Emulators on Windows NT 10.0

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Windows NT 10.0

Developer	Microsoft
Initial release	July 15, 2015
Latest release	26H1 (10.0.28000.2704) / August 11, 2026
Preceded by	Windows NT 6.x (2013)
Emulated	✗

For emulators that run natively on Windows on ARM, see Emulators on Windows/ARM.

For software emulates Windows, see Hypervisors and Windows NT 5.x emulators#Hypervisors.

This page is for emulation Windows operating systems that based on currently maintained Windows NT (10.0), with x86 or x86_64 CPUs. Currently maintained releases are Windows 10 & 11.

Before diving in;

This list only shows the latest versions, and currently recommended or semi-recommended emulation software, if you have are an older Windows version, see the see also section. Remember that emulators can have different levels of completion or compatibility. If a game you are trying to run does not work properly, try a different one. If the emulator too slow even with lowered settings with a recommended emulator, choose a less recommended one in the list. Note that game compatibility can be lower in emulators for lower system requirements. 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 Windows, which may perform better/be better than emulators, for the specific game(s).

Atari

Atari 8-bit family

Name	Latest version	Models	XEGS	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Atari800	7.2.0	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Altirra	4.40	400, 800, XL, XE	✓	✗	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Atari++	1.85	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✗	Cycle	TPL (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	Good: 400, 800 Basic: XL, XE	✓	✓	?	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~
Pantheon	16.458	800, XE	✗	✗	Mid	Proprietary	✓	~
Atari800Win-PLus	4.1	400, 800, XL, XE	✓	✗	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Rainbow	2.2.0	400, 800, XL, XE	✗	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗

Atari ST

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Hatari	2.6.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Steem SSE	4.2.1	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ARAnyM	git	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Gemulator	9.0	✗	?	✗	~
Steem Engine	3.2	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
SainT	2.40	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
PCE/atarist	pce-20191006	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
CaSTaway	0.9.2	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Atari 2600

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Stella	7.0	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Pantheon	16.458	✗	High	Proprietary	✓	~
PCAE	2.6 2.7	✗	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	~
z26	4.07	✗	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	MIT GPL	✓	✗
Gopher2600	0.56.1	✗	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
EMU7800	5.7.0.0	✗	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
Stellarator	git	✗	?	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	✓	✗
VCS 2600	1.0	✗	Low	Proprietary	✓	✗

Atari 5200

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Altirra	4.40	✗	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Atari800	7.2.0	✓	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
kat5200	1.0.2	✗	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Jum52	git	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗
Rainbow	2.2	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗

Atari 7800

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
A7800	5.2	✗	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ProSystem	1.3 (Windows) git (libretro)	✓	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗^{[note 1]}	✓
EMU7800	5.7.0.0	✗	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	MIT GPL	✓	✗

Atari Jaguar

Name	Latest version	AJ-CD	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓
Virtual Jaguar	2.1.2 Unofficial builds git (libretro)	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗^{[note 1]}	✓
MAME	0.289	~	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Project Tempest	0.95	~	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

Atari Lynx

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Handy	0.971	✓	zlib License (Permissive)	✗	✗

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Latest version	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mesen	Dev builds	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
puNES	WIP builds 0.111	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Nestopia UE	libretro core 1.99.0 Nestopia JG git	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
FCEUX	2.6.6 libretro (FCEUmm)	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ares	git Artifacts v148	High	ISC (Permissive)	✓	~
BizHawk (QuickNES, NESHawk)	Dev Builds 2.11.1	? (Core-dependent)	MIT GPL	✓	~
Nintendulator/NRS	2023-12-23 0.985 Beta	Cycle	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
TetaNES	0.17.0	?	Apache 2.0 (Permissive) MIT (Permissive)	✓	?
Nestalgia	0.31.0	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	?

