQ
• Emulator problems FAQ
• Game problems FAQ
• Notable ports
• PSP Eboots
• Recommended N64 plugins
• Recommended PS1 plugins
• Recording video
• User settings and configs
• Console-specific development wikis
• Dynamic recompilation
• Emulation books and articles
• Embedded graphics
• History of emulation