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Name	Latest version	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
ares	git Artifacts v148	Full Cycle	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✓
bsnes	nightly	Partial Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	~	✓
Mesen	2.2.1	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Snes9x	nightly libretro nightly core 1.63	High	Non-commercial	✓	✓
SUPER ZSNES	0.300	High	Proprietary	✓	✓

Nintendo 64

Name	Latest version	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mupen64Plus-Next	Parallel Launcher Fork	Plugin-dependent	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
ares	git Artifacts v148	High	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✓
simple64	2024.12.1 GLideN64^{[note 2]}	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
RMG	0.9.0 stable 0.9.0-dev	Plugin-dependent	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk (Mupen64Plus, ares, MAME)^{[note 3]}	Dev builds 2.11.1	Plugin-dependent Core-dependent	MIT GPL	✓	~
Project64	Rosalie241's MMHD^{[note 4]} Nightly 3.0.1 Keygen	Plugin-dependent	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

GameCube / Wii / Triforce

Name	Latest version	GameCube	Wii	Triforce	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Dolphin	Dev^{[note 5]}	✓	✓	~^{[note 6]}	✓^{[note 7]}	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Ishiiruka-Dolphin (いし海豚)	Dev	✓	✓	✗	~	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Pureikyubu (PlayCube)	1.8	✓	✗	✗	✗	CC0 1.0 (Public domain equivalent)	✓	✗
Lazuli	Nightly releases	✓	✗	✗	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
Gecko	Releases	✓	✓	✗	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

Wii U

Name	Latest version	Accurancy	Amiibo	License	Active	Recommended
Cemu	2.6	Medium	~	MPL 2.0 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Decaf	git	Low	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Nintendo Switch

Name	Latest version	Amiibo	License	Active	Recommended
Ryujinx	1.1.1403‡ ryujinx-mirror builds LDN builds‡ custom build for revived SMB35	✓	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
yuzu	Dark Git repository (requires Tor) 2024-05-31 NotABug mirror	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗*	✓

Nintendo 3DS

Name	Latest Version	New 3DS	License	Active	Recommended
Citra citra_libretro	Canary Nightly libretro cores	~	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
Panda3DS	0.9	~	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~

Nintendo DS

Name	Latest Version	License	Active	Recommended
melonDS	1.1 libretro core^{[note 8]}	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
DeSmuME	0.9.13 libretro core	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk^{[note 9]}	Dev builds 2.11.1	MIT GPL	✓	~
No$GBA	3.06	Proprietary	✓	~

Game Boy Advance

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	e-Reader	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
mGBA	0.10.5	✓	✓	✓	Mid	(Copyleft)	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✗	✗	✓	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VBA-M	2.2.3	✓	✓	✓	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
NanoBoyAdvance	1.8.3	?	?	✗	Cycle	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	TBD

Pokémon mini

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
GBE+	1.10 ^{[note 10]}	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
PokeMini	0.6.0 git	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
minimon	2005:01:20	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
PokeKaMini	0.7.0	✗	?	✗	✗

Virtual Boy

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VBjin	SVN r103	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Name	Latest version	Game Link Support	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
SameBoy	1.0.3	✓^{[note 11]}	✓	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
BGB	1.6.6	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
Gambatte	r571	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Gearboy	3.8.15	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	MIT GPL	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✗	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	~

Game & Watch

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
DSP	0.24WIP3	✗	Non-commercial	✓	✗

Sega

Sega Model 1

Name	Latest version	Active	libretro	License	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Modeler	0.9.3a	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

Sega Model 2

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Model 2 Emulator	1.1a	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~

Sega Model 3

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Supermodel	SVN Builds	~ (WIP)	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

SG-1000

Name	Latest version	SC-3000	SF-7000	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MasterGear	4.9.10	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	✗	✗	MIT BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Genesis Plus GX^{[note 12]}	1.7.5 RC1	✗	✗	✓	MAME license (Non-commercial)	✓	~
higan (火眼)	v110	~	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	✗	✗	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	?
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	~

Master System / Game Gear

Name	Latest version	GG	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Genesis Plus GX^{[note 12]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✓	Very high	MAME license (Non-commercial)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Emulicious	2026-03-19	✓	✗	Very high	Proprietary	✓	~
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✗	Very high	MIT GPL	✓	~
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	✗	?	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	?
Phoenix	2.8.JAG	✓	✗	Very high	Proprietary	✓	~

Genesis / MegaDrive / CD / 32X

Name	Latest version	CD	32X	Pico	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
BlastEm	1.0.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Exodus	2.1	✗	✗	✗	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✓
Genesis Plus GX^{[note 12]}	1.7.5 RC1	✓	✗	✗	✓	MAME license (Non-commercial)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✓	✗	✓	MIT GPL	✓	✓
Kega Fusion	3.64	✓	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓

Saturn / ST-V

Name	Latest version	ST-V	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
SSF	PreviewVer R38	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
Kronos	2.7.5	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (Yaba三四郎2)	1.20.11	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
erings	0.4.3	?	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	?

Dreamcast / NAOMI

Name	Latest version	NAOMI	Atomiswave	Windows CE	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
DEmul	v0.7 (2025/12/20)	✓	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✗	✓
redream	1.5.0	✗	✓	✓	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
Flycast	CI Builds	✓	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
reicast	r20.04 (Not Working) r8.1 (Snap Store)	✗	✗	✗	✗	BSD-3-Clause GPLv2 LGPLv2.1	~	✗
nullDC	2.0.0-pre	~	✗	✗	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✗
Makaron	T12/5	✗	✗	~	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
Chankast	0.25	✗	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	~	~	✗	✓	GPLv2	✓	✗

Sega VMU

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
DreamPotato	v0.3.1	?	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
SoftVMS	1.10 (source only)	✗	?	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
ElysianVMU	0.2.0	✗	?	✗	✗
DirectVMS	1.8	✗	?	✗	✗
DreamVMU	0.1	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

NEC

NEC PC-6000

Emulator	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PC6001VX	4.5.0	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
PC6001V	2.1.4	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
yaPC-6001	2018/12/27	✗	Proprietary	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✗	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
PC6001VW	310f	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

NEC PC-8800

Emulator	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
ePC8801MA Kai SE (ePC8801MA改SE)	210523	✗	?	~	✓
ePC-8001	1/1/2026	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
XM8	1.70	✗	?	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~^{[note 13]}
QUASI88 quasi88_libretro	libretro core 0.6.4	✓	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	~^{[note 14]}	~

NEC PC-9800

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Neko Project 21/W (猫Project 21/W)	v0.86 rev92	✗	High	?	✓	✓
Neko Project II kai (猫Project II改)	git	✓	High	?	~	✓
Neko Project II (猫Project II)	0.86	✗	Mid	?	✗	✓
Anex86	e1	✗	Low-Mid	?	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	Low	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
SL9821	0.4.0.3	✗	High	?	✓	TBD
DOSBox-X	2026.08.02	✗	Low	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~

PC Engine / PC Engine CD / SuperGrafx

Name	Latest version	PCE-CD	SuperGrafx	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen (PCE-Accurate)	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
Mednafen (PCE-Fast)	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✓	✓	✗	High	MIT GPL	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	~	✓	✓	?	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~

PC-FX

Name	Latest version	GA	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	TBD	✓	Mid-High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	~	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
MagicEngine-FX	1.1.1	TBD	✗	Low	Proprietary	✗	✗
Xe	2.16.2	TBD	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗
pcfxemu	git	✓	✗	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Sony

PlayStation

Name	Latest Version	Plugins	License	libretro	RIR	Accuracy	Active	Recommended
DuckStation	git	✗	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	✓	✓	High	✓	✓
Mednafen	1.32.1	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓^{[note 15]}	High	✓	✓
XEBRA	22/11/06	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗	High	✓	✓
PCSX-R	PGXP (git) Windows	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓	Plugin-dependent	✗	✗
ePSXe	2.0.18	✓	Proprietary	✗	✓	Plugin-dependent	~	✗

PlayStation 2

Name	Latest Version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PCSX2	2.8.2 (stable) SVN	~ (WIP)	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Play!	Builds	✓	MIT (Permissive)	✓	~
DobieStation	git Builds	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	~
hpsx64	v0490	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	~	✗
orbum	git	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Iris	0.20-alpha	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✗

PlayStation 3

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
RPCS3	0.0.42 Alpha^{[note 16]}	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Nucleus	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Short Waves	0.0.2	Proprietary	✗	✗
PS3F	0.1	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

PlayStation 4

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
shadPS4	0.18.0	✓	✓	~
fpPS4	Nightly GUI Temmie's Launcher GUI Temmie's Launcher (Proto)	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Orbital	git	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗
GPCS4	git	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
PS4Delta	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

PlayStation 5

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES AND/OR SOFTWARE.

Name	Latest Version	Hardware features and peripherals	Enhancements	License	Active	Recommended
Kyty	git	✗	✗	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗

Pocket Station

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	High	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
No$GBA	3.06	✗	Mid	Proprietary	✓	✓
PK201	20/04/28	✗	Mid		✓	✓
PKEmu	1.1 Private Beta	✗	?	Proprietary	✗	✗
pockystation	git	✓ (git)	?	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗

PlayStation Portable

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
PPSSPP	1.20.4	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
JPCSP	SVN	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

PlayStation Vita

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
Vita3K	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓

Google

Android

Name	Version	VM	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Genymotion	3.10.0	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
BlueStacks	5.22.130	QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5)	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
MEmu	9.5.3	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
LDPlayer	4.0.50.3	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
NoxPlayer	7.0.0.9	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
MuMu	1.1.0.2 1.1.0.5 (v2.3.17) (Chinese Version)	VirtualBox	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
Android x86	14.1-r5	VirtualBox, VMWare (for 3d acc)	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
Android Studio	4.0	QEMU	Low	Source-available	✓	✗

Microsoft

MSX series

Name	Latest version	MSX 1	MSX 2	MSX 2+	TurboR	Accuracy	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
openMSX	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	Cycle	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
blueMSX	2.8.2	✓	✓	✓	✓	Cycle	✓	BSD-3-Clause GPLv2	✗	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	~	High	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
ZEsarUX	13.0	✓	✗	✗	✗	?	?	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	?
fMSX	6.0	✓	✓	✓	✗	Mid	✓	Proprietary	✓	~
Pantheon	16.458	✓	✓	~	~	High	✗	Proprietary	✓	✗
MSXPLAYer (fMSX based)	MSX Game Reader (Commercial)	✓	~	~	✓	Mid	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	~	✗	✗	✗	Low	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗

Xbox Classic

Note: xboxdevwiki's own list of emulators

Name	Latest version	Sega Chihiro (千尋)	License	Active	Recommended
xemu	0.8.136	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Cxbx-Reloaded	git	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Fission	Game-dependent	✗	Proprietary	✓	~
XQEMU	git	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
StrikeBox	git	✗	BSD-2-Clause (Permissive)	✗	✗
Cxbx	git	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Dxbx	0.5	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Xbox 360

Name	Latest version	OS	License	Active	Recommended
Xenia	git	Win7+	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	✓	✓

Xbox One

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

Xbox Series X and Series S

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE OR PLATFORM. ANY CLAIMS TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

Apple

Apple I

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
Pom1	1.9.4 v1.0.0 (old)	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	~
CocoaPom (Java)	v0.1	?	✗	✗
Apple 1 Emulator	1.4	?	✗	?

Apple II Line

Name	Latest version	][	][+	//e	IIc	//e Enhanced	//e Platinum	IIc Plus	IIGS	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
AppleWin	1.32	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MicroM8	Continuous	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✓	✗
BizHawk (Virtu based)	2.11.1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	MIT GPL	✓	✗
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗ (WIP)
DarcNES	9b0401/9b0313	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗

apple /// Line

Name	Latest version	///	/// Revised	/// Plus	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓

Apple IIGS

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
KEGS	1.38	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
GSplus	1.38.0	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	~
GSport	0.31	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Apple Lisa

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
LisaEm	1.2.7	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
IDLE	r23	MIT (Permissive)	✓	TBD
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Macintosh line

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
68k
Basilisk II	1.0 R5	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Mini vMac	36.04	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	TBD
PCE	0.2.2	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	TBD
Ardi Executor	2.1.17	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗
vMac	0.19	?	✗	✗
PowerPC
SheepShaver	03-12-2022 (Win) git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
QEMU	4.0.0	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	TBD
PearPC	0.6.0	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
DingusPPC	git	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

iOS

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
touchHLE	0.1.2 Actions	MPL 2.0 (Permissive)	✓	~

SNK Corporation

Neo Geo and variants

Name	Latest version	NG	NG-CD	HNG-64	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	~	✓^{[note 17]}	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
FinalBurn Neo	stable WIP builds	✓	✓	✗	✓	Non-commercial	✓	✓
RAINE	0.97.6	✓	✓	✗	✗	?	✓	✓
FinalBurn Alpha	0.2.97.43	✓	✓	✗	✗	Non-commercial	✗	✗
Xe	2.16.2	✓	✓	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
ares	v148	✓	✗	✗	✗	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✗
Kawaks	1.65	✓	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗
NeoRAGEx	5.4e	✓	✗	✗	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗

Neo Geo Pocket

Name	Latest version	NGP	NGPC	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
Mednafen	1.32.1	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
ares	v148	✓	✓	✗	ISC (Permissive)	✓	✓
higan (火眼)	v110	✓	✓	✓	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
NeoPop	1.06b	✓	✓	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
vdmgr	0.2.7	✓	✓	✗	?	Proprietary	~
NeoGPC	1.1	✗	✓	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Commodore

Commodore 64 & 128

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
VICE (x64sc)	3.10	✓	Very high	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Denise	2.8	✗	Very high	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Hoxs64	1.1.2.9	✗	Very high	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
VICE (x64)	3.10 ^{[note 18]}	✓	High	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Emu64	5.2.0	✗	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	~
Micro64	1.00.2018.03.16 Build 719	✗	High	Proprietary	✓	~
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	?	MIT GPL	✓	✗
CCS64	3.10	✗	High	Proprietary	✗	✗
Hyper64	1.00.2008.08.08 Build 20	✗	Mid	Proprietary	✗	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	Mid	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Frodo	4.2	✗	?	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Commodore 65

Name	Latest version	libretro	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Hi65	v9	✗	BASIC 10 only	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	~
MAME	0.289	✓	Low	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Amiga Line

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
FS-UAE	3.0.5	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
WinUAE	6.1.0 beta 6	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
WinFellow	0.5.11	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
Denise	✗	?	✓	✓	✗

x86 CPUs

Name	Latest version	8086*¹	286	386*²	486*³	Pentium*⁴	Pentium II*⁵	Celeron*⁶	libretro	License	Active	Recommended
86Box	git	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
PCem	v17	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
VARCem	1.7.3	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	~	✗	✗	BSD-3-Clause GPLv2	✗	✓
DOSBox-X	2026.08.02	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
DOSBox	0.74-3 SVN	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Bochs	3.0	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	LGPLv2.1 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MAME	0.289	✓	✓	✓	✓	~	~	~	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
QEMU	11.1.0	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓^{[note 19]}	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✗
MartyPC	v0.4.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	MIT (Permissive)	✓	?

Sinclair

ZX81

Name	Latest version	libretro	License	Relative Speed^{[note 20]}	Active	Recommended
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	GPL (Copyleft)	110.9%	✓	✓
EightyOne (81)	1.41	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	114.3%	✓	✓
Spud81	0.221	✗	Proprietary	114.9%	✓	~
SZ81 (xz80 & z81 based)	2.1.7 2.3.10 (Unofficial)	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	100.0%	✗	~
MAME	0.289	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	Not tested	✓	✗
MTMW (aka 'MulTiMachine')	1.30b	✗	Proprietary	Not tested	✗	✗
No$ZX	2.0	✗	Proprietary	100.1% ^{[note 21]}	✗	✗
VB81	1.30	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	Not tested	✗	✗
VB81 XuR	1.30.3 (26/11/2019)	✗	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	100.5%	✓	✗

ZX Spectrum line

Name	Latest Version	Libretro Core	License	Active	Recommended
EightyOne	1.41	~ (WIP)	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
FUSE	1.5.7	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Speccy	5.9	✗	Proprietary	✓	✓
ZEsarUX	13.0	✗	GPL (Copyleft)	✓	✓
BizHawk	2.11.1	✗	MIT GPL	✓	~
Retro Virtual Machine	2.0.beta-1.r6	✗	Proprietary	✓	~
EMU (Russian)	1.01	✗	Proprietary	✓	~
ZX-Poly	2.4.0	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	TBD

Acorn Computers

BBC Micro/BBC Master

Name	Latest version	BBC Micro	BBC Master	License	Active	Recommended
BeebEM	git	B, B+, M128	✓	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
B-em	2.2, git	A, B, B+, M128, MC	MT, M512	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
Model B	10-04-04	B, B+	✗	?	✗	✓
B2	git	B, B+, M128	✗	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✗

Electron

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✓
eek	git	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
ElectrEm	0.6c	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
ElkJS	git	?	✗	✗
Elkulator	git	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Multi (Atom, Micro, Electron)

Name	Latest version	Atom	BBC Micro	BBC Master	Electron	License	Recommended
MAME	0.289	✓	A, B, B+, M128	?	✓	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓
Pantheon	16.458	✓	✓	?	✓	Proprietary	✓

Archimedes

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
Arculator	2.1	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗
ArcEm	1.50.2	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗

Risc PC / A7000

Name	Latest version	License	Active	Recommended
RPCEmu	0.9.5	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
MAME	0.289	GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause	✓	✗

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.
↑ Final build that supports GLideN64 video plugin but its obsolete. Use RMG with GLideN64 instead.
↑ MAME core for Aleck 64 only.
↑ This installer automatically installs and configures latest versions of Project64-nightly, GlideN64 video plugin, Azimer's Audio Plugin, Iconoclast's Static RSP Interpreter and also MM HD Texture Pack.
↑ The last Dolphin release to support Windows 10 versions 1703 to 1809 is 2503a, and the last development build is 2503-148.
↑ Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.
↑ At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.
↑ melonDS libretro core two versions out of date (still on 0.9.3), and the generation 5 Pokemons are broken. If you turn on C-Gear, after a few minutes you'll be unable to save. You also can't use any wifi features or do in game trades either or the game will freeze.
↑ Uses melonDS 0.9.5 core for Nintendo DS and DSi emulation, mGBA or VBA-Next cores for Game Boy Advance emulation.
↑ Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).
↑ SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
↑ As of Version 0.251, NEC PC-8801MA, NEC PC-8801MH, and NEC PC-8801mkIISR, and the clones: NEC PC-8801FA, NEC PC-8801MA2, NEC PC-8801mkIIFR and NEC PC-8801mkIIMR have been promoted to working status and is considered playable
↑ Only libretro core is still active.
↑ Exclusive to Libretro, but comes with significant slowdown.
↑ The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.
↑ As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)
↑ Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure
↑ Supports the Conroe model.
↑ 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.
↑ After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.

References

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

[active-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.

[2] Final build that supports GLideN64 video plugin but its obsolete. Use RMG with GLideN64 instead.

[3] MAME core for Aleck 64 only.

[4] This installer automatically installs and configures latest versions of Project64-nightly, GlideN64 video plugin, Azimer's Audio Plugin, Iconoclast's Static RSP Interpreter and also MM HD Texture Pack.

[5] The last Dolphin release to support Windows 10 versions 1703 to 1809 is 2503a, and the last development build is 2503-148.

[triforce-6] Requires the Triforce branch to work. It is very old and unsupported.

[7] At Alpha release and has bugs that are not present on standalone Dolphin.

[melonDSRA-8] DS libretro core two versions out of date (still on 0.9.3), and the generation 5 Pokemons are broken. If you turn on C-Gear, after a few minutes you'll be unable to save. You also can't use any wifi features or do in game trades either or the game will freeze.

[9] Uses melonDS 0.9.5 core for Nintendo DS and DSi emulation, mGBA or VBA-Next cores for Game Boy Advance emulation.

[GBEplus-10] Pokémon mini core available not yet available in binary releases (source only).

[sameboylink-11] SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.

[GPGXLibretro-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Only available on PC as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).

[MAME-13] As of Version 0.251, NEC PC-8801MA, NEC PC-8801MH, and NEC PC-8801mkIISR, and the clones: NEC PC-8801FA, NEC PC-8801MA2, NEC PC-8801mkIIFR and NEC PC-8801mkIIMR have been promoted to working status and is considered playable

[lr-quasi88-14] Only libretro core is still active.

[15] Exclusive to Libretro, but comes with significant slowdown.

[16] The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.

[17] As 0.153 (2014), 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003)

[x64-18] Source only, pass '--enable-x64' to configure

[conroe-19] Supports the Conroe model.

[RelativeSpeed-20] 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.

[NoCashSpeed-21] After turning off the simulated hardware improvements that were not standard in the original computer.

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